"ASHEN MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of ASHEN who died in the service of their country
Five in the Great War of 1914-1919 and Two from 1939-1945


An unusual memorial, on two stone slabs, one below the other, let into the SW buttress of St Augustine's Church, Ashen is the dedication and names of the fallen of Ashen. So far nothing else has been found of the history of the memorial

on the upper panel (62 cm high x 61 cm)

THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
TO THE MEMORY OF OUR NOBLE DEAD
THOMAS INCE
ALBERT PEACOCK
WALTER SWALLOW
ERNEST TWITCHETT
JAMES TWITCHETT
" THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE
BLOTTED OUT" ECCLUS XLIV.13

on the lower panel (40 cm high x 61 cm)

THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
ERNEST JOHN BOWERS
PERCY HAROLD PEACOCK
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS.. JOHN XV.13



Inside the church in a glazed frame, the roll of honour of those who served in 1914-1919


Inside the church in a glazed frame, the roll of honour of those who served in 1939-1945




this man from the Boer War has yet to be researched




this man from the Boer War has yet to be researched





St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Ashen



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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.