St John the Baptist, Feckenham

Ordnance Survey reference: SP 009616

War Memorial

Contents

A cross in the churchyard on a square stepped base.
The four nearly square faces at the bottom of the cross read:

To the Glory of
God and in Memory
of the men of this
parish who gave
their lives in the
Great War 1914 1918

Edgar Badger
Cecil Burrows
James Crooke
Edgar Dolphin
John Dolphin
Harry Farmer
Albert Fisher
Alfred George Gould

Frederick Harris
Edgar Thomas Hawthorne
Harry Hopcroft
Ernest Hicks
Charles Newman
Frank Owen
Enoch Parker
Ernest Pearce

Alick Pretty
Harry Richmond
Wilfred Slade
Frank Styler
William Styler
Arthur Watton
Harold Watton

The topmost step below this has the following inscriptions on three sides.

Also those who fell in the
World War 1939-1945

Arthur George Cook
Ronald Freeman

John Llewellyn Griffith
Robert Salmon
Fred Tufft

Note: Harry Farmer was born at Stock Green Redditch, son of William and Mary Ann Farmer. Married to Esther Mary Farmer of 29, Oakhill Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham. Was Private 30832 in the 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, died 12th June 1917 aged 29 [Source: CWGC Debt of Honour Register. This source also states that he was buried in this churchyard. Sometime in the summer of 2000 I'll get back there and see if I can find the grave]


Last Modified 27 November 1999