Lenches War Memorial

[feral-underclass]

is the memorial still there? now the houses have been built. anybody got a photo of memorial so i can read the names!

thanks beardie

[MarkCDodd]

IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT GEOFFREY ASTON - 1 WAR REG
GEORGE WILLIAM BALDWIN - 2 WOR REG
HARRY BRADSHAW - AIF
GEORGE SIDNEY BULLOCK - 2 DEVON REG.
HORACE HENRY GREEN M M - 2 WOR REG
ROWLAND EDWARD GREEN - R R A
GEORGE HENRY MARSHALL - ?TH WOR REG
CHARLIE JOHN ROBBINS - 4 WOR REG
THOMAS FRANCIS SPARROW - 2 WOR REG
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

ALSO OF
RONALD DOUGLAS HAINES
GERALD STEVENS HARWOOD
THEODORE KENNETH CHARLES HOLTOM
WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

And this on the base of a cross in the churchyard:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE TWO BELOVED
ONLY SONS OF
W.S. & L.E. BULLOCK
WILLIAM OWEN WHO PASSED AWAY
26 SEPTR 1915, AGED 13 YEARS
GEORGE SIDNEY, BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FRANCE
24TH APRIL 1918, AGED 19 YEARS
SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE YOUR REST
GOD HAS PROMISED, HE KNOWS BEST

[MarkCDodd]

Harry Bradshaw must be an expat to be in the AIF. Or on holiday in Oz when the war started. Let me have a look in our National Archives.....

[MarkCDodd]

Yep...he lasted 4 days in France.

He enlisted in Bowen, Queensland on the 28th March 1916. There must be another Bradshaw relative in Queensland as there is some correspondence when he was missing in action.

He arrived in France on the 1st January 1917 and was killed in action on the 5th January 1917.

He was in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF and had the regimental number 6223.

His place of birth is Evesham, Worcestershire.

On enlistment he was 18 years and 4 months of age.

His Next Of Kin is his father, Arthur, living at The Leys, near Eveshan, Worcestershire.

The death telegram was sent to:

Mr. Arthur Bradshaw,
Harvington,
Near Eavesham,
Worcestershire,
ENGLAND.

[feral-underclass]

still trying to find t.w. lenches memorial, had a wander down yewtree lane monday, saw the bit of overgrown grass, fenced off and gates bolted shut with the bench which i think is the memorial garden

couldnt see memorial! was tempted to jump fence! but the people from the new houses were looking at me strange in me shell suit

beardie

[peterd]

if its the plot on the corner looks like something still there from goggle saterlite image

[feral-underclass]

thankyou peter,
i will take a look on goggle ! its that overgrown now its hard to see anything without jumping the steel fence. its a job for a 46 year old 200 pound fatman

beardie

[peterd]

Goggle the local british leigion club they will no if its still there and acessable

[feral-underclass]

looks like its the robert peel then

http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/101 ... nto_flats/

[peterd]

Excuss to have a pint and chat with the old timer dont forget your camera in case yoy get acess to it

[peterd]

T w lench rowley regis is still being used as a trading name why not ring them and ask

[Northern Lass]

How did you get on ferral? did you get photo? if so can you post on this thread pls
getting new section for War Memorial info.