ROCHESTER SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S
MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical school is a boys' grammar school set up in Rochester, Kent. The 17th-century politician Sir Joseph Williamson left £5,000 to set up the school and another in Thetford, Norfolk. The school was originally in Rochester High Street, spanning the city wall. In the 1950s an annexe was built at the Priestfields site for first, second and third forms. In autumn 1968, the whole school moved to the Maidstone Road site. The school is known as the Math or Rochester Math. Former pupils are known as Old Williamsonians. The Roll of Honour Board shown here is taken from an old postcard, the transcription may not be completely correct as this was taken from the postcard.

The memorial takes the form of a large nowy headed board, gilded, with central relief depicting Britannia standing over a kneeling knight with lance and shield, flanked by World War 1 names (79 names) in four columns. Not shown here are the four separate lancet shaped panels listing the World War 2 names (91 names). The School crest and motto can be seen below central relief panel. The school motto "sub umbra alarum tuarum" - beneath the shadow of thy wing.

The original dedication was held on 30th June 1923 performed by Dr Donald Tait, the rededication took place on 29th March 1950 performed by the Lord Bishop of Rochester and the unveiled by Lord Tedder.

Note: The World War 2 memorial was originally a large oak table, designed by school staff, incorporating the existing name panels. This was found to be impractical when the school moved premises in the late 1960s, and the panels were moved and added to the World War 1 memorial.

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Williamsonian School Magazine spanning the War years.
Kelly's Directory of the Medway Towns 1939.
British Warship Names. Capt T.D. Manning and Cdr C.F. Walker.
Medway Roll of Honour. Peter and Eileen Sharpe.
Medway Archives.

Photographs from old postcards

IN MEMORY OF THE WILLIAMSONIANS WHO FELL 1914-1918

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BALLANTYNE	Allan James	Second Lieutenant, 46th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Died 10th November 1917. Aged 19. Son of Allan and Flora Ballantyne, of 28, Watling St., Gillingham, Kent. Buried in IZEL-LES-HAMEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 4.
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BOWES	Victor Harold	Staff Sergeant (Armourer) A/1236, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached 8th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 10th March 1915 in France. Born 18th January 1893 in Chatham. Son of Peter Bowes and Alice Jane (née Latham). William was also army – RHA – and worked at the Barracks at Fort Pitt. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 47.
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BRISTOW	Cuthbert George	Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion attached 3rd Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 17th July 1917. Aged 23. Son of George and Alice Bristow, of Crayford House, Livingstone Rd., Gillingham, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
BROOKS	Thomas Brownhill	Assistant Paymaster, H.M.S. "Tipperary", Royal Naval Reserve. Lost with his ship at the Battle of Jutland 1st June 1916. Aged 22. Son of Thomas Brownhill Brooks and Elizabeth Selina Brooks, of 49, Rochester Terrace, Chatham, Kent. Native of Chatham. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 22.
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DENTON	Herbert Hugh	Sergeant 995, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died of wounds 9th December 1914. Aged 27. Born and resident Rochester, enlisted Canterbury. Son of Richard and Charlotte Elizabeth Denton, of 29, High St., Rochester, Kent. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 58.
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DUDDING	Herbert David	Sergeant P/776, 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 3rd September 1916. Aged 26. Born and resident Gillingham, enlisted St., Pancras, Middlesex. Son of William and Ellen Ann Dudding, of 25, Barnsole Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Buried in CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France. Plot XIII. Row E. Grave 10.
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FEARNLEY	Cecil	Private 2764, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Killed in action 12th May 1915. Aged 22. Enlisted London, resident Rochester. Son of Joseph Bates Fearnley and Ann Fearnley, of 173, Eastgate, Rochester. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 19.
FIELD	William John	Private 533006, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Died of wounds 28th July 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Gillingham, enlisted Chatham. Son of Sarah Field, of 86, Windmill Rd., Gillingham, Kent, and the late John Field. Buried in ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 20.
GARROD	Herbert	Sergeant 3243, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 21st December 1916. Enlisted London, resident Rochester. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 3.
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JUDGE	Leopold James	Second Lieutenant, General List attached 110th Trench Mortar Battery, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Aged 21. Son of James and Mary Ann Judge, of "Willow Garth", 13, Greenholm Rd., Eltham, London. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.
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INGMIRE	Gilbert Maynard	Assistant Paymaster, H.M.S. Dalhousie, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 7th August 1916. Aged 29. Son of William Holman Ingmire and Alice Anderson Ingmire, of" Basra," 8, Valencia Rd., Worthing. Native of Kent. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 22.
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LITTLE	Arthur Joseph	Sergeant SP/2056. 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of ondon Regiment). Died of wounds 19th November 1916. Aged 24. Enlisted Chatham, resident Rochester. Son of E. J. Little and M. E. Little, of Borstal, Rochester; husband of Florence Little, of 197, High St., Rochester; brother of James Charles Henry Little (below). He was a schoolteacher as was his brother (below). Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 6. Family headstone in St Margarets Cemetery, Rochester: South side: ALSO OF OUR DEAR BROTHER ARTHUR JOSEPH LITTLE (MICK) BORN FEBRUARY 22nd 1892 DIED MARCH 19th 1916 OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION IF FRANCE "Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends" "Abide with me" North side: ALSO OF OUR BROTHER JAMES C. H. LITTLE WHO DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN INDIA JUNE 7th 1919 AGED 28 YEARS "All, all is well" (see below)
LITTLE	James Charles Henry	Sergeant 32640, 1st Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 7th June 1919. Aged 28. Brother of Arthur Joseph Little (above). Buried in CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, India. Plot O. Row D. Grave 12. He was originally a conscientious objector, his appeal papers for the West Kent Tribunal are lodged at the Kent History & Library Centre in Maidstone under File C. He was arrested at Rochester in May 1916 as an absentee as reported in the Chatham Observer 6th May 1916. He renounced his conscientious objection to the Mayor of Rochester in 1916 which he had published in the Chatham News of 28th October 1916. He was a Maths School pupil along with his brother Arthur Joseph and both were killed in action. There are memorials for him in St Peter's School where he taught and the Baptist Church in Crow Lane of which he was a member.
LYON, MC	George William	Lieutenant, 511th London Field Company (Territorial), Royal Engineers. Killed in action 16th April 1918. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Lyon, of 43, Marlborough Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 1.
MARCHANT	Edward William	Sergeant 270035, 10th (Royal East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 25th March 1917. Aged 23. Son of Edward John and Mary Ann Elizabeth Marchant, of 6, Horsley Rd., Rochester. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 262.
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MASON	Stanley Hopkins	Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26th September 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Son of Mrs. Ada Mason, of 23, New Rd., Rochester, Kent. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row L. Grave I.
MASTERS	George Alexander Lewis	Trooper 234, 2nd Battalion, Australian Light Horse. Killed in action at Gallipoli 5th July 1915. Aged 39. Born 12th August 1875. Gillingham, Kent. Son of Thomas and Eliza Masters; husband of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Masters, of 154, Eastgate, High St., Rochester, England. Native of Dartford, Kent. Traveller by trade, also a tailor. Educated at Mathematical School, Rochester. Emigrated aged 35 years. Previously served with Royal East Kent Yeomanry (City Imperial Volunteers - South African War). Buried in SHRAPNEL VALLEY CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot III. Row F. Grave 32. See Australian ROH Details
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OAKESHOTT	Lewis Ewart	Corporal M/205167, Mechanical Transport 32nd Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in the Balkans 27th November 1917. Born Chelsea, enlisted Putney, resident Bayswater. Son of Reuben Samuel and Caroline Kelly Oakeshott, of 43, Colville Gardens, Notting Hill, London. Native of Chelsea, London. Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, Greece. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 572.
PACKMAN	Thomas Alfred	Lieutenant, Royal Horse Artillery attached 7th/8th Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in action 9th September 1916. Aged 21. Son of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Packman, of Grove House, Maidstone Rd., Rochester. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 18.
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PIERSON	Roy R	Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 30th April 1915. Aged 19. Son of Frederick Pierson, of "High View," Maidstone Rd., Chatham. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 9.
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RIDE	Austin Stafford	Private G/24639, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 2rd June 1917. Aged 30. Enlisted Bromley, resident Gilingham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ride, of High St., Gillingham; husband of Gertrude Mabel Ride, of 34, Marlborough Rd., Gillingham, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
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SAYER	Robert Bramwell	Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (CIty of London Regiment). Died of wounds 19th February 1917. Aged 30. Son of Robert W. and Hannah M. Sayer, of "The Tors," Maidstone Rd., Chatham. Congregational Minister. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 50.
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STROUD	Harold Charles	Sergeant 6713, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry). Killed in action 28th October 1917. Aged 22. Enlisted Armoury House, resident Chatham. Son of George and Mary Stroud, of 179, Constitution Rd., Luton, Chatham. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 7.
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TRUEMAN	William Ewart Gladstone	Lance Corporal 1192, "D" Company, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment. Died of wounds 29th September 1915. Aged 23. Born Luton, Chatham, enlisted New Cross, resident Brockley. Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Ann Trueman, of Chatham, Kent. Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 26.
WALDRON	Cecil Hamersley	Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 2nd March 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.
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THOMPSON	Herbert Richard	Captain, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 3rd May 1918. Aged 34. Son of Thomas Richard and Ellen Thompson, of Gillingham, Kent. Returned from Argentine Republic to offer his services in 1914. Served in France, 1915-16. Buried Karachi Cemetery A/E. A. 6.). Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India. Face 1.
THE GREAT WAR SUB UMBRA ALARUM TUARUM ROLL OF HONOUR THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1939-1945
ABLETT	Alan William	Corporal 634587 7th Bn Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Son of Frank and Florinda Ablett of Gravesend. Kent. Died 21/05/1940 Aged 20. Buried Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. Plot 2 Row D Grave 14.
ALGAR	Robert Henley	Sub Lt (A) Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Son of James William and Doris Victoria Algar (Nee Hillsdon of Coulsdon) one time Maidstone Rd Wigmore. Died 25/01/1945 Aged 21. Buried Port of Spain (St James) Military Cemetery. HMS Goshawk was an RN Air Station in Trinidad.
ARRIGONI	Giovanni	Lt 186950 The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Son of Giuseppi and Louisa Arrigoni of Maidstone Kent. Died 21/02/1945. Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery. 27.A.20.
AVENT	Douglas John	Sergeant (Obs) 566960 Royal Air Force 15 Squadron. Died 12/05/1940. Buried Munsterbilzen Communal Cemetery Grave 2. Confirmed by school magazine.
BAKER	Arthur Charles Henry	Sergeant Air Gunner 1895850 RAFVR 57 Squadron. Son of Arthur and Ethel Baker, husband of Irene E.A. Baker of Strood Kent. Died 08/07/1944 Aged 32. Buried St Nicolas D’Aliermont Communal Cemetery. French Mil Plot Row 1 . Grave 2.
BARTLETT	William James	Lance Corporal T/133908 RASC. Son of William Charles and Catherine Bartlett,husband of Dorothy Constance Bartlett of Sutton Valence Ex Selbourne Rd Gillingham?. Died 08/08/1942 Aged 37. Buried Tunstall Churchyard Kent. Unproven but most likely.
BATCHELOR	Gordon Herbert	Flying Officer 86343 RAFVR 54 Squadron. Son of Herbert Henry and Frances Batchelor of Higham Kent. Died of wounds whilst POW 15/04/1942 Aged 23. Buried in Hamburg Cemetery 5A.H.9.
BATE	Alan	Flying Officer (Pilot) 66006 RAFVR 46 Squadron. Son of William John and Frances Edith Bate of Rochester Kent. Died 22/11/1942 Aged 22. Buried Catania War Cemetery. Sicily. Grave I.F.8.
BEARD	Roy James George	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 199014 RAFVR 256 Squadron. Son of Alfred Robert and Ellen Beard of Strood Kent. Died 25/04/1945 Aged 21. Buried Padua War Cemetery IV.B.4.
BOISTON	John Rochester	Pilot Officer RAFVR. Son of Lt Cdr William R. Boiston RN and Edith Boiston of Gillingham Kent. Died 29/07/1942 Aged 22. Buried Estevan Cemetery. Sec 8.Plot 1. Lot 12.
BOND	Ronald Arthur	Flight Sergeant (Nav) 1397203 RAFVR 605 Squadron. Son of Arthur John and Elsie Agnes Bond of Strood. Kent. Died 25/05/1944 Aged 21. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. 29.C.17.
BOWEN	George Allan	Commissioned Engineer Royal Navy HM Submarine Thistle. Died 14/04/1940 Aged 39. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 37. Column 2. HMS Thistle was lost off Norway in 1940. Confirmed by school magazine.
BRADLEY	Reginald Gilbert	Flight Sergeant (Obs) 742284 RAFVR 90 Squadron. Son of Ernest T. Bradley and Martha Bradley, husband of Elsie May Bradley of Gillingham. Kent. Died 28/07/1941 Aged 28. Chatham (Palmerston Rd) Cemetery Sec 8 Grave 1.
BRAYBROOK	W	No further information currently available. Named in school magazine with an ‘E’ at end of name and described as ‘Sgt’ no unit given.
BRUCE	D	No further information currently available. School magazine says "Sgt Gnr RAF but three fit the bill.
BRYSON	Frank Rayner	LAC 1246589 RAFVR. Son of Frank Inge Bryson and Susanna Bryson, Husband of Marjorie Isabel Bryson of Rainham Kent. Died 21/10/1944 Aged 37. Naples War Cemetery III.S.11.
BURCHETT	Frederick Cyril	Private 6289706 5th Bn. The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Son of George William Alfred and Lily Emma Burchett of Rochester Kent. Died whilst POW 28/05/1940 Age 22. St Quentin Northern Communal Cemetery Plot 10. Row 25. Grave 10.
CAIRNS	Howard	Ordinary Telegraphist C/JX 295607. RN. HMS Firedrake. Son of Henry and Hilda Cairns of Hoo Kent. Died 17/12/1942 Aged 21. Chatham Naval Memorial. 59.3. HMS Firedrake was a destroyer of1934, torpedoed in 1942.
CAREY	Peter Leslie	Sergeant (Nav/Bomber) 1321055 RAFVR. Son of Percival William and Ethel Mary Carey of Chatham. Died 02/04/1942 Aged 21. Middleton Stoney (All Saints) Churchyard. Plot 2. Row.G. Grave 9.
CHASTON	Thomas William	Sergeant (W.Op/Air Gnr) 1181834 RAFVR 150 Squadron. Son of Cecil Edward and Annie Sophia Chaston of Rochester. Died 24/04/1942 Aged 21. Rochester St Margaret’s Cemetery Sect J Grave 257.
COATES	Arthur Edward	No further information currently available.
COTTON	James Alban	Sergeant 993809 Royal Artillery. 9 Survey Regiment. Son of Alfred Charles and Kate Elizabeth Cotton, husband of Dorothy Mary Cotton of Herne Bay. Died 17/06/1944 Age 23. La Delivrande War Cemetery Douvres VIII.D.4. School magazine confirms.
CRONIN, DFM	William Joseph	Sergeant (Obs) 365686 RAF. 53 Squadron. Son of Joseph Bryan Cronin and Mary Elizabeth Cronin of Gillingham Kent. Died !5/05/1940 Aged 31. Templeuve Communal Cemetery Tournai Hainaut Row A . Grave 3.
CULHAM	Frank Arthur	Sergeant 742448 RAFVR 14 Squadron. Son of Cdr and Mrs William James Culham of Latchingdon Essex. Died 21/05/1941. Alamein memorial. Column 242,. School magazine confirms.
CULHAM	James Willmot Samuel	Lt Royal Navy HM Submarine Regent. Son of William James and Winifred Clara Culham of Lolworth Cambridgeshire. Died 01/05/1943 Aged 24. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 72 Column 3. HMS Regent was a submarine of 1930, lost in 1943. School magazine confirms.
DADD	Roy Ernest	Sergeant 569552 RAF 12 Squadron. Son of Albert Ernest and Nellie Dadd of Borstal Kent. Died 21/04/1943 Aged 22. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 146.
DAWES	Edward	Flight Lt (Pilot Instr.) 41262 RAF. Son of George Alfred and Ada Georgina Dawes of Borstal Rochester Kent. Died 20/12/1941 Aged 21. Rochester St Margaret’s Cemetery. Sec J. Grave 256.
DIXON	Robert	Sergeant (Flt Engr) 1605828 RAFVR 178 Squadron. Son of George Robert and Eliza Ann Dixon of Chartham Kent. Died 21/08/1944 Aged 20. Klagenfurt War Cemetery Coll.Grave 5. B.6. Identified in Medway Roll of Honour. Address may be misprint.
EDWARDS	Frederick Charles	Sergeant (Nav) 578280 RAF 50 Squadron. Son of Charlie and Amelia Edwards of Strood Kent. Died 25/06/1944 Aged 20. Fransu Churchyard. Coll. Grave 1.
FINN	Keith Charles	Apprentice Merchant Navy. SS British Resource (London). Son of Mr and Mrs Charles John Finn of Chatham. Died 14/03/1942 Aged 19. Tower Hill Memorial. Panel 20. Only casualty with these initials. School magazine confirms.
FLOREY	Edwin John Charles	Sergeant 577867 RAF 467 (RAAF) Squadron. Son of Herbert Ernest and Eva Gladys Marie Florey of Gillingham Kent. Died 08/01/1943 Aged 20. Runnymede Memorial Panel 149.
FORSHEW	Frederick Edward	Flying Officer (Nav) 134683 RAFVR 9 Squadron. Son of Edward James Forshew and Amy Edith Forshew of Strood Kent. Died 14/01/1944 Aged 23. Hanover War Cemetery. Col. Grave 2. C. 6-10.
FORSTER, DFM	Peter Charles Thomas	Sergeant (Pilot) 7000529 RAF. Son of Robert Goddard Forster and Florence Mary Forster of Castletown Dorset B.Sc Hons (Ex Maidstone Rd Chatham). Died 17/04/1941 Aged 23. Upper Heyford Cemetery Sec B. Grave 98.
FOWLER	Edward Graham	Flying Officer 81397 RAFVR 420 (RCAF) Squadron. Adopted son of Edward and Rose Fowler of Wembley Middlesex. Died 12/02/1942 Aged 30. Runneymede Memorial Panel 66. Most likely of two. School magazine confirms but as Flt Sgt.
FRIEND	Arthur Cyril	ERA2 C/M38804 Royal Navy HMS Penzance. Son of George Thomas and Alice Eleanor Friend of Gillingham kent. Died 24/08/1940 Aged 31. Chatham Naval Memorial 37.2. HMS Penzance was a sloop of 1930, torpedoed in 1940.
FRY	Peter William	Flying officer (Pilot) 50229 RAF !57 Squadron. Son of Frank and Eva Fry, husband of Margaret Fry of Rainham Mark Gillingham . Died 29/09/1944 Aged 25. Oosterhesselen (Geesbrug) General Cemetery Row 1 Grave1.
GARTON	George Foxlow	Supply Asst C/MX 61169 Royal Navy HMS Resolution. . Foster son of John T. and Kate E. Garton of Chatham. Died 16/05/1940 Aged 20. Chatham Naval Memorial. 39.2. HMS Resolution was a battleship of 1915 and was involved in the Norwegian campaign.
GRUBB	James Henry	Sergeant 910392 RAFVR 51 Squadron. Son of Albert Victor and Rebecca Grubb, husband of Daphne Myrtle Grubb of Gillingham. Died 23/06/1941 Aged 25. Runnymede Memorial Panel 44.
HANNAN	Edward Frank	Sergeant 6287236 The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment. Died 28/11/1941 Aged 25. Asmara War Cemetery 4.G.8. Confirmed by school magazine.
HARRIS	Alec Edward	Flying Officer (Nav) 147934 RAFvr 256 Squadron. Died 19/01/1945. Mazargues War Cemetery Marseilles. Confirmed by school magazine.
HARVEY	Frederick Bright	Squadron Leader 100176 RAFVR. Died 21/10/1942. Sarratt (Holy Cross) Churchyard NW of Church. I/C Air Ministry Photographic Unit. Confirmed by school magazine.
HAWKEN, DFM	John Llewellyn	Sergeant Pilot 564188 RAF 233 Squadron. Son of William John Hawken and Mary Hawken of Newquay Cornwall. Died 14/04/1940 Aged 26. Runnymede Memorial Panel 15. Confirmed by school magazine.
HOWE	Grant Frederick Kerslake	Leading Airman FX/77340 Royal Navy HMS Daedalus (826 Squadron). Died 30/09/1940 Aged 20. Son of Frederick William Howe MBE and Margaret Lucy Howe of West Runton Norfolk. Sage War Cemetery 7.E.4. RN Air Station at Lee on Solent. Confirmed by school magazine.
HURLEY	Ian Edward	Civilian War Dead. Company officer NFS injured in accident at Huntsman’s Corner Chatham. Died same day at St Bart’s Hospital. Son of Mary Hurley and the late W.T. Hurley of 32 Maidstone Rd. Died 19/12/1941 Aged 31. Burial place not shown.
HURLEY	Kenneth William	Leading Writer C/MX 577777 Royal Navy HMS Quorn. Son of Joseph and Ella Annie Hurley of Gt Sankey Lancashire. Died 03/08/1944. Chatham Naval Memorial 78.3. HMS Quorn was a Hunt Class Destroyer of 1940, sunk in 1944. Confirmed by school magazine.
JACKSON	Bert Thomas	CERA C/MX 45249 Royal Navy HMS Cornwall. Son of Alfred Henry and Lilian Annie Jackson, Husband of Doris E. Jackson of Gillingham Kent. Died 05/04/1942 Aged 31. Chatham Naval Memorial 60.1. HMS Cornwall was a cruiser of 1926, sunk by aircraft in 1942.
JONES	Francis Herbert	Pilot Officer (Obs) 44074 RAF 15 Squadron. Son of Frank Henry and Ellen Jones, Husband of Louise May Jones. Sometime heavy weight champion of the RAF. Died 30/07/1940 Aged 32. Breskens (Kijkuit) General Cemetery Row W Grave 20. Confirmed by school magazine.
KENWORTHY	John Caleb	Pilot Officer 118888 RAFVR 77Squadron B.Sc, (London). Son of Caleb and Kathleen Kenworthy of Higham Kent. Died 09/09/1942 Aged 27. Runnymede Memorial Panel 70.
KINGSNORTH	A	No further information currently available. Listed in school magazine, but no details, possibly a civilian from Harrow.
KNIGHT	John James	Sergeant (Obs) 751045 RAFVR 48 Squadron. Son of John James Knight and Eliza Knight, husband of Joan Collard Knight. Died 08/02/1942 Aged 32. Runnymede Memorial Panel 87. Confirmed by school magazine.
LEWIS	William	Flying Officer (Pilot) 139418 RAFVR 255 Squadron. Son of William and Ethel Teresa Lewis of Rochester. Died 01/04/1944 Agrd 21. Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery 4.F.18.
MACKELDEN	Frank	Flying Officer (Pilot) 125698 RAFVR 466 (RAAF) Squadron. Son of Ernest James Mackelden and Margaret Mackelden, husband of Jessica Mackelden of Milton Regis Sittingbourne Kent. Died 12/06/1943 Aged 28. Rheinberg War Cemetery 3.A.12.
MARSHALL	H	Not precisely identified. But school magazine gives him as a Chief Engr RN who died an accidental death.
McVIE	Alfred Harold	Captain 145051 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment 2nd Bn. Son of Alfred Thomas McVie and Beatrice Mary McVie, husband of Mary Margaret McVie of Southsea Hants. Died 14/07/1944. Foiano della Chiana War Cemetery 2.J.7. Confirmed by school magazine.
MEADE	Edward Paul	LeadingWriter RN HMS Pembroke. Son of Christopher and Norah Meade of Strood. Died on service 20/10/1945 Aged 24. Rochester St Margaret’s Cemetery.
MOORE	Herbert Louis	Sergeant 1399452 RAFVR 77 Squadron. Son of Alfred Louis and Edith Mary Moore, husband of Betty Stewart Moore. Died 17/06/1944. Runnymede Memorial Panel 234.
NASH	Raymond Gordon	Leading Supply Asst P/MX61198 RN HMS Lagan. Son of Clarence Henry and Mary Ann Nash of Dorchester Dorset (Ex Maidstone Rd Rochester). Died 20/09/1943. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 79.Column 1. HMS Lagan was a frigate of 1942, broken up in 1946.
NAUGHTIN	Harold Thomas	Flight Sergeant 754002 RAFVR 235 Squadron. Son of Thomas and Roberta Naughtin of Rochester Kent. Died 28/05/1941 Aged 21. Runnymede Memorial Panel 37.
NICHOLLS, DFC, MID	Geoffrey Amos	Flight Lt 115343 RAFVR 139 Squadron. Son of George Henry and Elizabeth Nicholls, husband of Nancy Nicholls of Gillingham Kent. Died 03/04/1945 Aged 24. Runnymede Memorial Panel 265.
NORRIS	Alfred Henry	Sergeant 755647 RAFVR 51 Squadron. Died 26/04/1941. Runnymede Memorial Panel 49. Confirmed by school magazine.
PAINE	St E F	No further information currently available.
PIPER	Roy Arthur	Private 14618271 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 4th Bn. Son of Henry Arthur and Nellie Piper of Rochester. Died 04/04/1945 Aged 19. Hanover War Cemetery 15.E.
POTTS	Leslie Gordon Maynard	Sub Lt Royal Navy HMS Daring. Son of Mr and Mrs H.J. Gordon Potts of Milton Southsea Hants. Died 18/02/1940 Aged 23. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 37 Col 1. HMS Daring was a destroyer of 1932, torpedoed in 1940. Confirmed by school magazine.
RALPH	Norman Frederick	Signalman 2359765 Royal Corps of Signals. Son of Frederick and Kathleen Louisa Ralph of City Way Rochester Kent. Died 15/10/1942 Aged 21. Rawalpindi War Cemetery 1.C.11.
REECE	Ronald Jack	Leading Supply Asst C/MX 48779 Royal Navy HMS Ivanhoe. Son of Isaac Allen Reece and Emma Reece of Rochester. Died 01/06/1940 Aged 24. Gillingham (Woodlands Cemetery) Naval Reservation Grave 861. HMS Ivanhoe was a destroyer of 1937, mined at Dunkirk in 1940.
RICHARDS, BSc	Alan Edward	Civilian War Dead. Of Whitecroft Pattens Lane. Son of William Richards of 83 Kitchener Rd Strood and the late Florence Richards, husband of Winnie Richards. Injured 4th September 1940 at Pattens Lane. Died in St Bart’s hospital 11/12/1940 aged 27.
ROGERSON	John	Ordnance Artificer C/MX 45282 Royal Navy HMS Ivanhoe. Son of George and Rose Rogerson of Gillingham, husband of Alice Dorothy Polly Rogerson of Tonbridge. Died 01/06/1940 Aged 29. Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery Naval Reservation Grave 1274.
ROWLETT	John Eustace	Sergeant 741334 RAFVR 10 Squadron. Son of Eustace and Ethel Rowlett. Died 16/01/1941 Aged 27. Runnymede Memorial Panel 51. Confirmed by school magazine.
RUSSELL, ARSM, MIME	Cyril Harrison	Major Army Reserve of Officers. Son of Sgt Maj John Pearce Russell RE and Florence Russell, husband of Mary Sarah Russell of Rangoon Burma. Chinese Liaison Officer. Died 10/05/1942 Aged 36. Rangoon Memorial Face 111. Family ex Berengrave Lane Rainham. Confirmed by school magazine.
SALMON	Richard Vaughan	LAC 1457534 RAFVR. Died on active service 23/12/1942 . Rochester (St Margaret’s ) Cemetery Sec A Grave 625. Confirmed by School Magazine.
SANDIFER	Eric Leonard	Flying Officer (Nav) 136487 RAFVR 45 Squadron. Son of Albert James Sandifer and Maud Mary Sandifer, husband of Irene Ethel Sandifer of Middlesborough Yorks. Died 20/10/1944 Aged 35. Gauhati War Cemetery 4.E.22. Not identified in school magazine but appears to be ex Pagitt St Chatham.
SAWYER	Horace Henry	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1255736 RAFVR. Son of Harry and Louise Sawyer, husband of Hilda Sawyer of Gillingham Kent. Died 28/101942 Aged 26. Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.
SAWYER	T	Shown in school magazine as ‘RAF’ no further information.
SHARMAN	Peter Robinson	Sergeant (Flt Engr) 577192 RAF 15 Squadron. Died 05/05/1943. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 21.A.1. Confirmed by school magazine, but as ‘PB’.
SPRIGGE, DFM	James Alexander	Flight Lt (Pilot) 52287 RAF. Died 02/08/1945. Ramleh War Cemetery 7.B.3. Confirmed by school magazine.
STONE, DFM	Raymond Allen Mawson	Sergeant (Obs/Fitter 1st Cl) 563238 RAF 210 Squadron. Died 21/12/1940. Brookwood Military Cemetery 25.B.13. Confirmed by school magazine.
TERRY	Frank Arthur	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 139509 RAFVR 7 Squadron. Son of Arthur Benjamin and Isabel Francis Terry of Strood Kent. Died 11/04/1943 Aged 20. Luxembourg (Hollerich ) Communal Cemetery Coll Grave 12-17.
THORNHILL	Martin Arthur	Flight Sergeant (W/Op) 1333987 RAFVR 405 (RCAF) Squadron. Son of Arthur Barrick Thornhill and Alice Katherine Thornhill of Strood Kent. Died 11/06/1944 Aged 22. Auneau Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave.
TOPPING, DFM	John Robert	Pilot Officer 103530 RAFVR 420 (RCAF) Squadron. Son of Thomas and Annie Mary Topping, husband of Kathleen Topping of Bedford. Died 12/02/1942 Aged 24. Runnymede Memorial Panel 72. Confirmed by school magazine.
TURNER	J	No current information available. Not confirmed in school magazine.
WALTER	Harry	Pilot Officer 67084 RAFVR 144 Squadron. Son of Jonathan David and Harriet Amelia Walter of Chatham Kent. Died 05/11/1941 Aged 21. Runnymede Memorial Panel 35.
WALTERS	Harold Thomas Arthur	Sergeant (Nav) 1394347 RAFVR. Son of Edward Harold and Edith Alice Walters of Hendon Mx. Ex Victoria Rd Chatham. Died 12/09/1943 Aged 21. Highgate Cemetery Square 88 Grave 44390.
MALET- WARDEN	John Hamish	Sergeant (Pilot) 989146 RAFVR 78 Squadron. Died 17/08/1941. Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll Grave 12.B.1-3. Placed here to conform to position on memorial, confirmed by school magazine. Also on Old Roffensian Memorial.
WELCH, DSM	Philip Arthur McKinder	Petty Officer Telegraphist C/JX 135504 Royal Navy HMS Gloucester. Son of Septimus Secundus Welch and Lilian Mary Welch of Strood Kent. Died 22/05/1941 Aged 26. Chatham Naval Memorial 45.3.
WILDE	Brian	Captain EC/11704 1st Punjab Regiment. Son of Gordon Leonard Wilde MM and Hilda Sophia Edith Charlotte Wilde of Bush Road, Cuxton [CWGC states Westminster, London]. Died on active service 06/04/1945 Aged 20. Madras War Cemetery Chennai 5.A.8. Confirmed by school magazine.
WILDER	Dennis Frederick Dean	Sergeant (W/Op Air Gnr) 1334719 RAFVR 166 Squadron. Son of Frederick George Wilder and Emily Julia Wilder of Strood Kent. Died 26/02/1944 Aged 24. Colroy-La-Roche Churchyard.
WILKINS	Walter George Raymond	Leading Writer C/HD/X75 RNVR HMS Gloucester. Son of Walter R and Maude Wilkins of Chatham. Died 22/05/1941 Aged 20. Chatham Naval Memorial 50.2. HMS Gloucester was a cruiser of 1937, sunk by aircraft 1941.
WILLIAMSON, MBE	Richard	Flight Lt 72145 RAFVR. Died on active service 04/11/1941. Heliopolis War Cemetery 1.A.21. Confirmed by school magazine.
WILLMOT	Charles Henry	Sergeant 658032 RAF. Died 28/10/1942. Runnymede Memorial Panel 96. Confirmed by school magazine.
WILSON	A E	School magazine says ‘AL’ in mercantile service. No other information.

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