Naunton War Memorials & Service Rolls
Naunton, Gloucestershire, UK
 "Naunton War Memorial") |
 "Naunton Church War Memorial") |
| Baptist Chapel | St. Andrews Church |
Baptist Chapel
The war memorial is a small stone cross on a granite base located in the Baptist Chapel graveyard.
Note: The Baptist Chapel is closing, but it is planned to leave the war memorial in the current position in the Baptist Chapel courtyard which will remain open to the public.
In grateful memory
of the men of this parish
who gave their lives
in the great war
1914-1918
| JOHN BARTLETT |
| CHARLES DAVIS |
| ERNEST DEAN |
| WALTER R.J. EAST |
| CHRISTOPHER C. FLETCHER |
| H. WALTER GARDNER |
| FREDRICK G. HATHAWAY |
| JAMES HIGGINS |
| JAMES ILES |
| ALBERT LOCKEY |
| WILLIAM C.A. MUNDY |
| CHARLES SCOTT |
| WILLIAM SMITH |
1939
| KENNETH CHARLES ASTON |
St. Andrews Church
The war memorial is a stone tablet on the north wall of the aisle
N PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| CHRISTOPHER C. FLETCHER | 10TH GLOS. |
| FREDRICK G. HATHAWAY | 1ST GLOS. |
| JAMES ILES | 10TH GLOS. |
| ALBERT LOCKEY | 10TH GLOS. |
| WILLIAM C.A. MUNDY | 10TH GLOS. |
| ERNEST DEAN | 1ST WORC. |
| CHARLES DAVIS | 7TH GLOS. |
| JAMES HIGGINS | R.F.A. |
| JOHN BARTLETT | R.G.A. |
| WILLIAM F. TIMMS | 2/7 R. WARWICKS. |
| HENRY W. GARDNER | R.G.A |
| WILLIAM SMITH | 2ND WORC. |
| WALTER R.J. EAST | 1/5 GLOS |
1939 - 1945
| KENNETH ASTON | R.A |
| CYRIL A. SAUNDERS | R.A.F |
| GILBERT L. STOREY | R.A.F |
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS".
In addition, three items adjacent to each other opposite the door :-
Two wood framed manuscipts listing the men and women that served from the parish during the two World Wars
and
The grey painted cross that served as the original marker for Gunner John Bartlett's temporary grave.
SERVICE ROLL
[Words in a scroll with Union Jack and White Ensign flags above].
1914 - 1919
Of the men who enlisted from Naunton Parish for the Great War and returned safely.
| Aston, Frank | Hayward, Victor |
| Bartlett, Fred | Hill, Ernest |
| Bartlett, Reginald | Hill, Sidney |
| Beames, Frank | Hobbs, Herbert William |
| Benfield, Leslie | Hobbs, Walter John |
| Burgiss, Jack | Hooper, James Wynn |
| Davis, Albert | Hooper, Sidney |
| Davis, Fred | Hughes, Edward |
| Davis, Tom | Hughes, Percy |
| Elvin, William | James, Mark |
| Fletcher, George | James, Raymond |
| Fletcher, Joseph Arthur | Leacey, Stanley |
| Fluck, Alfred | Lockey, Frank |
| Gleed, Charles | Lockey, Walter |
| Gleed, Frank | Midwinter, John |
| Griffin, Frank | Miffling, Harry |
| Harris, Albert | Pulham, Edward |
| Harris, Charles Thomas | Pulham, Wilfred |
| Harris, Herbert | Staite, Frank |
| Harris, James | Stratford, Bert |
| Harwood, Roy | Stratford, William |
| Hathaway, Albert Henry | Temple, Albert |
| Hathaway, Alfred | Timms, Fred |
| Hathaway, Frank | Townsend, Arthur |
| Hathaway, Percy Victor | Tucker, William |
| Hawker, William | Williams, Ernest |
Charles J. Scott enlisted from this Parish, and died in France, and his name is recorded on the War Tablet at Fifield, Oxon
SERVICE ROLL
[Words in a scroll with Saint George slaying the dragon above].
1939 - 1945
OF THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO JOINED H.M. FORCES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND RETURNED SAFELY.
| Arkell, Muriel Francis | Jones, Hermas |
| Bayliss, Ernest Horace | Keneally, Thomas |
| Benfield, Algernon Cecil | Lister-Coles, Theodore |
| Benfield, Claude Edwin | Mattock, James William |
| Crayden, Ernest | Miffling, Ernest |
| Day, Geoffrey Robert | Morris, Reginald Walter |
| Dean, Leslie | Neale, George |
| Dean, Frank | Perry, Ernest Edward |
| Dean, George Henry | Read, Charles Gilbert |
| Fletcher, Charles John | Ridge, Gilbert Charles |
| Fletcher, Cuthbert | Ridout, Charles |
| Gleed, Albert | Sell, Gladys |
| Gleed, Reginald John | Smith, Monica Muriel |
| Hanks, Edward Leslie | Smith, Cecil John |
| Hanks, Roger Retallick | Stanbridge, Thomas John |
| Hanks, Daphne Mildred | Temple, Harold William |
| Harwood, Kenneth James | Watson, Lionel |
| Hawker, Cecil James | Willis, Ronald Arthur |
| Hobbs, Alfred Lloyd | Willis, Norman Henry |
| James, Ivor Thomas | Wright, Muriel |
| James, Richard |
The grey painted cross that served as the original marker for Gunner John Bartlett's temporary grave.
Gunr J. Bartlett, 274 RGA, 110951, interred in France.
NOTE.
There are the discrepancies between the two war memorials regarding the names listed.
Listing and photographs courtesy of Evan Lewis