Chastleton in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
The WW1 Plaques
A wall plaque
1914 IN MEMORIAM 1918 RALPH NEWMAN FREDERICK COPPIN HAROLD BEAL JOHN SKELCHER ERNEST JOHN LUCKETT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 
A BRASS PLAQUE
1939 – IN MEMORIAM – 1945 L/CPL P J HADLAND 2/4TH BN THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT KILLED IN ITALY 17TH APRIL 1944 
A Roll of Honour
LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING ROLL OF HONOUR Of the men from the Parish of Chastleton who are Serving their King and Country Captain R C Freer RFA Qtm Sgt Arthur Tibbles S A Forces Lieut G H Freer 6th Cav Res Driver Charles Corbett R E Driver William Luckett ASC Driver George Carson ASC Pte Ernest John Luckett O & BLI Trooper Harry Robin Bartlett RFA Pte Sydney Henry Luckett C L Pte George Hadland 11th Glos Pte Harold Beale O & BLI Pte Ernest Edward Pike C L Pte Ralph Newman 1st Glos Trooper Cyril Ryman Driver Sydney Newman ASC Pte Robert Pike ASC Cop Frank Skelcher O & BLI L Cop John Skelcher Cyclist C Pte David Huckvale Skelcher O & BLI Stoker Edward Hugh Witham HMS Prince George Driver William Tyler RFA He shall give his Angels charge over thee To keep thee in all thy ways 
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The Fallen in WW1 Harold BEALE Lance Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 11712 He died from his wounds on 24 August 1917. He was 35 He is buried in grave XVIII A 5A Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Alfred John and Mary Ann Beale FREDERICK COPPIN The only one without a place affiliation Frederick Walter COPPIN Sapper, 423rd Field Company, Royal Engineers Army no 546765 He was killed in action on 31 July 1917. He was 34 He is remembered on panel 9 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was the husband of Annie Maria Coppin A correction would be welcome on this man! Ernest John LUCKETT Private, 6th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 11714 He died from his wounds on 6 August 1917. He was 28 He is remembered on panel 96 to 98 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John Jethro and Mary Hannah Luckett. His brothers, William and Sydney are mentioned on the Roll of Honour Ralph Henry NEWMAN Private, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment attached to 1st Company, Machine Gun Corps Army no 17786 He died from his wounds on 8 June 1916. He was 25 He is buried in grave V E 4 Bethune Town Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Charles Henry and Edith Newman of Little Compton John William SKELCHER Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 23844. He was formerly Private, Army no 5319 with the Cyclists Corps He died, probably of natural causes, on 24 November 1916. He was 27 He is buried in grave II D 9 Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension Additional Information He was the son of William and Betsy Skelcher of Chastleton The Fallen in WW2 Percy John HADLAND Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. Army no 5504217 He was killed on active service on 17 April 1944 in the final days of the fighting for Monte Cassino. He was 24 He is buried in grave XII J 10 Cassino War Cemetery |