Colston Bassett
St John the Divine

War Memorial

A tablet on the north wall of the nave records all those villagers who gave their lives during the First World War.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF
THE MEN OF COLSTON BASSETT
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-19.

DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.

In the west side of the churchyard there is a tall stone Celtic style cross with a dedication on two sides of the plinth which reads:

To the memory of the men of Colston Bassett who gave their lives in the Great war 1914-1919

and

I have fought the good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith.

The other two faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of those who died:

Arthur Anderson

Albert Barker

Alfred Faulks

John Green

Albert Lane

Charles Newton

Ernest Parnham

Thomas Parnham

Albert Richards

Amos Shaw

Benjamin Shepherd

John Wagstaff

Edwin Westman