Snowshill War Memorial

The war memorial is a stone cross located in St Barnabas churchyard in the centre of the village.


IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN 1914 - 1918

L. DISTON
G. A. HANDS
W. J. HANDS
R. J. ASTON
D.W. DISTON

Fuller details of the above are -

Lewis Diston, Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Date of Death: 01/06/1918, Aged 21
George Hands, Private, 9th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment, Date of Death: 18/12/1917
William Hands, Private, 1st/6th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment, Date of Death: 09/10/1917
Robert John Aston, Private, 5th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Date of Death: 10/08/1918, Aged 19
Denis Diston, Lance Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment Date of Death: 22/07/1916, Aged 29


Original list provided by Evan Lewis, July 2011. Details for R. J. Aston corrected by Steve Ballinger, March 2016