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Memorial Playing Field, Litton - Taken by J Kingsland 17 Jan 2017
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Memorial Playing Field, Litton - Taken by J Kingsland 17 Jan 2017
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Memorial Playing Field, Litton - Taken by J Kingsland 17 Jan 2017
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Memorial Playing Field, Litton - Taken by J Kingsland 17 Jan 2017
Reference WMO/250156
Edit memorial name, location & address- Flora and Fauna Grass
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend. Litton Roll of Honour. Names of the men form this village, who gave their lives for their King and Country. William Cartledge 28 July 1915, Robert Graham Lomas 18 July 1916, Harry Eyre 14 July 1916, John Albert Pickford 25 October 1916, Edward Bibby 11 March 1917, John Bibby 19 April 1917, John Sellers 19 October 1917, John William Pickford 22 August 1918, Percy Middleton missing presumed dead, Alan Booker 21 March 1918. Second World War – Harry Gregory died of wounds 26 October 1944. Blessed are the Dead. Father in Thy gracious keeping, Leave me now Thy servants sleeping. These post and gates were erected in 2016 during the centenary of the Great War, 1914-18, by the residents of Litton. They stand in memory of all those who lost their lives during the conflict and of Miss Maud Helen Penfold, a local benefactor, who in 1938 gave this field as a memorial to those men from the village who fell in the Great War and as a free and open space for the parish.
WW1: William Cartledge 28 July 1915, Robert Graham Lomas 18 July 1916, Harry Eyre 14 July 1916, John Albert Pickford 25 October 1916, Edward Bibby 11 March 1917, John Bibby 19 April 1917, John Sellers 19 October 1917, John William Pickford 22 August 1918, Percy Middleton missing presumed dead, Alan Booker 21 March 1918. WW2: Harry Gregory died of wounds 26 October 1944.
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