Coventry Herald - Friday 10 June 1921 (page 13) reported: KNOWLE WAR MEMORIALS. HANDSOME CHAPEL IN THE PARISH CHURCH. There was a large gathering on Sunday afternoon when the memorials were unveiled to the eighty men of the parish of Knowle who fell in the war, the full list of whom appeared in “The Coventry Herald" last week. Unfortunately, General Harper was unable to be present as arranged, and his place was taken by Major-General Sir H. B. Walker, K.C.B., General Officer Commanding the South Midland Division, Territorial Force. THE MEMORIALS. The memorial takes the form of a chapel at Knowle Parish Church, and this has been effected by the conversion of the north transept. There is a beautiful stonework screen, and upon the walls, which have been artistically decorated, are four tablets bearing the names of the fallen. The inscription is as follows: "These are they who gave their lives for their friends." Three stained-glass windows, the gift of Brigadier General W. R. Ludlow, C.B., have been placed in the chapel in memory of his younger son, Captain Stratford Walter Ludlow, of the 8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed at the battle of Beaumont Hamel, in July, 1916. They also memorialise the sacrifice of Private T. Cooper and Lieut. Balkwill, of the 8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. who fell with Captain Ludlow. An extract from the 8th Army Corps orders is inserted upon one of the windows, and reads as follows: "There were no cowards or waverers, and not a man fell out. It was a magnificent display of discipline and courage, worthy of the best traditions of the British race." The windows were unveiled by Brigadier-General Ludlow. THE DEDICATION. The picturesque church was filled by the parishioners, and a detachment from the 8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment also attended. The parish memorial was dedicated by the Bishop of Birmingham, who, in an address, said he sometimes felt that the dedication of a war memorial was in some ways a painful ceremony, as it opened up wounds that were almost closed. He referred to the heroic deeds of the 8th Warwickshire Regiment on the battlefields, and urged that the spirit of sacrifice which was so nobly shown by the men who laid down their lives in the war should also be shown by the men and women of today. General Walker, speaking at the unveiling, urged that the motto of today should be "Lest we forget". The cause the soldiers died for - service, freedom and devotion -should be the principle in our daily lives. The lesson was read by the Rev, T. W. Downing, the vicar. The Last Post and the Reveille were sounded by buglers and drummers of the 8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. A number of floral tributes were placed upon the memorial cross in the churchyard'.
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