| Fetcham War Memorials St Mary's Church, Fetcham WWII |
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images Haslam, taken 1 Feb 2009
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Where a name is hyperlinked this is to what
appears to be the relevant record in the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
(CWGC) database or to a page about the person.
Regiment/Service & Rank have been added, as has the cemetery
location for those who may wish to visit on their travels.
# see Notes for more
detail or comment on the inscription.
1939-1945
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE |
FM3945 - Fetcham Men who Fell in the Second Great War 1939-1945
ANDREWS, EG - Son of Ernest Henry and Rose Agnes Andrews, of Leatherhead, Surrey. M.S.I.
AUSTIN, G - according to CWGC he was GEORGE JEFFERY AUSTIN, note variation Geoffrey/Jeffery.
AVER, FA - The only FA Aver in
CWGC.
Son of Sydney George and Ivy Victoria Florence Aver, of
Merstham, Surrey.
his connection with Fetcham is not yet evident.
Name: GLENNY, PETER PATRICK
Initials: P P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 67 Medium Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/10/1940
Service No: 129305
Additional information: Son of Alexander Thomas Glenny and Emma
Blanche Lilian Glenny, of Streatham Hill, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: South of Church.
Cemetery: FETCHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2434568
Although buried in St Mary's churchyard, his connection with Fetcham is otherwise
not yet evident.
Name: GRAVETT, ARTHUR RICHARD
Son of John and Emily Elizabeth Gravett; husband of
Janet Dempster Gravett, of Brora, Sutherlandshire.
He is the only AR Gravett/A Gravett in CWGC.
Lyn Rozier of Fetcham U3A found a Gravett family in the 1901
Census in the Cottage in the grounds of Fetcham Lodge: John M
Gravett, age 35, was 'Gardener, Domestic', married to Emily, also
aged 35, who was born in East Horsley.
KEELER, A - there is only one
Keeler with a forename Anthony in the CWGC records and he is GA
Keeler.
In CWGC he is a Merchant Navy Apprentice lost with the
Liverpool registered SS Calchas
In FM3945 he is described as RNVR, Cadet, sunk off the Cape Verde
Islands. According to the Blue Funnel Line website the Calchas, 10304 tons, was torpedoed
and sunk off the Canary Islands with the loss of 31 lives.
An account of the sinking (24 lives lost) and a photo of the
vessel is on http://www.red-duster.co.uk/BLUEFUN13.htm
more information is needed
on his Fetcham connection.
Hessler, the Captain of U-107 at the time of the sinking of the Calchas,
after the war was commissioned by the Royal Navy to write The
U-Boat War in the Atlantic published in three volumes. He
was Grand Admiral Dönitz's son-in-law - http://www.uboat.net/men/hessler.htm
U-107 was sunk by depth charge by an No. 201 Squadron Royal Air
Force on 18 August 1944. All hands were lost. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-107_(1940)
KIRKHAM, CD - he is also on the Leatherhead Town War Memorial
MOORWOOD, J - this is the only
J Moorwood on CWGC - died between 30/05/1940 and
02/06/1940.
Son of John and Grace Moorwood; husband of A Moorwood, of
Salterbeck, Workington, Cumberland.
In FM3945 he is described as Royal Artillery, Gnr,
May 1940, Dunkirk.
more information is needed
on his Fetcham connection.
TRIBE, JC In FM3945
he is described as Jeffrey [not Geoffrey as on CWGC] Royal
Artillery, Bombardier, 2nd August 1944, Normandy.
Son of Harrie and Leah Mary Tribe; husband of Lilian Anne
Tribe, of Battersea, London.
more information is needed
on his Fetcham connection.
WEST, J In FM3945 he
is described as Gdsmn, Coldstream Guards, 26th May 1941, Middle
East [note CWGC says 27/05/41]
Son of Mr and Mrs J West.
more information is needed
on his Fetcham connection.
If you know any information about those named on these
memorials, or of other memorials to them, please contact the
website editor Frank Haslam
page added 1 Feb 2009; last updated 12 Apr 2010