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The Rushden Argus August 4th 1922, transcribed by Susan Manton
In Remembrance
Higham’s Memorial to Her Own and Adopted Sons
A natural oak triptych containing in four columns the names of the men of Higham Ferrers who fell in the Great War, has been erected in the Chapel of Remembrance in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Higham Ferrers and on each side is a bronze tablet, mounted on oak, one to the memory of the 1st/5th Royal Welsh Fusiliers who were billeted in Higham Ferrers before leaving for Gallipoli, where so many lost their lives, and the other to the men at Higham Ferrers who fell in the war. The just mentioned tablet has been erected as a thank-offering by “J & A.B.”
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The Memorial
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The oak triptych is a simple but handsome piece of work, with large ornamental hinges of gilded wrought iron, and when folded, bears at the front the inscription “Mors Janua Vitae” (Death at the Gate of Life.) Above the four columns of names (in gilt lettering) is inscribed “Remember here these men of Higham Ferrers” and underneath is “Ye are bought with a price, therefore glorifying God in your body and in your spirit.”
The excellent idea of commemorating the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who were billeted in Higham Ferrers and lost their lives in Gallipoli and the Holy Land is to be particularly commended for many of the Fusiliers came to look upon Higham as their second home and the townspeople followed their fortunes abroad with great interest and anxiety. The tablet in these men’s memory bears the following inscription.
“To the glory of God and in memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 1st/5th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who left Higham Ferrers in 1915 and fell in Gallipoli, and in the Holy Land. R.I.P.
In the upper left-hand corner is inserted the badge of the regiment (the red dragon of Wales, with R.W.F. underneath”
On the other (the right) side of the triptych is the tablet inscribed:
“To the glory of God and in memory of the men of Higham Ferrers who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918, on whose souls God have mercy. Amen. Dedicated by J. and A.B. as a thank-offering, 1921.”
In the top left-hand corner are the arms of John Gaunt (of the Duchy of Lancaster)
The names inscribed on the triptych are:-
Harold Adams, Robert Andrews, Walter Allen, Walter Ball, James Barker, Walter Barker, Joseph Biggs, Arthur Bird, James Bird, Reginald Bird, William Bird, Charles Blackwell, Charles Butlin, Hugh Caswell, William Charles, Arthur Charles, Arthur Clayton, Frank Cockayne, Charles Cockayne, Ernest Coles, William Coles, Bert Dawes, Henry Dawes, Ernest Draper, Herbert Driver, Arthur Farrington, Ernest Flanders, Ernest Fletton, Harry Fletton, Bernard Freeman, Ernest Freeman, Harold Garner, William Haddon, Harry Hall, Thomas Horne, George Kilsby, Cecil Knight, Reginald Litchfield, Thomas Litchfield, William Lovell, Charles Mason, Jack Mayes, Sidney Mead, Arthur Middleton, Eusebius Middleton, Harry Miller, Harold Moulton, James Newell, Leonard Newell, Paul Newell, Percy Newell, Timothy Nurrish, Harry Pack, William Pack, Donald Parker, George Parker, Dennis Pashler, Bertram Pashler, Edward Pasilow, Percy Patenall, Charles Pattison, Leonard Payne, Thomas Pearcey, Fred Pendred, George Perkins, Mark Powell, Willie Richardson, Reginald Sawford, Stanley Senior, William Spring Smith, William Smith, Walter Stimpson, Harold Sudborough, Richard Turnock, Cecil Vorley, William Wagstaff, Henry Webb, Herbert Wright.
The dedication is to take place on Sunday afternoon, and the Colonel of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers is expected to perform the unveiling ceremony.
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