Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque
to commemorate service personnel lost in the two world wars
The Parish Council has commissioned a Memorial Plaque to commemorate those servicemen and women who lost their lives in the two world wars, and who lived or were associated with the villages of Yapton or Ford. The following names will be included on the plaque:
| IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE SERVICEMEN FROM YAPTON AND FORD WHO DIED IN THE TWO GREAT WARS | |
| 1914 - 1918 | |
| Henry Allen | William Light |
| Harry Austin | William Moody |
| Arthur Bacon | Maurice Norris |
| Edward Bacon | Stanley Parker |
| Frederick Bacon | Henry Patten |
| Frank Bennett | Frederick Pearce |
| Herbert Bennett | Frederick Pocock |
| Charles Bowley | William Pratt |
| William Chandler | Allen Saxby |
| Albert Chitty | Frederick Saxby |
| William Goodger | Jesse Stenning |
| Robert Hills | Frank Stone |
| Henry Holland | John Stubbs |
| Arthur Holden | William Triggs |
| Harold Hother | Walter P Wadey |
| Harry Hother | Albert Wilson |
| Harry Langrish | |
| 1939 - 1945 | |
| Gerald Alexander | John E Paige |
| Leonard Allen | William Pratt |
| Wilfred Bacon | Peter Puddock |
| Thomas Cross | William Robinson |
| Renshall Depledge | Morris Snell |
| Thomas Ellis | Harry Softley |
| Stuart Guthrie | Frank Wakeford |
| Peryn Kempsell | Percy Wills |
| "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them" | |
Yapton Parish Council is holding a Ceremony for the Unveiling and Dedication of the plaque on 20th September 2015 from 2:30pm, at the Yapton and Ford Village Hall, Main Road, Yapton. The Ceremony will be at 3pm. A Reception of light refreshments will follow the Ceremony.
The Council would be particularly pleased if residents of those whose names are to be commemorated on the plaque would be able to join them at the Ceremony.
© GJ Westcott 2015. No reproduction permitted without license.
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