Leatherhead War Memorials

Jan 2008	Description of Church Lads Brigade added - see Memorials > All Saints > Church Lads
Jan 2006	St John's School Chapel Rolls of Honour added - see Memorials > St John's School
Nov 2005	World War I Pages added on:- William Albert Bussey of Lower Fairfield Road Frederick Robert Lavender, died as a POW in Germany, 1918 Absolam Henry Harvey Summerfield of Ashtead World War II Page added on:- Donald Frederick Kebbell of Leatherhead
Jan 2005	World War I Charles Grantham identified as the maker of the War Shrine - see Memorials > Town > Creation > Ladies War Shrine
Oct 2004	World War II James William Finch page updated with information from his brother Norman - see WWII the mystery of Harold James Prentice unravels a bit further with more information via Meredith Worsfold - see WWII
Sep 2004	World War I New pages added on the original memorial in the town (the War Shrine, which is now in the Parish Church) and on the planning and dedication of the Town Memorial, North Street - see MEMORIALS > Town > Creation World War II pages added on the Thompson brothers of Kingston Road - Frederick Reginald Thompson and Frank Richard James Thompson the mystery of Harold J Prentice, on the WWII memorial but not a member of the services - see WWII Max Millward page added, with a fascinating account of wartime and post-war Leatherhead - see WWII
Aug 2004	World War I George Alexander, Frederick Blackwall, Reginald G Crocker (a particularly bad case of the Town War Memorial getting it wrong), William George Goodchild, Cyril Harold Peters, Thomas John Victor Piper, Herbert Tribe and Miss Ada Weller pages added. Grave photo added for Abell. almost all WWI casualties on the Town Memorial now at least have a link to their CWGC record Battlefield Crosses website linked to FCB Coward page - see Memorials > Parish Church > Mystery World War II photo of fireman Charles Henry Richard's funeral and an account of his death in Portsmouth, via his grandaughter, Mrs Marion Donnelly Edmund Hedley Archer, Andrew Cyril Davies, Arthur Davies, Peter George James Messenger, Donald Orchard pages added. The Sturt brothers and James William Finch pages added. Frederick Hatchwell, Old Contemptible and first WWII civilian casualty in Leatherhead added. Frank Richard James Thompson traced on the CWGC database and all WWII presently traced on the CWGC database now linked to their entries: it is evident that there are discrepancies between the RBL Roll of Honour and the CWGC and that the Town WWII Memorial was incomplete in giving initials. Frederick Reginald Thompson traced thanks to his sister-in-law Mrs Edith Thompson - but the CWGC have him as Reginald Frederick!
July 2004	Leatherhead Royal British Legion's Roll of Honour for WWI and WWII, which is kept in the Parish Church, has been scanned and can now be viewed via Memorials > Parish Church. Civilian war deaths in Leatherhead Urban District now listed (mostly people injured elsewhere) & listing of military graves in the Parish Churchyard - see Buried/Died here. First results from L Ad letter - Charles Henry Richards, a Leatherhead fireman who died in Portsmouth 11 March 1941. A lead on J(ames) Finch. WWII - Flynn, Gillett and von Bergen pages added: WWI - Abell, Adams, Gray, Yardley added. Work begins on the WWII casualties - see the development pages via the World War II link. Search function added. Help page updated: letter to Leatherhead Advertiser Images added of the Leach, Chapman and Gillett memorial plaques in Leatherhead Parish Church. Town Memorial images added and of restricted access notice. Work begins on adding Liam Sumption's research on the WWI casualties listed on the Town War memorial - see the development pages via the World War I link. Pages added on John Pattenden 15.08.22 and Frank Room 12.08.20
May 2004	Rev Briony Martin's Remembrance Day sermon in Leatherhead Parish Church 2003. Please read it and be touched by it.
Oct 2003	Discovering Private Coward's connection with Leatherhead thanks to Ian Whitlock and Alun Roberts - see MYSTERY link in PARISH CHURCH MEMORIALS
July 2002	Jon Miller provides image of Private Coward's headstone in the HAC Cemetery - see MYSTERY link in PARISH CHURCH MEMORIALS
Nov 2001	Sue Parrott of Fetcham solves the Treadgold mystery - he was on the CWGC database as Treadgol!
Feb 2001	Website redesigned and presentation updated
Jun 2000	Great War Churches added to Useful Links Article in Parish Magazine about upkeep of War graves prompts offers of help
Apr 2000	The Mystery of the Cross in the Tower - see Parish Church memorials Site format upgraded
May 1999	Friends AGM - talk given by Frank Haslam and Ian Whitlock which is now available in the form of a presentation on this website Appeal for assistance on WWII names appears in Parish Magazine: Methodist WWI plaque, Church Lads Brigade memorial in All Saints added to website Liam Sumption's research information provided by Leatherhead and District Local History Society
Apr 1999	'Website memorial for brave soldiers of War' story in Leatherhead Advertiser
Mar 1999	Investigations section added to website 'Missing Names Appeal' story in the Leatherhead Advertiser, 25th March issue, announces the project and that the Friends and Ian Whitlock are working together, inviting help from the public. Website launched 21st March with a full list of names on the Town and Parish Church memorials: site explains that the Friends and Ian Whitlock are working together
Feb 1999	Article in Leatherhead Advertiser, 25th Feb issue, listing possibly missing WWI names on town memorials, based on research by Ian Whitlock.
1998	Story in Leatherhead Advertiser about the Friends of Leatherhead Parish Church Project with Leatherhead Royal British Legion to locate names of any Leatherhead serviceman or woman who gave their lives this century, apart from in WWI or WWII.