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Tour of St Lawrence Church
5. Memorials commemorating the First and
Second World Wars
1914 - 1919
On the north wall of the north aisle are the war memorials. The large plaque commemorates the men who lost their lives in the first world war. The smaller plaque commemorates the second world war. A memorial to the Boer war can be seen in the south aisle.
Image of 1914 - 1919 war memorial
THIS BRONZE
WAS ERECTED TO THE
EVERLASTING HONOUR
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING GOOD
AND TRUE MEN OF THE PARISH OF TOWCESTER WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 19

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

1939 - 1945
1939 - 1945
WITH PROUD THANKSGIVING
LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO IN THE
SECOND GREAT WAR
WENT FORTH FROM THIS PARISH
AND DID NOT RETURN

RICHARD BLACKWELL. KENNETH ARTHUR BOYCE.
RALPH WELLS BUSHELL. ALBERT EDWARD CLAPTON.
JOSEPH HERBERT COLEMAN. HAROLD FURNESS.
SIDNEY THOMAS GARDNER. FREDK. SIDNEY HALLYBONE.
JOSEPH INKERMAN JOHNSON. WM. HEYGATE JACKSON STOPS.
FRANCIS PAUL SUTTON

" GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"