United Reform Church, Lea Road, Memorial and Roll of Honour.

United Reform Church, Lea Road, Memorial and Roll of Honour.

The Memorial is a brass engraved plaque mounted on a wooden surround. The memorial is situated in the upper floor of the church. It records the names of three men who gave their lives during the First World War and lists the names of forty six men who served and returned.

Inscribed on the plaque are the following words " To The Glory Of God And In Grateful Memory Of The Men Of This Church Who Gave To Their Country In The Great War 1914-19."

 

ALBERT JAMES ADRIAN BOWYER Private 1784
 
ALBERT JAMES ADRIAN BOWYER Private 1784
15th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20/11/1917 aged 20 of wounds received in action at Delville Wood 29/11/1916
Son of Albert and Mary Gertrude Bowyer of The Minster Beckminster Wolverhampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 51.
Cemetery:PENN FIELDS (ST. PHILIP) CHURCHYARD

WILLIAM HERBERT NOKES Second Lieutenant
 
WILLIAM HERBERT NOKES Second Lieutenant
6th Bn attached to the 1st Bn.
South Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in Action 26/10/1917 Age:24
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles David Nokes of 146 Lea Rd. Wolverhampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A.
Cemetery:TYNE COT MEMORIAL
 
CHRISTOPHER JOHN DAVIES Bombardier 80020
 
CHRISTOPHER JOHN DAVIES Bombardier 80020
"D" Bty. 94th Bde Royal Field Artillery
Killed In Action 04/10/1917 Age:22
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Davies, of 9,Dalton St., Wolverhampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 22.
Cemetery: LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY

 

"The Following Also Nobly Responded To Their Country's Call"

Pte Harold J.A. Ashworth
L/Cpl Fred L. Astbury
Lt W. Gerrard. Bannister
RSM Ernest W. Bayliss
Ernest K. Bloom R.N.V.R.
Capt William A. Cartwright
L/Bdr Harold E. Clark
Pte T. Arthur Clayton
Cpl Bernard L. Cooksey
Sergt Arthur G. Goodman
Cpl Ernest H. Haslam.
Cpl Tom W. E. Horton
L/Cpl I. W. Lewis Howard
Pte Frank Hughes
Sergt Gilbert N. Hupton
2nd Lt Harold Jeavons
Pte William Jeavons
Pte Thomas T.Lepper 58170 Royal Warwickshire Rgt
Pte W. Fred Levers
Sergt Percy F. Lloyd
Pte Daniel Marsh
Cpl Gruffyd M. H. Morris SS/1536 Army Service Corps
S.Sergt Roland E. Philpott
Sergt Lionel E. Puddy 80021 Royal Horse Artillery
2nd Lt T. S. Purcell
Cpl Thomas S. Reynolds
Pte William Roden
Pte R. Gordon Rushton
Cpl Walter S. Scott
Capt Thomas William Shaw M.M +Bar R.A.M.C.
Pte William W. Shaw
Pte A. Shuttleworth
Pte H. Cecil Southan
Pte Charles H. Symonds
Sergt J.William Turner
Cpl Leonard E. B. Turner
Pte Stanley F. Turner
L/Cpl G. Cyril Vaughan
Trooper Tom W. Walker
Sergt John W. H. Walton
Pte Percy H. Walton
Pte Thomas L. Walton
Pte Frankland Wheeler 43527 Durham Light Infantry
Pte Harry J. Wright
Pte Edgar G. Woodcock

I would like to thank Joan Lloyd and Sylvia Randall (Church Secretary) for their assistance.

 


 

 

 


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