Appendix 1
ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD EWELL

In these words Pte. Frank Stone (late of the Royal Army Service Corps) unveiled the war memorial stone at Ewell raised by the inhabitants in honour of the 82 men of the village who fell in the war.

     The stone, which is placed in a Garden of Remembrance is situated in a prominent position in the churchyard. The monument is of Portland stone, and on the front is the simple inscription "To the glory of God and in memory of the Ewell men who died in the war, 1914-1919", while on each side of the panel is carved a Crusader's sword, the other sides bearing the names of the fallen.

     In front of the stone is a flower bed in the shape of a cross. On two sides there is a bed of rosemary and at the rear are some small holly trees. The garden is enclosed with Bargate stone and is reached by mounting two steps. The scheme, impressive in its simplicity, cost about £700, practically all of which has been subscribed.

The unveiling and dedication ceremony took place in the presence of a large number of villagers on Wednesday afternoon. A procession consisting of the choir, the Bishop of Guildford, the Vicar of Ewell (the Rev. J. Wallace) and the Rev. E. E. Cleal (of the Congregational Church) formed at the Parish Church and marched to the memorial site, at the entrance to which the Ewell Fire Brigade formed a guard of honour.

     The service commenced with the singing of the hymn, "For All the Saints Who From their Labours Rest," which was followed by the Responses and the 23rd Psalm. The lesson read by the Rev. E. E. Cleal, was taken from the Third Book of Wisdom, verses 1-9, at the conclusion of which the Vicar read the names of the 82 men inscribed as under:---

THE FALLEN

	William Ayling	Isaac Mason
	George Edward Baker	John Martin Mace
	Percy Thomas Blanchett	Alfred George Muspratt
	Frank John Benger	Victor Harold Newman
	William Joseph Benger	Edwin Thomas Neville
	Frederick Charles Brook	John Addison Oldridge
	George Henry Warner Budd	James Edward Peters
	Edward Talbot Bowman	Edward Gwinn Powley
	Hugh Ernest Butcher	Frederick Parker
	James Child	Ernest John Pearce
	Richard Brinsley Cook	Albert Edward Parker
	Henry John Cook	James William Petchey
	Robert Clark	Henry Lowe Penson
	William Henry Channell	Edmund Powell
	Cyril Stephen Clark	Henry William Poplett
	Edward Clark	Frederick Oliver Pearson
	John William Church	Herbert Corner Reynard
	William Charles Cook	William Roote
	Ernest Cooper	William Smith
	William Elson	Julius Murray Scott
	Cecil Faber	Henry Sparrow
	Thomas William Fenner	George Henry Searle
	Percy Garman	Hedley Mackney Sutton
	Sydney Goodship	Albert Edward Sycamore
	Charles Daniel Goodship	George Henry Savage
	William Godden	Walter Snook
	Albert Edward Glover	William George Stripp
	George Gaunt	John Tester
	John Gladman	Alfred Joseph Henry Tuppen
	John Latham Hampton	William Thomas Tinker
	Walter David Hampton	George Henry Gwilliam Tomsett
	Malcolm Leslie Higgins	Robert Leslie Wood
	William Abraham Harman	Charles Wimhurst
	Edward George Hemming	Thomas Edward Warr
	William Hodgson	Henry Edward Williams
	William Richard Harlow	Raymond Willis
	Alfred Charles Imber	Ernest Willis
	George Albert Jones	Philip Joseph Walker
	Charles Ernest Larby	Urbane William Ward
	Frederick Charles Long	George Whiskerd
	Dennis Milnes	Alfred George Young

     Following a short period of silence for the purpose of commending the souls of the men to the mercy of Almighty God, the Bishop read the specially appointed prayers, and then came the act of unveiling by Pte. Frank Stone. He wore his fireman's uniform, and in addition to his war medals evidence of service to his country was afforded by the scar on the lower portion of the face.      Dedicatory prayers were read by the Bishop; and the hymn, "How Bright Those Glorious Spirits Shine," preceded the addresses.

     The Bishop said he counted it a high privilege to be among them and join with them in paying their tribute to the memory of those men to whom everyone of them owed more than words could express. They were there for a simple act of remembrance. They wanted to remember, first and foremost, what they owed God, for those men and why they had placed that memorial on such a sacred spot. Of all the wonderful blessings God had showered upon them as a country the best of all was the character of such men as these. They owed it to God that those men were here in the great day of emergency when the country was faced with perhaps the gravest peril in its history, and the act of dedicating that tablet of stone would be unmeaning, or far worse than that, unless at the same time they renewed their resolve to carry on the task they had bequeathed to them.

The Rev. E. E. Cleal remarked that they were all of one heart and soul that afternoon in desiring to pay honour to the brave men who, in a very real sense, died for them. He would like to congratulate those who conceived and designed the beautiful Garden of Remembrance. They read of the Lord God planting a garden in Eden, and He planted the love of gardens in the heart of man, and it had been there ever since. No more feeling memorial could be found for those men, and surely no more fitting place could be found for it than that site of God's Acre, where their friends and forefathers lay at rest. Had it not been for the war and they had lived out the normal span of their lives many of them would have been brought there, and though they were not able to give their bodies a resting place in that churchyard by setting up that garden they had at any rate given them a position among the people they loved. The great task left for them was to complete that for which they gave the last full measure of devotions---the raising up of a fellowship of nations, helping to establish a reign of peace and goodwill and love amongst men. That was the ideal which drew tens of thousands of men to the colours when going quite voluntary, and it was for that ideal they died. The defeat of the great power which menaced the peace of the world was but the first and not the final step towards its realisation. The final step was with those who remained. The work they began so gloriously they had to carry on in order that their brothers should not have died in vain. Those whose memory was being honoured that day had done their part, and God grant that they might be faithful and, like them, at last not found wanting.

     "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past" was sung after which the Bishop pronounced the Benediction. Following the National Anthem buglers from the East Surrey Regiment sounded the "Last Post," and an impressive service concluded with the recessional hymn, "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow."

     Relatives and friends of the fallen then placed flowers at the foot of the monument.