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Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 St. Mary

Reference

O11.03

Place

OVINGHAM

Map ref

NZ 085636

Original Location

St. Mary the Virgin Church.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour. The simple frame is made of strips of wood which over-extend at the corners, with a band of brass running along the middle of each strip and forming a flower at each corner. The inscription is handwritten in black ink, the names being listed in two columns.

Materials used

Paper in a wood frame.

Inscription

Father, in Thy gracious keeping / Leave we now Thy servants sleeping.

Names

a. 20 full names.
b. 8 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. Possible title wording "Roll of Honour" has now faded.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Dorothy Hall

Source of quotation
�Father, in Thy gracious keeping . . .� Hymn 325 The Church Hymnary

Research acknowledgements

J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

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Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 St. Mary (O11.03)

OVINGHAM, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

   1914 - 1918

   Joseph F. Appleby          Robert Scott

   Joseph J. Cairns           Charles Simpson

   Matthew Coulson            Edward Smith

   Edwin Forster              John U. Thompson

   Cecil Harrison             Charles Noel Turner

   Thomas W. Johnson          John Turner

   John Lisle                 Robert Urwin

   George Robson              Godfrey Vickers

   William Rogers             Henry Waugh

   Joseph Scott               Thomas J. Weddell

   1939 - 1945

   Laurence Caulfield         Cecil Johnson

   Roland Caulfield           Robert McVay

   J. Alan Gibbon             Charles Simpson

   John W. Heppell            Edward Smith

   Father, in Thy gracious keeping,

   Leave: we now Thy servants sleeping.

NamesO11.03

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