Print

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

Men of RWRRWRlest we forget2tower poppiescwgcpoppyThe Battle of the Somme film image1 3gallipoli

Bascote Heath & Stoneythorpe War Memorial

Bascote Heath Lane, Bascote Heath, Southam CV47 2DN 

 
View the embedded image gallery online at:
https://swfhs.org.uk/index.php/war-memorial-transcriptions/memorials-b-wm-2/bascote-heath-wm?print=1&tmpl=component#sigProIdf3043a67a8

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM BASCOTE HEATH and STONEY THORPE
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 

W.A. BLELOCH E. BLOXHAM D.R. HILLIER
D.O. HILLIER A. O. T. IZZARD T. A. MARKHAM
~ W.W. MORRIS [MORTON] ~

The first of the three plinths below the Memorial Cross contains an inscription that is barely readable but we know it says:

OUR DEAD LIE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE ON PLAIN & MOUNT AND SEA
BUT SINCE FOR THEE THEY FOUGHT AND DIED THEY SURELY REST WITH THEE

Please note:

The last name on the Memorial is W.W. Morton however a newspaper report in the Warwickshire Advertiser on Saturday, February 19th, 1921 lists the names on the memorial and all the names match the memorial except that W.W. Morris is listed instead of W.W. Morton. Given the information above it is clear that the name Morton has been mistakenly added instead of Morris.

Therefore for the below listed reasons we firmly believe that the W.W. Morton listed on the memorial is in fact W.W. Morris
  1. He was a groom at Stoneythorpe before enlisting (Warwickshire Roll of Honour Book)
  2. His legal guardians in military records were Mr. Alfred and Mrs. S Watkins of Bascote Heath
  3. He enlisted at Southam (military records)
  4. The newspaper report clearly lists his name.
  5. All the names listed on this memorial are also included on the Ufton War Memorial which lists William Morris and has no listing for a Morton

Bibliography: All of our information is independently researched and then compared to other sources. A list of the sources we use to do our independent research will be published soon. All of the photographs herein are linked back to their original source, except those taken by SWFHS. We are grateful to those other sources:

  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum For Help with Yeomanry Soldiers
  • The County of Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Vol 1 South Warwickshire book by Kenneth Fowler. SWFHS purchased this book and retains it in our small library. Able Publishing ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1903607639 & ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1903607633
  • Find A Grave and it's numerous contributors for use of photographs, particularly Grave stones. SWFHS supplies pictures of War Memorials to the site in the name of Ian Shuter.

 

 

 

 

 

Details
Hits: 1122