The names of those on the War
Memorial outside St Mary’s Church, High Ongar, have not, to my knowledge, been
published before online. This
transcription is produced 100 years to the day since Britain entered the Great
War.
On the front face:
To our / glorious dead / 1914
– 1918
And below:
1939 -1945
On the south face is recorded:
Pte. J E Argent, R. W. Kent Regt.
Pte. S J Bush, Essex Regt.
Sergt. J Crane, D.S.M., R.M.Fus.
Pte. H Clark, Essex Regt.
Pte. L W Cook, Essex Regt.
Cpl. T A Donovan, Norfolk Regt.
Sergt. A F Donovan, Norfolk Regt.
Pte. J Farr, Essex Regt.
L.Cpl. P Fincham, Essex Regt.
Pte. S S Fogg, Duke C.L.I.
Pioneer G A Hall, R.E.
Bombor. W King, R.F.A.
Pte. E Maynard, Linc. Regt.
Pte. H Maynard, R.W. Kent Regt.
Pte. Wal. Maynard, Essex Regt.
Pte Wm. Maynard, Lab. Corps.
Pte Com Owers, M.C. Corps
Seaman H C Pearce, Royal Navy
The names of the fallen of the
First World War continue on the north face of the Memorial thus:
Pte. F L Pennington, Essex Regt.
Pioneer H W Phillips,
R.E.
Sig. F T Ruscoe,
Essex Regt.
Sergt. T F Smith,
West Rifles
Pte. T A Saunders,
R. Sussex Regt.
Pte. F Saunders,
Essex Regt.
Pte. C Savill,
Bedf. Regt.
Pte. J Savill,
Bedf. Regt.
Pte. C Shepherd,
Essex Regt.
Pte.. H H Sitch,
R.A.S.C.
Pte. T Tadgell,
R.A.S.C.
Pte. A H Thomas,
V & L Regt.
Pte. H Wood,
Midsx. Rgt.
Pte. C W Wright,
Essex Regt.
Pte. F C Witham,
Essex Regt.
Sergt. R G Wood,
R.E.
L Cpl. C W Wye,
W V Regt.
Those who died in the Second
World War are commemorated on the base of the Memorial. On the south face:
A.C.2. H Bentley, R.A.F.
F/O S T Byer, R.A.F.
Pte J J Guyher, Suffolk Regt.
Sapper S R King, R.E.
of Norton Mandeville parish
Fl.Sgt. W W Hopper, R.A.F.
Cnr. S C Neville R.A.
Then on the north face:
Major A McCorquodale, Coldstream Guards
W/O R W C Phillips, R.A.F. V.R.
Pte. F Radaian, P/C Q.O. Regt.
Fl.Sgt. J Smyth, R.A.F.
Cpl. R L Wright, Pioneer Corps
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