Hartford St.John Memorial and Graveyard

St. John the Baptist can be found on the junction of Chester Road and the Green in Hartford. Find on a map.

Inscription.

TO THE GLORY

OF GOD

AND

IN GRATEFUL

REMEMBRANCE OF

THE MEN OF THIS PARISH

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

GREATER LOVE HATH

NO MAN THAN THIS

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN

HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

S JOHN XV 13

THIS TABLET IS ADDED

IN MEMORY OF THESE MEN

OF THE PARISH WHO DIED

ON ACTIVE SERVICE

IN THE WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

BECKE JACK

BECKE MICHAEL

BLEASE WILLIAM

BROWN ALAN

CORKER GERALD

CROWE AUBREY G

DEAN HERBERT

GARNER JOSEPH T

HARRIS ALLEN

HODGSON PHILIP B

HOUSTON DAVID A

HUGHES WILFRED D

LEDWARD JOSEPH

MARKS DAVID K

MARROW ALFRED A

MOSS FRANK M

PRICE FRANK

SEAMAN ARTHUR L

SYKES REGINALD S

WAKEFIELD ERNEST

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN

AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

ANDREWS GEORGE J

ARROWSMITH JAMES E

BAILEY ALBERT

BAILEY SYDNEY

BENSON GERALD

BERRY SAMUEL

BODEN EDWARD

BODEN CHARLES B

CHESTERTON HARRY

CLARE FRANCIS G

COOKSON JOSEPH

COOMBES JOHN

CROSSLEY ALAN H

DAVIS THOMAS

DIXON HARRY

DUNNING HENRY

EDWARDS JOHN

EYES J OSWALD

EYES RICHARD H

FORSTER JAMES

GANDY WILLIAM

GANDY THOMAS

GATHERCOLE CHARLES B

GAUKROGER J KENNETH

GRAY A JAMES

GREGORY JOSEPH

GRINDLEY SAMUEL

HATTON ENOCH

HILDITCH THOMAS

HILL JOHN L

HODKINSON JAMES

HOGG HARRY B

HUGHES HARRY

JONES J WILFRED

LAMB THOMAS

LEICESTER JAMES

LEIGH HAROLD

MANTON FRANK

MOLYNEUX JAMES T

MOORS GEORGE

MOSS CHARLES A

NANCOLLAS GEORGE

NAYLOR GEORGE H

PERRIN JOHN

PIGGOTT THOMAS

PRINCE ERNEST

RAMSDEN M GRAHAM

RAMSDEN RALPH

REYNOLDS GUILIO C

SCOTT RICHARD B

STANT FRANK

STUBBS CHARLES E

SWEENEY FREDERICK

THORNTON GILBERT

THORNTON LEONARD

TODD-NAYLOR W BRIAN

TRICKETT EDWARD

TURNER TOM

WATTS HARRY

WILKINSON JAMES H

WILLIAMSON GEORGE P

WRIGHT HAROLD

YOUNG HARRY A

Some of the war graves in the extensive churcyard.

Sergeant 2205529 Alan John BROWN

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Died 22 Nov 1944 aged 19.

Buried Grave 1004.

Son of Alexander and Gladys Brown, of Hartford.

Signalman 2329253 Joseph Thomas GARDNER

Royal Corps of Signals

Died 23 NOV 1945 aged 25

Buried Grave 921.

Son of John Henry and Sarah Garner, of Hartford.

All photos by Chris Gleave