St Philip & St. James, StrenshamOrdnance Survey reference: SO 911406War Memorial | Contents |
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2ND LIEUT C. JERVOISE DUDLEY SMITH, GRENADIER GUARDS PTE. A. HART WORC. REGT. PTE. H.W. HART, LONDON REGT. PTE. M. HOWMAN WORC. YEOM. PTE. J. WIGGINS WORC. REGT. A.M.F.E. WILSON R.A.F. WHO FELL IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR MCMXIV-XIX THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF STRENSHAM "WE HAVE DONE THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO" St. luke XVII.10 |
Hanging in the church is a wooden-framed drawing of the memorial cross.
The wooden frame is carved with the words:
To Whom honour is due
Strensham 1914-1919
I think the drawing may be one of the architect's original design drawings.
The drawing is dated April 1919, and has this annotation (partly obscured by the frame):
S. Gamlin Parry Arc.
28 Victoria Street
Westminster
Attached to the back of the frame (?) is what appears to be a photocopy of the Roll of Honour. This appears to have been compiled before all of the casualties were known:
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Roll of Honour Strensham 1914-19 Lieut. Salisbury Fynes Davenport R.G.A. + Lieutenant Jervoise Dudley Smith Grenadier Guards | ||
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This is within the village of Strensham proper, a cross on a square base.
This is the memorial shown in the architect's drawing in the church. There
are no names on it, but for the sake of completeness, the inscription, on the front of the memorial, facing the road, is listed here:
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ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF STRENSHAM TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF 1919 AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO SERVED DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914   1919 OF WHOM 6 GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY |