Worcestershire | Ombersley | War Memorial
A red sandstone cross on an octagonal base, in front of the churchyard.
Reading clockwise around the memorial, from the front, the eight faces read as follows:
In Memory of
the men of
Ombersley
Who fell in the
two Great Wars
1914-1918
and
1939-1945
Their name liveth
for evermore
1939-1945
J.F. Collins
J.G. Green
H.R. Hesketh
A. Hodges
P.H. Jones
1914-1918
H. Barnes
F. Bellamy
P. Biddle
J. Blount
W. Brooks
H. Brown
W. Burgess
A. Butler
J. Butler
1914-1918
C. Chesshire
P. Davis
A. Farley
E. Griffin
J. Haffner
A. Hicks
A. Hill
J. Hinckesman
H. Hobday
1914-1918
F. Keyte
E. Marshall
A. Miles
W. Morris
A. Norman
W. Page
F. Pardoe
1914-1918
C. Phillips
E. Phillips
F. Phillips
G. Phillips
L. Pitman
H. Rice
H. Sheppard
A. Smith
H.H. Smith
Herbt. Smith
1914-1918
J. Taylor
O. Taylor
J. Warner
A. Webster
J. Weston
C. Wigley
C. Williams
G. Wood
1939-1945
J.E. Rowlett
J.T. Silvester
C.A. Thomas
W.P. Wood
C. Ballinger
There are a number of the standard military gravestones in the graveyard behind the church. A couple of these may not strictly be war graves, but I’ve included them for the sake of completeness:
5249107 PRIVATE 202685 SERJEANT
P.H. JONES J. BUTLER
THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
24TH MAY 1940 AGE 40 30TH SEPTEMBER 1920 AGE 28
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
267077 PRIVATE 17268 PRIVATE
J.H. WESTON H.E. FARMER
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
16TH JUNE 1917 AGE 20 11TH JANUARY 1919 AGE 26
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
154527 GUNNER 09565 PRIVATE
A. PASSEY R.T. KNIGHT
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
23RD SEPTEMBER 1918 26TH MAY 1920
Note:
The Somerset memorial lists a Private Frank Edward Kinnard of “Ombersleigh”,
Worcs. as having served during WW I in the Somerset Light Infantry.
The Somerset memorial also lists a Private Arthur John Owens of Ombersley in the Somerset Light Infantry. Neither of these two men are listed on the
Ombersley memorial.
C. Ballinger is also listed on the Doverdale memorial.
Last modified 30 July 2000