St John the Baptist, St Johns, Woking, Surrey, England: Pete's Research

The earliest readable gravestone, dated October 1843, belongs to the Waterers, a well-known local nursery family. In 1885 the graveyard was extended to the east and south of the church. The two vaults of the Bowles family can be seen there, but many other headstones are now illegible. There are one or two memorials of interest, including the grave of an officer killed in the battle of Isandwana, South Africa; another tombstone is for someone called David Goliath! The churchyard contains a rare weeping beech.
The new churchyard in Church Road was opened in 1913 and contains the War Memorial. The War Memorial lists the names of about 120 local men who died in the First World War, and carries the inscription Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, which generally fell from favour after the horrors of the Great War. The churchyard is now closed for further burials, but cremated remains may be buried in the Garden of Remembrance. A Wall of Remembrance was built in 1996 to commemorate those whose remains are buried in the Garden.

Memorial

Thumb	Description	Status	Location	Name (Died/Buried)
	Elizabeth (CHITTY) JACKMAN 1787-1860 Headstone in St John the Baptist, Woking	Located		Elizabeth CHITTY (d. 16 Mar 1860)
	George JACKMAN 1837-1887 Headstone in St Johns Baptist, Woking	Located		George JACKMAN (d. 29 May 1887)
	George WATERER 1820-1843 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking	Located		George WATERER (d. 30 Oct 1843)
	James JACKMAN 1786-1864 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking	Located		James JACKMAN (d. 27 Feb 1864)
	James WATERER 1816-1876 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking	Located		James WATERER (d. Apr 1876)
	Jesse MARTYR 1789-1867 Headstone in St Johns Woking showing Jesse added to his Wife, Sarah (WHITHALL) Martyr's stone	Located		Jesse MARTYR (d. 4 Sep 1862) Sarah WHITHALL (d. 3 May 1861)
	Joseph MARTYR 1829-1916 Headstone in St Johns Woking showing Joseph added to his Wife, Maria (WATERER) Martyr's stone	Located		Joseph MARTYR (d. 11 Feb 1916) Maria WATERER (d. 10 Jun 1888)
	Maria (MARTYR) DEAKIN 1850-1907 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking ___________ Rest in Peace Maria Deakin [nee Martyr] ---------------------- Beloved wife of the late Surgeon Major C W Shirley Deakin FRCS IMS Of the Punjab Pioneers Interred at Jhelum India _______________	Located		Maria MARTYR (d. 22 Mar 1907)
	Maria (MARTYR) DEAKIN 1850-1907 Inscription on Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking	Located		Maria MARTYR (d. 22 Mar 1907)
	Thomas WATERER 1825-1878 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking With his Wife Harriett	Located		Harriet CHANDLER (d. 8 Jan 1888) Thomas WATERER (d. 8 Dec 1878)
	William JACKMAN c1784-1862 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking	Located		William JACKMAN (d. 6 Aug 1862)
	William JACKMAN c1820-1870 Headstone in St John Baptist, Woking With his wife Ruth Waterer	Located		William JACKMAN (d. 26 Feb 1870) Ruth WATERER (d. 25 May 1900)