Tag Archives: Ypres

Remembrance and History: a special Croydon Insider episode

Posted on November 9, 2025 by insidecroydon

Can you help in our appeal, with the Deputy Lieutenant of Croydon, in providing details of personnel from Croydon who have been killed on active duty in the years since the end of World War II? On Remembrance Sunday, our … Continue reading →

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The Croydon schoolboy who was among Ypres’ first casualties

Posted on October 26, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 lasted five months and claimed 300,000 allied casualties. DAVID MORGAN recounts the tragic story of one of them, Captain Henry Willders-Lewis, from Croydon, who died on the first day of the … Continue reading →

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How Croydon Parish Church remembered its brothers in arms

Posted on November 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: On Remembrance Sunday, using a treasured service sheet from Croydon Parish Church from more than a century ago, DAVID MORGAN outlines early efforts on the home front in World War I, and some of the many sacrifices The … Continue reading →

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Surrey Street’s Pightling holds unique place in WWI memorials

Posted on October 27, 2024 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As we approach Remembrance Day next month, DAVID MORGAN outlines details of the life of one of the names on Croydon Minster’s Roll of Honour For the casual visitor, the list of names of soldiers on the Roll … Continue reading →

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Family keepsakes providing last link to another of war’s victims

Posted on October 29, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Life at the front in World War I was often brief, bloody and brutal. DAVID MORGAN uncovers some of the last pieces of correspondence from one of the soldiers inscribed on Croydon Minster’s Roll of Honour A few … Continue reading →

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