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Ipplepen Council School, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © John Marsh (WMR-25907) 01 Nov 2016
Reference WMO/295020
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- First World War (1914-1918)
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IPPLEPEN AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ IPPLEPEN WITH ITS POPULATION OF 768, CONTRIBUTED 181 MEN TO THE FIGHT-/ ING SERVICES./ ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, ON AUGUST 4TH 1914, THERE WERE 25 MEN IN THE ARMY & NAVY/ & 156 WERE RECRUITED DURING THE HOSTILITIES, THE OLDEST VOLUNTEERING AT THE AGE OF 54, AND/ THE YOUNGEST AT 14. OF THESE, 25 WERE KILLED OR DIED ON SERVICE, 29 WERE WOUNDED, & 4 WERE DECORATED FOR GALLANT SERVICES IN THE FIELD./ IPPLEPEN MEN IN THE NAVY TOOK PART IN THE ACTIONS AT THE DOGGER BANK, HELIGOLAND/ BIGHT, THE DARDANELLES, JUTLAND, OSTEND & ZEBRUGGE. THERE WERE IPPLEPEN MEN IN THE/ FIRST ARMY THAT FOUGHT AT MONS & IN THE RETREAT ON PARIS, & MEN FROM THE PARISH FOUGHT/ IN EACH OF THE WAR AREAS: FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY, SALONIKA, GALLIPOLI, PALESTINE, EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, TOGOLAND, EAST AFRICA & RUSSIA./ WOMEN OF THE PARISH UNDERTOOK RED CROSS & HOSPITAL WORK: OTHERS SERVED IN QUEEN MARY'S WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS, & THE LAND WORKER'S CORPS. LOCAL WORKING-/ PARTIES SUPPLIED LARGE QUANTITIES OF SURGICAL REQUISITES & GARMENTS./ THE PARISH MADE MANY UNITED RESPONSES TO THE CALLS FOR HELP, CONTRIBUTING £150/ TO THE DEVON PATRIOTIC FUND & OTHER LARGE SUMS FOR RED CROSS WORK, FOR THE TRAINING OF/ MEN DISABLED OR BLINDED ON SERVICE, & FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS IN SERBIA, SYRIA &/ PALESTINE, OF THE CHILDREN OF DEVESTATED AREAS, & OF PRISONERS OF WAR./ ON THE SIGNING OF PEACE THE RETURNED MEN WERE PUBLICLY ENTERTAINED./ AS MEMORIALS TO THE PARISHIONERS WHO FELL DURING THE WAR, THE ANCIENT VILLAGE CROSS WAS RESTORED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION OF £75, & A TABLET BEARING THEIR NAMES PLA/ CED IN THE PARISH CHURCH, AT A FURTHER COST OF #55./ THIS PERMANENT RECORD IS PLACED IN THE COUNCIL SCHOOL ROOM THAT AFTER GEN-/ ERATIONS MAY KNOW THE PART WHICH IPPLEPEN TOOK IN THE GREAT WAR, & THE NAMES/ OF THE MEN WHO SERVED./ (NAMES)
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