INDEX
Roll of Honour names 2018 Names not on the 2018 Roll Men who died Alderwasley Roll of Honour Fritchley Roll of Honour
War Memorials Roll of Honour 1920 Belper News Roll of Honour 1914 Crich Foresters 1914 Volunteers Men from Lea Mills
Lea Mills Postcards Wireworks Roll of Honour Butterley Co. Roll of Honour: Crich men Butterley Co. Roll of Honour : all names Front Lines,
(memorial event November 2014)
Unknown soldiers Adverts & posters Photo Album Medals & awards Conscientious Objectors
Arthur Ludlow, Conscientious Objector Henry Smith, Conscientious Objector Pacifist March German PoW in Crich Crich Knitting Guild
Field punishments Paragraph 392 Support from home Zeppelin raid Newspaper snippets
Parish map Trench art & poetry Postcards: Goodhead collection Postcards: Gould collection Surrender of the German Fleet 1918
Music & Songs from WW1 Crich Parish Peace Celebrations King's message Crich Baptist Roll Belgian Refugees
Conscription in WW1 Diary from the Front Line 1918 by Walter Hallam Battles of Lys Offensive 1918 War Gratuity Ranks and Appointments
Tea and Princess Mary tins Battle of Jutland 1916 VAD hospitals VAD notices and orders VAD posters & postcards
YMCA in WW1 Salvation Army in WW1 WW1 Flag Days Children's Overseas Club in WW1 From Civilian to Soldier
PoWs School Log Books in WW1 Regimental numbers Forester Battle Stations 1881–1914 Servicemen pre WW1
Victory Celebrations Programme   Acknowled'ments    

This site is about those men and women from the Parish of Crich who served during the Great War. The purpose of these records is to ensure that they are much more than "just a name" on a Roll of Honour.

The original 1920 Roll of Honour in St Mary's Church, Crich had 395 names. We discovered many omissions and errors on this Roll and a Roll of Honour was produced for 2014. This 2014 Roll had 425 names, ranks, regiments and where known, photographs. Subsequently more names, photographs and regimental details were discovered. A new 2018 Roll has been created [with thanks to Steve Ferguson-Swain] to replace the 2014 Roll having 472 names and 312 photographs. The complementary book, "Crich Parish; Those who went to war 1914–1918" contains more photograhs of the men – there was not room on the printed roll to include all the photographs.

To view a pdf of this Roll of Honour (6.7 Mb) Click here.
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Crich Parish consists of the villages of Crich, Whatstandwell and Fritchley. It also includes the 'hamlets' of Crich Carr, Wheatcroft, Wakebridge, Coddington, Bullbridge, Moorwood Moor and Plaistow Green. Some of the people involved lived outside the parish but had strong connections with Crich Parish and have been included in the records.

These records commemorate all those who served in the 1914–1918 War. Some of the men returned whilst others lost their lives in the conflict. Many of the men returned wounded, ill or mentally damaged.

Also included are the men from Lea Mills who served in the Great War. Some of these men were from the parish but many were from nearby villages and hamlets. Lea Mills was a major employer of the men and women of the Crich area

This is work in progress. Please feel free to contact us and add further information or add corrections.

This research was supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Photograph of St Mary's Church, Crich

St Mary's War Memorial, Crich

This website is complementary to the crichparish site which is concerned with news, events, history and heritage of the Crich area –

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