RETURN TO PLACE NAME E INDEX

9.7.2005

EMERY DOWN

Lytchgate at entrance to Christchurch Churchyard, names on stones inside on top of wall but below wooden top.

Inscription above entrance on outside of lytchgate.

Lest we forget "1914-19."

Left side in lytchgate.

To    the    Glory    of    God    and    in    memory    of



Lieut. C.L.C. Bowes Lyon. Bk.Watch.

Pte.   H. Broomfield.      Hants.R.

Capt.  G.N. Cory.            R.F.A.

  


 

Pte.  A.T. Gates.           C.Gds.

Pte.  F. Godwin.         Canada.R.

Capt. A.K. Hargreaves. D.S.O. R.B.

  


 

Capt. L.R. Hargreaves. M.C. I.Gds.

Pte.  H. Hoad.            Middx.R.

Sgt.  G.E. Kilford.      Canada.R.

Pte.  F.A. Turner.        Hants.R.

Right side in lytchgate.


Pte.   T. Payne.           M.G.C.

L.Cpl. P. Peckham.       Hants.R.

Pte.   F. Rogers.        Hants.R.

Pte.   A. Broomfield. R.Sussex.R.


 

Pte.   F. Sheardown.   Hants.R.

Pte.   T.F. Turton.    R.M.L.I.

Pte.   F.W. Veal.        R.Fus.

Air.M. J.A. Witt.      R.N.A.S.


 

Pte.   A. Warwick.          M.G.C.

L.Cpl. C.S. Whitehorn.    Hants.R.

Pte.   S.H. Whitehorn.      N.Z.R.

Pte.   J. Broomfield.  E.Surrey.R.


who    gave    their    lives    for    their    country    1914    -    1918.

Framed handwritten paper scroll on wall in Christchurch Church.

Greater Love Hath                 No Man Than This

  That a Man Lay Down           His Life for His Friends



Lt. C.L.C. Bowes Lyon, Black Watch

L.Cpl. J. Broomfield, E.Surrey Reg.

Pte. H. Broomfield, Hants Reg.

Pte. A. Broomfield, R.Sx.Reg.

Capt. C.N. Cory, R.F.A.

Pte. A.T. Gates, C.Gds.

Pte. F. Godwin, Canada.Reg.

Capt. A.K. Hargreaves, D.S.O. R.B.

Capt. L.R. Hargreaves, M.C. I.Gds.

Pte. H. Hoad, Mdlex.Reg.

Sgt. G.E. Kilford, Canada.Reg.


      

Pte. T. Payne, M.G.C.

L.Cpl. P. Peckham, Hants.Reg.

Pte. F. Roger, Hants.Reg.

Pte. F. Sheardown, Hants.Reg.

Pte. F. Turner, Hants.Reg.

Pte. T.F. Turton, R.M.L.I.

Pte. F.W. Veal, R.Fus.

Air.M. J.A. Witt, R.N.A.S.

Pte. A. Warwick, M.G.C.

L.Cpl. C.S. Whitehorn, Hants.Reg.

Pte. S.H. Whitehorn, N.Z.R.


(Now WW2 names)



Pray for Their Souls

Commonwealth War Graves in churchyard.

22496 Private
F.T. Sheardown
Hampshire Regiment
19th April 1918

230467 Private
I.J.A. Witt
Royal Air Force
21st November 1918