Old Choristers of Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral, Old Choristers
who fell in the Great War 1914 1919
Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
This memorial is part of a memorial window in the cloisters of Worcester Cathedral
Erected by the The Old Choristers Associations and their relatives and friends
Rowley, Hugh Travers, Captain, 9th attached to 2nd Berkshire Regiment, died 1/7/1916 aged 23. Son of the Rev. Herbert Seddon Rowley, M.A., and Fanny Louisa Rowley, of East Wretham Rectory, Thetford. Norfolk. Commemorated on the East Wretham War Memorial and also on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France His brother Brian Gabriel survived the Great War and served as 2nd Lieutenant, Dorsetshire Regiment, Acting Captain, 1/21 Punjabis and Lieutenant with the Indian Army
Shuttleworth, Francis Wilfred, Private 23991, 8th Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment killed in action 27/8/1917 aged 27. Son of Charles Benjamin and Elizabeth Reynolds Shuttleworth, of 3, College Yard, Worcester. (Some information from his BURNT RECORD. Attested 8 June 1915, address given, 11. Second Avenue, Manor Drive, Saville Park Halifax, another address given was his parents home. Choir House, College Green, Worcester). Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Sharpe, Gerald Norman, 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Yorkshire Regiment, 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion (Territorial) killed in action 31/7/1916 aged 20. Son of Beatrice Sharpe, of "Oakdene," 13, York Rd., Hove, Brighton, and the late Granville Hawley Sharpe. Native of Kingston-on-Thames. Buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France
Whistler, Ralfe Allen Fuller, Captain, 2nd Highland Light Infantry, died of wounds 28/4/1917 aged 21. Son of Maj. and Mrs. Fuller Whistler, of Caldbec House, Battle, Sussex. Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Extension, Pas de Calais, France
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Wiggin, John Hervey, Private 2518, 5th Suffolk Regiment died 12/8/1915 aged 21. Son of John Chinery Wiggin and Alice Harriet Wiggin, of 7, Constitution Hill, Ipswich. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey
Wright, E L (Unable to find the correct record listed with the CWGC, names are, Edmund Lancelot, Edward Leslie, Egerton Lowndes, Ernest Lionel or John Edwin Leigh
Wright, Walter Henry Percival, Private 724, 16th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, died of wounds 27/7/1916 aged 31. Only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Wright, of The Lindens, Shirley, Birmingham. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
