Worcester, St. John in Bedwardine War Memorial Ordnance Survey reference: SO 840545

Contents

This memorial is just by the church.
The 1914-1918 names are basically laid out in four vertical columns. It appears that some names were added at a later date at the bottom of the columns, so they are not entirely in alphabetic order. There is a central, narrower column containing the 1939-1945 names: presumably a later addition on a part of the memorial fortuitously left blank. Otherwise, if all names had been placed on the memorial at one time, the 1914-1918 columns would not have needed extra names inserted at the bottom.....

In grateful memory of the men of St John's who gave their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1918 Ayrton D.J. Badger H. Baker A.F. Bancroft H. Birbeck H. Birchley C.H. Bishop W.F. Bosworth E.V. Bray F.J. Bray R.W. Bruton W. Causier L. Carwardine T.E. Charles W.J. Chignell H. Collins G.H. Cook R. Cook W. Cook W.E. Cox J.J. Crompton P.C. Drew C. Drinkwater A. Ennis H.T. Farmer F.S. Burgess S.H. Farmer R. Fidoe T. Fulcher A. Fulcher A.E. Fulcher T.H. Gwillam J. Gwillam T. Haines F. Hall A.W. Hardman E. Harris F.J. Hawker F. Haynes H. Hammond A.G. Hemming F.W. Hill W.J. Howse W.H. Hunt C.G. Insley E.A. Insley T.B. Isaac A.W. Isaac J.E. Jones C.F. Jones H.B. Kings H. Knight E.R. Knott P. Langstone A.H. Lerry H.J. Lewis C.W. Maddox F.L. Mann R.S. Mann W. Mattey A. Maund A. Mears H. Milton R. Morris F. Phelps G.H. Plum R.B. Rastall A. Ratcliffe A.E. Rea T. Repton R. Roberts R.E. Roberts T.F. McHarg H. Pingree R.C. Rowberry G. Rowberry J. Rowe F. Marshall I. Sewell I.W. Spencer V. Sprague F. Stevens H.G. Stevens R.W. Summers W.A. Sweetman A.G. Taylor A. Thatcher E. Thatcher W. Vinney S. Walters T. Webb H. Webb W.B. White T.H. Wilding A. Wilks W.H. Williams A.J. Williams T. Willitts A. Winnington F.J. Wodehouse E.C Woodward W.P. Wood G. Hemming H. Lucy F.

Also those who fell in the 1939-45 War
Band A.W.E.
Hall R.J.C.
Jew S.W.
Pugh E.V.
Smith S.
Sorrie A.W.
Thompson A.G.
Taylor A.
Worrall V.J.
Barron W.T.
Bowen D.A.
Creese M.G.
Hassell A.G.
Jennings E.
Jones B.L.
White G.

If death with honour prove a life well lead
To us of all men such fair fortune came
For country and for freedom forth we sped
We fell possessors of a deathless name.

Also in memory of
those who have fallen since
in the everlasting
fight for freedom

Notes
1. John Watts is researching the WW I names on this memorial. He would be happy to share what information he has, and even happier to hear from anyone with information about any WW I casualty on the memorial. He can be contacted at:
John Watts
67 Bromwich Road
St Johns
Worcester WR2 4AR
or john@johnwat.globalnet.co.uk

2. Of the WW I names, Sidney Hugh Burgess, Frederick Stanley Farmer, Francis William Hemming, Charles Frederick Jones, Francis William Morris, Rupert Edward Roberts, Richard Wilfred Stevens, William Pullen Woodward, and possibly F. Haines, were all old boys of Worcester Grammar School, and are listed on that memorial. A book has been published about the men on that memorial; see the web page for information.

3. G. Rowberry and J. Rowberry were brothers. This information is from Polly Rubery (polly@rowberry.org), who is conducting a one-name study on Rowberry and variants. If you have information on these two men, she would like to hear from you, or if you are looking for further information, I recommend you contact her