
RAMSHOLT
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© Stuart Green 2006
The
Ramsholt war memorial can be found outside the parish church and takes
the form of a Celtic cross made from portalnd stone and a stepped base.
Listed are the names of 7 men who gave their lives during World War
1 and 2 in World War 2 (these have not as yet been transcribed here).
The memorial was unveiled May 1921 by Lady Quilter, mother of J A C
Quilter listed on the memorial.. The Second World War names were added
when the memorial was restored in 1990 at a cost of £346 15p,
the mason was Mr F Masters who also resotred the memorial. Details were
reported in the East Anglian Daily Times 30th May 1921.
IN
GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
BANYARD |
Albert
Edward |
Private
G/60250, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 15/07/1918. Age
19. Son of Mr and Mrs A Banyard of Ramsholt. Buried at St
Amand British Cemetery |
BURCH |
George
William |
Gunner
37457, 48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 17/01/1915.
Age 22. Son of Joseph Burch of Ramsholt. Buried at St Sever Cemetery,
Rouen |
BUTT |
Geoffrey
Arthur Vernon |
Private
5800, 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers. Died 21/11/1917. Age 23. Son
of Mrs Eugenie Butt of Brook House, Edingley, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial |
CHAMBERS |
Edgar |
Private
19794, "B" Company, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
Died 11/10/1917. Age 19. Son of Horace and Anna Chambers of 122
Elm Row, Ramsholt. Buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery |
CHAMBERS |
Horace
William |
Private
G/27598, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, attached 183rd Field
Company, Royal Engineers. Died 04/02/1917. Age 28. Son of Horace
and Anna Chambers of 122 Elm Row, Ramsholt. Buried at St Sever Cemetery
Extension, Rouen |
COOK |
Charles
|
Private
6166, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 20/07/1916. Commemorated
on the Thiepval Memorial |
QUILTER |
John
Arnold Cuthbert |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Grenadier Guards, Commanding Hood Battalion, Royal Navy
Division. Died 06/05/1915. Age 40. Son of Sir Cuthbert Quilter,
Bart. and Lady Quilter of Bawdsey Manor, Woodbridge. Buried at Skew
Bridge Cemetery, Turkey. Lieutenant Colonel Quilter is also commemorated
on the War Memorials at Bawdsey, Shottisham and Sutton |
Last
updated
19 November, 2016
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