War Memorial The Charlton's

Limestone monolith on a two-stepped base located in a Garden of Remembrance on the junction of two roads between the villages of Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell. The monument was designed by Captain W.F. Dickinson to commemorate those who paid the ultimate sacrifice from both villages in World War One. It memorial and garden were built by men of the villages assisted by boys from the village school, and was dedicated in 1930. 3 names were added after WW2 and a further one from the Iraq war. Research by local historians discovered L. Brooks commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant seamen who was lost in 1915 and his name has been added to the memorial.

1914-1918
Charlton Mackrell
Harold J. SPACKMAN. 13845. Private. Devonshire Regt. Died 12 Mar 1915. Aged 17. Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath
Sidney WILCOX. 38978. Private. 5th Bn Royal Berkshire Regt. Died 25 May 1918. Pozieres Memorial
Albert CAMPBELL. 17179. Private. 3rd Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Died 20 Feb 1915. Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery.
William HALLETT. 26832, Private. 4th Bn South Wales Borderers. Died 10 Sep 1916. Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial India. Brother of Francis and Robert.
Francis HALLETT. 472 Private. 36th Bn Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 10 Jun 1917. Age 24. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Brother of William and Robert.
Robert HALLETT. 59647. Private. 5th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt. 16 Oct 1918. Age 18. Charlton Mackrell Churchyard. Brother of William and Francis.
(Sydney) Herbert DYER 1918
George ACKERMAN. 295524. Private. 12 Bn (West Somerset Yeomanry) Somerset Light Infantry. Died 2 Sep 1918. Age 35. Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France
Edward PULLINGER. 50467. Sapper. Royal Engineers. Died 2 Mar 1921. Age 23. Charlton Mackrell Churchyard.
John KNIGHT. 1917
Quinton WYATT. 20564. Private. 8th Bn South Staffordshire Regt. Died 11 Nov 1918. Charlton Mackrell Churchyard.

Charlton Adam
Walter MOODY. 4721. Lance Corporal. 1st Bn, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 26 Aug 1914.Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, France.
Thomas FIRMINGER. Second Lieutenant. 9th Bn attd 8th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 3 Sep 1916. Age 30. Fricourt British Cemetery, France.
Reuben HANHAM
Herbert DYER. 17138. Guardsman, Coldstream Guards. Died 27 Nov 1917. Charlton Adam Churchyard/Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
Albert SUGAR. 14874. Corporal. 7th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 16 Sep 1916. Age 24. Thiepval Memorial, France. Brother of Robert.
Robert SUGAR. 17180. Lance Corporal. 6th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 16 Sep 1916. Age 22. Thiepval Memorial, France. Brother of Albert.
Walter BALE 20540. Private. 8th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 10 Oct 1918. Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Henry NORRIS
William WILCOX. 32544. Serjeant. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 10 Nov 1919. Age 25. Charlton Adam Churchyard.
Frederick SWEET. 11506. Private. 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards. Died 28 Sep 1915. Age 25. Loos Memorial.
Leonard BROOKS. Fireman and Trimmer. S.S. Royal Edward (Toronto), Mercantile Marine. Died 13 Aug 1915. Age 29. Tower Hill Memorial.

1939-1945
William DANCEY. 14767340. Private. 8th Bn The Parachute Regt. Died 20 Apr 1945. Age 19. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.
Aubrey EADES, 1605781. Sergeant. 166 Sqdn, RAF Volunteer Reserve. Died 26 Oct 1944. Age 21. Runnymede Memorial.
Frederick TOZER

Iraq 2006
Darren CHAPMAN. Lt Cdr, Commanding Officer 847 Naval Air Sqdn. Died 6 May 2006. Age 40. Charlton Mackrell Churchyard.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward