Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides - Day 1

David Waite began his War Memorial Bike Ride with a steady 51.9 miles ride on 1 May 2018. In a change to his original plan he began with Ride 2, the Ikonic Design Route remembering those who lost their lives along the way.

Upton upon Severn & Malvern

Elmley Castle

Little Comberton

Great Comberton

Birlington

Eckington

Defford

Upper Strensham

Earls Croome

Baughton

The Grove

Upton upon Severn

Longdon

Birtsmorton

Hollybush

Castlemorton

Welland

Malvern Wells

Hanley Swan

Gualford Memorial - read more about one of the casualties commemorated on this memorial, who lost his life on 21 May 1917.

Howard John Munn was born in Bromyard in 1894, the second son and fourth child of Richard Henry and Elizabeth Jane Munn. In 1911 he was working as a butcher’s labourer at Weston Subedge, near Broadway. His service records have not survived but at the time of his enlistment as a Private 14966 in the Worcestershire Regiment at Evesham he was resident at Little Clevelode, Worcestershire. He was posted overseas sometime in 1915 and rose to the rank of Lance Corporal before he was killed in action on 21st May 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6. Howard was awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Poolbrook

West Malvern

Upper Howsell

Malvern Link / Link Common

Great Malvern - read more about one of the casualties commemorated at this Memorial and lost his life on 3 May 1917:

Malcolm Hutchinson House was born on 12th July 1897 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, the 3rd son of Harry Hammond House and his wife Kate Charlotte, nee Sorenson. The couple married on 12th April 1893 at St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham, London and moved to Great Malvern where Harry was a Housemaster at Malvern College. Harry was educated at Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, leaving the school in 1912 after gaining entry to Rugby School through a scholarship. He was gazetted a Lieutenant in the Officer Training Corps in October 1915 and elected Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in December 1915. Malcolm enlisted as a Private in the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, service number 26311 before being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action in France aged 19 by a sniper while moving a Lewis gun into position. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France, Bay 9. Malcolm's two older brothers both served in the Great War and survived - Godfrey Edward Hammond House (born 1894) served with the Royal Navy and Harry Wilfred House (born 1895) served with the East Lancashire Regiment.

Information researched and compiled by Remember the Fallen.