The Memorial is within St John's Church, St John's Square, Wolverhampton. WV2 1DT.
The Memorial is within St John's Church, St John's Square, Wolverhampton. WV2 1DT.
The Memorial is made of marble and is inscribed with names of the men of the parish who were killed during the Great War. The memorial bears the following inscriptions.
" In reverent gratitude to God for peace and victory after the Great War 1914-1919 and in special remembrance of the men of this parish who made the supreme sacrifice"
"These Gave Their Lives In Order That The Nation May Live."
Roll of Honour.
ALLWRIGHT, THOMAS William Private PW/3088
18th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Killed in Action 20/07/1916
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
ARMSTRONG,WALTER JAMES Private 9657
1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment
Walter Armstrong joined the South Staffords in August 1914 at Wolverhampton. He was a married man and lived with his wife Charlotte and sons Andrew, Walter and Leonard at King Edward’s Row, off Pounteney Street in the town and had worked at the Chillington Edge Tool Works before joining the regiment. Walter was posted to the 1st Battalion and was reported as wounded and missing following the attack on the Pope’s Nose Redoubt near Cite St Elie on 25 September 1915. Sadly, Charlotte later received notification that her husband had been in fact killed in action. Walter Armstrong has no known grave and is remembered on the Loos Memorial. Panel 73 to 76.
Ashley W.*
ASHWELL,WILLIAM Lance Corporal 281384
2nd/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in Action 10/10/1917 Age:36
Son of William Ashwell, of 12, Pool St., Wolverhampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
ASTLEY, LUKE Private 41936
3rd Bn.Worcestershire Regiment
Killed in Action 21/03/1918 Age:19
Service No: 41936
Son of John Astley, of 50, Ward St.,Coseley.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
Memorial:ARRAS MEMORIAL
BARNES, SAMUEL Serjeant 8399
1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in Action 29/10/1914
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 35 and 37.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
BARNETT, WILLIAM JOHNSON Lance Corporal 18112
"D" Coy. 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Killed in Action 25/08/1915 Age:35
Son of Thomas H. and Fanny Barnett; husband of Elizabeth Barnett, of 44, Rugby St., Wolverhampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
Bate W.A.
Beech H.
Belcher J.H.
Beresford C.
Blakemore W.E.
Bonser F.
Box W.
Brittain J.
Broomhall J.A.
Brown H.
Careless A.
Castree F.
CHEESE Ernest Private 27344
7th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Born 1891, younger son of John James & Elizabeth Cheese, of 205 Great Brickklin St, Wolverhampton.
Killed in Action 7 June, 1917.
Grave Reference A.22 Croonaert Chapel Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
CHEESE Frederick Lance Corporal 44380
"C" coy. 11th Bn. South Wales Borderers.
Born 1890 eldest son on of John James and Elizabeth nee Taylor, of Wolverhampton; Husband of the Nellie nee Weaver. Nellie died after the birth of a son, 29 March 1916.
Killed in Action 31 July, 1917 aged 27.
Panel 22 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Cox J.C.
Dainty W.
Dean A.S.
Dean E.
Doughty H.J.
Draper A.
Dunn L.W.H.
Ellitts C.
Evans H.
Evans W.
Favill A.W.
Fletcher J.H.
Frith G.H.A.
Ginty H.
Hall A.O.
Haselock H.
Haselock T.
Haynes H.
Heath W.T.
Hewitt T.H.
Hickman J.
Hill H.
Hilton S.
Hinsley C.H.
Holden G.
Howe W.
Innes A.J.
Ives J.
Jackson W.H.
James C.F.
Jones J.E.
Jones R.E.
Jones W.
Jordan F.H.
Keeley F.
Keyte H.
Knipe F.
Harper F.
Lack C. or G. Lack
Lewis J.T.
Lowder N.R.
Lowe W.
Lloyd S.
Lloyd W.
Martin S.
Mclaughlin W.A.
Millichamp B.
Morgan C.H.
Paget G.H.
Parry A.
Pearce W.
Pearson G.H.
Penn A.
Phillips G.
Phillips J.
Piper R.C.
Poutney N.
Price A.
Purslow B.T.
Ralph J.T.
Ralph M.
Ray T.A.
Reynolds F.
Riley H.
Rock J.
Rollason H.
Rogers G.T.
Rogers E.
Rose G.
Rowlands
SHARP,WILLIAM JOSEPH Driver 805627
"D" Bty. 231st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Killed in Action 05/07/1917 Age:21
Son of Louisa Phillips (Formerly Sharp), of 3, Mason St.,and the late Joseph Sharp.
Grave Reference: II. A. 11.
FOSSE No.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE
Simpson A.W.
Spillsbury G.S.
Stanley A.J.T.
Talbot W.R.
Taylor W.M.
Terry A.
Terry G.
Thompson A.
Turner F.
Turner H.
Turner W.
Wainwright W.
Walker J.
Wall G.A.
Wall G.A.
Ward G.T.
Ward J.
Watkiss F.
Weaver R.
Westwood J.T.
Whitehouse W.
Whittingham C.
Woodwood W.
Whiddon S.