The War Memorial is located just inside the
entrance to St. Swithun's Church graveyard, Hempsted, Near Gloucester, Gloucestershire,
UK.
The entrance to the churchyard is at the corner of St. Swithun's Road and Rectory Lane.
See location Map [Courtesy of Multimap], for exact location
Inscriptions
Panel 1 (Front, facing entrance gate)
To the glory of God and in loving memory of
the following men from this Parish and Llanthony
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War 1914-1918
| Ernest BEALE | Charles HIERON | |
| Frederick BEALE | Leslie Y. LANE | |
| Sidney BENNETT | Alfred PRIDAY | |
| Basil V. BRUTON | Harold SPENCER | |
| John DAVIES | Harry WILLIAMS | |
Jas. WILLIAMS |
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| Harold COOK | Thomas MONK | |
| Hubert GODDARD | Sidney SMITH | |
William UZZELL |
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"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
Panel 2. 1939-1945
In Grateful Remembrance
of those Who Gave Their Lives for Us
In the World War 1939-1945
Clive William CRITCHLEY
Peter Tom LANGSTON
Alan Thomas WOODMAN
" We Will Remember Them"
In addition, on gravestones in the churchyard are recorded the following:-
Carey E.M. CARTER
1st Royal Glos Hussars
Killed in Action at the Dardenelles
August 21st 1915 Aged 20 Years
John Harries DAVIES
Killed in Action on the Somme
July 20th 1916, Aged 22 Years
Alfred MERRETT
Killed in Action 1943
Aged 23 Years
M2/100610 Private
L.F. OVERTHROW
Royal Army Service Corps
14th January 1916. Aged 25
Lieutenant E.J. WIBBY
2/73rd Malabar Infantry
2nd March 1921. Aged 24
2199903 Sapper
J. WILLETTS
Royal Engineers
27th March 1942. Aged 54.
Record taken May 1998. Photographs added November 2007