Parish Headlines
Our research has unearthed some remarkable information about the contribution made by villagers to the Great War, tales of ordinary folk living through remarkable times:
- 120 men connected with Bishopstone and Hinton Parva who served in the military
- 9 men born and brought up in Bishopstone or Hinton who died but whose names were omitted from the war memorials
- the work of the Russley Park “remount depot”, run entirely by women to train horses for the frontline
- farmers' applications to local Military Service Tribunals as they struggled to maintain food supplies
- the extent of local charitable giving: everything from shelter for Belgian refugees, eggs for the wounded, cigarettes for prisoners of war and a great deal more besides
- stories of bravery, ill-discipline, sickness and misfortune
All these and many more are covered in detail in "From Farming Fields to Muddy Trenches"
