
KINGS WORTHY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
There
are several memorials for King's Worthy. This memorial stands in St
Mary's Churchyard and is a tribute to Lieutenant Bryce Stewart killed
in World War 1 to which has been appended the names of the men from
the village who died. Further memorials exist inside the church for
World War 1 and 2. The memorial is a Celtic cross is made of stone,
on tapered plinth standing on a stone base with Celtic knotwork design
on the face and shaft of the cross. Insciptions appear on two sides
of the plinth. In all five men are commemorated by surname, forename,
rank and Regiment. See Paul Goodwin's UK
Memorial web site for more photographs.
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Photograph
Copyright © Paul Goodwin
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN BELOVED MEMORY OF
BRYCE STEWART
LIEUT 2ND BATTN SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
KILLED IN ACTION AT SANNA-I-YAT
MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE OPERATIONS
FOR THE RELIEF OF KUT
ON THE 22ND APRIL, 1916,
AGED 22 YEARS
"WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, SHALL APPEAR
THEN SHALL YE ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY."
IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH
WHO ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918
STEWART |
Bryce |
Leiutenant,
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action at Sann-I-Yat,
Mesopotamia udring the Relief of Kut, 22nd April 1916. Aged 22.
Son of Col. and Mrs. Bryce Stewart, of Hinton House, King's Worthy,
Winchester. Gazetted to 2nd Bn. Sept., 1913. Wounded at Ypres April,
1915. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel
37 and 64. |
BERRY |
Frederick |
Sergeant
6787, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 11th February
1916. Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 8. |
MAY |
Frederick |
Private,
Hampshire Regiment probably
Frederick MAY, Private 10298, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Died 10th August 1915. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. May, of
Old Down, Longwood, Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 &
328. |
MULLINS |
Frank |
Private
9336, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 6th August 1915. Aged
20. Son of Lloyd and Emily Mullins, of Wemley, King's Worthy, Winchester.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 125-134
or 223-226 228-229 & 328. |
CUTLER |
Harry
aka Henry George |
Private
81204, 1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Died 5th November
1917. Aged 22. Born 25th January 1893 in King's Worthy. Son of Edwin
and Mary Cutler, of 97, Ontario Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. Labourer
by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit at Winnipeg, 15th December
1914, aged 21 years 11 months, heoight 5 feet 10 inches, girth 35½
inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black; religious denomination
Church of England. Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 22. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2249 - 59 |
Last
updated
29 October, 2022
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