PADDOCK WOOD WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2014
The Paddock
Wood memorial stands at the junction of Station Road and Commerical
Road, Paddock Wood, Kent. It takes the form of a soldier wearing battle
dress, cap and pack, standing at ease with rifle, his left foot is
slightly forward and the back of his right leg is braced against a
tree stump, he is standing on a square plinth with a relief of an
aeroplane in flight on the left hand side, and a three-funnelled ship
at sea on the right hand side; all of this stands on single stepped
base, and all within small railed enclosure. There are 49 names listed
for World War 1 and 23 for World War 2; there is one V.C. winner included.
Extract
from Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 7 January 1921, page
11:
PADDOCK
WOOD WAR MEMORIAL.
UNVEILING BY COLONEL WOODMARTYN.
The
War Memorial for the parish of Paddock Wood is placed in an excellent
position—in front of the Parochial Hall and opposite the entrance
to the up-platform of the Railway Station. It stands 12 feet high,
and takes the form of a life-sized soldier in full kit standing on
a pedestal, on the front of which is the inscription: “To our
glorious dead, 1914-1918,” and the names of the fallen. On either
side of the base are sculptured bas-relief panels representing the
Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. The material used for the Memorial
is selected Portland stone, and the work was designed and executed
by Messrs. A. Burslem and Son, the well-known sculptors, of Tunbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks, the panels and figure being modelled and carved
at their Tunbridge Wells studios. At the unveiling on Wednesday afternoon
general appreciation of the Memorial was expressed. The ceremony of
unveiling was performed by Colonel A. Wood-Martyn, D.S.O., Secretary
of the Kent Territorial Force Association, who raised and commanded
the 10th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the war. The arrangements
for the Memorial were entrusted to a representative Committee, of
which Mr. F. Beverley Morogan was Chairman and Mr. J. Hunt Hon. Secretary.
The cost of the Memorial is about £300, which has been already
subscribed. The site cost an additional £50, and further £50
will be required for laying out the site.
At the unveiling there were present the Rev G. B. Charles (Vicar of
Paddock Wood), the Kev. W. W. Vicary (Wesleyan), Mr. and Mrs. F. Beverley
Morgan. Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Sealy, Col. Frank Harris, Mr. J. H. Podmore,
Mr. F. Gurney, Mr. S. Dann, Mrs. H. A. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Burslem. The singing was led by a united choir conducted by Mr. A.
J. Harland, and the Paddock Wood Brass Band, conducted by Mr. T. E.
Sinden. The Paddock Wood Troop of Boy Scouts attended under Scoutmaster
F. Smith, and the scholars from the Paddock Wood School were present.
The attendance at the ceremony was representative the parish.
The service commenced with the hymn “O God, our help ages past,’’
followed by the Lesson from Wisdom iii., 1-9, read by the Kev. W.
W. Vicary. The unveiling was performed by Colonel Wood-Martyn, and
the dedication by the Vicar.
NAMES OF THE HEROES.
The names inscribed on the Memorial were read by Mr. J. Hunt as follows:
William Atherall, Percy Atkinson, George Ash, Joe Ballard, Albert
Barden, Alfred Horace Beech, Ernest Bloxham, Frederick Brett, Sidney
William Chapman, George Henry Sidney Cheesman, Frederick George Cosham,
Arthur George Dumbrell, William Edward Edwards, Charles Foreman, John
Hinkley, Alex. William Joy, Edwin Alex. Joy, Harry James Joy, Wallace
King, Thomas King, Walter Lipscombe, Nelson Amos Luck, John Lewis
Luck, Albert Jeffrey Maddocks, Richard May, Stephen Beverley Morgan,
Harry Nunn, Alfred Edward Norton, Alfred John Pullen, Thomas Randall;
William Reeves, Henry Roffe, Hy. Sales, Albert Vincent Saunders. Edward
Douglas Symes, Reginald Frederick Skinner, Harry Smith, Jack Smith,
Alfred Sturmer, John Henry Taylor, Maurice Edward Tickner, John Victor
Thompson, William Tidy, Frank Tully, William Charles Vousden, Frederick
Albert Wallis, Frank Wilkins, Jack Williams and Thomas Wenham.
HONOURING VILLAGE LADS.
Colonel WOOD-MARTYN then addressed the assemblage. He said he was
thankful to have returned from the war and be spared to perform that
ceremony. British mothers had reason be proud of their boys, for there
were none better. They exhibited wonderful endurance, bull dog tenacity,
and unselfishness in most trying circumstances, and the bravery of
the British lads not only upheld the Old Flag, but also stiffened
the Allies. Those were the boys they were memorialising, and nothing
pleased him more than when a few weeks ago a simple private soldier
was recognised by the Empire by being accorded burial in Westminster
Abbey. That Unknown Warrior was a symbol of the lads who went forth
from Paddock Wood. Who knew but what he was a Paddock Wood man? The
lesson was simple. They helped to save the Empire by all ranks pulling
together from start to finish. To-day, when times were difficult—and
likely to get more difficult before they got better—the only
way to get through was following the example of the lads during the
war, and all ranks pulling together until the country was got on to
its working legs again and the future built out of the ashes of the
past. Colonel Wood-Martyn said he served for two years and nine months
at the Front, and two years in the trenches, and one could know the
rank and file better, and declared that without them the war could
not be won. The war was not won by the Generals nor the staff, but
the Individual man’s endurance and absolute refusal to be crushed.
He hoped they would instil into the younger generation the need follow
in the footsteps of the men who had given their lives, and so become
an example and a steadying influence in a very unsettled world.
A UNITED PARISH
Mr. F. BEVERLEY MORGAN, Chairman of the War Memorial Committee, in
handing over the memorial to the care of the Parish Council, said
it was hoped that the site would be properly laid out and beautified,
and for that a further £50 would be required if the work was
to be adequately carried out. The Memorial had been the cause of discussion
and difference of opinion, but he did not regret that, because it
showed the general and deep interest taken in the question. In country
life unanimity was very often, indifference. But they were unanimous
in their (sic) the memory of those who fell and expressed gratitude
to those who had been instrumental in carrying out the Memorial, or
who had given assistance in securing the site. The Memorial was not
for their personal gratification—it was the memory those who
feel and an example to future generations. For that reason it was
necessary that the trust should be vested in public body like the
Parish Council. To-day and for many days it would not lack loving
labour to keep the site. But future generations might ask "What
mean these stones?” and the Parish Council would be asked to
care and maintain the Memorial. Some people did not like the idea
of a soldier, but he did not think it betokened a spirit of militarism.
The soldier was not in an attitude of attack, but rather as guarding
comrades at an outpost in time of rest, and thus the Memorial taught
that it was the duty of every man, if need be, to place his body between
his country and the threat of foreign invasion. In that spirit he
asked the Parish Council to take over the trust.
Mr. E. I. OVERY, as Vice-Chairman of the Parish Council, in accepting
the trust, said that as the Memorial commemorated those who lived
their lives in Paddock Wood so those who were Parish Councillors would
do their utmost to see that the place was kept decently and in order.
The hymn “For all the Saints” was then sung, during which
wreaths and flowers were placed on the Memorial by relatives and friends.
These included one from the Paddock Wood Boys’ School "In
memory of our Old Boys,” and one from the “Paddock Wood
Comrades in Arms” "In memory of comrades.”
The VICAR said prayers and gave the Blessing, and the "Last Post”
and the "Reveille" was sounded by buglers from the Maidstone
Depot (Royal West Kent Regiment). The singing of two verses of the
National Anthem concluded the ceremony.
Extract
from Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 17 November 1950, page
11:
Two
Union Jacks which were brought back by an ex-serviceman of Paddock
Wood after seeing service with the British Army through France and
Germany from "D" Day, were used to unveil the new names
on the war memorial and on seats at a special remembrance and dedication
service.
A
parade which included the men's and women's sections of the British
Legion, the Red Cross, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Boy Scouts, Girl
Guides, Cubs, Brownies and detachments of the Civil Defence Corps
and police formed up in Station-road and, headed by the Paddock
Wood Sliver Band, marched to the war memorial to join in the service,
which was attended by well over 260 people.
Units
of the army, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy were represented.
The
service was conducted by the Rev. G. W. Nightingale, assisted by
the Rev. J. W. C. Jenkins. Mr. R. P. Ewins was parade marshal.
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Photographs
from old postcards |
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1914-1918
"OUR GLORIOUS DEAD"
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ASH |
George |
Private
S/43582, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion Seaforth
Highlanders) formerly 042268 Army Service Corps and 9/92005, London
Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1918. Born Paddock Wood,
Kent, enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Buried in AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Row A. Grave 22. |
| ATHERALL |
William |
Private
G/12740, 10th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 18 Augustn 1917. Aged 32. Born Lye Green, Sussex,
resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Goudhurst, Kent. Husband
of Violet Frances Atherall, of 5, Denbigh Rd., Tunbridge Wells.
Buried in BERTENACRE MILITARY CEMETERY, FLETRE, , France. Plot
II. Row E. Grave 9. |
|
BALLARD |
Joe |
Private
T/204205, 7th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds
30 September 1917. Aged 36. Born Brenchley, Kent, resident and
enlisted Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of Robert and Harriett Ballard,
of Paddock Wood; husband of Mrs. M. Ballard, of Glenmead Cottage,
Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 11. |
| BARDEN |
Albert
[James] |
Gunner
40112, 6th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 13 April 1918. Born East Peckham, Surrey, resident Paddock
Wood, Kent, enlisted Chatham. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 41. |
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BEECH |
Alfred
[Horace] |
Guardsman
16084, No.1 Company, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in
action 20 February 1915. Aged 18. Born Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted
Maidstone. Son of Charles and E. J. Beech, of 1, Council Cottage,
Catts Place, Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 2. |
| BLOXHAM |
Ernest |
Private
G/17779, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
formerly 3218, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 21 September
1917. Aged 33. Born Haven Dasset, Warwickshire, resident and enlisted
Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of George and Ann Bloxham, of Avon Bassett,
Warwickshire; husband of Ethel Lacey Bloxham, of 1, Hamlet Cottages,
Tudeley Rd., Bellring, Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in LARCH WOOD
(RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave lost.
Special memorial Row A. Grave 2. |
|
BRETT |
Frederick |
Private
40534, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment formerly 29020, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 10 August 1917. Born beckley, Sussex,
resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Canterbury. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| CHAPMAN |
Sidney
W |
No
further information currently available |
|
CHEESEMAN |
George
[Henry Sidney] |
[Listed
as CHEESMAN on memorial] Private T/2104 [SDGW] or 2164 [CWGC],
5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died in United Kingdom
7 February 1915. Born and resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted
Brenchley, Kent. Buried in ASHFORD CEMETERY, Kent. Grave 7034. |
| COLVIN |
John |
Rifleman
4311, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own),
Killed in action 6 July 1915. Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, resident
Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50. |
|
COSHAM |
Frederick
George |
[CWGC
lists him as Lance Corporal 85101] Private 65101, 16th Battalion,
Lancashire Fusiliers formerly S4-122921, Army Service Corps. Killed
in action 4 November 1918. Resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted
Dover. Buried in ORS BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row C. Grave
36. |
| DUMBRELL |
Arthur
[George] |
Private
G/21495, 2nd Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died on service
in Salonika 2 October 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Paddock
Wood, Kent. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece.
Grave 510. |
|
EDWARDS |
William
Edward |
Acting
Sergeant G/8327, 19th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 27 April 1916. Aged 53. Born Hanover Square,
London, resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, Kent.
Husband of Rhoda Edwards, of Mole Trap Hill, Paddock Wood, Kent.
Buried in ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, Hampshire. Grave reference
AF. 1987. |
| FOREMAN |
Charles |
Private
59433, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
29 September 1918. Aged 20. Born Pembury, Kent, enlisted Tonbridge,
Kent. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Foreman, of Goldsmid Cottages, Five
Oak Greed, Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE,
Aisne, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 22. |
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HENHAM |
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
| HINKLEY |
John |
[Spelt
HINCKLEY on SDGW] Private G/13681, "C" Company, 6th
Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 3 May
1917. Born Benenden, Kent, resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted
Ashford, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. |
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JOY |
Alexander
William |
Drummer
1023, "D" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Killed in action 21 January 1916. Aged 19. Born, resident
and enlisted Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of Albert Edward and Annie
Mercy Joy, of 1, Station Villas, Station Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent.
Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XVII. Row J. Grave 16. |
| JOY |
Edwin
Alexander |
Private
G/22166, 6th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 3 February 1917. Aged 38. Born and resident Paddock
Wood, Kent, enlisted Canterbury, Kent. Son of Albert and Sarah
Joy; husband of C. E. Joy, of Meadhurst Villa, Maidstone Rd.,
Paddock Wood, Kent. Born at Paddock Wood according to CWGC. Buried
in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row C. Grave 9. |
|
JOY |
Harry
James |
[Listed
as H W JOY on memorial] Private G/68866, 24th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) formerly 2842, West Kent Yeomanry.
Died of wounds 26 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Matfield, resident
Paddock Wood, enlisted Ashford. Son of William and Louisa Joy,
of Waterloo Place, Cranbrook, Kent. Buried in BAGNEUX BRITISH
CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 3. |
| KING |
Thomas |
Sergeant
T/240230, 5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds
16 March 1917. Aged 27. Born London, resident Paddock Wood, Kent,
enlisted Horsmonden, Kent. Son of Mrs Lily King, of Rose Cottage,
Thorpe, Norwich. Born at Paddock Wood, Kent [according to CWGC].
Buried in Shaikh Saad Old Cemetery, Iraq, and commemorated in
AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. |
|
KING |
Wallace |
Private
241004 [CWGC] or 421004 [SDGW], "B" Company, 1st/6th
Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed
in action 1 July 1916. Born Yalding, Kent, enlisted Lichfield,
Staffordshire. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Jane King, of 3, Hamlet
Cottage, Tudeley Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 B and 14
C. |
| LIPSCOMBE |
Walter |
Private
39575, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment formerly DM/231680,,
Army Service Corps. Killed in action 6 April 1918. Born and resident
Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Chiswick, Middlesex. Buried in GOMMECOURT
BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
V. Row F. Grave 12. |
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LUCK |
John
Lewis |
Second
Lieutenant, attached to 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Own). Died of wounds 6 September 1918. Aged
22. Baptised 5 April 1896 in Paddock Wood, St Andrew, son of Amos
and Harriet Luck. Son of Amos and Harriett Luck, of Paddock Wood,
Kent; brother of Nelson Amos Luck (below). In the 1911 census
he was aged 15, born Yalding, Kent, working on farm with his father
and brother, son of Amos and Harrieet Luck, resident Woodlands
Paddock Wood, Brenchley, Kent. Buried 10 September 1918 in North
East part of PADDOCK WOOD (ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD, BRENCHLEY,
Kent.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
LUCK
John Lewis of Woodlands Paddock Wood Kent second-lieutenant
His Majesty's Army died 6 September 1918 at the Military Hospital
Devonport Administration (with Will) London 21
March to Bessie Harriett Lucas spinster.
Effects £330 9s.
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| LUCK |
Nelson
Amos |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
attached to 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 24. Baptised
7 October 1894 in Paddock Wood, St Andrew, son of Amos and Harriet
Luck. Son of Amos and Harriett Luck, of Paddock Wood, Kent; brother
of John Lewis Luck (above). In the 1911 census he was aged 16,
born Yalding, Kent, working on farm with his father and brother,
son of Amos and Harrieet Luck, resident Woodlands Paddock Wood,
Brenchley, Kent. Buried in BOSCON BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Plot
2. Row A. Grave 3.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
LUCK
Nelson Amos of Woodlands Paddock Wood Kent second-lieutenant
His Majesty's Army died 15 June 1918 in Italy Administration London
25 February to Amos Luck retired farmer. Effects £264 8s.
6d. |
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MADDOCKS |
Albert
Jeffrey |
Private
51213, 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) formerly 32650,
Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30 September 1918. Born Yalding,
Kent, resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Northampton. Buried
in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV.
Row B. Grave 3. |
| MAY |
Richard |
No
further information currently available |
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MORGAN |
Stephen
Beverley |
 Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died 14 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Beverley
Morgan, of "Mascalls," Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in
Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER, Nord, France. Row C. Grave
26.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1,
page 259:
MORGAN,
STEPHEN BEVERLEY, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn.
Leicestershire Regt., 2nd s. of Frederick Beverley Morgan,
of Muscalls, Paddock Wood, Kent, by his wife, Clara Elizabeth,
dau. of Major Edgworth Horrocks ; b. Tunbridge Wells,
22 April, 1896 ; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells, and Clifton
College ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Leicestershires, 15 Aug.
1914 ; went to France attached to the 1st Battn., and was killed
in action by shell fire in the trenches near Armentieres, 14 May.
1915 ; unm. Buried in the Regimental Burial Ground behind
the trenches. He was a well-known cricketer, and played for the
Public Schools at Lords, in the summer of 1914. |
| NORTON |
Alfred
[Edward] |
Private
L/9324, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action
18 March 1916. Aged 22. Born Lydd, Kent, resident Paddock Wood,
Kent, enlisted Canterbury, Kent. Son of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth
Norton, of 6, Station Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 15
to 19. |
|
NUNN |
Henry
[Longhurst] |
Private
L/9503, 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 8 February
1917. Aged 35. Son of Alfred Thomas and Louisa Nunn, of 3, Station
Cottages, Paddock Wood, Kent. (Buried Peshawar (Right) B.C. XXV.
B. 683.). Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India.
Face 1-23. |
| PULLEN |
Alfred
John |
Acting
Lance Corporal 304818 [CWGC] or 394818 [SDGW], Depot, Tank Corps
formerly 2431, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died on
service 8 June 1918. Aged 22. Born Knockholt, Kent, enlisted Tunbridge
Wells, Kent. Son of Mr. J. W. and Mrs. E. J. Pullen, of Seaborne
Villas, Paddock Wood. Buried in South-East part. of PADDOCK WOOD
(ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD, BRENCHLEY, Kent. |
|
RANDALL |
Thomas
[Arthur] |
Lance
Corporal G/2773, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 26 September 1915. Aged 24. Son of Thomas and Harriet Randall,
of 1, Seaborne Villas, Maidstone Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent; husband
of the late Rose Randall. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 95 to 97. |
| REEVES |
William |
No
further information currently available |
|
ROFFE |
Henry |
Private
35808, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment).
Killed in action 10 August 1917. Aged 26. Born Finsbury, resident
Catford, enlisted Lewisham, Son of Henry Charles Roffe, of Beltring,
Paddock Wood; husband of Winifred Roffe, of Old Kent Rd., Paddock
Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. |
| SALES |
William
Henry |
[Listed
as SALE on SDGW] Corporal 201178, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal
West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 22.
Born Yalding, Kent, resident Old Hay, near Brenehley, Kent, enlisted
Tonbridge, Kent. Baptised 1 September 1895 in Yalding, Saints
Peter & Paul, son of THomas and Annie Sales of Yalding. Eldest
son of eight children of Mrs. Annie Mancer, of Willow Lane, Paddock
Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 58 and 59. |
|
SAUNDERS |
Albert
[Vincent] |
Private
L/10181, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 23 April 1915. Aged 21. Born Yalding, Kent, resident
Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Son of Daniel and
Clara Eliza Saunders, of Hop Villa, Spimo Park, Paddock Wood,
Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 45 and 47. |
| SKINNER |
Reginald
[Frederick] |
Private
G/1510, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 13 July 1916. Aged 19. Born Kilburn, Middlesex,
resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Son
of Frederick Richard and Agnes Skinner, of Commercial Rd., Paddock
Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C. |
|
SMITH |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
| SMITH |
Jack |
Private
G/13763, 1st Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action 24 June 1917. Aged 27. Born Brenchley, Kent, resident and
enlisted Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of William Smith, of Church Rd.,
Paddock Wood; husband of Ada A. M. Large (formerly Smith), of
Queen St., Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 15 to 19. |
|
STURMER |
Alfred |
No
further information currently available |
| SYMES |
Edward
Douglas |
[Spelt
SIMES on memorial] Captain, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen
Victoria's Rfiles), London Regiment. Killed in action 13 August
1917. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row H. Grave 13. |
|
TAYLOR |
John
Henry |
Private
6255, 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London
Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 27 April 1916. Aged 20. Resident
Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted London. Son of the late Thomas and
Kate Taylor, of Paddock Wood. Buried in South-East part. of PADDOCK
WOOD (ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD, BRENCHLEY, Kent. |
| THOMPSON |
[John]
Victor |
Sapper
1509, 1st/3rd Kent Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died at sea
28 October 1915. Aged 28. Born Hawkhurst, Kent, resident Paddock
Wood, Kent, enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Son of John Thompson, of
Jinty Cottage, Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried at sea. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 24 to
26 or 325 to 328. |
|
TICKNER |
Maurice
[Edward] |
Private
G/50935, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
formerly 3227, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 30 September
1918. Born Carlisle, U.S.A., resident Kent, enlisted Paddock Wood.
Aged 36. Son of Thomas and Margaret Sexton Tickner, of Carlisle
Concord, Lowell, U.S.A.; husband of Flora Tickner, of Nettlestead
Cottage, Maidstone Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in NOYELLES-SUR-L'ESCAUT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave
16. |
| TIDY |
William
[James] |
Bombardier
19601, 8th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 23 August 1916. Born Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Maidstone.
Buried in AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row
H. Grave 3. |
|
TULLY |
Frank |
Shoeing
Smith 99062, 35th Brigade H.Q. Royal Field Artillery. Died of
wounds 5 September 1916. Aged 42. Born Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted
Woolwich, London S.E. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Tully, of 2,
Diamond Villas, Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row 23. Grave 9. |
| VOUSDEN |
William
[C] |
Driver
60292, 287th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Died 4 January
1919. Buried in STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 13. |
|
WALLIS |
Frederick
[Albert] |
Private
G/17504, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
9 September 1916. Aged 25. Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Son of John
and Mary Wallis, of Medway Villas, Maidstone Rd., Paddock Wood,
Kent. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme,
France. Plot IX. Row F. Grave 21. |
| WILKINS |
Frank
[Albert] |
Private
S/36377, "C" Supply Company (Aldershot), Royal Army
Service Corps. Died on service in United Kingdom 30 June 1916.
Aged 20. Born and resident Paddock Wood, Kent, enlisted Maidstone.
Son of Ernest and Hannah Wilkins, of Old Kent Rd., Paddock Wood.
Buried in North East part of PADDOCK WOOD (ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD,
BRENCHLEY, Kent. |
|
WILLIAMS |
Jack |
Private
G/14256, 1st Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 19 July
1918. Aged 19. Son of Arthur and Laura Williams, of Paddock Wood,
Kent; husband of Annie Clara Williams, of Arch Cottage, Queen
St., Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in ABEELE AERODROME MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. |
| 1939-1945 |
| ARCHIBALD |
Charles
Ronald |
Flying
Officer 89072, 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 25 February 1942. Aged 23. Son of John and Barbara Archibald;
husband of Elaine Archibald, of Maida Vale London. Buried in TRONDHEIM
(STAVNE) CEMETERY, Norway. Grave reference A IV British. F. 7. |
|
BRUNT,
V.C, M.C. |
John
Henry Cound |
Captain
258297, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) attached
to Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in Italy 10 December
1944. Aged 22. Born Montgomeryshire, resident Kent. Son of Thomas
Henry and Nesta Mary Brunt, of Paddock Wood, Kent. Awarded the
Victoria Cross (V.C.) and Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in FAENZA
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row A. Grave 8.
Citation
for Victoria Cross (V.C), London Gazette 8 February 1945:
"On
9th December, 1944, the platoon commanded by Captain Brunt was
holding a vital sector of the line in Italy. At dawn a counter-attack
in great strength by the German 90th Panzer Grenadier Division
soon threatened to break through. Captain Brunt rallied his remaining
men and, although outnumbered, continued to hold his position.
He himself killed about fourteen of the enemy with a Bren gun.
On receiving orders to withdraw, he remained behind to give covering
fire to his men, before dashing across open ground to a new position.
Captain Brunt used the pause caused by this spirited defence to
take a party back to the previous position and carry away the
wounded who had been left there. Later in the day, the German
forces made a further counter-attack. Captain Brunt leapt onto
a Sherman tank and ordered the tank commander to drive from one
fire position to another, while he sat or stood on the turret
directing the fire of the tank. He then jumped off the tank and,
with a Bren gun, stalked small parties of the enemy who were trying
to approach on the left flank, killing many and causing the rest
to withdraw. His coolness, bravery, devotion to duty and complete
disregard of personal safety in this magnificent action were beyond
praise. The next day, he was killed by mortar fire." |
| CALLINAN |
Reginald
Stephen |
Sergeant
580171, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 13 April 1940. Aged
29. Son of Daniel and Anne Agnes Callinan, of Auckland City, New
Zealand. Buried in SOLA CHURCHYARD, Norway. British Plot. Joint
grave 1/2. |
|
DOLDING |
William
Gilbert |
Gunner
1679457, 90 Battery, 49th Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 20 April 1941. Born 4 July 1915, and resident, Matfield,
Kent. Baptised 29 July 1915 in Five Oak Green, St Luke, son of
Gilbert and Florence Jane Dolding, resident Maidstone R N Paddocks
Wood, Kent. Son of Gilbert and Florence Dolding; husband of Marjorie
Joan Dolding, of Matfield. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried,
a Printing Compositor, son of Gilbert and Florence J Dolding,
resident Jessamine Cottages, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge
R.D., Kent. Buried S.E. of church in MATFIELD (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD,
BRENCHLEY, Kent.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941:
DOLDING
William Gilbert of Hodge Cottage Matfield Paddock Wood Kent
who is believed to have been killed through war operations on
20 April 1941 and whose dead body was found on 20 April 1941 Administration
Llandudno 29 July to Marjorie Joan Dolding widow.
Effects £197 4s. |
| EDGINTON |
Richard |
Trooper
320681, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps. Died
of wounds at Dunkirk 20 May 1940; body not found. Aged 21. Born
and resident Kent. Son of R. S. and Florence May Edginton, of
Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL,
Nord, France. Column 2. |
|
FUNNELL |
Thomas
Alfred |
[Listed
as Thomas W FUNNELL on all memorials] Bombardier 6351326, 5 Maritime
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action while on Special Duty
at sea 29 February 1944. Aged 30. Born 13 June 1913 in Paddock
Wood, resident Paddock Wood, baptised 7 July 1918 in Paddock Wood,
St Andrew, son of Charles Frederick John and Ethel Jane Funnell,
resident Paddock Wood. Son of Charles Fredrick and Ethel Jane
Funnell, of Paddock Wood, Kent. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried,
a Factory Chemical Worker, resident with his parents at Swatlands
Crossing, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge R.D., Kent. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 81, Column
2. |
| GUTHRIE,
M.C. |
Bruce
Campbell |
Major
180229, 5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of
wounds in the Middle East 1 April 1943. Aged 28. Born U.S.A.,
resident Middlesex. Son of Ernest Fairbairn Guthrie and Dorothy
Leigh Guthrie. Buried in SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot VII.
Row C. Grave 23.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
GUTHRIE
Bruce Campbell of Mascells Pound Paddock Wood Kent
died 1 April 1943 on war service Probate Llandudno
22 July to Martins Bank Limited. Effects £1035 9s. 2d. |
|
HENHAM |
John
Alfred |
Leading
Aircraftman 1220280, 274 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 8 June 1942. Aged 34. Son of Richard William and Mary A.
Henham, of Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in FAYID WAR CEMETERY, Egypt.
Plot 2. Row B. Grave 20. |
| HOWELL |
Arthur |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1395412, 1667 HCU, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number W4904, took off from
R.A.F. Avro Lancaster I on a training-night navigation Bullseye
exercise; took off 2010 hrs, aicraft
crashed near Moor Monkton, between York and Harrogate 28 September
1943. Aged 20. Son of Luther Roland and Winifred May Howell, of
Paddock Wood. Buried in PADDOCK WOOD (ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD,
BRENCHLEY, Kent. Row L. Grave 11. |
|
KNIGHT |
Gordon |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1161364, 40 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial
number, X9749, took off from R.A.F. Alconbury on night operations
to Karlsruhe and crashed near Handzame, Belgium, 26 August 1941.
Buried in HANDZAME COMMUNAL CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave 517. |
| MUMFORD |
Sydney
Leonard |
Petty
Officer Cook (S) C/MX 62714, H.M.S. Niger, Royal Navy. Died at
sea 6 July 1942. Aged 37. Born 8 April 1905 in Faversham, Kent.
Son of John and Louie Mumford; husband of Mary Jane Mumford, of
Washington, Co. Durham. Prior to enlisting he was a Printer's
Assistant. Enlisted 30 April 1923 for 12 years, height 5 feet
4¾ inches, chest 34½ inches, dark brown hair, grey
eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 64, Column 2. |
|
PADGHAM |
Frank |
Lance
Sergeant 985597, 67 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in
action in Tunisia 21 April 1943. Aged 27. Born 2 February 1916
in Paddock Wood, resident Paddock Wood, baptised 2 April 1916
in Paddock Wood, St Andrew, son of Alfred and Edith Padgham, resident
Paddock Wood. Son of Alfred and Edith Padgham, of Paddock Wood,
Kent. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, a Glove Department
Salesman, resident 18, Wood Street, City of London, London. Buried
in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 8. Row H. Grave 15.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
PADGHAM
Frank of Locarno Cottages Church-road Paddock Wood Kent
died 21 April 1943 on war service Administration Llandudno
1 September to Alfred Padgham builder.
Effects £193 10s. 2d. |
| PALMER |
Alfred
[Frederick] |
Marine
CH/22005, Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, Royal Marines. Died
from a Coronary Thrombosis at Rose Villa, Maidstone Road, Paddock
Wood, Kent, 22 December 1944. Aged 43. Born 29 December 1900 in
Lambeth, London. Son of Walter Frederick and Ellen Palmer; husband
of Edith Ann Palmer, of Rose Villa, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood.
Prior to enlisting he was a Domestic Porter. Enlisted 10 May 1918
in London, religious denomination Church of England, re-enlisted
3 July 1930. Height 5 feet 8 inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes,
brown, greying, hair. Buried in PADDOCK WOOD (ST. ANDREW) OLD
CHURCHYARD, BRENCHLEY, Kent. Row N. Grave 15. |
|
PILBEAM |
Charles
[ Thomas] |
Guardsman
2659109, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 20
December 1942. Aged 23. Born 4 August 1919, baptised 5 October
1919 in Cranbrook, St Dunstan, son of Frederick and Annie Pilbeam,
resident Furnace Farm, Hartley, Cranbrook, Kent, Son of Fredrick
and Anne Pilbeam, of Lamberhurst, Kent. Buried in BEJA WAR CEMETERY,
Tunisia. Plot 2. Row D, Grave 9. |
| REED |
Edward
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant 527651, Royal Air Force. Died 30 April 1941. Aged 24.
Born 3 August 1916, baptised 5 November 1916 in Paddock Wood,
St Andrew, son of Frederick and gertrude Annie Reed, resident
Bethany Cottages, Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of Frederick and Gertrude
Annie Reed, of Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on OTTAWA MEMORIAL, Ontario, Canada. Panel 1. Column 1. |
|
REED |
Frederick
William |
No
further information currently available |
| STEVENS |
James
John |
 Able
Seaman P/JX 290227, H.M.S. President III (S.S. Empire Amethyst),
Royal Navy. Died at sea 14 April 1942. Aged 20. Born 7 August
1921 in Stepney, London, resident Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of Joseph
and Selina Stevens, of Paddock Wood, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 65, Column 1.
|
|
WAGHORN |
Arthur
C |
No
further information currently available |
| WALLIS |
Frederick
A |
No
further information currently available |
|
WATCHOUS |
Leslie
Austen |
Aircraftman
1st Class 812240, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air
Force). Died 13 August 1940. Aged 24. Son of Alfred and Ann Louisa
Watchous, of Paddock Wood. Buried in MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent.
Plot C.C.1. Grave 94. |
| WEBLEY |
Henry
Charles |
Private
6343890, 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Died of wounds received in Burma 2 April 1944. Born 2 May 1920
in Paddock Wood, resident Kent, baptised 6 June 1920 in Paddock
Wood, St Andrew, son of Charles Henry and Nellie May Webley, resident
Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY,
KOLKATA, India. Plot L. Grave 143. |
|
WEBLEY |
Raymond
John |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1254246, 49 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying in a Handley Page Hampden I, serial
number AT217, took off from R.A.F. Scampton on a night operation
to lay mines in the Terschelling area; reported as missing without
trace and believed to have crashed into the sea of the Frisian
Islands 19 April 1942. Aged 22. Born 31 May 1920, baptised 4 July
1920 in Paddock Wood, St Andrew, son of Joseph and Mercy Webley,
resident Paddock Wood, Kent. Son of Joseph and Mercy Webley; husband
of Winifred Ethel Webley, of Rusthall, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 96. |
| WHITE |
John
Henry William |
Craftsman
10533545, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died of Bacillic
Dysentery as a Japanese Prisoner of War while being transported
from Ambon Island to Java in the Maros Maru 6 October 1944 (when
the Allied riads began on Ambon, Huruku and Celebes in 1944, the
Japanese retreated taking the 650 Prisoner of War with them, the
Maros Maru transported them from Ambn to Java). Aged 29. Born
5 November 1914 in Kent, resident Kent. Son of Harry and Mabel
White, of Ashford, Kent; husband of Jessie Maud White, of Willesborough,
Ashford, Kent formerly 163, Canterbury Road, South Willesbro,
Kent. In the 1939 Register he was married to Jessie M E (nee Francis)
White, a Brake Fitters Assistant, resident 163, Canterbury Road,
Ashford, Ashford U.D., Kent. Buried at sea. Commemorated on SINGAPORE
MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 111.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
WHITE
John Henry William of 163 Canterbury-road South Willesborough
Ashford Kent died 6 October 1944 on war service
Administration London 4 June to Jessie Maud Esther
White widow. Effects £189 14s. 8d. |
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