BHEF - Aldworth War Memorials

BERKSHIRE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT FORUM

Berkshire War Memorials Project

WEST BERKSHIRE - THATCHAM

Thatcham Monument (at corner of Bath Road and Brownfield Road)

WW1 - 116 names on marble cross (WM5072)

WW2 - 34 names on marble cross

Names recorded by Alan Hutchins June 1997

St Mary's Church

WW1 - 103 names on framed parchment

WW2 - 34 names on framed parchment

WW1 Turner - d1/10/1915

Names recorded by Alan Hutchins Aug 1999

BWM 4052 - 26/5/2011

All memorials in Thatcham

Place	Location	Description	ID
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Allen)	WB273
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Cook)	WB274
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	Grave, CWGC (Davies)	WB275
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Dodd)	WB276
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Fry)	WB277
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Haines)	WB278
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Hawkins)	WB279
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	CWGC Marker (Ralph)	WB280
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	Grave, CWGC (Rutter)	WB281
Thatcham	London Rd Cemetery	Grave (Rutter)	WB282
Thatcham	Memorial Hall car park	Stone cross	WB035
Thatcham	St Mary's Church	Marble plaque	WB271
Thatcham	St Mary's Church	Framed roll of honour	WB272

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB273
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Allen)

Text:
Stoker 1st Class RN K/29689 / HMS “Kildorrey” / 6th December 1918 Age 21 // Lest we forget

Thatcham

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ID:	WB274
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Cook)

Text:
135913 1st Private / A F Cook / Royal Air Force / 20th July 1918 Age 23 // “Jesus said / I am the resurrection / and the life” / St John 11:25

Thatcham

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ID:	WB275
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	Grave, CWGC (Davies)

Text:
Treasured memory / of Cpl George Ian / Frederick Davies / RAF / (Gidge) / accidently killed / Oct 26th 1941 / aged 26 years // There is no parting / beyond the grave / we shall see him / smiling when we . meet again / Mum and Dad

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB276
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Dodd)

Text:
8/10086 Private / A G Dodd / 35th Training Reserve Bn / 10th May 1917

Thatcham

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ID:	WB277
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Fry)

Text:
5141 Private / A A Fry / Worcestershire Regiment / 27th November 1916

Thatcham

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ID:	WB278
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Haines)

Text:
22330 Private / A J Haines / Royal Berkshire Regiment / 29th October 1918

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB279
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Hawkins)

Text:
4288 Private / G Hawkins / Royal Berkshire Regiment / 6th June 1915

Thatcham

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ID:	WB280
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	CWGC Marker (Ralph)

Text:
CWGC Stone
1829139 Private / L W Ralph / Army Catering Corps / 21st August 1947
Stone vase
Remembered / always / Les

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB281
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	Grave, CWGC (Rutter)

Text:
In affectionate memory of / Sergt Percy Rutter / died of wounds Oct 14th 1915 aged 32 years / Also of / Lce Corpl Cecil Rutter / killed in France Feb 17th 1917 / aged 23 years

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB282
UKNIWM:
Location:	London Rd Cemetery
OS Map Ref:	SU525675
Description:	Grave (Rutter)

Text:
In loving memory of / Vera Rutter / Died Jan 18th 1918 Aged 20 years / Also of / Corpl Gordon Rutter / killed in France Aug 22nd 1917 / Aged 21 years

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB035
UKNIWM:	7810
Location:	Memorial Hall car park
OS Map Ref:	SU510670
Description:	Stone cross

Text:
Panel
To the / Glory of God / and in / Proud Memory / of the Men / who gave / their Lives / for their King / and Country / in the / Great War of / 1914-1918

Panel
They shall not grow old as we who 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 shall remember them.

Panel
Erected 1919 / Restored 1950 & 1990

Panel
Royal Navy
H A W Back
O Jennings
G A Southey
W H Stevens
Army
A Amor
H B Allwood
A Bew
F Bew
L Bew
F Bosley
H Bosley
H Bradbury
H Breach
T G Breach
A Browning
W Q Butler
A Campon
A E Chandler
A Cook

Panel
E Cook
T Cook
W Cook
T W Couzens
W E Couzens
G Denness
H Denness
R Diggins
A Dodd
J Durbridge
D Dyer
E Eldred
H Farley
A G Fisher
E Franklin
F Franklin
H French
A Fry
E Fry
F Fyfield
A Gale
H Glastonbury

Panel
G Gibbs
W Gibbs
G Goodchild
J Green
L Green
G Haines
J Haines
E Hall
G Hawkins
B A Headlong
F H Headlong
W Headlong
M Holloway
W J Howells
A House
F J Hunt
L J Hunt
V J Hutchins
W Hyde
H V Jenkins
J J Jenkins
R F Jenkins
F Lawrence

Panel
G Lawrence
W Long
F Marchant
H Mace
J Mace
A Millsom
H Nailor
H G Nailor
J Nightingale
T J Nightingale
J Pearce
W Pearce
W J Pike
F J Prouting
A Pinnock
E Pope
C Powell
J Preston
W Preston
A T Quelch
C J Quelch
C Radbourne
C Rutter
Panel
G Rutter
P H Rutter
G Rogers
F Rolfe
J Rolfe
F Rose
H Rosier
W Savage
S M Simpson
E G Stevens MM
W Street
A B Turner VC
J Thorn
D Tidbury
G Tull
C Wallington
F Westall
A Wheeler
H Wigmore
H Witts

Panel
1939-1945
Royal Navy
J F S Deness
J G Foster
H F Hunt
A E Jackson
A T Newson
F G Newson

Royal Air Force
K F Bartholomew VR
P R Bosley VR
B F Brooks VR
G I F Davies
F R Harmsworth-Smith
W G Hartland VR
B G Radbourne VR

Panel
1939-1945
Army
S J Aldridge
W E Beasley
K C Bolton
R A Claridge
A G Collins
H J Collins
H W Collins
P R T Daniel
A W French
W T Heaver
H C Hill
W G Holmes
R P Looker
A W J Lovelock
E I Maggs
J E T Munn
M Parker
J V Pearce
C D Radbourne
H W Ralph
E H P Silvester

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB271
UKNIWM:
Location:	St Mary's Church
OS Map Ref:	SU516672
Description:	Marble plaque

Text:
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Alexander Buller Turner VC / 2nd Lieut Royal Berkshire Regt born 22nd May 1893 / wounded in action at Vermelles whe he was / awarded the Victoria Cross. Died 1st Oct 1915 aged 22 / buried in the military cemetery Chocques France / Love - Joy - Peace - Longsuffering - Gentleness - Goodness - Faith

Thatcham

Memorial

ID:	WB272
UKNIWM:
Location:	St Mary's Church
OS Map Ref:	SU516672
Description:	Framed roll of honour

Text:
To the Glory of God and in proud / memory of the men of this parish / who gave their lives for King and / Country in the Great War 1914-1918 / The reredos in this church has been / erected by their friends & neighbours.
Royal Navy
Chaplain
Rev H A W Back
AB
J H Allen
O Jennings
G Southey
W H Stevens
Army
Second-Lieutenants
A B Turner VC
H M Glastonbury
Sergeants
A Amor
P H Rutter
Corporals
F Marchant
G T Rutter
Lance-Corporals
F J Prouting
C Rutter
Privates
F Allen
H B Allwood
A Bew
F Bosley
H J Bosley
H Bradbury
T G Breach
A Browning
W Q Butler
A Capon
A E Chandler
A F Cook
H T Cook
W A Cook
T W Cousens
W E Cousens
G E Denness
H Denness
R Diggins
A Dodd
J Durbridge
D Dyer
E Eldred
H Farley
A G Fisher
E Franklin
F Franklin
H French
A A Fry
E J Fry
F A G Fyfield
A Gale
C Gibbs
W Gibbs
C Goodchild
J Green
L Green
G Haines
A J Haines
Gnr E Hall
G Hawkins
B A Headlong
F H Headlong
G W Headlong
M L Holloway
W J Howells
A Howse
F J Hunt
L J Hunt
V J Hutchins
H V Jenkins
R J Jenkins
F J Jenkins
F C G Lawrence
W Long
H C Mace
J Mace
A Millsom
H Nailor
H G Nailor
J Nightingale
T J Nightingale
A J Pearce
W J Pearce
W J Pike
A Pinnock
E Pope
C Powell
J Preston
W T Preston
A T Quelch
C J Quelch
C Radbourne
G Rogers
F Rolfe
J Rolfe
F Rose
H Rosier
W Savager
Gnr S M Simpson
E j Stevens
W Street
J Thorne
D Tidbury
C W Wallington
F Westall
A Wheeler
W J Wigmore
H Witts

The screen of St Anne’s Chapel was erected / in memory of those who gave their lives / in the World War 1939-1945
S J Aldridge
K F Bartholomew
W E Beasley
K C Bolton
P R J Bosley
B F Brooks
R A Claridge
A G Collins
H W Collins
P R T Daniel
G I F Davies
J F S Deness
J G Foster
A W French
F R Harmsworth-Smith
W G Hartland
W T Heaver
H C Hill
W G Holmes
H F Hunt
E A Jackson
E HP Silvester
R P Looker
A W J Lovelock
E I Maggs
J E T Munn
A T Newson
F G Newson
M Parker
J V Pearce
B G Radbourne
C D Radbourne
H W Ralph
“To you from falling hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high”