
ORCHESTON
ST. MARY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Philip Windibank 2020
There
is a wooden plaque with an inscription in gold lettering commemorating
four men from the parish that is located at The Church of St. Mary,
Orcheston St Mary, Wiltshire.
Not
yet available |
Photograph
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
BROCK |
Charles
Edward |
Serjeant
13885,"C" Battery, 59th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 1st November 1918. Born and resident Rayne, Essex,
enlisted Dunmow. Buried at Thiant Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Plot C. 9. |
ORAM |
Harold
Thomas |
Private
37464. 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) formerly
2702, Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry. Killed in action 23rd October
1918, aged 19. Born Orcheston, Wilts, resident Shrewton, Wilts,
enlisted Salsibury. Son of George and Rosanna Oram, of The Cottage,
Orcheston St. Mary. Buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension,
Nord, France. Plot IX. B.6. |
SMITH |
Walter |
Private
25788, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 25th December 1917. Born Winterbourne
Stoke, Wilts, resident Shrewton, Wilts, enlisted Devizes, Wilts.
Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot IV. J. 7. |
THOMAS |
John
James |
Rifleman
6046, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade formerly 9259, 9th Lancers. Killed
in action 27th June 1915, aged 22. Born Durrington, Wilts, resident
Salisbury, Wilts, enlisted Devizes, Wilts. Son of Charles Thomas,
and the late Elizabeth Thomas, of Orcheston St. Mary. No known grave.
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 46-48 and 50. |
“THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”
Last updated
17 September, 2022
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