Fordham Local History Society
The War Memorial in Fordham on the corner of Ponders Road and Moat Road records the names of men who lost their lives in WW1 and WW2 conflicts. These are men who had a connection to our village. They may have been born here or came to live here. They have a link to Fordham and should be remembered. Omissions were discovered during our WW1 Community project and these names were added to the war memorial in May 2017. Over the next few months we will be adding data about each of our men who are now recorded together on the memorial. Click on a name and this will take you to individual soldier's record and the given page numbers of where you can find out more about him in the book. The names in yellow are available now.
Arthur William Balls
Frederick Cyril Broyd
Arthur Hepburn Bull
Percy William Cant
Robert Edward Cawdron
Edward Henry Crisp
Stanley Davey
Frederick Benjamin Francis
Reginald Clement Francis DCM
Charles William Horne
Charles Wallace Partridge
Hercules Charles Pettitt
Thomas Edward Potkin
Alfred H. Pudney M.M
Albert S.Rayner
John Thomas Rayner
Charles Sidney Taylor
Ernest James Wright
On the war memorial in 2017
Fred Arnold
Edgar Harvey Bailey
Amos Arthur George Boutel
George Bunting
Alfred George Chinnery
Charles Samuel Everitt
Albert Edward Kettle
Henry William Kettle
Walter Miller
Walter Perry
Walter Edward Starling
Harry George Webber
World War Two
James Bugg
Douglas Edward Cudmore
John Albert Hewitt
John Arthur Treby
The War Memorial was built in 1919 by Frank William Clampin who lived at Stone Cottage Fordham.
The memorial was built from subscriptions collected from the villagers. George Playle donated land on the corner of Ponders Road next to the village stores.
The war memorial was originally a clock tower, but the clock was removed in the 1970's and replaced with a carved cross.
Listed here are the names of the men of Fordham known to us who served in WW1 and returned. This list has derived from online history sites and should not be viewed as the definitive list. There will be discrepancies and omissions which we shall amend as more names are shared with us.
| Name | Born | Served to |
| Arthur Joseph Appleby | 1894 | 1916 |
| George Cowlin Appleby | 1897 | 1918 |
| Frank Arnold | 1886 | 1919 |
| Ernest Edward Bailey | 1878 | 1914 |
| Charles Beard | 1876 | 1916 |
| Edward Beard | 1881 | 1912 |
| Harry Beard | 1897 | 1919 |
| Bryan Bull | 1868 | 1914 |
| Arthur Claude Bunton | 1888 | 1915 |
| George Ernest Cant | 1891 | 1916 |
| Frank Clampin | 1895 | 1919 |
| Arthur Abram Chaplin | 1893 | 1917 |
| Percy Charles Chaplin | 1897 | 1917 |
| Ernest Chinnery | 1875 | 1919 |
| Ernest George Clarke | 1894 | 1919 |
| William Charles Davey William Charles Davey M.M. | 1883 awarded M.M. | 1918 |
| Arthur George Everitt | 1880 | 1915 |
| Henry Wilfred Hopping | 1895 | 1919 |
| Edgar Neep | 1895 | 1918 |
| Leonard Neep | 1878 | 1919 |
| Walter William Nice | 1894 | 1919 |
| John/Jack Perry | 1892 | ? |
| Thomas Mostyn Pettican | 1900 | 1918 |
| Clifford Pudney | 1896 | 1916 |
| Bertie Rayner | 1886 | 1919 |
| Charles Stanley Rayner | 1898 | 1919 |
| Edgar William Rideout | 1890 | 1916 |
| George Sadler | 1868 | 1918 |
| Alfred L. Southernwood | 1892 | 1919 |
| Bertie Southernwood | 1897 | 1919 |
| James W. Southernwood | 1898 | 1917 |
| Oliver G. Southernwood | 1896 | 1919 |
| George E. Southernwood | 1893 | 1919 |
| David Oliver Taylor | 1897 | 1916 |
| Edward Walter Taylor | 1882 | 1914 |
| Edgar Aquila Waters | 1884 | 1914 |
| Ephraim Waters | 1898 | 1919 |
| Frederick E. Webber | 1896 | 1919 |
| Morris A. Webber | 1886 | 1916 |
| Sydney William White | 1898 | 1919 |
| William Wright | 1878 | 1916 |
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