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CRANBROOK, KENT – WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 & Boer War & Others - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Janet Graves 2004

This memorial stands at the entrance to the village. The names of the dead are listed on two memorials in the Parish Church of St. Dunstan.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF CRANBROOK WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
THOSE NAMES ARE ENGRAVED
ON THE MEMORIAL IN THE PARISH
CHURCH

1914-1918
ADDISON	L. J.	No further information currently
ADDISON	P. F.	No further information currently
AUSTEN	F.	No further information currently
BAILEY	C. P.	No further information currently
BALCOMBE	W.	No further information currently
BEACH	A.	No further information currently
BEACH	E.	No further information currently
BEACH	P.	No further information currently
BRINGLOE	E. C.	No further information currently
BRINGLOE	T.	No further information currently
BRYANT	C.	No further information currently
BURDEN	J. F.	No further information currently
BURDEN	V. J.	No further information currently
BURGESS	A. H.	No further information currently
BURGESS	S. E.	No further information currently
BUSS	R.	No further information currently
BUTLER	A.	No further information currently
CARR	T.	No further information currently
CATT	A. W.	No further information currently
CHAPMAN	E.	No further information currently
CHAPMAN	H.	No further information currently
CHAPMAN	J.	No further information currently
CHAPMAN	V. W.	No further information currently
CHEESMAN	A. E.	No further information currently
CHEESMAN	P.	No further information currently
CHENERY	C.	No further information currently
CHURCHILL	H. C.	No further information currently
COLE	F.	No further information currently
COLLINS	C. H.	No further information currently
COLLINS	W.	No further information currently
COLLISON	W. E.	No further information currently
DAY	E. J.	No further information currently
DROWLEY	C. S.	No further information currently
EDWARDS	R.	No further information currently
ELDRIDGE	F. H.	No further information currently
ELDRIDGE	P.	No further information currently
EVENDEN	C. S.	No further information currently
EVENDEN	V.	No further information currently
FIELD	E. J.	No further information currently
FOREMAN	F. J.	No further information currently
FOREMAN	S. H.	No further information currently
FOREMAN	W. G.	No further information currently
FORWARD	T.	No further information currently
FRANKLAND	W. J.	No further information currently
FRYER	E. H.	No further information currently
GANDY	H. H.	No further information currently
GILBERT	W. P.	No further information currently
GOLDSMITH	E. T.	No further information currently
GOOD	F.	No further information currently
GOWER	W.	No further information currently
GROOMBRIDGE	W.	No further information currently
GURR	B.	No further information currently
GURR	C.	No further information currently
GURR	W.	No further information currently
HATCHER	C. W. R.	No further information currently
HATCHER	F. W.	No further information currently
HATCHER	J.	No further information currently
HATCHER	T. H.	No further information currently
HILLS	T. J.	No further information currently
HIXON	T. H.	No further information currently
HOOKER	A.	No further information currently
HOLMAN	B.	No further information currently
HONESS	F.	No further information currently
JENNER	G.	No further information currently
JENNER	W. J. T.	No further information currently
JENNER	W.	No further information currently
JONES	E. J.	No further information currently
JOY	H. J.	No further information currently
KING	J.	No further information currently
LING	P. J.	No further information currently
LUCK	H.	No further information currently
MANSFIELD	W. J.	No further information currently
MARTIN	A. H.	No further information currently
MAYNARD	A.	No further information currently
MILLING	R. A.	No further information currently
MOON	S. A.	No further information currently
MOORE	A. V.	No further information currently
NEVE	A. W.	No further information currently
PALMER	G.	No further information currently
PARKS	C. S.	No further information currently
PENFOLD	C. W.	No further information currently
PENFOLD	G.	No further information currently
RANDALL	E.	No further information currently
REED	W.	No further information currently
SALMON	C. H.	No further information currently
SANTER	W.	No further information currently
SEAMER	A. G.	No further information currently
SMITH	L. J.	No further information currently
SMITH	L. T.	No further information currently
SMITH	V.	No further information currently
TAYLOR	R. D.	No further information currently
TOLHURST	G. F.	No further information currently
TOPHAM	G. B.	No further information currently
TORKINGTON	C. C.	No further information currently
TORKINGTON	J. E. B.	No further information currently
TROWELL	E. B.	No further information currently
UNDERDOWN	A.	No further information currently
VOUSDEN	R.	No further information currently
WAINWRIGHT	N. H.	No further information currently
WATTS	H. L.	No further information currently
WATTS	R. K.	No further information currently
WELLS	W. D.	No further information currently
WILLIAMS	C. J.	No further information currently
WINCH	W. H.	No further information currently
WINCH	E. M.	No further information currently
WINSON	L.	No further information currently
WRIGHT	A.	No further information currently
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF CRANBROOK WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
BAITUP	D. J.	No further information currently
BONIFACE	A.V.	No further information currently
BURT	L.	No further information currently
BUTLER	C. J.	No further information currently
BUTLER	G. K.	No further information currently
CAZALET	V. A.	No further information currently
CHEESEMAN	E. V.	No further information currently
COSENS	C.	No further information currently
CRADDOCK	W. J.	No further information currently
DITTON	J. G.	No further information currently
HARROLLD	J. C.	No further information currently
HATCHER	L. R. J.	No further information currently
HEAD	F. J.	No further information currently
HICKMOTT	E.	No further information currently
HICKMOTT	F. J.	No further information currently
JAEGER	B. L.	No further information currently
LAMBERT	E. J.	No further information currently
OSBORNE	G. I.	No further information currently
RYAN	J. T.	No further information currently
SHEARBURN	D. R. OR	No further information currently
TESTER	F. J.	No further information currently
WATERS	F.	No further information currently
WELLS	P. E.	No further information currently
WILSON	A. C.	No further information currently
WILLIS	Barbara	No further information currently
‘GREATER LOVE THAN NO MAN THAN THIS’

OTHER CONFLICTS

FALKLAND WAR
IN MEMORY OF A MUCH LOVED SON AND BROTHER ANTHONY RICHARD NORMAN KILLED ON H.M.S. SHEFFIELD FALKLANDS 4^TH MAY 1982 AGED 25 YEARS

EAST INDIES
TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS JOHN ELDEST SON OF THOMAS ADAMS ESQ. LATE OF BELGRAVE PLACE, LONDON, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN ACTION WITH THE BURMESE JANUARY 7^TH 1826 BEING LIEUTENANT IN THE 3^RD OR PALAMACOTTAH REGT. OF LIGHT INFANTRY EAST INDIES AGED 25.

AFRICA
LOYAL BRAVE BOYD ALEXANDER - KILLED AT NYERI - APRIL 2^ND 1910 CLAUD ALEXANDER SCOTS GUARDS DIED AT MAIFONI - NOVEMBER 18^TH 1904 AFRICA

TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL BOYD FRANCIS ALEXANDER, RIFLE BRIGADE, OF SWIFTS PLACE CRANBROOK, KENT WHO DIED 19^TH AUGUST, 1917

BOER WAR

IN MEMORY OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2^ND??(1668) WEALD OF KINGS VOLUNTEER BATTN. EAST KENT REGIMENT ‘THE BUFFS’ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900 - 1902
WIMBLE	W	[Listed as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 7358, 1st Volunteer Company (A Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of disease at Bloemfontein. Also listed on Canterbury Memorial and Staplehurst Memorial.
BASS	W.	[Listed as BUSS on database - Listed as Private on Memorial] Lance Corporal 7306, 2nd Volunteer Company (B Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of disease at Winburg. Also listed on Canterbury Memorial and Staplehurst Memorial.
PAYNE	John	[Listed as 1st Volunteer Company on database] Private 7348, 2nd Volunteer Company (B Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of disease at Cape Town.
POTTER	Frank	[Listed as 2nd Volunteer Company on database] Private 7467, 1st Volunteer Company (A Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of disease at Winburg.
CHANDLER	C	[Listed as J CHANTLER on database] Private 7422, 2nd Volunteer Company (B Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Accidentally shot by sentry at Elandshoek Station, Elanshoek 6th February 1902. Also listed on Canterbury Memorial and Staplehurst Memorial.
HICKS	H.	[Listed as 1st Volunteer Company on database] Private 7362, 2nd Volunteer Company (B Company), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of disease at Winberg.
WATSON	M.	Private, 1st Volunteer Company (A Company), The Buffs 9East Kent Regiment). Died in South Africa.

BELL	Reginald William	Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, Died 11th February 1900 at De Har, South Africa. Age 25. Son of Reverend William M.A., vicar of Cranbrook and Honourary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. Bell.- Lieut. Reginald William Bell, Royal Engineers, died of enteric Feb. 11th, 1900, at De Aar. He was the eldest son of Rev. W. Bell, vicar of Cranbrook, late Headmaster of Dover College. Lieut. Bell was born in April, 1874, and educated at Dover College, where he was captain of the Football XV. At the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he played for the Academy, and also for the R.E. at Chatham. He was a keen sportsman and a good horseman. He entered the Royal Engineers, July, 1893, being promoted lieut. 1896. He was stationed at Gibraltar in 1899, and went from there to South Africa in Nov., and served in Cape Colony. Source: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner. IN MEMORY OF REGINALD WILLIAM BELL LIEUTENANT OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS WHO DIED AT DE HAR, SOUTH AFRICA ON FEBRUARY 11^TH 1900, AGED 25 YEARS. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS FATHER THE REVD. WILLIAM BELL, M.A. VICAR OF THIS PARISH AND HON. CANON OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.

Last updated 4 July, 2006

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