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Photograph taken of Stanley Deaves at the opening of the War Memorial in 1928

It was nearly five months before a a subcommittee consisting of Mr. Creek. Mr. Barry Deaves,
Mr. Stanley Deaves, Mr. Webber and Mr. Drake, was appointed to obtain estimates for the addition of the names and for the necessary repairs.
It took another four months, for the sub-committee to propose that two new tablets be provided, one to list the names of those who died on active service and one to bear the names of those who were killed in the village as a result of enemy action.

Mr. Barry Deaves, the local builder, had estimated the sum of £11/55d for taking down and replacing firmly the old memorial, cleaning and painting the railings and putting down a concrete plinth for the new tablets
Watts Stonemasons of Colchester quoted £16/10d. for supplying and fixing the tablets plus 10/- per dozen letters to be cut.
The sub-committee accepted these estimates and the next task was to raise the necessary funds to cover the cost of this work.

With the necessary funding in place the work was authorised with Mr Barry Deaves and Watts the stonemasons at Colchester

<<<<<<<<Interesting transcript of a meeting to extend the War Memorial

Stanley Deaves on the subcommittee to authorise the necessary work, together with this brother Barry
Barry gets the work.