Kempsey

Worcestershire | Kempsey | War Memorial

St. Mary the Virgin, Kempsey Ordnance Survey reference: SO 848490 War memorial Contents

A stone cross on an octagonal base in the churchyard.


The Glorious dead 1914-1919

Arthur Bartlett

Charles Bray

Basil Butcher

William Crump

George Clifford

Albert Deakin

Walter Edwards

Albert Fowles

William Goodwin

John Hemmings

Arthur Hill

P Powis Hill

John Isaac

Albert Jeynes

Albert W Jeynes

Cyril Joynes

William Lane

Joseph Lea

Bennett Lindley

F Manners-Smith

Thomas Mason

Ben Mellor

Percy Page

Charles Palmer

Ernest Rea

William Rea

George Rea

William Reynolds

Arthur Richardson

Charles Rivers

Albert Salisbury

Fred Smith

William Turner

Thomas Weston

Frank Wilson

Walter Yapp

1939-1945

Albert Collett

Geoffrey Finch

Richard Hancock

Hugh Acton Jefferies

Dorothy Sugden

Howard Wallis

Joseph G Hill

Two military hedstones in the churchyard:

MAJOR F.G.GILSON
WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
17TH SEPTEMBER 1920 AGE 40
SEVERELY WOUNDED
YPRES OCT 1914
GASSED IN ACTION JUNE 1918
12396 CORPORAL
C RIVERS
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
2ND MARCH 1916


Notes:


Geoffrey Wyckham Finch was an ex-pupil of Worcester Grammar School, and his name is listed on the school memorial


For other material on Kempsey, check out
Andy Morrall’s History of Kempsey home page.


Last modified 7 November 2000