Memorials to Individuals in Leatherhead Parish Church
2ND LIEUT. GREY DE LÈCHE LEACH A.M., 3RD SEPTEMBER 1916
CAPTAIN HENRY E. CHAPMAN M.C., 22ND MARCH 1918
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DAVID STAPYLTON GILLETT, 12TH JANUARY 1943
IN PROUD AND LOVING
MEMORY OF
GREY DE LÈCHE
LEACH,
2ND LIEUT. 1ST
BATTN. SCOTS GUARDS,
AND OF VALE LODGE, LEATHERHEAD
AGED 22,
WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE THE LIVES OF
OFFICERS AND MEN OF HIS BATTALION
AT MORLANCOURT, FRANCE, ON THE 3RD SEPTEMBER 1916,
BURIED AT CORBIE, NEAR AMIENS.
THE ALBERT MEDAL IN
GOLD WAS AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF
HIS CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND SELF SACRIFICE
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IN DEAREST MEMORY
OF CAPTAIN HENRY E. CHAPMAN M.C.
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY
WOUNDED AND MISSING
NEAR ROISEL, FRANCE
WHEN COMMANDING G BATTERY, RHA
THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH 1918
AGED 24 YEARS
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
DAVID STAPYLTON GILLETT RAF
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF VIRGINIA GILLETT
AND SON OF
COL. AND MRS. W. ALAN GILLETT OF LEATHERHEAD
WHO WORSHIPPED AND SERVED IN THIS
CHURCH AND GAVE HIS LIFE IN ACTION OVER
GERMANY ON 12TH JANUARY 1943 AGED 22.
MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
Mrs Virginia Gillett and her husband's plaque, 25 July 2004