Some Memorial Inscriptions - Tormarton, Gloucestershire
St Mary Magdalene's Churchyard and War Memorial

Latest Additions New 4th Sep 2006
War Memorial

The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 30th May 2006. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
The first Memorial is Inside the Church. The remainder in this section are Outside.
A1. Edward William Macleay GRIGG, First Lord Altrincham,
Who died at Tormarton after a life of Service in England
and beyond the seas 1879 - 1955
This tablet is erected by his family & friends

A2. John George WOODMAN,
who passed away suddenly 31 July 1934, 63
Emma, w, 5 June 1936, 64

A3. Rex JUPP, Priest 1912-1978
Kaye JUPP, 1915 - 2005

A4. Cyril Louis NORTON, 1st Baron Newall
GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM
15 February 1886 - 30 November 1963
Marshall of the Royal Air Force,
Chief of Staff 1937 - 1945
Govenor-General of New Zealand,
Architect of Victory
And of his devoted wife Oliva,
19 July 1891 - 29 November 1988

A5. Thomas, h/o Jane BENNETT,
19 March 1892
Jane, above, 2 March 1895
Sarah Jane PARADISE, w/o
Henry PARADISE, 23 Jan 1919
Mary Ruth BENNETT
d/o Thomas & Jane 21 June 1936, 88

A6. In loving memory of dad
Ernest Victor PAYNE 22 August 1980, 77
Also of mother, Gertrude Marie PAYNE 22 July 1982, 77

A7. My dearly loved husband
Bertram G. STEPHENS who died suddenly 25 Jan 1981, 74

A8. Frank Price AKER, 27 August 1973, 65
Doris Mary, w, 7 June 1988, 78

A9. Daisy Florence GRIST 19 Sept 1986, 85
Albert, 30 July 1991, 92
Reunited with Daisy

A10. A dear dad and granddad
Cecil Clifford Vivian EDWARDS, 1923 - 1988

A11. Roland HURCOM, 11 May 1978, 74
Hilda, w, 1 Jan 1989, 83

A12. Kathleen Mary BENJAMIN, 7 March 1979, 72
Frederick Robert, h, 6 Jan 1985, 78

A13. Tony L PEACHEY, 3 May 1931 - 1 July 1980


Latest Additions New
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 4th September 2006. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
B1. John HENDY 6 July 1894, 75
Children of John [not sure of dates, weather worn]
Thomas, 139
Mary, 1853
John, 1859
Ann HUFF, 1865 [died not state if married]
Henry, 1886
Maxwell, 1885

B2. Susanna, w/o John BEARD, 1 August 18**, 83
John, above, 25 Dec 1824, 84

B3. William ARNOLD 1 July 1817, 70
Mary, w, 1 June 1790, 41
John, so, died in infancy

B4. Mary GALE, w/o James of this parish, 17 Jan 1880, 70
James, above, 14 Sept 1891, 80
Timothy GALE of this parish 8 August 1817, 88
Sarah, his wife, 12 July 1817, 78
Ann, w/o John GALE of this parish 25 August 1815, 52
James, s/o James & Ann GALE, 9 March 1816, 7 yrs

B5. Thomas WATTS of this parish 26 Jan 1849, 70
Mary, w, 10 Feb 1837, 62
Ann, d, 2 July 1827, 12
whose remains lie in Badminton Churchyard

B6. In a vault on the north side of this tomb rest the remains of
John, s/o John & Sarah EDWARDS of this parish
Born 12 Jan 1805, Died in Pimlico, London 18 Dec 1863
Jane, d, 26 Jan 1807 - 12 Feb 1886
Sarah, w/o John above, of this parish, 21 Nov 1852, 60
John, above, 13 Sept 1768 - 13 Dec 1855
John Eastwood SMART infant son of Moses & Martha SMART
of the parish of Hawkesbury, 7 May 1848, 5 months

B7. Charles, 2nd s/o of Thomas & Rebecca BROOKMAN, March 1809, 24
Rebecca, above, & 2nd d/o Charles OATES, Gent,
Of Somerton Priory, Somerset, 10 August 1815, 60

B8. Sophia, d/o Thomas & Rebecca BROOKMAN, 14 Sept 1855, 69
Nicholas, 3rd s, 21 Dec 1874, 86

B9. Martha, w/o Moses SMART of the parish of Hawkesbury
17 Nov 1867, 56
Moses, August, [looks like] (1863)

B10. Thomas HENDY of West Kington 12 Jan **
[stone badly weather worn]

B11. Jeremiah GALE of this parish 11 Dec 1847, 81
Mary, w, 29 Nov 1859, 88
Jeremiah, s, 13 Feb 1879, 79

B12. Annie M. GENT, 10 Jan 1929, 74
George Lockyer GENT, h, 16 Jan 1943, 86

B13. Charles Stephen BAILEY, 2 August 1911, 47

B14. Elizabeth, w/o Robert Griffin HOLE, 15 Jan 1844 - 26 Jan 1916
Robert, above, 27 Oct 1838 - 13 Jan 1929
Robert Griffin, s, passed away on board the S.S. Ebro, homeward bound
from Brazil 4 May 1897, and was buried at sea, age 29
[Ed: Please note Elizabeth's Death Certificate records that she died on
26 Dec 1916, not 26 Jan 1916. So it appears the date above has been
mis-transcribed (or misread), or (less likely) is incorrect on the memorial.
Thanks to a dilligent researcher for the correction]


B15. Barbara Charlotte, relict of Rev'd J. S. M. ANDERSON
Rector of the parish, 16 April 1872, 76
Stuart Mary ANDERSON, s, 8 Oct 1829 - 9 Dec 1853
Musgrave Broughton ANDERSON, s, 31 May 1836 - 26 Nov 1870

B16. Ellen MEDLYCOTT 22 Jan 1923, 95

B17. Madeline Ganetta NEVILLE, w/o Rev'd R.E. NEVILLE, 6 Sept 1941, 79
Richard Edward NEVILLE, 27 July 1860 - 2 Dec 1943
Rector of Draycot Cerney for 44 yrs

B18. Constance Evelyn Susanne NEWINGTON, nee NEVILLE, 18 Oct 1949
Major, Claude NEWINGTON, MVO, of the Bedfordshire Regt
25 March 1953, whose ashes also lie here

B19. Annie E. STOCK, 26 Dec 1952, 49
Frederick John, h, 20 Jan 1972, 69

B20. Elizabeth BROOKMAN, w/o Hugh, of Chipping Sodbury
18 Oct 1848, look like 59

B21. William ARNOLD, late of Acton Turnville, 12 Jan 1854, 48
Mary, infant d/o William & Mary Ruth, 13 March 1841, 3 days
William, s, 13 June 1848, 5yrs & 11 months
Both interred in Acton Turnville Churchyard
Mary, d, 27 Nov 1865, 20

B22. Henry BISHOP 7 May 1845, 75
Martha, w, 17 Jan 1843, 74

B23. Ann TILEY, 18 March 1903, 77

B24. Evelyn Margaret GENT, 2 Oct 1904 - 1 Oct 1993

B25. Jane, w/o William Irsdon GALLOW of this parish
1 Dec 1896, 54
Children
Francis George, 11 Oct 1860 - 5 Dec 1862
Randolph, 19 Oct 1861 - 23 Jan 1863
Edgar, 30 Oct 1864 - 1 Sept 1865
Eber, 18 August 1868 - 4 March 1869
Henry, 20 June 1872 - 22 May 1873
Elvenia, 30 August 1869 - 22 Jan 1875
James Thomas, 8 Jan 1871 - 8 April 1875
Kate, 17 Sept 1874 - 10 Dec 1875
Elbenia, 24 March 1868 - 8 Jan 1891
Walter William, 12 Dec 1857 - 18 July 1899,
and is interred in Brompton Cemetery, London
William Irsdon GALLOW, 11 Oct 1905, 75,
and is interred in Wickwar Churchyard, Glos

B26. John BENJAMIN of the parish of Wapley & Cordington [Codrington]
15 Sept 1872, 64
Sarah, d, 2 June 1879, 36
Our dear mother, Elizabeth, 25 Dec 1896, 87
[Ed: More usually Codrington]

B27. Mary, w/o William WILLIAMS,
Primitive Methodist Minister
28 Nov 1872, 52

B28. Edward HUFF, 19 August 1900, 76
Harriet, w, 14 May 1900, 86

B29. Thomas PINNELL, 31 Oct 1872, 44
William, brother, 9 Dec 1869, 39

B30. William KING, 9 Oct 1903, 55

B31. Ann, w/o William KING, 14 April 1918, 70

B32. Edwin, w/o Martha HUFF, 29 March 1928, 68
Martha, 24 Oct 1944, 95

B33. Thomas DALTON, 20 Sept 1913, 52

B34. Alice Ellen BIGGER, nee BURCOMBE, 16 April 1978, 73

B35. Edward BURCOMBE, 25 August 1922, 59
Esther, w, 27 Nov 1941, 75

B36. Cyril Bernard FORDHAM, 22 Sept 1906 - 22 April 1988

B37. Herbert Reginald SNELGROVE, 16.12.1988, 64

B38. Edith Ellen LEPPARD, 22 Dec 1892 - 16 Dec 1992

B39. Patricia B. JOUXSON 1932 - 1993

B40. John YOUNG, 9 Feb 1857, 60
Jane, w, 30 Dec 1844, *3

B41. Stephen STRANGE, 22 March 1929, 84
Christinan Mary STRANGE, w, 22 Nov 1881, 35

B42. Annie GALE 29 March 1931, 73
George, h, 21 June 1927, 73

B43. Sarah Ann SMITH, 7 April 1929, 82
d/o the late Edward & Theresa GALE of this parish

B44. James SILVERTHORN, s/o John & Elizabeth 28 Dec 1848, 28
Elizabeth, his sister, 26 August 1822, 11 weeks
Elizabeth, above, 28 Dec 1863, 77
John, above, 18 Jan 1868, 83
William SILVERTHORN, 22 March 1891, 64
Hannah, his widow, 2 Oct 1912, 84

B45. Charles BETHALL, 7 Dec 1899, 64

B46. Ruth, w/o William BENNETT of this parish
d/o James & Elizabeth HATHERELL, of Hawkesbury Upton
20 August 1832, 58

B47. Daniel YOUNG of this parish, 14 June 1862, 64
Mary, w, 6 Nov 1873, 62

B48. Harriet Mary, w/o William BEARD, 22 Oct 1919, 81

B49. William BEARD of this parish, 30 June 1895, 81
Also, *****, son, [stone has eroded]

B50. Thomas BEARD of this parish 13 Feb 1885, 80

B51. Thomas BEARD, 30 April 1818, 47
Ruth, w, 29 April 1867, 90
Ann, w/o Thomas BEARD d/o William Shipp OSBOURNE
Of Badminton, 21 March 1810, 43
Eddel Solomon, s/o Ann BEARD, 6 Feb 1810, 3yrs
Richard BEARD, 16 ****, 1813, 8 months

B52. John BENNETT of this parish, 22 July 1828, 51
Jane, w, 29 Dec 1846, 70
Mary, d, 17 Nov 1815, 7yrs
William, s, 12 Jan 1831, 18
Elizabeth, d, 20 August 1839, 18

B53. Frederick William BENNETT,
youngest s/o Joseph & Elizabeth
of this parish, 5 July 1856, 15
Elizabeth BAKER, widow of C.W.J. BAKER, only d/o
Joseph & Elizabeth, 14 Oct 1848 - 18 August 1933
Joseph BENNETT, 3 Nov 1884, 67
Elizabeth, above, 14 Feb 1920, 101


WAR MEMORIAL
C1.
Remember the men of Tormarton who died in the Great War 1914 -18
Montague COTTRELLGeorge HALL
Sidney HURCOMJohn MOORE
William PHILLIPSHarry SELMAN
Frederick WALEN
1939 - 45
Ivor LEONARDDonald SPENCE

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