266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V)
Drill Hall Memorials
Memorials within the Drill Hall at The Artillery Ground, Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol
The Drill Hall contains several memorials and plaques commemorating the losses of both world wars from other buildings that were demolished or repurposed.: 2 x Mosaic Plaques from the Trinity Methodist Church in Whiteladies Road which was demolished in 1978. South Midland Divisional Royal Engineers which was taken from Speedwell Drill Hall, Whitefield Road before it was demolished. Both their WW1 and WW11 memorials are now in the Drill Hall. 1st South Midland 240th Brigade R.F.A. had a carved wooden memorial of a 18 pdr gun and team.
A wooden framed memorial to the members of the 6th Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery is in Thornbury Church as Thornbury was their headquarters from 1942 -1945. A wooden memorial to members of the Children's Church is in storage.
3rd Survey Regiment R.A.
3rd Survey Regiment R.A. plaque
| Bdr Kelly S. Gnr Russell D. Gnr Bridgewater M. A. Sgt. Cox J. A. L. Gnr Bray H. J. C. Gnr Field T. |
Gnr Weaver A. P. Gnr Turnhull. R. T. Gnr Thomas G. H. Gnr Flowers M. Sgt Goodhart P. G. N. Gnr Hickenbottom H. L. |
L. Sgt Priestley F. Gnr Davies J. H. Gnr Midgley R. Bdr Curtis H. F. Sgt Bryant A. L. Bdr Slater M. D. |
Gnr Perryman A. C. Bdr Wise S.F. Gnr Walsh P. L. Bdr Turner A. P. L. Bdr Mogridge K. G. Gnr Mills W. |
5th Survey Regiment R.A.
5th Survey Regiment R.A. plaque
| Gnr Blackmore R. G. Gnr Brown M. Bdr Connelly W. G. Gnr Coombs C. H. L. Bdr Colyer D. |
Gnr Cullingworth S. H. Gnr Hall C. T. Pt Inkson C. G. Cpl Johnson C. G. Gnr Knight H. |
L. Bdr Lewis G. Gnr Putnam T. A. G. Sgt Redman G. H. Gnr Riley H. S. Gnr Smith S. G. |
L. Bdr Turner A. F. Gnr Webb W. T. L. Bdr West D.J. Gnr Woolley S. |
44th Royal Tank Regiment
The headquarters of 44th Tanks was in the Drill Hall, Old Market, Bristol. On closing it became a GPO sorting office, and is now residential flats.
44th Tank Regiment plaque
In memory of the soldiers who gave their lives whilst serving with the 44th Royal Tank Regiment
| A. M. Amson L. C. Anderson A. Allen J. Anderson R. Anderson J. Anderton G. T. Armstrong K. S. Armstrong-Whiteworth G.S. Astin J. W. Audsley E. J. Axtell N. W. Barlow S. R. Barwick K. A. Batham P. Battle R. I. Banter T. C. Baynam C. F. Beaumont R. Beebe J. L. Bell J. Bell R. Bellerby F. T. Bennet L. A. Bevan W. H. Bishop R. T. Black C. C. Black J. S. Borthwick A. Brooks R. A. Kenway C. C. King W. F. Kirk J. Latford W. T. Langworthy D. A. B. Lawrence M. C. Leaver S. Lee W. W. Livingstone R. Lobb R. A. Lockey M. R. Lucas J. Luff J. H. Lowe J. F. Marley I. G. Mathew S. Mathews A. C. McCoombe I. C. McDonald A. A. McFegan D. H. Mellor R. B. Merrin A. F. Miller G. R. Mills E. P. Milne R. Mortimer S. L. Mutlow J. C. Nash P. W. Naylor |
J. Brownell J. T. Bruce R. Brooks J. C. D. Bryant J. S. M. Bryant G. E. Bucket H. A. Bucket H. Bullen D. Burrow F. Callaghan W. G. Campbell G. W. Campbell J.P. Chapman I. B. Chapman C. Clark A. J. Clarke W. H. Clayton C. Cohen J. C. D. Colbeck-Welsh M. Colley C. M. Conner A. Cook A. J. Cooper I. H. Cotter F. Cotterell A. L. Cullum G. Davies J. A. Davies F. E. Krogh T. Newman B. Nicholls J. Oakley G. S. Osborne G. M. O'Shea J. L. Owen G. Page R. C. Painter F. R. Palfrey G. T. Partridge R. G. Parttingale R. Peacock B. Pearson A. J. Phillips A. J. Pipe E. A. Plumbley W. H. Porter A. J. Pressdee H. P. Ramsey C. W. Randell H. A. Rawlings H. A. Richards A. Richards J. C. Richardson M. H. Ricketts W. H. Robinson W. C. Roots J. Rothwell W. H. Roynan |
A. W. Day W. E. Donldson F. W. Davis R. C. Dorgan E. J. Dursley E. J. Dwyer H. F. Dyer L. P. Dyer E. A. Edgar H. Edwards F. W. Ellam T. W. Ellery A. W. Emery I. Evans W. I. Evans L. N. Fisher W. Flaherty V. Furnival E. G. Gallagher E. L. Garlince J. Garner F. Gee S. M. Gow W. Grainger L. J. Guest J. P. Hamilton A. J. Hamilton J. F. Hardy F. A. Harmon J. Miller-Kerr J. Rumble H. l. Sanders C. Savage E. A. Scotney S. H. Secerman H. J. Sharp M. F. Sharp B. Shaw D. J. Shortman H. F. Sinden B. L. Slann D. C. J. Smith G. W. Smith J. F. Sole J. H. Songhurst P. Spanner P. W. Stacey E. A. Starks J. D. Stillwell G. H. Stimpson C. I. Stokes N. Stothard W. Symonds P. A. Tate L. Taylor I. J. Taylor G. Thom A. D. Thomas |
J. A. Harris E. G. Hewlett R. M. Harris A. G. Hiddingh W. T. Hill H. Hill E. C. Hirons K. P. Hoare K. J. Holden D. H. Holland C. P. Hollis W. T. Holmes W. R. Hooper W. N. Howard-Holloway P. H. Huggins R. A. Hughes J. C. Hughes W. Hulme R. Hurst A. J. Jackson E. L. Johnson D. H. Johnson H. Johnson J. Jones H. Jones M. H. Jones W. G. Joy D. Kent K. Thomas W. H. Thomas C. D. Thompson J. F. Thorogood S. I. Tucker L. J. Upstone E. C. Usher D. Waller R. H. Walpole J. F. Wardle N. E. Wareham W. J. B. Watkins J. R. Watt A. R. Wearing D. Weaver R. J. Webber R. E. G. Wensley I. J. White F. E. Whitacker W. G. Wickham S. C. Wigzell W. G. Wilkinson L. L. Wiliams G. Wills J. W. Wilson F. R. Wooding A. F. Woodword W. W. Worley R. Wormald |
Children's Church
Children's Church plaque
| Tom Kinnersley Warren Kinsey |
Eric Maslin Kenneth Powell |
Donald Pearce Kenneth Rowlands |
Richard Thatcher |
Thomas Geoffrey Kinnersley, Lt, 121297, 3rd Regt RHA. Died 21 November 1941, aged 26. He was the son of Wilfred A. and Edith M. Kinnersley.
Kenneth Coryton Powell, Squadron Leader, 37888, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 7 September 1943, aged 33. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Powell, of Bristol.
Kenneth Harold Rowlands, Pilot officer 86348, 152 Sqdn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sources and Resources
The original photos for this page were taken by A. Stevens.
Derek Driscoll's original pages
Memorials within the Drill Hall
Other Resources
Old Market Street drill hall, Bristol - Wikipedia