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CHILD OKEFORD

Stone cross on roadside junction in village, inscriptions on faces of first and second plinths.

First plinth face 1

To the Glory of God + in mem

First plinth face 2

ory of men of Childe Okeford

First plinth face 3

& Nanford who served their

First plinth face 4

King & Country in the Great

First plinth face 5

War 1914-1919 remembering

First plinth face 6

especially before God those

First plinth face 7

who gave their lives whose

First plinth face 8

names are inscribed below +

Second plinth face 1

Capt.N.J.C.Livingstone-Leamonth 15th Hrs

Lieut.H.R.S.Bower S.Staff.R

Lieut.M.S.BowerA.S.C.M.T

Second plinth face 2

Lieut.P.C.Knight Som.L.I

Sgt.C.E.Moore Corn.L.I

Cpl.G.H.Moore R.Ir.Regt

Second plinth face 3

Cpl.C.Wareham Dorset.R

Pte.A.E.Cobbold A.S.C.M.T

Pte.C.M.Cluett A.I.F

Second plinth face 4

Pte.G.R.F.Davies Mdx.R

Pte.A.E.Elsworth Dorset.Yeo

Pte.W.Fudge Scots.Gds

Second plinth face 5

Pte.C.E.Gillingham Dorset.R

Pte.E.E.Hall R.W.Kent.R

Pte.T.G.Hatcher 1st.Dns

Second plinth face 6

R.Holdway H.M.S.Prince.of.Wales

Pte.F.Kingsbury Dorset.R

W.LynesH.M.S.Bulwark

Second plinth face 7

Pte.C.S.Moore R.Berks.R

Pte.A.Quick W.Som.Yeo

Pte.T.Rawlings A.S.C.

Pte.J.Read Dorset.R

Second plinth face 8

Pte.H.L.Savory Mons.R

Pte.A.W.Shephard Dorset.R

Pte.H.Smith Dorset.R

Dvr.O.W.Woolfrey 2nd.A.L.H

Stone plaque on wall in St Nicholas Church.

In memory of
the men of this village
who gave their lives
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945

Hand written scroll in glazed frame on wall under the above on wall in St Nicholas Church.

These are the names of the men of the
Parish of Childe Okeford whom this
tablet commemorates               
1914-1919


Beddow__Gnr. Ernest W.

Bower__Lt. Henry R.S.

Bower__Lt. Maurice S.

Cluett__Pte. Charles M.

Cobbold__Pte. Arthur G.

Davies__Pte. George R.F.

Elsworth__Pte. Archibald W.

Fudge__Pte. Walter.

Gillingham__Pte. Charles G.

Hall__Pte. Edward G.

Hatcher__Tpr. Thomas G.

Holdway__Shipwrt. Robert

Kingsbury__pte. Frederick.

Knight__2Lt. Philip C.

Livingstone-Leamonth__Capt. Nigel.

Lynes__Seaman. William.

Moore__Pte. Charles T.

              

Moore__Sergt. Clarence G.

Moore__Cpl. Gerald H.

Quick__Pte. Albert A.

Rawlings__Pte. Thomas H.W.

Read__Pte. James.

Savory__Pte. Herbert L.

Shephard__Pte. Albert W.

Smith__Pte. Harold L.

Thorne__A/Bdr. William G.

Wareham__L/Cpl. Charles.

Woolfrey__Dvr. Oliver W.

        1939-1945

 

 (now WW2 names)

         1991

      (now 1 name)


Window in bell tower in St Nicholas Church, inscription at bottom of right window panel.

To the Glory of God. In memory of
Henry Raymond Syndercombe Bower
Lieutenant 1 Battalion South Staffordshire Regt.
beloved eldest son of Henry and Charlotte Bower
who was killed in France whilst rescuing
a wounded soldier Dec 19, 1914 aged 20.


Window in St Nicholas Church, inscription at bottom of middle window panel.

To the Glory of God. In loving memory of
Maurice Syndercombe Bower Lieutenant R.A.S.C.
who died on active service at Sofia. January 13th 1919.


Brass plaque on wall in St Nicholas Church.



+
To the Glory of God
In Loving Memory of
Robert Holdway
of H.M.S."Prince of Wales."
For 30 years a devoted
member of this Choir.
Born 16th July 1878.
Died serving his King and
Country 8th August 1917.
"Grant him O Lord Eternal Rest,
and let Light Perpetual
shine upon him."


Grave in churchyard. (He is not buried there)




In ever loving memory of
Philip Clifford Knight
Lieut. Somerset Light Infantry
killed in action at the Battle
of the Somme July 1st 1916
aged 24