St Mary's Church Great Bradley, Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918

The roll of honour is a scroll held in a glass fronted wooden frame just inside the southern (main) doorway to the church. It is illustrated with a depiction of St George defeating the dragon flanked by the crossed Union flag & English Cross of St George to the left and an anchor to the right. Beneath the list of names is the commemoration: "Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ".

In his notes, W Burnard Wilder (rector from 1982-1920) records "1.1.1920: Held a concert on Jan. 16 to raise Funds for 'Roll of Honour'. Realised £6/16/-."

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 The information on the Roll of Honour is shown in the first three columns below. Where we have other information this is in the last two columns

NAME/

 INITIALS

SURNAME

RANK

Service Number* Died Age * Burial* Other

W

Hurrell

Private

25068 02/11/1916   Boulogne V11. C164

JW

Marsh

Private

         

Richard

Webb

Private

7736 24/5/1915   Ypres Panel 21

Reginald Conor Phillips

Wilder

2nd Lieutenant

  18/11/1914 19 Buried In Ypres

Panel 21

1. See here for his father's diary entry 

2. See here for window in church dedicated to his memory

The four names above are in gold lettering and at the top of the scroll. These were the men of the village that died in the war. The names below are in black; these men served in the war and returned alive

Harry

Balls

Private          

Frederick

Carter

           

William

Chapman

           

Frank

Felton

           

Joseph

Finch

           

George

Flatt

           

Arthur

Goode

           

John

Kemp

           

William

Kemp

           

Biggs

Mackean

           

William J

Martin

           

George

Martin

           

Alfred

Mills

           

Charles

Mills

           

George

Mills

           

William

Mills

           

Lewis

Peachey

           

William

Peachey

           

George

Pearson

           

Jack

Piper

           

Arthur

Purkis

           

Alec

Sadler

           

Arthur

Smith

           

Bernard

Smith

           

Clement

Smith

           

George

Smith

           

Percy

Smith

           

Reginald

Swan

           

George

Turner

           

Albert

Webb

           

Christopher

Webb

           

Bernard L

Wilder

           

William O

Woodward

           
Frederick  Carter Private          

Peter Mills, who lived in the village until 1961, when he was 12 in  sent in this note in May 2005.

"The WWI Roll of Honour, lists my father's older brothers, Charlie, Alfred (referred to by my father as Fatty although photographs show him as wirey - who was awarded the Military Medal in WW1) and his eldest brother William, my uncle Billy.  All were in Kitcheners Army either when father was born, in Sept 1914 or before his baptism, hence he was called Harold Kitchener Mills. He was always known as Kitch Mills, I guess because of an older brother, Harry, who was farm manager at Wodgells Farm."

Peter was also able to comfirm that the Mills's above, and other relatives also served in the Home Guard in WWII

 

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