Worcestershire | Harvington | War Memorial
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St James, Harvington
Ordnance Survey reference: SP 057488 War Memorial | Contents |
Inside the church
A wooden plaque reading:
To the glory of god and the grateful memory of the men of this parish
who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War
Albert William Joyner
Sam Mason
Charles Ernest Ingram
Uriah Leonard Hall
Walter Joseph Hancock
William Thomas Marsh
Frank Felix Cook
George Edward Withers
John Alfred Houghton
George Edward Taylor
Jesse Ludlow
William Henry Hancock
Sidney Charles Ward
Howard Ludlow
William Francis Bishop
Frances Stephen Ingram
Francis Thomas Smith
By whose death we live
There is a framed collection of photographs of these people, with the caption:
Our Fallen Ones 1914-1919
A plaque inside the church (Above this plaque, there is a framed photograph
of Thomas McGee>:
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Sacred to the memory of Petty Officer Thomas Herbert McGee aged 26 Who together with 27 of his shipmates of HMS Worcester Was killed in action in the English Channel 12 Feb 1942 “Whether your land remember or Forget, You saved the land, or died to try to save” |
In the churchyard
A stone cross.
Front panel reads:
To the glory of god and in grateful memory of those who gave their lives
in the war 1914-1919
[then a space]
and 1939-1945
Sidney Charles Ward
Howard Ludlow
William Francis Bishop
Francis Stephen Ingram
Francis Thomas Smith
[then a space]
Herbert McGee
The other two sides read:
Frank Felix Cook
George Edward Wilkes
John Alfred Houghton
George Edward Taylor
Jesse Ludlow
William Henry Hancock
Albert William Joyner
Sam Mason
Charles Ernest Ingram
Uriah Leonard Hall
Walter Joseph Hancock
William Thomas March
Greater love hath no man than this that a man layeth down
his life for his friends
Gravestones in the churchyard: the first one is a CWGC headstone:
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C.S. WARD 9th Training Reserve BN 26th April 1917 age 18 May he rest in the Lord |
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Of your charity, pray for the soul of William Henry Hancock, Who died March 15th 1917 aged 31 years Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away? In Jesus’ keeping we are safe and they Walter Joseph Hancock Killed in action at Gallipoli Aug 10th 1915 aged 26 years Nell Catherine Hancock Died Aug 13th 1972 aged 76 years |
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANNIE COOK WHO PASSED AWAY SEPT 23RD 1927 AGED 72 ALSO OF HER HUSBAND JOHN COOK PASSSED AWAY AUFUST 26TH 1929 AGED 74 “THY WILL BE DONE” AND OF THEIR TWO SONS FRANK FELIX COOK KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI AUGUST 1915, AGED 23 JOHN STEPHENS COOK PASSED AWAY MAY 8TH 1882 AGED 4 YEARS “TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE” “IS NOT TO DIE” R.I.P. |
Note: The Evesham Journal, Feb. 6 1915 mentions that the Harvington Parish Magazine for February 1915 lists a roll of honour of men serving in the war – If any copies of this survive, I would be very interested to see a copy of that listing – and quoted the following statistics. 45 men were serving at that time; 7 were already serving before the outbreak of war, 4 were reservists who had been called up, 2 were yeomen, 3 were territorials, and 29 were fresh recruits who had been accepted for service. A further 11 others had volunteered, but not been accepted; a grand total of 56 men volunteered out of a parish population at that time of 560.
A partial reconstruction of this listing can be gleaned from the rolls of service printed in the Evesham Journal 1914-1915; follow this link, and select the alphabetic index page corresponding to Harvington…
Last modified 31 May 2002