World War One: Mayfield remembers
3rd August 2014: a service of commemoration was conducted by our Vicar, the Reverend Ray Owen. Within the church was an exhibition of memorabilia and information about what the Great War meant to Mayfield. Poignant and thought-provoking displays were contributed by old and young including work by children from the village school. During the service, a simple but moving ceremony took place. One by one, 28 lighted candles, one for each of the men of Mayfield who fought and died, were placed on the altar by a relative or by a parishioner. The names of those men who lived here one hundred years ago, marched away and did not return are:
James Beresford
Arthur Birch
Timothy Blood
James Bradley
Frederick Crocker
Herbert Davies
George Hackett
Joseph Harrison
Harold J Hartill
Joseph Hudson
William T Hudson
Wilfred Jones
Leonard Lownds
Harry Leach
Albert Mellor
Frederick J Millward
Albert H Moreton
George Moss
William Moss
William Oakes
John Parker
William Smith
Arthur Stone
Thomas Swindell
John L Thompson
J Russell Wardle
John Willshaw
Joseph Willshaw
“My body to the earth, my heart to England, my soul to God”
Painstaking research by Mrs Pat Poyser and by Pat Smith resulted in this display of information about the 28 Mayfield men who gave their lives in the Great War.
A relative of brothers John and Joseph Willshaw studies the displays of information about them – and their medals.
We welcome visitors to our village
This picture below shows Felicity Taylor and Geraldine Holland discussing with our researchers (Pat and Pat) their grandfather Leonard Lownds, a Mayfield man who lost his life in the First World War. The sisters had travelled here from Middlesex and Buckinghamshire. They have since written:
I would like to add my sincere thanks to you all for making our visit to Mayfield such an interesting and enjoyable one and for making us feel so welcome. It was so very kind of you to prepare such detailed information for us and it was a delight to hear that you actually knew members of the family, Mabel, and Nora.
Our dear mum, who passed away some years ago now, spoke with such love and affection for her father and it was wonderful for us to have been able to visit beautiful Mayfield.
