Roll of Honour - Kent

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LENHAM WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes & Neil Clark 2005

The village tribute is in the form of a large block of granite at the side of the parish church in Lenham. There are also 2 plaques inside the church itself containing the same names that appear on the tribute outside.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FRO THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1918
REST IN PEACE

BALDOCK	Charles [William]	Private 15067, 2nd Battalion, Munster Fusiliers. Formerly (4740) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 22nd March 1918 aged 3 0 years. Born Otterden (near Lenham). Enlisted and resided Sittingbourne. Husband of Annie Baldock, of 18 Chilton Road, Sittingbourne, Kent. Commemorated on the Poziers Memorial.
BARTON	John	Private L/10388, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 28th September 1915. Born Egerton. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Boughton Malherbe. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Pas de Calais, France.
BRYANT	Charles [Ernest]	Private 327937, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Formerly (31357) Suffolk Regiment. Died Sunday 8th July 1917 aged 23 years. Born Pluckley. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of George Bryant of Providence Place, Goudhurst, Kent. Buried in the Mendighem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. Grave reference I.F.16.
BUGDEN	Charles [William]	Sergeant 41087, 1st/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly (9199) Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 28th October 1918 aged 36 years. Born and resided Ulcombe. Enlisted Maidstone (August 1914). Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave reference S.III.C.6. Charles was a veteran of the Boer War (1899 – 1902).
BURCHETT	W	Probably George Wallis BURCHETT, Private 41114, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 19th May 1917. Born Ulcombe. Enlisted Maidstone. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Panel reference- Bay 6.
CHAMBERS	Charles	Private 125207, 49th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly G/61262 The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 25th April 1918 aged 21 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Lenham. Son of George and Mary Chambers, of the “Red Lion”, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
CHAMBERS	George	Private G/44065, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 28th April 1917 aged 34 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Ealing, Middlesex. Resided Lenham. Son of Mr and Mrs T Chambers, Chapel Mill House, Lenham. Buried Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III.B. 1. Also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church.
CHAPMAN	Bertie [Friend (or Friand)]	Lance Corporal G/8975, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 2nd July 1917 aged 26 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Herne Bay. Resided Ashford. Son of Ellen Chapman and the late Albert Chapman of East Lenham. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VI.F.30. Also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church.
CLARK	J	Private 235277 Edwin Jessie CLARK. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Formerly (31358) Suffolk Regiment. Died 12th April 1918 aged 34 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Husband of Daisy Lilian Clark of Lime Terrace, Lenham. Buried Liege (Robermont) Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference 23.
CLIFTON	Walter [A]	Gunner 105309, 341st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 20th February 1917 aged 47 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted West London. Resided Fulham Road, Middlesex. Son of James and Sarah Clifton of Lenham. Husband of Lilian Maude Clifton, of 198 Putney Bridge Road, Putney, London. Buried locally in the Lenham Cemetery, Kent, Kent.
COPPINS	George E	Private T/240102, 5th Battalion The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Died 22nd January 1917. Born Smarden. Enlisted Pluckley. Resided Smarden. Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 6.
COPPINS	George	Private G/5898, OPPINS. 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 27th February 1916 aged 20 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of Horace and Mary Coppins of “Cobham Farm”, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles, Par de Calais, France.
COPPINS	T	Private G/18691 Thomas COPPINS. 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Died 21 March 1918. Born Lenham. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Sandway. Commemorated on the Poziers Memorial, France. Panel reference 16.
CORNWALL	C	No further information currently available
COVENEY	[Sidney] William	Private L/10857, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London). Died of wounds on 24 August 1914. Aged 25. Born and resident Maidstone, enlisted Hounslow. Son of the late George and Matilda Coveney of Lenham, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, France.
COX	Fred	No further information currently available
GURR	[John] Percy	Private G/10256, 11th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 19th January 1917 aged 28 years. Born Uckfield, Sussex. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of Mr J Gurr, of East Lenham, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave reference X.D.23A.
HILL	William [Foord]	Private 51032, 12th (Duke of Lancaster’s Own) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Formerly (G/19303) Middlesex Regiment. Died 25th August 1918 aged 40 years. Son of William and Fanny Hill, of 35 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent. Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
HODGKIN	George	Able Seaman 8283, H.M.A. Submarine AE1. Royal Australian Navy. Died 14th September 1914 aged 27 years. Born Lenham 16th April 1887. Enlisted Chatham. Son of George Hodgkin, of Sandway, Lenham. Brother of Lewis Hodgkin. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. George was one of twenty Royal Navy personnel on a three year loan to the Royal Australian Navy. that were among the crew of 35 that drowned when the submarine was lost with all hands. (brother)
HODGKIN	Lewis	Lance Corporal L/9863, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 24th August 1916 aged 26 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Sandway. Son of George and Mary Ann Hodgkin of Lenham. Buried Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. Grave reference XXI.S.28. (brother)
HOGBEN	Albert	Corporal G/771, 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Died 30th November 1917. Born Lenham. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Lenham Heath. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louvernal, Nord, France. Also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church.
KING	EA	Probably Ernest A KING, Private 459393 437th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Formerly Private (10257) 9th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 18th December 1918 aged 33 years. Husband of Rose King, of “Parsonage Cottage”, East Sutton, Maidstone Kent. Buried East Sutton (SS Peter and Paul) Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent.
MILLGATE	John	Lance Corporal 292, (Served as CRUMP). 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery. Died 8th June 1917 aged 28 years. Born Wichling (Near Lenham). Son of John C and Susanna Millgate. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Leper, Belgium. Panel reference 31. Also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church.
MURTON	P	No further information currently available
RENWICK	William [Thomas]	Private 545070, 572nd Company, Labour Corps. Formerly (18497) Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 25th July 1918 aged 24 years. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Lenham. Son of Mrs J Renwick, “Top Hill Farm”, Lenham, Kent. Buried locally in the Lenham Cemetery, Lenham, Kent. Grave reference B.70.
ROBERTS	John [Sidney]	Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 15th September 1916 aged 20 years. Only son of John and Julia Roberts, of 8 Tufton Street, Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 8D.
ROBINSON	Alfred [Sydney]	Guardsman 15465, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 29th April 1916 aged 23 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of George and Mary Robinson, of Sandway, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot C. Row4. Grave5.
RUSSELL	Frederick	Private L/10664, 8th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 6 April 1916. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference II.D.214.
RUSSELL	Frederick	Private L/10664, 8th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 6th April 1916. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference II.D.214.
SMITH	Albert	Private 266161, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 30 August 1918. Age 30. Son of John Smith, of 67 Union Street, Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
SMITH	F	No further information currently available
SMITH	Lester [Edwin]	Private 19599, 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Formerly (94090) Royal Field Artillery. Died 25th September 1915. Born Hereford. Enlisted Chatham. Resided Lenham. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
SPOONER	A	No further information currently available
STEDMAN	George	Private G/65384, “B” Company 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Formerly (17850) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 30 March 1918 aged 21 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Lenham. Son of George and Frances Stedman of Lenham, Kent. Buried Bac-Du-Sud, British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference II.A.18.
TANTON	Robert	Lance Corporal A/200121, 17th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died 22nd March 1918 aged 22 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted St Paul’s Churchyard, Middlesex. Resided Lenham. Son of Robert and Matilda Tanton, of the Square, Lenham, Kent. Buried Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
TAYLOR	Harry	Private 245321, 3/1st Battalion, West Kent Yeomanry (Queen’s Own). Died 31 August 1916. Born Lenham. Enlisted & Resided Maidstone. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Grave reference XXX.D.5.
TERRY	Stanley	Corporal G/590, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 17th March 1916 aged 21 years. Born Lenham. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Lenham Heath. Son of James and Mary Terry of “Halloween”, Rising Road, Ashford, Kent. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church.
TOWN	Albert	Private G/10234, 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 9th August 1918. Born and enlisted Maidstone. Buried Morlancourt British Cemetery No2. Grave reference A27.
VANT	Edward	Gunner 17875, 4th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died 28th January 1917 aged 37 years. Born Westwell. Enlisted Canterbury. Buried Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, France. Grave reference II.E.22.
VINER	Arthur	Private T/204552, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 3rd September 1918. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Lenham. Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave reference R.II.J.12.
WEEKS	George	Private G/21288, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (east Kent Regiment). Died 22nd November 1917. Born Sittingbourne. Enlisted and resided Maidstone. Buried Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave reference II.F.6.
WICKENS	Frank	Private T/2103, 2/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 20th September 1915 aged 21 years. Born and resided Boughton Malherbe. Enlisted Ashford. Son of Joseph and Annie E Wickens, of “Lynwood House”, Boughton Malherbe, Sandway, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Lala Baba Cemetery, Turkey. Grave reference II.C.4.
ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945
ASHMAN	Frederick Edward	Sergeant (Navigator) 1337269, 49 Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (R.A.F.V.R). Died 26th November 1943 aged 19 years. Son of Herbert and Edith Elizabeth Ashman, of Lenham, Kent. Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. Grave reference - Joint grave 9.F.12-13.
CHANTLER	Gerald	Private 6288385, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 18th May 1940 aged 22 years. Son of Thomas and Lucy Chantler, of Sandway, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Grave reference - Plot 9 Row C Grave 16.
CLARK	Fred	Lance Bombardier 1490162, 6/3 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 4th November 1941 aged 41 years. Husband of Daisey Ellen Clark, of Lenham, Kent. Commemorated on the Chatham Maritime Memorial, Chatham, Kent.
CHESSON	Reginald [John]	Royal Engineers?. Originally attested for Royal Artillery, service number 972664, released 26 November 1946 due to Para 390 (xvi) King's Regulations - ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements (wounded). Wounded 13 days before the end of the war. Died of those wounds 1969. His family lived in Ham Lane Lenham for many years and after being treated at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital for around 3 years he and his wife lived in Douglas Road, Lenham; they were both very supportive of the Royal British Legion. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter 1916 in Hollingbourne Registration District, Kent, mother's maiden name 'Offen'. In the 1939 register he was born 17 April 1914, a Nurseyman, son of Ernest J and Louisa L N Chesson, resident No 1 Factory Cottage, Lenham, Hollingbourne Rural District, Kent. Married Princess D Jenner in the July to September Quarter 1940 in the Tenterden Registration District, Kent. [His name was added to the memorial in 1969 after he died from his wounds]
FAGEL	Edward Patrick	Private 6096470, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Died between 23rd & 24th October 1943 aged 29 years. Son of William Shirley and Louisa Jane Fagel. Commemorated on the Athens Memorial, located in Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece. Panel reference - Face 5.
FOORD	Ernest [Thomas]	Private 6288926, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 10th June 1940 aged 21 years. Son of Stephen and May Foord. Husband of Betty Marguerite Foord, of Stalisfield, Kent. Buried St Remy-Boscrocourt Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France. The cemetery contains three CWGC graves, including that of Captain Henry Walker of the same battalion who died three days prior to Ernest.
INGRAM	H	No further information currently available
GALE	Margory Eveline	Sister 213310, Territorial Army Nursing Service. Died 14th February 1942 aged 34 years. Daughter of John Henry Gale and Georgina Eleanor Gale, of Sevenoaks, Kent. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. Column 113.
GIBSON	Kathleen [Mary]	Private W/53125, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.). Died 30th June 1944 aged 25 years. Daughter of William John and Henrietta Gibson, of Maidstone, Kent. Buried locally in the Ulcombe (All Saints) Churchyard Extension, Kent.
IFIELD	HGS	Gunner 11057539 Harold George IFIELD. 334th Battery. 107 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 21st July 1944 aged 41 years. Son of Stephen Saunders and Edith Mary Ifield. Husband of Grace Elizabeth Ifield, of Sandway, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
TERRY	Harold John	Lance Corporal 6292540, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 15th December 1942 aged 29 years. Son of Charles and Alice Terry of Warren Street, Lenham, Kent. Commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, located at the El-Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Column 55.
LODER, DFC	John Harrington	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 86357, 544 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (R.A.F.V.R), Died 15th May 1943 aged 25 years. Son of John Edward and Gladys Mary Loder of Lenham, Kent. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 11. Row C. Grave 19.
SIGRIST	Arthur [Cyril]	Private 6288342, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 3rd January 1942 aged 23 years.
WOOLLEY	Francis John	Corporal 7947091, “A” Squadron. 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 30th June 1944 aged 22 years. The action fought by “A” Squadron on the night of 29/30th June which cost Francis his life destroyed his squadrons Cromwell (Medium) tanks when engaged by a vastly numerically superior (Heavy) tank force of the 12th SS Panzer Division resulting in the squadron’s virtual annihilation.

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