Post by BereniceUK on Apr 16, 2017 16:18:33 GMT
Interior photos taken through a glass door. The porch is Church Lawton's war memorial.
1914 - 1918
THIS PORCH WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
Arthur Alcock
Lieutenant Charles Bailey Royal Garrison Artillery 20.2.1919, aged 21 Son of Charles Frederick Bailey, of Greenbank, Church Lawton
28524 Private Donald Booth 7th Border Regiment 17.5.1917, aged 36 Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Booth, of Moss Lane, Church Lawton
220016 Private James Burgess 8th Royal Berkshire Regiment 27.8.1918, aged 26 Son of William Burgess, of Field House Farm, Old Butt Lane, Talke - also named on the memorial in St Martin's Church, Talke
Leonard Crimes - 12/82 Private Leonard Gordon Crimes 12th York and Lancaster Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 24 Son of John Thomas and Alice Elizabeth Crimes, of Holly Villas, Kidsgrove
41838 Serjeant Harold Holdcroft, Croix de Guerre 12th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 31.1.1918, aged 23 Son of William and Elizabeth Holdcroft, of Congleton Road, Butt Lane
1501 Serjeant Frank Kent 5th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 34 Son of Francis and Ellen Kent, of Red Bull; husband of Annie E. Kent, of Red Bull
James Mottram
81779 Driver Ernest Ollerhead 54th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 2.8.1915, aged 24 Son of George and Maria Ollerhead, of "Greenbank," Church Lawton, husband of Mary Ollerhead, of "Elton Cottage," Church Lawton
Wilfred Plant
19870 Private George Pearce Coldstream Guards 8.5.1918, aged 28 Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Pearce, of 5, Stone Bank View, Kidsgrove
Bert Rawlinson
Harry Robinson - 96432 Gunner Harry Sidney Robinson 62nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 21.5.1917, aged 34 Son of Joseph and Maria Robinson, of Burslem; husband of Florence Ellen Robinson, of Elton Cottage, Lawton
3/4930 Private Thomas Smith 1st/4th York and Lancaster Regiment 9.10.1917, aged 22 Son of Mrs. F. Turner (formerly Smith), of Basin Yard, Lawton Road, Kidsgrove, and the late Thomas Smith
Ernest Wilkinson
2936 Private Alfred Yorke 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 24 Son of George Henry Yorke, of Church Lawton
2382 Corporal Harry Jenkinson 13th Royal Fusiliers 21.8.1918
3996 Private Thomas Rigby 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 22 Son of William and Alice Rigby, of Fern Cottage, Red Bull
1939 - 1945
THIS PANEL WAS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF LAWTON
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR KINSFOLK
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Thomas Barker
5122095 Private Joseph Ernest Brookes 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment 24.1.1944, aged 27 Son of Harold and Emma Ann Brookes, of Butt Lane, Staffordshire; husband of Adeline Brookes, of Butt Lane
7905407 Serjeant George Henry Beresford 'C' Sqn., 23rd Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps 4.8.1944, aged 26 Son of George Henry and Nelly Beresford, of Church Lawton
5258120 Lance Serjeant Thomas Brough 1st Worcestershire Regiment 4.7.1944, aged 38 Son of Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Brough; husband of Marion Brough, of Church Lawton
Frank Good
1178195 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Vincent George Louvaine Smith 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15.6.1943, aged 28 Son of George and Ethel Smith; husband of Mary Smith, of The Rookery, Staffordshire
414318 Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) Leslie Cormac Maunsell 100 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force 26.5.1943, aged 24 Son of Leslie Beauchamp Maunsell and Catherine Jane Maunsell, of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
Harry Brant - possibly 60834 Pilot Officer (Observer) Harry Brant 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 6.8.1941
1380362 Sergeant (Pilot) Colin Tremaine Martyn-Johns Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25.11.1941, aged 27
Ernest Tanton - The Reverend Ernest Coveney Tanton 10.2.1945, aged 54
Jean Tanton - Jeanetta Tanton 10. 2 1945, aged 41
Brian Tanton - Brian Geoffrey Tanton 10.2.1945, aged 11 All of of 12 Lemna Road, Leytonstone, at which address they all died
Lieutenant Charles Bailey, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 20th February 1919, aged 21.
68545 Private G.Cartwright, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 8th May 1920, aged 25.