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A Little History of Cherington and Stourton, Warwickshire
church memorial
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The wooden triptych in the Parish Church commemorating local Great War soldiers was designed by Miss F. Brooke of Barford in the style of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. The figure of St George and the Dragon is splendid. The joinery was done by Stourton wheelwright Harry Clark and stonework by Baker of Shipston-on-Stour. Principally responsible for the creation of the memorial were Mrs H.E. (Nora) Dickins and her sister Miss Lilian Dickins, who raised the money, collected the names and saw the project through to the unveiling in 1922 by Fred Simkins and Herbert Taylor.

All the lettering, including the names of the sixty-three men who served (those who died are shown on the central panel), was restored in 2010 by Guy Redmayne on the initiative of Stan Mace, son of old soldier Fred Mace, and the memorial rededicated on Remembrance Sunday, November 14 2010.

Information supplied by Richard Russell.

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