Worcestershire | Powick | War Memorial
A marble plaque in the church:
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE `GREAT WAR’ 1914-1919 J. C. LATTEY, MAJOR C.W. HOOPER, CAPTAIN. F.J. WISELY. LIEUT. J. BOURNE W. A. BRICKELL F. BROOKES H. BROOKES G.H. CARPENTER H. COOPEY W. EACOCK A.C FAGAN C. FINCH W. FOWLER H. GOODYEAR P. HEMMINGS T. HEMMING R. HILL W.G. HODGES C. JENKINS W. JOHNSON G. JONES S. JONES R. LEE C. LEWIS C. LUTY F. MORRIS W. PHILLIPS A. PARTON C. SAITH A. SANDERS J. SLATER A.A. STOKES R.W. SUMMERS L.J. SUMMERS E. TAYLOR W. UNDERHILL F. VAUGHAN T. WATTS A. BULLOCK FALLEN COMRADES OF THE 1939-45 WAR G. BAILEY G. GRIZZELL C. KITE H. LONGDEN L. MUNN W. MORAN D. STOKES C. WALTERS E. PARDOE “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS” |
A marble tablet:
| FIRST BOMBAY GRENADIERS IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT.& ADJT. CHARLES WILLIAM HINDE, 1ST BOMBAY, GRENADIERS, SECOND SON OF, MAJOR GENL. HINDE, C.B. & OF FRANCES HIS WIFE WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT, MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN ON THE 27TH JULY 1880, IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE. + HE DIED AS HE HAD ALWAYS LIVED, IN THE FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF, HIS DUTY |
Whilst not a war memorial as such, there is a memorial to the above soldier’s father. A brass plate:
| IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN HINDE C B LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL COMMANDING THE 1ST BATTALION 8TH (THE KING’S) REGIMENT BORN AUGUST 2:1814 – DIED MARCH 1 1881 THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE 1ST WARWICKSHIRE RIFLE, VOLUNTEERS, OF WHICH REGIMENT HE WAS FOR 10 YEARS LIEUTENANT-COLONEL |
In the churchyard
Six CWGC gravestones:
| 3095 GUNNER R.H. HILL ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 25TH AUGUST 1916 AGE 25 | 44233 PRIVATE T. HEMMING SOUTH WALES BORDERERS 6TH FEBRUARY 1917 AGE 37 |
| 945736 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN C.E. KITE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1ST JULY 1941 AGE 25 WE THINK OF HIM IN SILENCE WE MAKE NO OUTWARD SHOW HEARTS THAT MOURN SINCERELY MOURN SILENTLY AND LOW | T/14606300 DRIVER C.T. WALTERS ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 10TH FEBRUARY 1944 AGE 18 |
| J. SLATER STOKER 1ST CLASS R.N. K/41739 HMS “TRISTRAM” 11TH JULY 1918 AGE 32 ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD | 11444 PRIVATE A.C. FAGAN HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT 14TH AUGUST 1915 AGE 21 AT REST |
And these non-CWGC headstones:
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM FOWLER WHO DIED MARCH 1ST 1913 AGED 73 YEARS “AT REST” ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM JAMES FOWLER R.N. YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO LOST HIS LIFE DEC 23RD 1917 WHILE SERVING ON BOARD H.M.S . SURPRISE IN THE NORTH SEA AGED 28 YEARS “HE DIED DOING HIS DUTY AND FOR THEM HE LOVED” ALSO OF SELINA FOWLER WIDOW OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM FOWLER WHO DIED AUGUST 25TH 1938 IN HER 99TH YEAR “RE-UNITED” | GEOFFROY WILLIAM WINSMORE HOOPER O.B.E. R.N. LT. COMMANDER H.M. HAWKINS BORN 14TH APRIL 1892 ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT HONG KONG 2ND JANUARY 1923 |
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