WWI 100year commemorations at All Saints church Banstead

BANSTEAD REMEMBERS

100 year WW1 anniversary commemorations at

All Saints Church in Banstead

More than one hundred and twenty men from our local villages fell in World War One.

Banstead Five Churches, Banstead District Royal British Legion, Banstead District Scouts and Banstead History Research Group have honoured their memories by holding a commemoration ceremony at All Saints, Banstead, on the 100th anniversary of the death of each local man. The short service included a eulogy followed by the tolling of the church bell exactly one hundred times, often by relatives or descendants of the fallen. This was sometimes followed by a laying of a wreath at the graveside or in the Lady Chapel in the church.

Our thanks go to the local clergy, and parishioners who attended regulary as well as the many relatives who often made long journeys to attend.

James Crouch presentation of Certificate by the British Legion

This section of our website lists the men, commemorated in date order. Also included are links to their written stories which were also comprehensively told by BHRG member James Crouch in the Euolgy for each man.

Where available, links to both the Eulogy and film of the service are included below.

The research was completed by James Crouch seen here receiving a certificate from The British Legion for the huge amount of work and his total dedication over the four years.

Filming and editing by Ralph Maciejewski of the Banstead History Research Group.

You can send in your own photographs here.

Page last updated: Dec 2018

All Saints Church archives hold a unique record of all the local men who served overseas in WW1. These include casualties, wounded, prisoners, and surving men of the villages, handwritten and listed in alphabetical order of surname. The details include Name, Address, Regiment or Ship, where served. Page through the book by clicking the image on the left.

Date of death	Name (Links to story)	Lived at	Video of Service

1918
9 Jan 1918	John Edmund (Jack) Bailey	10 Ferndale Road	Readings and Tolling of the Bell Eulogy and Prayers Laying of Wreath on Grave
14 Jan 1918	Willie Layzell	Banstead Asylum	Eulogy and Prayers, Tolling of bell, Laying of wreath
3 Feb 1918	Henry Low Penson	Diceland Road	Raising the flag, Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers, Laying of Wreath
16 Mar 1918	John Bateman	Banstead Asylum	Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers
17 Mar 1918	Henry Maitland	Banstead Hall	Service
21 Mar 1918	Frank Mitchel (temp)	22 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath	Intro and Bell tolling, Eulogy and prayers (Joint service)
21 Mar 1918	William Viney	Banstead Asylum	Intro and Bell tolling, Eulogy and prayers (Joint service)
29 Mar 1918	Arthur Culver	3, Memory Cottages, Burgh Heath	Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers
11 Apr 1918	Eddie Sopp	3, Diceland Road, Banstead	Introduction and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers
8 May 1918	Frank Wiscombe	13, Shrubland Road, Banstead	Introduction and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers
21 May 1918	George Powell	11, Shrubland Road, Banstead	Intro and Bell tolling, Eulogy
26 May 1918	Mark Farrow	Banstead Asylum	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers
27 May 1918	Willie Nash	17, Shrubland Road, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers
14 Jul 1918	Jack Hillman	Park Farm, Holly Lane	Intro, reading & tolling of bell
22 Aug 1918	G Montague Wigglesworth	55 Ferndale Road, Banstead	Eulogy
27 Aug 1918	John Strong	Burgh Heath	Eulogy and prayers
2 Sep 1918	Edward Clive Garton	Banstead Wood	Intro and bell tolling Eulogy and prayers Laying of wreath
2 Sep 1918	Ernest Mingay	Nork Park
4 Sep 1918	Tom Dowse	6 Canons Lane, Burgh Heath	Eulogy and prayers
24 Sep 1918	Albert Taylor	The View, High Street	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers
24 Sep 1918	George Hammond		Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers
28 Sep 1918	Charles Reygate	2 Sutton Lane, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers, Laying of wreath
2 Oct 1918	Arthur Paterson	13 Court Road, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers ,Laying of wreath
13 Oct 1918	William Farley	Mint Cottages, Mint Road	Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy, Laying of wreath
14 Oct 1918	Aubrey Balchin	7 Court Road, Banstead	Eulogy, Intro and tolling of bell, Laying of wreath
17 Oct 1918	Percy Blunt	36 Ferndale Road, Banstead	Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy
17 Oct 1918	Percy Perrin	Burgh Heath	Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy
24 Oct 1918	William Blaker	42 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy
26 Oct 1918	Charles Sharman	2 Salisbury Road, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Euolgy,
9 Nov 1918	Archie Jacques	Buried at All Saints	Intro and bell tolling, Eulogy, Laying of wreath,
13 Nov 1918	Albert Nash	13 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy
19 Nov 1918	Harry Gurney	26 Diceland Road, Banstead	Eulogy, Intro and bell tolling , Laying of wreath
23 Nov 1918	Muriel Spiers	Copleigh, Burgh Heath	Raising the flag, Intro and bell tolling, Eulogy, Laying of wreath, Lowering the flag
9 Dec 1918	Stanley Skelton	10 Fir Tree Cottages, Pound Road, Banstead	Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and Prayers, Laying of wreath
The last four men were all commemorated on the 31st December 2018
31 Dec 1918	Alfred Reed	5 Memory Cottages, Burgh Heath	Eulogy, Laying of Wreath	Intro and tolling of bell, Closing service Reflections and presentation to James Crouch Lowering the flag for the final time
23 Apr 1919	Herbert Chandler	26 Court Road, Banstead	Eulogy, Laying of Wreath
27 Jan 1921	Thomas Stallwood	Banstead Asylum	Eulogy, Laying of Wreath
16 Mar 1921	Dick Caselton	30 Diceland Road, Banstead	Eulogy, Laying of Wreath
1917
8 Jan 1917	John Stiles	St Olave's, Salisbury Road, Banstead
20 Jan 1917	Stanley Sumner	Quendon, Court Road, Banstead	Video
10 Feb 1917	Arthur Norris	Court House, Court Road, Banstead	Video Bell and Prayers Laying of Wreath
11 Feb 1917	Albert Sycamore	Gerrards Lodge, Garratts Lane, Banstead	Eulogy
27 Feb 1917	Albert Bowler	24, Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath
28 Feb 1917	John Henry Baldwin	3 Devonshire Cottages, Garratts Lane, Banstead	Video
11 Apr 1917	George Tichener	Court House, Court Road, Banstead	Video
13 Apr 1917	Allen Guest	10 Diceland Road, Banstead
13 Apr 1917	George Nash	17 Shrubland Road, Banstead
13 Apr 1917	Alfred Skelton	15 Ferndale Road, Banstead
23 Apr 1917	Thomas Riches	18 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath	Eulogy Bell Tolling and Prayers
23 Apr 1917	Edward Beadle	Born in Banstead, lived in Croydon	Eulogy Bell Tolling and Prayers
24 Apr 1917	Arthur Curtis	Coffee House, High Street	Eulogy, Bell Tolling and Prayers
28 Apr 1917	Reginald Moyse	Patient at Banstead Asylum	Eulogy, Bell Tolling and Prayers Laying of wreath at graveside
4 May 1917	William Gudgion	8 Canons Lane, Burgh Heath	Bell and Prayers, Eulogy
8 May 1917	Laurence Mansfield	4 Green's Cottages, Burgh Heath	Eulogy
23 May 1917	Dr Robert Vaughan	Banstead Asylum	Eulogy
19 Jun 1917	Harry Harden	17/17A Lyme Regis Road, Banstead	Eulogy
21 Jun 1917	Reginald Sturt	19 Shrubland Road, Banstead	Eulogy, Laying of wreath
31 Jul 1917	William Wallis	Flint Cottages, High Street	Eulogy, Bell Tolling and Prayers
3 Aug 1917	George Blunt	17/17A Lyme Regis Road, Banstead
10 Aug 1917	Victor Bown	60 Ferndale Road, Banstead	Service
19 Aug 1917	Jack Taylor	32 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead	Service
22 Sep 1917	Albert Waters	30 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead	Service
25 Sep 1917	Charles Couchman	10 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead	Tolling of bell and prayers, Eulogy
26 Sep 1917	Alfred Langford	Gerrards Lodge, Garratts Lane, Banstead	Tolling of bell and prayers, Eulogy
11 Oct 1917	Edward Lawrence	4 Wheeler's Cottages, Burgh Heath	Eulogy
21 Oct 1917	Theo Tapp	New Court, Copt Hill, Burgh Heath
22 Oct 1917	George Butler	7 Firtree Cottages, Pound Road, Banstead	Service
26 Oct 1917	Alfred Pigeon	18 Diceland Road, Banstead	Eulogy and Prayers Prayers and Bell
27 Oct 1917	John Gatland	17 Diceland Road, Banstead	Eulogy Bell and Prayers
30 Oct 1917	Sidney Reygate	2 Sutton Lane Banstead	Eulogy and Prayers Laying of Wreath Reading and Bell
22 Dec 1917	Leslie Mitchell	Burdon Lane, Belmont (buried Banstead)	Service, Bell Tolling Eulogy and prayers
22 Dec 1917	Donald Lewis	Banstead Hall	Service, Bell Tolling Eulogy and prayers
29 Dec 1917	Edward Lee	Winkworth Cottages, High Street	Eulogy

1916
2 Mar 1916	Fred Billing	5, Wheeler's Cottages, Burgh Heath	Laying of wreath on 31 Dec 2018
8 Mar 1916	Edward Jasper Cross	Well House Cottage, Banstead
5 Apr 1916	Bernard Marshall	The Elms, Copt Hill Lane, Burgh Heath	Service
17 Apr 1916	Roberts Majuba Caselton	30 Diceland Road, Banstead
21 Ap 1916	George Edwards	11 Asylum Cottages, Freedown Lane, Banstead
30 Apr 1916	George Mitchell	44 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath
21 May 1916	Charles Grason	Cannons Lane, Burgh Heath
1 Jun 1916	Henry Ireland	Asylum Cottages, Freedown Lane, Banstead
1 Jul 1916	Harry Bates Maurice Furse	60 Diceland Road, Banstead The School House, The Green, Burgh Heath
3 Jul 1916	Cuthbert Buckle	Agrapatana, Sri Lanka
7 Jul 1916	Thomas Gurney	26 Diceland Road, Banstead
13 Jul 1916	Horace Mitchell	44 Oatlands Rd, Burgh Heath
26 Jul 1916	Tom Cox	Tadworth Camp, Epsom Downs orig. Greinton, Somerset
10 Aug 1916	Harry Arthur	Well House, Woodmanterne Lane, Banstead
12 Aug 1916	George Daniels	44, Diceland Road, Banstead
15 Aug 1916	Arthur Boobier	40, Ferndale Road, Banstead
17 Aug 1916	Leonard Bowler	24 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath
18 Aug 1916	Archie Buckle William Draper	Woodcote House, Epsom 3 Apsley Cottages, Park Road
3 Sep 1916	William Burberry	Diceland Road, Banstead
9 Sep 1916	Clement Goldsmith	Banstead Wood House, Banstead orig. Wadhurst, Sussex
15 Sep 1916	Herbert Garton	Banstead Wood, Banstead	Flag raising Eulogy, Wreath, Bell and Prayers, Flag lowering
28 Sep 1916	Herbert Page	12 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath
30 Sep 1916	Bryan Paull	Copthorne in Burgh Heath	Service
20 Oct 1916	Archibald Tonge	Post Office, High Street, Banstead	Service
31 Oct 1916	Edwin Weller	Firtree Cottages, Pound Road
21 Nov 1916	Gilbert Burrington M.M.	315 Reigate Road, Nork
25 Nov 1916	George Bryan	22 Oatlands Road, Burgh Heath	Service
20 Dec 1916	Lionel King-Stephens	The Bank, High Street, Banstead

1914 and 1915(not complete)

2 May 1915	William Appleby Ernest Fairs	The Kensington & Chelsea District School, Fir Tree Road Diceland Road, Banstead
15 May 1915	Albert Seal	Banstead Asylum	Introduction and tolling of bell, Laying of wreath (Albert Seal)
17 May 1915	Gordon Anderson	11 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead
6 Aug 1915	Horace Champion	Garrats Hall, Banstead
26 Sep 1915	George Turner	55 Ferndale Road Banstead	Service
28 Sep 1915	Hugh Forster	The Grange, Sutton.

29 Nov 1914	Charles Smith	Banstead Asylum









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