CRICH PARISH

This is work in progress and will be frequently updated: latest update 19.06.2022

On the gates to St Mary's Church are two plaques to the memories of those men who lost their lives during WW2.

 

 

 

Guardsman J.A.Smith	Private L.Bowmer
Trooper E.Stanley	Private N.Davenport
Private K.Stanley	Private A.Heappy
Sergeant R.W.Stanley	Private G.Howitt
Leading Seaman R.Tomlinson	Private H.Lee
Lance Sergeant L.Warhurst	Guardsman W.Linacre
Private J.H. Weightman	Private F.Ludlam
Assistant Purser C.J.Wilkins	Sergeant M.Lynam
L.A.C. W.E.J.Wilkins	Trooper D.Mills
L.A.C. E.Wragg	Private T.A.Poyser
Private E.Young	Corporal W.H.Poyser
	Flying Officer W.Rowell

 

 

Crich men who lost their lives but are not named on the Memorial Gates

Dispatch Rider Rex Castle CLARKE

Not forgetting Dorothy Travers Walker who was accidentally killed in a motor accident on 17 May 1945
whilst serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Dorothy Travers Walker

Tony Lester's memories of Crich during WW2
Crich in the War Years

A record of all those who served during WW2 : Crich WW2 men and women

If any of your family served during the war, please let us have a photograph or few words about them so that they are "more than a name". It is hoped to produce a brief biography for each name.

Email contact@crichparish.co.uk with your contribution