Knossington, St Peter's Church
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 H DRAPER OTTEWELL 1ST GLOUCESTERS OCTOBER 5TH 1915 GEORGE H WHEAT 5TH LEICESTERS OCTOBER 13TH 1915 CHARLES FINNEY 4TH LEICESTERS MARCH 31ST 1916 PERCY HILL NEW CAVALRY MARCH 31ST 1916 LIEUT C PHILIP TANNER RN HMS INDEFATIGABLE MAY 31ST 1916 CHARLES BROOME 7TH LEICESTERS JULY 26TH 1916 HORACE SPENCE 7TH LEICESTERS AUGUST 14TH 1916 WALTER BARNARD 9TH LEICESTERS MAY 3RD 1917 WILLIAM FINNEY ROYAL SUSSEX REGT MARCH 22ND 1918 WILLIAM CHARLES SPENCE RNVR OCTOBER 10TH 1918 THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS 
There is a framed hand written paper Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour Fortior est quam qui mortem timeat Here and here did England help me! How can I help England? Browning 1914 Loyal and True Not once nor twice in our rough island story The path of duty was the way to glory Tennyson KNOSSINGTON roll of HONOUR Walter Barnard 7th Leicesters Francis Cox Red Cross Joseph H Churchill 7th Leicesters James H Grist 7th Leicesters Percy Hill New Army Cavalry Killed in action Mar 31st 1916 RIP Samuel Hudson Bucks. Yeomanry Herbert Lovering Bucks. Yeomanry Arthur Percy Henry D Ottwell New Army Cavalry Killed in action Oct 8th 1915 RIP Louis le Poulin G2nd French Infantry George W Tanner 2nd Lieut 1st York and Lancaster King’s Birthday (1916) Honours List awarded Military Cross George Wheat 5th Leicesters Killed in action Oct 13th 1915 RIP Edward Vendy Leicester Yeomanry Charles Broome 7th Leicesters Died of Wounds July 26 1916 RIP Arthur D Hudson 7th Leicesters Joseph Maycock 7th Leicesters Edward Arnold Army Service Corps Joseph Wheeler Royal Horse Artillery William H Finney 2nd Sussex Horace Spence 7th Leicesters Killed in Action Aug 14th 1916 RIP Stanley Jones Royal Garrison Artillery Alexr G Hill London Imperial Yeomy Frederic Spence Royal Horse Artillery Charles Neale Royal Field Artillery Lawrence Barry 11th Hussars Frank Naylor Army Veterinary Corps George Hollis Army Veterinary Corps William H Summers Army Veterinary Corps Charles Finney 4th Leicesters Killed in action Mar 31st 1916 RIP Charles H Vines 10th Leicesters Edwd G R Wilkinson RMA Woolwich 2nd Lieut RGA 1916 Alfred Dexter Leicester Yeomanry John H Vines Royal Garrison Artillery Harry Grant Coldstream Guards There is a Printers? name in the margin F Drewett 1915 
A Brass Plaque
HQ 4TH PARACHUTE BRIGADE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION In proud and everlasting memory of the men of the HQ 4th Parachute Brigade Stationed at The Grange Knossington Leicestershire Who left the village on the 18th September 1944 to take part in the Battle of Arnhem And those who made the supreme sacrifice CAPTAIN GM BLUNDELL MAJOR C N B DAWSON PRIVATE F G DOLOGHAN L/CORPORAL P J DONNELLY L/CORPORAL A J GOULD PRIVATE A GUTHRIE CAPTAIN E D JAMES PRIVATE J McGLONE PRIVATE E SUTTON CORPORAL W H WRIGHT PRIVATE C WATTAM PRIVATE G WHYTE WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
The Fallen in WW1
Walter BARNARD Private, 9th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 14499 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917 during the third Battle of the Scarpe. He was 27. He was the son of John and Mary Barnard, Middle Street, Elton, Peterborough. He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial He enlisted in Oakham Charles BROOME Private, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 15936 He died from his wounds on 26 July 1916. He was probably wounded in the fighting at Bazentin Ridge on the Somme. He was 21. He was the son of Charles Robert and Eliza Broome of Knossington He is buried in grave VIII A 150 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Charles Geoffrey FINNEY Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 4813 He was killed in action on 31 March 1916. He was 18. He was the son of William and Catherine Finney of Knossington. He is buried in grave I C 18 Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi William Henry FINNEY Private, 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 116 Brigade, 39th Division. Army no. SD/1684 He was killed in action on 3 April 1918. He was 22. He was the son of William and Catherine Finney, Greystones, Sunningdale He is buried in grave II A 12 Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon near Peronne Additional Information The War Memorial date of death differs from the date in military records He was born in Knossington Percival Henry HILL Corporal, 8th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no. 16355 He was killed in action on 31 March 1916 during the capture of the St Eloi Craters. He was 21. He was the son of John Henry and Elizabeth Ann Hill, 78 Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset. He is remembered on panel 21 and 31 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Henry Draper OTTEWELL Private, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 3 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no. 22066. He was formerly with the Reserve Cavalry He was killed in action on 8 October 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He was 19. He was the son of Henry and Bertha Lois Ottewell. He is remembered on panel 60 to 64 of the Loos Memorial Horace SPENCE Private, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 37th Division. Army no. 16017 He was killed in action on 14 August 1916. He was 22. He was the son of Charles and Eliza Spence of Knossington He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial William Charles SPENCE Ordinary Seaman, HMS Victory, Royal Naval. RNVR no. Bristol Z/8150 He died on 10 October 1918. He was 19. He was the son of Fred and Annie Spence of Knossington. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, Knossington Charles Philip TANNER Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy He died in action on 31 May 1916 during the battle of Jutland. He was 22. He was the son of the late Rev. George Alfred Tanner and Josephine E Tanner, Ebor House, Godwin Road, Hastings. He is remembered on panel 10 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial Additional Information He was born at Cold Overton Rectory. B.Sc. and most importantly educated at Oakham School George H WHEAT Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 2340 He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He was 23. He was the son of Alfred Ernest and Mary Jane Wheat of Knossington. He is remembered on panel 42 to 44 of the Loos Memorial The Fallen who are not on the War Memorial Edward BAINES Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), 176 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no. 235067. He was formerly with the Leicestershire Regiment. Army no 4297. He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin. He was 30. He was the son of Allen Baines of Whissendine and the husband of Emma Baines of Easton on the Hill, Stamford He is buried in grave I F 17 HAC Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein Additional Information He was born in Knossington Cecil Edward GRAHAM Private, 1st/2nd North Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 419278 He died from his wounds on 10 May 1917. He was 19. He was the son of George A and Eliza Graham of Knossington He is buried in grave I R 17 Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, The Somme Additional Information He was born in Leicester The Fallen at Arnhem included on the plaque George Minto BLUNDELL Captain, 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 113349. He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27. He was the son of George Walmsley Blundell and Ethel M Blundell of Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire. He is buried in grave 27 B 7 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Additional Information B.A. (Oxon.). For the fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/george-m-blundell Charles Neville Bruce DAWSON MC MiD Major, Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 69165. He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27. He was the son of Edward Elliot Neville Dawson and Muriel Simpson Dawson and the husband of Sheila Mosley Dawson of Guildford. He is buried in grave 6 C 11 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery For a fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/charles-n-b-dawson Francis George DOLAGHAN Private, Parachute Regiment attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 64880 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 21. He was the son of James and Maria Dolaghan of Belfast. He is buried in grave 29 C 10 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Additional Information DOLOGHAN - this one was hard to find Peter John DONNELLY Private, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 312971 2 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 28. He was the husband of May Donnelly of Stalybridge, Cheshire. He is buried in grave 29 A 9 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Arthur John GOULD Lance Corporal, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 4690563. He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 23. He was the son of Arthur John and Matilda Caroline Gould and the husband of Ellen Riga Arnell Gould of Whitby. He is buried in grave 5 C 20 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Alfred GUTHRIE Private, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 4469508 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27. He was the son of John Lyons Guthrie and Ada Rome Guthrie of Newcastle-on-Tyne and the husband of Sarah Greenwell Guthrie of St. Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is buried grave 28 B 9 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Edmund David JAMES Captain, South Wales Borderers attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 85626 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 26 He was the son of Augustine Edmund Lee James and Ella Maxton James of Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire. He is buried grave 6 D 19 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery John McGLONE Private, The Parachute Regiment, attached to HQ 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 2760448 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 24. He is buried in grave 28 A 1 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Edward SUTTON Private, HQ Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 6211927 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27. He is remembered on panel 9 of the Groesbeek Memorial William Henry WRIGHT Lance Corporal, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 4692899 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 25. He was the son of William Henry and Jane Wright of Stainforth, Yorkshire. He is remembered on panel 8 of the Groesbeek Memorial All the men above died on the same date Cyril WATTAM Private, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to HQ 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. S/197199 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem between 25 and 26 September 1944. He was 24. He was the son of Joseph and Edith Wattam and the husband of Gwendolen Mary Wattam of Donisthorpe, Burton-on-Trent. He is buried in grave 1 Amerongen (Holleweg) General Cemetery For a fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/cyril-wattam George Rumgay WHYTE Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to HQ 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. T/81814 He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem between 25 and 26 September 1944. He was 23. He was the son of George Rumgay and Mary Whyte and the nephew of Timothy Mellay of Muirton, Perth. He is buried in Sp Mem. C grave 6 Amerongen (Holleweg) General Cemetery. For a fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/george-r-whyte |