Some Memorial Inscriptions - Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire
St Mary's Churchyard

The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 28th June 2008. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
A1. James HOPKINS 18 September 1931, 68
Ann Elizabeth, w, 20 January 1964, 98

A2. Mary Arthurina MACE 11 November 1948, 73
Joseph William Mace, 21 December 1959, 87

A3. G.H. BEETSON 1913-1980

Same Grave separate Memorial
Elizabeth Myrtle BEETSON 1915-2003

A4. Ena, only d/o H. & A. TREMAINE
Late of Treconning, Cornwall who died at
Barton, 10 September 1929, 26
Ann, w/o Harry TREMAINE, 7 March 1933, 60
Harry TREMAINE 7 February 1937, 62

Separate Memorial, same Grave
Violet Alice TREMAINE 28 August 1975, w/o Kenneth

A5. Susie Phyllis d/o John & Minnie PEACHEY
15 August 1900 - 6 November 1921
Alan Paul PEACHEY 12 April 1945, 48

A6. John PEACHEY 22 April 1865 - 9 September 1926
Minnie, w, 12 September 1948, 82

A7. Sidney George LANCHBURY 18 January 1959, 75
Gertrude May LANCHBURY, 18 April 1961, 76

A8. Annie S. AKERS, 1885 - 1945
[beloved mother]

A9. James Cottrell ARKELL 26 August 1946, 52
Ellen BUTLER, 27 August 1961, 56

A10. Frederick MEADOWS 8 July 1921, 52

A11. In loving memory of our father and mother
Thomas & Jane LEA, 13 August 1918 and
25 June 1921 both in their 91st years

A12. William Giles BUTTLE 14 September 1917, 77
Hannah, w, 1 January 1929, 91

A13. William Henry MATTHEWS 8 July 1917, 19

A14. War Grave
Pte, Arthur Edwin HOPKINS, 22 May 1917, 24
Additional information courtesy of the CWGC
Pte 16254, Gloucestershire Regt.
Son of James & Elizabeth of Kineton.

A15. Harriett Ann CARTER, w/o Jesse, 28 April 1927, 73
Jesse, above, 28 August 1930, 73
Edith, d, 17 October 1930, 39

A16. Walter William Carey SMITH
of Kineton Farm, 16 April 1931, 66

A17. John ARKELL, 26 October 1941, 79
Mary Hannah Carey, w, 7 April 1944, 83

A18. Esther Ann TURNER 16 April 1943, 67

A19. War Death
Frank BARTLETT, 26 August 1948, 65
Elizabeth Alice BARTLETT, 23 April 1957, 77
Gunner, Sidney James BARTLETT,
Royal Artillery, died 12 August 1942 age 29
Additional information courtesy of the CWGC
Gunner 5190183, 6/3rd Maritime Regt, Royal Artillery
Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial

A20. William WILLIAMS of Guiting Power
29 October 1857, 76
[Auth: There is another inscription for his
wife which has eroded]


A21. Thomas CLIFFORD, Senior Diety, 1850

A22. Emily Nash BUSSON, eldest d/o Isaac
& Sarah BUSSON of Ford in this parish
27 February 1861, 3yrs
Emily Nash BUSSON, 2nd d,
15 April 1864, 18months

A23. Moses MINER, 12 May 1872, 91
Elizabeth, w, 11 April 1858, 72
Sarah MASON, 5 June 1867, 89

A24. Sarah EAST 2nd d/o Thomas & Esther EAST
January 1869, 34

A25. Thomas EAST 28 July 1878, 73
Esther, w, 26 August 1883, 74

A26. Elizabeth, d/o Benjamin & Mary FINCH
24 December 1858, 40

A27. William STAITE of Ford in this parish
3 February 1863, 62

A28. John, s/o William & Ann STAITE
of Ford, 9 August 1861, 30

A29. Henry STAITE of Ford 23 November 1881, 46

A30. Ann MARTIN of Irely Farm
14 November MDCCCLXXVI aged 57

A31. Mary PRESTON of Kineton Inn Farm
1 July MDCCCLXII age 36

A32. [stone has eroded]
Thomas SHEPPERD, [[looks like] 24 May 1872, 87]
[looks like Sarah or Hannah], w, 17 April 1857, 74

A33. William SMITH late of Ford, 5 September 1806, 66
Elizabeth SMITH, 9 July 1809, 52
William, s, 10 August 1823, 36
Richard, eldest s, who died at Barton 1 September 1845, *4

A34. Jane, w/o Charles DOWDESWELL
of Pinnock Farm, 24 August MDCCCLXXV, 53

A35. William JOYNES or JONES 4 January 1875, 65
Mary, w, 9 January 1889, 84

A36. War Grave
Sapper 189595 E.G. JONES, Royal Engineers
Died 26 October 1940, 21

A37. War Death
Albert George TURNER 17 August 1939, 53
Arthur Richard, twin brother of above
died of wounds in the Great War 12 August 1915, 29
Agnes Maria TURNER, 30 April 1967
Additional information courtesy of the CWGC
Pte 10876, 7th Gloucestershire Regt. Commemorated
on the Helles Memorial, Turkey

A38. Florence Emily POWELL 20 June 1945
Walter Morris POWELL F.R.C.O. 27 March 1931

A39. Rowena Eleanor HUNT nee BARNARD 1898-1938
Leonard Thomas HUNT, 1898 - 1979
Florence Amelia HUNT nee SALE, 1903 - 1979

A40. John Donaldson HARWOOD of Hyde, Temple Guiting
Freeman of Stourbridge, Worcs, 27 August 1947
Mary, w, 4 August 1978

A41. Emily May BUTLER, 24 March 1947, 51
William Henry BUTLER, h, 2 February 1968, 82

A42. Elizabeth JONES 1894 - 1974
James William JONES 1900 - 1987

A43. Frank Charles ELLIOTT 1893 - 1978

A44. Fanny Elizabeth REDWOOD
10 February 1914, 40 [a dear wife]

A45. William FINCH of Benborough Farm
13 November 1914, 89

A46. William MAISEY, 8 September 1912, 68

A47. 'Rosie' Rose Evelyn HAMBRO nee COTTERELL
4 October 1932 - 21 May 2006
"Much loved mother, grandmother and county woman"

A48. Thomas FINCH of Kineton, 21 October 1895, 76

A49. John FINCH of Benborough Farm, 29 May 1916, 82

A50. Thomas BUTLER of Kineton, 7 March 1907, 76

A51. Violet Evelyn, 3rd d/o Charles & Julia LANE
9 May 1890, 12 months

A52. William Carey SMITH of Kineton 14 January 1900, 75

A53. Jane LANE, 7 February 1901, 25

A54. Our dear father, mother & sister
John TURNER 28 September 1872, 62
Mary, w, 4 June 1892, 79
Maria BOUCHER, d, 26 July 1864, 25

A55. Thomas BUTLER of Kineton, 31 January 1883, 54

A56. Ernest William CLARKE 28 June 1970, 72
Doris, w, 10 March 1973, 77

A57. Beatrice Sarah BUCKLE 14 August 1970, 60

A58. George ANDREWS of Guiting Hill Farm
9 November 1882, 76
Fanny Eva, d, 26 October 1872, 16
Anna, w, 8 August 1888, 77

A59. John FARDON 23 October 1845, 80
Mary, w, 1 January 1850, 77

A60. [stone weather damaged]
Mary DANIEL youngest d/o
Thomas & Sarah DANIEL, late of
Leadbury in the county of Worcs
[looks like September MDCCCVV or
MDCCVVV, unable to read anymore]

[Ed: it isn't clear where 'Leadbury' might be.
There is no place of that name in Worcs,
and Ledbury is in Herefordshire]


A61. Frederick Thomas JONES 3 January 1970, 60
Harriet Rebecca [Dinah] JONES, w,
4 July 2006, 91

A62. [stone weather damaged]
Frank ATKINS 1836

A63. William Dolguty FORD 9 November 1791, 67
[looks like Ann, w, 26 October], [unable to read any more]

A64. Leslie George MACE 1909 - 1967
Kathleen Cecilia MACE 1920 - 1995

A65. John RAYER 15 April 1967, 70

A66. [stone weather damaged]
Mary HARRIS, ** August 1883, 52

A67. John HOPKINS 20 May 1960, 71

A68. William John DOVESY 10 December 1952, 68
Beatrice, 18 February 1965, 79

A69. Thomas HARVEY 18 April 1958
Beatrice, w, 18 April 1979

A70. Louisa HARPER 27 January 1936,
George, her son, 23 December 1960, 57

A71. Walter Henry ARKELL, 21 June 1893 - 11 July 1960
Elizabeth, w, [unable to read 1st date] - Jan 1972

A72. Alice Maud TURNER 19 December 1960
Millicent Edith TURNER 17 February 1967

A73. Richard Charles DOWDSWELL
28 September 2000, 75

A74. Tomb Stone
Side 1
Eliza, w/o Benjamin DOWDSWELL
24 March 1865, 68

Side 2
Benjamin, [inscription unreadable]

A75. William WELL, 29 March 1856,
William, s, 12 November 1840

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