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23.6.1988

BONCHURCH

Stone cross in St Boniface Churchyard, inscription on left side face of plinth.

To the memory
of the men of Bonchurch
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1919

F. Andrews.

E.E. Bousfield.

H.N. Cotton.

G.E. Harbourne.

H. Hastings.

G. Hitchman.

V. Jolliffe.

B. Mills.

L.H. Prothero.

T. Rew.

G. Russell.

H.E. Russell.

W. Saunders.

H.E. Sewell.

G. Sterling.

G. White.

G. Woodford.

C. Cosh.

Stone plaque on wall in St Boniface Church by pulpit.

This pulpit is dedicated to the
memory of the men of Bonchurch
who died in the Great War 1914-1919

F. Andrews

E.E. Bousfield

H.N. Cotton

G.E. Harbourne

H. Hastings

G. Hitchman

V. Jolliffe

B. Mills

L.H. Prothero

T. Rew

G. Russell

H.E. Russell

W. Saunders

H.E. Sewell

G. Sterling

G. White

G. Woodford

 

Framed hand written scroll on wall in St Boniface Church.
(NB: a 6 has been written over the 7 in the date for George White, and Prothero onwards is on a separate piece of paper stuck on)

"I have fought a good fight."
To the Memory of the brave men
of Bonchurch
who have laid down their lives
for King & Country

Sergt. George Woodford
killed at Gallipoli 13th Augt. 1915

Lt.Col. E.E. Bousfield 123rd Outram's Rifles
attached 1/1 Gurkha Rifles-died of wounds 
in France Sept 25th 1915

Bert Mills Engineer H.M.S."NataL"
killed at sea Dec 30th 1915

Gilbert Sterling 14th Hants
killed June 30th 1916

George White H.M.S."Indefatigable"
Killed Jutland Battle 1917

Harold Hastings 14th Hants
killed 23rd April 1917.

George Hitchman R.E.
killed May 12th 1917

Harry Edward Russell Private West Yorks
killed in France July 27th 1917

William Saunders Lance-Corporal 1st Batt
Hants Regt killed in France Novr 20th 1917

George Russell Private 2nd Hants
killed in France 1918

Regt Sergt Major G.E. Harbourne
Hampshire Regt killed in France 1918

Frederick Andrews 7th Middlesex Regt
killed in France 1916

Major H.E. Sewell R.G.A.
died in France 1918

Leonard Henry Prothero 10th Worcestershire Regt
died of wounds in France July 1918

Thomas Rew 10th Royal Warrick Regt
killed in action France May 31st 1918

Harry Norman Cotton Private
Machine Gun Corps died of wounds

Victor Jolliffe gunlayer R.M.A.
H.M.S. Defence killed in the Battle of
Jutland 31st May 1916

C. Cosh. killed in action

 

"I have the Keys of death"
(The Risen Christ)

Brass plaque on wooden backing on wall in St Boniface Church.

In loving memory of
Edmund Emerson Bousfield
Lieut. Colonel 123rd Outram's Rifles
attached 1/1 Gurkha Rifles
killed in action in France
25th September 1915. Aged 45 years.
Interred at Richebourg St Vaast.

Stone plaque on wooden backing on wall in St Boniface Church.

In
Loving and Glorious Remembrance
of
George Henry Russell,
who died of wounds at Boulogne
May 1st 1918,
in his 37th year.
He was a member of the choir of this Church
for 26 years.
"Faithful unto death."
Interred at Wimereux Cemetery.