Memorial Hall Stourton

The Stourton Memorial Hall was donated by Sir Henry Arthur Hoare to the village a permanent memorial to his son, Captain "Harry" Hoare and other local men who died in the Great War.

Above the door is the inscription
"Stourton Club
Erected in memory of those
who fell in the war 1914-1919"

In the external wall is a plaque dedicated to those locals that died in WW1.

"A good life hath But a good name
but a few days endureth for ever

Capt Henry Colt Arthur Hoare Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
Corporal Frederick Broomfield Dorset Regiment
Pte Wm Thomas Chaldecott King's Own Yorkshire Lt Infantry
Pte Wm. H Creene Duke of Cornwall's Lt Infantry
Pte Wm. John Green Royal Marine Lt Infantry
Sapper Hubert Thomas Keevil Royal Engineers
Pt Thomas Joseph Keevil Royal Warwickshire regiment
Pte Robert George Maidment South Wales Borderers
Pte Jack Pine Dorset Regiment
Pte Edgar Eustace Watson Royal Warwickshire regiment
1914 1919"


A WW2 Plaque was added later
"Greater love hath no that a man lay down his
Man than this life for his friends

Flight Sgt Hilgrove Prdgin Teale Royal Air Force
Sgt Pilot Leslie Arthur Creene Royal Air Force
Sgt Air Gunner Bertram Charles John White Royal Air Force
L/Corporal Jim Harris Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Pte Phillip William Charles Hurden Ist Wiltshire Regiment
1939 1945"

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward