Woking Library World War Two Book of Remembrance

(this block of information was sent in by a Woking researcher)

(Photo Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)

I can tell you that the names on the Woking memorial (in Town Square) are only those that lost their lives in WW1, what confuses people to think the names represent both wars is the added inscription that was made after WW2. The 1939 -45 inscription was all they could fit on the memorial, there was not enough room to list any names as Woking lost a considerable amount of men in WW1, every name you see which is just over 500 are all WW1 casualties. Those who lost their lives in WW2 are recorded in a book of remembrance which is held in Woking library in a glass display case and a new page is turned each day so every soldier gets an opportunity to have his name displayed during the course of the year.

WOKING URBAN DISTRICT BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Thanks to Woking Library for help and information and also to Woking Borough Council for giving me a photocopy of the book and allowing its publication here.

 NAMES TRANSCRIBED APRIL 2006.

By the name of the Council Chairman we date this book to 1948/9.
----------

WOKING URBAN DISTRICT

WAR MEMORIAL

----------

PATRONS

GODFREY NICHOLSON, M.P.

AND

THE CHAIRMAN OF WOKING URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

CHAIRMAN H.G. RALPH-BROWN

VICE-CHAIRMAN H.I.T. WILSON

TREASURER A. WALLER

SECRETARY W.H. WAREHAM

----------

OBJECT

TO COMMEMORATE THE SUCCESSFUL TERMINATION OF WORLD WAR 2, TO REMEMBER ALL THOSE IN THE SERVICES AND CIVILIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND ALL THOSE OF OUR CITIZENS WHO, BY THEIR UNITED EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES, ENABLED THE COUNTRY TO BE FREE OF THE NAZI TYRANNY.

1939-1945

----------

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES

WORLD WAR 1939-1945

----------

GUY , LESLIE GEORGE ALBERT - P/OFFICER WRITER, ROYAL NAVY

----------

WORLD WAR 1939-1945

----------
ADAMS , ARTHUR PHILIP - L/BDR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

ASKEW , WILLIAM HENRY - C.Q.M.S. ROYAL CORPS SIGNALS

BAKER , STANLEY - PTE., "QUEENS"

BARNETT , ERNEST FREDERICK - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

BINGHAM , OLIVER RUPERT - MAJOR, R.A.S.C.

BOARER , EDWIN WALTER - PTE., 4TH WILTS REGT.

BRADSHAW , SYDNEY EDWARD - SGT., R.A.F.

BRAGG , JOHN HALL - BDR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

BROWNE , HENRY CHARLES - L/CPL., SCOTS GUARDS

BROWNE , PATRICK ARTHUR ST. JOHN - LT., R.A. ATTD QUEENS R.R.

BURCHETT , STEPHEN - PTE., PIONEER CORPS.

BUSH , WILLIAM ANDREW - AIR GUNNER SGT., R.A.F. 

CADDY , PETER - LIEUT., ROYAL NAVY

CANDY , ARTHUR ROBERT - F/OFFICER, R.A.F. NAVIGATOR

CEELEY , ARTHUR FREDERICK - P/OFFICER, R.A.F.

CLAPP , ERIC - PTE., "QUEENS"

COLLINS , FRANCIS GODFREY - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

COLLINS , JOHN LESLIE - PTE., EAST SURREY REGT.

COLLINS , TERENCE FRANCIS - A.B., R.N. (V.R.)

COLLYER , HAROLD - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

COLLYER , PERCY WILFRED LEONARD - BOY, 1ST CLASS, ROYAL NAVY

COOK , EDWARD JOHN - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

COOPER , DENYS ALAN - A/L AIRMAN, ROYAL NAVY

CUNNINGHAM , PENNELL - - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

DABORN , LEONARD - PTE., BUFFS.

DAVIES , CHARLES FREDERICK -U/O, R.A.F.

DAVIS , ROBERT WILLIAM - DRIVER, R.A.S.C.

DE KOCK , JOHANNES - PTE., BUFFS.

DIMMICK , DAVID ROWLANDS - SGT., R.A.S.C.

EDMED , KENNETH - A.B., ROYAL NAVY

EDWARDS , DOUGLAS LAURIE - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

FARISH , JOSEPH - L/CPL., 2ND RECCE REGT.

FRANCIS , FREDERICK ALBERT - GUARDSMAN, COLDSTREAM GUARDS

FULLER , CHARLES WILLIAM - L/CPL., ROYAL MARINES

FUTCHER , STANLEY MONTAGUE - P/OFFICER, R.A.F. (V.R.)

GEARY , LEONARD WILLIAM CHARLES - L/CPL., ROYAL ENGINEERS

GREEN , ERIC - PTE., HAMPSHIRES

GREEN , REGINALD - A.B., ROYAL NAVY

GREGORY , HORACE - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

GRIFFITH , COLIN - F/LIEUT., R.A.F.

HAMPTON , WALTER -  L/CPL., SUFFOLK REGT.

HARDING , JOHN ALLAN LEAP - LIEUT., ROYAL MARINES

HART , MARGARET - DRIVER, CANADIAN W.A.C.

HAYTER , EDWARD WILLIAM - PTE., ROYAL MARINES

HITCHCOCK , ROY - F/SGT., R.A.F.

HOBBS , EDWARD ARTHUR - PTE., ROYAL CORPS SIGNALS

HODDER , CYRIL CARLYLE , A.F.C. - WING COMMANDER , R.A.F.

HOLLINS , GEORGE ALBERT JAMES FRAZER D.F.C. - F/LIEUT., R.A.F.

HOWES , GEORGE WILLIAM - SGT. W/O , R.A.F.

HUMPHRIES , FREDERICK - (no unit listed - possibly a civilian?)

JEFFERIES , CYRIL GEORGE - MAJOR , ROYAL ENGINEERS 

JELLEY , STANLEY ARTHUR - BOY FIRST CLASS , ROYAL NAVY

JENNER , WILLIAM ROY - SGT. , GLIDER PILOT REGT.

JONES , ROBERT CHARLES WILLIAM - SGT., R.A.F.

KING , GERALD PURDON - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

KINGSCOTE , DAVID FITZHARDINGE - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

KORTS , CHARLES THEODORE - MAJOR , ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

LANGSTONE , ALBERT FREDERICK - SGT., (FLT/ENGR.) R.A.F. (V.R.)

LAWES , KENNETH - CAPT., ROYAL PIONEER CORPS

LEE , CLIFFORD LAWSON - SGT., R.A.F. (V.R.)

LEE , GEORGE WILLIAM - L.A.C., R.A.F.

LEWIS , LIONEL MORLEY - F/LIEUT., R.A.F.

LONG , PHILLIP JAMES - PTE., "QUEENS"

LONGHURST , LESLIE - A.B., ROYAL NAVY

LUCAS , JAMES - SGT., R.A.F. (V.R.)

MACDONALD , HAMISH WHEELER - F/SGT., R.A.F.

MARKHAM , ARTHUR JOHN - RFM., KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS

MARTIN , JOHN PATRICK - SGT., PIONEER CORPS

MARTIN , ARNOLD WALTER - P/OFFICER, R.A.F. (V.R.)

MAY , GEOFFREY TRELAWNY , M.C. - LIEUT., RIFLE BRIGADE

MILLUM , OWEN H. - SEAMAN, MERCHANT NAVY

MOFFATT , CECIL ROBERT - L/BDR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

MOOR , CHARLES ERNEST - PTE., "QUEENS"

MULLER-ROWLAND , ERIC - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

MULLER-ROWLAND , STANLEY , D.F.C. AND BAR - SQ/LEADER, R.A.F.

NEWENS , R. J. - F/OFFICER, R.A.F. (V.R.)

PARES , ANTHONY - LT.COMMANDER, ROYAL NAVY

PARES , BASIL - LIEUT., ROYAL NAVY

POWELL , ROLAND ANSELL - Q.S.M., "QUEENS"

RIDER , REGINALD JAMES - FLT./SGT., R.A.F.

RIPPER , FRANK STIRLEY - MAJOR , ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

ROGERS , VICTOR ALBERT - PTE., "QUEENS"

ROLLINSON , GEORGE LESLIE - TPR., R.A.C.

ROWE , GILBERT PETER - SGT., R.A.F. (V.R.)

ROWLAND , FRANK CHRISTOPHER KENNETH , CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALME - CAPT., ROYAL ARTILLERY

RUSSELL , LESLIE RONALD - A.B., ROYAL NAVY

SHARPE , NOEL JAMES - SGT., R.A.F. (V.R.)

SHARPE , PETER BRUCE - TPR., 23RD HUSSARS

SHEARS , GEORGE ALFRED - PTE., SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY

SHEEPSHANKS , CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM - LIEUT., RIFLE BRIGADE

SHELLEY , JOHN THOMAS - PTE., "QUEENS"

SHOEBRIDGE , GEORGE CECIL ERNEST - PTE. "GREEN HOWARDS"

SHOESMITH , RONALD - A/C.1., R.A.F.

SHOESMITH , THELMA JOAN - A/C.W.2, W.A.A.F.

SHORTER , EDWIN CHARLES - SGT., ROYAL ARTILLERY

SIMMONDS , ARTHUR ERNEST - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

SMITH , DAVID JAMES - (no unit listed - possibly a civilian?)

STATHAM , GEORGE ELLIOTT - R.A.S.C.

STEVENS , THOMAS - PTE., "QUEENS"

STOKES , CYRIL LOVESY LAWRENCE - LT/COL. 14TH PUNJAB REGT.

STRUDWICK , PERCIVAL - SGT. PILOT, R.A.F.

TAPLIN , JOHN HENRY - PTE., C.M.P.

TAPPER , VERNON HORACE - SUB LIEUT. (A), R.N.V.R.

TARRANT , EDWARD CECIL - PTE., "QUEENS"

THATCHER , DOUGLAS - L.A.C., R.A.F.

TOVEY , FREDERICK WILLIAM - CPL. BEDS AND HERTS REGT.

TOY , ARTHUR JOHN - SUB LIEUT., R.N.V.R.

TOWNSEND , TERENCE - MARINE, ROYAL MARINES

TRUSCOTT , JACK ALBERT - FLT.SGT., R.A.F.

TYRELL , GEORGE FREDERICK - L/CPL C.M.P.

UNDERHILL , JOHN WILLIAM - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

WADE , NEVILLE - A/C 1., R.A.F.

WARNER , HAROLD - STOKER P.O., ROYAL NAVY

WARREN , HAROLD - R.A.F.

WEEKES , LESLIE JOHN - GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

WELLS , GEORGE - P.O., ROYAL NAVY

WHITALL , FREDERICK KEENE - FLT.SGT., R.A.F.

WICKENS , STANLEY EDWARD AUSTIN - L/CPL., "QUEENS"

WILLIAMS , ERIC JOHN -GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

WILLIS , GEOFFREY GEORGE LEWIS , D.S.O. - COL. R.A.C.

WOOD , RONALD CHARLES - F/OFFICER, R.A.F.

WOODHOUSE , JOHN BERNARD - 2ND LIEUT., ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS

WOODS , COLIN JAMES BERNARD - BDR., R.A. L.A.A.

YOUNG , ALFRED GNR., ROYAL ARTILLERY

(Photo Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)

(Photo Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)

(Photo Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)