The Commemoration of Wars in Crockenhill, Eynsford & Lullingstone, Kent - subtitled 'The war memorials, with the names of those who died and of other servicemen'
Booklet published by the Farningham & Eymsford LOcal History Society, 49 pages. A4 size booklet (N7784)
This booklet provides information on the men from the Kent villages of Crockenhill, Eynsford and Lullingstone who fought and died in various wars, and who are commemorated on the various memorials. One entry is listed below to provide an idea of what information on the soldiers is recorded:
Robson, Harry Stuart : Lieutenant, the London Regiment, 10th County of London (Hackney) Battalion. Son of Harry and Charlotte Robson, 116, Calabria Road, Highbury, London. Husband of Laura Amy Robson (nee Bradshaw), Birling House, Station Road, Eynsford. He left one child, a son. Had served in the Territorial Force for some years and joined the Colours on the outbreak of war. In the autumn of 1914 he was sent to France but was invalided home in the summer of 1915 suffering from septic poisoning. He made a good recovery and in December 1915 he married Laura, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs R J Bradshaw of Birling House, Station Road, Eynsford (where the Bradshaws had a grocery business). He was commissioned in September 1915 and in January 1916 went to Egypt. He returned to France and had been there only a few weeks before he was killed 'in the great British attack of August 8th' [1918]. He had led his platoon gallantly through to a position which they captured and held, and was killed by enemy shellfire, aged 26. His chaplain wrote 11 most charming and kind in every circumstance". Commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France, panel 10.
The contents are as follows:
CROCKENHILL
First World war
The memorials
The village War Memorial, Stones Cross Road
First World War tablet in All Souls' Church
The names
On the memorial in All Souls' Church
In the churchyard
In the Baptist cemetery
Second World War
The memorials
The village War Memorial, Stones Cross Road
Second World War tablet in All Souls' Church
Crockenhill Village Hall
The names
On the memorial in All Souls' Church
Those in the Armed Forces
Civilian war deaths
Not on the memorial in All Souls' Church
EYNSFORD
First World War
The memorials
The War Memorial Cross
Plaque in St Martin's Church, Eynsford
Plaque in the Baptist Church
The names
South African Wars 1899-1902
First World War 1914-1919
Other Servicemen of World War One
Other members of the Armed Forces known to have served in the First World War
The First World War tablecloth
Second World War
The memorials
The War Memorial Cross
Plaque on Edwards Scout Hall
The names
On the War Memorial Cross
Not on the War Memorial Cross
Post Second World War Memorial Stone
Names of Eynsford Servicemen in Second World War
Other Eynsford men in World war II
LULLING STONE
First World War
The memorial
The names
Second World War
The memorial
The names
Northern Ireland 1977
The memorial
The name
Condition of the booklet is generally very good. The covers are clean and bright, the spine is tight and intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound. There is a small price sticker on the rear side cover.