Whiteshill War Memorial

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The War Memorial is situated at the corner of Main Road and Field Road, Opposite the Star Inn, Whiteshill Near Stroud, Gloucestershire UK
Images and listing taken November 2016

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

Pte George J. BRIDGEMAN Pte Albert G. FLIGHT Pte Alfred PERRY
Pte Arthur BROWN Pte Sidney F. FLIGHT Pte Frank O. PHIPPS
Pte Frank BROWN Pte Reginald F. GOATMAN Pte Albert D. SCREEN
Pte Sidney BROWN Cpl Charles A. GOULD Ldg Sman William SMITH
Pte Ernest E. CLARK Pte Albert HOGG Pte John W. SMITH
L/cpl William COLLETT Pte Frank A. HOGG Pte Roy J. SMITH
Pte Arthur E. COOKE Pte REUBEN HOGG Pte Ernest G. TANNER
L/cpl Herbert S. COOKE Pte Walter S. HOGG Sgt Arthur A. WATKINS
Pte John W. COOKE Pte Albert E. LEWIS Pte Edward A. WATKINS
Pte Arthur E. CRATCHLEY Pte Arthur W. LEWIS Pte George W. WATKINS
Pte Edward DAVIS Pte William A. PAPPS Pte LINDSAY G. WATKINS
Pte Harry DURN Sgt Arthur H. PEARCE Pte Amos WHITE

1914-1919

1939-1945

ACI Harry BAUGH A/B Sidney CHEW
Gnr Walter BENNETT Sub Lt Vincent W. WITTS
Sgt Plt Maurice BOULTON Dvr Douglas SMITH

1945-1995
50 YEARS
VE 8th MAY 1945
VJ 15th AUG. 1945
THEY DID NOT FAIL US IN WAR
WE WILL NOT FAIL THEM IN PEACE

NOTES

Albert George FLIGHT. Private 13933, 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed Monday 3 July 1916. His name also appears on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and faces 5A and 5b. Grave MR0021
Born December 1893 in Ruscombe to George(1856-1897) & Fanny T(1858-1937) FLIGHT. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, single, occupation Tailor, living with his widowed mother at Stores Cottages Ruscombe.

Sidney Francis FLIGHT. Private 241597, 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean) Pioneer, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed Saturday 20 April 1918, Flanders. His name also appears on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75.
Born 4 October 1896 in Whiteshill to Walter Charles(1867-1939) & Louisa(1867-1949) FLIGHT. In the 1911 Census he was aged 14, occupation Tailors Cutter, living with his parents at Whiteshill.