SHR1

Site St Mary’s Church, Shrawley, WR6 6TT

Latitude 52.280831

Longitude -2.286774

Date dedicated 4 March 1920

Stone Cross on plinth

Marble Plaque

Names of the Fallen

Surname	Forename	Rank	Number	Regiment	Date of Death	Age	Country	Notes Place of Death or Remembrance	Ref
Belaribi	Francis M	Interpreter		French Army	12 Aug 1916		France	Naturalized Englishman Died from illness in Hauteville	SHR1
Grosvenor	Alfred	Private	63450	17th Worcestershire	30 Jan 1919	22	France	Transferred to 403040 190th POW co Labour Corp. Died in Military Hospital Calais Las Baraques Cemetery	SHR1
Hall	Robert	Private	30904	10th Worcestershire	18 Nov 1916	40	France	Connaught Cemetery  Thiepval Killed in Action	SHR1
Pandfield	William	2nd Lieutenant		2nd Worcestershire	21 Aug 1916	35	France	Thiepval Memorial Distinguished Conduct Medal	SHR1
Rowley	Thomas A	Gunner	55638	13th Royal  Garrison A rt	24 Sept 1917	23	Belgium	The Huts Cemetery	SHR1
Stallard	Albert H	Bombardier	830113	241th  Royal Garrison Art	11 Sept 1917	23	Belgium	Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery Died of Wounds (Gas)	SHR1
Brooks	Francis	Private	8730	2nd  Seaforth Highlanders	19 Jan 1915	30	France	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Died of wounds	SHR1
Grosvenor	Harold	Private	34616	1st Worcestershire	4 Mar 1917	19	France	Thiepval Memorial Killed in Action	SHR1
Hinett	James	Private	241770	1/8th Worcestershire	20 Apr 1917	31	France	St Sever Extension Cemetery Killed in Action	SHR1
Powick	James H	Ord Seaman	J47481	Portsmouth Barracks	16 Jan 1916	23	England	Died Portsmouth Buried St Mary’s Shawley	SHR1
Spragg	George H	Private	19710	3rd Worcestershire	16 Jun 1915	15	Belgium	Menin Gate memorial Missing Action	SHR1
Stallard	William H	Able Seaman	240092	R.N. HMS Aboukir	22 Sept 1914	23	At Sea North sea	Chatham Naval Memorial Ship sunk by a sub with the loss of 527 men	SHR1
Hall	Albert G	Private	91	Army Veterinary Corp South Midland Veterinary Hospital	8 Aug 1915	20	England	Whitnash Road Cemetery, Leomington	SHR1
Neems	Arthur J	Private	37941	1st Somerset Light Infantry	29 Mar 1918	21	France	Arras Memorial Killed in action	SHR1
Rowley	Albert E (Bert)	Bombardier	55642	216th Royal Garrison  Art	28 July 1917	21	France	Maroc  British Cemetery Killed in Action	SHR1
Spragg	William H	Private	19637	10th Worcestershire	24 Oct 1916	30	France	Stump Road Cemetery Killed in Action	SHR1
*Wilsher	George	Sergeant	2443	Worcester Yeoman	16 Nov 1916	33	Turkey	Died in POW in Antara (Angora) in Turkey. Baghdad War Cemetery, Iraq	SHR1

Photo of the board, which was hanging in St Mary’s Church in 2018

Francis Belaribi, Albert Rowley, Thomas Rowley, William Pandfield

Arthur Neems, Albert Stallard, William Stallard, James Powick

James Henitt, George Spragg, William Spragg, George Wilsner

Albert Hall, Harold Grosenor, Alfred Grosenor, Francis Brooks

The History of St Marys Shrawley War Memorial Plaque and Cross

In Shrawley village, on the western side of the B4196 Stourport to Worcester road is a memorial cross. There are no individual names but an inscription at the base facing the road that reads

“Their name will live for evermore”

and at the back it says

“Great War 1914 – 1918″.

Inside Shrawley church on the north wall hangs an ornate marble memorial tablet with the inscription

To the Glory of God 

 and in Memory of

  The Men of Shrawley 

who gave their lives in

  the Great War

Upon it are carved the name, rank & regiment of 17 men from the village who died in WW1, together with one more who died in WW2. 

There is also a board (normally hanging in the village hall) with photos of all villagers involved in the Great War; in the centre panel are photos of the fallen.

Both were dedicated on 4^th March 1920. Brigadier General J. A. Gibbon R.E. arrived at the church gate to be met by a guard of Honour. The Rev H. T Boultbee took a service first at the base of the old churchyard cross out side the church which included hymn “The Supreme Sacrifice” set to music by Mrs Belaribi who’s husband was being remembered. The congregation then progressed to the Wayside Cross, which stands below the church on the Worcester Road.  The congregation then returned to the church to dedicate the tablet in the church.

Noted in Witley Parrish Magazine Sept 1916

Prisoner s of War

T George                                       in Germany

C Butler                                        Turkey

Jack Preece                                  Turkey

Fred Rowley                                 Turkey

Jack Williams                                Turkey

Willsher(Wilsher)                         Turkey

Sources

Rememberthefall.co.uk Shrawley.org.uk

Compilers Name  Judith Mee  Beryl Buckley   Photos by  Judith Mee  Date   1 Oct 2018