West Tilbury Village Hall
Memorial
The carved stone set in to the front of the hall bears the following words,
"THIS HALL WAS ERECTED IN 1924 AS A MEMORIAL OF THE PATRIOTISM AND DEVOTION OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918."
Those men of the village who gave their lives during that conflict are listed on the memorial tablet (shown below) in St. James' church, which is now a private residence. A full list, along with those who died in World War 2, is shown here.
1914 to 1918
HERBERT PLUME BARNES
SS/106968 Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy H.M.S. Hawke
Died 15th October 1914
No known grave, commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial
HENRY GEORGE HONEY
1410 Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 3rd July 1916 Age 22
Buried Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
STANLEY CAVE CHIPPERFIELD
21572 Private, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died of wounds 21st May 1918, Age 20
Buried Acheux British Cemetery, Somme, France
CHARLES FRANK HYDE
TF/202292 Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action 10th April 1917
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Bay 7. Pas de Calais, France
JAMES HENRY DIPROSE
39482 Private, 10th Battalion, The Essex Regiment
Killed in action 24th August 1918
Buried Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
STEWART ARCH JACOBS
SO/5519 Private, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 3rd April 1918
No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial Panel 46 and 47. Somme, France
EDWARD GEORGE PERKINS
609530 Fireman, Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. Bostonian
Died 10th October 1917
No known grave commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial
ALEXANDER VICTOR EMMERSON
61665 Driver, 26th Battery 17th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 17th October 1917, Age 26
Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium,
WILLIAM ERNEST SPARROW
Trimmer, Mercantile Marine H.M.T. S.S. Orsova
Died 14th March 1917, Age 19
Buried Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery
1939 to 1946
CHARLES FREDERICK BOORE
C/KX 151398 Stoker 1st. Class – H.M.S. Warspite
Died 16th September 1943.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial
GEORGE VICTOR COKER
6014279 Gunner 446 Bty., 65 (2/6th Bn. Essex Rgt.) Searchlight Regiment R.A.
Died 3rd March 1941. Age 20
Buried St. James’ Church, West Tilbury
ROBERT JOHN THOMPSON
6394883 Private 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 6th December 1943 Age 37
Buried Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland
FRANK WILLIAM WILSON
1264036 Sgt. W.Op/Air Gnr. 295 Squadron RAFVR
Died 19th May 1943 Age 21
Buried Chadwell St Mary Cemetery
As part of the commemoration of 100 years since the armistice of 1918, an event at the hall was organised for 10th November with a talk on the war dead from the parish of West Tilbury. The picture shows some of the memorabilia and a memorial slab brought along on the evening.