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Site St John’s the Baptist, Bewdley Road Kidderminster DY11 6RL

Latitude 52.386862

Longitude -2.261172

Date dedicated September 1920

Stone cross on plinth outside.

Surname	Forename	Rank	Number	Regiment	Date of Death	Age	Country	Notes Place of Death or Remembrance	Ref
Addenbrooke	Arthur	Captain	AO	14th Royal Warwickshire	05 Oct 1916	34	England	Died of his wounds. Mentioned in Dispatches. Burial St John the Baptist Churchyard	KID10
Allbut	Gerald William George	Private	307315	2/8th Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby	26 Mar 1917 27April 1917	19	France	Département de la Somme, Picardie, (Peronne-la-Chappelle)	KID10
Allen	Albert H	Corporal	200182	1/7th Worcestershire	09 Oct 1917	22	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial & Cemetery, Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Allen	Harold	Private	3351	1/7thWorcestershire	17 Nov 1916	19	France	Martinpuich British Cemetery,   Grave D. 4. Memorial ID: 56189315  Nord-Pas-de-Calais,	KID10
Allen	William Benjamin	Private	242270	1/8th Worcestershire	09 Oct 1917		Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 75 to Panel 77 Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Ashcroft	James William	Driver	830454	311thRoyal Field Artillery “C” Bty.	02 May 1917	20	France	Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave II. J. 85. Pas de Calais,	KID10
Ayers	Harold	Private	2234	1/7thWorcestershire	19 Jul 1916		France	Killed in action. Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme	KID10
Barker	David	Private	25244	Worcestershire Regiment	(Jul-Aug-Sep) 1917 Kidderminster Volume 6C Page 61 30 June 1917	42	England	Exp Force France. Exposed to cold 22 Dec 1916 developed pneumonia. Discharged to 86 Hemming St Kidderminster Medically unfit 08 Jun 1917 died shortly after.	KID10
Barker	William John	Private	681654	75thCanadian Infantry	02 Sep 1918	30	France	Killed in action Dury Mill British Cemetery, Grave : II. B. 17. Pas de Calais,	KID10
Beaman	Thomas	Rifleman	52483	12thRoyal Irish Rifles	02 Sep 1918	19	Belgium	Nieukirke Churchyard, Grave P.1 West-Vlaanderen,	KID10
Beddoes	Horace	Private	884	2nd Royal Warwickshire	13 Mar 1915	23	France	Le Touret Memorial at the Le Touret Military Cemetery, Panel 6 Pas de Calais,	KID10
Bellison	Mark	L/Corporal	23614	7th Royal Berkshire	09 May 1917	24	Greece	Doiran Military Cemetery, Grave  VI. G. 30	KID10
Bennett	Leonard Ernest	Private	35436	10th Royal Warwickshire	23 Oct 1918	20	Germany	Niederzwehren, Grave VII. E. 7. Memorial ID: 18400695   Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen,	KID10
Bickerton	Albert	Bombardier	135576	126thRoyal Garrison Artillery	22 Aug 1918	29	France	Terlincthun British Cemetery Grave II. D. 36 Hameau de Terlincthun, 62126 Wimille,	KID10
Bishop	John J	Boy 1st Class	J28161	Royal Navy  HMS Viknor	13 Dec 1915	17	At sea (Ireland)	Portsmouth Naval Memorial	KID10
Blunt	James	Private	G/2648	7th East Kent Regiment  (The Buffs)	12 Oct 1917	22	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial / Cemetery, Panel 17 Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Booton	Charles Edwin	Private	2243	11th Royal Warwickshire	11 Jul 1916	37	France	Died of wounds. Puchevillers British Cemetery,  Grave I E 48	KID10
Bourne	James Edward	Private	989	1/7th Worcestershire	19 Jul 1916	31	France	Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C Somme,	KID10
Bradley	Thomas William	Private	202396	10th Worcestershire	22Mar 1918	20	France	Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery,  Grave II C 18 Pas de Calais,	KID10
Briggs	George  Harry	Gunner	830507	277th Royal Field Artillery “C” Battery .	27 Mar 1918	23	France	Pozieres Memorial, Panel 7 to 10 Somme,	KID10
Brown	Herbert Avery	Private	939	1st Royal Warwickshire “D” Coy.	23  May 1916	20	France	Arras Memorial at the entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, 62000 Arras,	KID10
Buckley	Earl	Rifleman	A/203872	1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps	29 Sep 1918	27	France	Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery Grave VII. G. 6.	KID10
Burrows	Charles	Private	268893	2/6th Royal Warwickshire	24 Oct 1918	29	France	Crucifix Cemetery  Grave A 18 Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon,	KID10
Butcher	Charles Leslie	Captain	CO	2/7th Worcestershire	24 Jul 1916	32	France	Killed in action.  Laventie Military Cemetery, Grave II E 24 La Gorgue,	KID10
Caley	Alfred George	Corporal	200558	1/7th Worcestershire	27 Aug 1917		Belgium	Mendinghem Military Cemetery,  Grave   IV. C. 9.	KID10
Carter	George Harry	Gunner	830528	168th Royal Field Artillery “C” Battery.	20 Oct 1917	30	France	St. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery Grave II. A. 10.	KID10
Chatterton	Charles Henry	L/Corporal	17099	2nd Worcestershire	07 Oct 1915	25	France	Lillers Communal Cemetery Grave IV. C. 9.	KID10
Collinge	Raymond L	Sergeant	200292	1/7th Worcestershire	01 Apr 1917	25	France	Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Grave III C 12 Epehy, Somme,	KID10
Cooper	Frederick Clifford	Private	132476	100th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	29 Sep 1918	20	France	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension,  Grave  I. K. 9. Somme,	KID10
Crowe	Charles Henry	Captain	CO	American Forces	11 Nov 1918	31	France	Carpet weaver emigrated. Died of wounds. Buried in Philadelphia USA. Parents 81 Sutton Rd Kidderminster.	KID10
Dalley	Clement W	Private	288580	78thCanadian Infantry	11 Aug 1918	33	France	Fouqescourt British Cemetery, Grave III. F. 5. Somme,	KID10
Dodwell	Malby George C.	2nd Lieutenant	MO	20nd Australian Infantry, A.I.F.	13 Dec 1915	39	Turkey	Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 64	KID10
Fraser	Andrew Albert	Sergeant	204553	3rd Worcestershire	10 Apr 1918	27	Belgium	Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 5 id:  12701141, Hainaut	KID10
Gane (not Cane)	Walter Lawrence	Signalman	J.11235 (Dev)	Royal Navy HMS Monmouth	01 Nov 1914	19	Chile	Killed in action. Battle of Coronal. Ship MS Monmouth sunk off Chilean Coast. Body not recovered for burial.	KID10
Gaston	Harry Leonard Davis	Corporal	6388  83223	Worcestershire Regiment 35th Machine Gun Corps	28 Sep 1918	32	Belgium	Killed in action. Oxford Road Cemetery, Grave IV F.5.	KID10
Gillam	John William Known as William J	Gunner	830591	241st Royal Field Artillery C Battery	13 Aug 1917	24	Belgium	Died of wounds Gwalia Cemetery, Grave 1F.12 West-Vlaanderen,	KID10
Gleave	Fergus Jacob	2nd Lieutenant	F0	10thGloucestershire	22 Jul 1916	27	France	Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 5A & FB	KID10
Godsall	Frederick	Private	27659  32827	Worcestershire 7th and 2nd Lincolnshire	08 Feb 1917	38	France	Died of wounds in France. Bray MilitaryCemetery.	KID10
Goode	Ernest	Private	36785	5th Royal Berkshire	19 Jul 1917	38	France	Arras Memorial Bay 7 at the entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, 62000 Arras,	KID10
Gripton	Thomas Leslie	Private	1614 15/1614 151614	16th Royal Warwickshire	10 Oct 1917	31	Belgium	Killed in Action. Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 23 to Panel 28 & 163A Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Gwillames/Gwilliam	Harold	Corporal	2006    830225	2nd Worcestershire RFA 11th Royal Field Artillery,	14 Apr 1918	22	Belgium	Ploegsteert Memorial	KID10
Hampton	Frederick Thomas A	Gunner	338700	38th (Welsh) Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery	25 Aug 1918	25	France	Died of wounds. . Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Grave III. E. 1362123 Bailleulval,	KID10
Hardwick	John Thomas	Lance Corporal	15984      15743	Worcestershire 10th Gloucester	13 Oct 1915	19	France	Killed in Action. Loos Memorial  panel 60 to panel 64	KID10
Harris	Charles	Private	9282	2nd Worcestershire	26 Sep 1915	41	France	Killed in Action. Loos Memorial panel 60 and panel 65	KID10
Harris	Frederick	Private	7/17397 38478	1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry	08 Oct 1918		France	Killed in Action. Ramicourt British Cemetery, Grave A. 19 Aisne,	KID10
Harris	James	Private	22789	11th Worcestershire	24 Apr 1917	19	Greece	Killed in Action. Doiran memorial near the Doiran Military Cemetery,	KID10
Hawkes	Ralph Edward	Private	351447	2/6th Durham Light Infantry	05 Nov 1918	24	Belgium	Killed in Action. Ploegsteet Memorial Panel 8 & Panel 9 Hainaut	KID10
Haycock	Percy George	Private	11619	3rd Worcestershire	31 Jul 1919	28	England	Buried St Johns Church, Kidderminster	KID10
Heeley	Walter John	Private	17433	2nd Coldstream Guards	30 Nov 1917	26	France	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Grave 111 B4	KID10
Hemming	Eric Victor	Rifleman	B/202350	8th Rifle Brigade	08 Jul 1918	21	France	Saint-Roch Cemetery, Grave V B 17 59300 Valenciennes,	KID10
Higginson	Alfred	Private	9633	1st Coldstream Guards	25 Oct 1914	30	Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, (Ypres) Panel 11	KID10
Hinton	Arthur	Private	40811	10th Worcestershire	29 Mar 1917		Wales	Died of Wounds 3 W G Hospital Cardiff. Buried Kidderminster Cemetery	KID10
Hodgkinson	Arthur	Private	14855	9th Worcestershire	16 Jan 1917	23	Iraq	British military cemetery Grave XXIV G 35  in Amara (now Amarah),	KID10
Hodgkinson	Sydney Charles	Private	325256	Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)	23 Apr 1916		Israel/Palestine	Jerusalem Memorial  Panels 3 and 5	KID10
Hogan	William Thomas	Driver	830629	33rd Royal Field Artillery	21 Mar 1918	39	France	Pozieres Memorial, Panel 7 to 10 Somme,	KID10
Holman	Albert	Private	9254	2nd Yorkshire Regiment	12 Mar 1915	24	France	Le Touret Memorial Panel 12 Le Touret Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,	KID10
Hooper	William	Sergeant	11662	3rd Worcestershire	20 Oct 1914	23	France	Le Touret Memorial Panels 17 and 18  Le Touret Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,	KID10
Hopkins	Robert Spencer	Gunner	2544	7thRoyal Field Artillery	07 Dec 1915	37	England	St Johns Church, Kidderminster	KID10
Horton	William Frank	L/Corporal	15286	3rd Worcestershire	24 May 1916	27	France	Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave 1 C 26 Pas de Calais,	KID10
Houghton	Arthur Hugh	Private	8307	6th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	19 Sep 1918	26	France	Brie British Cemetery, Grave 1 F B Brie,	KID10
Howley	Charles	Sergeant	27007	4thSouth Wales Borderers	01 May 1918	34	Iraq	Basra Memorial Panels 16 and 62	KID10
Hubble	Bertram known as Bert	L/Corporal	68603	4th Worcestershire	18 Oct 1916		France	Killed in Action. Bancourt British Cemetery,  Grave  X. C. 9.	KID10
Hudson	Giles Andrew	Private	2282	1/7thWorcestershire	10 Aug 1916		England	St John the Baptist Churchyard Kidderminster Grave 1340	KID10
Hudson	Joseph Foster	L/Corporal	200583	1/7thWorcestershire	26 Aug 1917	22	Belgium	Killed in Action. Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 75 to Panel 77 Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Jay	Archibald Frederick	Private	1855	1/7thWorcestershire	25 Aug 1916	21	France	Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave II H 12 Bouzincourt 80300	KID10
Jennings	Henry John	Bombardier	2579	306th Royal Field Artillery B Battery	16 Dec 1916	28	France	Varennes Military Cemetery, Grave  I. G. 77.	KID10
Jerome	James William	Sergeant	55506	Royal Army Medical Corps	Born Kidderminster in 1889			He survived the war, his death is registered in the March Quarter 1948 under the Coventry Registration District.	KID10
Johnson	George	Private	2768	1/7thWorcestershire	15 Jan 1916	27	France	Villers-Bocage Communal Cemetery Extension ,Grave C 2 0260 Villers-Bocage,	KID10
Jones	Frederick	Private	27613	1st Worcestershire	04 Mar 1917	35	France	Killed in action. Fins New British Military Cemetery, Grave VII D 18 51  e Chaussee Brunehaut Somme	KID10
Jones	Thomas Henry	2nd Corporal	59308	154th Field Company Royal Engineers	06 May 1918	27	France	Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Grave XV C 12  62111 Bienvillers-au-Bois	KID10
Jordan	John Edward	2nd Lieutenant	J01	1/7th Worcestershire	10 Feb 2017	40	France	Louvencourt Military Cemetery, Grave 1 B 21 80560 Louvencourt,	KID10
Kent	Frederick Charles	2nd Lieutenant	FO	7th Worcestershire	05 Jul 1917	20	Belgium	Killed in action. Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Grave I B 10	KID10
Kerr	Cameron Harris	Corporal (Signaler)	325407	1st Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)	19 Apr 1917	23	israel	Killed in Action Jerusalem Memorial Panels 3 and 5 – Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915.	KID10
Kimberlee	Joseph Francis	Driver	851359	Divisional Ammunition Column 48thRoyal Field Artillery	29 Jul 1918	19	Italy	Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave 2 A 2 Veneto,	KID10
Kimberley	Alfred William	Sergeant	11361	3rd Worcestershire	15 Sep 1916	25	France	St. Sever Cemetery, Grave  B 21 44 Rouen, Seine-Maritime,	KID10
Knott	John Henry	Private	40539	1st Royal Warwickshire R	29 Jun 1918	19	France	Gonnehem British Cemetery, Grave E 5	KID10
Long	James Albert	Sergeant	36722	8thRoyal Berkshire	25 Apr 1918	30		Kidderminster Cemetery, Grave 3. B. 82.	KID10
Mabell	Henry Stephen	Private	288655	78thCanadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) C Company	31 Oct 1917	37	Belgium	Died of wounds. Shrapnel wound, abdomen, penetrating bowel, probing thigh, left hand, and left side. At No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Nine Elms British Cemetery, Grave: VIII. D. 15.	KID10
Mallard	William Victor	Private	200529	4th Worcestershire	14 Apr 1917	19	France	Arras Memorial Bay 6 at the entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, 62000 Arras,	KID10
Martin	John William	Private	30828	9thWorcestershire	18 Jan 1917	29	Iraq	Killed in action. British military cemetery Grave XXIV B 20 Amara (now Amarah), Southern Iraq	KID10
Mason	Philip A	Private	1809 40617	3rd Worcestershire	25 Sep 1918		France	Died of wounds   Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Grave X D 13 Pas de Calais,	KID10
Meacham /Meachem	Edgar	Private	21511	2nd Wiltshire Regiment	21 Mar 1918		France	Pozieres Memorial, Panel 64. Somme,	KID10
Meacham	William Charles	Private	25655	14th Worcestershire	30 May 1917		France	Killed in action. Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Grave  I L 1 St. Laurent-Blangy,	KID10
Millichap	William Wallace	Private	7395	2ndWorcestershire D Company	16 Nov 1914	33	France	Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery,Grave III B 9 59190 Hazebrouck,	KID10
Moore	Thomas Alfred	Gunner	830719	70thRoyal Field Artillery	11 Apr 1918		France	Died of wounds.   Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Grave VI E 23 Pas de Calais, 62000 Arras,	KID10
Morris	George James	L/Corporal	P8077	Traffic Control Squadron 4th Military Police Corps	21 Mar 1918		France	Grevillers British Cemetery, Grave XI B 19  62450 Grévillers,	KID10
Morris	William	Private	242253	2/8th Worcestershire	29 Mar 1918	32	France	Died of wounds. Chapelle British Military Cemetery, Grave II H 5 02760 Holnon,	KID10
Norwood	Albert George	Private	PLY1749	Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division	11 Jan 1918	22		Kidderminster (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Grave 508	KID10
Oliver	Thomas	L/Corporal	200515	1/7th Worcestershire	17 Aug 1917	29	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 75 to Panel 77 Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Page	George William	Private	DM/ 2209783	Motor Transport Army Service Corps	02 Jul 1917	32		Kidderminster (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard,	KID10
Parker	Albert	Private	22384	1st Coldstream Guards	25 Aug 1918	25	France	St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension ,Grave N 3  62270 Frévent,	KID10
Parker	Sydney Victor	Private	300598	Royal Canadian Dragoons	08 Aug 1918	22	France	During the attack at Beaucourt he was hit in the head and instantly killed by an enemy machine gun bullet. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial 62580 Vimy, France	KID10
Parker	Wilfred	Private	40547	2/4th Hampshire Regiment	28 Aug 1918	20	France	Killed in action. Mory Abbey Military Cemetery Grave V A 15    62159	KID10
Pardoe	Rudolph	L/Corporal	200098	1/7th Worcestershire	25 Apr 1917	24	France	Killed during an attack on the enemy trenches. Thiepval Memorial, Grave . Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C Somme,	KID10
Pitt	William Herbert	Private	8131	3rd Worcestershire  C Company	21 Sep 1914	28	France	La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial,	KID10
Potter	John	L/Corporal	201765	2/7thWorcestershire	19 Aug 1917		Belgium	Killed in action. White House Cemetery, Grave II A 25 St Jean-Les-Ypres,	KID10
Pountney	Albert James	Private	203324	2/8thWorcestershire	21 Sep 1918	35	France	St. Venant Communal Cemetery,Grave IV A 15  62350 Saint-Venant,	KID10
Poyner	Ernest	L/Corporal	42200	2nd South Wales Borderers	21 Nov 1917		France	Transfer from 19876  2nd Kings Shrops Light Infantry Killed in action. Marcoing British Cemetery, Grave II C 24 59159	KID10
Poyner	William	Private	341	Australian Infantry 11thAustralian Imperial Force	02 May 1915	22	Turkey	Former 7th Worcestershire Killed in action in the Dardanelles. Lone Pine Memorial: Panel 34	KID10
Preston	Alfred	Sergeant	2687	2/7th Worcestershire	07 Aug 1916	22	France	Laventie Military Cemetery, Grave III C 40 La Gorgue,	KID10
Price	Benjamin	Private	9175	2nd Worcestershire	26 Sep 1915		France	Loos Memorial, Panel 64 and 65	KID10
Price	Donald	Private	437577	1/2nd Royal Army Medical South Midland Field Amb	15 Jun 1918	24	Italy	Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave  1 B  8	KID10
Price	Hubert G	Private	10526	4th Worcestershire	28 Apr 1915		Turkey	Helles Memorial, Panel, 104 to 113 Gallipoli,	KID10
Price	Wilfred Ernest	L/Corporal	26519	3rd Worcestershire	16 Jul 1917	27	Belgium	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Grave  XVI F 10  Poperinge,	KID10
Rainsford	Wilfred John	Private	2021	1/8thRoyal Warwickshire	19 Apr 1915	20	Belgium	La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery,Grave V A 11	KID10
Ralley	Arthur	L/Corporal		(Queen’s Own) Royal West Kent Regiment					KID10
Randal/Randall/Randle	Alfred George	Private	24917	1st Worcestershire	25 Mar 1918	21	France	Pozieres Memorial, Pane 4  Somme,  as Randle	KID10
Reece	William Charles	Private	9917	2nd South Staffordshire	22 Aug 1918		France	Killed in action. Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Grave XIX E 16 62111 Bienvillers-au-Bois	KID10
Rew	Albert	Private	33189	6th Ox & Bucks Light Inf	11 Jan 1917	36	France	St. Sever Cemetery, Grave O IV K 1 Rouen, Seine-Maritime,	KID10
Reynolds	Frederick	Driver	830819	116thRoyal Field Artillery	05 Nov 1918	24	Bulgaria	Sofia War Cemetery, Garve I C 12	KID10
Robbins	George Edward	Private	263112	2/8th Worcestershire	03 Dec 1917		France	Killed in action.   Cambrai Memorial to the Missing, Panrl 6 Louverval,	KID10
Roberts	William Edward	Rifleman	S6450	2nd Rifle Brigade A Company	16 Jan 1916	27	France	Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Grave I C 52	KID10
Rollings	Arthur George	Private	45236	1/7thWorcestershire	09 Oct 1917	20	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 75 to Panel 77. Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke, Brother of Thomas N below	KID10
Rollings	Thomas Nimrod	Private	6620	2nd King’s Shropshire Light Infantry	05 May 1915	21	Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 47 and 49. Brother of Arthur G above.	KID10
Rook	Bertram	Private	25771	10th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey)	15 Jul 1918	19	Belgium	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Grave XXVII D 9A Poperinge, West Flanders,	KID10
Saunders	Edward James	Corporal	19610	10thCameroonians (Scottish Rifles)	01 Aug 1917		Belgium	Transfer from 94840 Royal Horse & Royal Field Art Killed in action. Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 22	KID10
Saunders	Edwin Alfred	Sergeant	10689	1st Worcestershire	08 Jul 1915	24	France	Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Grave F 14 Fleurbaix,	KID10
Huntsharman /Sharman	Lionel Wilfred Hunt	L/Corporal	201679	10thWorcestershire	05 May 1918	20	Belgium	Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery,Grave II L 2 On war grave as Huntsharman	KID10
Sharman /Huntsharman	Lionel Wilfred Hunt	L/Corporal	201679	10thWorcestershire	05 May 1918	20	Belgium	Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery,Grave II L 2 On war grave as Huntsharman	KID10
Smith	Arthur	Private	41210	10thRoyal Dublin Fusiliers 1	23 Mar 1918	32	France	Transferred from 38191 Hampshire Pozieres Memorial,Panel 79 and 80 Somme	KID10
Squires	Jack	Private	202076	Worcestershire Regiment	26 Apr 1919	32		Kidderminster Cemetery Grave 3. B. 44.	KID10
Stone	Alfred	Private	6253	5thDragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)	21 Nov 1914		Belgium	Ploegsteert, HainautMemorial Panel 1	KID10
Stooke	Albert	L/Corporal	30862	3rd Worcestershire	02 Aug 1917	30	Belgium	Divisional Post Cemetery &Extension, Grave I K 1 Hogeziekenweg, 8900 Leper, (near Ypes)	KID10
Stooke	Harold	Gunner	172951	256th Royal Field Artillery C Battery	21 Aug 1917	23	Belgium	Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Grave V E 4	KID10
Street	Norman Kingsley	Captain	NO	Worcestershire Regiment attached as Staff Captain 39th Infantry Brigade	10 Aug 1915	33	Turkey	Helles Memorial, Grave Panels 104 to 113 Gallipoli,	KID10
Surrall	William	Private	307323	2/8thNotts & Derby Sherwood Foresters	07 Apr 1917		France	Transfer from 29985 Worcestershire Vadencourt British Cemetery, Grave II C 47 Maissemy,	KID10
Taylor	George	L/Corporal	9436	1st Worcestershire (shown as 6thWorcs by War Graves Commission)	10 May 1915		France	Died of wounds. Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery,Grave II D 84	KID10
Todd	James	Sergeant	15040	1st Worcestershire	06 Dec 1915	22	France	Died of wounds. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave I. E. 17.	KID10
Underhill	William H	Gunner	172845	78th Royal Field Artillery	05 Oct 1917		Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial  Panel 4 to 6 and 162  Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Underwood	Albert	Rifleman	485002	1/12thLondon Regiment (The Rangers)	10 May 1917	40	France	Arras Memorial Bay 10 entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, 62000 Arras,	KID10
Wakefield	Leonard	Gunner	120657	76thRoyal Garrison Artillery	27 Jul 1917		Belgium	Killed in action. Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery Grave VIII. B. 7.	KID10
Wakeman	Charles	Private	S327531	Army Service Corps attached H.Q. Tank Corps	16 Nov 1918		France	St. Pol British Cemetery, Grave 1. D. 15 St Pol-Sur-Ternoise,	KID10
Walker	Harry Clifford	Private	45154	4th Worcestershire	14 Oct 1918	19	Belgium	Ledeghem Military Cemetery , Grave  A 27	KID10
Watkins	Harry	Private	13179	4thWorcestershire Regiment	30 Apr 1915	22	Turkey	Helles Memorial, Panels 104 to 113 Gallipoli,	KID10
Weaver	William E	Gunner	249477	50th Royal Field Artillery	11 Oct 1918	36	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial panel 4 to 6 and 162  Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Zonnebeke,	KID10
Wheatley	R S Page	Private	345318	24thRoyal Welsh Fusiliers	10 Mar 1917	30	Egypt	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery	KID10
Wilkes	Harold	Gunner	78905	34thRoyal Field Artillery	29 Jan 1915	21		Kidderminster (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England	KID10
Williams	Percy Ellis	Private	325710	1st Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (1st Worcester Yeomanry)	12 Nov 1917		Israel & Palestine	Killed in action. Gaza War Cemetery, Grave XVIII. B. 10.	KID10
Wright	George Penkett	Corporal	2270	Worcestershire Regiment 2nd  / 7th Battalion	10 Oct 1916		France	Killed in action. St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Grave II. ZI. 3. Richebourg-L’Avoue,	KID10
Youngjohns	Albert	Private	241334	7thSouth Staffordshire	19 Aug 1918	22	France	Philosophe British Cemetery, Grave :  III. E. 37 Mazingarbe,	KID10

The History of St John the Baptist Church Memorial

Bewdley Road, Kidderminster

The War Memorial, which is to the left of the porch of St John the Baptist Church, is a Limestone wheel carved cross with in a laurel wreath on an octagonal shaft and pedestal base which bears names and inscription. It stands on a three-stepped octagonal base.  The monument measures depth 3000mm x height 5000mm x width 3000mm, which shows some erosion.

Inscription

IN HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF

THIS PARISH

WHO FELL IN

THE GREAT WAR

1914-1919

THEY WERE A WALL

UNTO US

BOTH BY NIGHT

AND BY DAY

There are 169 name on the war memorial of which 139 are WW1 names

Sources:

Rememberthefall.co.uk, IWM’s War Memorials Register, visits to the memorial, Parish Magazines 1919 & 1920 at the Hive, Online Records BDM & War Graves Commission Records, The National Archive and Local Newspaper Archives.

Compilers Name: Vincent O’Callaghan      Photos by: Vincent O’Callaghan       date 1 Nov 2018