Location

This memorial was originally sited at the west end of the south wall to the nave. The exact position is unknown, but the 1873 Guide to the Church lists this memorial in the same section as that for Captain William Madden which still exists.
 

Memorial
No photograph available
(From the 1873 Guide)
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGES COOKES ESQ., LATE LIEUTENANT
IN THE SOUTH GLOUCESTER MILITIA,
WHO DIED 7TH OF FEBRUARY, 1795, AGED 27 YEARS
ELDEST SON OF THE REV. THOMAS COOKES
OF BARBOURNE HOUSE, WORCESTER.
THE DEEP REGRET WHICH IS STILL EXPERIENCED
FOR HIS MOST IRREPERABLE LOSS
BY HIS SURVIVING FRIENDS WILL BEST EXPRESS
HIS UNEQUALLED WORTH AND RARE ENDOWMENTS.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED 14TH DECEMBER 1820,
BY A SURVIVING FRIEND.

 
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