Tipton

Coneygree Mission Church Memorial

The Mission Church was a sister-church to St. Martins, and was located in Coneygree Road, near the current day Mission Drive. The church was last used in the 1970s and finally demolished about 1983.

One of the parishioners made a final visit just before the demolition and saved the memorial which was lying broken on the floor. The memorial was almost 30 years in safe storage in his garage until a small project had it conserved and restored in 2012. The memorial is now proudly on display in Tipton Library, alongside the main Tipton Memorial.

The memorial records 11 names. There is an error as Leonard Jeavons should be Leonard Jevons, both are included so there are 12 entries. Uniquely, for Tipton at least, Thomas Gazey is listed but he did not die in the Great War – have a look at his story.

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