Alderton War Memorial (nr Tewkesbury, Glos)
We Will Remember Them....
  • Home
  • Roll of Honour
    • The Church
    • The Memorial
  • Gallery
  • Repairs
  • Location
  • History
  • Links
  • Contact Us


St Margaret of Antioch, Alderton

There is a wooden cupboard holding the hymn books, and on its door is a small bronze plaque that reads: 

" In memory of  those who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War  1914-1919"
William Edward Shakespeare 
Reginald James Agg 
Sydney Cook 
Frank Cook 

William Pearson 
Ralph Cecil Fletcher 
Arthur Bishop 

Aldred Vincent Grimmett 
The Book of Remembrance:This is a black bound volume kept in the church. The contents are listed as: 
Section A: Names of those who gave their lives 1914-19 & 1939-45 
Section B: Names of those laid to rest in this churchyard since 1919 
Section C: Names of those who went from this Parish to serve in the Wars


Section A
1914 - 1918 

Reginald Agg 
Arthur Bishop 
Sydney Cook 
Frank Cook 
Ralph Cecil Fletcher 
Aldred Vincent Grimmett 
William Pearson 
William Edward Shakespeare 
Charles Box 
William Diston 
J. Fisher 
John Hall 
William Lane 
Alfred Taylor 
Victor Pullom 
Harold Franklin



1939-1945 
Robin Day 
Gerald Newman 
Douglas Taylor  
Section C: Names of those who went from this Parish to serve in the Wars  
Cyril Adamson 
Albert Agg 
Charles Agg 
Frederick R. Agg 
George A. Agg 
Reginald J. Agg 
C. Banks 
Peter Banks 
Richard W. Banks 
Thomas Banks 
Arthur J. Banner 
Francis S. Bennett 
Henry Bennett 
Frederick M. Betteridge 
Samuel Bennett 
Frank Betts 
Charles Carter 
George Carter 
Bertie Cashmore 
Ernest Cashmore 
Percy Cashmore 
Albert George Chandler 
Arthur Chandler 
Cecil Chandler 
Frederick Chandler 
Harry Chandler 
Hubert Chandler 
Frederick Clarke 
Arthur Cook 
Cecil Cook 
Frederick Cook 
Egbert Cook 
Harry Cook 
Harry Francis Cook 
James R. Cook 
Stephen Cook 
Victor Cook 
William Cook 
Maurice Day 
Edward Cecil Eaton 
John Fletcher 
Philip Fletcher 
Ralph Fletcher 
James Fluck  

 Aldred Vincent Grimmett 
Charles Grimmett 
Harry Grimmett 
Joseph Haines 
Frederick Harvey 
William Alfred Harvey 
Frank Hobbs 
William Hobbs 
Frank Jefferies 
Frank Joyner 
Albert Knight 
Charles Milland 
Stephen Nash 
Albert Parker 
Alfred C. Partridge 
Edward Philpot 
Seymour Pulley 
Harry Richardson 
William L. Richardson 
Joseph Ricketts 
John Sadler 
Alfred Sallis 
Charles Sallis 
George Sallis 
Charles Shakespeare 
John Slatter 
Thomas Slatter 
Joseph John Stayte 
Albert Tandy 
Henry C Tyler 
Charles White 
Geoffrey White 
Herbert White 
Louis J. White 
Owen White 
Frederick Williams 
Harry Williams 
William Sallis 
Albert John Wilkes 
William James Banks 
Charles Harvey 
Frank James Marshall 
Arthur William Grimmitt 

In addition to the above items, there is a plaque on the organ that notes its placement in the church to commemorate the end of WW II. 
Boer war memorial

A dark bronze plaque in the church:

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN HONOUR 
OF THE ALDERTON MEN WHO GAVE 
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 
IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 
PRIVATE ERNEST SALLIS 1ST BATT GLOS REGT 
AT ST HELENA MARCH 10 1901 
PRIVATE JAMES BETTS COLONIAL DISTRICT 
TROOP AT FRASERBURG APRIL 21 1902 
TROOPER THOMAS HEEK 2ND LIFE GUARDS 
AT BLOEMFONTEIN APRIL 7 1899 


Four graves in the churchyard

In 
Loving Memory 
of 
Philip Teale Fletcher 
died March 4th 1918 aged 57 
also of his devoted son 
Lc. Corpl. Ralph Cecil Fletcher 
(12th Royal Sussex Regt.) 
Died of wounds received in action 
at Ypres Belgium Oct 20 1917 aged 19 
"His life for his country he nobly gave" 
"Had he asked us well we know 
We should cry oh spare this blow 
Yes, with streaming tears would pray 
Lord we love thee, let them stay" 

In loving memory of 
A.B. Gerald Gray 
Newman, R.N. 
aged 19 
Killed in action June 24th 1944 
buried in Hermanville Cemetery 
Normandy 
"There is some corner of a 
foreign field that is forever England" 


A standard military gravestone:

1318791 SERGEANT 
V.R. DAY 
OBSERVER 
ROYAL AIR FORCE 
20TH JANUARY 1943 AGE 21 


one grave has a cross on a square base. On two sides of that base are: 
In sacred and 
never fading 
memory of 
William Edward Shakespeare 
Private 1st Glos'ter Regt. 
the dearly beloved and only son of 
Thomas and Emily Shakespeare 
killed in action in the Battle of Loos 
on September 25th 1915 
aged 22 years 
With Christ which is far better 
Somewhere in France our Heroes fell, mid the battles dreadful din 
Fighting for all he loved so well, our liberty to win 
His father mother and sister mourn the loss of him their joy and pride 
But bravely bear their heavy cross for the cause in which he died 
In sacred memory 
of his parents 
Emily Shakespeare 
Died May 31st 1938 
aged 72 years 
Thomas Shakespeare died March 3rd 1939 
aged 75 years 
"Now they meet in sweet reunion 
In that promised land of love" 
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.