MALIN John

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Hampton casualties, 177411 The Royal Engineers.

Evesham Journal and Four Shires Advertiser, 7th April 7 1917:
DEATH OF ANOTHER HAMPTON SOLDIER
We regret to record the death of Pte. John Malin, which took place at Nottingham on March 28.  He had only been in the army about six weeks, having joined up on February 20.  Pte. Malin was in the army for three months in 1916, but was discharged until his group was called up.  He was formerly in the employ of Messrs. Espley and Co., Ltd., as a bricklayer, but at the time of joining he was working for Messrs. Collins and Godfrey. His death was due to double pneumonia following bronchitis.  Pte. Malin leaves a wife and four young children.  The funeral took place on Monday afternoon in Hampton churchyard, the Vicar (the Rev. D. FitzMaurice) officiating.  The mourners were his wife, his brothers William, James, and Joseph, his step-brother George, Mrs J. Malin, Mrs. G. Bennet, and Mrs. J. Bennet (sister-in-law).  A number of beautiful wreaths were sent by “His loving wife”; “From a sorrowing father and mother”; “From his fellow workmates, W. E. Sharp, C. Cubberley, W. Westwood, and A. Westwood”; “In deepest sympathy of dear brother, from Charles and Nell”; “in remembrance from Mrs. Swinbourne”; “In loving memory of dear Jack, from Bill and Annie.”

(John married Annie Bearcroft in 1907.  He was the son of James and Elizabeth Malin (nee Ballinger) who were married in 1878.)

The following information relates to William Malin, the brother of John and Thomas Malin:
Evesham Journal and Four Shires Advertiser, 3rd November 1917:
HAMPTON – KILLED ON THE RAILWAY
A fatal accident occurred on Saturday night to William Malin (34), a bricklayer, a native of this village.  Deceased was in the employ of the Midland Railway Company, and on Saturday went to King’s Norton for special work on the Sunday.  He was proceeding down the line from King’s Norton station, and on approaching the hut near Lifford, the 9.10 express from Birmingham to Gloucester struck him and carried him forty yards, causing injuries to the head, from which he died immediately.  His body was brought to Hampton on Wednesday, and on Thursday, after a short service in the church there, he was buried a Evesham Cemetery.  Before the outbreak of war he was a member to the Evesham Territorials, and went out to France with them in March, 1916.  After being there about six months he was invalided in Boulogne hospital, transferred to Netley Hospital, afterwards coming to Abbey Manor Hospital, Evesham.  On leaving this institution he went to Sutton Coldfield, and was eventually discharged from the Army.  He was a good footballer, and a prominent member of the Evesham United Club.  He was also a member of the Territorial Band.  He married a daughter of the late Mr. Jesse Grove, of Evesham, and leaves a widow and two children, for whom much sympathy is felt.

(William married Lucy Annie Grove in 1905.  They are both buried in Waterside Cemetery in Section A. Plot No.2434.  The ashes of their son William George who was born in 1907 and died in 1988 are also interred in this plot.)

The clock on Hampton St Andrew’s Church is a war memorial to WW1 and is inscribed with the words: War Memorial 1914-18.

The tenor bell is inscribed “also in memory of the sons of Hampton who died for the sacred cause of liberty and freedom”.  The name of Alfred Bowell is inscribed on one of the bells.