St Mary's Church Great Bradley, Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918
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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/-." Click on the picture to see a larger, readable image. Click your 'back' button to return to this page |
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
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NAME/ INITIALS |
SURNAME |
RANK |
Service Number* | Died | Age * | Burial* | Other |
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W |
Hurrell |
Private |
25068 | 02/11/1916 | Boulogne | V11. C164 | |
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JW |
Marsh |
Private |
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Richard |
Webb |
Private |
7736 | 24/5/1915 | Ypres | Panel 21 | |
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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 |
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| 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 | |||||||
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Harry |
Balls |
Private | |||||
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Frederick |
Carter |
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William |
Chapman |
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Frank |
Felton |
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Joseph |
Finch |
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George |
Flatt |
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Arthur |
Goode |
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John |
Kemp |
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William |
Kemp |
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Biggs |
Mackean |
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William J |
Martin |
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George |
Martin |
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Alfred |
Mills |
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Charles |
Mills |
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George |
Mills |
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William |
Mills |
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Lewis |
Peachey |
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William |
Peachey |
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George |
Pearson |
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Jack |
Piper |
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Arthur |
Purkis |
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Alec |
Sadler |
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Arthur |
Smith |
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Bernard |
Smith |
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Clement |
Smith |
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George |
Smith |
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Percy |
Smith |
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Reginald |
Swan |
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George |
Turner |
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Albert |
Webb |
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Christopher |
Webb |
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Bernard L |
Wilder |
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William O |
Woodward |
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| 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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