Compton War Memorial

COMPTON WAR MEMORIAL

1914—1918

The year 2014 marked a century since the outbreak of the Great War and all those who fought and lived to tell the tale have now gone. Compton men who died in the conflict are listed on the village war memorial and their names will be familiar to many local residents.

In 1914, these ordinary men were snatched from their families, friends and familiar surroundings to be plunged into a world of mud and death that was more horrific and shocking than most of us can possibly imagine. Twenty- five years later, a different war was to break out that produced yet more names to add to the village memorial.

But they were not just names, they were people. Who were these Compton men who fought and died? Where did they live and what did they do before going off to war?

And, indeed, where did they fight and die to preserve our freedom? As personal memories of them fade, it is important that we record who they were and ensure that they do not become just names on a memorial.