5.10.96
COLBURY
Brass plaque on marble background on wall inside Christchurch church.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF COLBURY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
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"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN
THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Brass plaque on marble background matching the above on wall in Christchurch church.
Faithful unto death.
To the dear memory
of
William Claude Frederick
Vaudrey-Barker-Mill.
Captain Rifle Brigade
Killed while gallantly
leading his men
in the Battle of the Somme
September 15th 1916. Aged 42.
"All he hoped for, all he had, he gave
to save mankind - himself he scorned
to save."
Lytch gate at entrance to Christchurch Churchyard.
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Inscription on slanting boards on front of lytch gate.
Left Board
Scared to the Memory of the Men of this Parish
Right Board
who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
Names inside lytch gate above "windows"
Left side
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Memorial hall just off main road, stone plaque above window in the centre of the front of the hall.
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