Warwickshire | Whatcote | War Memorials
A brass plate:
| THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 IN FAITHFUL TRUST IN GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALBERT HENRY GARDNER KILLED IN FRANCE WILLIAM GEORGE MARSHALL DIED IN MILTARY HOSPITAL, NEWCASTLE THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD , THEY ARE IN PEACE |
Paper in a wooden frame:
| For God, King and Empire AC Batsford,Hampshire Regiment E Butler,Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry W FisherDuke of Cornwall Light Infantry A GardnerKing’s Royal Rifles T GardnerRoyal Field Artillery R GardnerSomerset Light Infantry J GardnerRoyal Warwick Regiment W GardnerRoyal Warwick Regiment J HancoxRoyal Warwick Regiment S HancoxKing’s Royal Rifles W HewinsRoyal Garrison Artillery R Marshall10th Hussars W MarshallRoyal Warwick Regiment AC PettyRoyal Engineers L SadlerRoyal Air Force C TownsendRoyal Warwick Rt. W WebbNorthumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour Whatcote St Peter’s church |
A brass plate, made by F. Osborne & Co. Ltd London WC1:
| + In memory of Sergeant R.F. Marshall Killed in Action, Crete, 29th May 1941 Aged 27 years | Just to the left of this plate is hung a framed photoograph of Sergeant Marshall |
Paper in a wooden frame:
| For God, King and Empire 1939 – 1945 R. Marshall Warwickshire Yeomanry W. Cox Royal Air Force S W Lees Royal Fusiliers G.R. Petty Royal Navy R. Prichard Parachute Brigade G. Vincent Royal Air Force Roll of Honour Whatcote St Peter’s Church |
The church was severely damaged on 12th December 1940 (the night of the great air raid on Coventry) by a stray bomb jettisoned by a German bomber. there are a number of items commemorating this, which I won’t describe in detail, as they are somewhat outside the intended scope of this page: A brass plaque commemorating the restoration of the church in 1947, a framed photo of the damage, a framed poem by Elsie Vere Hewins ‘The Little Church Whatcote’, and a cross outside near the church porch, commemorating the 50th anniversary (1997) of the church’s rededication.
Besides these, there is a CWGC gravestone in the churchyard:
| 60073 PRIVATE W.G. MARSHALL ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. 9TH NOVEMBER 1918 AGE 18 |
Last modified 11 July 2000