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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) honours the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, and ensures they will never be forgotten.
To help mark #Armistice100 the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has been documenting many war graves around the country, including those within the graveyards at St Peter & St Paul in Grays and St Mary's in Little Thurrock. We will be receiving official signage and creating a map of the locations of the graves and memorials in due course.

The Graveyard of St Mary's
We have one WW2 soldier interned at St Mary's:
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Volunteer Walter James WRIGHT
6th Gloucestershire (South Gloucester) Bn. Home Guard
died 27/02/1941 age 25
James was the husband of Minnie Christine Wright, of Knowle, Bristol.

Laid to rest at St Mary's
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The Graveyard of St Peter & St Paul's
These are the WW1 soldiers/sailors/airmen we have either interned or on a memorial within SsPP:

Private Sidney Herbert HARRIS Service Number 18844
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
died 11/04/1917 age 19 years
Son of William & Elizabeth Harris of 8 Parker Road, Grays
Laid to rest in Browns Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France 
Died during the battle of ARRAS (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) which commenced 09/04/17 to 16/05/1917
Family memorial SsPP

Private Edward "Mac" HARRIS Service Number 475183
Labour Corps
died 16/03/1919 age 28
Son of Lionel Harris & Ellen Harris of 149 & 151 London Road, Grays & 28 Orsett Road
Edward was a Clerk Gas Office
Died of injuries sustained during battle (still trying to establish where he sustained his injuries)
Laid to rest in SsPP 

Major William E WARREN
Royal Artillery 81st Siege Battery
died 29/03/1918 Cambrai (Somme) age 37
Son of Jane & Capt William E Warren (Royal Artillery) who served in Kaffir war, 1877/8, Zulu war 1879, Boer war 1880 - 1882, and the Great War 1914 - 1918 
Major WARREN is buried at Gezaincourt Communial Cemetary, Picardie, France
Memorial at family grave SsPP

Stoker 2nd Class George Henry MOORE
Royal Navy
died 01/05/1915, age unknown
was on board HMS Recruit which was sunk by a German Submarine UB-6 in Southern North Sea
HMS Recruit was a Brazen Class Destroyer
It broke in two and sank with the loss of 39 men (26 were rescued)
George's body remains with the wreck, he has a memorial at Gravesend and family memorial at SsPP

These are the WW2 soldiers/sailors/airmen we have either interned or on a memorial within SsPP:

Flight Sgt (Pilot) George Henry MAYS
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
died 07/04/1942 age unknown
Was shot down over a bombing raid over Cologne, Germany
Laid to rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Westfalen, Germany

Sgt (Pilot) Grahame David HART
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
died 30/01/1942 age unknown in Great Yarmouth after sustaining injuries (unknown at this point how)
Service number 1152821
Son of David & Isobel Hart of Grays
Laid to rest at SsPP

Driver Ronald Lambert RAINEY Service Number 138835
Royal Army Service Corps
died 01/04/1942 in Rochdale as a result of injuries (unknown how at this point)
Son of John Lambert Rainey and Muriel Susan Rainey (Nee Partridge) of Grays
Memorial at SsPP
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Since the establishment of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Royal Charter they have constructed 2,500 war cemeteries and plots, erected headstones over graves and where the remains are missing, inscribed the names of the dead on permanent memorials. More than a million burials are now commemorated at military and civil sites in more than 150 countries and territories.

To find out more about the CWGC, you can visit their website at: CWGC.org
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Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022
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