ASHEN
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© Kim Andrews 2010
The
Ashen War Memorial can be found on the outside of St Augustine’s
Church, Ashen. It takes the form of a stone inlaid as part of the buttress
of one of the external; walls of the church.
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Photographs
Copyright © Kim Andrews - 2010 |
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The
Great War 1914-1919
To the memory of our noble dead
INCE |
Thomas |
Private
1877, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
21 August 1915. Born Wixoe, Essex, enlisted Clare, Suffolk. Buried
in AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I.
Row B. Grave 19. |
PEACOCK |
Albert |
Private
126428, 19th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
30 March 1918. Born Ashen, enlisted Sudbury, resident Clare, Suffolk.
Son of Albert and Julia Peacock, of Pannals Ash, Ashen, Essex. Buried
in GENT CITY CEMETERY, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
B. Grave 8. |
SWALLOW |
Walter |
Private
1878, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
15 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Spring End, Suffolk, enlisted Clare,
Suffolk. 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY Buried in 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE
CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot IV. Row C. Grave 2. |
TWITCHETT |
Ernest
[E] |
Lance
Corporal 8623, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
6 January 1915. Aged 24. Born and resident Clare, Suffolk, enlisted
Haverhill. Son of Thomas and Emma Twitchett, of Ashen, Essex. No
known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 8 and 9. |
TWITCHETT |
[Thomas]
James |
Private
31865, 13th [SDGW] or 6th [CWGC] Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 28 April 1917. Born and resident Ashen, enlisted Clare,
Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 7. |
"Their
glory shall not be blotted out" Ecclus XLIV.13
The
World War 1939-1945 |
BOWERS |
Ernest
John |
Guardsman
14681726, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, Died 23 September 1944.
Aged 22. Son of Bertie and Dorothy Kate Bowers, of Ashen, Essex.
Buried in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot 3.
Row I. Grave 7. |
PEACOCK |
Percy
Harold |
Private
5828681, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner
of War 20 June 1943m while working on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
Aged 23. Son of Joseph Lewis Peacock and Ena Peacock, of Ashen.
Essex. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row N.
Grave 8. |
"Greater
love hath no man than this" John XV.13
Last
updated
28 July, 2016
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