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Blackmore War Memorial


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"IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

THE FOLLOWING CONNECTED WITH BLACKMORE
ALSO SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES"

The Inscriptions on the Blackmore Village's War Memorial,
The front panel lists the 19 men who lost their lives during the First World War. The other panels list the other 84 men who were connected to Blackmore and took part in the War.

For a full list of those inscribed on the Memorial - Click Here

 

Following the Channel 4 series "Not Forgotten" presented by Ian Hislop, Channel 4 has published a website called Lost Generation listing the many War Memorials around our country.
Blackmore has an entry (see here: Lost Generation Page for Blackmore - but appears patchy, I will be sending an update) and following this I have received a mail enquiring about "H. Game" by a relative of him.

This sparked an interest, and with help from Andrew Smith who has been researching the history if the Priory Church of St. Laurence, Blackmore, and Blackmore generally, we have discovered the following information and published it below.

 

The following has been taken from a newspaper account dated 12th November 1920, perhaps from the Essex Chronicle,

“The unveiling of the war memorial took place on Sunday afternoon, a very large number of people being present. The ceremony began with the singing of “O God Our Help In Ages Past” followed by the lesson read by the Vicar (the Revd. W L Petrie) and prayers by Pastor Francis.

At the request of Mr Edmund Marriage, Lieut. Col. Gibbons D.S.O. then unveiled the memorial congratulating Blackmore for having sent 103 men out of a population of 600. Incidentally he mentioned that one in every five had paid the supreme sacrifice – Mr J H Hull then asked Mr E Marriage as Chairman of the Parish Council, to accept custody of the memorial.

The names of the fallen are inscribed on the front face, and on the other faces the names of the men from the village who served are inscribed”.

 

In addition to the memorial on the village green, there is a memorial in the local Parish Church, the Priory Church of St. Laurence, Blackmore.

Shortly after the end of the First World War, a stain glass window was commissioned and placed in the Priory Church, to be a memorial to those from Blackmore had fallen in the war. The location of the window was the then Lady Chapel, but due to re-organisation of space within the Church building, this has now become the Vestry. The window is therefore, generally not on public view to church visitors. Below is the inscription within the window and a picture will follow shortly.

“To the greater glory of God and in memory with those
connected with this parish who fell in the Great War 1914 – 19."

2nd Lieut. Gerald W Piggott
2nd Lieut. Ian Miller
Alfred Ellis
Herbert C Game
William E Rudling
Ernest C Martin
Arthur J Nash
Edward Alexander
Harry Raglin
James Roast
Alfred Godding
Alfred Wheal
Ernest A Maynard
George W White
Herbert Miller
Edward Barker
Walter Herbert Wash RN
W H Scudder
Walter Brazier

Some research was undertaken by a member of the Priory Church (believed to be in the 1970's), and the following additionally information regarding the names above was discovered, and I have been granted permission to publish the details here, showing Name, Rank, Regiment and details of regarding where they had fallen.

Note 22 names are listed below, Some died later due to injuries, after the war, but are not mentioned on the memorials.

 

NAME

RANK

REGIMENT

NOTES

 

 

 

 

WALTER BRAZIER

Stoker. 1st Class

Royal Navy.
H.M.S. "Laertes."

 

Killed at the Bight of Heligoland, September 1914.
Buried at Shotley Cemetery

 

 

 

 

GERALD WELLESLEY PIGOTT of Blackmore House

2nd Lieutenant

127 th Battery,
Royal Field Artillery

Killed in action in the second battle for Ypres.
14th May 1915 . Aged 18

 

 

 

 

ALFRED ELLIS
of Hook End

Private

1st Essex Regt.

Killed in action at Gallipoli.
June 1916.

 

 

 

 

HERBERT CHARLES GAME

Private

East Surrey
No. 1040 “D” Co.

Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, France.
16th August 1916. Aged 25

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM EDWARD RUDLING

 

2nd Suffolk
No. 27046 “Y” Co.

Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme.
August 1916.

 

 

 

 

ERNEST C. MARTIN

 

2nd Batt.
Essex Regt.

Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme.
25th September 1916.
Buried near Crones Wood.

 

 

 

 

ARTHUR IAN MILLAR

Lieutenant

6th Batt.
Royal Irish Rifles

Killed or died of wounds in Gallipoli, 30th September 1916
Buried at Menes, but later his body was removed to Struma Military Cemetery , Salonika , Greece . Aged 19

 

 

 

 

ARTHUR JOHN NASH

Private

2nd Essex.
No. 27552

Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme , France.
23rd October 1916 . Aged 34

 

 

 

 

EDWIN JAMES ALEXANDER

Able Seaman

Submarine E.36
No. J12975

Killed in the North Sea.
17th January 1917. Commemorated at Chatham . Aged 23

 

 

 

 

HARRY RIGLIN

Private

7th Batt.
Suffolk Regt.
No. 44024

Believed to have been killed at Monchy, East of Arras, on or about 28th April 1917.
Buried at Arras Memorial.
Aged 31

 

 

 

 

JAMES ROAST
of Hook End

Private

13th Essex Regt.

Killed in action at Oppy, France.
Buried at Arras Memorial.
28th April 1917. Aged 26

 

 

 

 

ALFRED GODDING

Bombardier

120th Battery.
Royal Field Artillery

Killed in France, 8th May 1917.
Buried at Aux Reitz Military Cemetery , south west of Neuville, St. Vaast and 3¾ miles north of Arras .

 

 

 

 

ALFRED WHEAL

 

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Batt.
Northumberland Fusiliers. No. 47250

Killed in France in “No Man's Land”, 5th June 1917.
Buried at Arras Memorial.
Aged 31

 

 

 

 

ERNEST ALFRED MAYNARD

Lance Corporal

8th Bedford, No. 1 Platoon, “A” Co.
No. 33237

Killed in France, 27th June 1917
Buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, 1 mile south of North Vermelles, France.

 

 

 

 

ALBERT EDWARD BARKER

 

2nd Batt. Essex Regt.
No. 32975

Died at Peolcappelle.
10th October 1917
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial , Belgium. Aged 38

 

 

 

 

GEORGE WILLIAM WHITE

 

R.M.L.I.

Ship torpedoed in the Mediterranean, 1917.

 

 

 

 

HERBERT MILLER

Private

7th Batt.
East Surrey Regt.

Died, 21st October 1918, of fever in Germany.
Buried Cologne Southern Cemetery. Aged 29

 

 

 

 

TED SUTTON

Gunner

Royal Garrison Artillery No.66987

Wounded at Ypres. Died at Exeter Hospital , 24th November 1918.
Buried at Blackmore. Aged 31

 

 

 

 

DAVID SUTTON

Private

11th Batt.
Royal Fusiliers.
No. 87384

Killed in action, France, 24th October 1918.
Buried at Cross Roads Cemetery , Fontaine-Au-Bois. Aged 24

 

 

 

 

HENRY WILLIAM SCUDDER

Aircraftman 1st Class.

Royal Air Force

Lost in life in the Baltic, 2nd July 1919, trying, with one officer and three other men, to stop a mine which was drifting down on a hospital barge.
His action saved the barge.
He was loved by his fellow men and highly respected by his officers for his efficient and unfailing conscientious work on all occasions. Aged 20

 

 

 

 

WALTER HERBERT WASH

Able Seaman

Royal Navy
Ship Lucia.
No. M.F. 12352

Lost his life on Submarine L55 in the Baltic on 9th June 1919.
Aged 24

 

 

 

 

FREDERICK JAMES MONK

Corporal

3rd Batt.
Essex Regt.
No. 19208

Died of wounds.
Buried at Blackmore,
9th March 1921 . Aged 26

 

 

 

 

 

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