EASTINGTON
near STONEHOUSE WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 &
2 only - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Val Taylor 2013
The
Eastington near Stonehouse war memorial takes the form of a stone cross
mounted on a two tier plinth with bronze plaques surrounding and stands
in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Eastington, Gloucestershire.
29 men are commemorated on this monument, 22 from World War 1 and 7
from World War 2. The memorial was unveiled by Brigadier J E Bush CB
in August 1920; the Rt Reverend Bishop Foddam led the prayers.
The names appear
twice; first carved on the four vertical sides of the plinth bearing
the cross, then again, on bronze panels fixed horizontally round a lower
step, which were added in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
VE Day.
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Val Taylor 2013
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUT. H.G. DE LISLE BUSH M.C.
3RD GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
CAPTAIN J.S. DE LISLE BUSH
3RD SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY & R.F.C
AND OTHER OFFICERS AND MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING & COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
CREED |
Ernest
[Lewis] |
Private
19091, 9th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died in
Salonika 1 August 1917. Aged 36. Born and enlisted Stroud. Husband
of E. A. Ash (formerly Creed), of The Quay, Lower Westgate St.,
Gloucester. Went to France 20 September 1915. Buried in SALONIKA
(LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, greece. Grave 1113. |
DAVIS |
[Arthur]
John |
Private
17478, 8th (Service) Battalion attahced 57th Trench Mortar Battery,
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Eastington, enlisted Bristol. Son of Oliver and Mary Jane Davis,
of Millend, Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos. In the 1911 census he
is listed a John Davis, son of Oliver and Mary Jane Davis, aged
14, born circa 1897, a Mill Hand, born Eastington and resident Millend,
Eastington. Went to France 18 July 1915. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
DE
LISLE BUSH, MC |
Hugh
Godfrey |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 17 January 1917. Awarded
the Military Cross (M C) and Mentioned in Despatches. Buried North
West of church by boundary in EASTINGTON (ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS)
CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918:
BUSH,
H. G. DE LISLE, M.C., Lieut., The Gloucestershire Regt.,
eldest s. of G. de Lisle Bush, of Eastington Park, co.
Gloucester educ. Park Hill Lyndhurst, and Eton: obtained a commission;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was
awarded the Military Cross for gallant conduct in the field, having
rescued under heavy fire and brought again to action one of his
machine guns with its complement of men, which had been buried
by a shell; he was also mentioned in Despatches for gallant and
distinguished service the field. He took part in the Battle of
Loos in 1915, and received wounds from which he died 17 Jan. 1917,
in the Military Hospital for Officers at Torquay. He was a keen
sportsman, and enthusiastic rider to the late Lord Fitzhardinge's
hounds, and an excellent shot; m.
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DE
LISLE BUSH |
John
Stewart |
Captain,
3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and 41 Squadron, Royal Flying
Corps. Died 25 August 1917. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George
de Lisle Bush, of Eastington Park, Stonehouse, Glos. Buried in HONNECHY
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 16. |
DREW |
Henry
E |
Private
11252, 1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial Force), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 10 July 1917. Born St. Mary-de-Crypt,
Gloucester, enlisted Gloucester. Went to France 18 July 1915. Buried
in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
IV. Row F. Grave 16. |
DUXBURY |
Lawrence |
[Spelt
DUXBERY on SDGW] Lance Corporal 44803, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 8 October
1918. Aged 19. Born Turton, Lancashire, enlisted Stroud, resident
Stonehouse. Son of Thomas and Mary Duxbury, of The New Inn, Newtown,
Stonehouse, Glos. Buried in NOYELLES-SUR-L'ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 6. |
HARVEY |
H |
Private.
In the 1911 census Herbert John HARVEY was the son of Annie Harvey,
a Millhand, unmarried, born Bristol, resident Frocester Road, Eastington
near Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. probably
Herbert HARVEY, Private 21182, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 9 December 1917. Born Bristol, enlisted
Dursley. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot
XX. Row B. Grave 11. |
HOWELL |
Thomas
Albert |
Private
260068, "D" Company, 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 27 August 1917. Aged 19. Born and resident Eastington,
enlisted Stroud. Formerly 241698, Norfolk Regiment. Son of Louisa
Howell, of Windsor House, Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos., and the
late John Edward Howell. In the 1911 census he is the son of Louisa
Howell (a widow), aged 13, at School,born Eastington, resident Kings
Head Hotel, Eastington (where his mother was Head Keeper). Buried
in TRACK X CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
D. Grave 46. |
HULBERT |
Robert
[James] |
Lance
Corporal 1798, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Yeomanry. Killed in
action at Gallipoli 10 October 1915. Aged 28. Born Ross, enlisted
Stroud, resident Easington. Son of Thomas W. and Annie Hulbert,
of Claypitts Farm, Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos. In the 1911 census
he is the son of Thomas and Annie Hulbert, aged 24, Farmer's Son
working on the farm, born Frocester, resident Claypits Farm, Eastington.
Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Special
Memorial C. 8. |
KEENE |
George |
Private
235276, 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 31 October 1917. Aged 25. Born Cirencester,
enlisted Stroud. Son of Leonard and Emily Mary Keene, of The Castle
Inn, Eastington, Millend, Stonehouse, Glos. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
KEENE |
Arthur
[Ernest] |
[Listed
as KEEN on SDGW] Private 15421, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died 9 September 1915. Aged 21. Born Barnsley, Cirencester, enlisted
Cirencester. Son of Leonard and Emily M. Keene, of The Castle Inn,
Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos.Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 27. |
LEWIS |
Thomas
[Alfred] |
[Memorial
states Lance Sergeant] Corporal 4708, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 9 May 1915. Born Eastington, enlisted
Bristol. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 17. |
MARLING |
Herbert |
Private
10480, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 8 August 1915. Born Eastington, resident
Stroud. in the 1911 census he is the son of George and Emma Marling,
aged 16, a Woolen Scourer Clothworker, born Eastington and resident
Cress Green Eastington. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 101 to 104. |
REYNOLDS |
Samuel
[Watts] |
Private
10/353, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Killed in action at Gallipoli
16 May 1915. Aged 35. Born 1 January 1882. Son of Mr.W. and Mrs.L.
Reynolds, of Nupend Farm, Stonehouse, Glos. Of Nailsworth, Glos.
Educated at St. Loes School, Amberley, England. Buried in WALKER'S
RIDGE CEMETERY, ANZAC, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost.
Special memorial 18. |
RUCK |
Harold
[James] |
Lance
Sergeant 12280, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
26 September 1916. Born Painswick, enlisted Stroud. Buried in CATERPILLAR
VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot XXI. Row H. Grave
1. |
SHILL |
[Thomas]
Maurice |
[Memorial
states Corporal] Lance Corporal 6633, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 23 May 1915. Born Eastington, enlisted
Gloucester. In the 1911 census he was the son of Sidney Tyhiomas
and MAry Jane Shill, aged 17, Woollen Cloth Worker (Twisting), born
Easington, resident Alkerton Farm, Eastington. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Addenda
Panel 57. |
SILVEY |
Artemus |
[Spelt
SILVY on SDGW] Private 241703, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917. Born Eastington, enlisted
Stroud. In the 1911 census he was the son of Daniel and Ruth Silvey,
aged 13, born Eastington, resident Nupend, Eastington. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 72 to 75. |
SLEEMAN |
James |
Private
2306, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 21 May 1918. Born Taunton, enlisted Gloucester. Buried
in PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot III.
Row C. Grave 9. |
TUDOR |
Thomas
[George] |
Corporal
1827, 2nd Battalion, Australian Light Railway Operating Company.
A.I.F. Died 26 October 1917. Resident Enmore, Australia. Buried
in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row L. Grave 35. |
UNDERWOOD |
[Alfred]
Maurice [Savage] |
Private
6641, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
23 October 1914. Aged 30. Born Eastington, enlisted Gloucester.
Son of the late John Underwood, of Westend, Stonehouse; husband
of Mary Louisa Underwood, of Cossington, Slimbridge, Stonehouse,
Glos. Went to the Front 13 August 1914. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
22 and 34. |
WOTHERS |
John |
Private
15962, 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 25 April 1917
in Salonika. Aged 24. Born Harvington, Worcestershire, enlisted
Stroud. Son of R. G. and Harriett Wothers, of Eastington, Stonehouse,
Glos. Went to France 20 September 1915. In the 1911 census he is
the son of Richardb George and Harriett Wothers, aged 16, a Domestic
Gardener, born Cropthorpe, Worcestershire, resident Eastington.
No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece. |
YOUNG |
Gilbert |
Private
28072, 4th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Died 23 July
1916. Aged 34. (Served as WATSON). Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Young,
of Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos. In the 1891 census he is the son
of Henry and Jane Young, aged 7, a Scholar, born Kingstanley, Glos.,
resident Church End, Eastington. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 34. Grave 7. |
Sacred
also to the Memory of
Those who fell in the
1939 – 1945 War |
DE
LISLE BUSH |
Claude
[D'Arcy Stratton] |
[Listed
as Major on memorial] Lieutenant 144790, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died 22 January 1941. Aged 47. Son of Alfred George and Florence
Katharine de Lisle Bush; husband of Dorothy Joan de Lisle Bush,
of Stonehouse. Buried in West of the porch in EASTINGTON (ST. MICHAEL
AND ALL ANGELS) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
BARNES |
Harold
Walter |
Private
5105225, 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 31 December
1945. Aged 39. Son of Walter and Florence Barnes; husband of Beatrice
Elsie Barnes, of Eastington. Buried North of the church in EASTINGTON
(ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
COWLEY |
Cyril
[Arthur] |
Flight
Sergeant 639559, Royal Air Force. Died 30 October 1942. Birth registered
April to June Quarter 1920 in the Wheatenhurst Registration District,
Gloucestershire; mother's maiden name was COOPER. No known grave.
Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
EVERETT |
Marston
John |
Craftsman
14419649, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died 15 July
1944. Aged 19. Son of John Henry Colman Everett and Constance Mary
Everett, of Eastington. Birth registered in the January to March
Quarter 1925 in the Wheatenhurst Registration District, Gloucestershire;
mother's maiden name WARNER. Buried North-West of the church in
EASTINGTON (ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
KING |
Ernest
[John] |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Rifleman 5183793, 9th Battalion, Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles). Died 8 February 1945. Aged 25. Birth registered
in the April to June Quarter 1920 in the Wheatenhurst Registration
District, Gloucestershire; mother's maidne name TRAVELL. Buried
in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot 58. Row C. Grave 16. |
KNIGHT |
Ernest
John |
Warrant
Officer (Observer) 523537, 521 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 4
October 1942. Aged 28. Son of Ernest and Beatrice Elsie Knight,
of Eastington. Birth registered in the July to September Quarter
1914 in Gloucester Registration District, Gloucestershire; mother's
maiden name WATKINS. Buried North-West of the church in EASTINGTON
(ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire. |
WINFIELD |
Francis
[Harry] |
Private
5189351, Gloucestershire Regiment attached 12th (10th Bn. The Green
Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Died 19 August 1944. Aged 29. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Winfield;
husband of Peggy Winfield, of St. Pauls, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.
Buried in PUTOT-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD, Calvados, France. Row A. Grave
6. |
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8 May, 2023
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