Welcome to theFarningham and Eynsford
Local History Society
WW1
In August 2014 FELHS staged a major Exhibition to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War. The Exhibition, called 'Our Villages in the Great War', aimed to show how life at home was affected by the war, and the part played in the war effort by the local communities of Crockenhill, Eynsford, Farningham along with Lullingstone and Maplescombe.
The Exhibition was mounted in each of the villages on consecutive Saturdays, and was attended by at least 700 people. The display sheets summarised the research undertaken for the Exhibition by Dr Susan Pittman, and a publication as a follow-up was considered. However, such a project would have been time-consuming, and the cost of reproducing the various photographs prohibitive. It was therefore decided to put the display sheets onto the website, so that they could be consulted at leisure. What is lacking is, of course, the various artefacts, most from the FELHS collection, which were arranged alongside the display boards. However, photographs of the table-top displays have been added to give a general idea of these.
The diary of Elsie Clements (Crockenhill)
Instructions received by schools
Crockenhill and Eynford Scout troops
1911 Population census
Number who served
Impact of call-up
5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment service
Crockenhill, Eynsford, Farningham and Lullingstone
Appeals to Recruiting Tribunal
Appeals to Dartford Rural District Tribunal
Local appeals from employers
Henry Cox of Anchor & Hope, Crockenhill
Inquest of George Lawrence of Eynsford
List of local men who appealed
7. Dead Man's Penny and scroll
Frank Roberts
Serg. Herbert Randall DCM
9. Tragic death, Henry Jarrett, Crockenhill
Alfred Gates.
11. Three Farningham brothers, Spier, go to war
12. German air raids on Great Britain
Crockenhill on line of London defences
Anti-aircraft gun and searchlight, Crockenhill
Elsie Clements' diary - Zepps and German planes
Zeppelin L32 bombing of Crockenhill
Pilots - Alfred de Bathe Brandon
William Leefe Robinson VC
Walter G. Wilson's flight
Farningham and air raids
Arthur Mee
20. Walter Gordon Wilson - tank pioneer
W.G. Wilson in Farningham
Befriending wounded servicemen
Sundry money raising activities
23. Eynsford/Farningham Hospital Supply Depots
24. Daylight saving - William Willett
1914 Crockenhill farm workers strike
Agricultural wages
Crockenhill - Gosenhill, Tilecroft (Clements)
Horses to tractors
Lorries
Greenhouses
Maplescombe vegetable shredding factory
26. Home Farm, Eynsford (Alexander)
Diary of Stephen Friend
27. Bower & Park Farms, Eynsford
Disabled servicemen training centre
28. Thomas Wood & Sons, Crockenhill
Visiting fruit and hop pickers
30. Employment of children on farms
List of children given agricultural licences
Labour from children's homes
Managers' minutes
Staff shortages
32. Eynsford schools - Council and Church
Mr Hillier's absence during the war
33. Farningham Schools - Council and Church
34. Crockenhill Schools - Council and Church
35. Sundry War Efforts By Schools
36. Horse Chestnuts For Explosives
At Farningham Hill 1911
In schools
Sugar, meat, butter, margarine and cheese, flour
Rationing
Fuel shortages
Hardship among children
Potatoes
Tobacco
Beer
39. Communal jam making, Crockenhill
In local community
Effect on schools
43. Crockenhill Peace Celebrations
44. Eynsford Peace Celbrations
45. Farningham Peace Celebrations
In church
At Cricket Meadow
At Bower Lane
In church
Lych gate and Elliott Downs Till
In Baptist church
In churchyard and church
Farningham War Association and Croft House
50. The Farningham Tank War Trophy
The Cenotaph painting