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22.8.2017

STOKE ABBOTT

Marble plaque on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church porch, name added at bottom of Great War names.

1914 + 1918
In honoured memory of
the Men of this Parish
who laid down their lives
In the Great War.

Gnr. George Richard Meech. R.G.A.

Bdr. George Baker. R.F.A.

Pte. Alfred Ackerman. Cann. Inf.

Pte. Wilfred John Swaffield. 2nd Dorsets

Pte. George Wakeley. London Regt.

Cpl. John Charles Wakeley. A.I.F.

Pte. Sidney Webber. 1st Dorsets

Pte. Harold Wood. 5th Dorsets

Pte. Colin George Wood. Cann. Scot.

    "Their name liveth for evermore."
This tablet is erected by the parishioners
of Stoke Abbott.

Altar with wooden panels in front - WW1 left panel.

+
To
the Glory of God
and in memory
of

G. Baker.      G. Meech.

W. Swaffield.  G. Wakeley.

C. Wakeley.    S. Webber.

C. Wood.       H. Wood.

       A. Ackerman.

Who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.

Private grave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.

In loving memory of
William George Swaffield,
who died Oct. 3rd 1927.
Aged 26 years.
He giveth his beloved sleep.
Also of Reginald Edwin Swaffield
who died Feb 9th 1919. Aged 12 years.
Asleep in Jesus.
Also of Wilfred John Swaffield.
killed in action in France.
Feb. 4th 1917. Aged 22 years.
Interred at Beaumont Hamel.
Also of Mary Jane Swaffield.
The beloved mother of the above
who died June 27th 1936.
Aged 71 years.
"Thy will be done."