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27.12.1985

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Marble plaque on wall in the Church of the Holy Trinity.

To the Glory of god and in honoured memory of the following officers & men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918


1914
Samuel Cole H.M.S. Monmouth
1915
William Downer Dorset Regt.
Alfred Baron H.M.S.Goliath
Henry Wyndham Godden R.A.M.C.
1916
Joseph Bush Dorset Regt.
Geoffrey Tothill Royal Fus.
Hugh Crawford Cavendish R.F.A.
1918
William Read Somerset L.I.
He that loseth his life for My sake shall find it St.Matt. x.39.
Erected by their grateful Friends and fellow parishioners

In church porch original grave cross on wall.

R.I.P. Major H.C.Cavendish R.F.A. Killed in action 1.8.16

Brass plaque on wall In Holy Trinity Church.

In thankfulness to God for the most dear memory of a very true and gallant soldier Hugh Cranford Cavendish Major Royal Field Artillery who fell in France at the Battle of the Somme on August 1st 1916 aged 35. The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God and there shall be no torment touch them. Also in loving memory of his infant son Hugh Edward Cavendish April 28th 1912.