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The Western Chronicle Yeovil Friday 09 Apr 1920
Page 8 Column 2
MIDDLE LAMBROOK.
MEMORIAL TABLET. - The unveiling and dedication of a memorial tablet in memory of the soldiers of the Lambrooks who fell in the war took place on Easter Sunday evening. Capt. E. SKILTON, late of Stoke-under-Ham, who served as an Army Chaplain at the front for about two years, preached a most impressive sermon to a large congregation from the words of Christ before Pilate, “To this end I was born and for this cause came I into the world.” The preacher said that no words could describe the awful scenes of the battle field and what the soldiers had to endure to keep the nations free from German tyranny. Mr. R. N. SOUTHCOMBE, of Stoke, unveiled the tablet, and made an appeal to the young to be brave and true and help to make the world better than they found it. The tablet contained the following names: Pte. Harry DOWN, Glos. L.I.; Sergt. John DOWN, 8th Som. L.I.; Pte. Wm. Edward ELLIOTT, 14th Royal Warwicks; Pte. George NEWIS, 8th Bt. C.E.F.; Pte. Norman PIPE, 2nd Som. L.I.; Gunner Ben RUSS, R.F. A.; Pte. Douglas Stanley SAY, 1st A.I.F.; Sergt. Leonard SAY, M.M., 1st A.I.F. Machine Gun Corps; L.Corpl. Wesley STUCKEY, 1st Som. L.I.; Corpl. Joseph WALDEN, P.P.C.L.I. The musical part of the service was ably rendered by the choir. Mrs. HEBDITCH, of “New Cross,” presided at the organ. Miss Muriel HEBDITCH, L.R.A.M., effectively sang, “The Lord is mindful of His Own,” and Mr. Bert HODDER gave a sole (the choir taking the chorus) “Only Remembered.” The tablet, which gave great satisfaction, was erected by Messrs. Cox & Sons, of Keinton Mandeville.