1914-18 War Memorial
DURSLEY

The Church Gates

War Memorial gateway leading into St. James' churchyard. Installed in 1922. It carries the inscription over gateway -
"IN MEMORY OF THOSE DURSLEY MEN WHO PASSED THRO' THE GATE TO LIFE EVERLASTING IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18".
The plaques list the names of the men, and one woman, who lost their lives in the line of duty.
The recipient of the Victoria Cross, Capt McCready-Diarmid, is among them.
The limestone gatepiers have large ball finials. These pillars were refurbished in 1995.
The gates are wrought-iron painted black and gold.

THE NAMES

L. CPL COLIN BLANDFORD
PTE GEO H. BROOK
AB GILBERT G. CAPENER
PTE GEORGE CHANDLER
PTE REGINALD CROSS
L. SGT STUART P. DEANE
PTE GEORGE DRIVER
PTE CHARLES DRUCE
PTE HENRY ELLIOTT
PTE ANDREW FULLER
L. CPL ELTON C. FOWLER
PTE CYRIL GIDDINGS
CAPT ALEC G. M. GRAHAM
PTE TREVOR G. HARRIS
L. CPL G. P. HARROLD
SERCT HARRY HEATH
PTE RICHARD HEWISH
PTE ED GEO HILL
SIG HAROLD HIGGINS
LIEUT HARRY HUGHES
PTE CECIL JONES
RFN ALFRED W. LANE
SERGT R. W. LEWIS
PTE EDWARD ASHTON LISTER
LIEUT THEODORE S. S. MARSHALL
CAPT A. M. C. McREADY-DIARMID V.C.
CPL ERNEST J. L. MITCHELL
PTE REGINALD MOORE
TER ROBERT MORSE
PTE GEORGE PHILLIPS
PTE STUART PULLIN
CPL DUNCAN RIDLER
PTE STUART RUDGE
PTE FRED RUDGE
PTE PERCY SCOTT
PTE STANLEY A. SEELEY
GNR HARRY STEVENS
PTE ARTHUR STUART SMITH
PTE TOM SMITH
PTE GEORGE SMITH
PTE GEORGE SMITH
PTE CYRIL SMITH
PTE WILLIAM J. THEVERS
AB ALFRED W. G. TILLEY
PTE LEONARD J. TOPLIS
MAJOR GEORGE WENDEN
CPL SYDNEY A. WEST
CPL CLIFFORD A. WHITING
RFN ARTHUR V. WHITTARD
PTE HERBERT WOODBINE
PTE MAURICE WORKMAN
LIEUT JOHN WYATT
2 LIEUT L. D'ESTELLE LOXTON
also DORIS MARY WYATT

An Austin 7 passing through the gateway