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The war memorial for the parish of the Church of the Good Shepherd is the clock in the church tower.  The names of those who gave their lives are recorded on a panel inside the church:1

THE CLOCK IN THE CHURCH
TOWER WAS PLACED THERE
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH WHO LAID
DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

WILLIAM FRANCIS ASKER
GEORGE ALFRED AYRES
EDWARD RALPH BALL
FRANK WILLIAM CRANE
THOMAS ALFRED CRANE
ERIC JOHN DANDO
VICTOR GORDON FARROW
DAVID KAY FOSTER
STANLEY JAMES FREEMAN
PHILIP JAMES FRITH
FREDERICK HENRY GOODMAN
FREDERICK JULIUS HINDES
RONALD THOMAS HOLT
WILLIAM JAMES HUNT
PETER BARTLEY ILLINGWORTH
RONALD SIDNEY JONES
STANLEY GEORGE KENT
VICTOR GERALD LAST
CLIFFORD STANLEY MARTIN
SIDNEY JAMES MAYNARD
KENNETH ALFRED PAUL
RONALD SYDNEY POCOCK
RONALD GEORGE ROWE
JOSEPH RONALD SCHOOLING
WALTER GEORGE SINKINS
EDWARD ERIC STRATFORD
ARTHUR GEORGE WADE
DAVID FARRINGTON

Their bodies are buried in peace
but their name liveth for evermore.

1 Clicking on a name will display the Record of Commemoration in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.  The records have been identified either by the name being unique within the register, or by the commemoration record making reference to Romford.   However, positive identification is not always possible, and there is a slight possibility that a name may be linked to the record of another individual.  Please let me know if you come across any such error.
 

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