War Memorial, St John the Evangelist Church, Little Leighs, Essex

Image: © Trevor Wright Taken: 27 Mar 2014

Included within Church Grade II* Listing: http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1122132 and http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/301.pdf (p35) IWM War Memorials Archive No. 22314 http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.22314/ War Memorials Online Ref #:WMO169977 https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/169977 Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Essex/LittleLeighs.html Unveiled 10th October 1920 by Mr M. E. Hughes-Hughes†, High Sheriff of Essex with local clergy and dignitaries in attendance: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/WallPlaque.jpg Mounted on the inside south wall of St John the Evangelist Church this rectangular brass plaque measures 910mm x 650mm, and is decorated with red and black lettering and a border of engraved oak leaves and acorns. It records the men of the Parish of Little Leighs who gave their lives in the World War of 1914~1918. The text reads: A M D G ¹ In Proud and Loving Memory of CAPT. W. M. HUGHES HUGHES.² D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/188972/hughes-hughes,-william-montagu/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/HughesHughes/HUGHES-HUGHES_WILLIAM_MONTAGU.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofWMHughes-Hughes2.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/William_Montagu_Hughes-Hughes.JPG CPL. E. V. CARPENTER. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1542242/carpenter,-edward,victor/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/CARPENTER_EDWARD_VICTOR.pdf M: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofEVCarpenter.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Edward_Carpenter.JPG PTE. W. BROWN. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/62305/brown,-walter/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/BROWN_WALTER.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofWBrown.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Walter_Brown.JPG PTE. C. DIGBY.³ D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/652242/digby,-c-j/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Gt_Leighs/Certificates/DIGBY_C_J.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofCJDigby.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Charles_Joseph_Digby.JPG PTE. A. JARVIS. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1645767/jarvis,-albert/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/JARVIS_ALBERT.pdf M: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofAJarvis.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Albert_Jarvis.JPG PTE. A. LIVERMORE. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/97843/livermore,-a/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/LIVERMORE_A.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofALivermore.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Albert_Livermore.JPG PTE. F. MANSFIELD. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1634391/mansfield,-fred/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Gt_Leighs/Certificates/MANSFIELD_FRED.pdf M: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofFMansfield.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Fred_Mansfield.JPG PTE. J. MARSHALL. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/527597/marshall,-j/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/MARSHALL_J.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofJMarshall.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/James_Marshall.JPG PTE. J. NICHOLLS. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/268386/nicholls,-j/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/NICHOLLS_J.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofJNicholls.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Joseph_Nicholls.JPG PTE. J. PARKE. (not yet identified) PTE. F. SEARLES. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/45649/searles,-fredrick/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/SEARLES_FREDRICK.pdf G: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofFSearles.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Fredrick_Searles.JPG PTE. J. H. SEARLES. D: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/811899/searles,-james-henry/ C: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/Certificates/SEARLES_JAMES_HENRY.pdf M: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/InMemoryofJHSearles.htm 2018: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/James_Henry_Searles.JPG Who gave their lives for King & Country in the Great War 1914-1918 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH where: "D:" are the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Details; "C:" the CWGC Memorial Certificate; "G:" or "M:" the Grave or Memorial Inscription, and Cemetery or Memorial photographs, and "2018:" the Centenary Memorial Signs † Father of Capt. W. M. Hughes-Hughes² ¹A.M.D.G. is "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam" or "Ad majorem Dei gloriam": To the Greater Glory of God ²Also see "His Body Rests in a Soldier's Grave" by Julia Able Smith as published in the Great & Little Leighs Magazine, November 2005 : http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Lt_Leighs/HughesHughes/LeighsMagazine2005No708.pdf Capt. W. M. Hughes-Hughes also has a dedicated memorial: Image ³Thought to be Cpl. C.J. Digby who, together with Pte. F. Mansfield, are also commemorated on the Great Leighs War Memorial: Image In November 2018, to mark the Centenary of the end of World War One, memorial signs were erected, where possible, close to their former home. At Gt Leighs Village Hall there was a display of CWGC Certificates: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/2018/Village_Hall_Fence_Display.JPG On 1st November 2018, ITV Anglia TV included a report in their evening Local News and has very kindly provided this video clip: Medium Quality: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Gt_Leighs/Video/Anglia_TV_01Nov18_1280x720.mp4     High Quality: http://www.trevorwright.com/Memorials/Gt_Leighs/Video/Anglia_TV_01Nov18_1920x1080.mp4 © ITV Anglia 2018 Reproduced with Permission For more information on St. Johns, see here: https://patwatkinson1.wordpress.com/ and Image Research based on: “Echoes of the Great War - The Diary of the Reverend Andrew Clark 1914-1919” Oxford University Press 1985. Edited with an introduction by James Munson. ISBN 0-19-212984-8 I am most grateful to Pat Watkinson for her research, Julia Able Smith, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The War Graves Photographic Project and Oxford University Press. "They shall grow not old as we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen "When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today." US 14th Army War Memorial, Kohema, Burma

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