Ashton Under Hill

War Memorial

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 997378
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Ashton under Hill was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Worcestershire.

Postcard of war memorial, Ashton under hill The memorial is a couple of hundred yards along the road from the church, opposite the village school. A Cornish cross, with a sword pointing down, on a stepped pedestal. It was made in Portland stone by Messrs. Martins of Cheltenham, and unveiled on Nov. 8th 1924 by General Sir Francis Davies, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. of Elmley Castle.
This picture is from an old (ca. 1930s) postcard.
On the front:

To the glory of God
and in memory of the men
of Ashton-Under-Hill
who gave their lives for
their Country
Reginald Barnett
Alexander Cresswell
Andrew Clemens
Charles W. Hunting
Albert Stanton
Frederick Porter
"These were a wall unto us
both by night and day"

On the left face:

1914-1919
Benjamin Cotton
Alfred Grove

On the right face:

These men died
that we might live
1939 1945
Somerville Charles Cope
Guy Lea

St Barbara's church

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 997377

A framed parchment by the door:

Ashton-Under-Hill
Roll of Honour
Albert Allen
Arthur E Archer
Thomas Baldwyn
John V. Barnett
Reginald Barnett
Thomas Barnett
E. Kington Brice
Joseph Chandler
Andrew Clements
Benjamin Cotton
Alexander Cresswell
Alfred J. Grove
William Hooper
Charles W. Hunting
Tom Hunting
A. John Langley
Charles H. Lippett
Percy Lloyd
Jack W. Moore
Percy C. Moore
Charles K. Nicklin
William Panting
Frederick Porter
Ralph L. Pratt
Arthur H. Richardson
Ernest E. Richardson
Percy Richardson
W. Robert Sandford
Stanley Simcox
Frederick Smith
Charles H. Spiers
Albert E. Stanton
George Ward
Arthur W Whittle
Frank Whittle

A marble plaque:

In loving memory of
Pte. C. Turner
R.A.M.C. 2nd London T.F.
Who was wounded at Ypres April 4th
and died at Boulogne April 21st 1915
He was the beloved and only child of
Henry and Margaret Turner, of this Parish
Lord teach us from our hearts to say
"Thy will be done"

A brass plaque:

In ever loving memory of
my dear husband
Corporal
Algernon A.B.Warrilow
A.S.C. M.T.
who died of enteric fever on board
H.M.H.S. "Dunluce Castle"
26th February 1918
aged 29 years
"I will bring them again from the depths
of the sea"
Erected by his sorrowing wife.

A grave in the churchyard:

5231 PRIVATE
A.E. STANTON
GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
6TH MAY 1916 AGE 19
PEACE PERFECT PEACE

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Last modified 13 November 1999