
CRAWLEY WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
The
Crawley War memorial is in the form of stone cross mounted on a plinth
around which is the inscription; this also stands on a two stepped base
surrounded by a paved area. On the lower step is a plaque upon which
the names of the fallen are inscribed. See Paul Goodwin's UK
Memorial web site for more photographs
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Photograph
Copyright © Paul Goodwin
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FOR
HONOUR
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
FOR FREEDOM
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THEIR NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED ON
THE TABLET BELOW
BUNDY |
Arthur |
Private
10604, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th August
1916. Aged 19. Born Bishop Sutton, enlisted Southamptn, resident
Crawley. Son of George and Annie Bundy, of New Barn, Crawley, Winchester.
Buried in POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 27. |
COX |
Ernest |
Private
25610, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action 31st
May 1917. Aged 37. Born Crawley, resident and enlisted Winchester.
Son of Elisha and Jane Cox, of Crawley, Winchester. Formerly 23623,
Somerset Light Infantry. Buried in ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY
CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row G.
Grave 8. |
CUELL |
[Oscar]
William |
Private
23048, Devonshire Regiment transferred to 91337, S.C.L.C, Labour
Corps. Died in United Kingdom 23rd May 1918. Born Crawley, enlisted
Winchester, resident Alresford. Buried in St. GILES'S HILL CEMETERY,
WINCHESTER, Hampshire. |
ELCOCK |
Arthur
James |
Private
9941, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
10th August 1915. Born St. Maurice, Winchester, enlisted Winchester,
resident Crawley. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328. |
NORRIS |
William
Henry |
Private
10055 (CWGC} or 19955 (SDGW), 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Died in the Balkans 20th July 1916. Aged 22. Born and resident Crawley,
enlisted Winchester. Son of John and Ellen Norris, of New Barn,
Crawley, Winchester. Buried in LEMBET ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, SALONIKA,
Greece. Grave 272. |
PIPER |
Henry
Ernest |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 201442, 2nd/4th (Territorial)
Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th September 1918.
Enlisted Winchester, resident Crawley. Buried in MASNIERES BRITISH
CEMETERY, MARCOING, Nord, France. Plot I;. Row B. Grave 15. |
PIPER |
Herbert
Arthur |
Private
- possibly H A PIPER,
Private L/9909, 9th (queen's Royal) Lancers. Died 29th NOvember
1918. Buried in AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV.
Row A. Grave 1. |
RIGGS |
Arthur
Thomas (Tom) |
Rifleman
47947, 1st/28th Battalion, Rifle Brigade posted to Artists Rifles,
London Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1918. Born Stoke-Sub-Hamdon,
enlisted Halton, Buckinghamshire, resident Crawley. Formerly 66463,
Royal Flying Corps. Buried in MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 38. |
STEVENS |
Albert |
Private
15813, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in the
Balkans 7th December 1915. Aged 31. Born Crawley according to CWGC,
Compton according to SDGW, enlisted Winchester, resident Crawley.
Son of George and Sarah Stevens; husband of Louisa Ann Stevens,
of Crawley, Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL,
Greece. |
WEATHERALL |
Arthur
George |
Corporal
29561, 2nd Battalion, Wilthsire Regiment. Died 8th August 1918.
Aged 31. Enlisted Andover, resident Winchester. Son of Charles George
and Elizabeth Sarah Allan Weatherall; husband of Beatrice Alice
Weatherall, of 4, Rack and Manger Cottages, Crawley, Winchester,
Hampshire. Formerly 20524, Hampshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 102. |
WHITE |
Herbert
Henry |
Private
201424, 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed
in action in Mesopotamia 3rd February 1917. Aged 25. Enlisted Winchester,
resident Crawley. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XVIII.
Row J. Grave 3. |
Last
updated
6 July, 2006
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