WW1 Community Project Fordham's Finest - Preserving the Memory Our project has now been successfully signed off with the Heritage Lottery. The names have been added to the war memorial and the clock has been reinstated. A combined dedication service will be part of this year's Remembrance Service at All Saints Church. By April 2017 our KS2 scheme of work was in place in All Saints Primary School Fordham. The book Fordham's Finest - Preserving the Memory had been published and delivered to every household in Fordham and every child at All Saints Primary School was presented with their own named personal copy to commemorate the Great War. Our week long WW1 exhibition was well received and a great success.

This is the clock which was removed in the 1980's. It has now been repaired thanks to Nigel Head Jenner. You may notice the clock face differs to the original which states G. Chambers and the bottom writing reads Colchester. Looking on the balance sheet for the memorial the clock was made by a G. Chambers. There was a G. Chambers of Colchester and a G. Chambers & Sons of Colchester. George Chambers had two addresses 35 Head Street and 19 Crouch Street Colchester. It is with great sadness that FLHS has to announce the death of Derek Clamplin, the grandson of Frank W. Clampin builder of the war memorial. Project leader Wendy Shepherd interviewed Derek at the start of the project and Derek kindly gave FLHS sketches of the war memorial for our archive. Sadly, Derek will not see the clock back in its original place, but his grandfather's work will stand for many, many years standing proud in Fordham as a fitting memorial to our war dead.