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9.9.2021

BULKINGTON

Stone cross in village on green at road junction, stone plaque on front of plinth.

This cross was erected on this
ancient base to the memory of the
following officers and men who
gave their lives in the cause of
freedom in the Great War 1914 - 1918



Lieut. Col. W. T. Gaisford 7th Seaforth Highlanders

Lieut. R. S. Gaisford         Royal Field Artillery

Lieut. L. Gaisford                      Indian Army

Sergt. J. J. B.  Hicks            Leinster Regiment

       F. H. Harrell                     Royal Navy

Pte. G. Pickett                    1st Wilts. Regt.

Pte. A. Wareham,                   2nd Wilts. Regt.

Framed paper scroll on wall in Christ Church Church.




Bulkington Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Those who died

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Gaisford, aged 44,
7th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders, died in France in 1915

Lieutenant Robert Gaisford, aged 22,
Captain in the Royal Flying Corps. Died in Italy in 1918

Lieutenant L Gaisford, aged 26, 58th
Vaughan's Rifles, Indian Army. Died in France in 1914

Sergeant John Hicks, aged 32,
Leinster Regiment. Died in Turkey in 1915

Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy, Frank Henry Harrell, aged 29.
Died at sea

Private George Pickett, aged 30, 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Rregiment.
Died in France in 1914

Private A Wareham, aged 31,
2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Died in Belgium in 1917

Also

Frank Harrow     Percy Wiltshire     William Wiltshire

The wounded

Percy Harding

Jack Orchard

Charles Pickett

William Pickett

Arthur Wiltshire

Prisoner of War

James Wareham