Leverstock Green Village Memorial
NAME BORN WERE BORN LIVING in 1914 Age died HOW DIED
Number of soldiers died born in Leverstock Green
Number of soldiers died living in Leverstock Green in 1914
Average age of soldiers died
11
19
28.5 Years
The population for Leverstock Green taken from the 1911 census is hard to establish as the area covers three councils.
In 1901 the population was around 650 people, if by 1911 the population had risen to 750 people
and with death rate of 2% of the population as soldiers killed in the war, the Leverstock Green memorial should have about 15 names recorded.
The committee of representatives who decided the final number of soldiers to be named on the memorial were very open minded in their outlook in achieving almost double the number.
The Leverstock green School Memorial
This plaque unveiled in the school on 5th February 1920 named the old boys who had attended the school and died during the war.
The plaque was engraved brass and mounted on oak and hung in the school.
NAME BORN WERE BORN LIVING in 1914 Age died HOW DIED
In addition to the five men above those named below were also named on the
school memorial and are covered by the village memorial.
Harry Sears also has a page of information on him as I
once thought he was the one the memorial forget.
The criteria for how a person became included on a local Memorial is not available. For the majority of men listed their connection with the local area was obvious – having been born locally, or residing or working in the area. For others there is no apparent link. Some men married local women, maybe only weeks or days before leaving for the war and are included. Others included were relatives of local people living as far away as Leeds, and may in fact be also commemorated on another Memorial more local to them. Even locally some individuals appear on more than one of the Parish War Memorials. For example, George Brown is found on Leverstock Green and Abbots Langley, parish memorials the Leverstock Green village school memorial the Hemel Hempstead town memorial and Leavesden Asylum memorial in the Watford Museum. In addition many men from the area who worked in the local mills are also listed on the War Memorial raised by John Dickinson & Sons, and sited in their Apsley Paper Mill.