Gloucestershire | Moreton in Marsh | War Memorial
| Moreton in Marsh Ordnance Survey reference: SP 205325 War Memorial |
this is a pillar in the market square, at its top, a statue of St George
slaying the Dragon. The memorial was designed by Sir Guy Dawber. It was
unveiled by the second Baron Redesdale of Batsford Park, on 26th March 1921
On the octagonal base are these inscriptions:
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IN GRATEFUL 1914-1918 |
MEMORY OF Alfred J Allen William J Beacham George Bishop Charles H Bowden Arthur Brown Edward Burden Howard H Clayton Charles E Drew Charles W Driver Ernest F Dyer George J Dyer |
THE MEN OF |
MORETON AND James Gardner Norman L Garrett Francis E Gibbs David Gillett Frederick J Gillett Isaac Gillett William F Gillett Thomas G Handy Bertram J Hardiman Harry G. Hicks James C Hinson |
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BATSFORD WHO These men also gave their lives 1939-1945 Dennis Arthurs Timothy Clifford Richard Hoare Jack Hooper Geoffrey Perry Stuart Parks Frederick Walker |
GAVE THEIR Frederic T Horne William Howe John W. Invine Ernest F Lootes William H Lootes Clement O.B. Mitford Oswald R. Oliver John H Pye John Riddey Walter A. Rolph Ronald C Selwood |
LIVES IN THE |
GREAT WAR Leon Sharp Oscar Sharp Frederick A Simms George H Skelcher Percy R Timms Henry J Tudor Percyy F Walker Reginald W Walker Cecil Webb Robert Wheeler James H Yelf |
St David’s, Moreton in Marsh
Ordnance Survey reference: SP 206322
A carved wooden panel flanking the altar in Lady Chapel:
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISHES OF BATSFORD AND MORETON-IN-MARSH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 Alfred J Allen William J. Beacham George Bishop Charles H. Bowden Arthur Brown Edward Burden Howard H Clayton Charles E Drew Charles W Driver Ernest F Dyer George J. Dyer James Gardner Norman L. Garrett Francis E. Gibbs David Gillett Frederick J. Gillett Isaac Gillett |
William F. Gillett Thomas G. Handy Bertram I. Hardiman Henry G. Hicks James C. Hinson Frederick F. Horne William Howe John W. Invine Ernest F. Lootes William H. Lootes Clement B.O. Mitford Oswald R. Oliver John H. Pye John Riddey Walter A. Rolph Ronald C. Selwood Leon Sharp Oscar Sharp Frederick A. Simms George H. Skelcher Percy R. Timms Hubert J. Tudor Percy F. Walker Reginald W. Walker Cecil Webb Robert Wheeler James H. Yelf |
A wooden plaque on the wall near the altar:
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In loving memory of our brothers who died after their return from the War 1914-1918 |
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Matthew H Davenport George Eldridge Charles Foden Percy J Kench Albert W Lamb George E. Lootes Alfred Tarplett Frank Tarplett |
Notes:
- Clement O.B. Mitford and James Gardner are also listed on memorials in Batsford. See the batsford page for more detail.
- An airfield was built near Moreton in Marsh and used in WW II – see the Wellington Aviation Museum Web page, which has a detailed history of the airfield. This includes a listing of the WW II airmen buried at Moreton in Marsh cemetery.
| GENUKI’s Moreton in Marsh Page |
Last modified 3 May 2000