St Paul's Church, Shurdington (War Memorials)

Recent Photograph of St Paul's Church (War Memorials) (Shurdington)

The Inscriptions read:

To . the . Glorious . Memory . of
Captain . John . Harold . Ellerson . RICKERBY
M.C. . Silver . Medal . of . Italy, the . Gloucestershire . Regiment.
Lieut . Gordon . Thomas . HARCOURT-MORSE, Midlsx . Regt.
Sergt . William . CHALLONER, The . Kings . Shrops . Infantry.
Sergt . Charles . HURST, The . Wiltshire . Regiment.
Sergt . William . John . LOCKE, Grenadier . Guards.
Lance . Cpl. . Henry . MARTIN, The . Glos . Regiment.
Private . William . DOPSON, Royal . Welsh . Fusiliers.
Private . Albert . James . ORGAN, The . Glos . Regiment.
Private . Henry . WOODWARD, The . Glos . Regiment.
Of . this . Parish . or . closely . connected . therewith, who
fell . in . the . Great . War . 1914-1919, this . tablet . is . erec
ted . by . the . proud . & . ever . grateful . parishioners . of . Shurdington.

“Thus . these . men . died, leaving . their . deaths . for . an . exam
ple . of . noble . courage . unto . all . their . nation.” . 2 . Macc . vi, . 31.
We . praise . Thee . O . God.

(Transcription provided by Alf Beard)


Image contributed by Alf Beard on 12th September 2008.
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