St Lawrence’s Church Lindridge
Brief biographies of the Servicemen from Lindridge
who lost their lives in the World War I and II
and who are remembered and honoured on our War Memorial
Lindridge War Memorial is sited immediately outside the main door of St Lawrence’s church, overlooking the beautiful Teme Valley. The memorial sits on three octagonal steps and has an octagonal plinth with five panels inscribed:
THIS CROSS IS ERECTED
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE 18 MEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-18
FREDERICK ABLEY
WILLIAM EDWARD BLOUNT
THOMAS HENRY BRIDGES
ALBERT VICTOR DRAPIER
JOHN JAMES FRANCIS
WILFRED STINTON HUDSON
FREDERICK JAMES INSTANCE
THOMAS JOHN JENKINS
GEORGE HENRY KNOTT
CHARLES LAMBERT
CHARLES JAMES LAMBERT
REGINALD LAMBERT
CHRISTOPHER PAINTER
CHARLES GILBERT PAINTER
JAMES ADAM PENNELL DE WOODSTON PARTRIDGE
CHARLES THOMAS PORTER
GEOFFREY ROBERT WALLACE
WILFRED ALEXANDER GEORGE WILLIAMS
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II
1939-1945
REGINALD HOLT
HAROLD TOLLEY
HEY DIED AS FEW MEN GET THE CHANCE TO DIE
FIGHTING TO SAVE A WORLD’S MORALITY
THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE
FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY
AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY
JOHN OXENHAM
PEACE TO THE UNCONQUERED
MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE
UPON THEM
Brief biographies of those who died in World War I
Brief biographies of those who died in World War II
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning,
we will remember them.
We would like to acknowledge our grateful thanks for all the help and encouragement received from so many people during the compiling of this record, in particular for census and military information gathered from various sources by Mrs Alvina Shore for family memories and documents shared by Meg Rudd, Edna Knott and Rachel Lambert for biographical details contained in For Sovereign and Country a military review of Tenbury Wells & District, compiled by Roy Winton.
The information presented here is also available in booklet form which you can download here.
If you would like to receive a copy of the booklet, either paper or e-version, and/or if you have further details about any of the men recorded here that you would like included in the booklet, please contact Pauline Briggs at pauline.briggs8@btinternet.com or on 01584 881 216.