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Stone cross in St John the Baptist Churchyard

On front base of cross.

JESU
MERCY
IN MEMORIAM
1914 1918
"Their name
liveth for evermore"

On left side of base bronze tablet.

G.E. Boyt
C. Buckle
W. Burke
A. Cavell
R.A. Cooper
T.G. Cooper
E. Drodge
W.H.A. Evans
C.W. Gregory
W.J. Green

A. Hewitt
H. Hewitt
F.G. Jenvey
O.A. Knapton
R.W. Pearce
M.J. Read
T. Reynolds
W.R. Robertson
L.J. Salmon
G. Smith

W.J. Thorne
W.S.C. Wallace
G. Wallis
C.H. Warder
T.E. Welstead
P.S. Wheeler
J.H. Wheeler
W. Woodcock
W.S. Woodford

Wooden panels by handles on each main entrance door of St John the Baptist Church.

(Left side panel)

In : loving : memory : of
John Bousouet Field : Captain : Royal : Navy
and : of : Cecilia : his : wife
at : rest : in : this : churchyard
Also : of : their : grandson

(Right side panel)

Thomas : Mostyn : Field : Aged : 16 years
Midshipman : H.M.S Queen Mary
Sunk : at Battle : of : Jutland : 31 May : 1916
The : only : son : of
Admiral : Sir:Mostyn:Field:K.C.B.,F.R.S.:and:Lady:Field

Brass plaque on wall in St John the Baptist Church.

To the Glory of God
and in undying Memory of the Men
of This Parish who laid down
their lives in The Great War
1914 Pro Patria 1919

G.E. Boyt
C. Buckle
W. Burke
A. Cavell
R.A. Cooper
T.G. Cooper
E. Drodge
W.H.A. Evans
C.W. Gregory
W.J. Green
A. Hewitt
H. Hewitt
F.G. Jenvey
O.A. Knapton
R.W. Pearce
M.J. Read
T. Reynolds
W.R. Robertson
L.J. Salmon
G. Smith
W.J. Thorne
W.S.C. Wallace
G. Wallis
C.H. Warder
T.E. Welstead
P.S. Wheeler
J.H. Wheeler
W. Woodcock
W.S. Woodford

L/Cpl.
Pte.
Sergt.
Pte.
Pte.
L.S. R.N.
Pte.
Pte.
C.P.O. R.N.
Pte.
O.S. R.N.
Pte.
Pte.
Lieut.
Pte.
Pte.
Pte.
Pte.
Sergt.
Dvr.
Pte.
Pte.
Pte.
Pte.
Pte.
Gnr.
L/Sergt.
Pte.
Pte.

Hampshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
R.F.A.
Hampshire Regt.
Royal Fusiliers
H.M.S. Tipperary.
Hampshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
H.M.S. Bayano.
Australian Imp. Force.
H.M.S. Victory.
Hampshire Regt.
Royal Fusiliers.
Royal Warwickshire Regt.
Royal Sussex Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
Wiltshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
R.F.A.
Hampshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt.
Durham L.I.
Royal Fusiliers.
Oxford and Bucks L.I.
R.M.A.
Royal Fusiliers.
Royal Warwickshire Regt.
Hampshire Regt

Their lives for their country
their souls to God.

Brass plaque on wall in St John the Baptist Church.

In loving memory of
Claude Arthur Worthington
Lt Colonel The Buffs
Son of Major Worthington of the same Regiment
and grandson of General John Patton 12th Foot
killed in action near Loos in France
whilst in command of his Regiment
28th September 1915
R.I.P.

Graves in churchyard, not all listed below at present.

In
loving memory of
Alice Emily Drodge
who died May 2nd 1904
aged 43 years.

In the midst of life we are in death
Also in loving memory of
Edward her son.
Who gave his life for King & Country
dying of wounds in Egypt
Dec. 1st 1917. Aged 20 years.
At Rest.

In
Loving Memory of
Thiel Cooper
Aged 28
only son of G. an L. Cooper
Until the day dawns, and the
shadows flee away

Also of his father
George Cooper,
died June 22nd 1927,
Aged 68.
"His end was peace."