Tipton
Remembers
St. Matthew's Church Memorial
This well-loved memorial can be found in the main body of St. Matthew's Church, Dudley Road, Tipton. The memorial is cast with raised lettering and a polished copper surround. It commemorates 59 local men killed in the Great War, they are listed alphabetically.
There are 59 names but 4 have errors, the following list includes both the error and the correction so has 63 entries; an example of this is that WJ Baker should be JW Baker, both are listed.
Clicking anywhere on a row will take you to the detail page for that man. Note that there are 2 pages on the list.
| Surname | Forename | Rank/Number | Regiment | Date of Death |
| Allen | Frank Herbert | Pte 201561 | 2nd/7th Worcesters | 24 Oct 1917 |
| Aston | Alfred | Pte 15493 | 7th South Staffs | 7 Aug 1915 |
| Aston | John | Sgt 240147 | 1st/6th South Staffs | 2 June 1918 |
| Aston | Joseph Frank | Gnr 94671 | Royal Artillery | 2 July 1917 |
| Attwell | James Arthur | Pte 7938 | 1st South Staffs | 13 Nov 1914 |
| Baker | Clifford | Pte 31407 | 3rd Worcesters | 11 Aug 1917 |
| Baker | James | Pte 2317 | 1st/6th South Staffs | 2 Mar 1916 |
| Baker | James William | Pte 24084 | 7th South Staffs | 4 Oct 1917 |
| Baker | WJ | Pte 24084 | Error on Memorial | |
| Baldock | Walter Thomas | Pte 17760 | 7th South Staffs | 10 June 1917 |
| Bateman | A | Pte 22766 | Error on Memorial | |
| Bateman | Bert | Pte 22766 | 18th Lancs Fusiliers | 22 Oct 1917 |
| Bates | James | Sgt 8739 | 10th Royal Warwicks | 24 Mar 1918 |
| Beasley | Alfred | Pte 17726 | 1st South Staffs | 15 July 1916 |
| Bourne | Edmund James | Gnr 144 | Royal Artillery | 18 July 1916 |
| Callaghan | James | Pte 16595 | 1st South Staffs | 5 Nov 1915 |
| Cooper | Joseph | Pte 15479 | 7th South Staffs | 9 Aug 1915 |
| Cox | Samuel Joseph | Pte 15436 | 7th South Staffs | 8 June 1917 |
| Duffield | John | Pte 17787 | 7th South Staffs | 10 Sept 1916 |
| Ford | John Spear | Cpl 201036 | 3rd Worcesters | 19 June 1918 |
| Griffiths | Elijah | Pte 3926 | 1st/7th Worcesters | 6 Apr 1916 |
| Griffiths | Paul | Pte 24336 | 1st South Staffs | 4 Oct 1917 |
| Griffiths | Sydney David | Rfn 38250 | 6th Royal Irish Rifles | 1 Apr 1917 |
| Gwilliams | Luke | Pte 15337 | 1st South Staffs | 1 July 1916 |
| Hasdell | Thomas | Spr 132145 | Royal Engineers | 29 July 1916 |
| Hough | John | L/C 13029 | 3rd Worcesters | 20 Sept 1914 |
| Hughes | Alfred | 2/Lieut | Royal Engineers | 1 July 1918 |
| Jeavons | Daniel | Pte 10576 | 2nd Worcesters | 24 May 1915 |
| Jevons | D | Pte 10576 | Error on Memorial | |
| Lemm | Joseph | Pte 66705 | Machine Gun Corps | 20 May 1917 |
| Lloyd | Frederick | Pte 39021 | 4th South Staffs | 26 Apr 1918 |
| Lloyd | John | Pte 14424 | 9th South Staffs | 15 Mar 1916 |
| Lloyd | Leonard | Pte 15109 | 1st South Staffs | 23 June 1917 |
| Moore | George Henry | Pte 9145 | 1st South Staffs | 7 Nov 1914 |
| Morris | Arthur | Pte 16/650 | 16th Royal Warwicks | 12 Sept 1916 |
| Morris | William Harold | 2/Lieut | 3rd Lincolnshire | 23 Nov 1917 |
| Parkes | George | Pte 8069 | 2nd Worcesters | 16 May 1915 |
| Paskin | John | Pte 9431 | 2nd South Staffs | 27 Oct 1914 |
| Payton | William | Pte 1757 | 1st/6th South Staffs | 13 Oct 1915 |
| Pearson | William | L/C 22332 | 2nd/8th Worcesters | 9 Sept 1918 |
| Pearson | William | Cpl 12129 | 4th Worcesters | 22 Oct 1916 |
| Perrins | Harry | Pte 12420 | 4th Worcesters | 21 June 1915 |
| Potter | Henry Samuel | LSgt 2489 | 1st/6th South Staffs | 13 Oct 1915 |
| Reynolds | Harold William | Pte 2178358 | Canadian Infantry | 19 July 1918 |
| Robbins | William Ewart | L/Bm 100114 | Royal Artillery | 26 July 1918 |
| Robinson | James Edward | Pte 45194 | Machine Gun Corps | 17 Aug 1917 |
| Sampson | Alex | Pte 40753 | 10th Lancs Fusiliers | 10 Nov 1917 |
| Sargent | Arthur Victor | Gnr 101293 | Royal Artillery | 31 July 1917 |
| Saunders | Edward | Pte 24111 | 1st Worcesters | 10 Feb 1916 |
| Skidmore | George Edward | Pte 9404 | 3rd Worcesters | 26 Aug 1914 |
| Smith | Charles | Rfn 7728 | 7th Royal Irish Rifles | 5 Dec 1917 |
| Smith | Ernest | Pte 4975 | 1st/6th Royal Warwicks | 1 July 1916 |
| Tate | Edward Daniel | Pte G/8503 | 13th Middlesex | 1 May 1916 |
| Taylor | George Stanley | Pte 8612 | 2nd Worcesters | 16 May 1915 |
| Taylor | Joseph | Pte 241471 | 2nd/6th South Staffs | 30 Nov 1917 |
| Taylor | S | Pte 8612 | Error on Memorial | |
| Turner | William | Pte 17784 | 7th South Staffs | 9 Sept 1916 |
| Walker | William | Pte 20597 | 10th Worcesters | 3 July 1916 |
| Walton | Harry | Pte 201559 | 1st/7th Worcesters | 13 Apr 1917 |
| Whitehouse | James | Pte 36042 | 4th South Staffs | 27 May 1918 |
| Whitehouse | Joseph | Pte 16233 | 1st South Staffs | 25 Oct 1917 |
| Wilson | Albert | Pte 15320 | 7th South Staffs | 9 Aug 1915 |
| Wootton | Frank | Pte 203397 | 1st/5th South Staffs | 14 Mar 1917 |