War Memorials

War memorials can often be found inside churches and in churchyards. Inside churches they can take many forms, including plaques, stained glass windows and church furniture. In churchyards, they are often monuments and lychgates.

Here at St. John’s we have two War Memorials, remembering those within our parish who gave their lives in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. Below you can find some meaningful images of the memorials. You can click on the images for a larger version.

World War I

First World War memorial

COLIN F ALDERTON
KENNETH J P ASHER
PERCY BARR
ARTHUR H W BEATTY
GERALD BEET
JAMES BELL
JOHN BELL
THOMAS BELL
ARTHUR BIRCH
WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE
FREDERICK BUDWORTH
HARRY W B BURKETT
JAMES BUTLER
THOMAS A CANDLIN
GEORGE CHATHAM
FRANK O CLIFTON
WILLIAM COLE
THOMAS R COVE
JAMES CRAIG
GEORGE H H CROWTHER
PHILIP W DALY
HORACE S DAWSON
PERCY A L DRUETT
WILLIAM EAGER
NORMAN S EDMONSTONE
WILLIAM E ENGLEFIELD
REGINALD J EPGRAVE
WILLIAM FAULKNER
F ARTHUR FILLMORE
ALBERT J GARRARD
STUART A GEORGE
GEORGE J GLENISTER
ARTHUR G GOODERSON
MONTAGUE C GRAY
CHARLES A GREEN
ERIC DE WILDE GREEN
LEON D GRIFFITHS
JOHN P HAMILTON
LEONARD HAMILTON
ROBERT D HART
REGINALD HAYWARD
WILLIAM T HAYWARD
M C P HEADECH
FREDERICK HEARN
LEIGH T HERBERT
THOMAS H HILL
GEORGE H HOLDAWAY
ARTHUR E HOPCROFT
STANLEY S HUDSON
ALBERT L HUNT
EDWARD HUNTLEY
HAROLD E JACKSON
JOHN P ISLIP
LEONARD JOHNSON
ALEXANDER H S JOYCE
N F O KEMP
WILLIAM M KEMP
ALFRED KILLER
JOHN L LIDSTONE
HERBERT P LOVE
BERTRAM McCORMACK
FREDERICK C McLELLAN
HAROLD C McLELLAN
FREDERICK MARLEY
WILLIAM C MARTIN
FRANK L MIDDLETON
HERBERT W MOSS
PERCY NICOLL
F J NOEL
EDWARD R NOYES
ERNEST ODELL
SIDDHARTHA JOHN OLIVER
COLIN S KEMBLE
GEORGE F LONG
WILLIAM OLIVER
RONALD W H PARRISH
FRANK PEARCE
HERBERT E PEPPERELL
SIDNEY C PEPPERELL
EDGAR PETTIT
P J POSENOR
SYDNEY C PULLEN
ARTHUR S READ
THOMAS J READ
ANGUS M RICHARDSON
WILLIAM J ROOTS
EDWARD H B SAUNDERS
WILLIAM H SAYERS
FRANK P SKIPWITH
P G F SMEE
ERNEST SMITH
THOMAS L SMITH
GEORGE STREET
EDWIN SUMMERS
CHARLES E TAUTZ
CHARLIE TEMPLE
GEOFFREY H TIGAR
HAROLD W TIGAR
ARTHUR UNDERWOOD
HENRY VILLERS
WILLIAM B VOKES
WILLIAM G VON AHN
GEORGE WATSON
ALBERT E WHITTON
THOMAS WILDING
ALFRED J WOOD
EDWARD L THOROGOOD
IN MEMORY OF ALL THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH WHO PASSED TO
PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR
A.D. 1914-1918
TO GOD THE GIVER WE HAVE GIVEN
DEO DANTI DEDIMUS
R.I.P.

World War II

ww2Second World War memorial in church garden

In Memory
of the members of this
Parish and Congregation
who gave their lives in the
war of 1939-1945
J J Alston  R A Archer  D R Bentley
A M Black  F G Borrows  A C Brackenbury
P S Broadhead  A B R Cunnington
W Clements  S H Cowley  W P Creak
D J Curling  R C E Dallaway  R Ellis
W G Empson  L W Gaston  M E Griffiths
B P Gwatkin  A K Hall  R L Henson
J M H Hoare  P A Lane  J A Le Rossignol
W H Lidington  A E Lowings  H E Meason
W H Palmer  B L Rogers  J W Strugnell
L H Thomas  P Utton  R W Valters
E J L Wright  P A Wright  E W Willmott

May light perpetual
shine upon
them