St. John's Church Memorial


This memorial can be found in the grounds of St. John’s Church, Upper Church Lane, Tipton. The memorial is in the form a crucifix signifying sacrifice. It commemorates 63 local men killed in the Great War, they are listed alphabetically.

There are 63 names but 3 have errors, the following list includes both the error and the correction so has 66 entries; an example of this is that S Lowndes should be S Lounds, both are listed. There are 2 names, W James and Hy Pearce, which have not yet been identified.

Memorial St Johns 96 403x700 Memorial St Johns dtl 96 450x345


Clicking anywhere on a row will take you to the detail page for that man.

Surname Forename Rank/Number Regiment Date of Death
Bailey Bernard Eustace Pte 30 12th York & Lancaster 26 June 1916
Baker George Pte 16299 2nd/6th South Staffs 7 Dec 1917
Blackford Samuel Pte 8280 3rd Worcesters 16 June 1915
Butcher James Pte 16510 1st South Staffs 1 July 1916
Callaghan Hugh Pte 15481 9th South Staffs 20 July 1917
Charnell Richard Elson Pte 8072 1st South Staffs 26 Oct 1914
Cox Samuel Joseph Pte 15436 7th South Staffs 8 June 1917
Cummings Thomas Pte 8763 2nd Durham LI 19 Nov 1914
Darby Samuel L/C 19947 9th South Staffs 20 July 1917
Elliman Edward Harold Pte 203225 7th South Staffs 1 Nov 1917
Evans Horace Pte 16413 18th Lancs Fusiliers 22 Oct 1917
Fellows Rowland Pte 40098 1st North Staffs 31 Aug 1918
Fletcher Albert Cpl 9831 2nd South Staffs 17 Feb 1917
Gill Joseph Pte 20075 9th South Staffs 22 Oct 1917
Green Horace Pte 15229 10th York & Lancaster 26 Sept 1915
Griffiths John Pte G/66619 26th Royal Fusiliers 18 Aug 1917
Gwynne John Pte 31926 12th Hampshire 25 Apr 1917
Hodson William Pte 39083 4th South Staffs 10 Apr 1918
Hughes Sidney Leonard Pte 242572 1st/5th Royal Lancasters 12 Apr 1917
Hunt John Amos Pte 22065 11th S. Wales Borderers 31 July 1917
James W   not known  
Jeavons Joseph William Pte 75391 1st/8th Durham LI 27 Mar 1918
Jones John Pte 23812 1st Notts & Derby 31 July 1917
Jones Jonathan Benjamin Pte 23288 3rd Worcesters 10 July 1916
Kennedy James Pte 16484 18th Lancs Fusiliers 1 Nov 1918
Langston Samuel William Pte 15532 8th South Staffs 9 Aug 1916
Lotwick Joseph Pte PLY/31(S) RMLI 4 July 1915
Lounds Stephen William Pte 2679 1st/6th South Staffs 13 Oct 1915
Lowndes Stephen Pte 2679 Error on Memorial  
Marshall George Pte T/290141 Army Service Corps 14 Aug 1917
Martin George Henry Pte 12847 7th South Staffs 8 Aug 1915
Martin William Henry Pte 201314 1st/7th Worcesters 9 Oct 1917
Mathews William Thomas Pte 16634 Error on Memorial  
Matthews William Thomas Pte 16634 2nd South Staffs 17 Feb 1917
Oliver Horace George Pte 31360 18th Notts & Derby 13 Apr 1917
Parkes Ezekiel Spr 112582 Royal Engineers 21 Nov 1915
Pearce Harold Sgt G/6494 7th East Kent 30 Sept 1917
Pearce Henry   not known  
Pearce Thomas Richard Pte PLY/30(S) RMLI 4 July 1915
Pearson William L/C 22332 2nd/8th Worcesters 9 Sept 1918
Pearson William Cpl 12129 4th Worcesters 22 Oct 1916
Pulley John Pte 9555 1st South Staffs 25 Sept 1915
Ralph Samuel Pte 92011 2nd/7th Notts & Derby 21 Mar 1918
Ratcliffe James Pte 75519 15th Durham LI 31 Mar 1918
Richards Charles Pte 24820 15th Notts & Derby 19 July 1916
Rogers Harry Pte 8179 6th DCLI 18 Aug 1916
Sandland Charles Pte 18205 1st Cheshire 20 Oct 1916
Southall Daniel Pte 8944 2nd Worcesters 16 May 1915
Southall William James Pte 14409 8th East Yorkshire 14 July 1916
Steventon Alfred Pte 37888 2nd/6th South Staffs 5 Dec 1917
Summers James William Pte 53487 15th Durham LI 3 May 1917
Swann Charles Hicks L/C 6388 3rd Worcesters 15 Mar 1915
Thomas Thomas Pte 17418 6th York & Lancaster 10 Sept 1916
Tonks Benjamin Pte 16317 18th Lancs Fusiliers 11 June 1916
Tonks Isaac Pte 9319 1st South Staffs 4 Nov 1914
Vincent John Gnr 155220 Royal Artillery 5 June 1917
Wallens George Thomas Gnr 820978 Royal Artillery 10 Mar 1917
Ward Henry Pte 10449 Error on Memorial  
Ward James Henry Pte 10449 7th South Staffs 9 Aug 1915
Wesson Joseph Pte 13489 8th South Staffs 17 Feb 1916
Wesson William Sidney Rfn R/14928 7th KRRC 11 Apr 1917
Wilkinson John Thomas Pte 19475 1st South Staffs 1 July 1916
Williams Richard Pte 16252 2nd South Staffs 15 Apr 1917
Willis William Pte 203767 2nd/5th Lincolnshire 26 Sept 1917
Wright John E CSM 19141 Machine Gun Corps 6 Nov 1917
Wylde George Henry Pte 3667 1st/6th South Staffs 13 Oct 1915