Moreton in Marsh Ordnance Survey reference: SP 205325 War Memorial

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St David's, Moreton in Marsh

A carved wooden panel flanking the altar in Lady Chapel:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISHES OF BATSFORD AND MORETON-IN-MARSH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 Alfred J Allen William J. Beacham George Bishop Charles H. Bowden Arthur Brown Edward Burden Howard H Clayton Charles E Drew Charles W Driver Ernest F Dyer George J. Dyer James Gardner Norman L. Garrett Francis E. Gibbs David Gillett Frederick J. Gillett Isaac Gillett

William F. Gillett Thomas G. Handy Bertram I. Hardiman Henry G. Hicks James C. Hinson Frederick F. Horne William Howe John W. Invine Ernest F. Lootes William H. Lootes Clement B.O. Mitford Oswald R. Oliver John H. Pye John Riddey Walter A. Rolph Ronald C. Selwood Leon Sharp Oscar Sharp Frederick A. Simms George H. Skelcher Percy R. Timms Hubert J. Tudor Percy F. Walker Reginald W. Walker Cecil Webb Robert Wheeler James H. Yelf

A wooden plaque on the wall near the altar:

In loving memory of our brothers who died after their return from the War 1914-1918

Matthew H Davenport George Eldridge Charles Foden Percy J Kench Albert W Lamb George E. Lootes Alfred Tarplett Frank Tarplett

Notes: 1. Clement O.B. Mitford and James Gardner are also listed on memorials in Batsford. See the batsford page for more detail.
2. An airfield was built near Moreton in Marsh and used in WW II - see the Wellington Aviation Museum Web page, which has a detailed history of the airfield. This includes a listing of the WW II airmen buried at Moreton in Marsh cemetery.

GENUKI's Moreton in Marsh Page