During the research of the names on the Old Basing War Memorial I was reminded me of the Thankful or Blessed ( and Doubly Thankful ) Villages of the UK.
A Thankful Village was one where all members of the armed services survived the war. And in the case of the Doubly Thankful villages are ones where no deaths were recorded in WW1 and WW2.
In the England and Wales there are 53 ( civil parishes ). Scotland and Ireland have none recorded. Only one village in France is thought to be a Thankful Village.
The idea was popularised in the 1930s by Arthur Mee who is best known for his work in The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children’s Encyclopædia, The Children’s Newspaper and the Kings England.
Hampshire has no Thankful Villages.