by Judith Ellis, 04 December, 2006
Over the last 13 years I have been researching the 400 men and women from Chipping Campden who served in the 1914-18 war. 76 of these died and have their names recorded on memorials in the town. My research will be put into a book over the next 12 months. I have just started scanning the photographs and typing up the text. I am hoping that the book will be printed by Vale Press in November 2007.
The book will cover all men and women that served their country at home or abroad. I am including in my book people who have a connection with the town. This could be because they were born in town, worked in the town, lived in the town or went to school in the town.
As my project draws to an end I am determined to ensure that I have collected together all of the information that Campden people have. Are there any photographs of men or women in 1914-18 uniform that I have not had the chance to copy? Are there any men or women that might have been missed off my lists? If anyone reading this has a relative that served in the war and thinks that I may have missed them out of my project I would be very pleased to hear from them.
I urgently need to hear from anyone that knows anything about the following men: Albert Henry Bates, Thomas Bourne, Michael Pippet, Robert Brain, Edward Brooks, Dennis Butler, George Butler, Thomas Callaway, John Cook, John Coombes, Reginald Coombes, Arthur Drinkwater, Frederick William Drinkwater, George Fletcher, Thomas Fletcher, William Gould, Hubert Green, Cecil Warner Hall, Thomas Hall, Sarah Hands, Walter Owen Handy, Frank Willoughby Harris, Robert Heron, Augustine Hinks, Ben Holtam, Frederick Holtam, Harry Hook, Jim Jackson, Henry Jarrett, Seymour Knight, Edward Lawley, Frank Morris, John Morris, Walter William Poole, Norman Somerville, Albert Tooke, Alec Walker, Ralph Welsh, Thomas Welsh and James Cornelius Stevens.
Printing the book will not be cheap. If anyone feels they would like to assist me in funding the publication of this record of the men and women of Chipping Campden who served their country in the 1914-18 war I would be very pleased to hear from them.
I can be contacted at 9 Swan Road, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9NU (01543 432793). Email address: paul.hughes44@virgin.net
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