St James, Defford Ordnance Survey reference: SO 917432 War Memorial

Contents

A cross in the churchyard:

In memory of
B Potter
G Steptoe
A Dovey
H Locke
C Rice
F J Saunders
L Davis
H Davis
Who served in the Great War

In memory of
C Bell
A Brooks
F Brooks
A Davis
J Downes
T Gould
F Hughes
H James
R Phelps
S.D. Rees
H Rice
F Sherriff
W Taylor
W Wadley
F Watkins
Who fell in the Great War 1914-1919


A brass plate on a wall in the church:

To the Glory of God
In Memory of the men of Defford
who gave their lives
for their country in the
Great War 1914-1919
C. Bell
A. Brooks
F. Brooks
A. Davis
J. Downes
A. Dovey
T. Gould
F. Hughes
H. James
H. Locke
R. Phelps
B. Potter
S.D. Rees
H. Rice
F. Sheriff
R. Sheriff
C. Steptoe
W. Taylor
W. Wadley
F. Watkins
"Their name liveth for evermore"

Defford Graveyard

The graveyard is a short distance down the road from the church.
A single military grave:

15294 SAPPER G STEPTOE ROYAL ENGINEERS 24TH FEBRUARY 1919

The following list, of those from Defford who were currently sering in the armed forces, was published in the Berrow's Worcester Journal for October 3rd 1914:

h. Abbotts J. Boucher J. Clewer Captain Checketts R. Ewins H. Eales H. Fletcher C. Farley F. Ferris C. Gould

T. Gould F. Hughes T. Hooper A. Mott B. Potter G. Parkes S. Parkes H. Parker C. Radburn F. Ruck

R.G. Sheriff J. Stanton E. Simmonds -. Simmonds H. Soley D. Taylor W. Whelton W. Wadley R. Wadley T. Wadley

Note
The "-. Simmonds" entry above is not due to unreadable microfilm: the original actually listed a dash in place of the original.