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Dunchurch War Memorial

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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Dunchurch War Memorial
The Square, Dunchurch, Rugby CV22 6NU

IN EVER LIVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF DUNCHURCH AND THURLASTON
WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 ~ 1918

WILLIAM H. ADAMS RUPERT BARRATT SIDNEY BOOTE WILLIAM J. BROWN GEORGE W. BRAIN
WILLIAM H. CHATER ARTHUR DOYLE LESLIE DUNBAR OTHELLO DYKE ARTHUR A. FOX
WALTER E. GILLINGS WILFRED GRANT FRANK R. HARBORD GEORGE HIRONS WILLIAM HIRONS
LEONARD J. HOPKINS HAROLD HOULDSWORTH JAMES A. HUGHES EDWIN ILIFF CLIFFORD IZZARD
THOMAS IZZARD FRED KNIGHT JONATHON MULCASTER FRANK S. NEVILLE HARRY NEVILLE
HARRY NOON ROLAND S. NORMAN EDWARD J. PARKER BENJAMIN PEARCE HAROLD C. PEARCE
WALTER H. PEARCE RICHARD P. POWELL GILES REDMAYNE JOHN W. RICHARDSON LEONARD S. RICHARDSON
WILLIAM RIDOUT WALTER RUSSELL WILLIAM SEENEY JOHN SHAW JONATHAN P. SHAW
~ LEONARD SPRIGGS FREDERICK SPARKES WILLIAM WHITE ~

R. I. P.

AND THESE ALSO DIED 1939 - 1945 IN FAITH FOR FREEDOM

ROLAND J. BURTON STANLEY G. BRETT EDWARD H. COLLEDGE ARTHUR B. COMMONS
CLIFFORD FULCHER PETER. J. GRAY JOSEPH J. HIRONS ALFRED MATTHEWS
DENNIS R. MILES DESMOND MITCHELL ALBERT PACKER DONALD W. PRICE
Dunchurch St. Peter's Graveyard
 
©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 Photographs Courtesy of Andy Buckingham and the Thursday Walkers
  • 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Leamington & Warwick Post Offices Roll of Honour 
Staff Room, Sorting Office, 1 Priory Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 1AA

ROLL OF HONOUR
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
EUROPEAN WAR 1914 ~ 1918
MEMBERS OF THE POST OFFICE STAFF AT
WARWICK & LEAMINGTON 
WHO JOINED HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES

THOSE WHO FELL

 E.H.R. TOONE  W.T. WHITE

 

Key 🔸= Mentioned in Despatches & ★ = Killed in Action

©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:
 
  • Post Office Photographs Courtesy of Our Warwickshire
  • 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.
  • David Austin and the Imperial War Museum for the memorial photographs

 

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Southam War Memorial

South Warwickshire Family History Society - War Memorial Transcription Project

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Southam War Memorial
St. James' Church, Warwick Street, Southam CV47 OHD

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SOUTHAM
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

A.D. LATTEY F.W. COURT B.G. LEE G.H. SHORTHOUSE J.H.L KING
H. BALDWIN T. WORRALL T. MASTERS F. J. BALDWIN A.W. DEVENPORT
W.A. SMITH D.H. GILMORE W. AMOS H. BICKNELL J. CHECKLEY
W.C. COLLIER A. DUCKETT A.E. FENNELL H. GLENN F. HANCOX
E. PRATT W.R. PITTOM A.J. RATHBONE T. ROCKINGHAM A.C. TURNER
E. WELLINGS R. GRIFFIN A. BALDWIN L.B. CARTER E.H. PRATT
W. ABBOTT H. FLOWER G.R. BULL J.E. BULL E.C. OWEN
 H.T. MORBY A. MORGAN E.T. SHEARSBY H. ASKEW A.J. DEVENPORT
A. ADAMS E.W. HINKS H.W. SECKINGTON W.H. BRAIN E. DAVENPORT
J. DUCKETT A. HARRISON E.J. HOLLIS P.P. FLOWER F.G. HARTLEY
W. GARRATT C.I. BALDWIN S. HUGHES J. H. FENNELL I.B. HART DAVIES
         

1939 ~ 1945

 G.W. ASKEW R.V. ASKEW H.W. COOPER C. DUCKETT
E. GOODHEAD J. GOODHEAD P.H. SHERGOLD C.S.A GRAVES
H.W. HAYNES  T.H. PORTEOUS DSM W.R. SAUNDERS W. USHER
 ~ A.R. WILLIAMS A. THORNICROFT ~

AFGHANISTAN 2008

J.S. DOHERTY

©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:

  • Our information has been enhanced by the local research carried out by the Southam Heritage Collection.
  • 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leamington Spa St. John the Baptist Church Memorial Plaque
St. John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3BN 

GRATEFUL TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS TABLET AND THE CHANCEL SCREEN
HAVE BEEN ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 ~ 1920

C.H. AITKEN A.W. BARLOW H.J. BARNWELL H.J.E. BARNES E. BARTHOLOMEW P. BARTHOLOMEW
W.C. BARTHOLOMEW F.W. BAYLEY C.P. BENCH F.G. BENCH E.C. BOUCHER A.E. BULL
J. BUNN E.H. BURDEN W. BUTCHER W. BUTLER W.G. BRYAN E.H. CARVELL
C.H. CASWELL E. CHAPMAN R. CHAPMAN A. CLARK W. COMPTON S.H. COTTERILL
J.R. DANCER C. DOUGHTY W. DOWELL J.J. DRAKE C. DUTTON P. DUTTON
J. ENGLAND W. ENOCK C. FREEMAN T.F. FRIEND H.J. GASGOYNE R.W. GOODWAY
A.W. GRIFFIN W. GRIFFIN F. GRIMWOOD E. GROOM A.C. HARRIS C.H. HARRIS
G. HARVEY J. HEATH W.E. HEATH F. HEWINS F. HOLLINS T. GRAY HOPKYNS
F. HORLEY E. HUBBARD W.A. HUGHES E. HYDON G.A. JAMES L.C. JEFFREY
E.E. JENKINS S.C. JENKINS F.G. JONES G. JONES J. JORDAN E.J. KEEN
A. KEMP A.L. KNOTT G.G. LAWRENCE W. LENTON H. LEWIN W.G. LUCAS
G.P. LUGGAR W.J. MACE W. McKEAN T. MATTHEWS R.H. MILES R. MILTON
A. NEALE J. NEWEY C.W. OSBORNE A.OWEN A.E.C. PERRY J.E. PHIPPS
S.G. PHIPPS H. PHIPPS W.J. POYNTER A. ROE T. ROBERTS F. RUSSELL
G.J. RUSSELL T. RUSSELL W. RUSSELL T. SALMON E. SAUNDERS S.W. SAVAGE
E.H. SAYWELL H.R. SHIPWAY G.G. SMITH J. STANTON F.W. STANTON A. STEVENSON
A. STOPPS H.E. STOPPS E. SUMMERS W.A. TYLER A. UNDERHILL T. VARNEY
C.W. VINCENT A. WARD G. WARD E. WARREN C.H. WELCH C. WILLIAMS
F. WILLOUGHBY J. WISE T.C. WOODFIELD F. WOODWARD S. WRIGHT W.H. WRIGHT
           
 Unveiled and dedicated on 2nd November 1922 by the Archdeacon of Warwick
©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.

 

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Leamington Spa Congregational Church

C/O The Fold Creative Spaces, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3NE

BRONZE TABLET IN BUILDING PORCH
The plaque, still in its originally position, was commissioned by the then Congregational Church which later became the United Reform Church. In circa 2023 the building ceased being used as a Church and is now used by The Fold Creative Studios.

S.C. BAKER E. BARTHOLOMEW  P. BARTHOLOMEW W. BARTHOLOMEW C. BENCH
 F.G. BENCH J. BUNN E.J. COLBOURNE R.H. COLBOURNE J. ENGLAND
 W.Y. GARDNER H. HORLEY R.J.W. MILTON F.G. NICHOLAS B.G. NORTON
 A. POTTER R.E. ROBINSON F.E. SALMON C.H. SMITH H. STOPPS

 
Our thanks for the photograph of the Plaque go to Simon Reeve at The Fold and Stella Bolitho at the Leamington History Group.

©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.
  • David Austin and the Imperial War Museum for the memorial photographs

 

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