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War Memorials



Boughton-under-Blean War Memorial

The following item appeared in the Faversham and North East Kent News on Saturday 21 February 1921:


WAR MEMORIAL – The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have promised to hand over a portion of the Churchyard at St. Barnabas to the Parish Council as a site for the War Memorial.

On Sunday 11 December 1921, Boughton War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated.  The following report of the event appeared in the Faversham and North East Kent News on Saturday 17 December 1921:


BOUGHTON WAR MEMORIAL


UNVEILING AND DEDICATION


Speeches by Lt. Col Philip Neame V.C.  and Canon Maxwell Spooner.


A poignant and anonymous letter to the editor appeared directly below the report of the unveiling ceremony.



THE MEN WHO RETURNED


To the Editor, “Faversham News”.


Sir, - Do we remember sufficiently THE MEN WHO RETURNED when we think and speak of those who gave their lives during the Great War, at the unveiling of the various War Memorials?


The Memorial in this village was unveiled yesterday, and while generous references were made to those who had fallen, no reference was made to the body of ex-Service men belonging to the district, who were formed up to do honour to their fallen comrades.  Are we ungrateful, or only careless?


Yours truly,


“ONE WHO REMEMBERS”

(and who lost a son).

Boughton, near Faversham   Dec. 12th 1921


Name

Unit

Died

Local War Memorial


Memorial/ Cemetery


BARTON G.T.

10th Queens (Royal West Kent)

27/04/18


Hagle Dump

BLACKFORD G

2nd Machine Gun Corps

10/07/17

Boughton

Nieuport

BRAMBLE H

1st Queens (Royal West Kent)

23/04/15

Boughton

Menin Gate

BRANCHETT A.P.

7th Buffs

18/11/16

Boughton

Regina Trench,Grandcourt

CURLING E.T.

Royal Flying Corps

15/02/18

Boughton

Stockbridge

DENNETT G.H.M.

8th  Queens (Royal West Kent)

21/03/18

Boughton

Pozieres

DOWNS R.W.

7th Buffs

25/09/15

Boughton

Loos

ELLENDER R.S.

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hawke

15/10/14

Boughton

Chatham

EVE F.

2nd Grenadier Guards

17/12/16

Boughton

Sailly

FORSTER E.P.

5th Kings Own Scottish Borderers

01/08/18

Boughton

Raperie

FOSTER W.J.

2nd Buffs

28/05/15

Boughton

Menin Gate

FOSTER H.

6th Buffs

13/10/15

Boughton

Loos

FULLER W.J.

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hawke

15/10/14

Boughton

Chatham

GEER H.

Royal Garrison Artillery

12/12/17


Boughton

GILHAM R.C.

12TH Middlesex  

26/09/16

Boughton

Thiepval

HOGBEN F.W.

Royal Field Artillery

09/12/16

Boughton

Struma

HOGBEN H.E.

13th Royal Welsh Fusiliers

26/08/18

Boughton

Delville

HOOKER B.H..

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hampshire

05/06/16

Boughton

Portsmouth

HUBBARD G.

2nd Buffs

14/02/15

Boughton

Menin Gate

JENKINS C.

2nd Royal Fusiliers

11/05/17

Boughton

Arras

MATCHAM W.

5th Gloucestershires

24/04/18

Boughton

Loos

MILLEN A.

10th Queens (Royal West Surrey)

24/02/17


Menin Gate

MILLEN E.E.

Royal Field Artillery

04/05/20

Boughton

Boughton

OWEN R.

2nd Royal Army Medical Corps

29/10/17

Boughton

Tyne Cot

PAGE W.F.

1st Australian Pioneers

27/10/17

Boughton

Poperinge

PERCIVAL F.

50th Royal Field Artillery

06/11/16

Boughton

Dantzig Alley, Mametz

RAINES S.M.

2nd Royal Fusiliers

01/07/16

Boughton

Hawthorn Ridge

ROOK S.

7th East Surrey

13/10/15

Boughton

Loos

ROOK V.

8th Queens (Royal West Kent)

04/10/17

Boughton

Tincourt

SMITH C.W

7th Buffs

03/05/17

Boughton

Arras

SMITH G.A.

9th Rifle Brigade

25/09/15

Boughton

Menin Gate

SMITH H.

1st Buffs

06/01/16

Boughton

Windy Corner, Cuinchy

STANLEY R.

10th Royal Warwickshire

28/02/17

Boughton

Colincamps

SWINYARD M.S.

20th Royal Fusiliers

11/04/18

Boughton

Lapugny

SWINYARD E.W.

2nd Kings Royal Rifles

17/10/18

Boughton

Busigny

THEOBALD H.

Army Service Corps

16/07/18

Boughton

Huby-St Leu

TONG W.E.

Royal Navy, H.M.S. Pembroke

24/08/18

Boughton

Malta

WATERS A.

6th Queens (Royal West Kent)

30/11/17

Boughton

Honnechy

WATERS H.G.

3rd Rifle Brigade

17/04/18

Boughton

Boughton

WEATHERALL A.P.

6th Buffs

07/10/16

Boughton

Bancourt

WELLARD T.H.

8th Middlesex

08/06/20

Boughton

Boughton

WELLER A.A.

1st Buffs

02/06/16

Boughton

Boulogne

WILLIS J.F.

2nd Queens (Royal West Kent)

29/10/14

Boughton

Menin Gate

WILSON A.D.

3rd London Regiment

10/07/17

Boughton

Vis en Artois

These are the First World War names for Boughton. Click on on a name to link to that person’s page.


For a full alphabetical list of the names from all three villages, click here.


Note that the list includes some names who have been identified during the research but are not on the memorials, and there are still some names where further details cannot yet be found, so any further information would be most welcome - please contact us.

These are the Second World War names for Boughton. Click on on a name to link to that person’s page.


For a full alphabetical list of the names from all three villages, click here.  


Note that there are still some names where further details cannot yet be found, so any further information would be most welcome - please contact us.

Name

Unit

Died

Local War Memorial

Memorial/ Cemetery

CHAPMAN A.

Somerset Light Infantry

03/07/44

Boughton

St Manvieu

GARBUTT S.

RAF - 53 Squadron

25/10/43

Boughton

Malta

HOWLAND H.

Royal Navy - H.M. Trawler Benvolio

23/02/40

Boughton

BOUGHTON

LUSTED

(Not yet positively identified)

?

Boughton


ROOK B.

W.R.N.S.

09/05/47

Boughton


SMOOTHY A.

London Irish Rifles

24/02/45

Boughton

Coriano Ridge

THEOBALD T.

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Pembroke

13/03/43

Boughton

Chatham

THOMAS A.

Buffs

23/10/42

Boughton

El Alamein

TUCKER R.

Hampshire Regiment

31/10/43

Boughton

Naples

WOODARD E.

Buffs

14/11/40

Boughton

Berlin

The full text of the report, including the speeches and the account of the service, is on a separate page HERE, which opens in a new window.

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