Roll of Honour
Information about our War Memorial
On the south nave wall of St John’s, there is a blue and gold memorial bearing 16 names. They are the names of men from the parish who lost their lives in the First World War.
On the following pages we share details for each of these men… some information about their background, their service and where they are buried, or recorded on a memorial for those “known only unto God”.
Information about each man has been derived from a number of sources. These include the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Ancestry websites, wartime editions of the parish magazine, parishioners at St John’s and from members of the public in response to an appeal through the local newspaper.
The grim statistics for the British Army in the First World War are 1.6 million wounded and 804,000 killed and missing, presumed dead. Applying this ratio it is likely that in addition to the 16 fatalities, more than 30 men of the parish were wounded.
We have also compiled a Roll of Honour recording the service details of many men from the parish, including those commemorated on the war memorial. This can be found on display in the church.