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.

Please read my introduction to the project to understand why I decided to research and write about this topic.

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, grid reference: TL 22331 04685.

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

3 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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