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monthly,
at
7:00pm,
usually
in
the
Community
Room
at
the
Church,
to
plan
and
organise
fundraising
and
other
events
and
to
discuss
funding
needs.
There
is
no
fixed
committee
membership
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you
would
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be
involved
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Next Meeting
.
The
next
meeting
will
be
the
AGM
held
on
Thursday
11th
July
2024
in
St
Mary’s
church
starting
at
7.00pm,
followed
by
a
Business
Meeting
Everybody
welcome.
Minutes
of
the
last
and
all
previous
meetings
can
be
found in the Archive
.
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Sidney C A Elmer, 800423, Gunner
Royal Artillery, 293 Bty., 95 A.A. Regiment
Died 18th May 1940 Aged 28
What3words location in the cemetery:
famous.measure.conveying
Also commemorated on the war memorial.
Claude W Kerridge C/LX 25095, Steward
Royal Navy, HMS Cyclops
Died 18th September 1945 Aged 25.
What3words location in the cemetery:
travel.licks.silence
Also commemorated on the war memorial.
F H Soanes, 5774356, Private
Corps of Military Police
27th October 1944, Aged 38.
What3words location in the cemetery:
famous.measure.conveying
Buried privately in the churchyard, not in a Commonwealth War Grave:
Alec Marsh, Second Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
Wounded
Died 3rd November 1920 Aged 21
What3words location:
movements.another.leathers
Also commemorated on the war
memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves at St Mary’s
There are four Commonwealth War Graves in the churchyard at St Mary’s.
The following has been gathered from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the
Forces War Records websites. Click the
icon to see the location of the grave within the
churchyard or cemetery.
William Betts, 5245, Private, Acting
Corporal.
Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 3rd August 1919 Aged 28.
What3words location in the churchyard:
armrests.garages.tasteful
Also commemorated on the war memorial.
Edward Cage, 30123, Private
The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died of wounds at home 10th October 1918
aged 19
What3words location in the churchyard:
elated.openly.airfields
Also commemorated on the war memorial.
Edwin Castell, 178313, Gunner
Royal Garrison Artillery, then
5431096, Labour Corps
Died 29th October 1918 Aged 32
What3words location in the churchyard:
armrests.garages.tasteful
Also commemorated on the war memorial.
John James, 13252, Private
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Released prisoner of war, Germany.
Died 14th February 1919 Aged 31
Silver War Badge.
What3words location in the churchyard:
elated.openly.airfields
Also Commemorated on the war memorial.