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The above memorial on the wall of the Church of St Nicholas in Old Marston commemorates the dead of that village in the two world wars. It reads as follows:

To the Glory of God
and in proud remembrance of
the Men of Marston
who died gloriously
for their country
in the Great War, 1914–1918

Major Reginald D'Arcy Anderson, R.G.A.
P^te Ernest Victor Biovois, Gloucs.
P^te Arthur Drewitt, O.B.L.I.
L^ce C^pl George Herbert Cummings, O.B.L.I.
P^te John Eadle, O.B.L.I.
L^ce C^pl Albert Edward Haynes, R.Berks.
P^te Herbert George Haynes, R.F.
D^vr Richard Charles Knibbs, R.H.A.
C^pl Ernest Alfred Ward, O.B.L.I.
P^te Henry George Ward, O.B.L.I.
B^omr Charles Henry Webb, R.G.A.

Their name liveth for evermore.

–––––––

1939–1945

C^pl Frederick Gordon Matthews, R.M., C^do
S^gt Henry Bylette Simms, O.B.L.I.
A.B. Dennis William Ward, R.N.

–––––––

Outside the church, the war memorial cross shown below simply gives the dates of the First World War.