Copythorne War Memorial

Our memorial was unveiled on December 5th 1920. To commemorate this we have decorated it as it was in one hundred years ago.

As we could not put up our Avenue of Remembrance in November due to Covis restrictions, we now have it in place until December 11th 2020.

Once again we have put up our Avenue of Remembrance at Copythorne Church. It will stay up until Tuesday 12th November 2019.

We have replaced the crosses with poppies in our memorial garden

Our Memorial Garden for World War One in Copythorne Church Yard is now complete. A small cherry tree has started to grow in it and we will leave it to grow as a memorial to all those men from the Parish who lost their lives.

The 73rd cross was placed at 11am on Saturday 20th July 2019

in memory of

William Harrington, Grenadier Guards

 The 72nd cross was placed at 11am on Monday 3rd. November, 2019

in memory of

 Charlie Gain, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

Our memorial garden in nearly full

The 71st cross was laid at 11am on Tuesday 11th December 2018 

in memory of 

Allan Jones        Royal Navy

The 70th cross was placed at 11am on Tuesday 11th December, 2018

 in memory of

 Joseph Mouland         Worcester Regiment

EXHIBITION DAY 2019

Our date for this year is Saturday 9th March at Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ.

 Open to the public at 10 o'clock. Refreshments will be served all day, entry fee £1.00

Do you have any old photos we could copy while you wait? Do you have a local story to tell of the Parish?

The 69th cross was laid at 11am on Tuesday 13th November in memory of

Richard Loader     Gloucestershire Regiment

The 68th cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday 12th November in memory of

Edwin Kitcherside   East Surrey Regiment

The 67th cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday 24th October in memory of

Wilfred Mansbridge   Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

 The 66th cross was laid at 11am on Tuesday 2nd October in memory of

Edward Warland         Royal Mail Steamer  "Olympic"

The 65th cross was laid at 11am on Monday 1st October in memory of

John Whitmarsh  Hampshire Regiment/ The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Our Avenue of Remembrance will be put up at Copythorne Church from Wednesday 7th November and will stay up until Wednesday 14th November, 2018

The 64th cross was placed at 11am on Monday 27th August in memory of

Frederick Mansbridge, Coldstream Guards

The 63rd cross was placed at 11am on Monday 27th August in memory of

Reginald Farmer, Grenadier Guards

The 62nd cross was placed at 11am on Thursday 23rd August in memory of

James Judd, Coldstream Guards

The 61st cross was placed at 11am on Wednesday 8th August in memory of

Roland Gear, The Tank Corps.

The 60th cross was placed at 11am on Tuesday 17th July in memory of

Ernest Kemp, Merchant Marine

The 59th cross was placed at 11am on Friday 25th May in memory of

Leslie Kemp, The Royal Berkshire Regiment

The 58th cross was laid at 11am on Thursday May 3rd in memory of

Harry Pritchard, Mercantile Marine

The 57th Cross was laid at 11am on 24th April in memory of

Samuel Frampton, Australian Infantry

The 56th cross was laid at 11am on Friday 30th March in memory of 

William Frampton, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

The 55th Cross was laid at 11am on Thursday March 22nd in memory of 

Frederick Peckham, Gloucestershire  Hussars Regiment

   

   

The 54th Cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday March 21st in memory of 

Joe Loader, Wiltshire Regiment

The 53rd cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday March 21st in memory of

Harry Crockford, Wiltshire Regiment

The next four men were lost in February 1918 whilst serving on the Hospital Ship "Glenart Castle"

This ship was torpedoed in the Bristol Channel and there is a memorial on the cliffs at Hartland Point in North Devon in memory of all those who lost their lives.

The 52nd cross was placed at 11am on  Monday 26th February in memory of

 William Doe, Mercantile Marine        

  

The 51st cross was laid on Monday 26th February in memory of

Reginald Andrews, Mercantile Marine

The 50th cross was laid at 11am on Monday 26th February in memory of

Thomas Osman, Mercantile Marine

The 49th cross was laid at 11am on Monday 26th February in memory of

Charles Kilford, Mercantile Marine

Our new book will be on sale at our exhibition day on Saturday 24th March, the cost will be £5. This book tells of men from this Parish who served in World War One and were able to return. If you can't get to Copythorne Hall on Saturday, the book will be available from Clare Mills or Bartley Post Office. Most of the other books will also be on sale.

Unfortunately we had to cancel our Exhibition Day due to the bad weather. It will now take place on

SATURDAY MARCH 24th.

It is held in Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ and starts at 10 o'clock and finishes at 5 o 'clock

This year's theme is life in the parish during

 World War One and Two.

As usual there will be refreshments throughout the day

Entry £1                     Free car park

If you have any old photographs, please bring them along for us to copy.

The 48th cross was placed at 11am on Wednesday January 10th, 2018

in memory of Walter Judd, Hampshire Regiment

The 47th cross was placed at 11am on Saturday 2nd December

in memory of William Wells M.M., Gloucester Territorial Regiment 

The 46th Cross was laid at 11am on Saturday 25th November in memory of

Claude White, Royal Flying Corps

OUR EXHIBITION DAY IS COMING UP!

IT IS ON SATURDAY MARCH 3RD 

IN 

COPYTHORNE PARISH HALL SO40 2NZ 

AND WILL START AT 10 O'CLOCK 

THIS YEAR THE DISPLAYS WILL BE

ABOUT LIFE IN THE

 PARISH DURING THE 1ST AND 2ND WORLD WARS

OUR LATEST BOOK WILL BE ON SALE

Refreshments are available throughout the day. 

ENTRY FEE £1.00

The 45th cross was placed at 11am on Thursday 9th November in memory of

Charles Fry, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

The 44th cross was placed at 11am on Wednesday 18th October in memory of

Augustus Ralph Hinvest, The Gloucester Regiment

The 43rd cross was placed at 11am on Monday 11th September in memory of

George Cull,  Royal Garrison Artillery