File:High Offley, War Memorial, Staffordshire.JPG

English: Located in the grounds of St Mary the Virgin the parish church High Offley, Staffordshire

Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

To the glory of God and in proud and grateful memory of

BROWN John, Gunner 59339, J Battery Royal Horse Artillery, died 10th June 1917 aged 26. Son of Florence Elizabeth Bratton (formerly Brown), of High Street, Gnosall, Staffordshire, and the late Charles Brown. Buried Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France

TALBOT George Henry, Private 241744 Private 2/6th North Staffordshire regiment. Died 25th May 1917, aged 22. Son of George Talbot of Park Lane, High Offley. Buried in Willow Lane Cemetery, Stockport. Cheshire

HOPKINS Thomas, Private 22328, 8th North Staffordshire Regiment died between 18th and 19th November 1916, Husband of Mrs B E Hopkins of 10, Culver Street, Springfield, Wolverhampton. He was native of Aston on Trent, Derbyshire and enlisted at Newport, Salop Buried in Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France

BAILEY Edmund, Private 14538, 6th Northamptonshire regiment died 9th January 1916 aged 26. Son of Richard and Mary A Bailey of Toynton, Newport, Salop. Native of Adbaston near High Offley. Buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery, France

CARTWRIGHT Ernest, Private 8858, 3rd South Staffordshire Regiment, died 21st June 1916 Buried in Byker and Heaton, Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland

LESTER Alfred, Sapper 145331, 217 Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers who was killed in action 30th March 1918 aged 27. Son of James Nevill and Elizabeth. who in 1911 were all residing at Woodseaves, Newport, Salop. Some note from his Short Service Papers. He enlisted 10th February 1916, his occupation was a Plumber. He was sent to France 12th August 1916 where he joined the Army Troop Company for No 8 Company, Royal Engineers on the 16th June 1917. He made a Will, witnessed by two soldiers dated the 18th August 1916 and the Legatee was his sister May of Woodseaves. His personal property was sent to his sister now Mrs May Grays, of Bignell Farm, Bicester, Oxfordshire. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France

JOHNSON Thomas (Unable to find the correct record listed with the CWGC)

WALKER John, Sapper, WR/27839, 3rd Railway Company Royal Engineers (Royal Anglesey) died 28th November 1918 aged 41. Husband of Charlotte of Stafford Road, Woodseaves, Newport, Salop. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

MALPASS Arthur, Private 96678 2nd Sherwood Foresters, killed in action on the 19th September 1918 aged 25. Son of Charles and Ann of Rose Cottage, Woodseaves, near High Offley, Staffordshire, and brother of Frederick who also fell. Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France. He attested 11th December 1915, occupation Blacksmith and shoeing smith. He was in the Army Reserve 14th December 1915 and was mobilized 23rd October 1916, into the Sherwood Foresters. I have been unable to make out what he was doing from that date until he embarked from Felixstowe 8th March 1918 and disembarked at Boulogne same day and on the 9th was in Calais and reported missing assumed to have died 23rd September 1918

MALPASS Frederick. Sapper 65651, 126th Field Company Royal Engineers, killed in action on the 22dn March 1918 in France aged 23. Son of Charles and Ann of Rose Cottage, Woodseaves, near High Offley, Staffordshire, and brother of Arthur who also fell. He had fought in France for 2 years and 193 days. He gave his occupation on enlistment at Chatham 10th February 1915 as Carpenter joiner. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France France

KITCHEN William Rupert, Private 203786, 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment. He was reported missing assumed killed 21st March 1918 aged 35. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France He enlisted at Selly Oak, Birmingham 11th December 1915 into D, Coy, 5th North Staffordshire Regiment and then transferred into the 6th Reserve North Staffordshire Regimen, T.F. He was mobilized and embarked Folkestone 13th November 1917 and Disembarked at Calais on the 14th joined his unit in France . On enlistment he gave his residence as The Bungalow, Knighton, Salop and his occupation was a Milk Pasteurizer He was born in 1883 in Blockley Worcestershire and in 1901 was with his parents at 9, Upper terrace, Blockley, 1911, he was residing in the house of Mrs Jones, at 53, Institute Road, Kings Heath, Worcester. He married Daisey, nee Brookes at St Michaels church, Horton, Staffordshire on the 25th July 1916

who gave their lives 1914 -1918

FOULKES, Frederick Henry, Christened 26th August 1894 in Adbaston and died in England1928 aged 33. He was Private 14015, Dorsetshire Regiment and Private 20333, Royal Munster Fusiliers he fought in the Balkans. He was the son of William and Sarah of Tunstall Lane, Newport Salop. Native of Adbaston. He is also commemorated on the Adbaston War Memorial

1939-1945 BINNERSLEY William Charles, Leading Aircraftman 1477289, 2875 Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th October 1944 aged 36. Son of Charles Henry and Jane Binnersley; husband of Prudence May Binnersley, of High Offley, Staffordshire. Buried in Uden War cemetery, Noord-Brabant Netherlands

BIRD Harold Benjamin, Sapper 2120193, 560 Field Coy, Royal Engineers died 10th November 1943 aged 32. Son of Arthur and Sarah Jane Bird; husband of Harriet Rosina Bird, of Newport, Shropshire. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

KEELING George, Private 5048384, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment died 10th April 1942 aged 27. Son of Samuel Thomas Keeling, and of Ellen Keeling of Woodseaves, Staffordshire. Buried at Bhowanipore Cemetery, Kolkata, Calcutta, India

(It may be this soldier) SMALLMAN Jack, Private 4919646, 1st South Staffordshire Regiment died at sea on the 4th August 1941 aged 23. Native of Adbaston christened 30th September 1917 and was the son of John Thomas and Priscilla nee Swinnerton and husband of Kathleen M nee Ingram, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.