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Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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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. |
WAR OF 1939-1945 |
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| 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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