| Hampton Wick War Memorial | |
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| England, United Kingdom | |
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| For Local servicemen who died in the two World Wars | |
| Unveiled | 1921 |
| Location | 51°24′40″N0°18′41″W / 51.4112°N 0.3113°W /51.4112; -0.3113 Hampton Court Road,Hampton Wick, nearKingston Bridge, London |
PARISH OF HAMPTON WICK 1914–1918 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1939–1945 | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Hampton Wick War Memorial |
| Designated | 19 November 2015 |
| Reference no. | 1430664 |
The Hampton Wick War Memorial in theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames is situated on theHampton Wick side ofKingston Bridge, between the bridge and the entrance toHome Park. Several dozen casualties of both world wars are commemorated. Most of these men will have been lost or buried abroad, but a few are buried in the London area. The memorial has beenGrade II listed since 2015.[1]
The Hampton Wick War Memorial was unveiled on 3 May 1921, commemorating 47 local servicemen who died during theFirst World War. In 1933 the memorial was floodlit using gas from the Hampton Wick Gas Company. Following theSecond World War a further 17 names were added to commemorate those who fell during that conflict.[1]
Cecil Howard Sivers – 12th Bristol Battalion, theGloucestershire Regiment. June 1899 to 23 August 1918, died atPas de Calais, France, burial at Queen's Cemetery,Bucquoy. Son of Robert and Ethel of 27 Lower Teddington Road,[2] now home to a religious order.
Walter Henry Martin – Sergeant, RAF. Son of Mrs Hickman and husband of Edith L. Stripp (formerly Martin). Airman in training, he died on 6 November 1918, five days before theArmistice and his squadron never entered active service. He is buried atChingford,Essex,[3] the home of his squadron.
Henry John Doe – 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. April 1895 to 20 July 1916, buried at Serre Rd No 2 Cemetery.[4]
Derek William Eves –Flying Officer,RAFVR,196 Squadron, Special Operations Pilot,Special Air Service (SAS), operating under theSpecial Operations Executive, separate fromBomber Command. 196 Squadron took part in theD-Day landings and the assault onArnhem. It liaised with theFrench Resistance and carried the SAS and were specialists in low-level flying. He died on 9 November 1944, aged twenty,[5] when he failed to return from Operation Draught 7A, over theZuiderzee, Holland. He was the son of William and Ella Eves.
Leonard Roy Hebberd – D-Day glider pilot,Army Air Corps –SAS. He took part in the D-Day landings and died three days later, on 9 June 1944. He is buried near to Hampton Wick, atTeddington Cemetery, with his mother and father.[6]
William Timothy Udale – Sergeant,RAFVR,86 Squadron, Beaufort Fighter crew, engaged in coastal patrol. A member of the well-known Udale family, he died on 7 September 1941.[7]
