Toddington War memorial Ordnance Survey reference: SP 048324

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This column is by the roundabout at the junction of the B4077 and the B4632. The picture is taken from a pre-WW II postcard: the memorial was a brilliant white when first erected, but has now weathered to grey.

TO ENGLANDS HEROES 1914 - 1919

On the base, it reads:

THEIR SHRINES STAND ON EVERY HIGHWAY WHOSE LAMPS OF REMEMBRANCE ABIDE FED WITH LOVE FROM THE HEART-SPRINGS OF ENGLAND AND LIT FROM THE TORCH OF HER PRIDE

St Andrew's, Toddington

A grey stone tablet inside the church:

1914 Pro Patria 1919 In memory of The Toddington men who gave their lives serving their country during the Great War 1914-1919 Archibald Ball Robert Deakin Alwyn Green Harry Hall William Styles Hubert Tripp Thomas Wasley "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" S. John XV 13

A second, smaller tablet below this:

1939-1945 Albert Stephens

There are a number of memorials to the Tracy family, some quite elaborate, including, on the wall, a large depiction of the family coat of arms, and to either side of it, the following two inscriptions:

  TO THE MEMORY OF                       TO THE MEMORY OF
   MAJOR THE HON.                        RICHARD ALGERNON
   ALGERNON HENRY                           FREDERICK
      CHARLES                            6TH BARON SUDELEY
   HANBURY-TRACY                              MAJOR
      C.M.G.                             ROYAL HORSE GUARDS
 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS                        ONLY SON OF THE 
 SECOND SON OF THE                          HON. ALGERNON
 4TH BARON SUDELEY                          HENRY CHARLES
BORN 11TH APRIL 1871                        HANBURY-TRACY
 HE SERVED IN UGANDA                     AND SYLVIA HIS WIFE
1897-9 S.AFRICA 1899-                      BORN 20TH APRIL
1900. ABYSSINIA 1901                        1911. DIED ON
 DIED WHILE SERVING                  ACTIVE SERVICE 26TH AUGUST
 WITH HIS REGIMENT                              1941
 3RD DECEMBER 1914                          AGED 30 YEARS
   AGED 44 YEARS

And an iron cross, with this inscription:

IN MEMORY OF DIED NOV. 10TH 1916 AGED 27 PERCY A. GREEN ALWYN GREEN AGED 24 DIED MAY 8TH 1917 KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR

According to the CWGC records, Alwyn Green has no known grave. He is listed on the Arras memorial in France. Percival Arthur Green, Rifleman R/14360 in the 1st Battalion King's Rifle Corps, is buried in the Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, on the Somme. Percival was the son of Mrs W. Green of 37, Newtown, Winchcombe, Glos, and married to Mrs. L.W. Green of 8, Midland House, Llansamlet, Swansea. From their juxtaposition on this memorial, it seems likely that they were brothers.
Note there is some discrepancy with the Debt of Honour register: Percy is listed there as having died on the 14th November 1916.

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