Roll of Honour - Somerset

Ministry of Defence

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The Royal British Legion

BISHOPS HULL WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © David Greig 2006

The memorial stands on a wide bend in the village street opposite the church of St Peter and St Paul outside the Cavalier Inn. It takes the form of a plain cross with a square, chamfered shaft and a square, two-stepped, base. The rear quadrant is cut-off by a wall, the insctiption are written on bronze plaques affixed to the memorial. There are 28 names for World War 1 and 12 for World War 2. The memorial was re-dedicated on 9th February 1993.

THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
BISHOP'S HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR COUNTRY

ALLEN	Henry	Private
BATTEN	Arthur Henry	Private
CARPENTER	Henry	Private
CAVILL	Alfred James	Private
CRUDGE	Henry William George	Sapper
GILL	William	Lt. Col.
GREY	Percy John	Private
KING	Edgar	Private
MATTRAVERS	Frederick	Private
MELHUISH	James Vaughan Beveridge	2nd. Lt.
PERRY	Walter	Private
PETERS	Sidney Edward	L/Corp.
PRATT	Edgar Charles	L/Corp.
PUGSLEY	Albert Thomas	Driver
RABAN	Richard Bassett Cockburn	Lt. Col.
ROBINSON	Arthur John Henry	Corp..
SMERDON	John Geoffrey	2nd Lt.
SMITH	Charles Edgar Holton	Capt.
STRICKLAND	Charles	Private
SWAIN	Christopher	Gunner
SWAIN	Richard John	Private
MY	Arthur Sholto Trott	Gunner
WALSE	Archibald Charles Mark	2nd Lt.
WEAVER	Reginald	Gunner
WEBBER	Reginald	Private
WILKINS	Herbert George	Private
WYNN	Clarence	Private
WOOD	Stanley	Private
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF BISHOPS HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945 LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945
BARKER	Arthur Robert Checkley	Major
BOND	Francis Lewis	Leading Aircraftman
CHAMBERS	Terrence Frederick Thomas	Captain
CLEMENTS	William David	Captain
FARRANT	Peter Geoffrey	Lieutenant
HOBBS	Dennis John	Sergeant
LEGGE	Albert George	Able Seaman
MALLALIEU	Geoffrey Norman Anthony William	Major
STARK	Charles	Sapper
WEBBER	Gerald	Corporal

Last updated 11 November, 2007

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