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Rushden War Memorial
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2007 - Fifteeen years ago, Clive Wood began collecting information following the purchase of a book entitled "Memorials of Rugbians who fell in the Great War", produced by Rugby school to record former pupils and their connections. Each page of the book shows a photograph of the deceased, mainly in uniform, together with a family biography of each man. This book was the inspiration for Clive to begin collecting information on Rushden men who fell in both World Wars. Due to other commitments, the project has not proceded as Clive would have liked, and he therefore feels that, in appreciation to those who have helped him thus far, the results should be made available to a wider audience. Clive has now agreed to share his efforts with the Hearts & Soles project, and each page carries an acknowledgement where applicable, to those who helped with this work, and to create a lasting memorial to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Many of the photographs published in the Rushden Echo, and used for memorial cards, were taken by Samuel Powell.
Much of the research about these men has been done by Greville Watson, Peter Inns and Kay Collins. Newspapers have been scoured for additional information by Gill & Jim Hollis who have transcribed many articles; some articles having being previously transcribed by Greville Watson, Clive Wood and Kay Collins.
In October 2010 The Higham Ferrers World War One History Group passed us a CD with photographs of lots of the gravestones, both in Rushden Cemetery and in the War Cemeteries abroad that they have visited. In 2011 the name of J F Blenco was added to the war memorial for WWI, being a corrected entry for T F Blencoe and two further names were added in the WWII section, being D Hemmington and G A Panter. |
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