100 year WW1 anniversary commemorations at All Saints Church in Banstead |
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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. 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.
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Date of death |
Name
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Lived at | Video of Service | |
1918 |
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9 Jan 1918 | John Edmund (Jack) Bailey | 10 Ferndale Road | Readings and Tolling of the Bell Eulogy and Prayers Laying of Wreath on Grave |
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14 Jan 1918 | Willie Layzell | Banstead Asylum | ||
3 Feb 1918 | Henry Low Penson | Diceland Road | Raising the flag, Intro and tolling of bell, Eulogy and prayers, Laying of Wreath |
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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 |
Eulogy and prayers (Joint service) |
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21 Mar 1918 | William Viney | Banstead Asylum | ||
29 Mar 1918 | Arthur Culver | 3, Memory Cottages, Burgh Heath | ||
11 Apr 1918 | Eddie Sopp |
3, Diceland Road, Banstead | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
28 Sep 1918 | Charles Reygate | 2 Sutton Lane, Banstead | Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers, Laying of wreath |
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2 Oct 1918 | Arthur Paterson | 13 Court Road, Banstead | Intro and Tolling of Bell, Eulogy and prayers ,Laying of wreath |
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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 | ||
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 |
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31 Dec 1918 | Alfred Reed | 5 Memory Cottages, Burgh Heath |
Closing service Reflections and presentation to James Crouch |
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23 Apr 1919 | Herbert Chandler | 26 Court Road, Banstead | ||
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 |
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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 | ||
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 | ||
23 Apr 1917 | Edward Beadle | Born in Banstead, lived in Croydon | ||
24 Apr 1917 | Arthur Curtis | Coffee House, High Street | Eulogy, Bell Tolling and Prayers | |
28 Apr 1917 | Reginald Moyse | Patient at Banstead Asylum | ||
4 May 1917 | William Gudgion | 8 Canons Lane, Burgh Heath | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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) | ||
22 Dec 1917 | Donald Lewis | Banstead Hall | ||
29 Dec 1917 | Edward Lee | Winkworth Cottages, High Street | Eulogy | |
1916 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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2 May 1915 | The Kensington & Chelsea
District School,
Fir Tree Road Diceland Road, Banstead |
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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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