Croxden War Memorial

Croxden's War Memorial remembers 23 local men from the Great War and 3 from the Second. It is located in the churchyard of St.Giles, close to the Abbey.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF

1914-1918

Sgt A RUSHTON 23.5.15

Pte A R BELFIELD 26.9.16

AB A WARING

Pte J E HODKINSON 12.1.17

Sgt W TABBERNOR 22.8.17

Pte R JOHNSON 21.9.17

LCp J W AMOS 21.3.18

Cpl W FG GUNTRIPP 21.3.18

2nd Lt E C W DEACON 22.4.18

Pte J PEACH 29.4.18

Pte J C HEATON 26.6.18

Gr H BURTON 22.1.19

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

PEACE

THE 1939 - 1945 WAR

Flt Sergt C W FIELDHOUSE 16.6.1944

Pte C STANLEY 3.8.1944

D.V.R. H EDWARDS 21.2.1945

There is a single Commonwealth war grave in the churchyard.

Sergeant 550458 Emyln Fred POWELL

Royal Air Force

Died 17 Jun 1941, age 23.

Buried East boundary.

Son of Louis and Mary Powell;

husband of Barbara Elizabeth Powell, of Cheadle.

All photographs by Chris Gleave.