War Memorials – Oswestry & District and Beyond
St Oswald’s Church, Oswestry.
St Oswald’s Church, Oswestry.
Postcard from 1930s, St Oswald’s Church War Memorial, Oswestry.
LINK St Oswald’s web site
St Oswald’s is the Oswestry Parish Church, dedicated to Saint Oswald, King and Martyr. The Church has been a centre of worship for nearly 1000 years. The building is Grade II* listed, the oldest part is the tower dating from the 12th Century with later additions, particularly from the 17th and 19th Centuries.
The WW1 Memorial is located in St George’s Chapel in the south transept. The Memorial and Altar were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The Memorial was unveiled on 16 April 1920 by Brigadier General JV Campbell VC and was dedicated by Reverend WMB Lutener. Within the Chapel there are also the WW2 Memorial, Rolls of Honour and individual memorials. The WW1 Memorial depicts a statue of St George flanked by two panels of the names of the fallen; below is a bronze sculpture of war matériel – weapons and tools.
The Memorial has 171 names; all are Men on the Gates plus 2 who are not – brothers, Captain Edward GM Thornycroft (CWGC) and Captain John R Thornycroft (CWGC). Some, not all, worshipped at St Oswald’s, a few were choristers others members of the congregation, of bible classes and church socials.
The Names on The Memorial –
Private 21927 Reginald (Charles Reginald Harper) Archer, 118 Machine Gun Company.
Private 17094 Warren A Ash, 7 Bn Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), H Coy.
Sergeant 12267 Thomas H Barclay, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lance Corporal 9336 James Bayley, 4 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
Private 12329 Harry Beaton, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 26599 John R Bebb, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 315983 James RT (Raymond Titley) Beckett, 1/4 (Denbighshire) Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Second Lieutenant George V (Victor) Blake, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Corporal 13868 Percy Broster, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 59956 John E Bullock, 24 Bn Welsh Regiment.
Gunner 5226 Benjamin Cadman, 119 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Private 24963 John E Chetwode, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 24196 Joshua Chetwode, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 31070 Arthur Clare, 2 Bn South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers).
Lance Corporal 69737 Ernest Ratcliffe Coole, Royal Fusiliers posted to 2/2 Bn London Regiment
Private 10297 William Coulson, 1 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 39395 Bertie Cross, 16 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers.
Lance Corporal 24296 Albert Davies, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 2031 Arthur Llew(ellyn) Davies, 1/6 Bn Manchester Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Charles A (Albert) Davies, 7 Bn South Wales Borderers.
Acting Corporal 152, David Davies, 1/7 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 15347 Geoffrey Davies, 10 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 10829 Frederick George Davies, 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers.
Lieutenant Frederick H Davies, 10 Bn Canadian Infantry. KIA 1 May 1917.
Lance Bombardier 292252 Joseph H (Harold) Davies, 33 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
Sergeant 12399 Joseph Davies, 12 Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own).
Private 265819 Henry Davies, 1/6 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment.
Private 11308 Richard Davies, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry or Lance Corporal 18166 Richard Davies, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 10141 William Davies, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 306827 William Davies 2/8 Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own).
Sergeant 200073 William Pryce Davies, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 25569 William M Duckett, 19 Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Lance Corporal 14521 Bernard Samuel Easthope, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Gunner 98029 Arthur W Edwards, 205 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
Private 22989 William Elcock, 20 Bn The King’s (Liverpool Regiment).
Private 49724 Frederick O Ellis, 2 Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Gunner L/23751 John Empsall, 155 (CLV) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Private 12369 Alfred Evans, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Sergeant 33741 Harry Evans, 2 Garrison Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Private 360264 Ralph Evans, 1/10 Bn The King’s Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Scottish).
Private 5151 Robert C Evans, 1 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 12238 Thomas J Evans, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 158 Edward Farmer, 4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lance Corporal 12317 George E Farmer, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Driver 653 John Fernyhough, 2/1 Bn Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery.
Private G/23165 Jack Francis, 10 Bn Royal Fusiliers.
Trooper 257 George Frank, 1 Bn Australian Light Horse.
Private 9956 John Fitzhenry, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 6322 Eric G Fulcher, 25 Bn Australian Infantry AIF.
Private 12301 Boaz Griffiths, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 15/1425 Harold Griffiths, 15 Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own).
Private 6496 Harry Halford, 1 Bn Scots Guards.
Sapper 160668 Edwin E Hancocks, Royal Engineers, att. Royal Flying Corps.
Corporal 15740 Ernest V Hayward, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 6471 William J Healey, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 20628 Arthur Hughes, 10 Bn Canadian Infantry.
Private 9508 David E Hughes, 2 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Ferdinand L Hughes, 25 Bn Machine Gun Corps.
Second Lieutenant George Hughes, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Second Lieutenant Charles H Hughes, 14 Bn Welsh Regiment.
Lance Corporal 200505 John M Hughes, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private L/14856 Robert O Hughes, 3 Bn Middlesex Regiment.
Private 32515 Charles Humphreys, 1/5 Bn South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers).
Lance Corporal 23734 Trevor K Jenkins, 11 Bn Suffolk Regiment.
Private 22116 Frederick Johnson, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Ableseaman J/28071 Charles E (Ellis) Jones, Royal Navy ‘HMS Magic’.
Private 73090 Cyril Jones, 9 Bn Royal Fusiliers.
Private 9724 David Jones, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 23899 David Jones, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 115285 Edward Jones, 35 Bn Machine Gun Corps.
Private 24036 Edward Jones, 11 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (Pioneers).
Lance Corporal 12295 James W Jones, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 12339, John T Jones, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 34304 Thomas E Jones, 1/4 Bn Loyal North Lancashire.
Corporal 200533 Thomas H Jones, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
William F Jones – N Fus – Northumberland Fusiliers UNIDENTIFIED
Private 12273 Frank E Jordan, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 17061 Charles Clifford Judge, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 52641 George T Kirk, 1/8 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers.
Sergeant 12969 Thomas Kynaston, 4 Bn South Wales Borderers. list (wrongly) as RWF
Captain Herbert MB Lawford, 9 Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Rgt).
Private 8710 George (Edward) Lawrence, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Captain Audley AD (Andrew Dowell) Lee, 9 Bn Leicestershire Regiment.
Sapper 62361 Austin Ledwith, Royal Engineers 13 Divisional Signal Coy (Telegraphist).
Private 55174 Stanley Ledwith , 56 Coy Machine Gun Corps.
Private 12268 William E Lewis, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 49093 Thomas Lewis, 1 Bn Loyal North Lancashire.. believed to be
Thomas Henry Loose (Unidentified) see Private 16926 Charles H Loose, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lance Corporal 24296 William H Lewis, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 6154 Albert E Loose, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lieutenant Richard AM Lutener, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 17581 Christopher Macnamara, 11 Bn East Yorkshire Regiment.
Private 59586 Percy J Mayes, 11 Bn Manchester Regiment.
Sapper 94160 Thomas A Markey, 137 Army Troops Coy Royal Engineers.
Lance Corporal 13873 Percy W Miner, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Captain T C Wynne (Thomas Charles) Minshall, 1/4 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Lieutenant William H Moore, 5 Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Private 12352 Harry H (Heritage) Owen, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Second Lieutenant Herbert M Owen, 9 Bn Cheshire Regiment.
Captain John M (Morris) Owen, 2 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 16335 Percy J Owen, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 28601 George Parry, 1 Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales).
Lieutenant Herbert Parsons, 10 Bn West Yorkshire. Rgt. (Prince of Wales’s Own).
Lance Sergeant 9437 John W Peate, 2 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 16317 William Peate, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light.
Private 27134 Reginald H (Hopkins) Pendry, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 6958 Oswald Peters, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 6953 PercyPhillips, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 290908 James Pierce, 7 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 203645 Frederick C Plimmer, 1/5 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment.
Corporal 17414, Poole, Walter W., 4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Gunner 114603 Joseph Powell, 145 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
Lance Corporal L/399 William Nock Price, B Squadron, 12th (Prince of Wales Royal) Lancers.
Private 11804 A Leslie Pritchard, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 19729 Leonard Probert, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Rifleman 2425 Job Rees, 1/5 Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Private 355357 John A Richards, 25 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 40016 Godfrey Reynolds, 2/7 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers.
Private 12294 Arthur Roberts, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Corporal S4/144586 Charles H (Henry) Roberts, Army Service Corps, 1st Line of Communication Coy.
Private 11035 John H Roberts, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 28541 Richard Roberts, 10 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 266235 Thomas V Roberts, 1 Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Corporal 26963 William H (Henry) Roberts, 4 Bn The King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Private 19735 Albert S Roberts 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Able Seaman, Bristol Z/9058 Ernest M (Maurice) Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, Nelson Battalion.
Private 12096 Arthur Rogers. 1 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Lance Corporal 6944 William Salter, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 59034 Charles A (Albert) Sharman, 1/5 Bn Welsh Regiment.
Private 33281 Clifford Sheldon, 13 Bn (C Coy) Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Sergeant 12269 Alfred R Smith,6 Bn Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 202054 Frederick S Smith, 11 Bn Manchester Regiment.
Private 83284 Joseph Southern, Machine Gun Corps (5 Bn 4 Reserve Company).
Chief Mate Mercantile Marine Barnard C Spaull, SS Royal Edward.
Private 11378 Valentine R Sperring, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lance Corporal 10474 Bernard Spiers, 2 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
John Stubbs, Master Mercantile Marine – SS Mariston.
Lance Corporal 24301 Edward Sweeney, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 160690 Edward Thomas, Shropshire Yeomanry attch. 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment.
Deck Hand 19056DA(Po) John O Thomas, Royal Naval Reserve. HM Coastal Motor Boat 25.
Second Lieutenant (William) Norman Thomas, Royal Flying Corps, 27 Squadron,
Second Lieutenant Edward G (Geoffrey) Thomas, 7 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Private 12262 John S Thompson, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Not on Gates – Captain Edward GM Thornycroft / Captain John R Thornycroft
Private 7035 Thomas W Trow, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 107595 Frank (Francis Herbert) Vaughan, 2 Bn Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Private 17435 Richard Vaughan, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Lance Corporal 200077 Samuel Vaughan, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Captain Edward W Walker, 1/7 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Sergeant T/354807 Harry Walker, Royal Army Service Corps Camel Transport.
Lance Corporal 6497 William (Henry) Weaver, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 9719 Bert White, 1 Bn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 44076 John W Whitfield, 2/8 Bn Worcestershire Regiment.
Private 22357 Christopher R Williams, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 18247 David Williams, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 26409 George L Williams, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Rifleman R/43050 (Richard) Harold Williams, 12 Bn County of London Regiment (The Rangers).
Lance Corporal 10761 Richard H Williams, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry..
Private 22300 Robert B (Burns) Williams, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 4234 Rueben Williams, 26 Bn Australian Infantry.
Private 31138 Robert Williams, 8 Bn South Lancashire Regiment.
Sergeant 12258 Stanley Williams, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 3813 John A Wynne, 1/15 Bn London Regiment Civil Service Rifles.
Chorister at St Oswald’s Church –
Private 15347 Geoffrey Davies, 10 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. –
Private 55174 Stanley Ledwith , 56 Coy Machine Gun Corps.
Sapper 62361 Austin Ledwith, Royal Engineers 13 Divisional Signal Coy (Telegraphist).
Trooper 257 George Frank, 1 Bn Australian Light Horse.
Sapper 62361 Austin Ledwith, Royal Engineers 13 Divisional Signal Coy (Telegraphist).
Sergeant 12258 Stanley Williams, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.Cemetery.
Chorister and some time organist. Private 3813 John A Wynne, 1/15 Bn London Regiment Civil Service Rifles.
Oswestry Church Club
Formerly secretary of Church Club – Private 33281 Clifford Sheldon, 13 Bn (C Coy) Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Corporal 13868 Percy Broster, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 360264 Ralph Evans, 1/10 Bn The King’s Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Scottish). for some time acted as treasurer
Miss Henry’s Bible Classes St Oswald’s– Group photo in BCA date????
Sergeant 12258 Stanley Williams, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
Private 12262 John S Thompson, 6 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
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