ROC4

Site A456 Callow Hill, Rock DY14 9XW

Latitude 52.362537

Longitude -2.382255

Date erected not known

Memorial Cross

Names of Fallen

Surname	Forename	Rank	Number	Regiment	Date of Death	Age	Country	Place of Death	Ref
Bedwell	Herbert	Private	20437	4th Worcestershire	06 Aug 1916	30	Turkey	Helles Memorial, Dardanelles	ROC4
Bird	Frederick	Bombardier	11309	Royal field artillery	01 Oct 1915	21	Turkey	Hill 10 Cemetery	ROC4
Blount	Edwin	Sargeant	16692	11th Worcestershire	22 Nov 1916	34	Greece	Lembet Rd cemetery, Salonika	ROC4
Blount	Charles	Private	325573	Worcestershire Yeomanry	23 Apr 1916	21	Israel	Jerusalem Memorial	ROC4
Booton	Walter	Private	21556	4th Worcestershire	06 Aug 1915		Turkey	Helles Memorial Dardanelles	ROC4
Curtis	George	Sergeant	11083	7th Leicestershire	14 Jul 1916	37	France	Theipval Memorial	ROC4
Davis	William Henry	Private	8499	2nd Worcestershire	17 May 1915		France	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de calais	ROC4
Davis	Percy Hill	2nd Lieut.		14th Royal Warwickshire	26 Oct 1917	26	Belgium	Bedford House cemetery, Ypres	ROC4
Doolittle	Edward	Private	325615	1st Worcestershire Yeomanry	15 Nov 1916	18	Turkey	Died POW Angora,  Baghdad Memorial	ROC4
Frazier	Wilfred Victor	Private	Ply17895	Royal marine Light Infantry (Plymouth Div)	10 Feb 1915	17	England	Enlisted 14 Jan1915 died of disease,  under age.   Buried Deal Civil cemetery.	ROC4
Green	William	L/Corporal		1st Worcestershire	02 Sep 1917	22	Belgium	Underhill Farm Cemetery, Ploegstreert	ROC4
Green	Henry	Private	27680	3rd Worcestershire	11 Aug 1917		France	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres	ROC4
Hanglin	Percy	Private	2635	Worcestershire Yeomanry	23 Apr 1916	32	Turkey	Jerusalem memorial, Israel	ROC4
Harcourt	Alfred Constantine	Private	39744	4th Worcestershire	29 Oct 1916	19	France	Theipval Memorial	ROC4
Hemingway	Kenneth Stanley	Lieutenant Acting Captain		10th Worcestershire	21 Mar 1918	21	France	Arras memorial	ROC4
Holmes	Christopher								ROC4
Humphries	Ernest	L/Corporal	198032	175th Royal Engineers	01 Sep 1918		France	St Sever cemetery, Rouen	ROC4
Humphries	George	Private	L/17096	Middlesex	31 Jul 1917		France	Menin Gate, Ypres  (not confirmed)	ROC4
Keyte	Alfred	L/Corporal	17225	9th Worcestershire	10 Aug 1915	33	Turkey	Helles Memorial, Dardanelles	ROC4
Millward	Thomas Edward	Private4	242584	1/8th Worcestershire	02 Oct 1917		Germany	Cologne Southern Cemetery	ROC4
Nevey	Jesse	Private	31927	10th Hampshire	01 Sept1918	25	Greece	Karsouli Militaery cemetery (Salonika)	ROC4
Palmer	William George								ROC4
Preece	John Arthur	Private	36217	2nd Wiltshire	21 Sept 1918	19	France	Terlincthun Cemetery, Wimille	ROC4
Smith	Charles				1917		France		ROC4
Smith	Henry (Harry?)	Private	200357	4th Worcestershire	23 April 1917	19	France	Arras Memorial	ROC4
Smith	Thomas				1917		France		ROC4
Stephenson	Samuel Caleb	Private	35309	4th Worcestershire	23 Apr 1917		France	Arras Memorial	ROC4
Stevens	John Harold								ROC4
Stokes	Joseph	Private	5101	1/8th  Worcestershire	04 Nov 1916	21	France	Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont	ROC4
Tolley	Albert	Private	G.19390	7th Queens (Royal West Kent)	21 Mar 1918	36	France	Poziers Memorial	ROC4
Tolley	Thomas Henry	Private	14401	4th Worcestershire	28 Oct 1915		Turkey	Hill 10 cemetery, Dardanelles	ROC4
Wood	Jesse	Private	29008	9th Yorkshire	13 Oct 1917	26	France	Tyne Cot Memorial	ROC4

The History of Rock War Memorial at Callow Hill

Rock Civic Cross is centrally located on the main Bewdley Road, it includes names from Rock, Far Forest, Callow End, Heightington parishes.

It is a wayside stone Cross of remembrance with pillar on hexagonal base, enclosed by ornamental iron railings. 

Original inscriptions now replaced by slate panels bearing the names of 32 WW1 and 9 WW2.   

 Inscription

THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE

Sources

Remeberthefallen.co.uk Find my Past, British Legion Everyone Remembered, Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), IWM Memorial Register, Worcestershire Regiment, The Hive archives, Worcester and Kidderminster Library, The National Archives (TNA)

Compilers Name   Stephanie Higgs           Photo   Stephanie Higgs          date  27 Oct 2018