Theydon Garnon: War Memorial

The War Memorial Tablet for Theydon Garnon can be found inside the village church on the east wall of the north aisle.  It reads:

AMDC

In affectionate remembrance

of those who fell in the Great War

1914 – 1919

The Parish set up this record

Major Adam Dickson Bell    4^th Hussars

Capt. Atherton Harold Chisenhale-Marsh    9^th Lancers

Capt. Philip Everard Graham Marsh    RAF

Lieut. James Craig    Royal Air Force

Lieut. Harold Clement Montague Lucas    2^nd Ghurkuas

Lieut. Walter Austin Rowley    8^th Leicestershire

Lieut. St George Swaine Showers    2^nd Essex Regt.

Rev. Arthur Henry Marsh    Chaplain USA

Sergt. Edward Downham    2^nd Battn Kings Royal Rifles

Seaman Arthur Betts    Royal Naval Reserve

Pte. Charles Edward Banford    9^th Essex

Pte. William Burton    17^th Middlesex

Pte. John North Davis    Queen Victoria Rifles

Pte. Thomas Edgar    1^st Battn Essex Regt.

Pte. Jesse Freshwater    1^st Battn Essex Regt.

Pte. Percy Freshwater    1^st Battn Essex Regt.

Rfn. Edward Alfred Furlong    Kings Royal Rifles

Gunner James Hardy    Royal Field Artillery

Pte. Ernest Law    10^th Yorks & Lancs Regt.

Pte. Alfred James Love    9^th Battn Rifle Brigade

Pte. Ernest Albert Love    1^st Battn Essex Regt.

Pte. Ernest Ratcliffe    1^st Battn Essex Regt.

Pte. Albert Edward Shoat    Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regt.

Pte. William James Stevens    4^th Royal Fusiliers

Pte. Walter Stubbings    Royal Army Service Corps

Pte. Samuel Arthur Wade    15^th Battn Essex Regt.

Gunner Sidney George Wade    Royal Field Artillery

Qui procul bine

Qui ante diem perierunt

Sed milites sed pro patria

There must have been only one person in the area by the name of St George Swaine Showers.  Revd. Reeve of Stondon Massey wrote: “Nephew of Mr Swaine Chisenhale Marsh of Gaynes Park Epping. He often visited a relative, Mr Cleave, as a lad who for a while rented the Soap-house [Farm].  He was wounded in July 1916, and for some time in the Military Hospital at Chatham.  On Aug 9 1917 he was killed at Bapeausme” [ERO T/P 188/3 f747].  His name also appears on the War Memorial tablet at Doddinghurst.