Worcestershire | Overbury | War Memorial
NOTE: Several names (Edward Holland-Martin, Hubert W Festing, O.W.
Devereux and Maurice C. Festing, possibly others) appear on the memorials
and/or rolls of honour for both this parish and Kemerton, so it may be worth checking both parishes.
Maurice Festing is mentioned on his widow’s gravestone in Great Comberton churchyard.
The Lychgate at the churchyard entrance was dedicated as the War Memorial. The inscriptions in the timbers of the lychgate roof read:
Remember the Overbury and Conderton Men who gave their lives in the Great war that honour justice and love should rule Mankind
and:
1914-1918
The central dais in the lychgate has inscriptions on all four sides. Inscriptions are in block capitals, with V substituting for U: I have put the ‘U’s back for clarity.
On the side facing the road:
SEE TO IT YE LIVING THAT YE HERE DEDICATE YOUR LIVES TO THE CAUSE FOR WHICH WE DIED
and the side facing the church:
I WILL NOT CEASE FROM MENTAL FIGHT
NOR SHALL MY SWORD SLEEP IN MY HAND
TILL WE HAVE BUILT JERUSALEM
IN ENGLANDS GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND
The two longer sides read:
STOKR 1ST CLASS HARRY P ANCILL H.M.S. “GOODHOPE”
PTE FREDERICK G ANDREWS RIFLE BDE.
PTE REGINALD T ARCHER WORCS. REGT.
PTE RICHARD ASHWIN GLOUC REGT
PTE HORACE F. ASTON EAST SURR. REGT.
PTE C NEVILLE ATTWOOD AUS. IMP. FORCE
L/CORPL. REGINALD BEVAN NORFK REGT.
LIEUT. FREDERICK F C BISCOE WORCS REGT
PTE ALBERT CLARKE WORCS YEOMANRY
PTE OLIVER W DEVEREUX GLOUC REGT.
PTE SAMUEL H DEVEREUX GLOUC REGT.
LT. COL. HUBERT W FESTING D.S.O. DUR. LI
and:
2NDLT GEOFFREY HOLLAND-MARTIN 16TH LANCERS
CORPL. EDMUND HOPKINS ROYAL FIELD ART.
RIFLEMN REGINALD T. HOPKINS QN VIC. RIFLES
SERGEANT ERNEST LANE GLOUC REGT
CORPORAL JOSEPH C LANE WORCS. REGT.
GUNNER REGINALD W. MARSHALL R.F.A.
STOKR 2ND CLASS FRANK E. NICHOLLS H.M.S.”VIVID”
LCE CORPL. WALTER J PERKS GLOS. REGT.
PTE. VICTOR G. PULLOM CYCLISTS CORPS
PRIVATE HENRY ROBERTS ROYAL MAR. L.I.
PRIVATE THOMAS V TURNER GLOS. REGT.
PRIVATE FRANK WARNER GLOS. REGT.
PTE ARTHUR H. WHITTLE S. WALES BORD.
LIEUT LANCELOT C WISE N.IRISH HORSE.
and inset in the lychgate wall:
1939-1945
Pty OFFICER ALBERT WILLIAM ASHWIN RN
FLT SGT LEONARD MARTIN BARNETT RAF
SQN LDR EVELYN J BENNINCK MARTIN RAF
SGT NAVIGTR JAMES DOUGLAS PUGH RAF
Inside the church itself is a framed parchment. The names of those who died are underlined in red, and there is a small red cross in the left margin for that name. I have marked those names with a ‘+‘
ROLL OF HONOUR
ST FAITH'S OVERBURY
+ Reginald Archer Worcestershire Regiment Charles Alman Royal Marines Light Infantry Harry Amey Motor Driver + Frederick Andrews Gloucestershire Regiment + Richard Ashwin Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Bartlett Gloucestershire Regiment + Frederick Crozier Fraser Biscoe Worcestershire Regiment Alfred Booth Worcestershire Regiment Leonard Boswell Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Bullingham Gloucestershire Regiment Bernard Crofton Cobb Royal Horse Artillery Frederick Cogbill Worcestershire Regiment Henry John Deakin Gloucestershire Regiment Austin Augustus Devereux Worcestershire Yeomanry + Frederick Emms Army Service Corps Alfred Frederick Franklin Worcestershire Regiment Charles W H Franklin Saskatoon Fusiliers Lorraine Fuller Dragoon Guards William J Deakin Royal Field Artillery Charles Pugh Army Remount + Harry P Ancill H.M.S. Good Hope George James Worcestershire Regiment + Frank E Nicholls H.M.S. Vivid Raymond G. Bullingham Army Service Corps. Edward D Pugh Worcestershire Regiment Daniel C Harris Royal Garrison Artillery William J Holmes Worcestershire Regiment William Trotman Army Service Corps. + Arthur Whittle South Wales Borderers Ernest W Oldcom Worcestershire Regiment Stephen H Barnett Worcestershire Regiment + Samual Devereux Hampshire Regiment Lewis J Thatcher Royal Garrison Artillery Frank A Attwood Royal Naval Air Service + Reginald Bevan Norfolk Regiment Archibald Teale Royal Marine Light Infantry Frank J Pullom Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick J Nott Royal Air Force Albert Stanley Royal Air Force George E Lane Worcestershire Regiment Walter Green Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick G. Griffin Gloucestershire Regiment Herbert Higgins Army Ordnance Corps Charles J Hill Gloucestershire Regiment + Edmund Hopkins London Brigade Royal Field Artillery + Reginald T Hopkins County of London Infantry Charles Lane Gloucestershire Regiment John Lane Gloucestershire Regiment + Joseph C Lane Worcestershire Regiment William H Lane Gloucestershire Regiment +Ernest Lane Gloucestershire Regiment Henry S Lively Coldstream Guards Harry Mansell Worcestershire Regiment William Mansell Royal Marines Light Infantry Ernest Musto Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Nichols Royal Artillery Henry Norton Gloucestershire Regiment Alec Payne Royal Engineers Maurice C Festing Royal Marines Light Infantry + Charles N Attwood Australian Contingent Reginald W Marshall Royal Horse Artillery Charles Atkins Worcestershire Regiment Thomas Welch Worcestershire Regiment Albert E Lane Royal Berkshire Regiment Alfred Wilson Royal Berkshire Regiment Walter Barrett Worcester Regiment Charles Attwood Worcester Regiment Bernard Ashwin Army Service Corps + Geoffrey R Holland-Martin 16th Lancers Harry Adams Motor Transport A.S.C. Cecil Clarkes Army Service Corps John B Gordon-Duff Rifle Brigade Francis Thatcher Worcestershire Regiment Victor W Purton Royal Garrison Artillery Arthur H Treen Royal Air Force Thomas G Deakin Gloucestershire Regiment + Victor G Pullom Cyclists Corps Harold T W Ancill Royal Flying Corps Charles Payne Gloucestershire Regiment Leonard Payne Gloucestershire Regiment Edward Perks Gloucestershire Regiment + Walter Perks Gloucestershire Regiment George Richardson Worcestershire Yeomanry + Henry Roberts Royal Marines Light Infantry Edmund Turner Canadian Contingent Lewis Turner Gloucestershire Regiment + Thomas Turner Gloucestershire Regiment Sister Florence Walker HM Hospital Ship "Asturias" + Frank Warner Gloucestershire Regiment Francis Weaver Gloucestershire Regiment Harry Whittle Royal Garrison Artillery William C Whittle Gloucestershire Regiment Hubert W J Humphries Gloucestershire Regiment Harold Payne Motor Transport Service William R Stanley Army Ordnance Frederick G Thatcher Army Service Corps Roland C Parton Somersetshire Light Infantry + Oliver W Devereux Royal Berkshire Regiment Arthur W Perks Worcestershire Regiment + Horace F Aston East Kent Regiment Leonard Nicholls Royal Garrison Artillery Percival J Deakin Devonshire Regiment George Reason Army Service Corps Reginald H Aston Devonshire Regiment William E Deakin Hampshire Regiment Alfred Rust Motor Transport A.S.C. Archbald Whittle Warwickshire Regiment William Bevan Royal Navy Edward H B Raymond Royal Scots George Andrews Worcestershire Regiment Robert G K Bartlett Edward Holland-Martin Frank Barnett Warwickshire Regiment
Several CWGC gravestones in the churchyard:
| 17489 LANCE CPL. W.J. PERKS GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 16TH DECEMBER 1918 AGE 26 GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST | T2SR/03958 DRIVER F. EMMS ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 17TH DECEMBER 1917 AGE 43 |
| TR8/3827 PRIVATE SAMUEL HARRY DEVEREUX 53RD TRAINING RESERVE BN. 1ST FEBRUARY 1918 AGE 18 ALSO EDITH MARY DEVEREUX SISTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED ON 5TH JUNE 1918 AGED 16 YEARS ALSO IN MEMORY OF 26551 PRIVATE OLIVER WILLIAM DEVEREUX 10TH BN. GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGT. BROTHER OF THE ABOVE KILLED ON THE SOMME 30TH AUGUST 1916 PEACE PERFECT PEACE | F.E. NICHOLLS STOKER 2ND CLASS RN K/30333 H.M.S. “VIVID” 12TH MAY 1916 AGE 22 ALSO OF HARRIET ELIZABETH NICHOLLS WHO DIED ON 19TH DECEMBER 1927 AGED 62 YEARS |
Last modified 23 July 2002