WAR
In the porch at St Marys is a roll of honour listing the names of those who died in World War 1. The list has 159 names which meant that around 15% of the population were served in this war. Of these some 36 were killed - one quarter of those who served. The names highlighted in blue in the list below are those who died. In the Second World War the parish got off much more lightly with only five casualties amongst those who served.
The roll itself is glazed and framed in oak with a pediment broken at the top and with shaped sides. The Roll of Honour is handwritten and illuminated in natural colour, on cream paper (slightly foxed) and has a surround of laurel leaves with a rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil at the four corners, and curved spandrels. Between sprays of oak-leaves is written Roll of Honour in black gothic and blue versal caps. Centrally below this is a staff with a Union Jack within a laurel wreath, and across the wreath and staff is a cream scroll on which is written FOR KING AND COUNTRY in black roman caps. To the left;Names of those/ who joined/ and on the right His Majesty's/Forces 1914-1919 /. All in green italic 1/c with red versal caps and arabic numerals. Below the wreath, in red versal caps but with the two initial letters larger and in green: FROM CHIDDINGSTONE . Then follow the 159 names set in five columns, each headed with rank, name and regiment in red italic, the names in black with orders and medals in red. See below for a photo.
Signed at the bottom right corner, in black roman caps: MADE BY E.H.EVEREST. 1920. CHIDDINGSTONE.
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