Memorial Tablet - St Michael - Musbury, Devon - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial tablet at the entrance to St Michael's churchyard, Musbury.

The memorial, set into the church perimeter wall, consists of a white stone tablet mounted on brown stone with a pitched top. A carved relief of laurel is at the top with dates (1914 / 1919) either side.

The inscription reads -

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH WHO
FELL IN THE TWO GREAT WARS
1914-1918
(Names)
1939-1945
(Names)
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

"In December 1920 a meeting, presided over by Major Soper, Chairman of the Parish Council, decided that there should be a determined effort to obtain a war memorial for the Musbury Parish. It was resolved that a memorial stone be placed in the churchyard or in the churchyard wall, and a committee was appointed to carry out the recommendation. Contributions to a fund set up for the purpose raised the total sum of £61 19s 6d. The cost of the memorial was £51 13s 4d, leaving over £10 as a fund for upkeep.

In March 1921 the war memorial tablet was affixed to the wall at the entrance to the churchyard and a dedication ceremony was held on Sunday afternoon, 10 April 1921.

Following the Second World War, the memorial’s inscription was renewed with a new tablet, which added the names of 4 men who had lost their lives between 1939 and 1945."

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The memorial is now Grade 2 listed by Historic England (visit link)

Names on memorial -

 

1914 - 1918
A.W. CEARLEY	9952 Sergeant Alfred William  ("William") Cearley of the 5th Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment. Husband of Charlotte Cearley of Nottingham. Born in Chard in 1893. Died 23 May 1918 aged 25.
A.F.FORD	SPTS/ 1907 Lance Corporal Harold Francis Ford of the 23rd Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of Mrs H Ford of Mountfield, Musbury. Born in Buckland, Somerset in the December Quarter of 1896. Died 16 December 1918 aged 22. Buried in Musbury churchyard.
P.H.HARRIS	9430 Sergeant Percy Henry Harris of the 8th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Minnie Harris. Born in Combe Pyne in 1894. Died 17 November 1917 aged 23.
W.HARVEY	9256 Private Walter Harvey of "D" Coy, the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Isaac and Mary Anne Harvey of Rosemary Cottage, Musbury.  Born in Musbury in 1893. Died 18 December 1914 aged 21.
J.G.HOARE	11348 Private Joseph George Hoare, of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Harriet Hoare of Church Street, Musbury. Born in Musbury in 1895. Died 9 May 1915 aged 20.
A.MITCHELL	11323 Private Alfred Mitchell of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Ellen Mitchell. Born in Musbury in 1895. Died 1 July 1916 aged 21.
G.MITCHELL	41312 Private George Mitchell of the 1st/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment.  Son of James and Mary Mitchell. Born in Musbury in the June Quarter of 1882. Died 2 November 1918 aged 36.
W.PHILLIPS	241314 Private William Henry Phillips of the 10th Battalion, the Royal West Kent's ( the Queen's Own Regiment.) Son of Terry and Emma Phillips. Born in Whitford, Shute  in 1903. Died 14 June 1917 aged 15.
H. S. SALTER	345217 Lance Corporal Harold Sanders of the 1st Garrison Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Fanny and the late Frank Sanders Salter. Born in Musbury in the June Quarter of 1887. Died 24 December aged 30.
W.WELCH	26611 Private William Welch of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. Son of William and Maud Welch. Born in Musbury in 1891. Date of death not yet known.

1939 - 1945
S.M.EVANS	162468 Major Stephen Morier Evans of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Evans ; husband of Joan Evans of Musbury. Born in Kingston, Surrey in the June Quarter of 1904. Died 28 June 1945 aged 41.
G.S.H.MYERS	5444055 Private George Sidney Henry Myers of the 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Charles and Lily Myers; husband of Margaret Myers of Fulham, London.  Born in Southampton in the March Quarter of 1911. Died 21 April 1943 aged 32.
W.N.PARTRIDGE	1852206 Sergeant (Air Gunner) William Norman Partridge of the RAF VR, 102 Squadron. Son of William and Ella Partridge. Born in Musbury in the March Quarter of 1925. Died 29 June 1944 aged 19.
D.C.WELCH	132711 Flying Officer Douglas Clement Welch of the RAF VR, 199 Squadron. Son of George and Alice Welch of Musbury. Born in Musbury in the March Quarter of 1923. Died 5 November 1943 aged 20.

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