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13.7.2005

DROXFORD

Slate plaque on wall at entrance to St Mary and All Saints Churchyard.

Remember
the men of this parish
who died in the service
of their country
1939-1945

R.L.Clark Sergeant R.A.F.V.R.
R.H.C.Garland Captain R.A.O.C.
C.K.Gilbert M.M. Corporal The Buffs
T.W.G.Hulbert Captain R.H.A.
J.P.Manuel Sapper R.E.
K.C.May Private Somerset L.I.
J.Nettleton D.S.M. Chief E.R.A. R.N.
C.D.Pearce Marine R.M.
C.W.Y.Pickett Major Kings Own
B.T.Smith Marine R.M.

Window with inscription in St Mary and All Saints Church.

To the Greater Glory of God and in memory of
Major Thomas Ernest Hulbert who died at Fir Hill,
Droxford, 19 Nov.1943, and of Kathleen Beatrice his wife
who died at Fir Hill, Droxford, 27 Nov.1937, and of
Thomas William Gerard Hulbert, their younger son,
a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery, who was killed in
Action Sidi Rezegh, 21 Nov.1941

In their different ways they bore witness
to their faith and lived their mortal lives
in the Service of God and Man.

Small brass plaque on shelf with vases in St Mary and All Saints Church.

The vases on this shelf
were given in memory of
Joseph Percy Manuel, Sapper R.E.
who died while a Prisoner of War
in Malaya 3rd November 1943,
aged 25 years.

Private Grave in churchyard.

In
loving memory of
George Westbrook,
of this parish
died March 4th 1937.
Aged 81.
Also of
Louisa Isabella,
his wife
died July 24th 1951,
Aged 95.
Also of
Gerald Lawrence Clayton,
Serg. Pilot. R.A.F.
their grandson
reported missing Oct. 1940,
aged 23.