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STANDON WAR MEMORIAL

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The sandstone memorial has lost much of the face and original inscriptions. The stonework is spalling badly with serious vertical cracking and lamination of the stone. The War Memorial stands on what was 'Preaching Stump' of Saxon origin and is a treasured Memorial in the Village. A service is held each Armistice Day and it is well supported by the village community.
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"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

IN MEMORY OF PARISHIONERS KILLED
IN THE GREAT WAR/
1914-1918

BENTHAM William James
Guardsman 14751, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 26th May 1918. Born 1897 at Standon to John and Fanny Bentham (nee Harvey). Born and resident Eccleshall, Staffs, enlisted Stafford. Buried in Douchy-Les-Ayette, British Cemetery, France Plot IV. Row D. Grave 10.
BENTLEY Arthur
Gunner 141217, A Battery, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 6th November 1917, born 1894 to Arthur and Hannah Bentley, from Standon, Eccleshallresident Eccleshall, Staffs, enlisted Stafford. Buried in Solferino Farm Cemetery, Belgium, Plot II. Row A.Grave 20.
KEAY Arthur
Driver 219449, 5th Battery, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died on service 19th March 1918, aged 29, but some records show he was born 1884 at Gnosall, Staffordshire, was a farm labourer in 1911 in Eccleshall, living at Wood Farm Cottage, son of Sarah Ann Keay. SDGW shows birth place as Knightley, Staffordshire, enlisted Newport, Salop. Buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium, Plot XIX. Row I. Grave 13.
SHARKEY William
Private 241979, 2nd/6th Battalion, Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 17 April 1917. Born Lewton, Stewart, Tyrone, Ireland, resident Eccleshall, Yorkshire, enlisted Lichfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de calais, France, Bay 4.
SWIFT Frederick

Lance Corporal 6832, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry. Killed in action 9 April 1917, aged 31, son of Edward and Eliza Swift, of The White House, Ashley, Market Drayton, Salop, native of Walford, Staffordshire, commemorated at Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, France, Plot I. Row B. Grave 3

Extract from Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 5 May 1917, page 5:

L.-CORP. F. SWIFT.

“He met his death during our successful attack on the German lines. He was very fine soldier, quiet, and unassuming, but always ready when there was work to be done. His loss deeply felt his officers and comrades.” This brief statement from his Commanding Officer announces the death of L.-Corp. Frederick Swift, of the South African Infantry, which took place in France on April 9. The deceased was the youngest son of Mrs. Swift, of Walford, near Eccleshall, and was 31 years of age. He received his training as engineer in the workshops of the North Staffordshire Railway Company at Stoke, and some five years ago went out to South Africa to take an important position on the Transvaal Government Railways. When the war broke out, he was anxious to return to England, but was unable to do so at that time. Having refused the offer of a commission in one of the South African regiments, he joined the South African Infantry, and reached England with his detachment at Christmas, 1915. The regiment, the members which were generally known as the “Springboks,” went into training at Borden Camp, and in July of last year the deceased went over France, where he had been ever since. L.-Corp. Swift was excellent shot, and before he left Borden was presented with a gold watch being the best shot in the detachment.

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

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