Oorlogsmonument Marston Magna

"To the Glory of God
and in grateful memory of our brothers
who fell in the Great War
1915
A.B.S. William Herridge Drowned of Sheerness
Pte. Samuel March 5th Dorset Rgt Killed in Action Aug 21st
1916
Sgt Tom Rowland Thorn R.A.M.C. Died of fever in India Sept 2nd
1917
Pte Samuel John Linthorne Som Lt Inf Killed in action Jan 14th
2nd Lieut. Arthur Cecil Marden R.G.A Died of wounds Dec 13th
Pte William Higgins 10th Devon Regt Missing Mar 14th
1918
Pte Bertie Foote 1st Royal Berks Rgt Killed in action Aug 23rd
Pte William John Bowden Innis Fuslrs. Killed in action Oct 20th
Pte George William Brine 6th Wilts Ret. Died Prisoner in Germany Dec 25th
Grant them O Lord eternal rest "

"1939-1945
L/Cpl Percy N.G. Rainey 6th Batn. Grenadier Guards Killed in Action 17th March 1943
Pte Dennis W. Pitman Non-Combatant Corp Killed in Accident 21st May 1945
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William HERRIDGE. 312234. Stoker 1st Class. HMS Bulwark. Died 26 Nov 1914. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Samuel MARCH. 12201. Lance Corporal. 5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regt. Died 22 Aug 1915. Commemorated Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Thomas Rowland THORN. 83803. Corporal. 34th Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 4 Sep 1916. Aged 29. Buried Deolali Government Cemetery, India.
Samual John LINTHORNE. 14156. Private. 7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Died 14 Jan 1917. Buried Guards' Cemetery, Combles, France.
Arthur Cecil MARDEN. Second Lieutenant. 117th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 11 Dec 1917. Aged 31. Buried at White House Cemetery, St Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium
William j. HIGGINS. 13879. Private. 10th Bn. Devonshire Regt. Died 10 Feb 1917. Commemorated Doiran Memorial, Greece.
Herbert Austin FOOTE. 50657. Private. 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regt. Died 23 Aug 1918. Aged 29. Commemorated Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France.
William John BOWDEN. 45024. Private. 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 20 Oct 1918. Aged 19. Buried Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium.
George William BRINE. 29924. Private. 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Bn. Wiltshire Regt. Died 29 Dec 1918. Aged 23. Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

Percy Normand George RAINEY. 2621815. Lance Corporal. 6th Bn. Grenadier Guards. Died 17 Mar 1943. Aged 29. Buried Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Dennis William PITMAN. 97003001. Private. Non-Combatant Corps. Died 21 May 1945. Aged 24. Buried Marston Magna Churchyard.

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