Blackmore: Remembering the Second World War (2)

Blackmore’s War Memorial contains only the names of those who served in the First World War. The only commemoration to those who served in the Second World War (1939 – 1945) is a handwritten list, in two frames, attached to a pillar near the entrance door to the Priory Church of St Laurence.

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.

On the first list there are sixty names, recorded in alphabetical order.

The names are:

Name
Service
Other Detail not recorded on list

ALLEN Arthur William
RAF

ATKINSON Charles T
RAF

BARRETT Ashley Bryan
10th Balochis

BEESON Peggy
WAAF

BLACKWELL Mary
ATS

BLACKWELL Robert
RA

BLACKWELL William
Pioneers

BURROWS Laurence


CHEEK Kenneth N
RE

CONN Arthur
Grenadier Guards

CONN Charles
Grenadier Guards

CONN Peter Robert
Grenadier Guards

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


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

PASSFIELD Wm Henry
Essex

PENSON Charles F
RAF

PUDDEPHATT Frank
REME

POLLEY John James
RAF

REYNARD William
RAF

SANDERS Vera M
WAAF

STOCK Thomas
ROYLI

WARD Richard William
2nd 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 8th November 1943. She was Aircraftwoman 1st 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.


BIRD Ronald David
REME

PENSON Victor H


PEPPERELL K
WAAF

MATTOCKS Cpl.
WAAF

HINES P O
RN

HINES
RAF

WINGAR Gordon
RAF

NICHOLSON Bruce
REME

REYNARD Arthur
RAF

FIELD Barbara May
ATS

RAISON William
RAMC

HODGE
RAF

MEADOWS J R
RAF

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
5th Ridg.

PETERS A R G
RAF

HAYES E D
WAAF

BRAZENDALE James D
RAF

COLLER W T
RCS

This list can also be viewed on http://www.blackmorehistory.co.uk/blackmore_ww2.html