St Peter, South Weald, Essex

I have only barely scratched the surface here, but wanted to record the names of the men commemorated on four wooden panels in the parish church of St Peter, South Weald, Essex. Not for the first time, I was staggered by the number of names for such a small community. The panels only give the briefest of details and where possible I have expanded these by referring to Soldiers Died in The Great War and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. I would not be at all surprised if someone out there has not already researched these names, but having visited the church briefly on Sunday, I thought the least I could do was to record the names of the fallen here.

S Barker
B Branch
16472 Pte William Joseph Brown, 11th Essex; KiA 26th September 1915
C Clarke
W Clarke
J/8305 AS Frederick John Cornish, HM Submarine E15; KiA 18th April 1915
A Crabbe
44554 Pte Joseph William Cross, 9th Essex; KiA 10th August 1918
14240 Pte Ernest James Downing, 11th Essex; KiA 14th February 1916
21711 Pte Thomas George Downing, 11th Essex; DoW 9th August 1918
16366 Pte Frederick James Everitt, 2nd Grenadier Guards; KiA 20th September 1914
2150 Pte Gordon Goodchild, 24th Royal Fusiliers; 7th May 1916
200790 Pte William Henry Gurton, 4th Essex; DoW 28th March 1917
W Hammond
F Hollingsworth
W Hollingsworth
32293 Pte Charles Henry Jennings, 9th East Surrey; 24th June 1917
W Joyce
G Kemp
R Dorrien Kirby
E Kirby
R Lagdon
G Lewis-Brown
G/692 Edward James Marsh/March, 6th Queen's; DoW 1st September 1916
24719 Pte Arthur William Middleton, 9th Loyal North Lancs; KiA 26th March 1918
E Morgan
E Morter
1269 Pte H A David McTurk, Essex Yeomanry; KiA 14th May 1915
15737 Pte William Pearl, 2nd Essex; KiA 13th May 1915
A Rainbird
F Rainbird
10512 Pte Percy Rainbird, 9th Essex; KiA 12th October 1915
W Sheldon
46373 Pte Herbert Samuel Shelley, 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers; KiA 29th April 1917
A Stokes
200655 Pte George Isaac Stokes, 4th Essex; Died 29th August 1917
21195 Pte Joseph Sutton, 9th Essex; KiA 18th October 1916
326192 Pte Joseph Sweeting, 1/8th A&S Highlanders; KiA 16th May 1917
H Swingler
Lt Christopher Cecil Tower, Essex Yeomanry; KiA 2nd October 1915
Captain Hugh Christopher Tower, 60th Sqdn RFC; KiA 19th September 1916
F Trickett
C Turner
H Webb
J White
H Wood
W Wood