South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription ProjectSoldiers Chapel, Knowle Parish Church
Knowle Parish Church, 1717 High Street, Knowle, Solihull B93 OLN
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The inscriptions are on a series of six leather plaques covering WW1, WW2 and other conflicts
THESE ARE THEY
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR FRIENDS
The Memorial Chapel was originally dedicated and unveiled on Sunday 4th June 1921 by the Lord Bishop of Birmingham and Lieut. General Sir. G.M. Harper and the Memorial Window dedicated to his son, Stratford Ludlow, was unveiled by Brigadier General W.R. Ludlow, C.B on the same day.
PRO FRATRIBUS NORTRIS ABSENTIBUS
1939 ~ 1945
CLEMENT E. HOUGHTON | WILFRED W. JONES | ERNEST WILLIAM PIMM | PHILIP ALAN REES | ROGER EWART THACKER |
WILLIAM HOUGHTON | HUGH R. COTTERRELL | JOHN TAYLOR | SAMUEL J. GALLOWAY | ALBERT WILLIAM HAYCOCK |
ALAN C. NICHOLS | DOUGLAS C. PEARCE | ERNEST TAYLOR | FREDERICK J. YOUNG | ERNEST GEORGE RUDD |
JOHN GRAY | DENNIS JAMES YOUNG | JOHN J. ABBOTT | JOHN H. INGE | LESLIE W. POTTER |
EDGAR A. SLATER | RAYMOND L. ABRAHALL | JOHN EDWIN KNIBB | JOHN ROBERT ALDIS | THOMAS F. J. GLOVER |
~ | WILLIAM H. HOLLISS | ~ | WILLIAM HERBERT THOMAS | ~ |
AND ALSO
SAMUEL W. FIGIS | JOHN ALFRED ROLFE | CYRIL SAMUEL HALL | DIANA VERA HARTWELL |
IRAQ 2003
THOMAS RICHARD KEYS
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.
- The Great War Forum an excellent source of information and knowledge which is freely given.
- The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C. L. KINGSFORD
- The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY