GHELUVELT PARK, WORCESTER - WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2004 - Transcribed Sandra
Taylor |
GHELUVELT
PARK, WORCESTER
The
whole of the Gheluvelt Park, situated on the A449, Barbourne Road, Worcester,
is a memorial to the battle of Gheluvelt in WW1. There are 3 plaques
on the main park gates that explain the purpose of the park. One plaque
within the park commemorates a particular officer.
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THIS
PARK WAS OPENED
ON THE 17th JUNE, 1922
BY
FIELD MARSHAL
HE RT. HON. THE EARL OF YPRES |
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P.C.,K.P.,G.C.B.,O.M.,G.C.V.O.,K.C.M.G.
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ALD.
J.S. COOK, J.P.
Chairman of General
Purposes Committee. |
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SAMUEL
SOUTHALL
Mayor. |
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CITY
of WORCESTER HOMES
for DISABLED SAILORS and SOLDIERS
THESE HOMES WERE ERECTED
BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE
CITY and COUNTY of WORCESTER
THE SCHEME BEING ORIGINATED BY
ALD. ARTHUR CARLTON C.B.E. |
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THE
FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY
FIELD MARSHAL
SIR WILLIAM R. ROBERTSON G.C.B. G.C.V.O. D.S.O.
ON 16th JAN. 1919, and THE HOMES OPENED
BY
GENERAL LORD RAWLINSON G.C.B. G.C.V.O. K.C.M.G.
ON
13th JULY 1920.
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ARTHUR
CARLTON, MAYOR
Chairman
J.
LIVINGSTONE WOOD, LT. COL. O.B.E. V.D.
Hon.
Sec. |
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CITY
of WORCESTER HOMES
FOR
DISABLED
SAILORS
and SOLDIERS
THE
HOUSES THAT FORM THE
CENTRAL
BLOCK OF THESE
HOMES,
WERE ERECTED TO
COMMEMORATE
THE BATTLE
OF
GHELUVELT, IN WHICH
THE
WORCESTERSHIRE
REGIMENT
TOOK A VERY
DISTINGUISHED
PART |
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No 5 (?) – plaque at front level with upper windows reads
LEA MEMORIAL
Plaque
beside front door reads:- |
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IN
MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN GERALD ERNEST LEA
THIRD SON OF
JUDGE HARRIS LEA
WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE
15th SEPTEMBER 1914
WHILE COMMANDING D. COMPANY OF THE
2ND BATTALION WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT |
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| LEA |
Gerald
Ernest |
LEA
Gerald Ernest Captain, 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died
aged 37 on 16th September 1914. Son of His Honour Judge Harris Lea;
husband of Brenda Baily (formerly Lea), of Breinton Court, Hereford.
Vendresse British Cemetery, Grave III. C. 2.At dawn on September
15th 1914, the 2nd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment took
up a position on the Tilleul Heights to support the Highland Light
Infantry. All day long the British positions were heavily shelled
and there were many casualties. Captain G.E. Lea, one of the best
officers of the Regiment was wounded and died later in the day.
The loss of Captain Lea was deeply felt. A man of very charming
personality, a fine soldier and a graduate of the staff college,
he would have gone far had he survived.Source: The Worcestershire
Regiment in the Great War by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke of the Regiment
1928. |
8 January 2005
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