With the encouragement of the Parish Council and Local History Society I, along with a few others, have begun to collect information on those men from Flamstead, and a few surrounding villages, who gave their lives in the two World Wars. Our aim is to produce a small written record of their sacrifice so that they do not become just a list of names on a War Memorial. We are interested in both their Military Service and their Home Lives before the Wars.
The names of thirty two of these individuals, who died in the First World War, are carved into the base of the Village War Memorial, along with the names of six men who died in World War Two.
In addition, our research has shown another thirteen casualties who had links with the Village but are not named on it's War Memorial.
I would be happy to share any of the information we have found to date on any of these individuals with anyone researching these families. Of course, if anyone does have links with any of those named and would be able to let us know anything further on their pre War lives, or Military Service, then I would be delighted to hear from them.
The Casualties Named are :
1914 -18
Frederick ANDREWS
Percy ANDREWS
Frederick George ARMSTRONG
Ernest BALDWIN
Lawrence Alfred Howard BARROW
Frederick BATCHELOR
Horace BATCHELOR
Spencer CAIN
Frederick William CLARK
Percy CLARK
Leonard COOK
Leonard COOTE
Stanley COOTE
William COOT
Frederick David CURL
Horace DAY
Percy DRAPER
Joshua DYER
John FEATUM (or FEETHAM)
James FENSOM
Alfred FLITTON
Arthur FLITTON
George FLITTON
George William FLITTON
William FLITTON
Frederick GINGER
William GINGER
Horace GODFREY
Percy GODFREY
Edgar HARRIS
Horace HARRIS
Percy IMPEY
Laurence Frederick JACKSON
George KITCHENER
Arthur LEE
Elijah PEACOCK
Charles PEDDAR
Harry PEDDAR
Dennis RILEY
Walter ROBINSON
Jack SILVESTER
William SMITH
William SOUSTER
Ernest William STEVENS
Jack WHITE
1939 - 45
Albert George BANDY
Douglas Arthur BATCHELOR
Frederick Charles HARVEY
Leslie John HORWOOD
Gleister Leslie MORTON
Allan Lane TUCKEY
