Centenary of the Great War
1914 - 1918
Wateringbury School War Memorial
Following the closure of the old Wateringbury school on Red Hill, the
school’s War Memorial was removed and put into storage. It was
later refurbished and now hangs in the church vestry.
The memorial was erected by scholars, staff, old boys & friends to
record the names of all the old boys and masters who served in
H.M.Forces, and those who lost their lives during the Great War.
The brass centre plate, headed “Roll of Honour”, commemorates
thirty-six men who lost their lives’. The two wooden panels, either
side of the Roll of Honour, record 213 names of those who served
but returned home safely.
The two smaller outer side panels record the names of eleven men
who lost their lives in World War II.
Of the thirty-six men commemorated on the School Roll of Honour,
twenty-three are also commemorated on the 1914-18 Church War
Memorial.
As in the church booklet, the sources of information used to help
identify the men listed below included birth and marriage records,
various census returns, a list of names with ranks and regiments
from the Order of Service for the inauguration of the Church War
Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and "Soldiers
Died in the Great War". The D.C.M. citation for Rifleman Arthur
Jessup was obtained from his regiment’s museum.
The entry for each man records his personal details, with some family background, service details
including a badge, enlistment and circumstances of death as recorded by the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission and ‘Soldiers Died in the Great War’.
Depending on the availability of data, the amount of information varies from man to man.
In the case of Frederick Costin, there were two Frederick Costins who attended Wateringbury School.
Both boys were called Frederick Walter. One of them was killed in the war and the other survived it, but
is not named on one of the side panels. More detail is given under their names.
There appears to be a mystery surrounding Jack Ladams’ name. Notes are given under his name.
In the case of Tom Smith, only his rank, regiment and some family background is known.
The thirty six men commemorated on the School War Memorial are listed below. Those marked with the
symbol † are also commemorated on the church memorial.
The 213 names of those who served but returned home safely follow the Roll of Honour below.
Wateringbury WWI Memorial Booklets
School War Memorial
Roll of Honour
†
Adams, Fred
†
Adams, Percy
†
Bowles, Thomas
Burrluck, George
Buss, Robert
†
Butchers, William
Costin, Fred
†
Cruttenden, Frank
Dumbrell, John
Fuller, Percy
†
Gunner, Alfred
Gurr, Fred
†
Head, (William) Charles
†
Head, Robert
†
Heath, Richard
†
Jessup, Arthur
†
Jukes, Arthur
†
Ladams, Jack
real name Jury, John Thomas
†
Large, Charles
Larkin, William
†
Latter, Fred
Main, Bert
Martin, Charles
†
Martin, Fred
†
Maytum, Walter
†
Neeves, Walter
Newman, Lewis
†
Ralph, Robert
†
Relf, Fred
†
Sales, Ernest
†
Smith, Lewis
†
Smith, Tom
Wallond, Harry
Weller, Thomas
†
Wells, James
Woolley, Fred
The men marked with a † are also on the Church War Memorial
Wateringbury School pupils who served in the war
and returned home
A
Acott, George
Acott, John
Acott, William
Adams, Albert
Adams, Levi
Adams, Wm A
Allen, Albert
Andrew, Harry
Andrews, William,
Ashbee, Percy
Avis, Bert
Avis, John
Ayling, James
Ayling, Walter
B
Baker, Harry
Baker, Sidney
Barnden, John
Barndsen, Joe
Barnden, Tom
Barton, Sidney
Bateman, Herbert
Beal, Charles
Bell, Alfred
Bell, Edward
Bentley, Percy
Bish, Ernest
Bishop, F M
Bodington, John
Bourne, Fred
Bowles, Francis
Bowles, Jack
Bristow, Tom
Brooker, Joseph
Brooker, William
Brooks, Arthur
Brotherwood, Charles
Burrluck, Arthur
Burrluck, Fred
Burrluck, Jack
Burrluck, William
Butchers, Charles
C
Cartwright, Charles
Cartwright, Harold
Clements, George
Clements, William
Coleman, Harold
Coleman, Oliver
Coomber, Horace
Coomber, William
Costin, George
Court, Felix
Crayford, Arthur
Crockford, Herbert
Crockford, William
Cronk, John
Curd, Albert
Curd, Earle
Curd, Ernest
Curd, James
Curd, Thomas
Curd, Walter
D
Damon, Stanley
Dann, Edmund
Dann, William
Davis, George
Dean, James
Denyer, Herbert
Driver, Herbert
Dumbrill, Sidney
E
Ellis, Tom
F
Fillery, George
Foster, William
G
Gibbs, Thomas
Goodwin, Victor
Gregory, Harry
Grigsby, Charles
Gurr, George
Gurr, John
H
Hammond, Cyril
Hamshire, Leonard
Harris, Montague
Hawes, George
Head, George
Head, Harry
Heath, Ernest
Heath, William
Holder, Fred
Holder, Percy
Hollands, Arthur
Hook, David
Hook, Henry
Hook, Robert
Hook, Robert A
Hook, William
Horscroft, Jack
Humphrey, Herbert
Humphrey, William
J
Jackson, Reginald
Jacobs, Edward
Johnson, Reginald
Jukes, Ernest
Jukes, Frank
K
King, Alfred R
King, Charles D
King, Frank
King, Harold
King, Herbert
King, Percy
Kingsworth, Henry
Kirby, Edward
L
Ladams, James (real name Jury)
Ladams, Walter (real name Jury)
Lankstead, George
Lankstead, Richard
Large, Lewis
Large, Tom
Latter, Alfred
Latter, Bert
Latter, Charles
Latter, Edgar
Latter, Frederick
Latter, Harry
Latter, Leonard
Latter, Norman
Latter, Sidney
Latter, William
Lawrence, Henry
Leonard, Sidney
Luxford, Frank
M
Mace, Ernest
Mace, Fred
Mace, George
Main, Leonard
Martin, Alec
Martin, Fred
Martin, Harry
Martin, Thomas
May, Jesse
Maytum, George
Maytum, Thomas
Merrall, Albert
Merrall, Fred
Milstead, Walter
Milstead, William
Monger, Arthur
N
Neale, Robert
Newick, Charles
Newman, Fred
Newman, Frederick
P
Page, Henry
Page Percy
Palmer, Lewin
Palmer, Roland
Pearson, Herbert
Pickett, Bert
Pickett, Horace
Pierce, Henry
Prentice, William
R
Ralph, Bert
Ralph, Thomas
Ralph, William
Randall, Alfred
Randall, Bert
Randall, George
Randall, Harold
Randall, James
Randall, William
Relf, Arthur
Relf, Harry
Relf, Matthew
S
Sales, George
Sales, Henry
Sales, Naylor
Saunders, James
Sharpe, Jack
Sharpe, Stephen
Smelford, William
Shrimpton, Arthur
Shrimpton, Ernest
Shrimpton, Jack
Skinner, William
Smith, Alfred
Smith, Charles
Smith, Ernest R
Smith, Frank
Smith, Horace
Smith, Hubert
Smith, Leonard
Smith, Nevile
Smith, Richard
Smith, Tom
Spice, Ernest
Spice, Fred
T
Tilly, George
Thompsett, George
U
Udall, Gaius
Underhill, Charles
Underhill, Edward
Underhill, George
W
Watson, J E
Weller, Henry
Weller, Walter
Weller, William
Wells, George
Wells, Horace
Wells, Howard
Wells, Thomas
Whiffen, Harold
Wickham, Harold
Wickham, Edward
Wickham, Fred
Wood, Fred
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