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 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 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 "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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