Rolls of Honour

If you take a look at the village War Memorial you will see that there are five names of soldiers who died in the Great War who are commemorated, three are remembered on both Rolls of Honour. The other two soldiers killed in action and remembered on the village war memorial are:

HARRY BUNDY and FREDERICK LIGHT

West Grimstead has two Rolls of Honour - one commissioned by the congregation of the church and one commission by the congregation of the chapel

R.I.P. Died in action, + Wounded

* Prisoner of War

ARCHIE WILLIAM CURTIS Royal Navy

CHARLIE BEAUCHAMP + Royal Wilts Yeomanry

RALPH BEAUCHAMP R.I.P. 1st Wilts

WILLIAM G. BUNDY - 3rd Devons

WALTER H. COOMBS R.I.P. - 8th Wilts

R. HERBERT COOMBS - 12th Hants

FRANK EARLEY - A S C

WILLIAM J.ENGLAND - 3rd Wilts

JOHN F. ENRIGHT - Worcesters

WILLIAM GUMBLEDON R.I.P. - 3rd Wilts

M. W. JOHN GILBERT - 9th Middlesex

AUSTIN HOPKINS - A S C

EDWARD J. LANE + - 1st Wilts

The Chapel Roll of Honour was sited in the porch of the Methodist Chapel in West Grimstead but with the closure of the Chapel in September 2009, this has been removed for safe keeping.

Here you will see 26 names of men who served in the Great War of 1914-1918. Three of the men were killed in action, two were wounded and two were taken prisoners of war.

ARTHUR LIGHT - Royal Wilts Yeomanry

WILLIAM JAMES SHEPPARD - R G A

FRANK THOMAS - Royal Wilts Yeomanry

EDGAR L. TUBB * - Royal Wilts Yeomanry

ALFRED J. TUBB - Dorsets

DAVID THOMAS * - 7th Devons

A. JAMES VINCENT - R G A

WALTER J. WHITE - R G A

SIDNEY COX - 4th Wilts

ALBERT D. G. BROWN - Dorset Yeomanry

SIDNEY FRANK ENGLAND - Tank Corps

BERTRAM LOUIS ENGLAND - London Scottish

ERNEST W. BROWN - North Somerset Yeomanry

CHARLES BEAUCHAMP A Squad Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

RALPH BEAUCHAMP - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Killed in Action R.I.P.

ARCHIE CURTIS - Royal Navy

EDWARD LANE - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

FRANK THOMAS - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

EDGAR TUBB - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

JOHN WHITE -Royal Garrison Artillery

FRANK EARLY - Motor Transport Service

WILLIAM GEORGE COLEMAN - Army Service Corps

ARTHUR LIGHT - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

WILLIAM ENGLAND - 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Yeomanry

WILLIAM GEORGE GUMBLETON -3rd Battalion Wiltshire Yeomanry Killed in Action R.I.P.

RICHARD HERBERT COOMBES - Royal Garrison Artillery

GEORGE LEO W. BLOUNT - Royal Engineers

The Church Roll of Honour is positioned on the left hand wall of the Church

Here you can see 29 names of men who served in the Great War of 1914-1918. There are four additional names. William George Coleman, George L.W Blount, Arthur Charles Coleman and Ernest Tucker, but Austin Hopkins isn't listed

JAMES SHEPHERD -

ALFRED TUBB - Dorsetshire Regiment

MARMADUKE GILBERT - 9th Middlesex Regiment

JAMES VINCENT - Royal Garrison Artillery

DAVID THOMAS - 7th Battalion Devonshire Regiment

JOHN ENRIGHT - Royal Garrison Artillery

WILLIAM BUNDY -

WALTER HENRY COOMBES - 8th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment killed in Action R.I.P

SIDNEY FRANK ENGLAND - Devonshire Regiment

ALBERT DAVID BROWN - 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment

SIDNEY COX - 4th Battalion Wiltshire regiment

BERTRAM CHARLES ENGLAND - London Scottish

ERNEST WALTER BROWN - Dorset Yeomanry

ARTHUR CHARLES COLEMAN - 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

ERNEST TUCKER - 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment