South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Shrewley Congregational Church Roll of Honour

C/O Shrewley Village Hall, 75 Shrewley Common, Shrewley, Warwick CV35 7AW

The Roll of Honour
Men who have answered their Country's call in defence of a "Scrap of Paper"
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant"

ARTHUR ADAMS JOHN ASHBOURNE SAMUEL STUART BANT JOHN THOMAS BANT LEONARD BANT
BERTRAM CECIL BOLTON FREDERICK ELI BOLTON ALBERT JOHN BUSBY GEORGE CLARK JOSEPH GEORGE COCKS
 WILLIAM DAFFY CHARLES DAFFEY WALTER DUCK HERBERT HALL HARRY HUGHES
AARON JOHNSON SAMUEL JONES JOHN JONES WILLIAM LEESON EDWARD HENRY LURKING
FRANCIS LURKING ALBERT EDWARD PALMER WILLIAM BENJAMIN PALMER PERCY PALMER ERNEST ALFRED PALMER
~ GEORGE RAINBOW ~ ERNEST FREDERICK STANLEY ~
         
= Died or Killed in WW1
This memorial was originally created by Shrewley Congregational Church and hung there until, sometime before 1999, the Church was closed and turned into a private residence. It is now stored at Shrewley Village Hall.

©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:
 
  • Memorial Photograph © Rob Wesbury and Shrewley Village Hall
  • 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.
  • Lightbobs.com for help with Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry soldiers
  • The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C. L. KINGSFORD
  • The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by The Hon. H.A ADDERLEY