Warwickshire | Marston Sicca | War Memorial
| St James the Great, Marston Sicca War Memorial | Contents |
Marston Sicca was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Warwickshire
The main memorial is the Lychgate, recently restored in November 1996 by the Royal Engineers, Long Marston.
Carved into the upper timbers of the gate, as seen from the road are:
Front:
1914 + HONOUR THE DEAD + 1919
Left:
| FRED SANDFORD | HAROLD ARTHUR | + | JOSEPH ARTHUR | FRANCIS MOSELEY |
Right:
| WILLIAM GOULD | ERNEST FOSTER | + | ARNOLD ROBBINS | PERCY MEADE |
Back:
| THESE ALSO |
| ERIC STALLARD ALBERT CRUMP |
| 1939 . 1945 |
A metal plaque in the church:
| To the glory of God and in thankful memory of Geoffrey Tomes Captain 53rd Sikhs Punjab Frontier Force 2nd son of Lt. Col. Arthur Tomes I.M.S. who was buried where he fell in action on the heights of Chanak Bair Gallipoli August 10th 1915 aged 30 years whilst in command of the 1st Battn 6th Gurkha Rifles “A gallant & splendid officer & gentleman both in his life & death he brought honour to his regiment & to the Punjab Frontier Force which he loved” |
Last modified 26 December 1999