Part Four: In Perpetual Remembrance (1919-Today)
The end of the war did not end its cost. For some, like Lionel Patrick, who died in 1920 from wounds sustained in battle, the struggle lingered on. Others – Arthur Catt, Frederick White, and William Elson were men with Geddington ties who were not listed on the memorial, yet their sacrifices were no less real.
In total, forty-four men, with connections to our village are now known to have served and died in WWI. Their names are inscribed on the Roll of Honour in St Mary Magdalene Church and remembered by their families to this day. They were farmers, labourers, brothers, sons, and friends – each one a thread in the story of Geddington.
More than a century later, their memory still shapes who we are. Each November we pause to reflect, not only on how they died, but on how they lived – with courage, with hope, and with faith that peace would one day return.
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