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The
roll of Honour |
1914
- 1918 |
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Arthur Bates |
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Bertie
Thomas Rivers |
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Charles
Bates |
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Charles
Abraham Shaw |
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Sidney
Frank Cullimore |
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Sidney
Charles Alexander Smith |
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William
Fisher |
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Arthur Townsend |
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Alfred
Lewis |
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Frederick
Townsend |
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Benjamin
Matthews |
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Frederick George
Waldron |
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George
Penton |
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Wilfred Edward
Wise |
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Charles Andrew
Wooldridge |
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John Matthews |
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George
William Penton |
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William
Barrington Miflin |
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David
Kibblewhite Pounds |
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The
significance of poppies will be familiar to all, but the reason
for the appearance of the Yellow Chrysanths on the memorial
each year may not. They represent the colours of The Burma
Star Association, an organisation set up to care for and help
the veterens and families of the war against Japan.. The Late
Mrs Maynard introduced this floral tribute on V.J Day, (
which marks the end of the war in the far East ) in remembrance
of the friends and colleagues of her husband Joe. He himself
was injured at 'Pinwe' in Burma. Maureen Tarbox now continues
the tribute each year. Her Late father served with General
Slim's 14th Army and was also an active member
of the Burma Star Association. |
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shall not weary them nor the years condemm
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning we will remember them
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When
you go Home
Tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow we gave our today
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The War Memorial
is thoughtfully maintained by Martyn Donno |
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Photo courtesy of Janet Pounds |
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The
War Memorial and North View photographed in
1938 |
East
Garston's memorial to the First World War,
a cross of Cornish granite, was dedicated
on 5th December 1920.
In 1923 parish council minutes record the
erection of an iron boundary fence around
the memorial at a cost of just under £17.50.
In August 1947 an advertisement was placed
in the Newbury Weekly News asking relatives
of those who were killed in the 1939-45 war
to contact the parish council. A War Memorial
Fund raised £27 in the same year, with
a Welcome Home Fund of £15.17p A whist
drive raised a further £24, which sufficed
for an addition to the monument, a block of
Cornish granite inscribed with the names of
those who fell in the Second World War. |
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Village
Commemorations
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Photo James Pryer |
The
1995 V.E.Day 50 year commemorative celebrations included
a 'War Memorial' flypast by a Spitfire flown by owner
- Robs Lamplough. |
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Photo James Pryer |
V.E
Day 50 year Commemoration service.
1995 |
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War
Memorials in General
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Strangely,
very little is known about many of the country's war memorials,
and East Garston is no exception. Although some of the principal
monuments are well documented, the ad hoc nature of building
most war memorials was such that few records were kept. Many
were erected by public subscription, whilst others were provided
by a private benefactor, Occasionally it was a combination
of both. The sole source of information is often the memory
of those who can still recall events just after the First
World War, Such was the concern for this situation that a
national research project was initiated in 1989 by the imperial
War Museum and the Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
of England. This will eventually lead to the creation of an
information archive on the estimated 54,000 war memorials
throughout the British Isles.
. .......East Garston's
war memorial is now registered with the Imperial War Museum
under reference number 9066.
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(Formerly Friends
Of War Memorials) are a registered charity |
Photos Ken Tarbox
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