Worcestershire | Madresfield | War Memorial
Ernest Gilbert Morris
Henry George Preece
1939-1945
Frank Knowles
Allan Knowles
Alfred Hurren
1914-1918
A CWGC grave in the churchyard:
| PRIVATE E.G. MORRIS 7TH WORCESTERSHIRE BN. HOME GUARD 10TH JANUARY 1942 AGE 39 EARTH HAS LOST THEE HEAVEN HAS SOUGHT THEE JESUS DOETH ALL THINGS WELL |
One corner of the churchyard has a number of Troughton family gravestones, including this one:
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND FREDERICK HAROLD TROUGHTON WHO DIED MAY 3RD 1929 AGED 46 YEARS AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN THE GREAT WAR THY WILL BE DONE |
A roadside memorial
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 089488
This is approximately halfway between Deblins Green and Madresfield: a stone by the roadside near a road junction.
The stone is approximately 1m tall, with a brass plate on the top, which reads:
| PRO PATRIA FLYING OFFICER FRANCIZEK SURMA OF 308 (POLISH) SQUADRON R.A.F., LANDED BY PARACHUTE, NEAR THIS SPOT ON 11 MAY 1941, HAVING ABANDONED HIS BURNING SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT, R6644 FLYING OFFICER SURMA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION NEAR DUNKIRK ON 8 NOVEMBER 1941 AND HAS NO KNOWN GRAVE WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
Last modified 28 January 2001