25.8.2005
ROCKBOURNE
Stone cross on roadside, inscription at base of cross back and front, names on front of base plinth.
Front inscription.
To the honoured mem
ory of our men who
gave their lives
1914-1918
Names on bottom plinth.
A. Custance. F.H. Lambert. W.Y. Radcliffe. C. Cooper.
W.H. Burton. W. Gray. G. Stainer.
F. Penny. Wm. Booth. W. Waterman.
Back inscription.
The first place where
man can die is where he
dies for man
Metal plaque added to memorial as names getting difficult to read.
1914 - 1918 |
Marble Tablet on wall in St Andrew's Church.
In loving memory
of
Aldwyn Douglas Custance,
Lieut. R.N., H.M.S. Exmouth,
who died in the Dardanelles July 23rd 1915,
aged 23 years.
"It is well."
Marble Tablet on wall in St Andrew's Church.
In loving memory
of
William Yonge Radcliffe,
2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. Wiltshire Regt.,
who was wounded in action at
Sari Bair, Gallipoli,
on 10th August 1915,
and died five days later
in Sazli Beit Gully,
aged 20 years.
'He found the secret of the word that saith,
"Service is sweet, for all true life is death."'
Marble Tablet on wall in St Andrew's Church.
In loving memory of
William George Taylor Booth,
Sergt. 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
son of James & Mary Booth,
who was killed in action at Zonnebeke, Flanders,
April 26th 1915, aged 22 years.
"Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Window in St Andrew's Church, inscription in bottom right corner.
To our dear son Francis
Henry Lambert Lieut
2nd Battn Hampshire Regt
who fell at the Dardanelles
June 4th 1915 aged 19
Original grave cross on pillar in St Andrew's Church, inscription on aluminium strips.
G.R.U.
Lieut. Grant.
15th. Div. R.F.A.
24-4-17