Memorials Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral contains a number of memorials for the Coalition, 2nd Boer and First World Wars.

"In loving memory of
Hervey Robert Charles Tudway
Lieut. Grenadier Guards
Eldest son of Charles and Alice Tudway of Wells
Died Nov 18th 1914, in hospital at
Boulogne from wounds received
in action at Ypres on Nov 10th .
Aged 26"
H.R.C. Tudway. Lieutenant. 2nd bn. Grenadier Guards. Died 18 Nov 1914. Aged 26. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
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To the Glory of God
and in memory of those freemasons of
Somerset who gave their lives for their
king & Country in the Great War of
1914-1918.
Edward Hyde Openshaw. Lieutenant Colonel. 1st/4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Died 23 Jul 1917. Aged 49. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.
W. Jane. Major. Royal Engineers. Died 24 Apr 1918. Buried in Picquigny British Cemetery, France.
William J.P. Poulett (7th Earl Poulett). Royal Warwickshire Regiment (formerly RHA) Died 11 jul 1918. Aged 34. Buried Hinton St George Churchyard.
Aubrey Halliwell Baker. Captain. 4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Died 8 Mar 1916. Aged 26. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq.
F.T. Burrough. Captain. 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 1 Jul 1916. Buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Walter Ball Dyke. Captain. 155th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 10 Apr 1918. Aged 21. Buried at Westhoff Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Charles Reginald Howard OBE. Captain. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 6 Sep 1918. Buried at Lumbo British Cemetery, Mozambique,
Frederick Alexander Charles Liebert. Captain. North Somerset Yeomanry. Died 17 Nov 1914. Aged 32. Buried at Ypres Town Cemetery, Belgium.
B.T. Perkins. Captain. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt). Died 14 Jun 1916. Buried in Wookey (St Matthew) Churchyard.
R.O. Powell Captain. Adjutant 36th Bty, 33rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died 16 Jul 1916. Aged 33. Buried at Laventie Military Cemetery, france.
William Francis Smartt. Captain. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 15 Jan 1916. Aged 53. Buried at Stratton Strawless (St Margaret) Churchyard.
John Spottiswoode. Captain. 6th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 31 Oct 1914. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium
John Nelson Trayler. Captain. 11th Bn Devonshire Regiment. Died 27 Nov 1915. Aged 39. Buried at Clevedon (St Andrew) Churchyard
frank Percy Wheeldon. Captain. 8th Bn. London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Died 30 Oct 1917. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Edward Fleming Fielding M.M. Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry attd West African Regiment. Died 24 Oct 1915. Aged 36. Commemorated Freetown Memorial, Sierra Leone.
Douglas Goodman. Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps. Died 24 Nov 1917. Aged 27. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France.
Henry Robert Miles. Lieutenant. 6th Bn. Connaught Rangers. Died 16 Jul 1916. Aged 48. Buried Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France.
Walter Ricks Treliving. Lieutenant. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 11 Oct 1918. Aged 42. Buried at Bridgwater (Wemdon Road) Cemetery.
Archibald Herbert Larcombe. Second Lieutenant. 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died 26 Oct 1918. Aged 28. Buried Neiderzwhren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.
Norman Job Reynolds. Serjeant. 17712. 8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Died 25 Sep 1915. Aged 37. Commemorated Loos Memorial, France.
P. Blinman Corporal. 265626. 1st/6th Bn. Gloucester regiment. Died 23 Jul 1916. Buried at Poziers British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France
Francis M. McDermott. Private. 291333. 18th Bn. Welsh Regiment. Died 24 Nov 1917. Commemorated Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France.
Walter George Price . Master. S.S. Feltria (London) Mercantile Marine. Died 5 May 1917. Aged 34. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial.
Edgar Knight. Chief Steward. S.S. Feltria (London) Mercantile Marine. Died 5 May 1917. Aged 41. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial.
This tablet was erected and the figures of St George &
St David were placed above the High Altar by their
brethren.
Their Name Liveth For Evermore
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"Sacred to the memory of Charles Edward Foster. Lieutenant in the 1st or Royal dragoon s and son of revd Edward Foster, Prebendary and Priest vicar of wells Cathedral. During the war in Spain, he was engaged in various actions with the French, and his gallantry is recorded in the 'Despatches ' of the Great General under whom he served. Subsequently, he accompanied his regiment to Belgium, and fell, mortally wounded on the field of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815 in the 26th year of his age."
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"Sacred to the memory of Andrew Foster Esquire, A native of this city. Captain in the twenty fourth Regiment of Foot, who, at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope by the forces of Lieutenant General Sir David Baird Bart GCB, KC fell in battle on the eight day of January 1806. At the head of the Grenadiers of his regiment he had dislodged dislodged from a commanding eminence a very superior number of the enemy. Ehen he received a mortal wound in the thirty eight year of his age, after a zealous service of sixteen years. In testimony of esteem for a brother officer whose life was as honourable as his death was glorious. This monument has been erected by his companions in Arms, 1918."
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"Somerset Arthur Sherston M.C.
Captain Rifle Brigade
Born March 21 1880
Killed in action at Fromelles May 9 1915

Somerset Arthur Sherston. Captain. 3rd Bn attd 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade. Died 9 May 1915. Aged 35. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
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Lt Col John Sherston, D.S.O. killed at Glencoe, Natal 20th Oct 1899. Aged 42.
Rifle Brigade. Buried in Talana Cemetery, Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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• Text: Sharky Ward/Information Board
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Simon Armstrong (8)