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War
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The Christ Church, Woking, Parishioners War Memorial
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Photo : Surrey
in the Great War - A County Remembers.
A large alabaster tablet in Christ Church, Woking, commemorates those associated with the parish who lost their lives in the First World War.
232 names are commemorated on the memorial for men who lost their lives in the First World War. Among these names are three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private William Bayes. 30017. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 32885 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 9 October 1916.
Born Gainsborough (Lincs), Enlisted Gainsborough.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(William Bayes was the son of Edward and Annie Bayes. On 3 June 1916 he married
Esther Daniels, a widow aged 30, in Christ Church, Woking. At the time he
was stationed at Inkerman Barracks in Woking, with the 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment.)
2nd Lieutenant George Edwin Chapman. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Ebenezer and Clara Emma Chapman, of The Cottage, Ivy Lane,
Woking, Surrey. Gold and Silver Medallist (Chemistry) University College,
London; Goldsmid and Ellen Watson Scholar, University College; Mathematical
Scholar, University of London. Killed 27 September 1916. Aged 20.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
Lieutenant Richard Herbert Phayre. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Eldest son of Lt. Col. R. Phayre, O.B.E., D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre,
of "Belgaum," Woking, Surrey. Killed 26 October 1914. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
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a photo of Lieutenant Phayre with biographical information.
(Richard Phayre's brother, Charles Frederick, who served with the Royal Munster
Fusiliers is also commemorated on the memorial.)
Christ
Church, Woking, with the Woking War Memorial
Photo : By AlanFord at English
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