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Forest Green war memorial takes the form of a stone tablet of Remembrance set into the village hall western wall as part of a Seat of Remembrance. It bears the names of the men of the who fell in the First World War. Within the village church there is also a bronze plaque commemorating the lives of the four nephews of Harriet Harrison of Forest Green House, who fell in the First World War.
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Pte Ernest Andrew BONE 3rd Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) G/22498. Died, 11/11/1918, aged 31. Born Basingstoke. Son of Henry & Mary E Bone. Husband of Florence Bone, of 16, Glenhaven Avenue, Boreham Wood, Herts. Buried in Abinger (St James) Churchyard.
Eric BRADY

L/Bombr Benjamin William BUSS 197th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 42135. Died, aged 26 on 02/11/18.
Son of Christopher and Olive Alice Buss, of Ditches Green, Ockley, Dorking, Surrey. Born at Tismans Common, Rudgwick, Horsham. Buried in the Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
L/Cpl Herbert William CARPENTER 7th Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 64014. Died, 29/09/1918, aged 33. Son of Albert and Mary Carpenter, of Reigate; husband of Mary Ellen Carpenter, of The School House, Abinger Common, Dorking. Schoolmaster of Abinger Council School. Buried in Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile, France.
Sgt William Frank CHARMAN 'D' Battery, 23rd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 64665. Killed in Action, on 08/01/1918.
Son of Frank and Elizabeth Charman, of Sunnyside, Ewhurst, Guildford, Surrey. Brother of Henry James Charman. Buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ypres. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
Cpl Henry James CHARMAN 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 70295. Killed in Action, aged 24 on 26/07/1916.
Son of Frank and Elizabeth Charman, of Sunnyside, Ewhurst, Guildford, Surrey. Brother of William Frank Charman. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
George COOPER

Pte Edward Jack CURTIS 6th Bn Beford Regiment 12808. Killed in Action, 15/07/1916.Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
Pte Henry ELMS or Harry ELMS 48th Bn Australian Infantry 2654. Died, aged 37, on 03/05/17.
Son of Thomas Elms; husband of Mrs. K. Elms, of James St., West Guildford, Western Australia. Native of Forest Green, England.
Buried in Crucifix Corner Cemetery, France. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
Pte Charles Henry ETHERINGTON 'C' Coy, 9th Bn Essex Regiment 49514. Died, aged 18 on the 06/09/18.
Son of Henry and Ellen Etherington, of Oakwood Hill, Ockley, Dorking, Surrey. Buried in the Fins New British Cemetery, France. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
2Lt Geoffery Douglas Lothian NICHOLSON 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment Died, aged 19 on 23/04/17.
Only son of Maj. Gen. C. Lothian Nicholson, C.M.G., and Mrs. Nicholson, of Hursley, Camberley, Surrey. Remembered on the Arras Memorial and also the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
Pte John Reginald FOORD 18th Veterinary Hospital Army Veterinary Corps 18226 Died, aged 24, on the 11/01/1917.
Son of Elizabeth Foord, of Oakwood Hill, Ockley, Surrey. Buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
Cpl Charles Russell FOREHEAD 211 Sqn, Royal Air Force 239101. Born Abinger 1899. Died 15/03/1919, aged 19. Son of Charles and Charlotte Forehead, of Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey. Buried in the Marcinelle New Communal Cemetery, France.
Pte George GADD 1st Bn (Sherwood Foresters) Notts & Derby Regiment 71149. Died of Wounds after capture. 17/04/1917, aged 27. Son of the late William and Edith Gadd, of The Dene, Abinger Hammer, Dorking; husband of Violet Gadd, of Friday St., Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey. Buried in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery
Pte Thomas HOLLOWAY 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment 5414. Died 14/05/1915, aged 35. Husband of Amy Holloway, of Sutton. Abinger, Dorking, Surrey. Served in the South African Campaign. Buried In Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Herbert William HUNT

Canteener Grace KING French Red Cross Daughter of George & Elizabeth King, born Abinger 1893. First arrived in France, March 1917, died in September 1917, aged 24.
William MITCHISON

Pte Mark MOORE 3rd R.M Bn Royal Naval Division. PO/1507. Died, on the 17/02/18.
Buried in the East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill, Memorial.
Pte John MUGGERIDGE 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment 242006. Died, aged 37, on 22/04/1917
Born in Warnham. Son of Henry and Martha Muggeridge Buried in Canadian Cemetery No2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.
2Lt Walter Selwyn ORPEN 2nd Bn (attached to the 10th Bn) Lancashire Fusiliers Killed in Action, 06/07/1916, aged 22. Youngest son of the late Rev. T. H. Orpen and Mrs. Amy 0. G. Orpen of 5, Herschel Rd., Cambridge. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Albert Edward SMITH

L/Cpl Alfred ROSER 2/7th Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 99735. Died, aged 35, on 27/09/1918.
Son of George and Ellen Roser, of Ockley, Surrey; husband of Emma Jane Snape (formerly Roser), of 7, Coventry Rd., South Norwood, London. Buried in Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, France. Also remembered on the Oakwood Hill Memorial.


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