| There are 22 names of those who died inscribed on the wooden board inside the church. Of these, 14 of the men are also named on the plaque on the church boundary wall erected in 1916, but 8 men are omitted. These are shown in red. Of all the names only 6 men are recorded as living in Bosbury on the 1911 census. Each of these is marked with a blue asterisk. |
Ernest Ballard Pte. April 17 1915 Arthur John Palmer Pte. May [16] 1915 Alan Buchanan Pte. June 16 1915 George Rouse Pte. June 20 1915 Henry James Jones Pte. Sept 25 1915 Matthew Thompson Pte. Dec 27 1915 William Thompson Pte. May 5 1916 Wilfred Gideon Hill Pte. Aug 24 1916 Arthur Preece Pte. Sept 7 1916 * George Thomas Powell Pte. Sept 8 1916 * Thomas Henry Lewis Pte. April 6 1917 Michael Ockey Pte. Sep 26 1917 James Green Sergt. Nov 6 1917 * Archibald Frank Burwood Pte. Dec 7 1917 Thomas Edward Rouse Pte. March 15 1918 * Ernest Henry Young Dvr. March 15 1918 William Herbert Morris M.M. Pte. Nov 1 1918 * Francis Edward Bosley Pte. Nov. 9 1927 * Alfred George Baldwin Pte. March 23 1943 Victor Walter Panting Gunner Nov. 30 1944 Henry Waite Trooper Jany. 21 1944 Jack Walker L/Bmdr. Nov 29 1944 |
| The plaque on the outside wall of the churchyard gives the names of 60 men who went to fight in the first World War. Only 26 men are recorded as living in Bosbury on the 1911 census. Each of these is marked with a blue asterisk: |
Arthur BAIL[E]Y * Ernest BALLARD James Harold BEAUMONT John Ernest BEAUMONT BERRY C. John Harold BETTINGTON * BETTINGTON T. Harold T. BRANT BREWER J. Daniel E. BROWN * BROWN J.A. William T. BROWN * Alan BUCHANAN BUCHANAN R. BUFTON E. Frank James BUFTON * Edward CHADD* CHADNEY E. Francis Edwin DAVIES * DAVIS D. Stanley Gordon EVANS * James A. FLETCHER * GIFFORD J. James GREEN * HAYTER G.K.H. HILL H. Wilfred Gideon HILL James HINKSMAN Leonard Knight Valentine JOB Albert JONES * Charles William JONES * JONES F. George William JONES * Harry JONES * Herbert Edward LANE * Sivell LANE * George LAYTON Percy LAYTON LEWIS G.E. Allen MASON * Thomas MASON Edwin MAYO * MAYO H. Arthur John PALMER PETERS A. POWELL A.E.J. George Thomas POWELL * Albert PULLEN * George ROUSE Thomas Edward ROUSE * Albert E. SCRIVENS * Ernest SCRIVENS * SCRIVENS F.H. William David SHUCK * William SWAITHE * THOMPSON D. William THOMPSON TUCK W. WHEELER W.C. William Brookes WOOD-ROE * | ||
The plaque states that the first to die in action was Alan Buchanan on June 18th 1915. However, according to the board inside the church, Ernest Ballard and Arthur John Palmer died before him. James Fletcher is included but his brother Percy Valentine Fletcher, who served in the Shropshire Light Infantry, is omitted. | ||
| There is a CWGC headstone in the graveyard. | ||
| B.G. Morgan RN Jan 30th 1941 | ||
