Gloucestershire | Twyning | War Memorial
| War Memorial, Twyning Ordnance Survey reference: SO 899368 |
This is a roadside cross in the middle of the village. Dedicated at the same time as the memorial in the church, within the last few years it has had bronze commemorative plaques added to its base.
| 1914 – 1918 |
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Francis John Ackerman William George Bartlett Herbert Edward Bayliss William Henry Bennett William Edward Black Albert Henry Cornish Fred Dee Arthur Green Charles Green Arthur Henry Griffiths Henry Wallace Hancliff William Henry Hudman Frank Ernest Hudman George William Little John Meadows Reginald Martin Peters Walter Arthur Price Edgar Robinson Walter Vincent Scrivens Hubert James Thomas George Wheeler |
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1939 – 1946 Robert Edward Allen Ronald Playfair St. Vincent Bernard D.S.O., M.C. Reginald Hubert Bowers Edwin John Davis Albert Henry Harris Jack Hopton Donald George Long D.F.C. A.F.C. Edwrd Henry Morris Christopher Frederick Henslowe Wigan FALKLANDS 1982 Matthew Stuart |
St Mary Magdalen, Twyning
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 894361
Two grey stone plaques on an interior wall of the church:
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In honoured memory of the men of Twyning who gave their lives in the Great War Francis John Akerman William George Bartlett Herbert Edward Bayliss William Henry Bennett William Edward Black Albert Henry Cornish Fred Dee Arthur Green Charles Green Arthur Henry Griffiths Henry Wallace Hancliff William Henry Hudman Frank Ernest Hudman George William Little John Meadows Reginald Martin Peters Walter Arthur Price Edgar Robinson Walter Vincent Scrivens Hubert James Thomas George Wheeler R.I.P. |
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1939 AND ALSO OF 1946 Gunner Jack Hopton R.H.A. H.A.C. Sergeant Robert Edward Allen R.A.F. Lieutenant Edward Henry Morris R.E. Petty Officer Edwin John Davis K.S.L.I. Flight Sergeant Reginald Hubert Bowers R.A.F . Squadron Leader Donald George Long D.F.C. A.F.C. R.A.F. Colonel Ronald Playfair St Vincent Bernard D.S.O. M.C. Captain Christopher Frederick Henslowe Wigan R.A.S.C. + Their name liveth for Evermore + |
These CWGC gravestones in the churchyard:
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17660 PRIVATE W. HUDMAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 14TH NOVEMBER 1918 AGE 28 GOD TAKES OUR DEAR ONES FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS |
58333 BOMBARDIER H.W. HANCLIFF ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 16TH OCTOBER 1917 PEACE PERFECT PEACE IN THIS DARK WORLD OF SIN THE VOICE OF JESUS WHISPERS PEACE WITHIN |
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SURGEON COMMANDER A.W. COCKING M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. ROYAL NAVY 29TH FEBRUARY 1944 AGE 51 O VALIANT HEARTS |
CAPTAIN C.F.H. WIGAN M.A. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 15TH JULY 1943 AGE 40 |
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12778 PRIVATE J. MEADOWS GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 24TH AUGUST 1917 |
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Last modified 27 March 2001