Owermoigne Church Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1918

Located to the left of the main door in Owermoigne Church there is a commemorative plaque dedicated as follows:
 
In Memory of
 The MEN of OWERMOIGNE
 Who Fell in The GREAT WAR
 1914 - 1918

EDGAR RALPH COLEMAN, Troop^r Dorset Yeo^ry
Killed in Gallipoli Aug 21^st 1915. Aged 18.

HERBERT GALE. P^te 4^th Dorset Reg^t
Killed at Suvla Bay. Aug 21^st 1915. Aged 21

ALFRED PEARCE. Troop^r 1^st Berkshire Yeo^ry
Killed in Gallipoli Aug 21^st 1915. Aged 23.

LAWRENCE J. WESTMACOTT. AB RN
Drowned in North Sea. Jan 27^th 1916. Aged 32.

ADRIAN VICTOR CREE. 2^nd Lieut. Royal Welsh Fus^rs
Killed near Ypres. Feb. 1916. Aged 32.

VICTOR CLAUDE GARLAND. P^te Winnipeg R^fls
Killed in France. Sept 26^th 1916. Aged 22.

GEORGE KERSLAKE. P^te 5^th Dorset Reg^t.
Died of wounds in France. Sept. 29^th 1916. Aged 29.

ALFRED WILLIAM WESTMACOTT. P^te 5^th Dorset Reg^t
Died of wounds in France. Jan. 2^nd 1918. Aged 32.

GEORGE HANSFORD. C^pl RGA
Killed at Arras. March 21^st 1918. Aged 27.

EDWIN WALLIS WESTMACOTT. LB^dr RGA.
Killed at Armentieres. April 9^th 1918. Aged 30.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

Below are details from CWGC researched by Dorinda Miles February 2004

Surname; First Name; Nationality; Rank; Regiment; Age; Date of Death; Service No; Casualty type; Grave/Memorial ref. No; Cemetery; Parents

COLEMAN; Edgar Ralph; UK; Private; Dorset Yeomanry; Not Known; 21.8.1915; 741; Commonwealth war dead; Panels 17 & 18; Helles Memorial;

GALE; Herbert; UK; Private; Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion; Not known; 21.8.1915; 10826; Commonwealth war dead; Panels 136 to 139; Helles Memorial;

PEARCE; Alfred Frederick; UK; Private; Berkshire Yeomanry; 20; 21.8.1915; 2025; Panels 18 & 19; Helles Memorial; Son of Mr and Mrs Pearce of Galton Heath, Owermoigne, Dorset [Note, age on CWGC site is at odds with the age on the memorial, this is currently under review]

WESTMACOTT; Laurence John; UK; Able Seaman; Royal Navy H.M.T.B No 13 (RFR/DEV/B/1501); 32; 27.1.1916; 206264; Commonwealth war dead; 12; Plymouth Naval Memorial; Son of Watson Westmascott, husband of Elizabeth Westmascott of Coombe Keynes, Wool, Wareham, Dorset [Note, Birth Registered as Laurence, not Lawrence]

CREE; Adrian Victor; UK; Second Lieutenant; Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion; 32; 17.2.1916; Not known; Commonwealth war dead; Panel 22; Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; Son of Mary Cree of Greencourt Flats, Weymouth and the late G J Cree; Husband of Mary Cree

GARLAND; Victor Claude; Canadian; Private; Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) 8th Battalion; 22; 26.9.1916; 187056; Commonwealth war dead; Not known; Vimy Memorial; Son of George and Margaret Garland of Owermoigne, Dorset

KERSLAKE; George; UK; Private; Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion; 29; 29.9.1916;12579; Commonwealth war dead; II.D.18; Contay British Cemetry; Son of George and Sarah Kerslake of Galton, Owermoigne, Dorset

WESTMACOTT; Alfred William; UK; Private; Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion; 32; 2.1.1918; 19613; Commonwealth war dead; H.2.; Ruyal Court Military Museum; Eldest son of William and Alice Westmascott of Owermoigne, Dorset

HANSFORD; George; UK; Corporal; Royal Garrison Artillery 17th Heavy Trench Mortar Battalion; Not known; 21.3.1918;38624; Commonwealth war dead; VII.B.14; Faubourg D'amiens Cemetry, Arras

WESTMACOTT; Edwin Wallis; UK; Lance Bombardier; Royal Garrison Artillery; 30; 9.4.1918; 22295; Commonwealth war dead; Panel 1; Ploegsteert Memorial; Son of Alice Westmascott of Owermoigne, Dorset and the late William Alfred Westmascott

Owermoigne Church War Memorial 1939-1945

Located to the left of the main door in Owermoigne church there is a commemorative plaque dedicated to the memory of the men of Owermoigne who fell 1939 - 1945

These are their details from the CWGC Database of these men by Dorinda Miles February 2004

Surname; First Name; Nationality; Rank; Regiment; Age; Date of Death; Service No; Casualty type; Grave/Memorial ref. No; Cemetery; Parents

ASHBURNER; Lionel Charles Brian; UK; Lieutenant Commander; Royal Nay HMS Raven; 32; 19.11.1941; Not known; Commonwealth war dead; G.19.9; Haslar Royal Navy Cemetery; Son of Lt. Col. Lionel Forbes Ashburner, formally of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and of Ethel Hermione Ashburner of South Brent, Devon

ASHBURNER; John Forbes Campbell; UK; Second Lieutenant; Durham Light Infantry; Not known; 27.5.1940; 108203; Commonwealth war dead; Column 121; Dunkirk Memorial;

FRIZZELL; Edward Charles James; UK; Sergeant (AIR GNR); Royal Air Force Volunteer Service; 21; 9.11.1942; 1316854; Commonwealth war dead; 3.F.11.; Kiel War Cemetery; Son of Walter William Frizzell and of Betty Victoria Frizzell of Owermoigne, Dorset

On the wall inside of the church there is the last Will and Testament of Adam Jones of Holworth. It reads as follows:

The last Will and Testament of Adam Jones, of Holworth, in the Parish of Abbots Milton, in the County of Dorset, dated the 26th Day of April, in the year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred & fifty-three.

Item. I give to the Church Acc't of Owermoyne, the Sum of twenty Shillings.

Item. I give unto the poor of Owermoyne, aforesaid, all that my Freehold Estate, which I purchased of one John Grant, of Owermoyne aforesaid, lying and being in the said Parish of Owermoyne, to be and remain Whole to the use of the Poor, of the said Parish of ~ Owermoyne for evermore. And the Profits thereof to be distributed to the Poor of the said Parish, by the Minister, Churchwardens, and Overseers, successively for Ever. (that is to say) four Days before every of the most usual Feasts, or Terms in the Year. And to such as have not relief, as well as to such as have Relief, but not to ease the Parish in any respect.

Item. I give to the Poor of the Parish of Owermoyne, aforesaid, five Pounds, to be distributed accordingly to the discretion of my executors, within six Months after my Discease. (Decease)

Item. I give to the Parish of Owermoyne, the Sum of ten Pounds, to be and remain in Stock, to the use of the Poor of the said Parish of Owermoyne for evermore.

Proved at Westminster, the fifteenth Day of May, One thousand six hundred and fifty-three.

James Meech and Roger Clavel, Executors.

 Transcribed by Dorinda Miles – February 2004

Plaque detailing Rectors of Owermoigne

The Last will and Testament of Adam Jones of Holworth

The grave of George & Margaret Garland And their son, Victor Claude who was a Private in the Winnipeg Rifles and killed in the 1^st World War. His name is also inscribed on the war memorial inside of the church.

 Flat topped headstone with cross and ivy leaves carved at the top.

In Loving Memory of George Garland, 1852 – 1934

Also of Victor Claude, Son of the Above

Killed in Action in France September 16^th 1916, aged 22

 'Duty nobly done'

'Sleep on beloved ones in thy blest abode'

Also of Margaret Sarah, Wife of the Above

1858 – 1936

 'Peace, perfect peace'

 LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF

THOMAS GARLAND of ASKERSWELL

In the name of God Amen, I, Thomas Garland of Askerswell in the county of Dorset, Carpenter, being of sound and improving mind and memory and understanding do this Twenty fiveth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand and seven hundred and sixty three make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I give and bequeath to my brother Henry Garland of Bothenhampton in the said county of Dorset, labourer, the sum of ten pounds to be paid ** by my executors herein after named within Twelve months after my decease, also I give and bequeath unto Henry Garland son of my brother Henry Garland aforesaid the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid within Twelve months, also I give and bequeath unto Robert Garland son of my brother Henry Garland aforesaid the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease, also I give and bequeath unto my cuzan Richard Garland of Shipton in the county of Dorset, Yeoman, the sum of four pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease, also I give and bequeath unto my cuzan Richard Garland aforesaid his four sons; That is to say his Thomas Garland and to his son John Garland and to his son Richard Garland and to his son – Garland the sum of Sixteen pounds, that is to each of them Four pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease.

Also I give and bequeath unto Thomas Hall of Askerswell the sum of Five pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease, also I give and bequeath unto Mary Guy, daughter of Thomas Hall aforesaid the sum of Five pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease, also I give and bequeath unto Mary Guy's two children, that is to say, to her daughter Mary Guy the sum of Five pounds and to her son John Guy the sum of Five pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease.

Also I give and bequeath unto Dorothy Rufroff of the Parish of Askerswell the sum of Five pounds to be paid within Twelve months after my decease.

Also I Devise give and bequeath unto my cuzen John Hall that now lives with me the house and garden and orchard that I now live in, in the Parish of Askerswell.

Also I give and bequeath unto my cuzen John Hall my bed and all there unto belonging and all my wearing apparel and I give and bequeath unto my cuzen John Hall my Garden of Seat – Hold within the Parish of Askerswell.

Also I Devise give and bequeath unto Henry Garland the son of my brother Henry Garland of the Parish of Bothenhampton the house and garden now in the ?? possession ?? of Charles Bagg within the Parish of Askerswell, and all the rest, residue and remainder of my goods, chattels, monies, securities for money, Estates whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my debts ? funeral expenses. I give and bequeath unto my Executor's herein afternamed and I make ? and appoint my cuzen John Hall and my cuzen Richard Garland, now at sea, the son of my brother Henry Garland joint Executor's of this my last Will and testament and I do hereby revoke all former wills and do declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.

Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed sealed & delivered signed with the

In the Presence of         mark of

Henry Legg          Thomas Garland

? Legg

27^th April 1768, John Hall  one of the above Executors, (the other being at sea) was sworn before me

Gre. Syndercombe Surrd