South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Walsgrave on Sowe War Memorials

Hinckley Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry CV2 2AU

 

 

War Memorial and Church Plaque

1914 ~ 1918

REMEMBER THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
R. I. P.

World War 1 Names

JOHN BALL HARRY BEASLEY GEORGE BLACKWELL RAYMOND BOTTRILL HORACE BROWN
ERNEST BURROWS ARTHUR CALLOWAY CHARLES COGGINS CHARLES LAWSON JOHN W. MARSHALL
ELI SMITH THOMAS E. SMITH WALTER TIDMAN FRED VINCENT SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS

WW2 Names

 STANLEY BEAUFOY
LEONARD BROWN
ROLAND BUSH
BERNARD GARDENER SAMUEL GOFF DAVID HARLEY
JOSEPH MARSH EDWARD SYMCOX DONALD WARD

Walsgrave Baptist Church - WW1

In Grateful Memory of

ELI SMITH ALFRED W. SELBY HORACE H. BROWN THOMAS E. SMITH
       

Who Fell in the Great War 1914 ~ 1918

THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND WE WERE NOT HURT -
THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY. AT REST


Walsgrave Baptist Church - WW2

IN MEMORY OF

SAMUEL W. GOFF HAROLD W. BARSON DONALD L. WARD
     

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
1939 ~ 1945


©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.