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24.8.86 & 27.9.2014

SHERFIELD ENGLISH

Brass plaque on wall in St Leonard's church.

Pro Deo et Patria
This tablet is erected by the
parishioners of Sherfield English to
the honoured memory of the men
who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918.

Leonard Dowling         Pte. 4th Hants.
Ralph Moody             Pte. 2nd Hants.
S. Montague Olden       2nd Lt. 1st Border Regt.
Herbert Olden           Dvr. R.F.A.
Godfrey Philpot         Capt. R.G.A.
Albert Roud             Pte. 8th Devons.
Edgar J. Runyeard       Sgt. R.E. Mentioned in despatches.
Arthur Thornton         L/Cpl. 15th Hants.
G. Warren Whidborne     Pte. Artists' Rifles.
John T Willmott         L/Cpl. Coldstream Guards

"They died the noblest death that men may die
fighting for God, and Right, and Liberty, and
such a death is immortality."

Glazed frame on wall in St Leonard's church.

First row:

Second row:

Hand written paper in frame by window 1986. (On vestry wall 2004)
(Becoming difficult/impossible to read parts 2004)

Photo taken:                  1986                      2004

          August 1914 -
       Roll of Honour
          William Bailey                               Lewis Pearce
          Frederick Billett                            Tom Petty
          Reginald Billett                             William Petty
          Leonard Dowling                              Walter Petty  Corpl.
          Frederick Fielder                            Godfrey Philpot  Capt.
          Arthur Fisher                                Reginald Philpot  Capt. MC.
          Maurice Hacker                               Percy Roud
          Lawrence Hacker                              Ernest Roud
          Charles Hunter  Sergt.                       Albert Roud
          Charles Kemish  Sergt.                       Harold Roud
          Alfred Loader                                Arthur Roud
          Arthur Loader                                Edgar Runeyard  Sergt.
          James Miller                                 Charles Southwell
          Herbert Molyneux                             Harry Thornton
          Tom Molyneux  MC. 2nd Lieut:                 Arthur Thornton
          Lewis Moody                                  Jack Thornton
          Ralph Moody                                  Matthew Walkeley
          Henry Mond  Lieut:                           George Whidborne
          George Morgan                                John Willmott
          Montague Olden  2nd Lieut:                   Herbert Roud
          Stanley Olden  2nd Lieut:                    Allan Brown
          Edmund Olden                                 Walter Roud
          Herbert Olden                                Wilfrid Clipstone
          Alfred Pearce         Alfred Morgan    Arthur Moody       Donald Roud
          Albert Rogers         Herald Olden     Wilfred Kemish
                                Albert Loader    William Thornton




Our Heroic Dead
Arthur Thornton,   Lance Corporal, 15th Hants, killed in action, Oct. 2nd 1918.
Edgar Runeyard,    Sergeant, killed in action March 20th - 1916. (mentioned in despatches)
Ralph Moody,       2nd Hants, killed in action April 28th 1915.
Leonard Dowling,   4th Hants, killed in action at the siege of Kut Jan 21st 1916.
Godfrey Philpot,   Captain R.G.A., killed in action, Sept 1st 1916.
George Whidborne,  City of London, Artists' Rifles, died March 5th 1916.
Albert Roud,       8th Devons, killed in action, May 7th 1917.
John Willmott,     Lance Corporal, Coldstream Guards, killed in action, Nov: 30th 1917.
Montague Olden,    2nd Lieu: killed in action, May 4th 1918 (Border Regt.)
Herbert Olden,     R.F.A. killed in action, Oct. 3rd 1918.

Brass plaque on Wall in church.

To the Glory of God and in loving memory of
Captain Godfrey Philpot
Royal Artillery
of the Manor of Sherfield-English.
Killed in action at the battle of the Somme
1st Sept. 1916 aged 25.
"Who stands if Freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?"

Priests wooden kneeler/table, inscription on top of table.

Graciously hear us O Christ!
In memory of Eric Flint,
killed in the Battle of the Somme,
Nov 5th 1916.

Pictures on Wall in church with inscription.

Picture of Christ holding a young girl.

Jesus said "whosoever shall not recieve the kingdom of
heaven as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein."
"And he took them in his arms and blessed them."

A Thankoffering placed in the Parish Church Sherfield English
by George and Rhoda Kemish for the safe return of thier sons Charles and Wilfred, from the War
1914 - 1919

Picture of Christ in a manger (Der Engel Freude) with angels and parents looking on.

"The host of heaven worship thee" Neh: 9.10
"He is thy God, Worship thou him." Is: 45.11

Presented to the Church of St Leonard's Sherfield English by Harry and Naomi Loader
In thankfulness for the safe return oftheir sons, Alfred Harry and Ernest Arthur
from the Great War.

Picture of good samararitain talking to Innkeeper showing him battered man.

Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Joshua XXIV.15.
JESUS, looking upon him, loved him, and said unto him........Come, follow ME. S.Mark X.21

Moses and Jemima Roud place this picture in Sherfield English Church as a thankoffering to GOD, for the preservation of their sons,
Harold Frederick and Herbert Leonard during the War 1914 - 1919.

Picture of Jesus with children of different nationality around him.

"All Nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord." Ps LXXXVI.9

A Thankoffering placed in the Church of St Leonard, Sherfield English, by
George and Rose Roude, for the safe return of their sons Percy and Ernest
from the War, 1914 - 1919.

Picture of Mary holding Jesus with three kings.

They presented unto him gifts Matt 2.11
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? Ps: 116.11

The Gift of George and Mary Ann Morgan, to the church of
St Leonard, Sherfield English, a Thankoffering for
the preservationof their sons, George and Alfred, during the War 1914 - 1919.

Picture of Jesus praying.

"He continued all night in prayer to God."
"Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."
"Is any among you afflicted? let him pray."

This picture is placed in St Leonard's Church, Sherfield, by grateful parents, for the returen of their sons from the War.
"Every one that asketh receiveth."

Brass plaque on Wall in church.

To the memory of Douglas King Macdonald
Lieutenant, the Suffolk Regiment younger son
of the late Rev. John Mosse Macdonald
rector of this parish 1892 - 1905
died 23rd July 1929 from wounds recieved in France in
1916 aged 34 years.