Gloucestershire | Great Rissington | War Memorial
| St. John the Baptist, Great Rissington Ordnance Survey reference: SP 195172 War Memorials |
A white stone plaque in the church:
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IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 ALBERT SOULS PRIVATE 2ND WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1916 JOHN VELLENDER PRIVATE 8TH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1916 FRED G. SOULS PRIVATE 16TH CHESHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1916 WALTER D. SOULS PRIVATE 2ND WORCESTERSHIRE REG. FRANCE 1916 OLIVER J. PORTER PRIVATE 8TH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1916 GARNET MORRIS LANCE CPL. ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1916 FRED J. VELLENDER PRIVATE 12TH HAMPSHIRE REGT. BELGIUM 1916 THOMAS SPENCER GLOUCESTERSHIRE TERRITORIAL SALONICA 1917 WILFRID H. HENSLEY CAPTAIN 6TH SOMERSETSHIRE L.I. FRANCE 1917 ARTHUR W. SOULS LANCE CPL. 16TH CHESHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1918 ALFRED E. SOULS PRIVATE 11TH CHESHIRE REGT. FRANCE 1918 FRED MASTERS ARMY PRIVATE 10TH ARMY CYCLIST CORPS DIED AFER DISCHARGE 1916 THOMAS W. BOLTER PRIVATE 11TH. LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. DIED AFTER DISCHARGE 1919 “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY”. |
Also in the church, there is a large picture frame holding photographs of the men, with a brief summary beneath each photo. The captions read as follows:
Frederick George Souls Private 16th Cheshires. Killed in Action Trone Wood France July 19th 1916 Aged 32 years.
Albert Souls Private Machine Gun Corps 2nd Worcesters Killed in France March 14th 1916 Aged 21 years.
Frederick James Vellender Private 12th Hampshires – Reported missing near Salonica April 25th 1917. Believed killed on that date. Aged 23 years.
Garnet Morris Lance corporal Royal Warwickshires Killed near Ypres April 15th 1916 aged 27 years.
Walter Davis Souls Private 2nd Worcesters Died from wounds Rouen, France, May 2nd 1916 Aged 24 years.
Alfred Ernest Souls Private 11th Cheshires, Killed in France April 10th 1918 Aged 31 years.
Wilfred Henry Hensley Captain 6th Somersets L.I. Killed near Moy St. Quentin, France March 21st Aged 23 years.
Fred Masters Private 10th Diviusion Army Cyclist Corps Wounded in the Dardanelles Savala Bay Aug. 31st 1915. Died from effect of wounds on beginning work in Birmingham Sptember 26th 1916 Aged 23 years.
John Vellender Private 8th Gloucesters Killed on the Somme, France July 4th 1916 Aged 20 years.
Oliver John Porter Private 8th Gloucesters. Killed at Bazentin-le-Petit, France July 31st 1916 Aged 21 years
Arthur William Souls Lance Corporal 16th Cheshires, transferred to Royal West Kent Killed in France April 25th 1918 Aged 31 years.
Thomas W. Bolter Private At the fron 1917-1919. Returned invalided, died August 10th 1919 aged 23 years.
(no photo)
Thomas Spencer Private 202023 – 2/4 Gloucester. killed in action Cambray France December 3rd 1917. Aged 32 years.
Strictly speaking, not a war memorial, but there is the following inscription carved in a wooden pew:
A THANKSOFFERING FOR ARTHUR HENRY BATHURST
MAJOR THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
OF LYDNEY PARK 29 AUGUST 1892 – 13 JUNE 1936
In the churchyard:
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F.E. MORRIS ROYAL AIR FORCE 30TH OCTOBER 1950 AGE 27 HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL HIS UNFINISHED LIFE |
PILOT OFFICER DONALD SEYMOUR DADSON PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 11TH MARCH 1940 AGE 25 |
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1886 PRIVATE FRED MASTERS ARMY CYCLIST CORPS 26TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 23 |
620416 AIRCRAFTMAN 2ND. CL. L.R. BULL WIRLESSS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 9TH DECEMBER 1939 AGE 19 |
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