Roll of Honour - Kent

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

PETHAM WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed David Hughes and Neil Clark 2004

The memorial is in the form of a Celtic Cross.

1914-1918

CAGE	Charles	Private G/9720, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment. Died 3rd December 1917. Born St Stephens, Canterbury. Resided Bekesbourne, Canterbury.
CARVILL	Edward	Rifleman 52377, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (RIR). Formerly (4595) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 22nd October 1918. Born Petham. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Petham.
CHEESEMAN	James	Private 40582,. 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Formerly (1996) South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 14th September 1917. Born Ash, Kent. Enlisted Wallsall.
DEAL	Horace Edwin	Private G/25264, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 10th May 1918. Born Waltham, Canterbury. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Wooton, Canterbury.
DEAL	Walter James	Private 23238, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (O&B L.I). Died 12th May 1918. Born Denton, Kent. Enlisted Caversham, Reading. Resided Sonning Common, Berkshire.
ELGAR	George	Private G/15407, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 18th April 1918. Enlisted Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
GUTTERIDGE	Charles Albert	Gunner 951257, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 7th May 1917. Enlisted Lower Kennington. Resided Vauxhall, London.
HOGBEN	Frederick William	Corporal 74558, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died Salonica, Greece 9th September 1916. Born Canterbury. Enlisted Canterbury.
HOGBEN	Henry Edward	Private 55150, 13th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Formerly (13433) Cavalry Reserve Regiment. Died 26th August 1918. Born Elmsted. Enlisted Canterbury.
MISSING	William Walter	Private G/17596, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 30th November 1915. Born Hinx Hill. Enlisted Canterbury.
NASH	Henry Whinfield	Leading Stoker K/4511, H.M Submarine “H.26”. Royal Navy (R.N). Died 23rd August 1918. Buried nearby in the Petham (All Saints) Churchyard.
POSSEE	William	Lance Corporal 115662, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 14th April 1918. Born Petham.
POTTS	Bertie L	Private 102486, 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Formerly (936) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 22nd April 1918. Born Petham. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Petham.
POTTS	C	No Trace – Too many C Pott’s listed
THOMPSON	Frederick William	Best Match – Private 9319, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own). Died 15th June 1915. Born Canterbury. Enlisted Dublin, Ireland. Resided Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.

10 January 2005

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