St. Mary the Virgin, Kempsey

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 848490

War memorial

Contents
A stone cross on an octagonal base in the churchyard.

The Glorious dead 1914-1919
Arthur Bartlett
Charles Bray
Basil Butcher
William Crump
George Clifford
Albert Deakin
Walter Edwards
Albert Fowles
William Goodwin
John Hemmings
Arthur Hill
P Powis Hill
John Isaac
Albert Jeynes
Albert W Jeynes
Cyril Joynes
William Lane
Joseph Lea
Bennett Lindley
F Manners-Smith
Thomas Mason
Ben Mellor
Percy Page
Charles Palmer
Ernest Rea
William Rea
George Rea
William Reynolds
Arthur Richardson
Charles Rivers
Albert Salisbury
Fred Smith
William Turner
Thomas Weston
Frank Wilson
Walter Yapp

1939-1945
Albert Collett
Geoffrey Finch
Richard Hancock
Hugh Acton Jefferies
Dorothy Sugden
Howard Wallis
Joseph G Hill

Two military hedstones in the churchyard:
MAJOR F.G.GILSON
WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
17TH SEPTEMBER 1920 AGE 40
SEVERELY WOUNDED
YPRES OCT 1914
GASSED IN ACTION JUNE 1918
12396 CORPORAL
C RIVERS
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
2ND MARCH 1916

Notes:
Geoffrey Wyckham Finch was an ex-pupil of Worcester Grammar School, and his name is listed on the school memorial

For other material on Kempsey, check out Andy Morrall's History of Kempsey home page.


Last modified 7 November 2000