MATHERN
WW1 AND WW2 MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Lyndon Wigmore 2008
The monument
is on the left of the road into Mathern from the A48. It takes the
form of a cross standing on an octagonal base, atop a three-step octagonal
plinth. The names are recorded on the octagonal base. There are 10
names from the First World War and 1 from the Second World War. The
names are recorded chronologically around the base. The valediction
is also written around the base.
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Photograph
Copyright © Lyndon Wigmore 2008 |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF MATHERN
PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
| ARNOLD |
Robert |
Private,
Royal Marine Light Infantry assigned H.M.S. Aboukir. Son of Thomas
and Eliza Arnold. Died 22nd September 1914 aged 21. No known grave.
Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. |
| CLOSS |
Samuel
Percy |
Private,
"D" Company, 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
Son of John Maynard Closs and Elizabeth Closs, of Mathern, Chepstow,
Mon. Died 9th April 1916 aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on
the Basra Memorial, Iraq. |
| DAVIES |
Reginald |
Private,
South Wales Border Regiment. Died 30th July 1916. (Not confirmed
by CWGC). |
| GIBSON |
Daniel |
Private,
8th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Died 20th September 1918. (Not
confirmed by CWGC). |
| GILL |
Walter |
Private,
18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died 26th October 1918 (1st November
1918 on CWGC). Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. France. |
| JONES |
Sydney |
Private,
2nd/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 9th October 1917 aged
20. Son of William and Laura Jones, of 94, Brecon Rd., Hirwaun.
Aberdare. No known grave. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| LUCKETT |
C
J |
Private,
2nd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Died 9th October 1916 aged 25.
Son of James and Amelia Luckett, of The Row, Shirenewton, Chepstow.
Native of Mathern, Chepstow. Buried at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen,
France. |
| PRICKETT |
Christopher
Albert Edward |
Private,
12th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment. Died 25th April 1918 aged
19. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Jane Prickett, of Mathern, near
Chepstow, Mon. Buried at Forceville Communal Cemetery Extension,
near Albert, France. |
| STANTON |
Claude
Wilfred |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Died 8th May 1915 aged 24.
Son of Joseph Wilfrid Stanton and Blanche Isabel Stanton, of Mathern
House, Chepstow, Mon. No known grave. Commemorated on the Menin
Gate, Ypres, Belgium.. |
| WARLOW |
Albert |
Sapper,
56th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 25th November 1914 aged
28. Son of John and Mary Warlow, of Chepstow, Mon. Buried at Cement
House Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium. |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939-1945
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| SAUNDERS |
Thomas
Henry |
Private,
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 24th May 1940 aged 30. Son
of George and Edith Saunders; husband of Nancy Ellen Saunders, of
Hereford. Buried at Cretinier Cemetery, Wattrelos, France. |
Last
updated:
7 March, 2009
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