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Box Tribute to its
Great War Soldiers


The village is paying its tribute to the 43 servicemen who lost their lives and over 300 who returned, many injured or mentally scarred by the war. Their names are listed below.

We have the story of the war as it affected people in Box and your tributes and details of the women who served as nurses, land girls, maintenance engineers or factory workers to support the war effort.

Do you have a family member who served in the war?
We are particularly looking for photos of the people.

Left: The young Kirwen Sweetland who lost his life in 1918 (photo courtesy Margaret Wakefield)



List of Great War Articles     [Click on blue headings below to access articles]
Article, Author and Issue
Commemorations 2018,  ​
Brian Palmer, 23
Photos 2014,  ​Carol Payne, 5
Cecil Lambert's War,  Extracts, 5
List of Servicemen,  Council Records, 1
Box Before the War,  Alan Payne, 1
Finding Private Hall Carole French, 2
​Home & Far Away Carole French, 2
Neighbour v Neighbour Claire Botcherby, 3
Children in WW1 Eric & Sandra Callaway, 3
Article, Author and Issue
Christmas 1913 & 1914,  
Alan Payne, 3
Where They Lived,  ​Carole French, 4
Never Forgotten,  ​Editorial, 3
In Memoriam,  ​Readers' Families, 3
Silk Embroideries,  Alan Payne, 4
Box School Research,  ​Helen Murphy, 4
School Projects,  ​Box School Children, 4
After the War,  Alan Payne, 4
VAD Working Parties,  ​Ray Alder, 25
More details of Box's remembrance of the Great War are at: www.boxparish.org.uk