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OTTERBOURNE

Stone cross outside St Mathew's Church by road.

Photos taken               1985                                           2004

Photo taken 2014

In Memoriam. 1914 - 1918.
Erected as an expression of
profound thankfulness to Almighty God
for a wonderful deliverance in the Great War.
As a tribute to the men from
Otterbourne and Allbrook who served,
and in proud and grateful memory
of those who fell
whose names are inscribed hereon.

For King and Country.
Edward Ball  C.S.M.  3rd Hants.
George Bower  Gnr.  R.F.A.
T.E. Onslow Chamberlayne  Lieut.  R.F.A.
Victor W. Cooper  Lce.Corpl.  2/4 Hants.
Herbert A. Edwards  Pte.  1/7 Warwicks.
Percy Freemantle  Pte.  8th Hants.
Percy Gallager  Corpl.  1st Hants.
Arthur Hayes  Corpl.  R.G.A.
George Hayes  Pte.  5th Hants.
Arthur Hopkins  Pte.  1st Hants.

For King and Country.
George Herridge  Pte.  R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Invincible.
William Herridge  Pte.  R.M.A. H.M.S. Good Hope.
L.N. Jones Bateman C.M.G.  Lt. Col.  Norfolk Regt.
Thomas Judd  Bombr.  1/1 Hants.
James Marks  Pte.  1st Hants.
Ernest Monckton  Pte.  7th Somerset L.I.
Charles May  Pte.  R.D.F.
Herbert G. May  Sergt.  2nd Hants.
Walter May  Pte.  2nd Hants.
Harry Newman  Pte.  2nd Hants.

For King and Country.
William I. Parsons  Seaman.  H.M.S. Bulwark.
Charles T. Quelch M.M.  Pte.  1st Hants.
Albert Redding  Gnr.  R.G.A.
Harry Redding  Pte.  2nd D.G.
Arthur Stevens  Pte.  1/4 Hants.
Robert Springer  Corpl.  1st Hants.
Walter Shepperd  Corpl.  2nd Hants.
William Southwell  Lce.Corpl.  11th Middx.
George Turton  Sergt.  9th Lancers.
Reginald S. Young  Sergt.  10th Devons.

Marble plaque on wall in St Mathew's Church.

In gratitude to God
for deliverance
and in memory of the men of
Otterbourne and Allbrook
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1919.

T.E. Onslow Chamberlayne
L.N. Jones-Bateman
E. Ball          W. May
G. Bower         J. Marks
V. Cooper        E. Monckton
H.A. Edwards     H. Newman
P. Freemantle    W. Parsons
P. Gallagher     T. Quelch
A. Hayes         A. Redding
G. Hayes         H. Redding
G. Herridge      W. Shepherd
W. Herridge      W. Southwell
A. Hopkins       R. Springer
T. Judd          A. Stevens
C. May           G. Turton
H.G. May         R. Young

Also to their memory
a child's cot is endowed in
Winchester Hospital

Brass plaque on wall in St Mathew's Church.

In memoriam
Cyril Hammond Elgee
Captain Bedfordshire Regt.
Born 1871. Died 1917.
Colonial Administrator for 20 years.
Hugh Francis Elgee
Captain South Wales Borderers.
Born 1878. Died 1915.
Killed in action at Gallipoli.
Both sons of the Rev. Walter Francis Elgee
formerly Vicar of this Parish.

Marble plaque on wall above churchwarden's pew.

Remembering various Chamberlayne's then:

And of
Thomas Edmund Onslow Chamberlayne
Lieutenant R.F.A.
Younger son of
Tankerville and Edith Rachel Chamberlayne
Born July 29th 1893
Educated at Winchester
and Merton College, Oxford
Killed in action on the Somme
August 18th 1916