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Blackmore Area Local History
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Blackmore:
Second World War
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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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| NEWS:
Blackmore's War Memorial will be restored in 2010 with names
re-engraved. We would be pleased to hear from anyone with a connection
to those names commemorated. The memorial contains a roll of those who
died and those who served in the First World War. If you or a
relative from Blackmore served in the Second World War or subsequent
conflict (Korean, Falklands, Iraq, Afaghanistan to name but four) we
would be please to hear from you. Contact via e mail. |
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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:
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Name
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Service
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Other Detail not
recorded on list
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ALLEN Arthur William
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RAF
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ATKINSON Charles T
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RAF
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BARRETT Ashley Bryan
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10th Balochis
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BEESON Peggy
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WAAF
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BLACKWELL Mary
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ATS
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BLACKWELL Robert
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RA
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BLACKWELL William
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Pioneers
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BURROWS Laurence
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CHEEK Kenneth N
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RE
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CONN Arthur
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Grenadier Guards
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CONN Charles
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Grenadier Guards
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CONN Peter Robert
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Grenadier Guards
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CORBEY Stanley
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FLATT John Patterson
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CMP
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FLATT David Paterson
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CRE
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FLEGG W J
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Maritime RA
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GLESTER George
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GLESTER William
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RN
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HARVEY Basil
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HARVEY Reginald
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HAWKINS George
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KORB
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HANCHETT Charles
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Grenadier Guards
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JOPSON E M
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ATS
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KNIGHT A J
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RN
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KNIGHT Leonard
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RASC
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LANE Albert
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LANE Edward
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LANE Frank P
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LIVINGS Harold John
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RAF
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MARDEN Jack Edward
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Sherwoods
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MARTIN Charles Adolphis
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RAF
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MARTIN Vernon
Victor
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RA
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McANGUS William
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Airborne
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OVEL Edward
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RAF
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OVEL Jack
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RAF
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OVEL Reginald
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RAF
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PAGRAM Gerald
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RAF
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PAGRAM Percy
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RASC
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PASSFIELD Wm Henry
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Essex
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PENSON Charles F
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RAF
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PUDDEPHATT Frank
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REME
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POLLEY John James
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RAF
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REYNARD William
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RAF
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SANDERS Vera M
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WAAF
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STOCK Thomas
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ROYLI
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WARD Richard William
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2nd Essex
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WARDER Fred
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RSF
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WATTS A J
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RTC
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WEBB Charles
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RSF
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WELLER Thomas Hugh
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RN
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WHITTAKER William
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MN
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WHITTAKER John
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MN
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WOOD Arthur John
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RM
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WOOD David Arthur
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RAF
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WOOD John William
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RAF
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WOOD Joan Violet
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WAAF
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WOOD R F
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RA
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WOOD Theodore William James
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RA
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WOOLLARD J K
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WAAF
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Joy Kathleen Woollard died on 8th November 1943. She was Aircraftwoman 1st
Class serving in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. She was buried in the
churchyard at Blackmore.
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WRIGHT Donald William
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REME
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The second list contains a further 28 names:
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Name
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Service
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Other Detail not
recorded on list
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BIRD Ronald David
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REME
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PENSON Victor H
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PEPPERELL K
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WAAF
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MATTOCKS Cpl.
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WAAF
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HINES P O
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RN
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HINES
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RAF
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WINGAR Gordon
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RAF
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NICHOLSON Bruce
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REME
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REYNARD Arthur
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RAF
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FIELD Barbara May
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ATS
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RAISON William
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RAMC
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HODGE
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RAF
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MEADOWS J R
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RAF
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MEADOWS R J
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RAF
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MEADOWS Vera N
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WAAF
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RANKIN Eric J
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RA
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RANNS Thomas Cecil
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RA
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PAGRAM Eric Julian
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RAF
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CHEEK K
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RE
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ATKINSON T
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LAC
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MASON Albert (Robert)
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CDRN
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MATTOCKS T E
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MOULES Sgt. A H
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5th Ridg.
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PETERS A R G
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RAF
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HAYES E D
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WAAF
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BRAZENDALE James D
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RAF
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COLLER W T
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RCS
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Last Updated: 20 January 2010
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