Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
A stone memorial cross of Portland stone is sited within the churchyard of St Saviour’s Church, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2RP. The 15’ high memorial stands on a square plinth with 3 steps, raised on a mound edged with local pennant sandstone. The inscription on the lower east face of the plinth is “REMEMBER WITH PRAYER AND GRATITUDE THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WARS 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL PEACE”
The framed war memorial from Manor School C of E Primary School is now kept at the church.
Name | Born | Died | Regiment |
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Langley William Alfred | 1885 | 15/04/1917 | Dorset Regiment |
Lewis Harold | 1907 | 25/09/1940 | |
Luton Douglas Daniel Thomas | 18/01/1919 | 27/02/1941 | Gloucestershire (Home Guard) |
Maggs Stanley Gilbert | 1895 | 22/11/1918 | Wiltshire Regiment |
May Frederick John | 1924 | 23/11/1944 | Gloucestershire Regiment |
Penton Philip Elford | 21/07/1925 | 25/02/1944 | Royal Navy |
Ralph Frederick Thomas | 1892 | 02/12/1917 | Gloucestershire Regiment |
Redmore Arthur William | 1923 | 02/10/1944 | Royal Corps of Signals |
Staddon Benjamin Anthony | 1922 | 02/07/1941 | Merchant Navy |
Varlow Wilfred George | 1881 | 25/07/1917 | Royal Marine Artillery |
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