
MALMESBURY
SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Charles Vernon 2013
The War
Memorial is situated in Filands School, Corn Gastons, Malmesbury,
North Wiltshire, Wiltshire originally located in the Junior School,
Malmesbury, North Wiltshire, Wiltshire. It takes the form of an external
tablet that bears the town crest, the insription and the names below.
There are 13 names listed for World War 1 only. Note both Charles
Cove and Albert Lester survived but their brothers Ernest John Cove
and Stanley Victor Lester died.
KEEP
EVER IN MIND THE HONOURED
AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE
PUPILS FROM THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
ANGELL |
George
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BUTCHER |
John
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No
further information currently available |
COVE |
Charles
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
CREWE |
Frank
H. |
No
further information currently available |
DAY |
Herbert
|
No
further information currently available |
JONES |
Montague
|
No
further information currently available |
LESTER |
Albert
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No
further information currently available |
LOCKSTONE |
Sharland
E. |
[Listed
as E S LOCKSTONE on Abbey and main memorials] Private, 2nd Battalion,
Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment). See also Malmesbury
and Malmesbury
Abbey |
NEWMAN |
Reginald
|
[Listed
as R G on main memorial and R C on Abbey memorial] Trooper, Royal
Engineers. Kent Yeomanry. See also Malmesbury
and Malmesbury
Abbey |
NEWMAN |
Victor
|
[Listed
as V G NEWMAN on main and Abbey memorials] Lance Sergeant, 2/5th
Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. See also Malmesbury
and Malmesbury Abbey |
RIDDICK
|
Reginald
|
No
further information currently available |
SIMMONS |
Robert
|
No
further information currently available |
THOMPSON |
Joseph
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LET
THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM IN
THIS PLACE STRIVE ALWAYS TO LIVE
WORTHY OF THEIR GREAT SACRIFICE
AND EMULATE THE EXAMPLE FOR
THEIR COURAGE AND SELF-DEVOTION
"BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND
I WILL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE"
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
Last updated
2 December, 2020
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