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The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Henry Charles Wenham

Private
London

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Born
Bermondsey - c 1883
Died
France and Flanders - 23 May 1917
Age
34
Death
Killed in action
Served in
London
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
Manor Park, London E12

Henry's story

Also commemorated in the East Ham Memorial Book of fallen local men.

The bell lists Private H Wenham and this seems the most likely identity, though among the fallen was a Lance Corporal Herbert William John Wenham from Bow.

The Tabernacle messenger (church magazine of the time) has these records, which coudl be from the same family. They don’t match with the CWGC databse:

Private A Wenham        October 1914 – enlisted, Scots Guards

Bert Wenham                November 1915 – killed in action, Gallipoli

 

Service Number
354034
Mother
Unknown
Father
Unknown
Spouse
Beatrice
Buried
Arras Memorial, France
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