Charlton Abbotts War Memorial

Located within the parish church, St Martin, Charlton Abbotts War Memorial, Gloucestershire, England.

Listing and photographs courtesy of Alf Beard

To the glorious memory of those men connected with this parish who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1919

To the glorious memory of those men connected with this parish who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1919

Charlton Abbotts War Memorial Inscription

SIMPSON James Pte 14941 Grenadier Guards, died 27/10/1914. Son of William and Mary A Simpson, nee Gardiner of the Cottages, Charlton Abbotts. [1901 census] Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

MEIKLE Alan John Brian 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, accidentally killed 5 August 1918 age 18. Son of James & Elizabeth of Cotehay Farm, Charlton Abbotts. Buried in the St Martin churchyard, Charlton Abbotts

NORRIS Ernest Gordon Pte 203049, 5th Highland Light Infantry died 17/4/1917 age 25. Son of Thomas & Mary Ann of Brockhampton, Glos. Buried in Deir Belah War Cemetery, Israel