RETURN TO PLACE NAME W INDEX

5.11.2005

WOOTON ST LAWRENCE

Stone cross in churchyard of St Lawrence's Church.

Inscription on front of cross upright.

In
thankful
remembrance
of our
honoured dead
who gave
their lives in
the Great War
1914 - 1918

Inscription on front of plinth.

Yeo of Sig.  Thos. A. Chambers,        R.N.


Pte.         Geo. Reg. Fox,            R.M.L.I.


 -           Charles Parris,           R.G.A.


Lt.          George K. Scott,          R.E.


Pte.         Ernest F.B. Mears,   Grenadier Gds.


 -           John T. Wyeth,       East Kent Regt.


Lt.          Charles P.M. Irwin,  Royal Irish Fus.


Pte.         Albert W. Garrett,   Devonshire Regt.


 -           William R. Wyeth,          -      -


Sgt.         J. Reg. Digweed, M.M.     Hampshire Regt.


Pte.         Edward J. Child,              -      -


 -           Charles Cousins,              -      -


 -           William J. Hale,              -      -


 -           Bertie Holland,               -      -


 -           William Kersley,              -      -


 -           Wilfred G. Lipscombe,         -      -


 -           Percy C. Mears,               -      -


 -           James S. Moore,               -      -


 -           William Taylor,               -      -


 -           Frank E. Friend,          Essex Regt.


 -           Gerald L. Wickens,        Royal Berks Regt.


Sgt.         J. Harris Marlow,         Rifle Brigade


Cpl.         Albert E. Brown,              -      -


Rfmn.        Archie H.V. Mears,            -      -


Pte.         F. John Lush,             60th Bn. Canadians


 -           A. William Lush,              -      -

Hand written scroll in frame on wall in St Lawrence's Church.

Wooton St. Lawrence, Hants.
The list of those who came from this parish
and who have given up their lives during the Great War 1914 - 1919

Yeoman of Sig.  Thomas A. Chambers        Royal Navy


Private.        George Reg. Fox           Royal Marine Lt. Inf.


Private.        Charles Parris            Royal Garrison Art.


Lieutenant.     George K. Scott           Royal Engineers


Private.        Ernest F.B. Mears         Grenadier Guards


Private.        John T. Wyeth             East Kent Regiment


Lieutenant.     Charles P.M. Irwin        Royal Fusiliers (Irish) 


Private.        Albert W. Garrett         Devonshire Regiment


Private.        William R. Wyeth          Devonshire Regiment


Sergeant.       J. Reginald Digweed,   M.M.   Hampshire Reg.


Private.        Edward J. Child           Hampshire Regiment


Private.        Charles Cousins           Hampshire Regiment


Private.        William J. Hale           Hampshire Regiment


Private.        Bertie Holland            Hampshire Regiment


Private.        William Kersley           Hampshire Regiment


Private.        Wilfred G. Lipscombe      Hampshire Regiment


Private.        Percy C. Mears            Hampshire Regiment


Private.        James S. Moore            Hampshire Regiment


Private.        William Taylor            Hampshire Regiment


Private.        Frank E. Friend           Essex Regiment.


Private.        Gerald L. Wickens         Royal Berkshire Reg.


Sergeant.       J. Harris Marlow          Rifle Brigade


Corporal.       Albert E. Brown           Rifle Brigade


Rifleman.       Archie H.V. Mears         Rifle Brigade


Private.        F. John Lush              60th Bn. Canadians


Private.        A. William Lush           60th Bn. Canadians

(Now 1939-1945 names)