South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Knowle War Memorial

Knowle Parish Churchyard, 1717 High Street, Knowle, Solihull B93 OLN

The inscriptions are on six panels contained in three stone pillars inscriber "LEST", "WE" & "FORGET"

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TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD
1914 ~ 1919
WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED
IN THE SOLDIERS CHAPEL

LEST

JOSEPH ADAMS LEONARD ADAMS FRANK ALDINGTON JOSEPH R. ANDREWS ALEXANDER A. ASTLE
JOHN BALKWILL ALFRED G. BARBER ALFRED BARTLETT WILLIAM BATSFORD FRANK BAULCOMBE
FREDERICK C. BAULCOMBE WILLIAM BIRD CHARLES BISHOP REGINALD BLAKEMORE SYDNEY BRITT
GEORGE F. BROWN FRANK BRYAN GEORGE H. BURTON CYRIL A.M. BUTCHER EDITH CAMMACK
~ GEORGE H. CARTER ~ HENRY CLEAVER ~

LEST

JOHN H. COOPER THOMAS COOPER SHIRLEY COTON JOHN H. COTTERRELL ARTHUR N. COX
EDWARD J. COX CHARLES DAY HARRY DAY PERCIVAL C. EDWARDS HENRY J. FELL
WILLIAM R. FINLEY THOMAS GIBBS THOMAS H. GLOVER BERNARD GREENLAND ALFRED GWINNETT
CHARLES HAINES ALFRED A. HALL THEODORE N. HALL FRANCIS G. HARRIS HARRY M. HARRIS
~ JOHN B. HARRIS JOHN H. HARTILL CHARLES H. HAYNES ~

WE
 

WE
 

FORGET
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JOHN J. ABBOTT RAYMOND ABRAHALL JAMES R. ALDIS SAMUEL J. CALLAWAY HUGH W. COTTERRELL
SAMUEL W. FIGGIS WINSTON FOLLAND THOMAS F. GLOVER JOHN GRAY CYRIL HALL
DIANA HARTWELL CYRIL HAWKSFORD ALBERT W. HAYCOCK WILLIAM H. HOLLIS WILLIAM HOUGHTON
JOHN H. INGE ~ CHARLES H. JONES ~ WILFRED W. JONES

FORGET
 
 JOHN E. KNIBB ALAN C. NICHOL DOUGLAS C. PEARCE ERNEST W. PIMM LESLIE W. POTTER
PHILLIPS A. REESE JOHN ROLFE ERNEST G. RUDD EDGAR A. SLATER JOHN TAYLOR
ROGER E. THACKER WILLIAM H. THOMAS ERNEST TAYLOR DENNIS J. YOUNG FREDERICK J. YOUNG
         
    OTHER CONFLICTS    
         
ROBERT FOGARTY ~ THOMAS R. KEYS ~ PAUL E. TIDMUS

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