Post by BereniceUK on Apr 14, 2017 14:46:51 GMT
The small plaque on the right is the Newtown memorial.
The font is dedicated to 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Smith, 5th South Staffordshire Regiment.
1914 - 1918
Albert Attgood
30559 Private Henry Bradbury 2nd/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 21.3.1918, aged 36 Son of Moses and Eliza Bradbury; husband of Lily Gertrude Bradbury, of Bursnip Road, Essington
David Burrison - 15101 Private David Burrason 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 23.8.1915
Samson Cross - 3227 Private Sampson Cross 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915
Enoch Gill - KP/853 Leading Seaman Enoch George Gill Anson Battalion, R.N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 4.6.1915, aged 23 Son of Enoch and Jane Gill, of Sneyd Road, Essington
30411 Private Thomas Harrison 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 27.7.1917, aged 26 Son of George and Annie Harrison, of Wheat Hill, Burwarton, Bridgnorth; husband of Fanny Harrison, of Lower Lodge, Shareshill
Percy Jones - 345037 Private Percy George Jones 2nd/6th Manchester Regiment 28.4.1918
63013 Private Thomas Mills 7th London Regiment 30.8.1918, aged 22 Son of Samuel and Sarah Mills, of Essington
21731 Private Joseph Mills 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 8.8.1916, aged 28 Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mills, of 30, House Row, Essington
John Moran
39410 Private Ernest Mullard 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 18.4.1918
40014 Lance Corporal George Henry Moses 10th Worcestershire Regiment 18.11.1916, aged 28 Son of Charles Henry and Mary Moses, of Essington
9841 Lance Corporal George Matthews 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 21.11.1915, aged 20 Son of Walter and Elizabeth Matthews, of Dunduck Lane, Cheslyn Hay
9504 Private Samuel Ridgway 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 5.2.1915, aged 18 Son of Clara Jane Ridgway, of Hawthorn Terrace, Essington
29086 Driver Frederick Richards 17th Company, Royal Engineers 20.7.1915, aged 21 Son of William and Annie Richards, of 8, House Row, Essington
George Smith - 6775 Lance Corporal G H Smith 10th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 25.12.1915, aged 22 Son of Mrs. A. Smith, of New Street, Essington
4728 Corporal Thomas Smith 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 27.10.1914
Second Lieutenant Joseph Smith 1st/5th South Staffordshire Regiment 14.3.1917, aged 21 Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Smith, of 86, High Green, Cannock
21687 Private Claude Trow 3rd Grenadier Guards 17.10.1915, aged 25 Son of Michael and Elizabeth Trow, of High Hill, Essington
William Walkeden - 78043 Private William Sampson Walkeden 15th Durham Light Infantry 25.4.1918, aged 19 Son of Thomas and Betsy Walkeden, of Ashdowne Cottage, Long Lane, Newton, Walsall
61220 Private George Willoughby 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 5.11.1918, aged 20 Son of George and Emily Willoughby, of Bursnips Road, Essington
1939 - 1945
4916839 Private Reginald Broome 2nd (Airborne) South Staffordshire Regiment 24-25.9.1944, aged 25 Son of John and Elizabeth Broome; husband of Florence Maud Broome, of Essington
John Farrington - possibly 14353729 Trooper John Farrington Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps 6.7.1944, aged 32
4928399 Private Raymond Kenneth Green 2/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 8.7.1944 Son of Francis William and Hannah Green
1883154 Sapper Silas Gwilt 248 Field Company, Royal Engineers 21.5.1940, aged 21 Son of Samuel and Ellen Gwilt, of Essington
Arthur Price
4919642 Private William Alfred Charles Tudor 2nd (Airborne) South Staffordshire Regiment 9.7.1943, aged 26 Son of William and Marion E. Tudor; husband of Florence Avis Tudor, of Essington