Malvern Link, or The Link was originally part of the ancient parish of Leigh. It was a small settlement until its growth at the beginning of the 19th Century. A small church was built in 1844 on land given by Lord Somers of Madresfield Court and was consecrated two years later. However a second, larger and better built church was laid down in 1880 and opened the following year.
The parish contained many businesses at the time of the First World War, including the Morgan Motor Works, which still produces cars today.
Location
St Matthias' Church , Church Road, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1NP
The Memorial
The names of the war dead are carved on a fine oak screen, at the west end of the church. It was erected in 1946 to mark the centenary of the consecration of the church, and this probably accounts for the number of errors in the names of the men commemorated.
WW1 Memorial
| Sidney BENTLEY | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Percy BISHOP | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Allan BOWLES | North Staffordshire Regiment |
| George BRODIE | Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| James Anthony BURSTON | Seaforth Highlanders |
| Walter Edward BURSTON | Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Herbert CHANT | Royal Field Artillery |
| Leonard John CHANT | Border Regiment |
| Charles Henry CHIDGEY | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Herbert Harvey CLARKE | Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Frederick COLE | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Dudley Farr COX | South Wales Borderers |
| Wilfred John CREWS | Royal Engineers |
| Sam DAVIES | |
| Geoffrey Reynolds DAY | Bedfordshire Regiment attached Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| Eric Ian Kirkup DENT | London Regiment |
| Donald Litt DOWNES | Worcestershire Regiment |
| George DUTSON | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Archie GARBUTT | Royal Field Artillery |
| Gorden GOODYEAR | Worcestershire Regiment |
| George Ernest GRIFFITHS | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Arthur GRUBB | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Horace HALES | Lincolnshire Regiment |
| George HAUGHTON | Royal Field Artillery |
| Frank HEMMING | Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment |
| Thomas HICKINBOTHAM | |
| Albert HILL | |
| George HILL | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Harry Richard HILL | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| Thomas Bernard HILL | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| Arthur JEYNES | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Thomas Reginald JONES | Worcestershire Regiment |
| John Wilfred KEMP | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Gerald LAMBERT | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Hubert Charles LAYTON | Army Cyclist Corps |
| Herbert Edward LEWIS | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Harold MADGE | Unknown |
| Harold Charles MAILE | Royal Field Artillery |
| William MARCHANT | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Rudolf MICHELL | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| William MOSELEY | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Oscar NEEDHAM | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| William PAGE | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Cyril Harley PANTER | Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| John PLUMMER | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Herbert PRATT | Royal Navy |
| Felix PREECE | Royal Fusiliers |
| James PRESSDEE | Machine Gun Corps |
| Richard ROAN | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Cyril Frank ROPER | Worcestershire Regiment |
| George RUMSEY | Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
| Norman Caswell SAYER | 27th Canadian Infantry Battalion |
| Walter SCOTT | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| Reginald Albert SEFTON | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Gilbert John Leigh SLATER | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Frederick Albert SMITH | Devonshire Regiment |
| John Joseph SMITH | Royal Naval Division |
| Leonard Charles SPARREY | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Rowland Henry SUMMERS | Royal Field Artillery |
| John THOMAS | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Walter UNDERHILL | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Walter (Joseph Arthur) UNDERWOOD | Royal Navy |
| Edgar William VENNER | Manchester Regiment |
| Frederick William WAREHAM | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| Laurence John WAREHAM | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Albert Henry WILLER | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Harry WOOD | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Thomas WOOD | Unknown |
WW2 Memorial
| Albert ANDREWS | Reconnaissance Corps |
| John ARCHER | Royal Ulster Rifles |
| Donald BADSEY | Kings Shropshire Light Infantry |
| James BASKETT | Gordon Highlanders |
| Brian BLACKWELL | Royal Tank Regiment |
| George BOWERS | |
| Leslie BROWN | |
| Arthur CHURCH | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Charles CLERKE BROWN | Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
| Samuel COLE | Royal Navy |
| John CRISP | Royal Navy |
| Ian CUMMING | |
| Alfred DAVIES | |
| Frances DIXON | Auxiliary Territorial Service |
| Michael EDWARDS | |
| Victor EDWARDS | Coldstream Guards |
| John EVANS | |
| Edward FORRESTER | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Donald FUDGE | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Cyril GALE | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Joscelyn GARNONS WILLIAMS | South Wales Borderers |
| John GREGSON | |
| Alfred GROVESNOR | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Harold GROVESNOR | |
| John HEATON | |
| William HEATON | Reconnaissance Corps |
| Frank HICKLING | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Edward HOLBECH | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Edward HUGHES | |
| Arthur HUNABUN | Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Wilfred HUNT | |
| Benjamin JAMES | Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Anthony JEACOCK | Royal Artillery |
| Noel JONES | |
| Arthur LEE | |
| Reginald LEWIS | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Frank LINDSAY | |
| Richard MAUL | Royal Marines |
| Stanley McPHERSON | Royal Tank Regiment |
| Christopher PAULLEY | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Arthur PERKINS | |
| Oliver POUND | Worcestershire Regiment |
| John POUNCETT | Herefordshire Regiment |
| Phyllis REYNOLDS | Women’s Auxiliary Air Force |
| William RICHARDS | |
| Ernest SHORT | Middlesex Regiment |
| Ralph SMITH | |
| Reginald SMITH | |
| William SMITH | |
| John STEPHENS | |
| Royal Navy | |
| Patrick TAYLOR | |
| Harold THOMAS | |
| Clarence THOMPSON | |
| Robert TOUT | |
| Frederick TUDGE | |
| Geoffrey TWITTY | |
| Henry WALWYN | |
| Leonard WELLS | |
| Albert WHITTAKER | |
| George WILLIAMS | |
| Jonathan WILSON |
