With Remembrance Sunday approaching, as part of our series on local road names, it seems the appropriate time to recall those who fell in the Great War 1914-18, who are commemorated in some of the road names in the recently built housing estates.
| Mark Horace ALLEN Thomas Henry LAILEY John ALDER William Henry LAILEY Edward Ernest BEALES Henry John PARKER William PIGGOTT Frederick James BOLTON Frederick ALLEN Albert G MAYBANKS Alfred LAWRENCE Jesse James WESTALL Arthur Richard John APPLETON William MEARING Errol Geoffrey ELISHA Austin BAILEY | d. 21-Nov-1914 d. 5-Jan-1915 d. 5-Jan-1915 d. 7-Aug-1915 d. 25-Sept-1915 d. 25-Sept-1915 d. 18-Aug-1916 d. 17-Feb-1917 d. 5-Mar-1917 d. 5-Sept-1917 d. 9-Sept-1917 d. 11-Sept-1917 d. 29-Nov-1917 d. 15-Apr-1918 d. 22-Apr-1918 d. 2-Oct-1918 | Allen Way Lailey Path Alder Grove Lailey Path Beales Grove Parker Close Piggott Road Bolton Drive Allen Way Maybanks Lawrence Place Westall Street Appleton Way Mearing Grove Elisha Close Bailey Mews |
Almost all the roads are in Shinfield, in the new estate behind the School Green Centre and the Health Centre. The exception is Elisha Close in Spencers Wood. Errol Elisha was a member of the Elisha family about which I’ve written in an earlier post.
Although the above list may seem long, it is by no means a full list of all those from Shinfield Parish who fell in the Great War. All 28 young men who died are commemorated on the War Memorial on School Green, as well as those killed in the Second World War. More information about all of them can also be found on the Roll of Honour website.