Stratton, Dorset

2007 & 20.12.17

STRATTON

Stone cross in St Mary's Churchyard, tablets on faces of plinth.

(Left side tablet)

Lieut-Col. E.Alexander Pope. D.S.O. The Welsh Regt.
Lieut-Col. A.R. Haig-Brown. D.S.O. The Middlesex Regt.
Captain C.A.W. Pope. R.A.M. Corps.
2nd Lieut. Percy P. Pope. The Welsh Regt.

(Front tablet)

1919

this monument com- memorates those from this parish who at call of King and Country left all that was dear to them. Endured hardships, faced dangers and finally made the supreme sacrifice that others might live in freedom

(Right side tablet)

Lance Corpl. R.F. Gifford. 21st Batt. Canadian Infantry.
Lance Corpl. Ernest Brett. Royal Irish Rifles.
Gunner A.C. Bell. R.G.A.
Private Arthur Godden. The Dorset Regt.

(Next right side tablet)

Private H.C. Amor 1st Batt. Dorset Regt.
Driver S.O. Brien

Handwritten scroll framed on wall in St Mary's Church.

Stratton cum Grimstone, Dorset. This Scroll commemorates those connected with this Parish who served their King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919, The names of those who made the supreme Sacrifice being written in Red.

Name.
Amor, H.G.
Barrett, H.J.
Barrett, W.J.
Bartlett, H.J.
Baker, C.J.
Bell, A.C.
Bird, A.E.
Bird, H.
Brett, O
Brett, E.
Brett, J.
Chaldecott, R.O.
Cheney, F.W.
Cheney, W.H.
Churchill, E.
Collins, C.
Collins, C.
Cutler, G.
Davie, W.
Davis, C.
Downton, A.
Dunn, C.G.
Eliot, The Rev. J.W.
Frost, W.J.
Gifford, A.V.
Gifford, B.J.
Gifford, H.H.
Gifford, R.F.
Godden, A.
Godden, W.
Haig-Brown, A.R.
Hallett, B.E.
Hallett, A.
Hansford, B.
Harris, A.
Honeybun, C.

Rank.
Private.
Driver.
Gunner.
Sapper.
Corporal.
Gunner.
Bombardier.
Sergeant.
L/Corporal.
L/Corporal.
Sapper.
Leading Seaman.R.N.
Private.
Stoker.
L/Corporal.
Sergeant. D.C.M.
Gunner.
L/Corporal.
Signaller.
Sapper.
Trooper.
Private.
Chaplain to the Forces.
Private.
Private.
Stoker. R.N.
Private.
L/Corporal.
Private.
Sergeant.
Lieut.Col. D.S.O.
Lieutenant.
Private.M.M.

Driver.
Private.

Ship or Regiment
Dorsetshire.
R.H.A.
R.G.A.
R.E.
Dorsetshire.
R.G.A.
R.G.A.
R.V.V.Corps.
Bedfordshire.
Royal Irish.
R.E.
H.M.S.Mackay.
Dorsetshire.
H.M.S.St.Vincent.
Dorsetshire.
Dorset Yeomanry.
R.G.A.
Dorsetshire.
504th Battery.
R.E.
Q.O.Dorset Yeomanry.
R.E.

Devonshire.
2nd Battn.Canadians.
H.M.S.
Dorsetshire.
21st Canadians.
Dorsetshire.
R.A.S.Corps.
Middlesex.
Camel Corps.
Dorsetshire.
Railway Battn.
R.A.S.Corps.
Oxon & Bucks L.I.

Name.
Honeybun, E.
Honeybun, R.
Honeybun, W.
Humber, R.
Kelly, B.
Knight, A.A.
Lee, J.
Lee, H.J.
Neate, The Rev.C.J.
Northover, G.H.
O'Brien, S.
Osmond, A.
Osmond, A.J.
Osmond, O.G.
Phillips, C.
Phillips, F.
Phillips, F.G.
Pope, A.Rolph.
Pope, A.V.
Pope. C.A.W.
Pope, C.
Pope, D.
Pope. E. Alexr.
Pope, J.A.
Pope, P.P.
Reed, L.
Rolls, M.C.
Sargeant, A.
Smith, H.
Snow, H.R.
Snow, T.
Shepard, A.M.
Watts, H.T.
Watts, W.G.
Weeden, G.C.

Rank.
L/Corporal.
Gunner.
Private.
Gunner.
Corporal.
Private.
Private.
1st Class Stoker.R.N.
Chaplain to the Forces.
Sergeant.
Driver.
Private.
Gunner.
Bombardier.
L/Corporal.
Private.
A.C.2.
Major.
Captain.
Captain.
Captain.
Captain, M.C.
Lieut.Col., D.S.O.
Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutemant.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Gunner.
Private.
Trooper.
Corporal.
Driver.
A.M.1.E.
Private.

Ship or Regiment
Military Force.
R.G.A.
Dorsetshire.
R.G.A.
Irish Guards.
Wiltshire.
K.O. Royal Fusiliers.
H.M.S. Cornwall.

R.A.O.C.
R.F.A.
R.A.S. Corps.
R.G.A.
R.G.A.
R.E.
Machine Gun Corps.
R.N.A.S.
Dorsetshire.
14th King's Hussars.
R.A.M. Corps.
Bedfordshire.
8th King's(Royal Irish)Hussars.
The Welsh Regt & South Wales Borderers.
K.R.R. Corps.
The Welch Regt.
Dorsetshire.
R.A.S. Corps.
Royal Scotch Fusiliers.
R.F.A.
Tank Corps.
Q.O.Dorset Yeomanry.
Somerset Lt. Infantry.
R.F.A.
R.N.A.S.
K.O. Royal Lancasters.

Bronze plaque on wall in St Mary's Church.

Im memory of Lieut. Col. E. Alexander Pope, D.S.O. J.P. The Welsh Regt. who raised & commanded the 12th Battn. South Wales Borderers, second son of Alfred Pope of Wrackleford. Died of disease contracted on active service 9th April 1919 Aged 43 years Also of Lieut. Col. A.R.Haig-Brown D.S.O. B.A. Cantab of the Duke of Cambridges Own (Middlesex Regt.) son-in-law of Alfred Pope. Killed in action in France 25th March 1918 aged 40 years.

Bronze plaque on wall in St Mary's Church.

In loving memory of Percy Paris Pope MA.New Coll Oxon of the Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut. The Welsh Regiment sixth son of alfred Pope of Wrackleford House, who was killed in action during an attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt 2nd October 1915. Aged 33. Also of Capt. Charles Alfred Whiting Pope MA. MB. Trin. Coll. Camb. R.A.M.C. Fourth son of Alfred Pope who was drowned whilst attendint the wounded in the ship's hospital on the occasion of the British troop-ship "Transylvania" being torpedoed in the Mediterranean 4th May 1917. Aged 39. "Glory born of Duty is a Crown of Light"

Flag hanging in St Mary's Church near Roll of Honour with a framed typed explanation on the wall.

The Flag which hangs over the Roll of Honour represented by the Red Dragon of Wales-is that used by the 3rd Battalion of the Welch Regiment, before it was replaced by that of the 1st Battalion. The Flag came into the posession of Brig.-Genl. F.P. Crozier, C.M.G., D.S.O., who had the command of the Welch (or 40th) Division during the war, and was sent by him to Mr. Alfred Pope, the father of Col. E.A. Pope, D.S.O. (also of 2nd Lieut. P.P. Pope, of the same Regiment), with a letter, (copy of which is in the Parish Chest) and is placed here with the sanction of the Vicar and Churchwardens of Stratton, as a momento to Col. Pope, whose ashes lie in the vault to the south of the Church. In presenting the Flag the General writes:- "You are entitles to it by the laws of merit. It is the flag of the 3rd Welch, which flew at their Quarter Guard from August 4/14 to July 20/19, and must have been Saluted daily at Retreat by your son, both at the very beginning of the war, and in '17, '18 and '19 when he was in command: after he returned wounded, only to die at duty of his wounds sustained in April/17, near Gouzeaucourt."