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Roll of the Men of Malvern who fell in the Great War
Contents
Roll of the fallen
Panel 1
Panel 2
Panel 3
Record of
Malvern men who served in the Great War
 As you enter the library by the left hand door, opposite you will see a
memorial to the men of Malvern who 'fell' in the Great War.
It takes the form of a tryptic. The front panel is hinged on the left hand
side, and swings open to reveal a further two panels.
It contains the names of about 400 casualties.
To mark the centenary of the start of the Great War a full transcription can now be found in the Malvern Museum of Local
History. To quote:
A new Roll of Honour has been created and installed in the window of
the Twentieth Century Room. The names of 430 men who were killed or died as
a result of the Great War are listed. A folder near the window provides
additional information for each man.
Information about these men can also be found in:
- a notebook recording 'those that served' which is held in the
Reference section of Malvern library
- the Commonwealth War Graves Commision website
- the Malvern Remembers website
The inscription of the first panel at Malvern library reads:
These are the names of the men of Malvern who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.
To commemorate their sacrifice, the people of Malvern erected in 1923 in
the garden of this library the bronze figure by Richard Goulden, which
represents the spirit of youth victorious over difficulties, holding aloft
the light he has saved from extinction.
W M Ackrill
Douglas Harry Ackworth
John Arden Ackworth
Winford Allington
John Gerrard Annal
C Archer
Christopher Attwood
George Baggott
Frederick G Baker
W Thomas Banford
Samuel Bannister
Henry Barber
Richard Barber
Francis Samuel Barton
Wheeler Henry Charles Barton
Arnold C Bartho
Harry Beale
Harry Beeden
William Bertram Bennett
Edward Bird
Charles Henry Bishop
E Bishop
Percy John Bishop
William Bishop
William Arthur Innocens Blandford
Charles Thomas Bond
James Henry Boucher
Thomas Bowley
Albert Somers Bray
Archibald Bray
William Bridge
George Brodie
Reginald C Brookes
George Robert Brooks
Frederick Bruton
James Bunegar
Arthur Bunn
Albert Burdock
James A Burston
Walter Edward Burston
Alfred William Butler
Alfred William Butler
Charles Henry Butler
William F Butt
Albert Caines
J W Ronald Campbell
Herbert Chant
Leonard Chant
Charles Henry Chidgey
Herbert Clark
Walter James Clingo
William Joseph Coldrick
Charles William Herbert Coleman
Edwin Herbert Coleman
William Coombes
Percy William Cooper
Oswald Arthur James Cotterell
Dudley Farr Cox
William Coyle
Cyril Frederick Crapp
Wilfred J Crews
John Leslie Crome
Ernest John Crouch
Francis Edward Cubberley
James Sidney Cutter
Richard Dance
Herbert Ellis Davison
Geoffrey Reynold Day
William Francis Dean
Eric Ian Kircup Dent
Frank A Diehl
George Henry Dovey
Donald Litt Downes
Albert Edward Drinkwater
John Dutfield
George Rowland Durrant
Albert Eacock
Rowland Joseph Eales
William F E East
 Llewllyn
A Edwards
Cecil H Ellison
Arthur J S Evans
Percy Edward Evans
William Henry Evans
Stanley Colt Faber
Joseph Farley
Raymond Thomas Faulk
John Fielder
Hugh Gregory Fitton
Ivor Fitzhugh
Thomas Flanagen
Geoffrey Ford
Alfred Samuel Foster
Cyril H Rowland Foxwell
Edward Freeman
Arthur Hugh Coutney Galbraith
Charles Garbett
Ernest George Garbett
Archibald Garbutt
John Gardiner
P Gardiner
Mornington George Giles
Arthur Edgecombe Gillam
Charles Giraudeau
Henry Goodingham
Horace William Archibald
George Goodyear Goodman
James Henry Goodyear
John Herbert Goodyear
William Grendon
Sir Henry Foley Grey
Walter Neil Griffin
George Griffiths
Arthur Grubb
George Herbert Richmond Grubb
John Guilding
Ralph A Gwynne
Walter Gwynne
Harry Lawrence Hadley
Thomas Morris Haffield
Walter Henry Hale
Arthur Henry Hammond
Charles Edward Hammond
Joseph William Hammond
Ralph Longhurst Hancock
Wilfrid John Hancock
Frederick W Handy
Allan Harbage
Ernest William Harbage
Cecil John Hardy
Harold Harris
Owen Harris
Francis Joseph Harrison
Allen Richard Hart
Sidney Joseph Hart
Walter Reginald Hart
David John Hartwell
George William Harwood
William Haughton
Thomas Heath
William George J Heath
Henry Heathcote
Arthur Higley Hemming
Frank Hemming
Albert Hewitt
Cecil Hewitt
Reginald Harry Hickling
John Hicks
George Hill
Harry Richard Hill
Septimus Hill
Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill
Thomas Bernard Hill
William Hill
William Joseph Hill
Charles James Willoughby Hobbs
Robert Edwin Holden
George Houghton
Malcolm Hutchinson House
Frederick Howis
Ernest Henry Huntington
A George Hurren
Cyril Compton Jackson
John W Jeakes
Victor C A Jeaves
William Gardner Jeynes
Cyril Edward Jines
Ernest Jinks
Bertram Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Arthur R Jones
Daniel J Jones
George R Jones
Henry Jones
Thomas Reginald Jones
Walter Victor Jones
William Jones
William Jones
William Arthur Jones
Harold Reuben Joyner
Charles F Keen
J Kemp
John Wilfred Kemp
Alfred Kent
Ernest Kent
Joseph William King
George Henry Kitsull
George A Knock
Arthur Edwin Kyte
A F Gerald Lambert
Joseph Albert Layland
Hubert Charles Layton
Herbert Lee
Cecil Douglas Leeke
Herbert Edward Lewis
Percy A Lloyd-Jones
Thomas Lyne
Harold Madge
Harold Charles Maile
Richard Malvern
Thomas Frederick Malvern
Edward Marchant
William Marchant
George Thomas Marsh
Robert Samuel Marsh
John P Martin
William Martin
Frederick Mason
Victor J Meese
Albert John Meredith
Rudolf Michell
John Lewis Moilliet
Roland Monk
Christopher Morris
Francis Armel Morris
Frederick C Morris
James Henry Morris
William Morris
 W Moseley
Frederick George Nash
Jack Nelson
Henry Norman John Angus Orr-Ewing
William Osborne
William Edward Osborne
Dennis F O'Shea
Wynne Owen
Charles Page
Frank William Page
R F Page
Cyril Harley Panter
Albert Panting
Harold James Parker
William Peplow
L H Perrins Phillips
W Phillips
Archibald Hugh Pitt
John Plummer
Leonard Pointer
Rev Edward Masters Poole
Albert Potter
Frederick George Powell
T Powell
William Powell
William Francis Powell
J Powis
Herbert Pratt
Charles Edwin Preece
Ernest Preece
Felix Preece
James F Pressdee
Victor William Price
Ralph Pritchard
A Edward Rea
William A Rendall
Arthur Edward Reynolds
Frederick Richings
Charles Rimmer
Richard Roan
John Yate Robinson
H Ellis Robinson
Herbert James Rodway
Cyril Frank Roper
William James Rothin
Reginald Rouse
George William Rowberry
Joseph James Edward Rowberry
Hewens T Rowlands
Archibald Henry Russell
William John Alfred Sanders
Harold George Saunders
Leonard W Saunders
N C Sayer
Ernest Wilmot Scallon
Richard Schofield
Thomas Schofield
Harry Walter Scott
F Scrivens
Reginald Albert Sefton
Guy Sellers
Philip Sellers
George Shaw
Roland G Shephard
Samuel Sidley
W S Slade
Gilbert Slater
Albert Frederick Smith
Albert Thomas Smith
F Albert Smith
George Ernest Smith
Harry Smith
John Joseph Smith
Stephen Henry Smith
John Sorrell
Leonard Charles Sparrey
Robert Gordon Spawton
Hugh Bayfield Spear
Ernest Spilsbury
James Frederick Spilsbury
Jesse Spragg
Harry Staunton
Herbert Philip Stone
Allan N Styles
Horace Stanley Sudlow
Roland Henry Summers
William Harold Surrell
Charles R Sutton
Humphry Nisbet Swann
John Henry Tandy
William Tandy
Frank Percy Tate
William Henry Taylor
Reginald Edward Thomas
Reginald Paul Thompson
Victor Herbert Thompson
Martin George Timmins
Walter John Tipton
Reginald Tudge
Reginald Tudge
Alfred Noel Turner
Albert John Turbill
Arthur Twinberrow
Walter Underhill
Joseph Arthur Underwood
Albert Henry Vaughan
Edgar William Venner
Charles Waite
Charles Frederick Walford
Henry John Walford
Walter Walker
William John Walker
Frederick William Wareham
Lawrence John Wareham
Archibald Charles Warner
R Tummy Washington
Edward Waugh
Thomas Webb
Victor William Webb
W Victor Webb
Thomas Henry Mervin Welsh
Charles Whatmore
George Whiting
William J Whittle
Edward Wilson Wilkinson
Albert Henry Willer
Stanley Willett
James E Williams
J Victor Williams
Kenneth C Williams
Fancis Cornwall Williamson
Cyril Edward Jack Wilson
Harry Martin Windsor
Harry Wood
Harry Wood
R Hartland Woods
Arthur Woodyatt
Charles Gilbert Andree Wylde
Frank Bailey Perkins
Within the reference section of Malvern library, on the bottom shelf is a
worn quarto notebook entitled:
Record of Malvern men who served in his Majesty's forces in the war 1914
- 1918
Within the notebook are written in manuscript the names and addresses of
Malvern men who served in the Great War, their regiment and rank where known, and
whether the man either fell, was discharged due to sickness or injury, or returned.
The pages are, helpfully, alphabetically indexed.
(The names of men from the outlying villages of
Guarlford,
Madresfield,
Newland,
Hanley Swan and Hanley
Castle generally do not seem to appear, but more information can be found by
clicking the preceeding links.)
Below is an image of the first page, to give you an idea
of the information that can be found.
Click to display
page in a separate window
The Ackworth brothers
At the bottom of the page are the names of the
Ackworth brothers, and in the margin is a touching note that their father
wished that 'both sons names should be listed together':
Ackworth Douglas Harry,
of The Palms, Orchard Road. 55th Coake's Rifles, Indian Army, 9 SOII General Staff Egyptian EF, Major,
Military Cross, Order of the Nile. Wounded, died of pneumonia.
Ackworth John Arden, of The Palms, Orchard Road. 2nd Lt
1/7 Worcs Reg. Fallen.
They were just two of the 513 casualties of
Winchester College.
Their father Harry is buried in Great Malvern cemetery;
click to read more about Harry Arbuthnot Ackworth.
Hugh Bayfield Spear
Major Hugh Bayfield Spear, Gloucestershire Regiment,
appears in the Roll of the Fallen, but in the record of the 'Men that
Served', alongside is written 'died of wounds 1922'. The National Probate
Calendar confirms Hugh died at sea on 24th October 1922. According to the
Malvern Remembers website, the Malvern News had reported 'he was
severely wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres, and his right arm is
permanently disabled'. Hugh Bayfield Spear, born at Great Malvern in
1882, was the second son of Rev Thomas Spear (1851-1928), senior mathematics
master at Malvern College, and Mary Helena Bayfield.
The 1911 census recorded Hugh at home and his occupation
at that time was 1st Lieutenant, Nigerian Regiment, which suggests he had
chosen a military career.
Hugh's elder brother Alfred Gerald Bayfield Spear was
appointed Lieutenant in the Ist South Midlands Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery on 28th September 1914; later he became a Captain with the 61st
Divisional Ammunition Column.
Alfred survived the Great War and in 1919 married Gladys
Cressy Killby the daughter of civil engineer Charles Cressy Horsley. Gladys
was the widow of Chester Winterbon Killby. Her first husband, Lieutenant
Chester Winterbon Killby, C Battery, 307th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
had been killed on 21st March 1918 aged 35 years; he had worked at the Stock
Exchange in London and they had married in 1910.
Hugh's sister Ethel Mary Spear married 'Rancher' Henry Gillyatt at
Great Malvern Priory in 1907. They had one son, Charles Edward Spear
Gillyatt, born October 1907 in Argentina where Ethel sadly died in childbirth the
next year. In 1911 Charles was living with his grandparents in Great
Malvern. He married Rosamond Elizabeth Benwell Bird the daughter of a
solicitor at Great Malvern in 1937 and had interests abroad.
Hugh's sister Dorothy did not marry and died at Great
Malvern in 1958.
More about the notebook
To help you locate the notebook in the library here is a picture of the
cover and below that images from the inside leaf with the shelf number.
(Note: you can view, but not borrow, books in the
Reference section, and to gain access you may need to ask the librarian to unlock the
glass door of the bookcase).
'Record
of
names of Malvern Men who
have served in his Majesty's
Forces in the war 1914-1918'
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