South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Rowington War Memorial & School Roll of Honour

St. Laurence's Churchyard, Old Warwick Road, Rowington, Warwick, CV35 7AB


TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ROWINGTON
WHO DIED FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ~ 1918
WORLD WAR 1939 ~ 1945

A.T. VARDY W.H. WRIGHT G. HOPCROFT P. WILLIAMS
T.R. SMITH T.W. WILLIAMS A. SLY A. JOHNSON
G. MALIN G. DIPPLE C.J. NEALE C.J. TEALE
M.H. ORCUTT F. MERRIMAN C.R. BUNN C.H. PRIEST
E.G. MOORE E.W. GHENT O.T. SMITH C.H. MALIN
W. MALIN C. ROWNEY A.V. EDWARDS H.H.C. WOOLLOFF

1939 ~ 1945

J.T. AUSTIN C.R. DURRANT R.B BIRTLES D.F. FARDON

Rowington Council School WW1 Roll of Honour

REST IN PEACE

WILLIAM H WRIGHT THOMAS R. SMITH THOMAS WILLIAMS PERCY WILLIAMS CHARLES ROWNEY
GEORGE HOPCROFT ARTHUR SLY FRANK MERRIMAN CHARLES BUNN CHARLES PRIEST
~ ~ CHARLES HADLAND ~ ~

1914 - HONOUR - PEACE - JUSTICE - FREEDOM - 1919
THOSE WHO SERVED

LEONARD ALLEN FRANK HEWITT SIDNEY TURTON WILFRED PLOWMAN GEORGE GILBERT WILFRED WITCOMB
CHARLES WOODWARD LESLIE JENNINGS CLEMENT WEETMAN JOHN HEWITT  THOMAS GOODYEAR FREDERICK MOSELEY
JOHN GOODYEAR EDWARD SMITH ERNEST MOORE FREDERICK LEWIS HARRY LEWIS FRANK STEMMER
 WILLIAM HURLEY WILLIAM GHENT FREDERICK McGELEY THOMAS BANT THOMAS WALDEN FREDERICK WHITE
ERNEST WHITE CHARLES HOPCROFT ERNEST LANE HORACE HATHBONE FRANK HATHBONE JAMES SMITH
WILLIAM MOSELEY  GEORGE BARTON PERCY SWEETMAN CHARLES HADLAND JOSEPH PRIEST SAMUEL BANT

©Bibliography All of our information is independently researched and then compared to other sources. A list of the sources we use to do our independent research will be published soon. All of the photographs herein are linked back to their original source, except those taken by SWFHS. We are grateful to those other sources:
 
  • Rowington at War by Rowington Parish Council
  • Rowington Records website
  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum for help with Yeomanry Soldiers
  • The County of Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Vol 1 South Warwickshire book by Kenneth Fowler. SWFHS purchased this book and retains it in our small library. Able Publishing ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1903607639 & ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1903607633
  • Find A Grave and it's numerous contributors for use of photographs, particularly Grave stones. SWFHS supplies pictures of War Memorials to the site in the name of Ian Shuter.
  • The Great War Forum an excellent source of information and knowledge which is freely given.
  • Lightbobs.com for help with Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry soldiers
  • The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C. L. KINGSFORD
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY