Second World War Memorial in St Bartholomew's parish church
English: Second World War memorial in the Church of England parish church of St Bartholomew, Much Marcle, Herefordshire Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Commission The memorial gives name, rank and unit To the memory of the men of Much Marcle and Yatton who gave their lives in the Second Great War 1939 - 1945 COUNTING NOT THE COST. This tablet and the vestry screen nearby are erected by their fellow parishioners in pride and sorrow. Greater love hath no man than this that a many lay down his life for his friends APPERLY, Bernard, Guardsman, Welsh Guards. Guardsman 2719101 Bernard Roland ,2nd Irish Guards, died 22nd September 1944 aged 20. Buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherland. (CWGC has Apperley) HUGHES, Victor, Able Seaman, Royal Navy. Able Seaman D/JX255517, Victor Alphonso, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy died at sea 27th August 1941 aged 29. Son of William and Norah Hughes; husband of Pansy Hilda Hughes, of West Ealing, Middlesex. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon POPE, Andrew Alec Kyrle, Major 77672, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, attached to H.Q., 5th Airbourne Division died 6th June 1944 aged 22. Mentioned in Despatches. Son of Commander. Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope, Royal Navy, and Agnes Jessie Pope, of Much Marcle Herefordshire. Andrew resided at Juppsland, Billinghurst, Sussex Buried in St. Vaast-En-Auge Churchyard, France PRICE, Reginald, Private, Canadian Veterans. Private H/54253, Reginald Arthur Maurice Price, Vetrans Guard of Canada died 3rd August 1942 aged 46. Son of Polly of Ross on Wye, Herefordshire Buried in Fraser Cemetery , British Columbia, Canada, grave ref I.O.O.F. Sec Block 40, Range 8 He was formerly Private 066565, 42nd Remounts Squadron, Royal Army Service Corps. He enlisted 29th March 1915 age 19 at Shirehampton and was residing with his parents at Welsh Court, Yatton near Ross on Wye, occupation working for his father William Maurice on his farm.. His mother was called Mary Ann (Polly) He served in Egypt 16th April 1915 to 21st October 1916 and Greece from the 22nd October 1916 to 18th October 1919. He was injured by a horse that kicked him when he was with a horse exercising party 9th May 1916 at Abbassia Barracks in Cairo, Egypt and was admitted to Citadel Military Hospital, Cairo He was demobilized on the 12th April 1919 at Woolwich Dockyard. One of his brothers, was already in the army when his enlisted, that was Edward Robert, Trooper 1818, 1/1st Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry. He enlisted at Ledbury on the 24th January 1911 aged 18, from Welsh Court, Yatton He spent the first 3yrs in England, He annual training at Badminton Park, 6th May 1911 to 25th May 1912 Bulford Camp, 10th May 1913 to 24th May 1913 and Patcham Camp, 9th May 1914 to 25th May 1914 His unit was at The Barracks Gloucester where he was for the periods, 24th January 1911-9th April 1916 and 28th January 1916 to 14th February 1916 when he was discharged in consequence of the termination of his period of engagement under King's Regulations para 392 (XXI) after serving 5years and 22 days. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli. The only dates found for his service overseas were from the 10th April 1915 to 27th January 1916. Whilst in Abbassia he applied to join the South Wales Borders, on the 6th February 1916 this was denied as his discharged time had expired PROTHERO, Cecil, Private, King's Shropshire Light Infantry (CWGC have the following) Private 4036122, Lloyd Cecil Douglas PROTHERO, 7th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 28th February 1944 aged 26. Son of William and Alice Louise Prothero and husband of Betty Margaret Prothero, of Coldwell, Herefordshire. Commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy SPITTALL, Alexander John, Lieutenant 258187,1st Herefordshire Regiment, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died 1st April 1945 aged 24. Son of the Revd. Alexander Buchanan Spittall, B.A., and Phyllis Constance Spittall, of Much Marcle Vicarage, Herefordshire. M.A. (Cantab.) Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany SYMONDS, Melvyn Millard, Private, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (CWGC have the following) Private 14397465, 6th Durham Light Infantry, died 7th August 1944 aged 20. Son of Joseph and Ada Symonds, of Much Marcle, Herefordshire. Buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, France WEBLEY, Wilfred, Private 1032371, 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died 21st September 1944 aged 30. Son of Thomas and Ann Webley and husband of Edna Mary Webley, of Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. Buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium WESTON, Dennis Hubert, Sergeant Observer 656324, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who gave his life for his country, 12th August 1942 aged 25. Son of Hubert and Elsie Weston; husband of Ella S. Weston, of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire. Buried in St Bartholomew Churchyard, Much Marcle, Herefordshire