Salford Priors


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St Matthew’s, Salford Priors Ordnance Survey reference: SP 077510 War Memorial

A wooden-framed bronze plaque in the church:

In memory of
those who fell
in the Great War
1914-1918
Cpl. J.A. King
Cpl. T.E. Pace
Cpl. R. Southern
Pte. A. Bennett
Pte. B.R. Bomford
Pte. G. Cresswell
Pte. T.F. Currier
Pte. A. Dutton
Pte. H. Freeman
Pte. V. Goddard
Pte. E. Harvey
Pte. H. Homans
Pte. E.O. Homans
Pte. T.A. James
Pte. J. Milward
Pte. W.A. Pollard
Pte. A.H. Porter
Pte. A.R. Richardson
Pte. E. Stanley
Pte C.S.S. Wilkes


Another plaque directly below:

1939 – 1945
R.S. Clarke
G. Clarke
F.A. Edgington
T. Moore A.R. Robbins
E.W. Sherwood
J.F. Slatter
D. Tidmarsh
Faithful unto death


Three gravestones in the churchyard.
The first is a wooden cross on a stone base:

In
loving memory of
Flight Lieutenant
John Fosbroke Slater
who died on active service
February 5th 1944
aged 23 years
In loving memory of
our dear parents
Amelia Maud Bennett
Called to rest Aug 19th 1946
aged 69
and Pte Arthur Bennett
Grenadier Guards
Missing on active service Sept 27 1915
Not lost, but gone before


This one is a standard military headstone:

37593 SAPPER
T. MOORE
ROYAL ENGINEERS
3RD MAY 1945 AGE 53

Last modified 31 December 1999