Bishopston & Murton Rolls of Honour
To The Memory of The Brave Men
of Bishopston & Murton
Includes information from the War Memorials of
Saint Teilo's Church, Bishopston
and
as well as other information
Bishopston and Murton
ROLL OF HONOUR
# 20th May 2021 Important updates and corrections:
SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO BOER WAR 1898-1902
Corpl Stephen JONES; Oldway Farm, Age 21, buried Heilbron (SA) 26 Jan 1902
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
'To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of this Parish
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919'.
# 2nd Lieut. Richard Borlase JENKINS; Gors Cottage, Caswell. Flying Corps France, 18th Jan 1916, aged 19 years. (Corrected errors of middle name, D.O.D. & age).
Corpl John LLOYD; Bishopston, 1st Bn. The Welsh Regt. 15th Sept 1915, aged 22 years. Buried Festubert. XX
(CWGC records state that he was killed on 25th Sept 1915 and also suggest that he was serving in the 9th Bn.)
Lance Corpl Stanley JONES no. 12865; Murton, 9th Bn. Devonshire Regt. 30th Sept 1915, aged 23 years. Loos France.
[Date of Death corrected for both brothers, as they were not killed on the same day, as inscribed on this memorial]
Pte Thom JONES no. 13028; (Brother to the above) Murton, 9th Bn. Devonshire Regt. 22nd October 1915, aged 19 years. Loos France.
Pte Gerald Raynes HAIGH; Pyle, The Kings Royal Rifles, 10th Oct 1916, aged 36 years. Thiepval Memorial, Somme.
Pte Walter John LLOYD; No. 72448, Post Office Bishopston, 10th Bn. Cheshire Regt. 26th April 1918, aged 18 years. Tyne Cot Memorial.
Pte David SPARKS, Kittle, 14th Bn. The Welsh Regt. 8th August 1918, aged 25 years
Lance Corpl G. D. MORGAN, Murton, 2nd Bn. The Welsh Regt. 24th October 1914, aged 36 years
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
Major Ronald Lionel CROUCH, MC. DCO. Pyle, 75 Anti-Tank Reg. Royal Artillery, 26 June 1945, Age 28, Overloon Cemetery, Netherlands
Sgt. Anthony William VIVIAN BA, Chantry Acre, 227 Sqn, RAF, 6 Sept 1942, age 21, Malta Memorial
Corpl, John Humphrey MARTIN, Reigate Lane, 201 Sqn. RAF, 21 Dec 1941, age 22. Bishopston,St Teilo Churchyard
Sapper, Ralph COUSINS, Murton, Royal Engineers, 18 Nov 1945, age 32. Bishopston, St Teilo Churchyard
# Flt. Lieut. George Leeson JONES Long Ash Farm, Bishopston. 207 Sqn, RAF Bomber Command, 15/16 Jul 1944, France
[corrected middle name:- also named on other memorials in Blackpill and Mumbles]
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Bishopston Parish Memorial
on Murton Green Road
'For your tomorrow
we gave our today'
In Memory of all those from the community who have died in conflict