Godalming Town Council
NEWS
- Autumn 2015 -
Wilfrid Noyce Community Centre
timbers above the “Wilfie’s” internal
barrel ceiling. To be honest no-one was
quite sure what we would find when the
ceiling was removed but the uncovered
timbers (pictured) are dry and sound.
Sadly they will be covered again as the
work continues.
Many residents will have noticed the
work currently being undertaken on the
Wilfrid Noyce Community Centre. We
hope you’ve found the time to read our
information boards at the site. At the
time of writing (5 August 2015) all work
is progressing well and on budget.
The
Town
Council’s
appointed
contractors Gee Construction Limited
have already transformed the building and
some of us have been privileged to have the
opportunity to admire the remarkable roof
When the refurbished Centre is
complete (hopefully by early November)
there will be two refurbished halls, new
lavatories, an extended foyer, a newly equipped
kitchen and more useable storage space.
Floor Plan of the Refurbished Wilfrid Noyce Centre
Kitchen
servery
6.5 metres
Hall 2
WNC Parking
CROWN COURT PUBLIC CAR PARK PAY & DISPLAY
Photos by Phil Kemp. www.theshu�erbox.co.uk.
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Staycation
As we go to press we are in
the midst of Staycation 2015
and it’s a challenge to apply
fingers to keyboard when
we would prefer to be out
supporting all the fantastic
organisations and volunteers
providing myriad activities to
enable Godalming’s residents
to holiday at home.
We hope that you enjoyed
some of what was on offer – Staycation Live the
free weekend music festival at the bandstand;
the Farncombe Family Fete on “chippy” field,
golf, tennis, croquet, netball, karate, swimming,
kayaking, music, dance and organised walks.
Did you learn how to dowse or
make Eton Mess or decorated
sushi? Did you experience the
tranquillity of Ladywell Convent
or the Quaker Meeting House?
The list of events amounts to
more than 70 great reasons to
have stayed at home for that
summer week.
We would love to hear your
feedback and your suggestions
for events for next year (contact us at office@
godalming-tc.gov.uk).
Staycation 2016 will be held from Saturday 6
August to Sunday 14 August 2016 inclusive.
Town dates for your diary
• Proms in the Park – Godalming Bandstand 5pm on
Saturday 12 September 2015 with The Heroes Band
supporting Help for Heroes
• Farmers’ Market –Godalming High Street 10 am
on Saturday 26 September 2015
• West Surrey at War - the Burys Field 1pm to
4.30pm on Saturday 12 & 12noon to 3pm on Sunday
13 September 2015
• Remembrance Sunday – Parade departs The Burys
at 10.25am, marching to the War Memorial (Phillips
Memorial Park) for a service of Remembrance at
10.45am on Sunday 8 November 2015
• Heritage Open Days – at venues all over the town
and surrounding areas Saturday 12 & Sunday 13
September 2015
• Christmas Festival & Light Switch-On –
Godalming Town Centre from 10am on Saturday 28
November 2015 (Lights Switched-On at 5pm)
First World War Commemorations
One of the most important things we considered when planning town commemorations
of the First World War was to avoid a flurry of
activity in August 2014 followed by a second
series of events in November 2018. The “Great
War” was a long drawn-out affair which irrevocably changed society both nationally and
locally; we wanted to reflect that.
We are grateful to Godalming Museum for providing monthly information about the impact
of the war on Godalming and Farncombe. This
information may be read every month on the
town’s two commemorative boards – one in the
Undercroft of The Pepperpot and the other out40
side Farncombe Day Centre (St John’s Street).
The commemorative board is pictured right.
September 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos (25 September to 10
October 1915) during which a number of the
community’s sons died. This month Godalming
Town Council will be supporting Waverley Borough Council’s event “West Surrey’s War 1914 –
18” to be held on the Burys Field, Godalming on
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2015.
In 2016 we hope to commemorate the Royal
Navy’s role in the tragic conflict and focus on
the Battle of Jutland (31 May to 1 June 1916).
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Godalming Town Council
Godalming Commemorates
Shown below, in chronological order, are some of the main events of the First World War with the 281 names of those recorded as fatalities in the Godalming ‘Roll of Honour’ and (where different) the
Memorial Plaques of St Peter & St Paul Church, Godalming, St John the Evangelist Church, Farncombe, Godalming United Church, Busbridge Church (formerly St John the Baptist), Godalming Fire Station
and the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Also recorded are those who died post 11 November 1918 as a direct result of injuries received during the war. In 1919 when the ’Roll of
Honour’ was being created by Norah Easterbrook, a student from the Godalming School of Art, she did not have access to the records we can use today, which is why there are more names shown here than
in the ‘Roll of Honour’. Each month Godalming Museum will display below some further details of those who died and how Godalming was affected by the War.
August 4 — Britain Declares War on Germany
August 22 — Battle of Mons
November 11 — Armistice
11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
From all sides 65 million soldiers, sailors and
airmen were mobilised of which 8.5 million
were killed and 21 million wounded
September 6 — First Battle of
8 Nov 1919 — G C Dale W Gleed — 26 Aug
26 Jul 1919 — J Curtis
G S A White — 10 Sept.
14 May 1919 — A W Elliott
L Slater. A G Yarham — 14 Sept
8 Mar 1919 — W T Lake
R G Worthington — 16 Sept
2 Mar 1919 — B S Evans
A J Shaw — 19 Sept
17 Feb 1919 — R J Alexander
F Haskell — 22 Sept
16 Feb 1919 — W T Knight. A R Jelley
26 Jan 1919 — G E Marks
E C Taylor — 23 Sept
26 Dec 1918 — J Elson. H A Edwards
H H Chequer — 28 Sept
17 Dec 1918 — A Grover
W Bailey — 9 Oct
16 Dec 1918 — H Crutch
J Remnant — 25 Oct
3 Dec 1918 — G Mitchell
F Tubbs — 31 Oct
12 Nov 1918 — A G W Whiterod
December 8 — Battle of the Falkland Islands
February 19 — Dardanelles campaign begins
A E Johnson — 12 Mar
L R Fisher-Rowe — 13 Mar
April 22 — Second Battle of Ypres Begins
E Gleed — 15 Mar
April 25 — ANZAC Day—Allied Landing at Gallipoli.
A U Collis Browne — 13 Apr
G Alexander — 14 May
A G Wakefield — 16 May
A Foster. H S Price — 24 May
H Cooper — 26 May
H E Tribe — 6 Jul
V S Portt — 30 Jul
T Chalcraft — 4 Aug
August 6 — Battle of Scimitar Hill, Final
C Timberley — 6 Aug
H C Mewett — 9 Aug
British offensive of Dardanelles campaign.
W J Bacon — 11 Aug
220,000 Allied and 258,000 Turks died
T W F Bainton — 14 Aug
A Hinks — 16 Aug
during the Dardanelles campaign
G H Bridgewater — 5 Sept
September 25 — Battle of Loos,
A Elson. A Crutch. W J Chalcraft — 25 Sept
T C Smithers. R Waddingham — 25 Sept
British Gas own troops
D G Bois — 4 Oct
C F Holden — 10 Oct
F H Collyer — 11 Oct
J Jenkinson — 13 Oct
A J Collins — 17 Oct
S G F Taylor — 20 Oct
A W Wallis. W Steer — 23 Oct
B G Hayward — 27 Oct
P F Denyer — 9 Nov
November 22 — Battle of Ctesiphon,
C W Hamilton — 19 Nov
near Baghdad
C J Peto — 13 Dec
G H Mitchell — 14 Dec
S Brook — 30 Dec
27 Dec — P V V Whatley
25 Dec — L A Cousens
8 Dec — E A Grove
2 Dec — W H Wolfe
1 Dec — A W Ludgate
30 Nov — R B Charsley
20 Nov — B G Bishop
9 Nov — W F Lawes
7 Nov — H A Balchin
3 Nov — A Cooke
31 Oct — G F Harding
26 Oct — C H Silver
14 Oct — H H Baker
October 12 - 10 November
5 Oct — C C Harvey
4 Oct — A J Manton. J R Rixon
Battle of Passchendaele 140,000 Allied fatalities.
2 Oct — F A Penny
29 Sept — W A Grover
26 Sept — H M Musson
20 Sept — G W Earl
11 Sept — G Walker
12 Aug — F W S McLaren
23 Aug — A F Blyth
16 Aug — A J Tayman
15 Aug — W Hughes
13 Aug — J W Pullen
8 Aug — W Boxall
July 31 — Third Battle of Ypres begins — 448,614 Allied
31 Jul — W J Clark. G C Lusted. A Foster.
23 Jul — F W Field
and 400,000 Germans are killed during the battle.
13 Jul — C H Crouch
4 Jul — C R M Morris. R J Potter
11 Jun — P H Jackson. P Bish
7 Jun — H H Kemble
June 7 — Battle of Messines Ridge
3 Jun — A G F Chuter
1 Jun — J W Gilbert
24 May — A Ricketts
21 May — W Pullen
15 May — J H Bates
7 May — E W Ekins
25 Apr — H W Brown
23 Apr — W H Ansell
13 Apr — F T Denyer. R B Boyle 7th Earl of Shannon
10 Apr — T Ellis
9 Apr — L H Denyer. H G Woods
April 9 — Battle of Arras — 158,000 Allied and 120,000 Germans fatalities
1 Apr — G W White
23 Mar — R W Andrews
1 Mar — R Harvey
March 11 — Baghdad taken by British
3 Feb — J E T Barnes
31 Jan — A W Hammond
13 Jan — H V Sturgeon
November 20 — Battle of Cambrai begins
October 19 — First Battle of Ypres begins
T Jarrett — 1 Nov
J C Dodds — 4 Nov
C R Haigh — 7 Nov
J M Simpson — 14 Nov
B E Robertson — 16 Nov
A H Barnett — 19 Dec
5 Nov — F A Edwards
4 Nov — W Bishop
2 Nov — F W A Woodnutt
31 Oct — F J Bull
30 Oct — A Paget
24 Oct — F B Bond
21 Oct — F J Howe
October 17 — Battle of Selle
17 Oct — W A Smith. C L Davey. F W Strudwick
16 Oct — E J Price
15 Oct — H G Worsdale
14 Oct — T Kenward
10 Oct — W I Wallis. A J Davey
2 Oct — S A Palmer
1 Oct — T A Dutfield
29 Sept — H G Dale
September 27 — Battle of St Quentin
27 Sept — H D Ritchie
26 Sept — L G Stern
21 Sept — R C Chandler
September 19 — Battle of Samaria
16 Sept — H Edgington
6 Sept — H H Smart
31 Aug — G A Boxall
28 Aug — T Keen
27 Aug — W J Gutteridge
24 Aug — A A Durrant
23 Aug — A E Stone. A Ellis. E Jones
August 8 — Second Battle of Amiens
8 Aug — E Brewser
7 Aug — G Caesar
30 Jul— H Oliver
22 Jul — A S Redman
19 Jul — L S White
July 15 — Second Battle of Marne
11 Jul — G Gates
6 Jul — H Bailey
1 Jul — A E J Barnes
30 Jun — A Cooper
16 Jun — L G Flux
15 Jun — W V Wakeford
12 Jun — W T Mowbray
4 Jun — G W Hill
27 May — E E Gamlin
19 May — A Sharp
14 May — H Q Bainton
13 May — R G Beagley
3 May — H W Bing
29 Apr — C M Sturges
11 Apr — A Simmonds
5 Apr — H Lipscombe. F H Lee
3 Apr — C F Lowman
2 Apr — C F Linegar
28 Mar — F W Peto. J Mitchell. E I Hall
March 31 — Second Battle of the
24 Mar — G Simmonds
Somme begins. The battle claims
23 Mar— A J Vincent
22 Mar — W Dummer
177,739 Allied and 239,000 German
21 Mar — T V Crank. F W Chalcraft. A J Bousfield
16 Mar — F J Hook
lives
23 Feb — J L Parsons
19 Feb — E C Disney
31 Jan — A E Brown
20 Jan — A W Boxall
4 Jan — H B Hudson
3 Jan — A Childs
December 11 — British liberate Jerusalem
Marne —13,000 British and 250,000 French casualties
A Pearson. C E Kempton — 7 Jan
T E Pullman — 14 Jan
D W Blackwell — 22 Jan
J S Harvey — 27 Jan
S Douglas — 28 Jan
C H Tisdall — 13 Feb
February 21 — Battle of Verdun begins,
S Fisher-Rowe — 27 Feb
A Glue — 29 Feb
lasts 10 months with over a million
A W Mills — 1 Mar
casualties
W A Weekes — 27 Mar
A Holden — 28 Mar
H Dopson — 20 Apr
W Warren — 1 May
T P Riddle — 14 May
G Marriage — 23 May
J F Knowles — 27 May
J Beagley. C L Bates. H Attwater — 31 May
May 31 — Battle of Jutland
H M Tucker. H L L Pennell. H C Gibbings — 31 May
S T Hayward — 21 Jun
A E Fluck — 23 Jun
T Smart — 29 Jun
A A Caddick. B Tricker. E H Lintott — 1 Jul
July 1 — First Battle of The Somme,
E Wright. F G Softley — 3 Jul
60,000 dead, wounded or missing on
H St.J Booth — 4 Jul
A Overington. J N F Armstrong — 5 Jul
the first day
A E Hackman — 10 Jul
A C Harbour — 12 Jul
W Curtis — 13 Jul
July 14 — Battle of Pozieres Ridge, 9,000
G E Tricker — 14 Jul
men lost.
F W Noakes — 15 Jul
T G Norman — 19 Jul
G Grover — 23 Jul
F Hull — 26 Jul
W H Shilcock — 27 Jul
H A Fisher — 30 Jul
L F Wakefield. T R Marshall — 5 Aug
T Earl — 11 Aug
A Linegar — 14 Aug
E L Parsons. J Bennett — 20 Aug
H K Matthews. J R Rope. A J Denyer — 24 Aug
T Pullen — 29 Aug
G Butler — 31 Aug
G T Moore — 1 Sept
W G Laney. A O Urban — 3 Sept
F Russell — 6 Sept
E H Brophy — 14 Sept
F Walton — 15 Sept
R B Williams — 19 Sept
September 15 — Battle of Flers-Courcellette,
W Underwood — 20 Sept
K Lintott — 23 Sept
W W Denyer — 24 Sept
E C Huggett — 26 Sept
September 26 — Battle of Thiepval
W Bish — 1 Oct
H W Cole — 7 Oct
J F Sumption — 22 Oct
E C Pink — 25 Oct
A Ellis — 3 Nov
G W Millard — 10 Nov
November 13 — Battle of Ancre—Start of the fourth Somme offensive. The First Battle of the
A Macey — 19 Nov
Somme lasted from 1 July to 16 November 2016. Approximately 1,304, 000 fatalities,
T M Stephens — 10 Dec
H G Simmonds — 31 Dec
420,000 British, 204,00 French and 680,000 German
The names listed below are those who are remembered in either the Godalming Roll of Honour or on the town’s Memorial Plaques, but for whom the date of death has not been be discovered.
If you can help with information on any of those listed below or you know of a Godhelmian who died during the First World War who is not listed here please do let us know.
Henry Barker. Frederick J Brown. Henry C Clarke. Daniel Robertson. G T Thomas. H F Thompson. Frederick W A Woodford
Compiled and designed by Andy Jeffery
Additional research by Louise Goodfellow
Godalming Town Council wishes to thank the curator and
volunteers of Godalming Museum for the support
provided to this First World War Centenary Project.
Please send any comments to
[email protected]
The Museum is open Tue—Sat
01483 523575
Picture of Godalming High street at outbreak of war
10am—5pm (Summer) 10am—4pm (Winter)
01483 426510
The First World War Centenary Partnership Programme is led by the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
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YOUR GODALMING TOWN COUNCILLORS
CLLR ANNE GRAY
CLLR JOY WOODHAM
CLLR KIRSTY WALDEN
CLLR DAVID HUNTER
CLLR STEVE COSSER
CLLR ROSS WELLAND
CLLR LIZ WHEATLEY
CLLR TONY GORDON-SMITH
CLLR NICK WILLIAMS
CLLR FRANK YOUNG
CLLR JOY POULTER
CLLR ANNE BOTT
CLLR ANDREW BOLTON
CLLR STEFAN REYNOLDS
CLLR STEPHEN BOTT
CLLR NICK PINCHES
CLLR JULIE NOYCE
CLLR PETER MARTIN
Binscombe Ward
3 Netherwood Court, Filmer
Grove, Godalming, GU7 3AF
T: 01483 427159
E: [email protected]
Binscombe Ward
86 Furze Lane, Farncombe,
Godalming, GU7 3NP
T: 01483 421231
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Binscombe Ward
1 Sol-Y-Vista, Frith Hill Road,
Godalming, GU7 2EF
T: 01483 423492
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Binscombe Ward
41 Binscombe Lane,
Godalming, GU7 3PP
T: 07860 811383
E: [email protected]
Central & Ockford Ward
4 Huxley Close,
Godalming, GU7 2AS
T: 01483 429078
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Central & Ockford Ward
9 Hilltop Close,
Guildford, GU3 3HR
T: 01483 424085
E: [email protected]
CLLR SIMON THORNTON
Central & Ockford Ward
3 Bowling Green, Compton,
Guildford, GU3 6JT
T: 07887 407378
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Central & Ockford Ward
5 Twycross Road,
Godalming, GU7 2HH
T: 01483 420310
E: [email protected]
Charterhouse Ward
3 Hillside Way, Godalming,
GU7 2HN
T: 01483 414035
E: [email protected]
Surrey County Councillor
Charterhouse Ward
15 Nightingale Road
Godalming, GU7 3AG
T: 01483 424483
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Charterhouse Ward
27 Nightingale Road,
Godalming, GU7 2HP
T: 01483 417051
E: [email protected]
Charterhouse Ward
Brooklands, Red House Lane,
Elstead, Godalming, GU8 6DR
T: 01483 421601
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Farncombe & Catteshall Ward
19 Overbrook,
Godalming, GU7 1LX
T: 01483 429815
E: [email protected]
Farncombe & Catteshall Ward
Flat 2, 42 Croft Road,
Godalming, GU7 1DD
T: 01483 374575
E: [email protected]
Farncombe & Catteshall Ward
19 Elm Road, Farncombe,
Godalming, GU7 3SW
T: 01483 527445
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Farncombe & Catteshall Ward
26 Town End Street,
Godalming, GU7 1BH
T: 01483 239997
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Holloway Ward
Acorns, The Fairway,
Godalming, GU7 1PG
T: 01483 420014
E: [email protected]
Holloway Ward
Acorns, The Fairway,
Godalming, GU7 1PG
T: 01483 420014
E: [email protected]
Holloway Ward
18 Windy Wood, Godalming,
GU7 1XX
T: 01483 425644
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Surrey County Councillor
CLLR TOM MARTIN
Holloway Ward
17 South Hill,
Godalming, GU7 1JT
T: 01483 527006
E: [email protected]
Waverley Borough Councillor
Godalming Town Council, Municipal Buildings, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HT
Tel: 01483 523575 Fax: 01483 523077 E-Mail: offi[email protected] Web: www.godalming-tc.gov.uk
Town Clerk: Louise Goodfellow