In Memory Of The Mighty Men Of Mymms

When the headmaster of Welham Green Boys' School, Benjamin Mallett, heard that many of his former pupils had died during the 1914-1918 Great War, he honoured them with the title the Mighty Men of Mymms. 100 years later their stories are told.

About this site

About the Mighty Men Of Mymms Project


The metal bench at the North Mymms War Memorial - October 2018
Image by Peter Miller of the North Mymms History Project
Welcome to Mighty Men Of Mymms, a site created to remember those men of the parish of North Mymms in Hertfordshire who died during The Great War 1914-1918, also known as the first world war or WWI.

I am Mike Allen, and I have tried to tell the stories behind the names of the 50 local men who died. Each name on the left links to a page about each man. The pages can be downloaded and printed.

I am also one of the team of four who researched, created, and continue to update the North Mymms History Project, and I am responsible for the Images of North Mymms project.

Below are photographs of the North Mymms War Memorial listing many, but not all, of the names mentioned on this site.

On the left is a list of all those remembered on this site. On the right you will find their military details, including regiment, battalion, rank, and the medals bestowed on them.

If you want to visit the memorial it is off Tollgate Road, close to St Mary's Church, North Mymms, the grid reference us: TL 22331 04685, and the What3Words reference is https://w3w.co/fines.ideal.soft

The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons
The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road
Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons

The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons
The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road
Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons

The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons
The North Mymms war memorial outside North Mymms Park just off Tollgate Road
Image by the North Mymms History Project released under Creative Commons
I hope you find my research informative and helpful. If you have any feedback, please use the contact form at the bottom right of any page, or feel free to add any comments in the box below.

Mike Allen, Welham Green, North Mymms - October 2018

7 comments:

  1. Raz4 June 2022 at 09:28

    In the 1980's at a antiques market in St Albans I bought a memorial death plaque named to Albert Beach. The item was sold complete with heavy outer card envelope, paper envelope, letter and plaque.

    Sadly no other information or service number was linked with the item. I've always wondered if my plaque is named to the same Albert from Mymms. The antiques trader did say the item was sourced locally, so who knows, perhaps it was Albert's.

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    1. Anonymous5 June 2022 at 23:25

      Hi, I would love a photo of teh plaque if you still have as I researched the Mighty Men of Mymms, I am sure its more than likely to be his
      Mike Allen

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  2. Raz1 February 2023 at 17:13

    Hi Mike, I have a photo for you of the Albert Beach plaque. Send me an email and I can email you back the pic :

    campag13.ac2aa@simplelogin.com

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  3. Anonymous24 September 2023 at 13:34

    Hi Mike, I have just been given a copy of North Mymms Roll of Honour by B Mallett. At least three, possibly four of my ancestors are mentioned in the book. Sidney and Walter Day are maternal Great Uncles, Frederick Webb was my paternal Grandfather, but I can't find any military records for him, I wonder if you could point me in the right direction. John Allen may also be related to me, my paternal Grandmother was Alice Maud Allen from Colney Heath, so I'll do a bit of research on him.
    Yours faithfully
    Martin Webb

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  4. Anonymous21 December 2023 at 06:51

    50 men die. Do we know all the names. Wadhurst (a village in east Sussex) had 25 men who die only 3 out of the 25 live in to WW2. Out of the 22 who die only 3 had their name on a grave in France. Let's hope war does not happen again. *Lest we forget*

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  5. Anonymous21 December 2023 at 07:00

    Thanks Mike

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