Ombersley

War Memorial

Ordnance Survey reference: SO 844635

Contents
A red sandstone cross on an octagonal base, in front of the churchyard.
Reading clockwise around the memorial, from the front, the eight faces read as follows:

In Memory of
the men of
Ombersley
Who fell in the
two Great Wars
1914-1918
and
1939-1945
Their name liveth
for evermore

1939-1945
J.F. Collins
J.G. Green
H.R. Hesketh
A. Hodges
P.H. Jones

1914-1918
H. Barnes
F. Bellamy
P. Biddle
J. Blount
W. Brooks
H. Brown
W. Burgess
A. Butler
J. Butler

1914-1918
C. Chesshire
P. Davis
A. Farley
E. Griffin
J. Haffner
A. Hicks
A. Hill
J. Hinckesman
H. Hobday

1914-1918
F. Keyte
E. Marshall
A. Miles
W. Morris
A. Norman
W. Page
F. Pardoe

1914-1918
C. Phillips
E. Phillips
F. Phillips
G. Phillips
L. Pitman
H. Rice
H. Sheppard
A. Smith
H.H. Smith
Herbt. Smith

1914-1918
J. Taylor
O. Taylor
J. Warner
A. Webster
J. Weston
C. Wigley
C. Williams
G. Wood

1939-1945
J.E. Rowlett
J.T. Silvester
C.A. Thomas
W.P. Wood
C. Ballinger


There are a number of the standard military gravestones in the graveyard behind the church. A couple of these may not strictly be war graves, but I've included them for the sake of completeness:


     5249107 PRIVATE                 202685 SERJEANT
       P.H. JONES                       J. BUTLER
THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT.         WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
  24TH MAY 1940 AGE 40         30TH SEPTEMBER 1920 AGE 28
 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY


      267077 PRIVATE                 17268 PRIVATE
       J.H. WESTON                    H.E. FARMER
 ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT.       WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
  16TH JUNE 1917 AGE 20         11TH JANUARY 1919 AGE 26
 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


    154527 GUNNER                   09565 PRIVATE
      A. PASSEY                      R.T. KNIGHT
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY             HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
 23RD SEPTEMBER 1918                26TH MAY 1920

Note:

The Somerset memorial lists a Private Frank Edward Kinnard of "Ombersleigh", Worcs. as having served during WW I in the Somerset Light Infantry.
The Somerset memorial also lists a Private Arthur John Owens of Ombersley in the Somerset Light Infantry. Neither of these two men are listed on the Ombersley memorial.

C. Ballinger is also listed on the Doverdale memorial.

Last modified 30 July 2000