Blackmore Area Local History

Blackmore: Second World War

This page remembers those who served in the Second World War (1939 - 1945). Their names are not recorded on the village War Memorial, which is dedicated only to those who died and who served in the Great War. The only commemoration to those who served is a handwritten list, in two frames, attached to a pillar near the entrance door to the Priory Church of St Laurence.

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Each sheet is titled “ON ACTIVE SERVICE”, and at the foot, “FOR KING AND COUNTRY”. The writing has faded over the intervening years so the names of these local people are recorded here for posterity.

The first sheet contains sixty names. These are:

Name	Service	Other Detail not recorded on list
ALLEN Arthur William	RAF
ATKINSON Charles T	RAF	Charles Thomas Atkinson, buried Blackmore, age 61, 11th December 1982. Resided Billericay. *
BARRETT Ashley Bryan	10^th Balochis
BEESON Peggy	WAAF
BLACKWELL Mary	ATS
BLACKWELL Robert	RA
BLACKWELL William	Pioneers
BURROWS Laurence
CHEEK Kenneth N	RE
CONN Arthur	Grenadier Guards	Arthur James Conn, born 4th September 1924. ^
CONN Charles	Grenadier Guards	Charles William Conn, born 23rd November 1902. ^
CONN Peter Robert	Grenadier Guards	Peter Robert Conn, born 17th November 1917. ^
CORBEY Stanley
FLATT John Patterson	CMP
FLATT David Paterson	CRE
FLEGG W J	Maritime RA
GLESTER George
GLESTER William	RN
HARVEY Basil
HARVEY Reginald
HAWKINS George	KORB
HANCHETT Charles	Grenadier Guards
JOPSON E M	ATS
KNIGHT A J	RN
KNIGHT Leonard	RASC
LANE Albert		Albert William Lane, buried Blackmore, age 57, 29th June 1972. Resided Blackmore. *
LANE Edward
LANE Frank P
LIVINGS Harold John	RAF
MARDEN Jack Edward	Sherwoods
MARTIN Charles Adolphis	RAF
MARTIN Vernon Victor	RA
McANGUS William	Airborne
OVEL Edward	RAF
OVEL Jack	RAF
OVEL Reginald	RAF
PAGRAM Gerald	RAF
PAGRAM Percy	RASC	Percival William Pagram, buried Blackmore, age 77, 25th April 1974. Resided Blackmore. *
PASSFIELD Wm Henry	Essex
PENSON Charles F	RAF
PUDDEPHATT Frank	REME	Frank Eric Puddephatt, buried Blackmore, age 82, 16th September 1986, Resided Blackmore. *
POLLEY John James	RAF
REYNARD William	RAF
SANDERS Vera M	WAAF
STOCK Thomas	ROYLI
WARD Richard William	2^nd Essex
WARDER Fred	RSF
WATTS A J	RTC
WEBB Charles	RSF
WELLER Thomas Hugh	RN
WHITTAKER William	MN
WHITTAKER John	MN
WOOD Arthur John	RM
WOOD David Arthur	RAF
WOOD John William	RAF
WOOD Joan Violet	WAAF
WOOD R F	RA
WOOD Theodore William James	RA
WOOLLARD J K	WAAF	Joy Kathleen Woollard died on 8^th November 1943. She was Aircraftwoman 1^st Class serving in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. She was buried in the churchyard at Blackmore.
WRIGHT Donald William	REME

The second list contains a further 28 names:

Name	Service	Other Detail not recorded on list
BIRD Ronald David	REME
PENSON Victor H
PEPPERELL K	WAAF	Probably Cathy. ^
MATTOCKS Cpl.	WAAF
HINES P O	RN
HINES	RAF
WINGAR Gordon	RAF
NICHOLSON Bruce	REME	Bruce Nicholson, buried Blackmore, age 70, 12th November 1983. Resided Jericho Place, Blackmore. *
REYNARD Arthur	RAF	Arthur Reynard, buried Blackmore, age 67, 13th April 1972. Resided Blackmore. *
FIELD Barbara May	ATS
RAISON William	RAMC
HODGE	RAF
MEADOWS J R	RAF	James Richard Meadows, buried Blackmore, age 61, 1st March 1967. Resided Blackmore. *
MEADOWS R J	RAF
MEADOWS Vera N	WAAF
RANKIN Eric J	RA
RANNS Thomas Cecil	RA
PAGRAM Eric Julian	RAF
CHEEK K	RE
ATKINSON T	LAC
MASON Albert (Robert)	CDRN
MATTOCKS T E
MOULES Sgt. A H	5^th Ridg.
PETERS A R G	RAF
HAYES E D	WAAF
BRAZENDALE James D	RAF
COLLER W T	RCS

* Burial Register held in Church Safe, with grateful acknowledgement to the Vicar and churchwardens.
^ Coller, Mary. 'Blackmore. My 1920s Wonderland'

Last Updated: 13 June 2010