Longburton, Dorset

26.10.2017

LONGBURTON

Stone cross on the boundary of the churchyard of St James the Great Church near the entrance and roadway, inscription on front face of plinth
(Inscription difficult to read as paint -black- in grooves of letters has come away)

To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Longburton who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1918

Gareth Hamilton Fletcher
William James Squibb
Joseph Squibb
Charles Edwin Cadie
Alfred George Anthony
Harry Cousins
Ernest Cox
William Biddlecombe
Leslie Biddlecombe

Gren. Guards
7 Hussars
A.V. Corps
Dorset Yeo
M.G. Corps
5 Dorset
6 Som L.I.
Dorset Yeo
N. Som.Yeo

Small new plaque on rails of memorial surround as difficult to read original inscription

To the memory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Longburton who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1918

Gareth Hamilton Fletcher - Grenadier Guards (att'd Scots Guards)
William James Squibb - 7th Hussars
Joseph Squibb - Army Veterinary Corps
Charles Edwin Cadie - 1st Dorset Yeomanry
Alfred George Anthony - Machine Gun Corps
Harry Cousins - 5th Dorset Regiment
Ernest Cox - 6th Somerset Light Infantry
William Biddlecombe - Dorset Yeomanry
Leslie Biddlecombe - North Somerset Yeomanry

Marble & stone plaque on wall in St James the Great church

Alfred Anthony.+
Charles Anthony.
Alfred Bailey.
William Bailey.
L.R. Biddlecombe.+
L.R. Biddlecombe.+
Ernest Buckler.
Harold Buckler.
Oliver Buckler.
Walter Buckler.
C. Burgess.
Edward Cadie.+
Thomas Chamberlain.
H.E. Cooper.
R.L. Cooper.
Frederick Cousins.
Harry Cousins.+
Albert Cox.
Ernest Cox+
Herbert Cox.
Howard Dyke.
Arthur Gillingham.
Frank Gillingham.
Harry Gillingham.
Sydney Gillingham.
William Gillingham.
Walter C. Stainer

Gareth Hamilton Fletcher.+
G.M.A. Hamilton Fletcher.
Albert Hammond.
Edgar Hayward.
Harry Hunt.
William Hunt.
George Knight.
George Mears.
Harry Mears.
Reginald Miles.
Samuel Parsons.
Percy Perry.
Ernest Pike.
H. Rossiter.
Joseph Squibb.+
William Squibb.+
Thomas Stainer.
W.H. Tanner.
Wesley Wallbridge.
William Wallbridge.
Wyndham Wallbridge.
Arthur Warren.
Charles White.
Albert Whittaker.
William Woolfries.
Harry Young.
+ Killed or died in the service of their Country

The Roll of Honour of the men of LONG BURTON who fought for their KING their COUNTRY and the LIBERTY of NATIONS in the GREAT WAR of 1914 to 1918 This Memorial was erected by George Hamilton Fletcher Esqre of Leweston Manor 1918

Very small brass plaque underneath memorial.

This memorial was dedicated on Easter Sunday 1919 by the Revd. Cannon C.H. Mayo, M A (Vicar of this Parish from 1872 to 1912.) assisted by the Revd. R. Cooper Fugard B.D. the present Vicar.

Marble & stone plaque on wall in St James the Great church
(I believe this memorial for Holnest was originally placed in St James the Great, Longburton - not Holnest -
as the memorial has continued on it and is a continuation of Longburton memorial and put up two years after Longburton memorial.)

Roll of Honour of the War 1914-18 (Continued)
HOLNEST
Gosney Walter
Gould D. F.
Gould G. E.
Harris Ernest
+ Harris William
Hellyar Sidney
Sartin E.
Sartin G.
Sartin G.
Sartin J.
Sartin P.
+Wakeley W E
+ Killed or died in the service of their country

Brass plaque underneath memorial on stone plaque.

This Memorial Erected by C.Hamilton Fletcher Esq. of Leweston Manor in place of a provisional one was unveiled by Major E.J.B. Wingfield Digby, D.S.O. of Sherborne Castle on the 29th May 1921