South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Great Alne & Kinwarton Memorial Hall & Plaques

Great Alne Village Hall, Henley Rd, Great Alne, Alcester B49 6HL

GREAT ALNE & KINWARTON WAR MEMORIAL HALL
THIS HALL WAS BUILT IN MEMORY OF VICTORY GRANTED TO GREAT BRITAIN HER DOMINIONS & HER ALLIED IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914~1918
IT WAS OPENED ON OCTOBER 15TH 1921 BY SIR ERNEST POLLOCK KC MP
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE TO RECORD AND HAND ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS THE NAMES OF THOSE FROM
GREAT ALNE & KINWARTON WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR

KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED ON SERVICE

ELVINS E. M. CORNWALL A. CORNWALL H. EDWARDS F.J. HARRIS W.W.
JACQUES A.C. KING W.S ~ PURTON G.L. WRIGHT F.B
         

ALSO SERVED

 Anderton E E Anderton I  Anderton E S Batchelor F W   Benfield H
Besley H W Blundell F Bridcut S H Chance A R L Cornwall C
Dolben A C Dyde W G Ellens A J T Elvins A Elvins T
Fletcher W H Fletcher A G Foulds M F Gardener C H Green F
Green R F Harris H Hemming A Hemming B E Hemming F
Hopkins H Hunt J G Keen E F Kettle H G King E
King H G King H L Jephcott E W Lane H Lane A
Morgan H F Neal D Purton R H Redding G H Riddell A F
Riddell R G Rutter H H Smith E A Taylor A E Taylor J W
Taylor U J H Tillesley A Tillesley J H Tillesley W Tillesley C E U
Westbury F W Williams W ~ Wright F J Wright A S

©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:
 
  • Philip Wilson, Curator of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY
  • Trench Maps are courtesy of the excellent website TMAPPER at https://www.tmapper.com
  • 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 the fallen and War Memorials to the site in the name of Ian Shuter.
  • The Great War Forum an excellent source of information and knowledge which is freely given.