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14.4.2021

SEMLEY

Stone cross in St Leonard's Churchyard. (Tere are nine listed on the inside memorial not on the outsideone and on losted outside not inside.)

Front face at bottom of cross uptight.

To the
Glory of
God

Front face of first plinth down.

and in honoured memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

Alfred Bowles,
Bertram P. Bowles,
Ernest L. Butt,
Wilfred J. Butt,
Lionel G. Churchill,
Geoffry M. G. Culley,
Thomas Doggrell, R. Gale,
Ernest W. Gray, Er. J. Day,
Clement M. Maidment,
Wilfred H. Merefield,
Stanley J. Pitman, Vernon W. Stainer,
William E. Toogood, Ernest W. Viney

Brass plaque on wall in St Leonard's Church.

1914 1919 In memoriam These men of Semley gave their lives for God and Country in the Great War. Their names liveth for evermore.

Bowles Bertram.
Bowles Alfred.
Brown Horace.
Butt Ernest.
Butt Wilfred.
Churchill Lionel.
Culley Jeffery.
Day Ernest.
Doggrell Thomas.
Gray Ernest.
Harding Alfred.
Hibberd Ernest.

Long William.
Maidment Clement.
Maidment Gilbert.
Merefield Wilfred.
Parsons Charles.
Pitman Stanley.
Stainer Vincent.
Score Charles.
Toogood William.
Viney Ernest
Wills Alfred.
Wills William

"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Framed hand written scroll on wall in St Leonard's Church.

Roll of Honour men of Semley who served their country in the First World War 1914-1918

Baker R. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Beale C. Pte. Dorset Regt.
Bossom R. Pte. Army Vet. Corps
Bowles H. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Bowles L. Pte. Australian Forces
Bowles P. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Broadway A. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Burden F. Pte. Dorset Regt.
Butt Edwin Pte. 6th Dorset
Candy H. Pte. Labour Corps
Creed R. Gen. Royal Field Arty.
Dewer A. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Doggrell H. Pte. Australian Forces
Doggrell W. Pte. Royal Engineers
Dowdell G. S.Sergt.Army Pay Corps
Ellis W.J. Royal Navy
Ford E. Australian Forces
Ford M. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Gray A. Pte. Canadian Forces
Gray F. Gnr. Royal Garrison Arty.
Gray J. Pte. Army Service Corps
Gray T. Pte. 7th Wilts
Guy R.H. Gnr. Royal field Arty.
Hacker A. Pte. Army Service Corps
Haines A. Gnr. Royal Garrison Arty.
Harding A. Pte. 3/8th Warwicks
Harding W. Pte. 3/4th Dorsets
Harrison L. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Harsent A. Pte. 1st Dorsets
Hayward F. Pte. 3/4th Dorsets
Hayward W. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Hibberd H. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Hibberd W. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Hillier W. Pte. 7th Dorsets
Hillman F.
Hillman W.
Hull D. Pte. 3/7th Hants
King J. Pte. Motor Transport
Knight F.
Knight J. Pte. 3/4th Dorsets
Lampard A. Pte. 9th Hants



- Those who died -
1914-1918


Bowles Alfred
Bowles Bertram P.
Butt Ernest C.
Butt Wilfred J.
Churchill Lionel C.
Culley Geoffrey M.C.
Day Er.J.
Doggrell Thomas
Gale R.
Gray Ernest W..
Maidment Clement M.
Merefield Wilfred N.
Pitman Stanley J.
Stainer Vernon W.
Toogood William E.
Viney Ernest W.



and in the
Second World War
- those who died -
1939-1945

(Now WW2 names)







Age shall not weary them

nor the years condemn



Lampard F. Pte. 9th Hants
Lampard H. Pte. Hereford Regt.
Larkham E. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Lawes E.
Lawes L.
Lawes R.
Long H. Sergt. 7th Dorsets
Lucas M. Pte. 3/4th Dorsets
Maidment C. Pte.Royal Flying Corps
Maidment G. Royal Navy
Marchant B. Gen. Hants Field Arty.
Marchant F.
Marchant H. Pte. Australian Forces
Masters B. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Masters J. Pte. 7th Royal Berks
Parsons G. Pte. 7th Dorsets
Parsons P. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Parsons W. Pte. 1/4th Dorsets
Pitman H. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Pitman H.M. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Pitman W. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Roberts W. Pte. Motor Transport
Rogers R. Pte. Motor Trransport
Rogers S. Tpr. Dorset Yeomnanry
Scammell C. Pte. Royal Marines
Smith G.Sgt.-Major R.Dublin Fuseliers
Smith W. Gen. Royal Field Arty.
Stainer P. Gen. Royal Field Arty.
Stainer T. Pte. Royal Berks Rgt.
Stickley F.
Stone A.J.
Stone E. Pte. 7th Gloucesters
Sully A. Tpr. Wilts Yeomanry
Toogood C. Sgt.-Major 2nd Dorsets
Toogood F. Corpl. Dorset Regt.
Toogood F. Pte. 5th Dorsets
Toogood G. Pte. 7th Devons
Toogood J. Pte. 7th Devons
Viney H. Tpr. Dorset Yeomanry
Wills C. Pte. 5th Dorsets
Wills W. Pte. 5th Dorsets

-At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.-