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14.4.2021
COOMBE BISSETT
Stone cross just in entrance to St Michael & All Angels Churchyard.
On faces of first plinth down - Hexagonal.
(Face to left of front)
In Grateful
Coombe
who died
K
in the
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(Front face)
Memory of
Bissett and H
in the service
ing and Countr
Great War 1914
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(Face to right of front)
the men of
omington
of their
y
1919
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Front face of first square plinth.
Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick William Benson. K.C.B.
Capt. Henry Arthur Davies. R.N.Z.A.
2nd Lt. Percy Albert Drake. Glos. Regt.
2nd Lt. Hugh Dimsdale Etheridge. N.C. M.M. F.Fus.
Corp. Vivian Drake. Wilts. Regt.
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On front face of next plinth.
Their name liveth for evermore
Right side face of first square plinth.
Cpl. Ralph Read. R. Dublin Fus.
L. Cpl. Lionel John Cooke. Wilts. Regt.
L. Cpl. Frederick Musselwhite. Wilts. Regt.
Dvr. James Read. M.M. R.F.A.
Dvr. Gilbert John West. S.L.I.
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Left side face of first square plinth.
Hand written framed paper scroll on wall in St Michael & All Angels Church.
(Those in red appear to be those who died but there are several not on the outside memorial.)
Men who served in the Great War
Residing or who resided in the villages of Coombe Bissett, Homington, Stratford-Tony, and Dogdean, or were educated at the Coombe Bissett School.
Private B.F. Adlam. Wiltshire Regiment
Private R. Adlam. Labour Battalion
Private C. Aubrey. M.T. R.A.S.C.
Major R.J. Bacon. Hampshire Regiment
Mechanist Staff Sergeant S.W. Bagwell. M.T. R.A.S.C.
Private R.C. Bagwell. 18th Hussars.
Private F. Bagwell. City of London Yeomanry.
Private G.J. Bagwell. North Staffordshire Regiment.
Sergeant L.T. Baker. Dorsetshire Regiment
Private A. Baker. Dorsetshire Regiment.
Private F.G. Baker. Wiltshire Regiment
Private G. Baker. Hampshire Regiment
Private W. Baker. Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Private S. Baker. Hampshire Regiment.
Major General Sir F.W. Benson. K.C.B.
Captain B. Blake R.M.G.C.
Lieutenant E. Blake. R.G.A.
Sergeant Major J. Blake R.A.S.C.
Drummer H.G. Bolter. Wiltshire Regiment.
Private E.F. Bolter. Wiltshire Regiment
Sergeant H.G. Britten.M.M. Hampshire Regiment.
R. Bryant. Marconi Service.
Private W. Burbage. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Private C.M. Burgess. R.A.S.C. M.T.
Sergeant Wilson Case. Dorsetshire Regiment.
Private Wilfred Case. 12th Royal Lancers
Private F. Catell. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Private F. Channings Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Private A. Colborne
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A.B. - W. Cooper. Royal Navy
Sergeant B. Cooke. Wiltshire Regiment
Private A.E. Cooke. Royal Warwsickshire Regiment.
L/Corporal L.J. Cooke. Wiltshire Regiment
Driver M. Cooke. R.F.A.
Private W.G. Cooke. Dorsetshire Regiment
Private A.E. Cox. R.E.
Captain H.A. Davies. Royal New Zealand Artillery
Private G. Davis. R.A.S.C.
Private F. Davis. Labour Battalion
Bombardier H. Dewland. R.G.A.
Private R.H. Dibben. New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Major P.H. Dodgson. M.C. R.F.A.
2nd Lieutenant P.A.Drake. Gloucestershire Regiment
Corporal V. Drake. Wiltshire Regiment
Corporal Sidney Dyer. R.F.A.
Gunner Solomon Dyer. R.M.G.C.
Corporal J. Dyer. M.M.P.
F. Elliot.
Private R. Elsworth. R.A.S.C.
Rifleman W.G. Ester. Kings Royal Rifles
Gunner O.F. Ester. R.F.A.
2nd Lieutenant H.D. Etheridge. M.C. M.M. Royal Fusiliers
L/Corporal E.E. Everett. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Private R. Everett. Wiltshire Regiment
Captain A.H.H.Hayhurst-France. M.C. 4th Hussars
Captain G.F.H.Hayhurst-France. D.S.O, M.C. King's Royal Rifles
Sergeant W. Farris. Canadian A.M.C.
Private L. Gardener. Wiltshire Regiment
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Private W. Gibbon. Labour Battalion
Private Gray. Dorsetshire Regiment.
Private A. Hann. West Somerset Yeomanry
Private V. Hann. 5th Dragoon Guards
Private F. Hardiman. Labour Battalion
Private J. Hardiman. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Private E. Harris. Devonshire Regiment
Private W. Harris. R.A.S.C.
Private J. Hart Wiltshire Regiment
Private L. Hewlett Tank Corps.
Private W. Hewlett Labour Battalion
Private G. Holmes
Sergeant H. Holloway. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Private A. Hurlock R.M. Light Infantry
Captain F.S. Iliff. Mercantile Marine
Apprentice E. Iliff. Mercantile Marine
Private A.E. Ings. Somerset Light Infantry
Driver G. Jacob. R.A.S.C.
Private J. Jacob Wiltshire Regiment
Gunner F. Jacob R.H.A.
Private W. Jones. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Private H.F. Judd. Hampshire Regiment
Private E.H. Jacob. 3rd Brigade, Canadian Forces.
Captain W.T. Kennedy. Rifle Brigade
Private S. Kerley. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Sergeant Major T. Kimber Wiltshire Regiment
Private E.J. Lampard. Worcestershire Regiment.
Driver G. Lawes. R.H.A.
Driver A. Lawes. R.F.A.
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Sergeant C. Lawes. Wiltshire Regiment
Corporal Albert Lawes Wiltshire Regiment
Private C. Lawes. Wiltshire Regiment
Private Arthur Lawes Wiltshire Regiment
Private A. Loader.
L/Corporal T.G. Long. Wiltshire Regiment
Gunner H. Lucas. R.M.A.
Private W. Mead. Somerset Light Infantry
2nd Lieutenant J. Miles. 62nd Punjabis, Indian Army.
Private A. Mitchell. Wiltshire Regiment.
Gunner G.W. Morris. R.M.G.C.
Private A. Morris. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Corporal H. Mountford. Middlesex Hussars.
L/Corporal F. Musselwhite Wiltshire Regiment
Private G. Musselwhite. 5th Dragoon Guards.
Sergeant H. Musselwhite 6th Dragoon Guards
Private J. Parrett. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
A.B. - G.Parrett. Royal navy.
Private F. Parrett. R.N.D.
Private A. Parrett. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Corporal R. Read. Dublin Fusiliers
Driver J. Read. M.M. R.F.A.
Sergeant Major R. Read. Wiltshire Regiment.
Private E. Richmond. 10th Royal Hussars.
A.B. - R. Richmond. Royal Navy.
A.B. - H. Richmond. Royal Navy.
Sergeant W. Richmond. 2nd Queens
Lieut.Colonel A.W. Rickman.D.S.O. East Lancashire Regt.
Private G. Sainsbury. Dorsetshire Regiment.
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L/Corporal W. Scammell. Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Private H.E. Shergold. Labour Battalion
Private H. Shoemark. Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Private G. Shoemark. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Private C. Smart. R.N.D.
Private A. Spencer. R.A.M.C.
Corporal E. Spencer. Kings Royal Rifles
Rifleman R. Spencer. Kings Royal Rifles
Sergeant F. Spicer. R.A.O. Corps
L/Corporal W.G. Spicer Royal Marine Light Infantry
J. Spicer. Air Mechanic. Royal Naval Air Service
Sergeant B.T. Street. S & T Corps, Indian Army.
Signaller E.W. Street. R.G.A.
Driver A.E. thick. M.T. R.A.S.C.
Signaller A. Toop. R.F.A.
Private G. Truckle. Labour Battalion
Private G. Wagg. Wiltshire Regiment
Private J.S. Wagg. Wiltshire Regiment
Private J. Watson. Kings Royal Rifles
Private G. West. Somerset Light Infantry
Private A. Whant. 3rd Dragoon Guards
Corporal G.F. White. Somerset Light Infantry.
Captain M. Wood. R.E.
A.B. - F. Woodford. Royal Navy.
A.B. - G. Woodford. Royal Navy.
A.B. - T.G. Wright. Hawke Battalion R.N.
Private A. Watts.
Private F.S. Yates R.M.Light Infantry
Private Price
Private Sinclair
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Brass plaque on wall in St Michael & All Angels Church.
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In memory of
Major General Sir Frederick William Benson. K.C.B.
Colonel 21st.(Empress of India's) Lancers
Honorary Colonel * 19th Lincoln Regiment (Canada)
Honorary Colonel * 106th Winnipeg Light Infantry
Churchwarden of this parish
Born 2nd August 1849-died on duty in Canada 20th August 1916
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Also of Caroline,
widow of above
who died 8th February 1924