War memorials, North Yorkshire
War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Thatcham (Berks),
- St. Mary's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Thatcham (Berks)
The War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Thatcham (Berks)
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Photo by P F Wood of the West Berkshire War Memorials website

The War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Thatcham, is a Roll of Honour. The Roll of Honour mounted on the Chancel arch dedicates the Church reredos to the memory of those killed in the First World War and the screen to St Anne's Chapel to the memory of those killed in the Second World War.

107 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 34 in the Second World War.

One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

Private William Quelch Butler, 42260. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Eli Butler, of Head's Hill, Crookham Common, Berks; husband of W. Butler, of Sacville St., Winterbourne, Kingston, Dorset. Died of Wounds 23 August 1917. Aged 35.
Born Thatcham (Berks), Enlisted Romsey (Hants)
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.

St. Mary's Church, Thatcham (Berks) St. Mary's Church, Thatcham (Berks)
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