“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Extract from Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21st September 1914.
World War II Fallen
In this final piece on Remembrance we remember too those from the village that gave their lives in World War 2. We remember:
- JOHN CHARITY
- RALPH CHARITY
- WILLIAM PALMER
- GEORGE HARRISON
- FA LOCKE
- JACK ALEXANDER
Whilst books such as “Rutland The Great War” provide a comprehensive list of the fallen with awards of merit, photographs and list of actions for that War, there appears to be no similar record of those who lost their lives in 1939 – 1945. Indeed in researching these pieces I have been unable even to find even the Regimental Numbers /Rank / First Names of all those listed above.
Should any villager have further details we would love to be able to include them in the village archive. Hopefully next year we can produce a summary of these men who too gave their lives in War.
Commonwealth War Graves
We remember too those Servicemen who lie buried in the beautiful Commonwealth War Graves Commission plot in the Village Churchyard:
SERVICEMEN OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY
- GUNNER PK MOORE
SERVICEMEN OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
- SERGEANT E HORTON
- AIRCRAFTMAN FG MALIN
- AIRCRAFTMAN G ROBERTS
- SERGEANT AB WRIGHT
- SERGEANT WD MORRIS
- SERGEANT BF MULLETT
- SERGEANT KH LONG
- CORPORAL LA SURGEON
- CORPORAL H BROGAN
- CHIEF TECHNICIAN DM HIGGINS
- SENIOR AIRCRAFTMAN DT ROGERS
- JUNIOR TECHNICIAN DB DOMINY
- SERGEANT RA LIGHT
- SENIOR AIRCRAFTMAN SA SHARP
- SENIOR AIRCRAFTMAN F BOWEN
SERVICEMEN OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
- SERGEANT HD WEAVER
- FLIGHT SERGEANT JR YOUNG
- SERGEANT RG WALTERS
- FLIGHT SERGEANT RH LEWIS
- FLIGHT SERGEANT KL CAMPBELL
- FLYING OFFICER AE RAYNER
- LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN TA McNEILLY
- FLIGHT SERGEANT EK CHURCHILL
- SQUADRON LEADER JD DICKSON
- LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN CH ROSIN
- LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN KS WILKINGS
- FLYING OFFICER DG TRACEY
- FLYING OFFICER LJ ELPHICK
- FLYING OFFICER AM GILLIES
- FLYING OFFICER PV ROBINSON
- SERGEANT M LAING
SERVICEMEN OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
- FLIGHT SERGEANT DLC LIDDELL
- SERGEANT H MORRISON
- SERGEANT LF CROKER
- SERGEANT T LINDLEY
SERVICEMEN OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
- FLIGHT SERGEANT JA DOUGLAS
A Service of Remembrance is being held in the Village Church at 10.45am on Sunday 13th November, where we will be joined by local military units and youth groups and will commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.