| 6th May, 2005 - War Memorial Fund Launched by Town Mayor
and Wivenhoe British Legion
On Sunday, at Wivenhoe's VE
Commemoration Service at the Congregational Church, Cllr Peter Hill, Town
Mayor, and Patrick Baxter, Chairman of the Wivenhoe branch of the Royal
British Legion, launched a fund to raise £3,250 to pay for much needed
cleaning, and repairs to the base of Wivenhoe's War Memorial in St Mary's
churchyard.
Cllr Peter Hill said: "If we raise
more than the required amount, the balance will go to Halsey House, the
British Legion care home at Cromer so that the Fund will be used to
respect the fallen as well as help the living".
£240 from the collection taken at the VE service
was used to kick-start the Appeal. The Appeal was boosted a few
days later by a £500 grant from the Mayor's Charity Fund, a donation of
£120 from the Wivenhoe Services Club and £40 from the Monday Club.
Patrick Baxter and Peter Hill hope that
people in the Wivenhoe community will donate to this Appeal. Wivenhoe Town
Council will administer the Appeal Fund.
| Note: War Memorial Fund raises £4,678. The
Memorial is renovated in time for the Remembrance Service in
November 2005 and a cheque for £1,000 is presented to Halsey House.
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Above: Town Mayor Cllr Peter Hill with Patrick
Baxter, Chairman Wivenhoe Branch of Royal British Legion and Legion
members Richard Gladwin (left) and Maurice Clary (right) who are helping with the Appeal.
Left:
The Wivenhoe War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard |
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Wivenhoe's 'Fallen'
Top left: 1st World War
Above: 2nd World War
Left: Northern Ireland
" Lest we forget" |
| Footnote:
It is believed that Beatrice Varrow, widow of George Ernest
Varrow, paid for the Memorial in 1921. George Varrow, Sapper 164966,
from General Base Depot, Royal Engineers, died in the 6th General
Hospital in Rouen, France, on 18th February, 1917, aged 29 years. He
was born in Sudbury, and after marrying Beatrice, lived at "The
Firs," High Street, Wivenhoe. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave O. V. I. 5.
A plaque to his memory is on the wall of St Mary's Church but it
is not known why his name does not appear on the Memorial. It is
included though in the Roll of Honour at his old school, Soham
Grammar School. Click here
for the link to the Soham Grammar School Roll of Honour web page. |
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