Lea+Mills

The memorials are located on the walls of the John Smedley Ltd. Knitwear Factory, Lea Road IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO WENT FROM LEA MILLS AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918

L/CPL ** @HUBERT PETTS **10TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS ST ELOI MARCH 3RD 1916

PTE **@ARTHUR BROWN** 1/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS NEUVILLE ST ELOI APRIL 17TH 1916

L/CPL **@WILFRED KEELING** 10TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS CONTALMAISON JULY 7TH 1916

SERGT **@FRED FOX** 5TH DORSETS ARRAS AUG. 5TH 1916

PTE **@JOSIAH FLETCHER** 1/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS DOULLENS SEPT. 3RD 1916

PTE **@BERTRAM SHELDON** 1/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS ST ELOI OCT. 8TH 1916

PTE **@HARRY ALFRED THORPE** 1/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THIEPVAL OCT. 9TH 1916

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PTE **JOHN WILLIAM POYSER** 6TH YORK & LANCASTERS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">BEAUMONT HAMEL JAN. 17TH 1917

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PTE **CHARLES FRANCIS HOLMES** 10TH K. O. YORKS. L. INF. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">TINCOURT FEB. 6TH 1918

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PTE **@FRED GREGORY** 18TH WELSH REGT. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">AIRE DEC. 24TH 1918

“<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">They were a wall unto us both by night and by day”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM LEA MILLS WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@ALWYN BENTLEY** SERGEANT R.A.F. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">AT SEA OFF MALTA 9TH MAY 1942

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@MAURICE HENRY BOWLER** GDSMN. GRENADIER GDS. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE 30TH JULY 1944

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@LEONARD BRADLEY** CPL. R. DRAGOON GUARDS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">HAIFA 29TH JUNE 1946

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@JOHN BROOM** PRIVATE SHERWOOD FORESTERS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">AT SEA OFF THAILAND 14TH SEPTEMBER 1944

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@JOHN SAMUEL FEARN** PTE. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ISSUM 5TH MAR. 1945

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@PERCIVAL JOHNSON** LANCE SERGEANT GRENADIER GDS. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ITALY 8TH NOV. 1943

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@WILLIAM STANLEY NEWTON** PRIVATE PIONEER CORPS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">RYES 17TH JUNE 1944

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**@IVOR GLYN PATTISON** CAPTAIN ROYAL ARTILLERY <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ANZIO 30TH JANUARY 1944

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**FRANCIS REX PICKERING** SERGEANT R.A.F. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">WOUMEN 31ST OCTOBER 1942

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">IT IS BETTER FOR US TO PERISH IN BATTLE THAN TO LOOK UPON THE OUTAGE OF OUR NATION AND OUR ALTARS AS THE WILL OF GOD IS IN HEAVEN EVEN SO LET HIM DO

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sources used: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Soldiers Died in the Great War CD-Rom <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Commonwealth War Graves Commission <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ancestry

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