In the little side chapel at St. Bartholomew's, otherwise known as the Memorial Chapel, is a plaque bearing the names of local people who were killed during the two world wars.
During the years 2014 - 2018, we will be remembering those listed there who died during World War 1. Each Sunday during these four years we will pray for a particular person and light a candle in their memory.
On the anniversaries of their deaths, we will place Certificates of Remembrance on or near the altar. These are taken from the War Graves Commission site where they are remembered in perpetuity.
There will also be a book available for scrutiny containing all their names and whatever details we have about them, listed in the order in which they died. This book has been compiled from information supplied by Kent Archeology, The War Graves Commission and Ancestry.co.uk.
We have also encouraged members of the congregation to add the names of their relatives to our list so there are a few people in the book who names do not appear on the memorial.
A copy of the book can be downloaded HERE. (It may take a minute or two to download.)
You can also see a list of those we have identified to the right, in date order. Names in brackets are those added to by members of the congregation.
But there are also a number of names we have not been able to trace. So many men with the same surnames died and without any supporting information, it's simply not possible to distinguish which of them are listed on our plaque.
Might you - or someone you know - be able to shed any light on them? It seems so sad to know nothing at all about these poor people, all of whom died in the most terrible and tragic circumstances, so far away from their homes and their loved ones.
We won't give up on our search and any information at all, however, trivial it might seem, might help us trace them. Please CONTACT us through this site if you think you can help preserve their memory.
Picture from BBC iwonder.
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Remembered with Honour
In order of their death
1914
William Henry Lawrence
Frederick George Andrews
Charles Henry May
1915
Claude Wilfred Stanton
(Thomas Marker)
Norman Baker
E M Theobald
Harry Edward Angold
Frank Louis Smith
1916
( George Pearce)
Harold John Tompkins
(Robert Marker)
Frank Attree
John Myddelton Jones
Gordon MacGregor Hughes
Erroll William Alfred Back
William John Henry Brown
Edwin Percival Wildman Brown
Herbert Hilton Scull
Oliver John Stone
John Davenport Wiles
Charles James Marriott
James Henry Chas Worsell
Herbert Samuel Stevens
Edwin Christopher Hytten
Charles George Palmer
1917
Gordon Victor Benfield
Henry Guy Chaplin Coulson
John (Jack) Lovett Candy
Daniel Cottle Green
George Marchant
Charles Edward Nicholls
Reginald Harry Jeffrey
George C Grigg
Phillip Lewis Groom
Alfred Montague Syrett
John Garland
Reginald Harry Cartwright
Edwin Ernest Smith
Frank Lydford Body
Orlando Napier Strutt
George Bowyer
John Arthur Champion
Robert Cottle Green Jnr
Arthur Albert Davis
Trevor Bake Jolly
Joseph Thomas Greer
John George Simpson
Augustus Herbert Beale
Sydney George Samways
Frederick William Seaden
Ernest Allen Roberts
Horace Frederick Miller
Arthur Gibson
Walter George Brett
1918
John William Morgan
Eric Francis Seaforth Hayter
Thomas Frederick Hollis
James Parker
Eric William Coulson
Gorden Henderson
Arthur Edward John Veal
Percival Victor Pearce
Wilfred James Cook
Herbert Edward Sach
Alfred Charles Daniel
Alfred Samuel Boswell
Sidney George Marshall
Albert J Barnes
Gordon Glide
1919
Leslie Howard Turner