Portchester memorial

Memorial Name: Portchester memorial

Unit:

Date: 1914-1919, 1939-1945

Location: St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hants

Country: United Kingdom

Notes: WW1: Gunner George H Cooper, RMA/7267. WW2: Sgt George Edward Allison, PO/X 1752; Bandmaster 1st class Arthur Charles Black, RMB/1611; Musc William James Branchflower, RMB/484; Musc Frederick Brown, RMB/2362; Mne Henry William Bullock, PO/X 546; Mne Basil Samuel Creswell Cook, PO/X 2624; Sgt Reginald William Palmer, PO/X 1063; Mne Harold York Patten, PO/X 101730; Sgt Frederick Henry Preston, PO/21824; Mne William Ebenezer Whale, PO/X 648. This memorial is unusual in having more WW2 than WW1 casualties.

Inscription: To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the following who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. This tablet is erected in their honour, "Their name liveth for evermore". Live thou for England, we for England died. Includes: WW1; George H Cooper, Gunner, RMA. WW2: George Edward Allison; Arthur Charles Black; William James Branchflower; Frederick Brown; Henry William Bullock; Basil Samuel Creswell Cook; Reginald William Palmer; Harold York Patten; Frederick Henry Preston; William Ebenezer Whale.