Remembrance: The Names of those from Steep who Died
Steep has three WWI memorials: the one at Mill Lane, the one at Steep church and the Roll of Service board at Steep Village Hall. While many of the names of those from Steep who died in WWI are common to all three memorials, there are slight differences in the names recorded on each. If the names from all three memorials are combined, a total of 54 men from the village, or with a connection to Steep, are due for remembrance. These are the 54 men whose names are recorded in David Erskine-Hill’s excellent book ‘Steep Roll of Honour 1914 – 1918’. The book contains details of their family backgrounds, where they lived in the village, their service history, photographs of a number of the men, details of their medal awards and where they are buried. Copies priced £10 can be obtained from davidjehill@gmail.com
The WWII Memorial is in Steep church. Five men from Steep died.
In the Afghanistan War, one man from Steep died. There is a memorial to him in Steep church.
From the Harrow collection
The definitive list of the 54 men from Steep who died in WWI is as follows:
William Applebee
Bernard Arnold
Richard Bagnall
William Barnes
Frederick Brown
George Brown
Cecil Budd
Denis Christie
Richard Christie
Charles Cottingham
Albert Cranstone
Lewis Cranstone
Ellis Doncaster
Frederick Eade
William Eade
Hugh Fitton
Samuel Gale
Philip Godwin
Frederick Gravestocke
Wyndham Halswelle
George Harding
Alan Healey
Arthur Healey
Herbert Herriott
Oswald Horsley
Frank Ifould
John Ifould
Dmitri Jarintzoff
William Jewell
Alfred Johnson
Charles Lilleywhite
Ernest Martin
Harold Martin
David McConnel
Albert Mitchell
Lionel Pownall
William Poynting
William Reed
William Rowell
Robert Sharp
Frank Smith
Henry Stacey
Garth Taylor
Edward Thomas
Walter Tucker
Lewis Tyrell
Benjamin Vidler
Ralph Vidler
Alfred Walder
Thomas Waller
Louis Watts
James Woodman
John Woodward
Frederick Yates
Photograph courtesy of David Jeffrey
And those from Steep who died in WWII 1939 – 1945 are recorded in Steep church as:
Osborne Cottrell
Donald Mullins
John Robinson
William Upton
Thomas Young
and in the Afghanistan War 2010:
Richard Hollington
