St Michael's, Great Comberton

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 954421

War Memorial

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A marble tablet on an interior wall:
In loving memory of
my dear husband
Enoch Peart
Private, 1st Battalion
Worcestershire regiment.
After 4 years service
he died at Dieppe, France
Dec. 5 1918 aged 33 years
"In due season we shall reap if
we faint not"

In the churchyard

A stone cross on one of the graves. The front of the cross is completely covered with ivy, and unreadable without stripping it off. On the back of the cross, however, is this inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
PTE PERCY HEEKS 3RD WORC RGT
DIED AT ENSCHEDE (HOLLAND)
6TH DECR 1918, AGED 25 YEARS
INTERRED AT ALGEMEENE
VAR N ROW 5
PEACE PERFECT PEACE

This grave is that of a soldier's widow: note that Maurice Festing appears on the Kemerton and OVerbury rolls of service.
IN MEMORY OF
DOROTHY
ELIZABETH
FESTING
BORN 19TH APRIL 1874
DIED 1ST JUNE 1954
WIDOW OF COL
MAURICE FESTING DSO
BELOVED MOTHER OF
MICHAEL AND ROBERT FESTING

Roadside War Memorial

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 956425

This is a stone cross on a square plinth beside the road. It is some distance from the parish church: it had gone somewhat grey from weathering and lichen, but was cleaned and restored to its original white in early summer 2002

To the glory of God and in Grateful memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

Capt. A Beliatt MC
Lc Cpl A P R Gibbs
Pte F. R. Carter
Pte P.W. Heeks
Pt. E Peart

Last modified 23 July 2002