Part of the war memorial in St Giles churchyard in Totternhoe

Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 3 Mar 2023

The dead of the Great War are listed here. The dates of the war read 1914 to 1919 which I believe is correct as although the famous armistice was agreed and signed on the 11th day of the eleventh month of 1918 fighting, conflict, wounds, occupation and conflicts in parts of the world other than Europe meant that soldiers, sailors and airmen lost their lives well into 1919, and some service personnel did not return to these shores until even later than 1919. It states that they gave their lives for England. Now we might say Great Britain possibly or the United Kingdom. As England today refers to England rather than Scotland and Wales, which of course contributed greatly to that conflict. The Scottish regiments particularly always seem to have contributed massively to any war effort. Some say that we would never have had the Empire or such military clout without them. I don't doubt it. Though none of the names here served in Scottish regiments, or Welsh it seems, though some have no regiment listed. Their names shall be remembered.

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