
HARRIETSHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
The
memorial is a white stone cross with two bronze plaques carrying the inscriptions
and names. The cross is located in the grounds of the parish church in
Harrietsham. There are seven names for World War 1 and also World War
2.
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Photographs
Copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HARRIETSHAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
TWO WORLD WARS
1914
-1918 |
AMBROSE |
Leslie
Goldwell |
Driver
208722, 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (RE). Formerly Trooper
(1088) Royal West Kent Yeomanry. Died Egypt 8th November 1918 aged
26 years. Born Harrietsham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Harrietsham.
Son of Alfred and Ellen Ambrose of Bell Farm, Harrietsham, Kent.
Buried Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave reference
- E. 147.
Listed
on the memorial as a Trooper - Royal West Kent Yeomanry. |
BRUNGER |
Arthur
William |
Private,
8th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 26th
September 1915 aged 28 years. Born Southernden, Ashford. Enlisted
Maidstone. Resided Harrietsham. Son of Frederick and Harriet Brunger
of East Street, Harrietsham, Kent. Commemorated on the Loos memorial,
Pas de Calais, France.
The
memorial appears to list an incorrect second initial. |
BUCKINGHAM |
Aubrey
Webster |
Major,
3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Attached 1st/5th Battalion. Died
17th November 1914 aged 44 years. Son of Joseph Hicks Buckingham
of Lancaster Gate, London. Husband of Mabel F Buckingham, Harrietsham
Manor, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium.
Grave reference - XI. D. 33. |
FERMOR |
Arthur
[Edmund] |
Private
245399, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Formerly Royal West
Kent Yeomanry (Hussars). Died 31st August 1916. Enlisted Maidstone.
Resided Maidstone. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Panel reference - Pier and Face 1A.
Listed
on SDGW as Royal West Kent Hussars. |
FIELD |
Herbert
Frank |
Private
L/9000, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
24th November 1914 aged 26 years. Born Tenterden. Resided Harrietsham.
Son of Edgar Herbert Field of Harrietsham, Kent. Herbert has no
known grave. His name appears on the Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial,
Pakistan. |
MATTHEWS |
B |
Sergeant
B MATTHEWS. Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) – No further
information currently available.
Probably
a man that died of wounds after being discharged from the service
(one of many thousands of men who died under similar trajic circumstances)… |
MILLS |
Edward
[Thomas] |
Sergeant
G/11156, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 29th August 1918 aged 30 years. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided
Harrietsham. Son of Mrs Mills of Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent. Husband
of Lily Laysack Tong (formerly Mills) of West Street, Harrietsham,
Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel reference -7.
Listed
on the memorial wrongly as a Private soldier. |
NORRIS |
Walter
William |
Private
G/497, 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
14th October 1915. Born Harrietsham. Enlisted Maidstone. Commemorated
on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
PARKS |
George |
Private
G/493, 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
16th November 1915 aged 23 years. Born Ulcombe. Enlisted Maidstone.
Son of Frederick and Margaret Ann Parks of East Street, Harrietsham,
Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France.
Note
similar Regimental number to Walter Norris (above) – they appear
to have joined up together… |
PAYNE |
Harold
William |
Lance
Corporal 19076, 18th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (MGC).
Formerly (G/490) Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 21st
May 1918. Born Harrietsham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Harrietsham.
Buried Annois Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave reference
- II. A. 9.
One
of 61 casualties interred in the cemetery, having died at the German
army field hospital located at nearby Flavy-le-Martel whilst a prisoner
of war. Another man who joined up with the RWK alongside his mates,
messrs Parks and Norris… |
SEAL |
George |
Private
TR10/170866, 53rd (Graduated) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died
22nd October 1918. Born Hollingbourne. Enlisted Kingston, Surrey.
Resided Harrietsham. Buried locally in Harrietsham (St John The
Baptist) Churchyard, Harrietsham, Kent.
The
53rd Battalion was a young soldiers (reserve) training unit comprised
of men between 16 and 18 years of age. After reaching 18 most were
drafted off to a frontline unit. |
TONG |
Arthur
Frederick |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), 217th Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). Died 28th September
1918 aged 20 years. Son of Arthur and Ellen Annie Tong of East Street,
Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Croix-Rouge Military Cemetery,
Quaedypre, Nord, France. Grave reference - II. C. 9. |
TUPPER |
Harold |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 22nd July 1918
aged 26 years. Born Aylesford, Kent. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth
Tupper of “Bowness,” Harrietsham. Previously wounded at Bazentin-le-Petit
4th August 1916. Buried locally in Harrietsham (St John The Baptist)
Churchyard), Harrietsham, Kent. |
YOUNG |
D
H |
Private
48339, 25th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 15th August 1917.
Buried locally in Harrietsham (St John The Baptist) Churchyard,
Harrietsham, Kent. |
1939
-1945
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BOTTLE |
G.H |
Stoker
George Henry BOTTLE. Merchant Navy. SS Maid of Orleans (London).
Died 28th June 1944 aged 18 years. Son of George Leonard and Elizabeth
Bottle. Nephew of K Smith of Fulham, London. Commemorated on the
Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel reference - 66.
George
was one of the five who perished when the ship was sunk by a U-boat
off the Normandy coast. |
COOMBER |
Ronald
Harold |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 812107, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force
(RAF). (Auxiliary Air Force). Died 10th October 1941 aged 20 years.
Son of John and Edith Coomber of Harrietsham, Kent. Commemorated
on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel reference - 41. |
DACEY |
Frank |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 754997, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 83 Squadron,
RAF. Died 31st August 1941 aged 21 years. Son of Michael Joseph
and Charlotte Florence Dacey of Godington, Kent. Brother of Alan
(below). Buried Haverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Belgium. Grave reference
- Collective grave 3. F. 1-4.
Frank
was the pilot of Hampden bomber AD859 OL-O on a mission from Scampton
to Köln. The aircraft crashed at Munsterbilzen near Genk. The crew
all perished and Sergeant’s G G Bensley, J A D Clark and H G Tonks
are buried alongside their pilot. |
DACEY |
Alan |
Sergeant
1319215 (Bomb Aimer/Co-Pilot), 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF).
Died 7th September 1943 aged 21 years. Son of Michael Joseph and
Charlotte Florence Dacey of Godington, Kent. Brother of Frank above.
Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. Panel reference - Column
425. |
PINK |
William
Ernest |
Cadet,
Merchant Navy. SS “Wayfarer” (Liverpool). Died 19th August 1944
aged 18 years. Son of Ernest Chalcraft Pink and Daisey Pink of Harrietsham,
Kent. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel reference
- 177.
Only
10 of the 61 crew survived when William`s ship was sunk by the U-boat
U862 commanded by Heinrich Timm, approximately 150 miles east of
Mozambique, East Africa (Indian Ocean). |
RECORD |
Reginald
James |
Private
14586842, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died
19th May 1944 aged 19 years. Born and resided Kent. Son of Percy
James Record and Daisey Rose Record. Husband of W Record of Harrietsham,
Kent. Commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel reference
- 4. |
TOWN |
Ronald
Thomas |
Leading
Stoker C/KX 87518, Royal Navy (RN). HM Submarine Umpire. Died 19th
July 1941 aged 25 years. Son of Thomas and Mabel Town. Husband of
Ivy Town of Charing, Kent. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Panel reference - 47, 2.
HM
Submarine Umpire was accidentally sunk off the Suffolk coast after
being struck by a Dutch escort trawler the Peter Hendriks which
was heading south as the submarine was going in the opposite direction
to join the 3rd Submarine Flotilla at Dunoon, Scotland. |
WEBB |
Francis
Henry John |
Warrant
Officer Class II (SQMS) S/271852, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC).
Died 16th March 1945 aged 32 years. Born Kent. Resided Dorset. Son
of Lieutenant Joseph Henry Webb RN and Caroline Maud Webb. Husband
of Effie Lilua Webb of Harrietsham, Kent. Buried Brussels Town Cemetery,
Evere, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Grave reference - X. 2. 25. |
MELLISH |
S |
S
MELLISH. Home Guard – No further information currently available
Not
commemorated on the war memorial is Ebenezer Mellish (Civilian).
Injured at 59 West Street, Harrietsham on 14th March 1944, died
later the same day at the West Kent General Hospital. Thought to
have served in the Royal Artillery in the Great War. |
THEIR
NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Last
update
28 January, 2010
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