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26.10.2017

COLEHILL

Stone cross on green by road junction, inscription on faces of hexagonal base plinth.

Face 1

*1914* W. King Pearce Capt.
*1915*
A.C.G. Lonsdale Lieut.
M.G. Bartlett
E. King
J.A. King
C. Longman
G.D. Munckton

Face 2

*In* undying memory of the men of Colehill who gave their lives for their friends *in* the Great War *1914-19*

Face 3

*1915*
E.G. Samways
E.C. Smith
*1916*
A.T. Burden
P. Cole
W.J. Joyce
A. Moores

Face 4

*1917*
B.F. Baker
R. Cole
L. King
W. Moores
A.J. Reyland
C.F. Samways
C.W. Selby
F.J. Selby
W.G. Way

Face 5

*1918*
H.P. Cave Cpl.
F. Cull Cpl.
E. Bracher
F.G. Brown
W.G. Burden
J.E. Guy
A.E. Ives
E.F. Moore

Face 6

*1918*
A.F. Smith
W.T. Talbot
C. Trickett
P.G. Welsman
*1919*
W.H. Poore Sgt.
G. Willis
* * *

Brass tablet on wall in St Michael & All Angels Church.

In lovong memory of Arthur Carr Glyn Lonsdale Lieut. 6th Batt. Kings Royal Rifles. younger son of the late Rev. John Henry Lonsdale M.A. Rector of Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury and of Mrs Lonsdale, the Further House Wimborne. Born at Wall, Lichfield Sep. 7th 1891. Killed in action March 10th 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.