Memorials Gloucester Cathedral

Within Gloucester Cathedral are several memorials to individuals who served in wars

"In memory of
FABIAN WARE
K.C.VO., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., L.L.D.
1869-1949.
A man greatly beloved
To record his devoted service to
the Gloucestershire Community
Council and the Council for the
preservation of rural England
and with all members of the
British Commonwealth, to honour
the founder of the Imperial War
Graves Commission his fellow
country-men erected this tablet
1950."
Major General Sir Fabian Ware is buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Amberley, Gloucestershire with a Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headstone.
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A Plaque "In memory of Freemasons of the Province of Gloucestershire who fell in the Great War 19-14-1919" The names, regiments and details of death of 9 men are listed.
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Plaque. "DUNKIRK JUNE 1940
Set in the wall near this plaque is a casket
containing earth from the 52 graves in
the British Military Cemetery in
Ledringham Nord, France, 24 of the graves
are those of members of the Gloucestershire
Regiment. The gasket was sealed and donated
by the Maire and Commune of Ledringham
on7th June 1987 in tribute to their supreme sacrifice.
Dunkirk Veterans
Association.
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Stained Glass Window and Information board. Ivor Gurney 1890-1937. Ivor had been a chorister at the cathedral before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he began to write poetry. In 1915 he enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment and having been wounded and gassed, his first book of poems, 'Severn and Somme' was published in 1917. In 1918 a serious breakdown resulted in an honourable discharge from the army. His condition worsened and his family declared him insane and he was confined to mental institutions for the rest of his life.
The window, erected in 2014 draws on Gurney's poems reflecting his troubled life, growing up in Gloucestershire, the terrors of war and his own despair.
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Plaque:" Giving thanks to Almighty God for the loved memory of their youngest son Gerald Nolekin Horlick of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry who died on active service July 5 1918 aged 30 at Alexandria, Egypt. Sir James and Lady Horlick reconstructed and enlarged this organ. AD MCMXX"
Rank of Major and twice Mentioned in Despatches, died of malaria.

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Source

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