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War Memorials - St. Barnabus Church

There are a number of war memorials within St. Barnabus (Linslade Parish Church)

The Inscriptions on these memorials are as follows:

To the praise of God
and in ever glorious memory of
the men of Linslade who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914 - 1918

Percy BODSWORTH
William BRANTOM
Ernest BRAZIER
Herbert BRIGGS
Reginald CORNISH
William CLARK
William DICKENSON
Ernest DUNSFORD
Arthur HART
Charles HILL
Harold HILL
Albert HOWE
Sidney HOWE
George HOLLAND
Charles HOWE
Claude JANES
Arthur KEMSLEY
Richard LAWRENCE
George MATTHEWS
Horace MARTIN

William MEAGER
Reginald MISSENDEN
Arthur PAGE
Lionel PAGE
Mark PAGE
Charles PILGRIM
William ROBINSON
Edward SAYELL
Robert SEDDON
Peter SMITH
William SMITH
John SWORDER
Archibald TILBROOK
Edward TOMPKINS
Jack WALKER
William WATSON
Edwin WHITE
Samuel WHITE
Albert WHITBREAD
George WILLIS

" Greater love hath no man than this"

Rest Eternal, Grant unto them O Lord.

1939 - 1945

Bernard HEDGES
Harold WILLIAMS
Tom GIBBINS
John HEADY
Stanley ABBOTT
Kenneth FAULKNER
Norman MISSENDEN

Stanley HART
James PROCTOR
Kenneth SAYELL
Frederick JEFFS
Dennis HORNE
Kenneth RAYNER
Kenneth BAILEY

Two crossed adjoining the above memorials

13353 Pte. S. E. HOWES

50th M.G.C.
27.5.18

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Edward SAYELL

1437 M.G.C.
5.10.17

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Memorial Altar

This Altar
was dedicated and placed here
by friends and relatives, in proud
and ever loving memory of Linslade men,
who gave their lives in the War
1939 - 1945

Their name liveth for evermore

Bernard HEDGES
Harold WILLIAMS
Tom GIBBINS
John HEADY
Stanley ABBOTT
Kenneth FAULKNER
Norman MISSENDEN

Stanley HART
James PROCTOR
Kenneth SAYELL
Frederick JEFFS
Dennis HORNE
Kenneth RAYNER
Kenneth BAILEY

Requiscant in pace

Memorial in St. Barnabas Church Bell Tower

To the Glory of God
and in memory of Ringers
at St. Barnabas, Linslade
who fell in the
Great War 1914 - 1918

Charles Arthur HOWE

1st Bucks Battalion
May 29th 1915     Aged 19 years

Robert Joseph SEDDON 5th Royal Sussex Regiment
November 14th 1916    Aged 21 years
William DICKENSON 1st Bucks Battalion
October 3rd 1917    Aged 23 years
William Richard WATSON R.A.M.C.
October 7th 1918    Aged 23 years
Erected by their fellow Bell Ringers and Friends