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Waldershare
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All Saints Church, Waldershare, near
Eythorne, is now a redundant church. It is one of over
330 in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and
is normally open daily. It has a beautiful interior,
which surprises with the revelation of two superbly
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In Honoured Memory
of the Men of
Waldershare
Who Fell in the
Great War 1914-1918
George Amos
John Norwood Berry
Weston Berry
Henry Kirby
Alfred Charles Marsh
Herbert Golder Marsh
William Dixon Wood |
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Also in the war 1939-1945 Francis George, Lord
North, Peter Howarth, Andrew Roddick, John Roddick
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In the graveyard are a number of commemorations of
casualties of war. Amongst them are those for the
brothers Marsh, from Whitfield, who are remembered
also on the memorial inside the church. |
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The headstone on the left reads:
In Loving Memory of
Sergt Alfred Charles Marsh
Killed in Action 9th November 1914
aged 23 years |
also of George Marsh
Father of the Above
who died 30th January 1915
aged 55 years |
also of L Cpl Herbert Golder Marsh
Killed in Action 3rd May 1917
aged 23 years |
also Ernest Pritchard
who died 1st January 1970
aged 74 years |
and His Wife
Elsie Clara
Daughter of George
who died 14th February 1982
aged 85 years
Re-United |
and on the right:
In Loving Memory
of
Our Dear Mother
Alice Eliza
Marsh
died 26th October 1944
aged 78 years |
photos Simon Chambers
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