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LEIGH
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2010
additional information Terence Barton
The
Leigh Parish War Memorial is situated at the junction of the B2027
and Powdermill Lane, Village Green. It takes the form of an octagonal,
three stepped, base topped by a plinth, a shaft and a cross, with
the inscriptions on the side of the plinth; the whole is made from
Portland stone. There are 31 names listed for World War 1 and 11 for
World War 2. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated 12th November
1920, it had cost £439 8s 2d to erect, the masons were A Burslem
& Son, the designer and architect was Arthur Cooksey. The memorial
was cleaned in October 2000. See also Leigh
Historical Society
IN
MEMORY
OF BRAVE
MEN OF THIS
PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
| BAMBLETT
|
William
[Henry] |
Corporal
9771, 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in
action 7th August 1916. Aged 32. Born and resident Tonbridge, enlisted
Maidstone. Son of Emily Bamblett, of 25, Powder Mills, Tonbridge,
and the late George Bamblett. Native of Leigh, Kent. Buried inDANTZIG
ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot V. Row O. Grave
6. See also Hildenborough War Memorial |
| BATCHELOR
|
Horace |
Boy
1st Class J/28285, H.M.S.
“Formidable”, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship when
it was sunk by a U-boat in the English Channel 1st January 1915.
Aged 17. Born in Leigh (listed as Tonbridge) 31st January 1898.
Born in Leigh, Kent on the 31st January 1898. Baptised on the 1st
May 1898. Prior to enlistment he was an errand boy. Son of Alfred
and Esther Batchelor, of 20, New Houses, Powder Mills, Tonbridge,
Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 10. See also Hildenborough War
Memorial |
| BATCHELOR
|
Sydney |
Private
35950, Number 2 Section, 41st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Killed in action 20th July 1918. Aged 21. Born Tunbridge Wells,
enlisted Harlesden. Born in Leigh on the 17 November 1896. Baptised
on 7th February 1897 at St Mary’s Leigh. He took the bible
awarded him by Hildenborough Sunday School in 1906 with him to war.
Son of Annie Laura Batchelor, of 22, Powder Mills, Tonbridge, and
the late Benjamin George Batchelor. Formerly 24825, Royal Fusiliers.
Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 13. Also commemorated on the Hildenborough
War Memorial. |
| BOURNER
|
Charles |
Sergeant
31108, 282nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 7th July 1917. Aged 26. Born Leigh, Tonbridge, enlisted Coydon,
resident Tonbridge. Son of James and Charlotte Bourner, of Forge
Square, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. Buried in MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section M. Grave 6. |
| BOURNER
|
Frank |
Gunner
59967, "A" Battery, 28th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 25th May 1917. Aged 21. Born Tonbridge, enlisted
Deptford, London S.E. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bourner, of Forge
Square, Leigh, Kent. Buried in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. |
| BOURNER
|
James
[William] |
Acting
Bombardier 47596, 59th Battery, 18th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 15th April 1917. Aged 29. Born and enlisted Tonbridge.
Son of Mrs. C. Bourner, of Forge Square, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent.
Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 14. |
| BROOKER
|
Jack |
Private
42905, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26th April
1918. Born and resident Leigh, enlisted Tonbridge. Formerly 10647,
Bedfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 51 and 52. |
| BROOKER
|
Reginald
[Lewis] |
Private
253249, "B" Company, 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal
Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action 8th October 1916.
Aged 20. Born and resident Leigh, enlisted Tonbridge. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. Brooker, of Forge Square, Leigh, Kent. Formerly 4056,
2/5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) ). Buried
in BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXI.
Row M. Grave 19. |
| DAVIES
|
James
[Gordon] |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). Missing
in action 1st June 1917. Formerly Private 2577, Queen's Own (Royal
West Kent Regiment). Nephew of Mrs Davies, 58 Mill Street, Crewe
according to Medal Card. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 98 and 99. |
| DAVIS
|
James
[Charles] |
Acting
Corporal M/298237, Royal Army Service Corps attached to 45th Anti-Aircraft
Section. Died in United Kingdom 8th June 1918. Born Leigh, enlisted
Southend, resident Brackley. Buried in SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (LEIGH-ON-SEA)
CEMETERY, Essex. Plot/Row/Section X. Grave 27. |
| EVEREST
|
John |
Private
G/29356, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 28th October 1916. Aged 28. Born and resident Penshurst,
enlisted Tonbridge. Son of the late Mrs. J. Everest, of 6, Victoria
Terrace, Essex Rd., Longfield, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
| EVEREST
|
Sidney |
Cooks
Mate M/3751(CH), H.M. Torpdeo Boat No. 12, Royal Navy. Killed in
action 10th June 1915. Aged 22. Born 17th April 1893 at Tonbridge.
Son of Ann Everest, of Littlemordon, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent on Naval
records, grave record list him as son of John and Ann Everest, of
3, South View Terrace, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 12. |
| FAIRCLOTH
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Frank |
[Listed
as FAIRELOTH on SDGW] Private 201449, 2/4th Battalion, Queen's Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment). Died of wounds in Egypt 9th May 1917.
Aged 30. Born Leigh, enlisted Tonbridge. Son of H. J. Faircloth
and Alice Faircloth, of Ivy House, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. Buried
in DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Section A. Grave 174. |
| GARNER
|
Frank |
Private
L/11387, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 21st March 1918. Born Northchurch, Berkhampstead, enlisted
Berkhampstead, resident Tonbridge. Formerly T/21310, Royal Army
Service Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. : Panel 14 and 15. |
| HEALY
|
Frederick
[Charles] |
Private
201605, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26th
September 1917. Aged 35. Born Woolburn, Buckinghamshire, enlisted
Tonbridge. Son of George and Elizabeth Healy, of Wooburn Common,
Bucks; husband of Laura Louisa Healy, of Blackhoath, Leigh, Tonbridge,
Kent. A Gamekeeper. Buried inHAGLE DUMP CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot III. Row E. Grave 11. |
| HORSEY
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Harry |
[Not
listed on SDGW] Private 27425, 13th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 22nd June 1917. Son of George Horsey,
of Cooks Pitts, Penshurst, Kent. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XV. Row E. Grave
16. |
| JENMAN
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B |
Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - possibly
Albert George JANMAN (the B standing for Bert), Lance Corporal,
"C" Company, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent
Regiment). Killed in action 5th October 1916. Aged 29. Born Pagham,
Bognor, Sussex, enlisted Tonbridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Janman,
of The Manor House, Aldwick, Bognor, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C. |
| KILLICK
|
Frank |
Private
201161, 2/4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died of wounds in Egypt 16th May 1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted
Tonbridge. Son of Mrs. F. Killick, of The Village, Leigh, Tonbridge.
Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Section P. Grave 33. |
| MITCHELL
|
G |
Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - No further information currently
available |
| PARKER
|
F |
Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) - No further information
currently available |
| POCOCK
|
Sidney |
Sergeant
C/6451, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
21st September 1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Leigh, enlisted
Croydon, Surrey. Son of Charles and Mary Pocock, of Charcott, Leigh,
Tonbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A. |
| READY
|
V |
Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment) - No further information currently
available |
| ROBINSON
|
Charles |
Private
D/2754, 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal). Died of wounds 12th
August 1918, aged about 32. Born and resident Tonbridge, enlisted
Canterbury. The 1901 census states he was born in Rye, Sussex, were
he is shown as being 14 years of age and working as an apprentice
cabinet maker. The census records a family with five sons and a
daughter, the youngest being five. FreeBMD.org records the birth
of a Charles Robinson as being registered at Rye between July and
September of 1886, this corresponds to his age when he was killed.
The 1918 Absent Voters Register records both his army details and
his home address of 12 Powdermills, Leigh. Son of George (died 1907)
and Harriet Robinson. Buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.
Also commemorated on the Hildenborough
War Memorial. |
| RUSSELL
|
[Hubert]
Leslie |
Second
Lieutenant, 27th Indian Light Cavalry, Indian Army. Killed accidentally
in Rawal Pindi, India 1st September 1919. Aged 19. Son of Hubert
Russell, of Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. Buried in RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY,
Pakistan. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 18. |
| SMITH
|
William
[Arthur] |
Private
G/24475, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Tonbridge, resident
Leigh. Son of John and Rose Adelaide Smith, of Lightfoots, Leigh,
Tonbridge, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| TAYLOR
|
[Ernest]
James |
Private
94424, 222nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 17th November
1918. Aged 25. Son of William and Isabella Jane Taylor, of Tonbridge,
Kent. No accessible grave. Commemorated on KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR
MEMORIAL, Pakistan. |
| TOWNER
|
Albert |
Private
6711, 1/20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich),
London Regiment. Killed in action 30th october 1916. Born and resident
Leigh, enlisted Tonbridge. Formerly 3468, Queen's Own (Royal West
Kent Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 52 to 54. |
| UPTON
|
Herbert |
Private
10410, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed
in action 18th April 1915. Born Leigh, enlisted Tonbridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panels 45 and 47. |
| UPTON
|
William
[James Thomas] |
Acting
Leading Stoker K/19637(CH), H.M.S.
Cressy, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship when it was was sunk
by a German submarine 22nd September 1914. Born 9th May 1890 at
Tonbridge, Kent. Widow Beatrice, of Wairoa, Napier, Hawkes Bay,
New Zealand. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 4. |
| WOODGATE
|
R |
Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - probably
Rowland Alfred WOODGATE, Private G/1852, 2nd Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died in Mesopotamia 24th October
1918. Aged 28. Born Oxted, Surrey, enlisted |Tonbridge, resident
Horsmonden. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Woodgate, of Capel Manor
Gardens, Horsmonden, Kent. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Plot V. Row A. Grave 8. |
| YOUNG
|
Mark
[Ernest] |
Gunner
24388, 10th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in the
Persian Gulf 31st December 1916. Aged 35. Born Speldhurst, kent,
enlisted Maidstone, resident Charcott, Leigh. Son of Mrs. M. Young,
of Lightfoot, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 4 and 61. |
LIVE
YE
FOR
ENGLAND
AS WE
FOR
ENGLAND DIED
ALSO
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
OUR MEN WHO DIED IN
THE 1939 – 1945 WAR
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| BICKERSTETH
|
E
R |
Royal
Army Ordnance Corps - No further information currently available |
| CHANDLER
|
Leslie
Albert |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 15176, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 14th July 1944. Aged 22. Son of Albert and Ethel Chandler of
Leigh, Kent. Buried in BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY, Serbia and Montenegro.
Plot 10A. Row B. Joint grave 9-10. |
| CURTIS
|
John
Albert Thomas |
Sergeant
6346488, 4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 28th June 1942. Aged 27. Son of Thomas and Elsie Curtis; husband
of Joan Mary Curtis, of Retford, Nottinghamshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 13. Column 1. |
| FLOWER
|
Anthony
Lacon [De Mallet] |
Ordinary
Seaman D/JX 215997, H.M.S. Drake, Royal Navy. Died 21st April
1941. Aged 29. Son of Capt. Leopold Flower and Helen Gladys Flower;
husband of Margaret Mary Flower. Non-maintainable grave. Commemorated
in PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMETERY, Devon. Special memorial. Section
C. Consecrated Grave 3682.
Note:
Special memorials to two casaulties buried in Stoke Damerel Church
Cemetery whose graves could no longer be maintained
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| FRASER
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Eric
Gordon |
Lieutenant-Colonel
8633 commanding 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 23rd May 1940.
Aged 46. Son of Frank and Constance Fraser, of Leigh; husband of
Nance Fraser, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. Buried in LEIGH (ST.
MARY) CHURCHYARD, Kent. Grave 181. |
| HORAN
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Sydney
James Leonard |
Private
5507230, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 25th April 1944.
Aged 28. Son of William James Francis and Charlotte Horan, of Leigh,
Kent. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany.
Plot 10. Row C. Grave 1. |
| HUMPHREY
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Leslie
Walter Cyril |
[Listed
as Royal Army Ordnance Corps on memorial] Private 10565510, Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died 11th September 1945. Aged
43. Buried in CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA, India. Plot
O. Row C. Grave 25. |
| NIXON
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Charles
George Henry |
Gunner
1754305, 97 (3rd Battalion, The London Scottish) Heavy Anti-Aircrafty
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 10th october 1941. Buried in LEIGH
(ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Kent. Grave 195. |
| NIXON
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Gilbert |
Gunner
1523772, 4 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 22nd
April 1942. Aged 24. Son of Charles and Elsie Nixon, of Tonbridge,
Kent. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Section J. Joint
grave 5. |
| PATCHING
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Philip
Walter |
Corporal
359955, Royal Air Force. Died 10th November 1942. Buried in LEIGH
(ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Kent. Grave 196. |
| SCHOFIELD
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Arthur
Harry Murray |
Sergeant
1393520, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol beaufighter killed in either T5114 or X8079
aircraft which were presumed shot down by Bf109s 30 miles northwest
of Maritime Island during an armed recce 22 May 1943. No known
grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Floriana, Malta. Panel
9, Column 1. See also Malta
Memorial
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Last
update
18 August, 2024
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