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Alcester War Memorial Cross
St. Nicholas Churchyard, Butter Street, Alcester, Stratford on Avon B49 5AL

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE FALLEN
PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE
AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED
1914 ~ 1918

R. ALLCOCK C. BATES G. BAYLIS P. BAYLIS B. BIDDLE W. BLAKE
J. BOOKER W.R. BOWEN W.T. BOYCE G.P. BREEZE A.V CHANDLER W.T. COCKBILL
H.F. COLDICOTT P.J COOKE G.H. COX R.O. DEVEY T.G. DEVEY P. EDKINS
F.J. EDWARDS A.T. FREEMAN A. GALLIMORE S. GALLIMORE T.H. HANCOCK E.W. HARRIES
J. HAWTIN G.A. HEMMING W. HEMMING A.B. JEPHCOTT C.J. JOHNSON F. JOHNSON
C.E. JONES A.E. KEYTE W. KEYTE B. MILLS E.C. MILLS H.H. OVERBURY
F. PANTER J.L. PURTON W.T. RICHARDSON T. ROBBINS A. SMITH W.E. STANTON
A. STEELE R.W. TIPPING H.J. TOMLIN V. WELSBY A.J. WHEELER G. WOODWARD
           
1939 ~ 1945
S.J. BARLEY A. BAYLIS E.R. BIDDLE F.W. BLOUNT A.W. BONHAM F. BUNTING
W.J. CANNING C.H. CARTMALE F. DUXBURY J. FITZGERALD W. GALLIMORE A.L. HEMMING
W.H. HEMMING C.D INGRAM R.L. KEYTE D. MEEHAN E.H. PORTMAN H.E. ROBERTS
J.M. SHEWELL F.W. SMITH J. TARVER J. WHEATLEY H.J. WILLIAMS R.C WOOLNOUGH
           
KOREA
E. STRAIN
©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:
 
  • 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

 

South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Leamington College for Boys War Memorial

Formerly at Binswood Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 5SE
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IN MEMORY
OF OUR OLD BOYS AND MASTERS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 ~ 1918

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

H.H. BAILEY J.D. BARR A.C.BISHOP C. BLACKHAM F.S. BLUNT H.J. BOOTE
E. CASHMORE A.V. CHURCH H. CLULEE E.J. COLBOURNE D.H. COOPER E.S. CURWEN
G.W. DOOGAN C.W. ELTHAM A.E. FARMER H.G. FARMER J.H. GASKIN R.S. GAMBLE
W.Y. GARDNER E.W. GREEN A. HARRISON E. HUNT J.G. JACKA F. JACKSON
P. JACKSON S.C. JENKINS JOHNSON H.L. E.T. JONES C.J. LAND B.G. LEE
C.J. LOVELL A.E.R. MAYCOCK A.A. MASON W. MEYER-GRIFFITH R.J. NEWCOMBE G.E. ORTON
R.B. POOLE J. PRIOR A.E. RAINBOW F.G. RAINBOW SANDERSON E. L. SHARP
~ A.L. SEXTON F.N. TARRANT F. THISTLEWOOD P. THISTLEWOOD ~
           
The memorial plaque was originally erected at the Binswood Hall site when it housed the Leamington College for Boys. Binswood Hall is now a retirement community and the plaque was moved to a new site which houses the North Leamington School.
©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:
 
  • Philip Wilson, Curator of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY
  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • 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 the fallen and 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.

 

South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Great Alne St. Mary Magdalen Church Plaque
Great Alne Village Hall, Henley Rd, Great Alne, Alcester B49 6HL

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF MEN
 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914   ~   1918

GODFREY L. PURTON WILLIAM W. HARRIS HENRY CORNWALL WILLIAM S. KING
  ALBERT CORNWALL FRANK B. WRIGHT  
       
 OF THIS PARISH AND OF
 JOHN MASON ALFRED MERRY SISTER E.M. ELVINS 

1939  ~  1945
 HERBERT LOYD JACK TILLERSLEY KENNETH MAKEFIELD

THEY WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
©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:
 
  • Philip Wilson, Curator of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY
  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • 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 the fallen and 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.

 

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Harbury War Memorial
All Saints Church (outside), Crown Street, Harbury, Southam CV33 9HA

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 ~ 1918

A. ALLEN A. ALLEN A.S. ANDREW E. ASTELL R. BARFOOT
R. J. BEARDSWORTH C. W. BIRD M.G. BLAND R. J. BROOKS MM F. BOILES
C. E. CLARKE E. W. COOPER F. C. FIELD H. GARDINER C. J. GASCOIGNE
E. E. GURDEN S. HAWTIN E. E. IVINS W. LANCASTER A.E. MARLOW
R. MANN S. W. MULLIS J. A. MORGAN B. OSBORNE A. OVER
G. G. OVERTON F. PADBURY F. D. RAINBOW MM R. RAINBOW B. TURNER
~ J. T. WALKER A. V. WYATT F. O. YOUNG ~
         

MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 ~ 1945

T. H. J. BIDDLE H. G. BOYNTON C. G. BOYNTON R. CENEY D. L. T. DALE
 E. W. FIELD
 R. F. E GURDEN J. H. HODGES R. W. MORRIS G.W. TANNER
         

THEY ARE NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING, AND THEIR NOBLE DEEDS WILL LIVE FOREVER

©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:

  • 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.

 

 

South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Studley War Memorial

Alcester Road, Studley, B80 7NL

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IN GRATEFUL MEMORMY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ~ 1918

SIR J.H. JAFFRAY P.A. CHAMBERS F.J. SEYMOUR J.J. SPIERS W. CASHMORE G.W. THATCHER
V.F. CLARKE E. AVERY C. DYDE E. BALLARD J.L. HEMMING T. BARTLEY
O. SUMMERS A.N. BENNETT R.W. NICHOLS J.T. BIDDLE C.W. BLICK J. BLICK
S.L. HOUGH T. BLICK W.H.R. MITCHELL J.F. BOND B. PARKER W. CAUSIER
J.T. ROSS W. CHATTERLEY T.H. GOSTLING W.H. SMITH G.E.PETTIFER F. PINFOLD
A.A. GIBBS J. PARKER J.H. MOORE W.W. HARRIS F.H. JOHNSON W.S. KING
J. NEWMAN W. SIMMONDS ? J. CHESHIRE D.G. CLAYTON F.A. CHESTER G.F. CRANER
H.W. COOKE H.H. COOPER A.E. DANKS ARTHUR DANKS ERIC DANKS ALFRED DANKS
EDGAR DANKS W. M. DOODEY R. DUFFIN W. ETHERIDGE L. GILLETT A.J. HARRIS
A.J. IRELAND N.G. GARDNER E.R. INGLES W.H. HARRIS J. HILL T.H. HOLLOWAY
H.C. HOPKINS A. JONES E.P. JOHNSTON H. JONES R.F. KESSEY A.F. LAMB
E. LANCASTER E. MORRALL E. MORRIS P. PAYNE G.G. PERKINS R.W.A PERKINS
N.A. PERKS A.D. PHILLIPS W. SHRIMPTON A.F. SMITH F.W. SMITH P.W. SMITH
C.J. SPIERS W.J. SPIERS A.E. SUMMERS H.W. THOMPSON F.E. TIPTON A.G. TITMUS
J.L TUCKER W.A. WELCH J. BENNETT S. M. LAIGHT W.E. FIELDING C.F. COTTRILL
E.H. BLUNDELL H. CHAMBERLAIN A.J. CLAYTON H.T. DAFFIN F. CHESTER F. AINGE
~ P. BAYLIS W. BENNETT H. COOPER ~ ~
           

ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 ~ 1945

ANNIE M. ROBERTS D. BROAD J.C. BELL A.J. LANE A.C.E PARKER
N.C. SMITH J.A. STYLES J.G. WALTERS B. WILLIS A.G. MILES

 

Unveiled on 18th October 1920 by Sir Ernest Pollock, Master of the Rolls

©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:
 
  • Philip Wilson, Curator of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY
  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • 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 the fallen and 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.

 

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  3. Brinklow War Memorial
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