Herefordshire | Cradley

St. James the Great, Cradley

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 736471

War memorials

A tablet on the wall in the church:

TO
THE GLORY OF
GOD
AND TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF
THE UNDERMENTIONED MEN FROM THIS
PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

2^ND LIEUT P. HOLT	6TH BATTN. BEDFORDSHIRE REGT.
CORPORAL F. JORDAN	ROYAL F. ARTILLERY
PRIVATE H. BOSLEY	1ST. BATT. HEREFORD^RE REG^T
PRIVATE J. CADWALLADER	3RD BATT. WORCESTER^RE REG^T
PRIVATE H. DOUCH	2^ND BATT^N S. WALES BORDERERS
PRIVATE J. FAULKES	2^ND BATT^N GRENADIER GUARDS
PRIVATE A. GITTENS	1^ST BATT^N HEREFORD^RE REG^T
PRIVATE A. GRIFFITHS	3^RD BATT^N GRENADIER GUARDS
PRIVATE T. HITCHINGS	3^RD BATT^N MONMOUTH REG^T
PRIVATE A. HITCHINGS	10^TH BATT^N WORCESTER^RE REG^T
PRIVATE J. HOPKINSON	2^ND BATT^N S. WALES BORDERERS
PRIVATE R. KINGS	2/1ST W. RIDING FIELD AMB.
PRIVATE C. KITSULL	9TH BATT. WORCESTER^RE REGT.
PRIVATE E. PAGE	1/8TH BATT. WORCESTER^RE REGT.
PRIVATE T. PHILPOTTS	1/7TH BATT. WORCESTER^RE REGT.
PRIVATE A. POUNCETT	3^RD BATT. GRENADIER GUARDS
PRIVATE R. PRITCHARD	CANADIAN MTD RIFLES
DRIVER H. PURCELL	ROYAL A.S. CORPS
PRIVATE G. SYMMONDS	1/7TH BATT. WORCESTER^RE REG^T
PRIVATE F. THOMAS	CANADIAN MTD RIFLES

A tablet beneath this:

IN MEMORY OF
HERBERT CHARLES CHADNEY
WILFRED RAYMOND HORNE
THOMAS WILLIAM JONES
JAMES WALTER WATERS
OF THIS PARISH OF CRADLEY WHO
DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945

A bronze plaque at the base of the bell tower:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FROM
THIS PARISH LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER OF THIS CHURCH
WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION

A cross at the junction of the main road with the church lane:

front:

TO THE PRAISE OF GOD AND
IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
CAPT IVAN MACLEAN R.A.M.C. D.S.C., M.C. AND BAR
L^T ALEC MACLEAN R.E.
L^T FRANK MACLEAN ABBOTT R.N.
S^UB L^T HECTOR MACLEAN R.N.
1914-1919
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

back:

IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FROM THIS PARISH AND
WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THE
TABLET IN THE CHURCH
ALSO OF
L^T R. PEEL CORBIN WORC REGT
AND
CPL H LANE RIFLE BRIGADE

Last modified 17 November 1999