Chesham Bois War Memorial and St Leonard’s Church

War memorial in village

 

To the glory of God and in honoured
memory of the men of this parish
who laid down their lives for King
and Country in the Great War
1914 - 1919

 

Capt H. Gilmore WAGHORN

Lieut. A.T.C CREE

 

Lieut. Cyril J.D. CLARKE

Lieut. Cecil W.N. WOODCOCK

 

2nd. Lt. J. Anthony HORNE

2nd. Lieut. Sydney L. ROSE

 
 

Sergt. F. Parmenas BECKLEY

Sergt. Bert BENNING

Sergt. William N. EDWARDS

Sergt. Albert G. FENN

Corp.Percy J. KEEN

Sergt. Frederick C. KEATING

L.Cpl. William H.V. BRUCE

Corp. Dennis J. MATTHEWS

L.Cpl. Sidney J. OLNEY

Pte. Arthur BROWN

L.Cpl. Albert W. KINGHAM

Sapper Jack PEARSON

Pte. Archibald R. BUSH

Pte. George HINKS

Pte. Albert H. PETO

Pte.Hugh O. BUSH

Pte. Albert HOWE

Pte. Fred W. RANCE

Pte. George HARDING

Pte. William J. PALMER

Pte. Arthur THORNE

Pte. Herbert HAZELDINE

   
 

 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends      St John XV.13

 

   These casualties are listed on the Chesham Bois War Memorial
   but not on the church plaque

   2nd. Lt. Leonard COX

 

   Sgt. Percy G. ROBINS

 

   Gnr. Ernest MATTHEWS

 

  The following casualty is remembered on a headstone in the
  church burial ground

  Lt Percy Walter PEACH

 

  The Roll of Honour in Chesham Bois church