
STAVERTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Jimmy & David James 2005
The War Memorial is to be found in St Catherine's Church, Staverton
(Grid Reference: SO 891236) and is in the form of a marble plaque hanging
from the church wall.
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Photographs
Copyright © Jimmy & David James 2005
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Pro Patria
To
the Glory of God and in
Proud Memory of the Men
from this Parish
who laid down
their Lives for King and Country
in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
AUSTIN |
Herbert
William |
Private
241481, 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucetsershire Regiment. Killed in action
on the Somme 16 August 1916. Aged 25. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.
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BICK |
Leonard
Long |
Private
27653, 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
in the Arras area of France 13th March 1917. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Bick, of Church Farm, Staverton, Cheltenham, Glos. Buried in
CHAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row H. Grave
23. Commemorated on the family grave in Boddington
Cemetery.

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BLOFELD |
Frank
D'Arcy |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Life Guards. Killed in action 12 May 1915 at Ypres.
Aged 25. Son of Frank and Leslie Blanche Blofeld, of Dunster Lodge,
Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 3.
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CANNOCK |
George
Lumbard |
Sergeant
165298, 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling). Killed in action in France
on 8 August 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Bath, resident Cheltenham. Son
of Eleanor Robinson (formerly Cannock), of Quilon Villa, Prestbury
Rd., Cheltenham, and the late Thomas Cannock. Formerly 924, North
Somerset Yeomanry. Buried in the LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Row A. Grave 44. Commemorated on the grave of his
parents in St Lawrence Churchyard Swindon Village. He is listed
on the Cheltenham Borough War Memorial and commemorated on the grave
of his parents in Swindon Village Cemetery.

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HOPKINS |
Albert
Edward |
Private
12301, 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds
at Arras 31 August 1918. Aged 34. Fourth son of Thomas and Mary
Hopkins, of Hayden, Cheltenham; husband of Lizzie Maria Hopkins,
of 4, Malvern Rd., St. John'S, Worcester. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. PLot I. Row
R. Grave 4.
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JARVIS |
William
Frederick |
Private
8623, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
on the Somme 23 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of William Henry and Emily
Ann Jarvis, of "Rosedale", Badgeworth Rd., Churchdown,
Gloucester. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 5 A and 5 B.
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JOBBINS |
Albert
George |
Private
11204, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died accidentally in United Kingdom 26 October 1914. Aged 18. Son
of Albert E. and Emma Lena Jobbins, of School House, Staverton,
Cheltenham. Buried in TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Row
C. Grave 117.
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PARNELL |
George |
Private
12239, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. Aged 19. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 101 to 104.
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PAYNE |
Frederick |
Private
26703, 25th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
on the Somme 10 November 1916. Aged 26. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C.
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PHILLIPS |
Arthur |
Private
17084, 1st Battalion, Coldstream guards. Killed in action on the
Somme 29 September 1916. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS,
Somme, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 1.
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RIMMELL |
Reginald
Ivor |
[Listed
as Reginald Ivor Rimell] Corporal 241130, 2nd/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died of wounds at Ypres 12 September 1917. Aged 20. Son
of Ivo and Kate E. Rimell, of 3, Ivy Terrace, The Meddings, Cheltenham.
Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XVIII. Row E. Grave 14.
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SHARP |
Francis
George |
Corporal
201457, 7th Battalion, Tank Corps. Killed in action at Amiens 21
August 1918. Aged 26. Son of George Edward and Elizabeth Sarah Fowler
Sharp, of The Ruffs, Elmstone, Hardwick, Cheltenham, Glos. Buried
in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row J. Grave 4
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TURNER |
George
Gilbert |
Private
13470, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
at Aisne 16 October 1914. Aged 21. Son of Mrs. L. S. Turner, of
Apperley, Tewkesbury, Glos, and the late Christopher John Turner.
Buried in VAUXBUIN FRENCH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 6.
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Commemorated
in the churchyard but not on memorial
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HARRIS |
Ernest
Harry |
Private
72143, Royal Army Medical Corps attached HMHS Salta. Died at sea
on 10th April 1917 when the Hospital Ship HMHS Salta was sunk by
a mine off the port of Le Havre, France. His mother, Mrs Annie Sarah
Yarnold resided at 5, Royal Parade, Cheltenham. He is not commemorated
on any local Memorial or Roll of Honour although it is recorded
in the Debt of Honour Register at the CWGC that he was a "Native
of Elmstone Hardwick, Cheltenham". Commemorated on the grave
of his father, Joseph Henry Harris. Commemorated on the Salta Memorial
in the STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France.

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