Connection to the Ashchurch War Memorial

Connection to the Ashchurch War Memorial

There are three officers mention on the Ashchurch War Memorial and to be frank I could nor find the connection, but I have managed to unravel parts of it and may have made a tenuous connection. This is what I know so far: The 3 officers on the memorial are: Major James Bertram Faulkner CARTLAND, 1st Worcestershire Regt, KIA 27/5/1918 age 42. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2887100 The Honourable, Major MAITLAND Alfred Henry 1st, Cameron Highlanders, KIA 14/09/1914 https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/737760 and finally Major Frederick Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall, Royal Garrison Artillery, KIA 10/11/1917 https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1720186 All three Majors were lost in the line of duty. But why are they mentioned on the Ashurch War Memorial? The key is that all three married into the Scobell family that lived at Down House, Redmarley, Gloucestershire. The Scobell family in the 1881 census comprised of: Father: Sanford George Treweeke Scobell Born 1893 Mother: Edith Scobell (Born Palairet 1850) Edith M Scobell daughter, born 1872 (Brighton) Florence Eleanor Scobell daughter, born 1875 (Brighton) Emily K Scobell, daughter, born 1876 (Worcestershire) Mary Hamilton Soobell, daighter, born 1878 (Worcestershire) Sandford TG Scobell, son born 1880 (Brighton) Major James Bertram Faulkner Cartland, married Mary Hamilton Scobell Major Frederick Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall, married Florence Eleanor Scobell and The Honourable, Major Alfred Henry Maitland married Edith M Scobell. Amongst my many images I found a Scobell family plot in the Churchyard of St Nicholas parish church in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury and amongst others Sanford George Treweeke Scobell is buried there, as is Major General Sandford John Palairet Scobell, former Lieut of the Tower of London.I do however need to return to document the other related graves in the churchyard. The War Memorial is across the road from the church. However, one answer still evades me, Why were they buried in Ashchurch? Google maps puts Redmarley in Gloucestershire, although it was part of Worcestershire up till 1931. The house associated with the family appears to be The Down House, Redmarley D'abitot, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL19. It is not quite Ashchurch whch is 17 kilometres away as the crown flies. The only real connection to Ashchurch is that there is a family plot at St Nicholas, and Major Cartland is commemorated at Tewkesbury Abbey. Out of curiosity, Barbara Cartland's mother, Mary Hamilton Scobell (usually known as "Polly"), grew up at the Down House and as a small girl Barbara was a regular visitor from Pershore. And that is where I stand with the connections between these 3 soldiers so far. The trail has not ended yet, but has just become somewhat overgrown. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10364.htm#i103640 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmarley_D%27Abitot https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101302873-the-down-house-redmarley-d39abitot#.WkeYAkGWSHs http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/ashchurchwm.htm

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  • Profile picture for James Bertram  Falkner Cartland

    Born 1876

    Died 1918

    British Army Captain Reserve of Officers Worcestershire Regiment

    British Army Captain Acting Major Warwickshire Regiment

    British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion