LEST WE FORGET.
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.23593/fromUkniwmSearch/1
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.23594/fromUkniwmSearch/1
THE GOLDSWORTH NURSERY WAR MEMORIALS ARE BACK IN GOLDSWORTH PARK. THANKS TO M. SLOCOCK (FROM THE FAMILY THAT OWNED THE NURSERY).
Goldsworth Park was built in 1974 on the land where the Nursery was. We have been getting details of the names listed and this is what we have found out so far. If you know more or have spotted an error please email us...

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GOLDSWORTH NURSERY WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 1
(these have been double-checked!)
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Most of the fallen served in the the Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
See this webpage to see its battles in the First World War
http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/ww1queens/ww1queens.html
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN MEMORY OF
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S. ACOCK -
PRIVATE SYDNEY ACOCK
DIED 1916 AGED 36
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
From Croydon
Cemetery Cambrin Pas de Calais France
http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchcemeteries/cambrinmil.htm
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W. BURVILL -
PRIVATE EDWIN WILLIAM BURVILL
DIED 1916
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Cemetery Thiepval Somme France
http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/thiepval_memorial.htm
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H. COLLYER -
PRIVATE HERBERT COLLYER
DIED 1919 AGED 20
Norfolk Regiment
From Woking
Cemetery St Johns
http://www.stjohnswoking.org.uk/
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J. DANIELS -
PRIVATE JAMES DANIELS
2 Possible records....
Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Died 1915 Cemetery Cuinchy
or
East Surrey Regiment Died 1917 Age 39 From Tooting Cemetery Cambrai Louverval
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S. DAWES -
PRIVATE SIDNEY DAWES
2 Possible records....
Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died 1916 Age 28 From Harlington Cemetery Boulogne
or
Kings Own Scottish Borderers Died 1916 Cemetery Potijze
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J. DUKE -
PRIVATE JAMES DUKE
DIED 1916
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Cemetery Mametz Somme France
http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_mametz.htm
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W. ELSLEY -
GUNNER GEORGE WILLIAM ELSLEY ? ?
Gunner Royal Artillery
Died 1920 Age 23
From Feltham Cemetery Feltham
SPELLING ON WOKING MEMORIAL IS DIFFERENT
WILLIAM ELLESLEY
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J. ELSON -
PRIVATE JAMES ELSON
DIED 1916
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Cemetery Thiepval Somme France
http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/thiepval_memorial.htm
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C. EXTON -
CORPORAL CHARLES EXTON
DIED 1918 AGE 35
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Cemetery Bangalore India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
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E. FIELD -
PRIVATE EDWARD FIELD
DIED 1918 AGE 31
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
From St. Johns
Cemetery Gwalia Belgium
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=51000&mode=1
Brother in Law of Mrs M. Field of 2 Knaphill Cottages Robin Hood Road Knaphill
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J. FIELD -
SERJEANT JOHN FIELD
DIED 1917
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Cemetery Jerusalem Isreal
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=71401&mode=1
Husband of Mrs M. Field of 2 Knaphill Cottages Robin Hood Road Knaphill
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H. HAMBRIDGE -
PRIVATE HARRY HAMBRIDGE
DIED 1914 AGED 30
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
From St. Johns
Cemetery Tyne Cot Belgium
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/ypsalient/cemeteries/tynecot.htm
Brother of Mrs M. Field of 2 Knaphill Cottages Robin Hood Road Knaphill
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C. HARBER -
ACTING BOMBARDIER CHARLES HARBER
DIED 1917
Royal Garrison Artillery Unit
Cemetery St. Jean Les Ypres Belgium
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52400&mode=1
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B. HAWKES -
CORPORAL CHARLES BASIL HAWKES
DIED 1915
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Memorial Helles Turkey
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=76100&mode=1
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J. HILL -
JOHN HILL
Many possible records... Still researching.....
Most likely is the only J Hill from the same regiment as most of the others
Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Died 1915 Age 35 Cemetery Bailleul
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F. MANNING -
PRIVATE FRANK MANNING
2 Possible records....
Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Died 1914 Cemetery Ypres Menin Gate
or
Queens Marys Regiment Surrey Yeomanry Died 1915 Age 39 From Battersea Cemetery Nunhead
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F. SLYFIELD -
PRIVATE FREDERICK SLYFIELD
DIED 1915 AGED 31
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
From Woking
Cemetery Laventie France
http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchcemeteries/laventiemil.htm
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A. WYE -
PRIVATE A. WYE
2 Possible records....
A. WYE Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Died 1917 From Woking Cemetery Boulogne
or
ALFRED WYE Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Died 1918 Age 19 From Ripley Cemetery Le Treport
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WHO WENT
FROM THIS NURSERY AND
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
GOLDSWORTH NURSERY WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 2
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN MEMORY OF
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W. BUSH -
SERGEANT WILLIAM BUSH
DIED 1944 AGE 20
ROYAL AIR FORCE
From Woking
Cemetery Horsell
http://www.stmarys-horsell.org.uk/
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A. DREW -
PRIVATE ALFRED DREW
DIED 1944 (8 days after D DAY) AGE 29
OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY
From Woking
Cemetery Ranville Normandy France
http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ranville_war_cemetery.htm
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J. DREW -
PILOT OFFICE WILLIAM JOHN DREW
R.A.F. VR
DIED 1943
Memorial Runnymede RAF
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=109600&mode=1
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A. HAMMOND -
AIRCRAFTSMAN 2nd CLASS ALBERT HAMMOND
ROYAL AIR FORCE
DIED 1941 AGE 33
From Fetcham
Cemetery Watton
http://www.merton.ukgo.com/WW2.htm
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S. LINTOTT -
BOMBARDIER SIDNEY LINTOTT
DIED 1943 AGED 36
Royal Artillery
From St Johns and Horsell
(Volunteered. After the fall of Singapore taken to a Japanese Prison Camp)
Memorial Singapore
http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Singapore_Memorial/
http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Singapore_Memorial/L/html/li.htm
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J. PENFOLD -
GUARDSMAN JOHN PENFOLD
Died 1945 Age 20
Irish Guards
From Chobham
Cemetery Milsbeek, Netherlands (near German border)
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2105291&mode=1
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G. POCOCK -
PRIVATE CHARLES GEORGE POCOCK
DIED 1940 AGED 21
Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
From Knaphill
Cemetery Heverlee Belgium
http://ww1cemeteries.com/other_cemeteries_ext/heverlee_war_cem.htm
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WHO WENT FROM
THIS NURSERY AND GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND GREAT WORLD WAR
1939-1945
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GOLDSWORTH PARK WAR MEMORIAL
(The Rev. Richard Cook arranged for its creation and placement in 1995? as a focus for memorial services) (this was, until 2005, the only memorial sited on the Park)

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TO REMEMBER
ALL WHO SUFFER
AS A RESULT OF WAR
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