90th Anniversary of the End of the Great War
2008 marks the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War. A MEMORIAL EVENT telling the story of the Chipperfield people who were involved is being planned for Saturday 8 November in the Village Hall.
The names of the 37 local men and boys who gave their lives in the service of their country are commemorated on the village war memorial and in the Parish Church. From the Roll of Honour on the War Memorials Trust website, we have basic information about 35 of the 37 courageous men. (Details about James Harding and Herbert Pritchard still elude us.)
Please can you help us to make the stories of all these peopleÕs lives more personal? Numbers identify them, but where did they live, what work did they do and who were their families? Several of them are bewilderingly listed as living in Chapel Croft, but at the time that name included houses in Kings Lane, Croft Lane and Alexandra Road. Can you provide more precise addresses?
The loan of photographs would be invaluable, even if your relative is one of a group and cannot be positively identified. Do you have any keepsakes such as letters or badges etc which we could look at?
We cannot forget also the rest of the men listed on the marble tablets in Church. They served their country and fortunately came home. Any information regarding these people will be welcomed, and kept in our village archives. We have made a start with James Bignell, Charles Harpley and Tom Stevens, but there is a long way to go. We still treasure the photographs of George Coster, Alfred Bates, Albert Bunker, Thomas Smith and Leslie Bunker given to us for the Millennium Exhibition.
Please contact Mary Nobbs if you can help in any way by phone 01923 269480 or email: davidmarynobbs@waitrose.com