Prestbury (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial


   LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear

 

 

War Memorial Tablet

St Mary’s Church, Prestbury, Glos

 

Location:   St Mary’s Church, Mill Street, Prestbury

Grid Reference:   SO 969240

Unveiled:

Names on this War Memorial:   46

Visited:   December 2001

IWM War Memorial Ref:   In due course

Inscriptions on this War Memorial:  Pray for the souls of

                                     who fell in the Great War AD 1914 – 1919

Alphabetical list of names on this Tablet

Boschetti L W   *

Cooke G   *

Cooke W

Davis A

Davis S

De La Bere C J B 

Diston D W   *

Dowdeswell R J   *

Eggleton R

Fildes P T

Gibbins A E   *

Goodall W M

Guise R E

Gulland A F

Handly G F B

Hanks E B

Hann F A

Inglis A M   *

James J T   *

Lake N G   *

Landale W L   *

Louis A G   *

Maby L B   *

Mayall G

Parker E E   *

Parker F L   *

Parker G F   

Pockett R

Radcliffe F

Richardson G

Robinson Edgar   *

Robinson Edward   *

Robinson G E   *

Sansom F J

Spencer A J

Spencer F G

Stevens G   *

Strachan A C

Sumption J F   *

Surman F T

Swann G

Turner G E

Tustin P J   *

Webber J G   *

Willis S

Winstone W

Full details of those listed on this War Memorial Tablet can be seen below

Those marked with * should be linked with the notes against their name in the panel below.

Notes:

1.   Boschetti is better known as Newbery-Boschetti.

2.   Cooke is probably Henry George Cooke.

3.   Diston is commemorated on the Snowshill War Memorial.

4.   Dowdeswell is buried in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

5.   Gibbins is commemorated on the grave of his father in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

6.   Inglis is buried in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

7.   James is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

8.   Lake is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

9.   Landale is commemorated on his father’s grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

10.  Louis is buried in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

11.  Maby is commemorated on the family grave in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

12.  Parker E E and Parker F L are commemorated on the grave of their father in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

13.  Radcliffe F is probably Francis Ratcliffe.

14.  Robinson Edgar is buried in Woolwich Cemetery, London.   He is commemorated on the family grave in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard, and listed on the Twyning War Memorial and the Twyning (St Mary’s Church) Roll of Honour.

15.  Robinson Edward is commemorated on the family grave in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

16.  Robinson G E is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

17.  Stevens is probably Cyril Geoffrey Stevens.

18.  Sumption is commemorated on the grave of his father in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

19.  Tustin is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

20.  Webber is buried in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

21.  All, less Davis A, Hanks, Inglis, Radcliffe and Strachan are commemorated on the Prestbury War Memorial.

22.  War graves in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard can be found here.

23.  Commemorations in Prestbury (St Mary’s) Churchyard can be viewed here.

24.  All are commemorated in the Roll of Honour pages.

 

 

PRESTBURY (ST MARY’S CHURCH) WAR MEMORIAL TABLET

MILL STREET, PRESTBURY

Name on Memorial Actual Name Number Rank Regt/Corps/Unit Died Age Cause Location Cemetery/Memorial Notes
BOSCHETTI L W Laurence William Newberry Lt Royal Navy  –  HMS P32 26-Oct-18 34 DOI UK – Maidenhead Cookham Cemetery, PR
                    Berks, UK  
COOKE G Henry George 9209 Pte 2nd Bn Glos Regt 09-May-15 25 KIA Belgium – Frezenberg Menin Gare Memorial, PR
                    Belgium  
COOKE W William Joseph 13394 Pte 7th Bn Glos Regt 07-Aug-15 33 KIA Gallipoli Helles Memorial, CH   PR   JN
                    Turkey  
DAVIS A Albert Edward 2933 Tpr Royal Glos Hussars 23-Apr-16 27 KIA Palestine – Qatia Jerusalem Memorial CH
                       
DAVIS S Sidney 3154 LCpl 3rd Bn Coldstream Gds 26-Jun-16 34 KIA Belgium – Boesinghe Essex Farm Cemetery, PR
                    Belgium  
DE LA BERE C J B Cyril John Baghot Lt 10th Bn Glos Regt 18-Aug-16 20 KIA France – Pozieres, Thiepval Memorial, PR
                  Somme France  
DISTON D W Denis William 17261 LCpl 10th Bn Glos Regt 22-Jul-16 29 KIA France – Pozieres, Pozieres British Cemetery, PR
                  Somme France  
DOWDESWELL  R J Robert James T/312437 Dvr Depot ASC 20-Apr-17 24 DOI UK – Shorncliffe Prestbury (St Mary’s) PR
                    Churchyard  
EGGLETON R Reginald 121186 Gnr 159th Bde RFA 11-Feb-19 22 DOI UK – Cheltenham Cheltenham Cemetery CH   PR
                       
FILDES P T Percival Thomas R/3833 AS RN – Hood Bn RND 04-Sep-18 26 KIA France – Drocourt Vis-en-Artois Memorial, PR
                  Queant France  
GIBBINS A E Albert Edward 27652 Pte 8th Bn Somerset LI 11-Apr-17 19 KIA France – Monchy Orange Trench PR
                    Cemetery, France  
GOODALL W M William Melville 158555 Pte 103rd Bn MGC 27-Sep-18 22 DOW France – Canal du Nord Brown’s Copse Cemetery, PR
                    France  
GUISE R E Reginald Edward Lt Royal Glos Hussars att 29-Jun-18 21 KIA France – Le Becque Aval Wood Military PR
          12th Bn Glos Regt         Cemetery, France  
GULLAND A F Alexander Falkland Lt 8th Bn East Kent Regt 16-Jun-17 26 DOW Belgium – Messines Lijssenthoek Cemetery, PR   HT   COL
                    Belgium  
HANDLEY G F B Guy Frederick Beckham Lt 2nd Bn Coldstream Gds 27-Aug-18 35 KIA France – St Leger Mory Street Cemetery, PR   AS   COL
                    France  
HANKS E B Edward Basil 241630 LCpl 2/5th Bn Glos Regt 22-Aug-17 21 KIA Belgium – Langemarck Tyne Cot Memorial, CH  LU  
                    Belgium  
HANN F A Francis Arthur 17576 Pte 1st Bn Grenadier Gds 10-Sep-16 21 KIA France – Flers, Somme Thiepval Memorial, PR
                    France  
INGLIS A M Arthur McCulloch Maj Glos Regt and Tank Corps 12-Mar-19 34 DOW UK – Cheltenham Prestbury (St Mary’s) CH   COL
                    Churchyard  
JAMES J T John Thomas 240981 Pte 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 21-Jul-16 21 KIA France – Ovillers, Thiepval Memorial, PR  GR
                  Somme France  
LAKE N G Noel Graham Lt 2/5th Bn Glos Regt 25-Mar-18 23 KIA France – Buverchy Pozieres Memorial, CH   PR   HT   COL
                    France  
LANDALE W L Walter Luke Lt RN – Submarine E18 24-May-16 26 KIA The Sea – Baltic Portsmouth Naval PR
                    Memorial  
LOUIS A G Arthur Grace 35062 Pte RAMC 22-Sep-16 42 DOI UK – Prestbury Prestbury (St Mary’s) PR  COL
                    Churchyard  
MABY L B Lionel Bruce 2Lt 2nd Bn Scots Gds 12-Sep-18 20 KIA France – Havrincourt Vaulx Hill Cemetery, PR   COL   AS
                    France  
MAYALL G George 16269 Pte 10th Bn Glos Regt 25-Sep-15 23 KIA France – Loos Loos Memorial, France PR  COL
                       
PARKER E E Ernest Edward 33550 Pte 8th Bn Devon Regt 05-Oct-17 21 KIA Belgium – Broodseinde Tyne Cot Memorial, PR
                    Belgium  
PARKER F L Frank Leslie 29589 Pte 2nd Bn Grenadier Gds 25-Oct-18 26 KIA France – Englefontaine St Vaast Cemetery, PR
                    France  
PARKER  G George Frederick 101147 Pte 169 Coy Labour Corps 18-Jul-17 35 DOW France – Arras Duisans British Cemetery, PR
                    France  
POCKETT R Robert 75979 Gnr 23rd Bde RFA 03-Sep-16 19 KIA France – Guillemont, Peronne Road Cemetery, PR
                  Somme France  
RADCLIFFE F Francis RATCLIFFE 202001 Pte 1/4th Bn Glos Regt 13-Apr-17 38 KIA France – Ronnsoy Thiepval Memorial, CH
                    France  
RICHARDSON G George                  
                       
ROBINSON E Edgar 18966 Pte 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt 23-Feb-15 34 DOI UK – Woolwich Woolwich Cemetery CH  PR
                       
ROBINSON E Edward 27066 Pte 12th Bn Glos Regt 03-Sep-16 25 KIA France – Guillemont, Thiepval Memorial, CH   PR
                  Somme France  
ROBINSON G E George Ernest 12455 Sgt 10th Bn Glos Regt 25-Sep-15 22 KIA France – Loos Loos Memorial, France CH  PR
                       
SANSOM F J Frederick John 18408 Pte 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards 09-Oct-15 21 DOW France – Lillers Lillers Communal PR
                    Cemetery, France  
SPENCER A J Albert John 13321 Cpl 8th Bn Glos Regt 15-Apr-18 27 KIA Belgium – Neuve Tyne Cot Memorial, CH  PA   PR
                  Eglise Belgium  
SPENCER F G Frederick George 15419 Pte 2nd Bn Glos Regt 25-Apr-15 29 DOW Belgium – Potijze Bailleul Cemetery, CH  AS  PR
                    France  
STEVENS G Cyril Stanley Geoffrey Capt 21st Bn Lancs Fusiliers 09-Oct-17 30 KIA Belgium – Poelcappelle Tyne Cot Memorial, PR
                    Belgium  
STRACHAN A C Aubrey Causton Lt 70th Bde RFA 28-Mar-18 23 KIA France – Amiens Faubourg-D’Amiens CH
                    Cemetery, France  
SUMPTION J F John Francis Maj 14th Bn Canadian Inf 22-Oct-16 38 DOW France – Rouen St Sever Cemetery, PR
                    France  
SURMAN F T Frederick Thomas 122013 AB RN – HMS Monmouth 01-Nov-14 18 KIA Sea – Coronel Plymouth Naval Memorial PR
                       
SWANN G George 2543 Pte 1st Bn Glos Regt 15-Jan-15 32 KIA France – Givenchy Le Touret Memorial, CH  PR
                    France  
TURNER G E George Edward 240177 Pte 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 21-Jul-16 21 KIA France – Ovillers, Thiepval Memorial, CH  PR
                  Somme France  
TUSTIN P J Percy John 58584 Pte 15th Bn Hants Regt 28-Feb-19 29 DOI UK – Cheltenham Cheltenham Cemetery PA  PR
                       
WEBBER J G Jesse George 3796 Pte 3rd (Res) Bn Wilts Regt 18-Feb-17 46 DOI UK – Cheltenham Prestbury (St Mary’s) PR
                    Churchyard  
WILLIS S Sidney 110908 Cpl 200th Siege Bty RGA 05-Apr-18 29 KIA France – Albert, Contay Cemetery, SM  PR
                  Somme France  
WINSTONE W Walter Wilfred 9584 Pte 1st Bn Glos Regt 07-Nov-14 20 KIA Belgium – Zillebeke Menin Gate Memorial, PR
                    Belgium  

 

 

 

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