War Memorial

                        The following is an amalgamation of entries from All Saints Church and The Footpath for convenience.

                                                          The original War Memorials.

                          The original memorial in the Memorial Playing Field to the fallen in the Second World War. 

Below are pictures of the dedication service of the War Memorial, to those who fell in the 1939-45 war, which was carried out on the 1st.August 1948. 

The service was conducted by Archdeacon T. J. Perowne and the Rev. H. W. Thompson. Click here for Dedication Service.

An oak cross in the garden bears a tablet inscribed with the names of those parishioners who fell and was made by Mr.Frank Taylor, of The Forge, whose son, Guy, was among the fallen. (See below).

A complete history of all nine men can be seen at the community centre or click here.

For some family notes about Alfred Pleasants click here.

For an account of the sinking of the P.O.W. ship, the 'Lisbon Maru' click here.

The next day, 2nd.August 1948, the Playing Field was opened at 2.30pm. by Mr. W. H. H. Middleton, chairman of the Forehoe and Henstead Rural District Council, with a fete, sports and horticultural show, followed at 8.30 by a dance in the Village Hall. 

 The Nissen hut ,which was used as a changing room for the sports teams , was demolished in 1971 and replaced with the current Pavilion.

  (Pic's .Gladys Spalding and Mary Mallett).

                                                              Copy of the Memorial service for 1950.  Click here

                                                 The memorial was relocated to the leisure garden near All Saints Church.

                                       Two carved oak tablets were placed in the Lychgate at All Saints church, one each side.

        The two war memorials which were removed from the Lychgate and placed in the church for safe keeping.  (Pic. Mike Fordham).

                                              The two oak tablets in the porch of All Saints  2016.   (Pic's Mike Fordham).

                                                              The new War Memorial.

                                              Sited in The Leisure Garden and now to be known as The Memorial Garden

                                         The new memorial incorporating the names from both WW1 and WW2.

                                                          November 11th. 2018.  100th. anniversary of WW1 ending.

  Aerial view of the Memorial Garden, formally the Leisure Garden. 

                                             1970                                                                                                      2010