On the front left wall of our nave is a memorial to all of the local heroes who sadly fell fighting for our country during the two world wars.
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.
Our secretary has been researching them all, their family background, in which battle they fell and where they were laid to rest. She has nearly finished creating a book, (just 4 more to add) which is on display on a table below the plaques.
If you are interested in obtaining a copy of any of the accounts then please request by email at
secretary@astwoodbankchurch.org.uk
Our fallen are listed below
World War 1
Lance Corporal Harry Styler
Boy First Class Harold Edward Baylis
Driver Albert Yates
Second Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Harris
Private Horace Gee
Lance Corporal William Henry Perkins
Sapper Hubert Reeve Pearson
Private Alfred Hill
Private James Henry Parker
Lance Corporal Horrace Gardner
Private Joseph Ralph Burton
Private Cyril Bernard Kings
Lance Corporal Frank Mander
Private Francis Gifford Perkins
Private Harry George Mason
Private Alfred Bird
Private Charles Howard Smith
World War 1 Continued
Private Albert Edward Fisher
Private Bryan Biddle
Private Horace Gibbons
Private Albert William Street
Lance Corporal Charles Edward Alfred Watkins
Private Sidney George Dibble
Gunlayer Observer Corporal Arthur Harry Wynn
Acting Bombardier Frederick Graham Cooper
Private Harold Chamberlain
Private Victor Norman Clarke
Private Ernest Howard Guest
Able Seaman Raymond Victor John Jelfs
Private Arthur Jobson
Private James Henry Sidney Laight
Private Frank Redding
Private William Stanton
Private Horace Victor Chatterly
World War 2
Sapper David Henry Parker
Private Stephen Dickens
Gunner Alfred Fince
Private Gilbert Ross
Serjeant (sic) Hugh Harris
Sergeant Robert Henry Salmons
Sergeant Howard James
Sergeant Oswald Morris Yeomans