THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, . THE HAVARD CHAPEL MEMORIALS 024 RORKE’S DRIFT Ph SOUTH WALL 1 Large brass plaque, set on a wooden base, with inlaid black in an highly decorated border containing all the names of the 1st and 2nd the Borderers 24th who lost their lives at Rorke's Drift in 1879. The plaque is headed by the Regiment’s Garland of olive leaves around which is a running ribbon which holds the names of the famous battles encountered, and on each side are the emblems of the Warwickshire Regiment and the . The battles listed on the left side are as follows:- BLENHEIM, RAMILIES, OVDENARDE, MALPLAQVET, , CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TALAVERA, FVENTESDONOR, and on the right side, SALAMANCA, VITTORIA, NIVELLE, ORTHES, PENINSULAR, PUNJAUB, CHILLIANWALLAH, GOOJERAT, and in the center at the bottom, the words SOUTH AFRICA. 2 Brass with inlaid black on a wooden base 3 20th c 4 h. 360cm x w. 96cm x d. 5cm 5-8 - 9 In decorated gothic script the inscription reads:- To the Glory of God / and in memory of the Non-Commissioned Officers / and men of the 24th Regiment who fell in action during / the Zulu Campaign of 1879 this memorial is erected by / all ranks past and present of the 1st and 2nd of the / 24th Regiment now the South Wales Borderers / 1st Battalion

There then follows the lists of names in six columns. Column 1. SERGT·MAJOR / CAPP·F· / QR·M·SERGT· / LEITCH·T· / SERGT·I·M· / CHAMBERS·C· / P·M·SERGT· / MEAD·C· / ARMR·SERGT· / HAYWARD·H· / DRUM·MAJOR / TAYLOR·R· / O·R·SERGT· / FITZGERALD·C· / SERGT·COOK / FIELD·A· / COLOUR·SERGTEANTS / BALLARD·J· / BROWN·T· / EDWARDS·W· / WHITFIELD·W· / WOLFE·F·H· / SERGEANTS / AINSWORTH·P· / BENNETT·C· / BRADLEY·D· / CLARKSON·J· / COHOLAN·W· / COOPER·T· / EDWARDS·J· / FAY·T· / FOWDEN·J· / GAMBLE·D· / GILES·E· / GREATOREX·J· / HEPPENSTALL·C· / HORNIBROOK·M· / PARSONS·W· / PIALL·A· / SMEDLEY·J· / SMITH·J· / UPTON·G· / L·SERGEANTS / MILNER·J· / REARDON·J· / CORPORALS / BALL·N· / BELL·P· / LAWLER·J· / BELLHOUSE·J· / BOARD·A / DAVIS·R / EVERETT·E / FRANKS·J / KNIGHT·J / MARKHAM·P / MILLER·M / RICHARDSON·H· / ROWDEN·J· / TARBUCK·J· / WILLIAMS·R· / L·CORPORALS / ABBOT·R· / BUSHBY·Y· / CHADWICK·W· / HADDEN·C· / HEWITT·J· / WEATHERHEAD·H· / YOUNG·T· / ADAMS·W·H· / DIBDEN·C· / ORLOPP·J·F· / OSMOND·C· / PERKINS·T· / REARDON·T· / THOMPSON·J· / TROTTMAN·D· / WOLFENDEN·A·

Column 2. WOLFENDEN·J· / PRIVATES / ALLINGHAM·T· / AMOS·E· / ATKINS·A· / BAILEY·J· / BAKER·E· / BARRY·J· / BARRY·J· / BARSLEY·E· / BARTLES·J· / BASTARD·C· / BEADON·R· / BECKETT·W· / BENHAM·J· / BENNETT·A· / BENNETT·R· / BENSON·R· / BETTERTON·N· / BIRCH·J· / BISHOP·J· / BLACKHURST·R / BLOWER·J / BODMAN·F / BOLTON·S / BOYLAN·J / BRAY·J / BREESE·J / BREW·J·W· / BRODERICK·J· / BROWN·J· / BROWN·W· / BUGBY·F·W· / BULL·J· / BURKE·T· / BURKE·W· / BURNS·W· / BUTLER·W· / CAHILL·J· / CALLANAN·J· / CAMP·J· / CAMPBELL·M· / CANTILLON·J· / CARPENTER·H· / CARROL·P· / CEILEY·E· / CHALMERS·W· / CHATTERTON·J· / CHEPMAN·W· / CHRISTIAN·J· / CLARKE·A· / CLARKE·M· / CLEMENTS·H· / CLUTTERBUCK·W· / COLE·A· / COLEMAN·J· / COLLINS·D· / COLLINS·T· / COLSTON·T· / CONBOYE·G· /

South Wall Memorials page 1 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BRECON. THE HAVARD CHAPEL MEMORIALS 024 (cont.) CONNELLY·C· / CONNELLY·J· / CONNORS·S· / COOK·J· / COOPER·H· / COUGHLAN·R· / COX·J· / COX·T· Column 3. CULLEN·M· / DAVIES·A· / DAVIES·W· / DAVIS·E· / DIGGLE·M· / DIGGLES·J· / DOBBIN·J· / DOBBS·W· / DONOHOE·C· / DORAN·M· / DORMAN·J· / DOWDE·P· / DREDGE·W· / DUCK·T· / DUCKWORTH·C· / DUFFY·J· / DUGMORE·E· / DUNN·F· / DYER·J· / EDWARDS·J· / EGAN·T· / EGAN·W· / ELDERTON·C· / ELDRINGTON·W· / ELLIS·D· / ELLISON·H· / ELLSMORE·J· / EVANS·D· / EVANS·J·W· / EVRY·T· / FAIRCLOTH·J· / FARMER·W· / FAY·C·H· / FERRIS·M· / FITZGERALD·T· / FLINT·E· / FLOOD·W· / FORTUNE·J· / FREEMAN·W· / GILDER·T· / GILLAN·J· / GINGLE·C· / GLASS·G· / GODDARD·C· / GOODCHILD·C· / GASS·T· / GREEN·W· / GREIG·W· / GREGSON·W· / GRIFFITHS·G· / HALE·I· / HALL·J· / HANNAFORD·J· / HARKIN·T· / HARMAN·J· / HARNEY·D· / HARRINGTON·D· / HARRIS·T· / HARRIS·W· / HAYDEN·W· / HAYNES·J· / HEDGES·J· / HEMMINGS·C· / HIBBARD·J· / HICKEN·W·H· / HIGGINS·T·

Column 4. HIND·J· / HITCHEN·J· / HOLDEN·W· / HOLLAND·J· / HORN·J· / HORNBUCKLE·C· / HORRIGAN·W· / HOUGH·W· / HUGHES·E· / HUGHES·J· / HUGHES·J· / HUGHES·O·/ HUGHES·T·/ IGGULDEN·A· / ILSLEY·F· / IVATTS·E· / JENKINS·J· / JENKINS·M· / JENKINS·W· / JOHNSON·G· / JOHNSON·H· / JOHNSON·J· / JOHNSTON·J· / JOHNSTON·W· / JOHNSTON·G· / JOHNSTON·J· / JOHNSTONE·A· / JONES·E· / JONES·J· / JONES·J· / JONES·T· / JONES·W· / JONES·W· / KEANE·J· / KEEGAN·J· / KELLY·A· / KELLY·F· / KELLY·J· / KELLY·J· / KEMPSALL·N· / KEMPSTER·J· / KNIGHT·J· / LAMB·J· / LAMBERT·T· / LAWRENCE·J· / LEECH·R· / LEAVER·T· / LEE·J· / LEWIS·H· / LEWIS·R· / LING·J· / LINNANE·J· / LIPPETT·E· / LISBECK·G· / LLOYD·G· / LOCKETT·W· / LOVELL·C· / LOWE·C· / LOWE·R· / LYCETT·J· / LYONS·J· / MCDONALD·M· / MCFARLANE·M· / MCHALE·J· / MACK·H·A· / MACKENSIE·J·J· / MACE·C·R· / MAHONEY·C· / MALONEY·M·

Column 5. MANEY·C· / MANN·W· / MARLEY·L· / MARSH·H· / MARTIN·D· / MEREDITH·J·H· / MILLEN·C· / MILLER·P· / MOORE·R· / MORGAN·J· / MORGAN·W· / MORRIS·G· / MORSE·R· / MURPHY·J· / MURPHY·P· / MURRAY·J· / NASH·P· / NEWBERRY·A· / NEWBERRY·T· / NICHOLAS·E· / NICHOLAS·W· / NICHOLLS·E· / NYE·W·E· / OAKLEY·W· / ODEY·C· / OGDEN·J· / PADMORE·J· / PAINTER·T· / PARRY·R· / PATTERSON·H·H· / PETERS·J· / PHILLIPS·J·H· / PHILLIPS·J· / PICKARD·J·R· / PLANT·S· / PLUNKETT·J· / POLLEN·A· / POPE·W· / POTTOW·U· / POWELL·H· / PROCTOR·J· / PROSSER·G· / PROSSER·J· / PUGH·W· / PUGH·W· / QUIRK·J· / REMINGTON·E· / RETFORD·W· / RICHARDS·G· / RICHARDSON·M· / RIGNEY·J· / RITTMAN·J· / ROBERTS·W· / ROGERS·H· / ROUBREY·P· / ROWMAN·H· / RULE·W· / RUSSELL·F· / RUTTER·T· / RYAN·J· / SALTER·S· / SARNEY·F· / SEARS·H· / SELLWOOD·W· / SHARP·F· / SHAW·R· / SHEA·D· / SHEATHER·H·

Column 6. SHRIMPTON·J· / SILCOCK·R· / SKELTON·W· / SMITH·E· / SMITH·C· / SMITH·C· / SMITH·G· / SMITH·J· / SPEED·T· / STANSFIELD·S· / STEVENS·H· / STEVENS·W· / STRANGE·E· / SULLIVAN·J· / SULLIVAN·P· / SUTTON·P· / SWAFFER·R· / TATE·R· / TAYLOR·E· / TERRY·J· / THOMAS·J· / THOMAS·J·B· / THORNETT·T· / THROSSELL·C· / TILLISON·H· / TINNENEY·T· / TODD·G· / TOWNSEND·J· / TULETT·J· / TURNER·E· / TROWELL·L· / THEOBALD·W· / VINES·G· / WALKER·E· / WALLER·E· / WALSH·T· / WALSH·T· / WALTON·W· / WARNER·J· / WATKINS·W· /

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2ND BATTALION

Column 1. BANDMASTER / BULLARD·H· / Q·M·SERGT· / DAVIS·H·G· / SERGEANTS / CARSE·H· / CHEW·C· / LINES·I· / MAYFIELD·R· / REEVES·W·J·G· / ROSS·J· / SHAW·W· / WILKINS·G· / L·SERGEANTS / MCCAFFREY·J· / HAIGH·H· / CORPORALS / GREENHILL·W· / HENSHAW·J· / LOW·J·M· / MORTLOCK·H· / SIMS·G· / THOMPSON·T· / L·CORPORALS / BRYAN·J· / ELVY·J· / JENKIN·W· / MORRIS·H· / DRUMMERS / ANDERSON·J· / HOLMES·J· / PRIVATES / ADAMS·R· / ALLEN·J· / BARTON·J· / BENNETT·S· / BEVAN·S· /

Column 2. BISHOP·H· / BRAY·A· / BRIDGEWATER·F· / BRIERLEY·G·P· / BRODERICK·M· / BRYANT·J· / BRYNE·J· / BUCKLEY·R· / BULL·T· / BYARD·A· / CARRELL·J· / CHARLES·W· / CHERRY·F· / CHICK·J· / CLEARY·N· / COLE·T· / CORNISH·T· / DAVIES·D· / DAVIES·G· / DAVIES·J· / DAVIES·J· / DAVIES·J·J· / DONEGAN·M· / DOWLE·J· / EARISH·J· / EDWARDS·E· / EDWARDS·J· / EMERSON·R· / EVANS·R· / FAGAN·J· Column 3. FARR·A· / FINN·T· / FITZPATRICK·R· / FITTON·G· / FLYN·D· / FLYN·J· / FOX·T· / FRY·J· / FURTUNE·M· / GEE·W· / GHOST·G· / GRIFFITHS·W· (VC) / HACKER·S· / HALL·B· / HALL·C· / HALL·J· / HALL·W· / HAWKINS·W· / HAYDEN·G· / HEALEY·J· / HILL·J·E· / HOPKINS·R·H· / HORROCKS·G· / HOWELLS·R· / HUDSON·J· / HUGHES·T· / HUNT·J· / JOHNSON·W· / JONES·A· / BOY / MCEWAN·J·S· /

Column 4. JONES·E· / JONES·J· / JONES·J· / JONES·T· / JONES·T· / JONES·W· / KELLY·J· / KENNEDY·T· / KING·J· / LATHAM·B· / LEWIS·E· / LEWIS·J· / LLEWELLYN·J· / LONG·C· / LYNCH·T· / MCCAFFRY·P· / MCCORMACK·J· / MCCRACKEN·S· / MCDOON·G· / MCGUIRE·J· / MACHIN·J· / MACK·J· / MALLEY·E· / MARSH·T· / MARTINGALE·E· / MOCKLER·W· / MOORE·F· / MONTGOMERY·T· / MORGAN·J· / BOY / GORDAN·D· /

Column 5. MORRISY·J· / MURPHY·J· / MULROY·J· / NEAGLE·T· / NOBES·R· / O’KEFFE·T· / PERKINS·F· / PHILLIPS·D· / POOLE·S· / POPPLE·S· / PRICE·H / PRICE·J· / PRITCHARD·D· / QUELFORD·T· / QUINN·J· / REES·W· / RICE·W· / ROCHE·J· / ROCHE·M· / SAUNDERS·T· / SCANLON·J· / SCOTT·J· / SHERWOOD·S· / SHUTTLEWORTH·W· / SHEAN·W· / SLADE·H· / SMITH·C·M· / SMITH·D· / SMITH·F· / BOY / GURNEY·J·

Column 6. SMITH·H· / SMITH·J· / SMITH·P· / SMITH·R· / STEPHENS·R· / TERRETT·W· / THOMAS·D· / THOMPSON·G· / TREVERTON·A· / TURNER·E· / VEDLER·T· / WALKER·S· / WATERHOUSE·W· / WATERS·E· / WATKINS·J· / WATSON·G· / WHITE·J· / WHITE·T· / WHITMAN·A· / WOOD·G· / WILLIAMS·E· / WILLIAMS·E· / WILLIAMS·E· / WILLIAMS·E· / WILLIAMS·G· / WILLIAMS·J· / WILLIAMSON·J· / WRIGHT·J· / YOUNG·J· /

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY / JESU MERCY 10 -

South Wall Memorials page 3 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BRECON. THE HAVARD CHAPEL MEMORIALS 025 HAVARD MEMORIAL Ph SOUTH WALL ALCOVE 1 A memorial to the Rt. Rev. William Thomas Havard MC who was a First World War military chaplain, and rugby union international player, who was later successively Bishop of two dioceses of the Church in Wales: St. Asaph and St. David's, and after whom this Chapel is named. 2 Grey sandstone 3 20th c 4 h. 50cm x w. 60cm 5-8 - 9 IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM THOMAS HAVARD / M.C., TD., D.D. / 1889 - 1956 / CHAPLAIN TO 10TH BATTALION / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / 38TH (WELSH) DIVISION 1914 - 1918 / CANON OF BRECON CATHEDRAL 1930 - 1934 / BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH 1934 - 1950 / BISHOP OF ST. DAVIDS 1950 - 1956 10 -

026 A SERIES OF MEMORIALS Ph Dr SOUTH WALL 1 This series of oak panels with quarter cove moulding are affixed with screws to the decorated wooden panelling. Not all the panels bear inscriptions, but those which do are numbered for detailed reference in 9. The top rectangular panels on each portion bear descriptions of the Colours mounted on poles jutting out from the wall high above each respective panel (refer to 415 for descriptions of the colours, and 308 for the full description of the woodwork).

Descriptions of Colours above See 417, 418 & 419

A1 A2 C1 C2

B1 B2 A3 A4 C3 C4 B3 B4

A5 A6 C5 C6

A7 A8 C7 C8

2 Oak 3 20th c 4 A1—A4 h. cm x w. cm B1—B12 h. cm x w. Cm C1—C4 h. cm x w. Cm 5-8 -

South Wall Memorials page 4 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BRECON. THE HAVARD CHAPEL MEMORIALS 026 (cont.) 9 A1: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / GENERAL SIR ALFRED READE / GODWIN-AUSTEN KCSI, CB, OBE, MC / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / OF THE REGIMENT / FROM 1950 TO 1954 / BORN 17TH APRIL 1889 / DIED 20TH MARCH 1963

A2: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER / RICHARD CAPEL HANMER MIERS / D.S.O., O.B.E / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 11 JUNE 1913 / DIED 21 FEBRUARY 1962

A3: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER / JOHN STEPHEN WINDSOR / M.C. / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 22ND SEPT. 1894 / DIED 21ST MARCH 1968

A4: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / ANTHONY JULIAN LORNE / CAMPBELL RIEDEL / LIEUTENANT / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / 22ND MARCH 1968 / AGED 23

A5: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER / ROLLO EDWARD CRWYS PRICE / CBE DSO / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 6TH APRIL 1916 / DIED 24TH FEBRUARY 1995

A6: IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / COLONEL P.J.MARTEN / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 25TH MARCH 1915 / DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1987

A7: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER / C. F. COX OBE / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 28TH APRIL 1907 / DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1998

A8: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / COLONEL I C EDWARDS CVO OBE TD / 3RD BATTALION / THE / BORN 5TH AUGUST 1907 / DIED 8TH DECEMBER 1995

B1: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT COLONEL / R. O. CREW- READ MC / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 2ND JULY 1912 / DIED 29TH JANUARY 1991

B2: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MAJOR J. O. CREW-READ / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / AND THE / (24TH/41ST FOOT) / BORN 4TH FEBRUARY 1942 / DIED 14TH MAY 1979

B3: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT COLONEL / J. O. CREW- READ OBE / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 21ST OCTOBER 1908 / DIED 6TH APRIL 1996

B4: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / COLONEL / D. C. CAMPBELL-MILES MBE / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 1ST DECEMBER 1903 / DIED 29TH AUGUST 1996

C1: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER GENERAL / ANTHONY JULIAN REDDIE / C.M.G., D.S.O., D.L. / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 27TH AUGUST 1873 / DIED 26TH JANUARY 1960

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(cont.) C2: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / MAJOR GENERAL / RUPERT GORDON LOCHNER / M.C., D.L. / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 27TH JANAURY 1891 / DIED 20TH JUNE 1965

C3: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / MAJOR / G. J. B. EGERTON, JP. DL. / THE SOUTH WALES / BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 21ST AUGUST 1915 / DIED 2ND AUGUST 1985

C4: IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / MAJOR GENERAL / KENNETH FRANCIS DRAKE GATTIE / DSO, MC, DL. / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 22ND APRIL 1890 / DIED 24TH AUGUST 1982

C5: IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER V. J. L. NAPIER M C / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 13TH JULY 1898 / DIED 9TH MARCH 1990

C6: IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / BRIGADIER / M. J. A. PATERSON DSO / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 30TH JULY 1911 / DIED 9TH JULY 1986

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C8: IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / LIEUTENANT COLONEL / J. E. MARGESSON MBE / THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / (24TH REGIMENT) / BORN 25TH JULY 1913 / DIED 29TH OCTOBER 1989 10 -

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