St James Church from
the south westWest Malvern Parish
St James Church
St James Church from
the south west
High on the north-western slopes of the Malvern Hills, West Malvern was originally part of Mathon parish in Herefordshire. However, during the villages growth as a health resort in the 19th Century, the chapel of ease of St James (built in the 1840s) was brought into the Malvern district and the Diocese of Worcester.
Roget of thesaurus fame is buried in St James churchyard.
West
Malvern Road ca 1920. For more images of West Malvern click
here
The memorial
The memorial is a red stone column surmounted by a cross and was constructed by local mason Thomas Jones. The names of the war dead are inscribed around the octagonal base.
Acknowledgments (*)
| Name |
Brief Service Details |
|---|---|
| Winford ALINGTON | 766852 Pte 17th London Regiment KIA Flanders 9/11/18 |
| Reginald Charles BROOKES | 18758 L/Cpl 10th Worcestershire Regiment KIA France 3/7/16 |
| Alfred William EACOCK | 27471 Pte 1st Worcestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 5/8/16 |
| Roland Joseph EALES | 36547 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 23/4/17 |
| Cecil Harry ELLISON | S4/071946 Sgt Royal Army Service Corps KIA 11/9/15 |
| Arthur James Samuel EVANS | 40317 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment Killed France or Flanders 18/10/16 |
| William Henry EVANS | 241130 Sgt 2/8th Worcestershire Regiment KIA France 31/3/18 |
| John Alfred James GARDINER | 21335 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment KIA Gallipoli 6/8/15 |
| Ralph Patrick GWYNNE | 434772 Pte 49th Canadian Infantry Bn, DOW France or Flanders 17/6/17 |
| Walter GWYNNE | 8518 Pte 3rd Worcestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 28/1/15 |
| Charles Edward HAMMONDS | 2889 Pte 2/8th Worcestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 2/10/16 |
| Frederick Walter HANDY | 29630 Pte 3rd Grenadier Guards KIA France or Flanders 27/3/18 |
| Arthur Reginald JONES | 9944 Pte 1st Gloucestershire Regiment Died France or Flanders 1/12/15 |
| George Reginald JONES | 9709 L/Cpl 1st Gloucestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 20/6/16 |
| Henry JONES | 11039 Pte 1st South Wales Borderers KIA France or Flanders 30/5/18 |
| William JONES | 13644 Pte 9th Worcestershire Regiment DOW Gallipoli 10/8/15 |
| John Percy MARTIN | 27778 Pte 11th Border Regiment KIA France or Flanders 8/11/16 |
| Frederick P MORRIS | 36165 Pte 9th Worcestershire Regiment KIA Mesopotamia 14/9/18 |
| John Angus ORR-EWING | Lieutenant HMS Turbulent, RN Killed at Sea 1/6/16 |
| Charles PAGE | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Archibald Hugh PITT | 129414 Pte 72nd Canadian Infantry Bn KIA France or Flanders 3/4/17 |
| Hewens T ROWLANDS |
19277 Pte 2nd
Leicestershire Regiment KIA France 25/9/15
|
| Victor William WEBB | 391469 Pte 1st London Regiment KIA France or Flanders 14/4/17 |
| James Edward WILLIAMS | 240910 Pte 1/8th Worcestershire Regiment KIA France or Flanders 23/2/17 |
| For a glossary of terms click here |
Acknowledgments:
Bridges, T Churches of Worcestershire Herefordshire 2000.
