War Memorials – Ansley
The land for the memorial was granted to the parish council by the Ansley Hall Coal and Iron Company on 21st August 1920. The memorial was dedicated on 21st August 1921 by the Dr Charles Lisle-Carr, Bishop of Coventry. Originally, two artillery guns stood either side of the memorial, but they were removed for scrap in World War II.
The inscription on the Ansley memorial is as follows:
To the Honour of the Ansley Men Who Served Their Country
in His Majesty’s Forces During the Great Wars
1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945
Lest We Forget
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| ANSLEY WAR MEMORIAL WWI | | | | | |
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| RANK | No | FIRST NAMES | SURNAME | REGIMENT | OTHER REGIMENTS / INFO | COMMENTS / OTHER MEMORIALS |
| Pte | 19793 | Frank | ALTON[ALLTON] | Wiltshire Regiment | | |
| Cpl | 4507 | John T | ATKINS | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| Cpl | 4508 | George | BAILEY | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| Pte | 96140 | Edward | BARBER | Machine Gun Corps | Pte 2471 Bucks Hussars | |
| Pte | 10183 | John U | BUCKLEY | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| Pte | 1930 | Joseph | BURROWS | Royal Warwickshire | | Also on Galley Common and Stockingford |
| | Tom | CLARKE | | | No information held on this man |
| Pte | 11657 | John Henson | COCKERILL | Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry | | Also on Galley Common and Stockingford |
| Pte | 9542 | George | DEEMING | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | | Also on Mancetter |
| Pte | 16090 | Percy W | ELLIOTT | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| Spr | 102599 | William | FLETCHER | Royal Engineers | | |
| Gdsm | 11742 | Arthur | FOLLOWS | Coldstream Guards | | Also on Galley Common |
| Rfn | R/711 | George | FOLLOWS | King's Royal Rifle Corps | | |
| Gdsm | 11743 | Richard | FOLLOWS | Coldstream Guards | | Also on Galley Common and Nuneaton Grammar School |
| | Thomas | HARRIS | | | No information held on this man |
| Pte | 7472 | William Baxter | HARRIS | Coldstream Guards | | Also on Griff Colliery, Monk's Kirby & Stretton-under-Fosse |
| Pte | 10656 | Thomas W | HEXTALL | Leicestershire Regiment | | |
| Pte | 10821 | Alfred | HUTT | Leicestershire Regiment | | |
| Pte | 14341 | Herbert | MOORE | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| | William | OLIVER | | | No information held on this man |
| Cpl | 16045 | William (Arthur) | OXFORD | Royal Warwickshire | | Also on Merevale |
| L/Cpl | 19864 | William | POULTNEY | Wiltshire Regiment | Pte 2838 Royal Warwickshire | |
| L/Cpl | R/717 | Alan | REDFERN | King's Royal Rifle Corps | | |
| Pte | 4509 | Charles N | RICHARDSON | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| ACM | 119946 | Henry | SIMMONDS | Royal Air Force | | Also on Maxstoke; CWGC grave in churchyard |
| L/Cpl | 9676 | Edward | TAYLOR | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | | |
| Pte | 10566 | Hollis | TAYLOR | Royal Warwickshire | | Also on Merevale |
| AM | 267998 | Clement | TISDALE | Royal Air Force | | |
| Rfn | R/720 | Samuel | WARD | King's Royal Rifle Corps | | |
| Pte | 42760 | Philip A | WILSON | Royal Warwickshire | | Also on Chapel End |
| Pte | 4523 | Alfred | YORKE | Royal Warwickshire | | |
| | A H | ADAMS | | | |
| | H | ADLER | | | |
| | R W | CHATTEN | | | |
| | K G | HARRIS | | | |
| | J J | MEARS | | | |
| | C | NEALE | | | |
| | R | PARKER | | | |
| | G W | VEASY | | | |
