The new Ongar War Memorial
Medical Centre was sufficiently complete on 10 May 2012 to hold a dedication
ceremony to a new roll of the fallen of the Ongar and District. Included on the plaque are those from
Blackmore. Derek Berwin, the principal
researcher, acknowledges on the commemorative DVD that: “The roll is based on
first born in, then if not born in then resided in, it is in no way meant to
imply that Church and War Memorials should be altered or names that have been
read out at Remembrance time should be changed.”
The DVD shows (at 38 minutes
20 seconds) the memorial containing the Blackmore names: E J Alexander, A E
Barker, W Brazier, W Crane, A G Ellis, W W Fixter, H Game, H C Game, A Godding,
J Gosling, S E Knight, E C Martin, E A Maynard, B Millbank, I A Miller /
Millar, A J Nash, W Ovel, G W Pigott, H Riglin, W E Rudling, H W Scudder, C
Speller, D Sutton, E Sutton, J Thomas, W H Wash, A J Wheal, H J White, W
Willsher.
Having done a large amount of
research back in 2010 to confirm the names of those on the Parish War Memorial,
I recognise the difficulty in compiling a definitive list. Where are people from? (We only need to consider that Olympic gold
medal winner Laura Trott, tweeted that her gold post box should not be in
Harlow. More than one box was painted as
a consequence.) Historians and others
will disagree, with evidence and counter-evidence put forward. Whatever the merits or otherwise of this
updated work, the memorial inside the Medical Centre will remind us not to
forget the events which shaped our country’s destiny forever.
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