STOULTON WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Sandra Taylor 2005 |
The
memorials are to be found in St Edmund’s Church is located in
Church Lane, Stoulton. The memorial consists of a wooden plaque situated
inside the church on the North wall. The oak panelling is behind the
altar along the East wall of the church and has two wooden, carved
effigies, one of St Edmund, the patron saint of churches and one of
Wulstan, a former Bishop of Worcester. There is an individual memorial
in the form of a brass plaque found inside the church on the South
wall to Mylius. There is also a memorial to be found in the churchyard
consistsing of a stone cross on 3 tiered steps to Chaytor.
Photographs
Copyright © Sandra Tayor 2005
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IN
GRATEFUL AND
AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
| 1914-1918 |
| BURFORD |
William
James |
Private,
1st/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 39659. Died
aged 22 on 31st October 1918. Son of William and Martha Ainsworth
Burford, of Caldewell Lodge, Stoulton, Worcester. Barenthal Military
Cemetery Plot 3. Row C. Grave 11. Also appears on Stoulton
Village Hall memorial and Worcester
Post Office Memorial. |
| JORDAN |
John
Henry |
No
further information currently |
| JORDAN |
James
Richard |
Gunner,
Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. “Defence”. Service No RMA/13900.
Died aged 19 on 31st May 1916. Son of George Henry and Rose Jordan,
of Low Hill, Spetchley, Worcester. Portsmouth Naval Memorial 21 |
| MERRIMAN |
Alfred
James |
Private,
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 20891. Died on
4th January 1917. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O.IV.G.7. Also
appears on Stoulton Village Hall
memorial. |
| MERRIMAN |
Herbert
George |
Gunner,
Royal Field Artillery “C” Battery 170th Brigade. Service No 148812.
Died aged 20 on 10th April 1918. Son of George A. Merriman, of Stoulton,
Worcester. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension II.K.8. Also
appears on Stoulton Village Hall
memorial. |
| NICHOLLS |
William
Lambert |
Private,
Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry). Service
No 2355. Died aged 24 on 15th March 1915. Son of William Lambert
Nicholls and Ellen Eliza Nicholls. Stoulton (St Edmund) Churchyard.
Also appears on Stoulton Village
Hall memorial, Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars memorial. |
| WHO
· IN · THE · GREAT · WAR
1914-1918 · WENT · FORTH
FROM · THIS · VILLAGE · AND
GAVE · THEIR · LIVES · FOR
THEIR · COUNTRY
“WE · HAVE · DONE · THAT · WHICH
WAS · OUR · DUTY · TO · DO”
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| 1939
– 1945 |
| COLLETT |
Percival
William |
Private,
South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd (Airborne) Battalion. Service No
5125386. Died aged 21 on 19th September 1944. Son of William Turner
Collett and Janet Maud Collett; husband of Edna May Collett, of
Wadborough, Worcestershire. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 15.C.9. |
| EDWARDS |
Elijah
John |
Private,
South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion. Service No 5253790.
Died aged 26 on 10th August 1944. Son of Percy James Edwards and
Lizzie Agnes Edwards, of Wadborough, Worcestershire. Banneville-La-Campagne
War Cemetery XVI. A.11 |
| GREEN |
Ronald
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Squadron.
Service No 1581870. Died aged 21 on 5th February 1944. Son of Ernest
and Nellie Green, of Clapham, London. Cambridge City Cemetery Grave
13751. |
| KNIGHT |
Lawrence
Charles |
Private,
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 5254531. Died
aged 26 on 19th February 1945. Son of William Henry and Mary Ellen
Knight; husband of Vera Harriet Knight, of Worcester. Reichswald
Forest War cemetery 57.G.7. |
| RONE |
George
William |
Sergeant,
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 5249629. Died
aged 32 on 7th September 1944. Son of George and Fanny Harriet Rone,
of Stoulton, Worcestershire. Upper Sapey (St Michael) Churchyard
N.W. of church. |
| TUSTIN |
Dennis
George |
Sergeant,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Squadron. Service No 1582404.
Died aged 21 on 17th June 1944. Son of Horace Samuel and Florence
Edna Tustin, of Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire. Runnymede Memorial
Panel 239. |
| WEBB |
Ronald
Henry |
Marine,
Royal Marines no 47 R.M. Commando. Service No PLY/X 112633. Died
aged 19 on 1st July 1944. Son of Henry James Webb and Sarah Ann
Webb, of Whittington, Worcestershire. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville
V.H.10. |
| REST
· ETERNAL · GRANT · TO · THEM · O · LORD |
Commemorated
in the churchyard but not on the memorial
1914-1918
|
| CHAYTOR |
Alban
Kingsford |
 2nd
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died 26th May
1915. La Clytte Military Cemetery I.A.12 Also appears on King’s
School memorial, Worcester
Cathedral King’s School window memorial and Guildhall
memorial. Commemorated in the churchyard.
KILLED
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
IN
FLANDERS
MAY 26TH 1915, AGED 21
ALBAN
KINGSFORD CHAYTOR
YOUNGER SON OF
CHARLES & MADELINE CHAYTOR
2ND LIEUT: 3RD WORC: REGT:
BURIED AT LA CLYTTE
“GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS” |
Commemorated
in the church but not on the memorial
1914-1918
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|
MYLIUS |
John
Kingsford |
 Lieutenant,
1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died aged
21 on 12th October 1916. Son of Edward Lillingston Mylius and Isabel
Mylius, of Holly Croft, Ratcliffe Rd., Leicester. Formerly of Shrewsbury.
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte I. B. 2.
The
Oak Panelling and
Carvings to the Chancel of
This Church were given by
Edward Lillingston and
Isabel Mylius in memory
of their elder son
John Kingsford Mylius,
Grandson of
Rev. Hamilton Kingsford, M.A.
Vicar of this Parish for 45 years
and Lieutenant
1st Battalion the King’s
Shropshire Light Infantry,
who fell in action on the
Somme, October 12th 1916
Aged 21 years.
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“Lord,
make him to be numbered with
Thy saints in glory everlasting.”
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Last
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1 March, 2007
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