Our next
meeting is planned for early February, when we will be discussing how we will
be commemorating the centenary anniversary of the start of the First World War.
In particular how it affected those who took part, their families, and
Carbrooke in general.
Hanging in
the Church is a memorial to all those from Carbrooke who took part, although
not completed until 1929, discussions had been taking place during this time at
the Church Council meetings, to produce a list of names of the men, and how a
suitable memorial could be produced, by which time families may have moved on,
the Vicar had changed, and it could well have become more difficult for those
who created it, to remember all who took part. It is interesting to discover
that many of those commemorated, were born in Carbrooke but had moved on and were
not living here at the start of the war (one appears to have been living in
Canada). Or, were not native to Carbrooke but living here at the start of the
war.
It was
obviously extremely important to the village to remember those who had
sacrificed their lives to the war. Although the majority of the men on the list
were not killed, no doubt they all suffered either physically or mentally from
the horrendous events they witnessed.
If anybody
would like to get involved in this project please contact us, or perhaps you
have some details, photos or documents that would be relevant.
Everyone is
welcome to attend our informal meetings, where we usually end up chatting about
our Carbrooke memories, if anybody has a particular project they would like to
get involved in, we would love to hear from you .
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