
ALDINGTON WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2004
The
memorial is in the form of a marble plaque within Forge Hill Chapel.
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Photograph
Copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2004
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THIS
TABLET WAS ERECTED
TOGETHER
WITH A SIMILAR ONE IN THE PARISH CHURCH
BY THE PEOPLE OF ALDINGTON
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS GRATEFULLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GODD FEELING THUS EXPRESSED
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
| UPJOHN |
William
Moon |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Died Saturday 24th August 1918 aged
33 years. |
| DE
POMEROY |
Norman |
Second
Lieutenant, 11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and General
List. Died Friday 20th October 1916 aged 25 years. |
| DAISEY
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Walter
Harris |
Private
G/9187, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Friday
14th July 1916. |
| CUTRESS
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Henry
(Harry) |
Private
G/14018, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Wednesday
3rd October 1917 aged 35 years. |
| WOOD
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Harry |
Private,
1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Attached to the
2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died Friday
1st September 1916 aged 31 years. |
| WINCHESTER
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William
Stephen |
Private
G/5247, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
5th battalion (Ashford Company). Died Friday 23rd April 1915 aged
34 years. |
| LANCASTER
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John
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Private
G/9630, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Formerly
1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Wednesday
6th September 1916 aged 33 years. |
| HILLS
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Albert
[Edward] |
Private
G/7259, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly West Kent Yeomanry. Died 8th May 1918. |
| GODDEN |
Albert
Edward |
Rifleman
S/7549, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Formerly 8th Battalion.
Died 23rd March 1918. Brother of Frederick below. |
| GODDEN |
Frederick
Edward |
Rifleman
S/7547 Frederick Edward GODDEN. 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
Died 6th July 1915. Brother of Albert )above). |
| PLAYFORD
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William
George |
Stoker
1st Class K/21054, H.M Submarine C 34. Royal Navy (RN). Died Saturday
21st July 1917 aged 24 years. |
| TERRY
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Frank |
Gunner
38789, 1st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Died
Thursday 25th October 1917 aged 25 years. |
1939
- 1945 |
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BROOKS |
Robert
John |
Private
5385721. 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
(O.B.L.I). Died 13th August 1944 aged 29 years. Born Aldington
Son of Charles and Pricilla Barnes Brooks, of “Shepherds,” Forge
Hill, Aldington, Ashford, Kent.. Buried Banneville-La-Campagne
War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Grave reference III.C.22. |
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DAVIS |
Derrick
Norman |
Marine
CH/X 103960. 23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines.
Died Wednesday, 7th April 1943. Son of Ernest and Gladys Davis,
of 6 Goldwell Houses, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent. Buried
Alexandra (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave reference
- 4.J.4. |
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GARDNER |
John
Hassall |
Major
1A/388. 21st King George V’s Own Horse (Central India Horse),
Indian Armoured Corps. Died Thursday, 25th June 1942 aged 35 years.
Son of Herbert Cecil and Jannette Katherine Gardner, of “Callywell,”
Goldwell Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent. Buried Alexandria (Hadra)
War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave reference 1.H.19. |
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PEARSON |
Denis
Craven |
Second
Lieutenant 95577. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Died Tuesday, 21st May 1940 aged 20 years. Son of Major Algernon
George Pearson D.S.O. and Edith Sylvia Pearson, of “Knoll Farm,”
Aldington, Ashford, Kent. Also Resided at Clogheen, County Tipperary,
Irish Republic. Born Kensington, London, 15th March 1920. Buried
Esquelmes War Cemetery, Pecq, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave reference
V.B.62. |
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SLOMAN |
Bernard |
Lance
Corporal T/110961. Royal Army Service Corps. Died Tuesday, 19th
September 1944 aged 26 years. Son of Millicent Sloman, of Mersham,
Ashford, Kent. Buried Valkenswaard War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant,
Belgium. Grave reference I.A.20.
Killed
on way to Arnhem as part of British XXX Corps. |
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WARD |
Alec |
Signalman
6296933. 1St Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Formerly
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Formerly Rifle Brigade.
Died 9th April 1944 aged 30 years. Born Arpinge nr Folkestone,
Kent. 27th January 1914. Son of William G.C. and Caroline A. Ward,
of Rock Cottages, Aldington, Ashford, Kent. Buried Syracuse War
Cemetery, Sicily. Grave reference I.C.14. |
Last
update
29 January, 2006
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