Monumental Inscriptions Malmesbury Abbey



World War One Memorial in Malmesbury Abbey

GREY G. Pte.
Private 3/9164 George Grey, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Friday, 13th November 1914. George was killed at Ypres, and is buried in the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, grave ref; IX.G.35.

CURTIS J. Pte.
Private 4887 John Curtis, 2nd Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Saturday, 8th July 1916. Age 45. His name is carved on the Thiepvat Memorial, Pier and Face 13A.

LOCKSTONE E.S. Pte.
Private 11134 Edward Sharland Lockstone, 2nd Bn., Wiltshire Regiment was killed in action on Friday, 12th March 1915. Age 25. Le Touret Memorial Panel 33 and 34.

WALLINGTON J.H. Gnr.
Gunner RMA/13748 John Henry Wallington, H.M.S. "Queen Mary". Royal Marine Artillery was killed in action on Wednesday 31st May 1916. He was 19. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 21.

MORRICE J.W. Mid.
Midshipman John Walter Morrice, Royal Navy died on Friday Ist January 1915, when his ship, H.M.S. Formidable was sunk by a German Submarine, U24, off Portland Bill. Chatham Memorial, Panel 8.

WOOD C. Pte.
Private 7738 Charles Wood, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Friday 26th May 1916. Age 31. Ecoivres Military Cemetery grave ref, II D 24.

ORAM G. Pte.
Private 23722 George Oram, 18th (Queen Mary's own) Hussars, attached to the 2nd Life Guards, died of his wounds on Friday, 14th May 1915. Age 32. George died of his wounds in hospital, but his grave was lost and so his name is carved on the Menin Gate, Panel 5.

NEWMAN RG. Pte.
Private 1820 Reginald George Newman, 1st /1st Royal, Royal East Kent Yeomanry.
He died of pneumonia on Thursday, 15th June 1916. Age 23. His grave is in the Suez War Memorial Cemetery, grave ref; D.64

TUGWELL F. Pte.
Private 85597 Frank Tugwell, 2nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment was killed in action in France on Monday 25th January 1915. Age 36. St Marie Cemetery, Le Harve, Grave ref, Div. l4 K1.

ANGELL G. Pte.
Private 11416 Arthur George Angell, 6th Bn., The Duke of Edinburgh's, The Wihshire Regiment, was killed at the Somme on Sunday, 2nd July 1916. He has no known grave. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13A.

BAILEY J.H. Pte.
Private 3/8151 James Harry Bailey, Ist Bn., The Bedfordshire Regiment, died of his wounds on Monday, 21st June 1915. Age 23. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Ref, VIII.A.87.

SHAW F. Pte.
Private 22274 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment Killed in action 8/7/1916

PAUL H.J. Sgt.
Serjeant 3117 George Henry Paul, 6th Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers was killed in action at Gallipoli on Sunday, 15th August 1915. Age 18. George has no known grave, his name is on the Helles Memorial, Turkey, panel 185.

SHARPE F.F. Pte.
Private 6773 Frank Francis Sharpe, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, died of his wounds on Wednesday 5th July 1916. He was 29 years old. Puchevillers British Cemetery, Plot 1C 18 (On memorial as SHARP)

BISHOP D. Pte.
Private 2898 Daniel Percy Bishop, 6th Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers, was killed in action on Saturday, 7th August 1915. Aged 20. His name is on the Helles Memorial Turkey, Panel 185 to 190.

PIKE E.A.B.
Able Seaman J/8993 Ernest Pike died on Thursday, 27th April 1916. Age 23, As Ernest Pike was lost at sea on H.M.S. Russell, his name with 126 of his shipmates who perished with him, is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 13.

THORNBURY E. Pte.
Pri.vate 3224 Ernest Thornbury, 6th Bn,, Royal Munster Fusiliers died of his wounds on a Hospital Ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday 12th August 1915. He was buried at sea. With no known grave his name is on the Helles Memorial, Panel 185 to 190.

PRICE W. Pte.
Corporal 149l7 Wrlliam Charles Price, 10th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment, was killed in action on Friday, 18th August 1916. Age 22. Thiepval Memorial pier and face 58 and 5B.

THORNBURY W.H. Pte.
Private 8894 William Henry Thornbury, 1st Bn,, Wiltshire Regiment, died of his wounds in the Red Cross Hospital at Chingford in Essex on Monday 13th September 1915. He was 19. Malmesbury Cemetery. Grave ref, 592 "C". ( On Memorial as W.S.T.)

WESTMACOTT G. Pte.
Private 5901 George Westmacott, 1st/7th T.F.Bn., Middlesex Regiment was killed in action on Sunday 17th September 1916. Age 27. Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France, His grave ref, I.F.34.

PRICE: R. Pte.
Private 14966 Richard Price, 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers was killed on Sunday, 22nd August 1915. Helles Memorial, Turkey, panel 190.

BAILEY E:H, Sgt.
Sergeant 6990 Frederick Henry Bailey, Ist Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Wednesday, 4th October 1916. He is buried in the Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, grave ref; IX.C. 12.

JOHNSON A. L/Cpl.
Lance Corporal 15334 Alfred Johnson, 11th Bn., Welsh Regiment was killed in France on Tuesday, 21st September 1915. He was 24 years old. Alfred's name is also on the War Memorial at Tonyrefail Glamorgan. He is buried in plot VI.B.2. at the Assevillers New British Cemetery.

BOND C.T. Pte.
Private 14341 Cyril T. Bond, 6th Bn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, was killed in action on Tuesday, 3rd October 1916. Age 23. He is buried in Struma Military Cemetery in the village of Kalokastron, Greece. Grave ref; II.G.O.

JAMES H. Pte.
Private 3/451 Herbert James, 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Saturday, 25th September 1915. Loos Memorial; Panel 102.

NEWMAN V.G. L/Sgt.
Lance Sejeant 240948 Victor Garnet Newman, 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment. He was killed in France 21st June. Age 22. He has no known grave, 'Dud Corner' Memorial Cemetery, panel 64.

WOODWARD F. Gnr.
Gunner F.Woodward 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

CURTIS E.W. Cpl,
Corporal 990 Ernest William Curtis, "C" Coy., 7th Bn., Leinster Regiment was killed in action on Wednesday, 10th January 1917. Age 23. He is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery which is about 8 miles south of Ieper (Ypres). Grave ref; I.H. 16.

BOND W. Pte.
Private 26701 Walter Bond, 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, died of his wounds in No 1 Casualty Clearing Station in the village of Chocques on Friday, 10th December, l916. Age 27. His grave is in the Chocques Military Cemetery, ref; I.H. 41.

HIBBARD E.J. 2nd Lient.
Second Lieutenant Edmund John Hibbard 12th Bn., London Regiment, (The Rangers). Killed on Monday the 9th April 1917. His grave is in the London Cemetery, Nueville-Vitasse; Grave ref; I.A.4.

BAILEY A.E. Pte,
Private 9703 Arthur Edward Bailey, Ist Bn., The Coldstream Guards, died at Ypres on Thursday, 29th October 1914. He has no known grave, his name is on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. Panel 11.

J.S.SUMMERLAKE "Z" Bty R.H.A.
No other information - not on Triangle War Memorial or in 'Soldiers died in Great War'.

WAKEFIELD W.E. Pte.
Private 8400 William Edger Wakefield, 2nd Bn., Wiltshire Regiment was killed in action in France on Saturday 24th October 1914. He was 24 years old. Menin Gate, panel 53.

LEWIS A.J. Pte.
Private 14904 Alfred John Lewis, 12th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment died in France on Sunday, 2nd April 1916. Age 26. Buried in the Beauval Communal Cemetery, grave ref; A.23. Right hand brass panel.

GARLAND J. L/S.
Leading Stoker 310934 John Garland of H.M.S. Maidstone, died on Tuesday, 15th August 1916. Age 32. John's name is on the Royal Navy Memorial at Plymouth, panel 15.

WILLIS H. Pte.
Private 35969 Herbert Willis, 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Monday 15th April 1918. Age 18. Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 119 to 120.

REEVES H.J. Pte.
Private 30682 Henry Thomas Reeves, 8th Bn., Devonshire Regiment was killed in action on Wednesday, 9th May 1917. Age 35. Memorial at Arras, Bay No 4.

MACKIRDY C.D.S. Lt.
Lieutenant Charles David Scott Mackirdy, 1lth (Prince Atbert's Own) Hnssars died of his wounds whilst a prisoner of the Germans on Friday, 22nd March 1918. Age 24. Pozieres Memorial Panel 4.

BISHOP A.E. Pte.
Private 51038 Arthur Edward Bishop, 8th Bn., Welsh Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia, Thursday, 3rd May 1917. He was aged 30. Basra Memorial, Iraq Panel 24.

SELBY W.J. Pte.
Private 1136 William John Selby, 6th Bn., Leinster Regiment, was killed in action on Tuesday 10th August 1915. Age 20. Helles Memorial at Gallipoli, Panel 184 and 185.

EMERY S.W. Pte.
Private 27839 Stephen William Emery, 8th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry, died on Thursday, 12th July 1917. Age 18. He is buried in the Messines Ridge British Cemetery, grave ref; II.C.I2.

EXTON R. Cpl.
Corporal 1253 Richard Exton, 6th Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers, was killed in action on Sunday, 15th August 1915. Age 34. Killed at Gallipoli, he has no known grave, iris name is on the Helles Memorial, panels 185-190

PERRY A.J. Pte.
Private 41352 Archibald James Perry, 1st/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment, died of his wounds on Thursday, 16th August 1917. Age 19. His grave is in the Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Vlamertinghe, ref; II.B.2.

BAKER W. Pte.
Private 11072 Walter Baker, 5th Bn., The Oxfordshire and Bnckinghamshire Light Infantry, died at the Somme, Friday, 15th September 1916. Age 25. Walter has no known grave, his name is on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 10A and 10D.

WEEKS R.R. Pte.
Private 907588 Roland Reginald Weeks, 5th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regt.) was killed in action in France on Wednesday 15th August 1917. Age 38. Vimy Ridge Memorial.

POPE T. Pte.
Private M2/055056 Thomas Pope. Royal Army Service Corps. Died of his wounds on Thursday, 15th November 1917. Aged 37 years. His grave is in the Tincourt New British Cemetery, plot II.D.12. (On memorial as 'G' Pope).

BRICKELL J.P. Pte.
Private 9025 John Percy Brickell, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action at Ypres on Tuesday 4th September 1917. Buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, grave ref; II.D.16.

JONES J. M. 1st Air Mech.
Air Mechanic 1st Class 91196 James Montaque Jones, 89th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died of his wounds on Wednesday, 7dr August 1918. Age 25. Monty Jones is buried in the Chapel yard of the Moravian Church Malmesbury.

THOMPSON J.E. Dvr.
Driver 645260 Joseph Ewart Thompson, 51st Div., Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery, died of his wounds on Monday 8th October I917. He was 28 years old. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Grave Ref; VIII G 20.

LIDDINGTON H.C. Pte.
Private 35870 Henry Charles Liddington 1/4th Bn., Wltshire Regiment, was killed in action in Egypt, on Thursday, 19th September 1918. Age 21. Buried Ramleh War Cemetery Israel.

DEADMAN F. Rfn.
Rifleman C/1548 Frank Deadman, 16th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of his wounds at the Medical Unit at Boulogne on Thursday, 25th October 1917. He was 24 years of age. Buried Wimereux Communal Cemetery, about 5 Kilometres north of Boulogne. Grave ref; VI.E.26.

WESTON H.R. Ab.
Ordinary Seaman, Bristol Z/2635, Harry Redvers Weston, R.N. Depot (Crystal Palace), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died of illness on Saturday the 5th October 1918. He was just 18 years old. Malmesbury Cemetery, the grave ref is 592 "C". ( Harry Weston was buried by mistake in the same grave that of Private William Henry Thornbury, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, buried three years earlier in September of 1915).

BISHOP C. Pte.
Private 201561 Colin George Bishop, 1/4th (T.F.) Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, died of his wounds at Gaza, Egypt, on Thursday 22nd November, 1917. Buried Cairo Military cemetery Plot 0, Grave 14.

BISHOP C.H. Pte.
Private 235317 Cecil Henry Bishop, 13th Bn., The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died on Sunday, 1st September 1918. Age 19. Formerly Pte., 202837, in the Wiltshire Regiment. His name is on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6.

JONES H.E. 2nd Lt.
Second Lieutenant Harold Edward Jones, 41st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, was killed in a flying accident on Thursday, 22nd of November 1917. Age 18. He is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, grave ref; IV.A.7.

CURTIS W. G. Cpl.
Corporal 1934 Walter G. Curtis, 7th Bn., Leinster Regiment, died of his wounds on Thursday, 10th October 1918, in the Malmesbury Red Cross Hospital, and buried in Malnesbury Cemetery. He was 23 years old. The grave ref; 717U.

WOOD P. Pte.
Private 16453 Percy Wood, 2nd Bn., Scots Guards, died of his wounds in the 48th Casualty Clearing Station on Tuesday 27th November 1917. He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. Grave ref; III E 4.

TUGWELL J.M.W. Sig.
Private 202658 Joseph Mark Washington, 1st/4th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action in Palestine on Tuesday 9th April 1918. He was 25 years old. Ramleh War Cemetery Israel, grave ref; S66.

CAREY L.J. Pte.
Private 201645 Leslie James Carry, 1/4th (T.F.) Bn., WiItshire Regiment, was killed in action at the Mount of Olives on Thursday, 22nd November, 1917, aged 18. He is buried in Jerusalem Military Cemetery.

CLARKE A. Pte.
Private 241826 Alfred Clarke, 1st/8th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action on Monday, 4th November 1918. Buried in Landrecies British Cemetery, grave ref; B. 34.

HIBBARD E.J. Pte.
Private 30147 Ernest James Hibbard 2nd/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action on Friday 15th March, 1918. Aged 24. Jim is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery Israel, grave ref; U.10.

SHINGLES H. L/Cpl.
Lance Corporal 204095 Harry Shingles 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on Tuesday 22nd January 1918. Grave ref; B13 in the Fifteen Ravine Cemetery at Villers-Plouich.

SAVINE H.J. Gnr.
Gunner 133077 Hubert John Savine, "A" Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died of his wounds on Monday, 15th April 1918. Age 28. Wimmereux Communal Cemetery, grave ref; XI.A.I.

LEWIS S.E. Pte.
Private 3179 Samuel Edward Lewis, 6th Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers, died in Greece on Friday, 6th December 1918. He was 26 years old. Buried in the Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, grave No 551.

BARNES W. Gnr,
Gunner 144961 William Barnes, 27th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery died of his wounds in Norwich Hospital an Wednesday, 17th April 1918, Age 27, Buried in the old 'Strict Baptist' Cemetery, Burnham Road, Malmesbury.

PRICE C. Pte.
Private 20988 Charles William Price, 12th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment, was killed in action on Sunday, 25th August 1918. Age 21. Vis-en-Artois Memorial, panel 6.

POOLE H.G. Pte.
Private 1308 Henry George Poole, "A" Coy. 15th Bn,, Army Cyclist Corps, died of his wounds on Sunday, 14th April 1918. Age 28. He died in the 54th Casualty Clearing Station at Aire. Aire Communal Cemetery plot II.C.8.

WOODMAN E. Pte.
Private 260214 Edgar Woodman, 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment, was killed in action on Wednesday, 24th April 1918. Age 31. St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Grave ref; IV.C.15.

This Is the complete list of names on the 'Abbey- Memorial' - there are additional names on the Triangle war Memorial which were 'missed off' here.

Derek Tilney
March 2003



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