Private G/465, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 15th October 1915 with the British Expeditionary Force. Born St Stephen's, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private G/89200, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment. Died of wounds 6th January 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Bexhill, enlisted Chichester. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium B.18

Sergeant G.131, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action near Arras 25 July 1917. Aged 27. Brother of Miss D. Adams of 18 Bradford Street Old Town Eastbourne. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Ewhurst. Name included on Ewhurst and Staplecross War Memorials. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20

Sapper 534035, 289th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers [CGWC states Royal Field Artillery, SDGW and Bexhill memorial state Royal Engineers]. Died of wounds 3rd January 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Bexhill. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. E. 21. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Sergeant, Royal Horse And Royal Field Artillery

Private 204528, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment). Died 14th September 1918. Born 14th October 1896 in Hastings, Sussex. Enlisted and passed fit 22nd March 1916 at Saskatoon (sic), Canada, aged 20 years 5 months. Height 5 feet 4½ inches, girth 34 inches, complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair dark, religion Church of England. Son of George and Harriet Josephine Atkinson, of 1134, Avenue South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Native of Bexhill, Sussex. Fireman by trade. Buried in SUN QUARRY CEMETERY, CHERISY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave G. 4. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 287 - 44

[Memorial lists him as Sergeant] Corporal SD/3269, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 2rd September 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Hurstmonceux, enlisted Bexhill. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.

Major, 104th Battalion, Wellesleys Rifles, Indian Army. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 22nd November 1915. Aged 45. Commemorated on The Basra memorial. MR.38

Private G.4965. 8th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 24th Division. Killed in action at Loos 26 September 1915. Aged 19. Born in Hawkinge and enlisted in Dover. Son of Rowland & Emma Matilda Bailey of Cowgate Farm Hawkinge Kent. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR. 19

Sapper 129500, 491st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 22nd August 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Bexhill-on-Sea, enlisted Hastings. Formerly 3546, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy. F.514

Private 5261, 3/5th Reserve Battallion, The Lincolnshire Regiment. Died at home 9 April 1916. No record with SDGW. Buried in Bexhill Cemetery.

Rifleman S.14467, 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 14th Light Division. Killed in action on the Somme 15 September 1916. Born in Bethnal Green and enlisted in Finsbury. Next of kin residents of Ramsgate Kent. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21

[Listed as Lance Corporal on Bexhill memorial] Sapper 534199, 491st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 24th July 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born and enlisted BExhill-on-Sea. Native of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Son of Frederick and Ellen Banks. Buried in THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row E. Grave 6. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private SD.4806, 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed in action on the Sambre 4 November 1918. Aged 29. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Next of kin Bexhill. Formerly with the South Downs Battalions. Commemorated on The Vis en Artois Memorial MR. 16.

BEXHILL ON SEA OBSERVER - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918

Private F. E. Barker

The Sorrows of War: Soldier, wife and baby die.

A threefold bereavement has taken place in regard to a Bexhill family. Private F. E. Barker, Royal Sussex Regiment was killed on the 4th inst. His wife had died of pneumonia on the 3rd, and a baby boy only about 11 weeks old, named after his father, died on Tuesday.

Private Barker, whose home was at Salisbury Road was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barker of 20 Chandler Road. He was 28 years of age and his wife was 27. They leave three children, Nellie, Louise, and Charlie, aged about, 7, 5, and 3 respectively. The message as to his wife’s serious illness had not reached Private Barker at the time of his death.

His Lieutenant wrote to Mrs. Barker “I deeply regret to convey to you the sad news that your husband, Private Frederick Barker was killed in action on the morning of the 4th November. He acted in a most gallant and brave manner during the advance, and assisted me greatly by his pluck and cheery spirit. His death was instantaneous and you can rest assured that he suffered no pain. In extending my sympathies in your bereavement I must add that all the officers and men feel the loss more than I can explain.

Joining up in 1914, Private Barker had been twice wounded and had had trench fever. This was his fourth time in France. He was formerly well known as a cricketer. Mr. and Mrs. John Barker had already lost another son and a son in law. Two other soldier sons, one sailor son and a son in law in Strathcona’s Horse are still serving.

Second Corporal 964, 2nd Home Counties Field (491) Company, The Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 30 June 1915. Aged 24. Son of Joshua & Maria Barlow. Husband of Lilian Barlow of Walthamstow Essex. Born St. Annes Middlesex and enlisted in St. Leonards on Sea Sussex. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. F. 285.

Private G/16004, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 5th June 1917 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Westfield, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VII. F. 14.

Lieutenant, "B" Company, 3rd/4th Battalion (Territorial), Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 4th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 29. Younger son of Amy E. Barrow, of Springbank, Uplyme, Devon, and the late Rev. Kingston Egan Barrow. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A

Lance Corporal G.4353, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Born in Lamberhurst Kent and enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Sidley. Included on Sidley Parish Church MemorialBur. Dud Corner Cemetery F. 219

Private 6830, 1st. Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 4th Division. Killed in action 2 May 1915. Aged 29. Born in Havant Hants and enlisted in Portsmouth Son of Mr & Mrs Battell of Stamshaw Hants. Husband of Mrs Daisy May Battell (Remarried) later of Great Yarmouth Norfolk. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium MR. 29

Private L.9964, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs Beal of Lunsford Cross Bexhill. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Regular Soldier. Included on Sidley Parish Church Memorial. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22

Sergeant 350867, 1/7th Battalion, The London Regiment (City of London). 56th London Division. Killed in action 20 August 1917. Enlisted in Sun Street London. Next of kin residents of Upper Clapton. Buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery Belgium B. 126

Private G/18047, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Ninfield, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.

2nd Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 5th January 1918. Age 24. Son of Charles Benford, of Hove, Brighton; husband of Francis Benford, of 62, Windsor Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VII. V. 4.

Corporal, ???? Corps.

Private 8486, 2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards Second Division. Died of wounds 24 December 1914. Born and enlisted in Birmingham. Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery Richebourg F. 727

Petty Officer Stoker 308618, H.M. Submarine C19, Royal Navy. Died 29th August 1915. Age 29. Son of Edward Bignell, of 19, Wickham Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea; husband of Nelly Bignell, of 5, Dudley Rd., Eastbourne. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 8.

[Listed as Gunner on Bexhill memorial] Driver 905718, 1066th Battery, 220th Brigade. (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery. Died 15th February 1918 in Mesopotamia. Born and enlisted BExhill-on-Sea. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Grave XII. J. 4. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Sergeant 8455, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 8th Division. Killed in action on the Somme 4 August 1916. Aged 34. Born in St. Leonards Sussex and enlisted in Hastings. Son of Thomas & Anne Blackman of St. Leonards. Husband of Mrs Harriett Elizabeth Blackman of Sprays Cottages Church Path Ninfield. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery F. 423 - See also Little Common

Lance Corporal G.776. 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex. Regiment 39th Division. Killed in action on the Rue de Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 26. Born in Worthing & enlisted in Bexhill. Next of kin Frederick & Kate Botting later of Burgess Hill Sussex. Buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery F. 924.

2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 25th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Son of the late Arthur Evelyn Bradshaw and Elizabeth Bradshaw, of Osmington, Bexhill-on-Sea. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 13 to 15.

[Listed on National Archives of Canada as BRISTON] Private 790688, "A" Company, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regt.) Died 29th March 1917. Age 26. Born 19th September 1892 in Bexhill, Sussex. At enlistment he was living at 360, Sherbrooke Street, Sapperon, British Columbia. Enlisted 21st/22nd February 1916 at New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, age 24 and past fit at the same time. Height 5 feet 9 inches. girth 37½ inches, complexion medium, eyes light blue, hair black, religion Church of England, mole on left cheek. Son of Thomas George and Eliza Bristow, of 44, Chandler Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. By trade a baker. Member of the 104th Regiment of the Militia. Buried in VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VII. G. 6. Nation Archives of Canada Acxcession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1077 - 28 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private G/4358, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 23rd November 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Born St Peter's, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.

Sapper 783, 1st/2nd (Home Counties) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 26th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born Robertsbridge, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of William and Julia Britt, of 5, Claremont Rd., Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII. A. 18. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Lieutenant Commander, H.M.S. Strongbow, Royal Navy. Died 10th February 1919. Awarded the Distiguished Service Order (D.S.O.) Buried in ALMONDBURY CEMETERY, HUDDERSFIELD, Yorkshire. Grave K. "C." 3

Midshipman, H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 3rd February 1915. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 13.

Special note: On 3rd February 1915 H.M.S. Clan McNaughton foundered in a heavy gale off the north coast of Ireland.

Boy 2nd Class J/91417, H.M.S. Powerful, Royal Navy. Died 26th September 1918. Son of the late George and Mabel Brown. Born at Wadhurst, Sussex. Buried in BEXHILL CEMETERY, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Grave EF. N. 15.

Major, 490th Field Company (Territorial), Royal Engineers. Killed in action 11th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O). Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. B. 2.

Private L.8193, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Died of wounds on the Marne 19 September 1914. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin residents of Sidley. Regular Soldier. Included on Sidley Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Montreui aux Lions British Cemetery F. 1113

Rifleman 3762, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died in England 16th March 1916. Born Bexhill, enlisted Eastbourne, resident Faversham, Kent.

Corporal 59086, 93rd. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 15 May 1917 Aged 26. Born and enlisted in Hastings. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Burt of 17 Belle Hill Bexhill. Buried in Buccquoy Road Cemetery Ficheaux. F. 214

Private, County And City Of London,

Corporal 52690, 26th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 41st. Division. Killed in action near Ypres 20 September 1917. Aged 25. Born in Hampstead and enlisted in Chichester. Son of James & Anne Camp of 47 St. Leonards Road Bexhill. Formerly with the Essex Regiment. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium MR. 30.

Private G.18011, 13th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Taken prisoner and died in captivity 5 July 1918. Aged 29. Son of Mr Cannon & Mrs Mary Anne Cannon of 37 Station Road Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Sedan (St. Charles) Communal Cemetery. F. 1617.

2nd Lieutenant, 45th Squadron (General List), Royal Flying Corps. Killed 27th May 1917. Buried in HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XVII. B. 11.

Private, Royal West Surrey - possibly Fredrick Carey, Private L.10466, 1st Battalion, The Royal West Surrey Regiment. 1st.Divison. Killed in action on the Marne 18th September 1914. Born in Sidley and enlisted in Eastbourne. Next of kin Sidley. Name included on Sidley Parish Church W.M. (F.Carey). Commemorated on The Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial MR.15

Rifleman 7983, 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 3rd October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hailsham, Sussex, enlisted Hastings, Sussex, resident Bexhill, Sussex. Son of Mr. J. Carey, of 59, Sidley St., Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave I. K. 7. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Sergeant 16829, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 28. Born, resident and enlisted Bexhill. Son of Henry and Annie Carey, of 26, Beaconsfield Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea; husband of Elizabeth Maria Carey, of 464, 12th St. N.W., Hillhurst, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. R. 42. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

[Listed as Corporal on Bexhill Memorial] Lance Corporal G/15855, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born St Peter's, Bexhill-on-Sea, resident and enlisted Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of Henry and Anne Carey, of 26, Beaconsfield Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Formerly G/16837, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private, County And City Of London - probably Frank Cayler, Private 252991, 1/3rd Battalion, The London Regiment. 56th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 15th August 1917. Aged 27. Son of Albert & Martha Alice Gayler of 53, Cornwall Road, Bexhill. Born in Clapham and enlisted in Fulham. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR.29

[Listed as R E on Bexhill Memorial] Stoker 1st Class 223109, H.M.S. Aboukir, Royal Navy. Lost in action in the North Sea 22nd September 1914. Age 27. Son of Samuel Chaplin, of Carr Terrace, Docking, Norfolk; husband of Ellen E. Tree (formerly Chaplin), of 107, Windsor Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 4. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene & Norfolk, Great Bircham- See also Samuel Thomas GRATTAGE

Note: H.M.S. Aboukir was a Cressy Class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Displacement of 12,000 tons. Armament: two 9.2 ins guns (bow & stern), twelve 6 ins quick-firers in a central battery and many more small quick-firers and machine guns. Speed: 21 knots. Launched 16th May 1900. HMS Aboukir, along with HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue, were all torpedoed by the German U-boat U9 on 22nd September 1914.

Private 628966, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment). Died 4th June 1917. Age 28. Born 3rd January 1891 in Hastings. Enlisted 11th June 1915 at Vernon, British Columbia aged 24 years 5 months, passed fit on 10th June. Son of Charles and Jane Chessell, of 9, Starrs Cottages, Hastings, Sussex but attestation papers state next of kin to be Nrs J C Chessell of Bxehill, Sussex. Labourer by trade. Height 5 feet 6 inches, girth 36½ inches. Complexion dark, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Church of England. Buried in VIMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FARBUS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave E. 7. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1669 - 34

Lance Corporal SD.2646, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Divsion. Killed in action near Monchy 3 May 1917. Born in Reading and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly with the South Downs Battalions. Name also included on the Chichester City Memorial and Swanage Dorset. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20.

Sapper 10500, 56th Company, Royal Engineers. Died 24th March 1915. Age 35. Son of John and Eliza Churchill, of Taunton, Somerset. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. E. 15A.

Sapper 534260, 490th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 25th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 32. Enlisted Bexhill-on-sea. Husband of Ella Mary Clark, of 37, Havelock Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 10 to 13. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private SD/1013, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 3rd September 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 36. Born Ninfield, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Husband of Hannah M. Clark, of 7, Claremont Rd., Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Sergeant L.157, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 29. Son of Mr Clay & Mrs Mary Ann Redmile-Clay of "Tweespruit" New Romney Kent. Born in Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire and enlisted in Rye. Regular Soldier. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), Medialle Militaire (France), Cross of St. George 3rd Class (Russia). Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial. MR. 22

Private 42280, 9th Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers. 36th Ulster Division. Killed in action 24 August 1918. Aged 39. Husband of Mrs Anna Lavinia Clifton of 54 Western Road Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium MR. 32

Private, County And City Of London,

Lance Corporal 427642, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 9th April 1917. Age 27. Born 4th November 1888 in Bexhill, Sussex. Enlisted and passed fit 11th September 1915 at Moose Jaw, Saskatawan, aged 26 years 19 months (sic)?. Height 5 feet 9½ inches, girth 38 inches, complexion dark, eyes blue, hair dark brown, religion Church of England. Extra note on his enlistment states he needs his teeth seeing to. Son of Richard and Alice Cockett. Motorman by trade. Single man. Spent 3years serving with the Cinqueports Volunteers. Buried in NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY, THELUS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. G. 30. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1831 - 17

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment. (Attached) 21st. Division. Died of wounds suffered near Arras 9 April 1917. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs F. A. Cocks of "Jesmond" Ryde Isle of Wight. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20

Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (TF) attached to 114th Brigade Trench Mortar Batteries. 26th Division. Macedonian Front. Killed in action 2 April 1917. Aged 26. Son of Mr & Mrs E. H. Coleman of "Whitefield" De La Warr Road, Bexhill. Husband of Mrs Dorithy Gwendoline Coleman of Eastbourne Sussex. Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery Greece. Gr. 5

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action at Ginchy on the Somme 9 September 1916. Aged 23. Eldest Son of Mr & Mrs E. H. Coleman of De la Warr Road Bexhill. Commissioned in July 1916. Educated at Dulwich College. Included on Dulwich College Memorial. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21

Second Lieutenant (C.O. of "A" Company), 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action near Senlis Mill 5 April 1918. Formerly with the 12th Battalion. Next of kin residents of Bexhill. Buried in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery F. 516

[Name listed as P C COOK on records] Airman Second Class 60494, Recruits Depot, Royal Flying Corps. Died of Meningitis 13 March 1917. Aged 18. Son of Samuel & Mary Anne Cook of 8 Wilton Road Bexhill. Buried in Bexhill Cemetery

Sergeant 741864, "B" Battery, 243rd Brigade (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery. Died in England 15th April 1918. Age 47. Born Forest Row, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Son of George and Ellen Coppard; husband of Naomi Coppard, of 23, Beaconsfield Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in BEXHILL CENETERY, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Grave E. F. O18.

Lieutenant, 57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (General List). Killed in action 20th Novmber 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Son of Benjamin and Edith Charlotte Coppard, of Bexhill-on-Sea, and Tunbridge Wells. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV. F. 7.

Private SD/1875, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 30th June 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Hove, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private 33950, 1/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 4 October 1917. Born in Marwood Devon and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin Bexhill Formerly TF.203237, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Commemorated on The Tyne Cot memorial, Belgium MR. 30

[Spelt COWDREY on St Mary Magdelene memorial] Gunner 119954. 20th Siege Battery, The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 9 April 1918. Aged 32. Husband of Mrs Ethel Kate Cowdrey of 41 Sidley Street Sidley Bexhill. Born in Pimlico and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension F. 572 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private G.17670, 10th Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 41st. Division. Died 14 February 1917. Aged 40. Son of George & Mary Anne Crisp. Husband of Mrs Emily Crisp of 30 Silvester Road Bexhill. Born in Stopham Sussex and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly G. 12819 Royal Sussex. Buried in Gorre British & Indian Cemetery

Private G.65312, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 3rd. Division. Killed in action near Arras 6 May 1917. Aged 40. Son of Mr & Mrs Crossingham of 1 Wrestwood Road Bexhill. Born and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly wiith The East Kents. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20

Henry George G.

[Listed as H J CRUTTENDEN on memorial] Sergeant G.6428, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action during the Battle of Amiens 26 August 1918. Born in Bulverhythe Sussex and enlisted in Hastings. Name included on Hastings War Memorial. Buried in Peronne Road Cemetery Maricourt F. 630

Private SD/1878, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 22nd April 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 27. Born Ramsgate, enlisted Bexhill. Husband of Mary A. Culver, of 3, Camperdown St., Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. Q. 6.

Sergeant 7151. 261st. Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in action near Ypres 23 August 1917. Aged 38. Son of Philip Baker & Mary Daniels. Born in Tooting Surrey and enlisted in London. Next of kin Upper Tooting. Awarded the Military Medal (MM). Buried in Belgian Battery Corner Ypres Belgium B. 34

Lance Sergeant Tf.1872, 1/5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division. Killed with 11 comrades by a single shell in Martinpuich Churchyard 14 November 1916 Aged 29. Son of Edward & Jane Lusby of St. Leonards. Husband of Mrs Snowdrop Dash of 39 Salisbury Road Bexhill. Born in St. Leonards & enlisted in Hastings. Name included on Hastings War Memorial. Buried in Martinpuich British Cemetery F. 392

Rifleman. O/51, 12th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 37th Division. Killed in action during the March Retreat 30 March 1918. Aged 19. Son of Frederick William & Alice Amelia Dawson of 25 Beaconsfield Road Bexhill. Born in Cambridge and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial MR. 27. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Private G/3773, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 27th May 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born East Ham, Essex, enlisted and resident Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Deeprose, of 26, Silvester Rd., Bexhill, Sussex. Buried in BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave III. A. 41.

Sergeant 27147, 1st. Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 5th Division. Killed in action 31 March 1918. Aged 27. Son of Mr & Mrs Jesse Deeprose of Ninfield. Husband of Mrs Annie Campbell Deeprose of "Bearside" Stirling Scotland. Born in Ninfield Sussex and enlisted in Maidstone Kent. Buried in Faureuil British Cemetery F. 563 See also Ninfield

Sapper 1000, 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 10th June 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 30. Born and enlisted Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of Charles James and Blanche Dennett; husband of Edith Dennett, of 7, Alexandra Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Native of Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII A. 75.

DENNETT

William Alfred Harden

Sergeant G.304, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 12th Division. Killed in action 22 June 1915. Aged 27. Son of George & Alice Dennett of "The Lamb" Inn Hooe Sussex. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Canterbury Kent. Buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension. F. 275

DODSON

Francis Ernest Stanley

Private 47900, 3/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. 11th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 14 November 1917. Aged 19. Only son of Ernest & Clara Dodson of "Woodlands" Mount Pleasant Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. MR. 30

DOUGLAS

Kenneth Mackenzie

Captain, Kings African Rifles attached from the 7th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders. Died 9 December 1918. Aged 25. Son of Mr. D. S. M. & Mrs Edith Mackenzie of 33 Collingham Place Earls Court London. Born in London. Buried in Zomba Town Cemetery East Africa.

DUNK

David Thomas

Private SD.1026, 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action near Rue David 12 March 1916. First Battalion, casualty in France. Born in St. Andrews Hastings and enlisted in Hastings. Next of kin Bexhill. Buried in Rue David Military Cemetery F. 347

DUNK

Harry

Rifleman 375853, 8th Battalion, The London Regiment (The Post Office Rifles). Died of wounds. 11 August 1918. Aged 19. Son of Charles & Elizabeth Dunk of BexhillBorn in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Pernois British Cemetery Halloy les Pernois. F. 69

DUNSTER, MM

Albert

Sergeant 45099. 39th Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry). Died of wounds 13 April 1918. Aged 24. Son of Ellen Packham of 5 Chandler Road Bexhill. Born in High Halden Kent and enlisted in Selby Yorkshire. Formerly with The East Yorks. Awarded the Military Medal (MM). Buried in Pernes British Cemetery F. 10

DURRANT

Frank Ba[r]ber

Private 41165, 7th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. 24th Division. Died of wounds 30 June 1918. Aged 18. Son of Horace & Ellen Durrant of 1 North Street BexhillBorn in Fordcombe Kent and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly with the Bedfords. Buried in Pernes British Cemetery F. 10

Private 54990, 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 22nd April 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 36. Born ashford, Middlesex, enlisted Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of James and Annie Earles, of Ashford, Middx.; husband of M. L. Earles, of 26, Park Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave IV. F. 5.

ELDRIDGE

Ernest John

[A J ELDRIDGE on memorial] Private 46721, 11th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. 6th Divisional Pioneers. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 38. Son of Elijah & Anne Eldridge of Sidley. Husband of Mrs Ruth Amy Eldridge of 9 Camperdown Street Sidley. Born in Battle and enlisted in Chatham Kent. Formerly with the Royal Engineers. Buried in The Huts Cemetery Dickebusch Belgium B. 19

Boy 1st Class J/37894, H.M.S. Queen Mary, Royal Navy. Died 31st May 1916. Age 16. Son of Frederick and Florence V. Eldridge, of 9, Reginald Rd., Bexhill. Born at Hastings. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 14. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Special Note: HMS Queen Mary was a Battle Cruiser, weighing 27,250 tons, she was launched in 1912, but was sunk at 16:25 on the 31st May 1916, after receiving direct hits from two Germans ships, Seydlitz and Derfflingerat at the Battle of Jutland. 1,266 men lost their lives.

Private TF.202102, 2/6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 35. Son of Mr & Mrs A. Eldridge of Sidley BexhillBorn in Battle and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20

Private 71499, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 9th November 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Shoreham, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill, resident Burgess Hill, Sussex. Husband of Mrs. B. Elliott, of 9, Claremont Row, Brighton. Formerly 1563, Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in MAUBEUGE-CENTRE CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave D. 64.

Private, ???? Corps.

Private G/18907, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 30th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Bexhill, Sussex. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 3.

ELLIS

George

Private G.25422, 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 34th Division. Killed in action at Grand Rozoy 29 July 1918. Son of Mr Ellis & Mrs M. J. Ellis of 11 Salisbury Road Bexhill. Born in Bexhill & enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Raparie British Cemetery Villemontoire F. 524

ELLIS

James William

Private L.9957, 2nd Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 6th Indian Division. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 24 July 1915. Regular Soldier. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Basra War Cemetery Iraq.

ELLIS

Thomas

Rifleman 5295, 3rd. Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 24th Division. Killed in action 17 January 1915 Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Next of kin Bexhill. Commemorated on The ploegsteert Memorial Belgium MR. 32

[Listed as Lance Corporal on Bexhill Memorial] Private G/1713, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 22. Born Westham, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. L. Elphick, of 13, Springfield Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 20 and 21.

ESDAILE

George Augustus Churchill

Second Lieutenant, 261st. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF). Killed in action near Ypres. 10 August 1917. Aged 25. Son of George & Georgina Esdaile of 4 The High Street Bexhill Buried in The Huts Cemetery Dickebusch. Belgium B. 19

Trimmer 606961, H.M.S. Stephen Furness, Mercantile Marine Reserve, Royal Navy. Died 13th December 1917. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, of Dulwich, London; husband of Emily Evans, of 51, Shenley Rd., Camberwell, London. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 25. - See also Little Common

Note: H.M.S. "Stephen Furness" was built at West Hartlepool in 1910. 1712 gross tonnage. Owned by the Tyne-Tees Shipping Co. Ltd., King Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ship No.34 129,753. Type: Auxiliaries - Armed Boarding. Sunk by submarine UB64 in Irish Sea, west of the Isle of Man; six officers and 95 men lost 13rd December 1917.

Private SD.5129, 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment 24th Division. Died of wounds in Netley Military Hospital Hampshire 1 September 1916. Aged 19. Born in Eastbourne and enlisted in Hastings. Next of kin Bexhill. Formerly with the South Downs Battalion, s. Buried in Netley Military Cemetery Hound Hampshire - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

[Listed as Private on Bexhill Memorial] Lance Corporal SD/1317, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 14th November 1917 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 21. Born Holingbourne, Kent, enlisted Bexhill. Son of Alfred James and Caroline Frances Felton, of 54, Cornwall Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 86 to 88.

[Spelt FEURVE on memorial and as a Captain] Lieutenant, The Royal Engineers, late of the 491st. (2nd Home Counties) Company T. F. Died at home 8 January 1917. Aged 42. Son of Walter & Janet Le Feuvre of Bexhill. Husband of Mrs Blanche Florence Le Feuvre 23 Cyril Mansions Battersea Park London. Born in Jersey. Buried in in St. Agnes Churchyard Conway North Wales.

Private, Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Sapper 1519, 1st/2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 20th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 37. Born Rye, Sussex, enlisted bexhill-on-Sea. Son of the late William Henry and Harriett Filmer; husband of Florence Filmer, of 52, Chandler Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9.

FISK

Charles Frederick

Private G.36605, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers 3rd. Division. Killed in action during the March Retreat. 31 August 1918. Born and enlisted in Twickenham. Next of kin Twickenham Middlesex. Twickenham Parish Church War Memorial. Connection with Bexhill unknown. Buried in H. A. C. Cemetery Ecoust St. Mein F. 568

FITCH-JONES

George Edward

Sergeant M2/028011, The Army Service Corps attached to No 2 Anti Aircraft Wokshops. Died of wounds 6 January 1916. Aged 31. Son if Edward & Maude Fitch-Jones of 7 Dorset Road Bexhill. Born Finsbury Park and enlisted in London. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension F. 285

FITCH-JONES

Owen Edward

Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery B Battery 275th Brigade. Killed in action 13 May 1917. Aged 34. Son of Edward & Maude Fitch-Jones of 7 Dorset Road Bexhill Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. Belgium B. 4

FOX, DSO

Arthur Caluse

Lt. Colonel, The Royal Army Medical Corps. Drowned 15 April 1917 when the troopship "Arcadian" was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea off Melos. Aged 49. Son of Lt. Colonel W. S & Mrs Sarah Edith Fox of 95 Dorset Road Bexhill. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Commemorated on The Mikra Memorial MR. 35

FREEMAN

Albert Henry

Corporal 3313, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 14th Division Killed in action near Ypres 9 August 1915. Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs Freeman of 2 Railway Cottages Cooden Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium. MR. 29 - See also Little Common

FREEMAN

George

Corporal 76165,"F" Battery 14th Brigade The Royal Horse Artillery Died of wounds 27 September 1918. Aged 25. Son of Mr Freeman and Mrs Ellen Freeman of 2 Sidley Road, Sidley, Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery F. 756

FREEMAN

John Alfred

Private G.34508, 23rd. Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 41st. Division. Killed in action 7 June 1917. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Hastings. Son of Mr & Mrs G Freeman of 57 Sidley Street Bexhill. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium MR. 29 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

FRIEND

James

Private G.8725, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 3rd. Division. Died in military hospital at Etaples 3 December 1916. Aged 39. Born in Sydenham and enlisted in London. Next of kin residents of Blackfriars. Bexhill connection unknown. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery F. 40 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Gunner 93109, 155th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killled in action 8th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Buxted, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Grave XII. D. 2. - See also Little Common

FULLER

Frank

Private 17575, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 12th Division attached to the 7th Royal West Surreys (18th Division). Killed in action at Montauban 1 July 1916. Born in Sidley and enlisted in Hastings. Next of kin resident Battle. Buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz. F. 397

FULLER

William [George]

Rifleman 4724, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 8th Division. Killed in action 14 March 1915. Aged 22. Son of Mr Fuller & Mrs Esther Fuller of 15 Havelock Road Bexhill. Born in Leatherhead Surrey Enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22

GARDINER

Alec

Major, The Royal Engineers. Killed in action at Givenchy 20 December 1914. Aged 41. Son of Col. R. Gardiner & Agnes Hay Gardiner. Husband of Mrs Edith May Gardiner. Served in Egypt 1896. Decorated for St. John Ambulance work in India 1913. Officiating Agent Oude & Rohilkund Railway India. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22

From the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 1 Page 147.

Major, R.e.,, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard GArdiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E.(ret), by his wife, Agenes Hay, daughter of Major-General Alexander Irving, C.B., Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol from start to finish; born Ulwar, Rejputanan, India, 28 June, 1873; educated privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieutenant, 24 July, 1894, Captain, 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After completing the usual course at Chatham he was ordered to India, and joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war sservice at Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in AUgust 1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since 1909 Lieutetant-Colonel commanding that railway's Volunteer Rifle Corps, devoting bis spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state of efficiency ehile under his command. The services of Major Gardiner were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was ordered to England, but was intercepteed in the Mediterranean, and sent straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (Now Lord) French [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken with near the fighting kine of the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the Grermans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped he might be in the enemy's hands, but his fate was ultimately set at rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company, R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells, was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: "No braver or better soldier fought for England, and so nobly died - I knew him well - absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death is a grievous loss to all who jnew him officially and unofficially." He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengals Presidency Rifle Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the Field Officers' Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol. Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in 1911, 1912 and 1913. In recognition of his srvices he was made a Serving Brother of the order of St. John of Jerusalem and received the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brough forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine. He was a member of the Institution of civil Engineers and also of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He married at Lucknow, 24 March, 1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), daughter of Campbell Thompson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India State Railway, and had three children: Richard, born 28 Oct. 1900; John campbell, born 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, born 11 April, 1903.

GAYLER

Ernest

Private G.11246, 11th Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 41st. Division Killed in action 15 September 1916. Born in Clapham and enlisted in Bromley Kent. Next of kin West Wickham Kent. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21

GAYLER

Robert

Deck Hand 17210/DA/PO, Royal Naval Reserve. H.M. Minesweeping Trawler "Balfour". Killed in action 28 November 1917. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea MR. 3.

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 11th July 1916. Age 21. Son of Thomas William and Frances Georgina Gibson, of 29, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London. Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Grave I. C. 31.

GILHAM

Frederick Stephen Michael

Sergeant GS.127, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Wounded in action during "The Battle of the craters" in the Hohenzollern Redoubt and died on the 4 March 1916. Aged 25. Son of Stephen & Ellen Gillham of Peach Cottage Little Common. Born in Little Common and enlisted in Bexhill. Special Reservist. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery F. 80 - See also Little Common

GOLDSMITH

Frederick James

Private 931347, 54th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry (The Central Ontario Regiment) 11th Brigade. 4th Canadian Division. Killed in action 28th September 1918. Aged 36. Born 23rd August 1882 at Hastings. Enlisted and passed fit 1st May 1916 at Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, aged 32 years and 8 months. Height 5 feet 5 inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown. member of the Salvation Army. Resident Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Carpenter and Motorman by trade. Prior to his enlisted ment he had spent 4 years in the Royal Engineers. Son of Frederick James & Rebecca Goldsmith. Husband of Mrs Catherine Goldsmith of Nelson, British Columbia. Buried in Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension F. 686. Nation Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3615 - 6

Private, Royal Fusiliers. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

GOODWIN

Harold Desborough

Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd. Division Killed in action on the Somme 1 July 1916. Aged 25. Son of Albert & Alice Goodwin Buried in Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 1 Auchonvillers. F. 1500 - See also Little Common

Private GS/799, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 25th January 1915 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 29. Born Ramsgate, enlisted Bexhill. Son of Mrs. J. Freeman, of 10, Edinburgh Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea; husband of A. Gower, of 20, Salisbury Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 20 and 21.

Private TF.1524, 1/5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division. Died of wounds on the Somme 19 July 1916. Aged 26. Son of The Rev. Herbert & Mrs Grantham of Halton Rectory Tring Hertfordshire. Born in Tring and enlisted in Tewkesbury. Resident of Bexhill. Buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension. F. 44 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Leading Stoker 299157, H.M.S. Aboukir, Royal Navy. Lost in action in the North Sea 22nd September 1914. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 4. See also Edward Robert CHAPLIN.

Note: H.M.S. Aboukir was a Cressy Class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Displacement of 12,000 tons. Armament: two 9.2 ins guns (bow & stern), twelve 6 ins quick-firers in a central battery and many more small quick-firers and machine guns. Speed: 21 knots. Launched 16th May 1900. HMS Aboukir, along with HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue, were all torpedoed by the German U-boat U9 on 22nd September 1914.

[Listed as Sergeant Major on Bexhill memorial, National Archives of Canada spelt name GRAVENY] Sergeant 75004, 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Died 26th September 1916. Age 28. Son of Elizabeth Green, of 12, Stodart Rd., Anerley, London, and the late William Graveney; mother was cited as living at 40 Leonard Road, Penge, London at time of his enlistment. Born 15th November 1887 in Upper Norwood, Surrey. Enlisted at Vancouver, 6th November 1914, aged 37 (anomalie with his age at death), passed fit 7th November 1914, height 5 feet 10 inches, girth 35 inches. complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light brown, religion Church of England. Mechanical engineer by trade. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Grave VII. E. 15. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3745 - 5

Private, Bedfordshire.

possibly Private G.5050, 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed in action at Loos 28 September 1915. Born in Kilburn and enlisted in Portslade Sussex. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial MR. 19

Private 10/1505, Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died 8th August 1915 at Gallipoli. Age 27. Son of Eveline S. M. Griffiths, of "Glebeside," Bexhill-on-Sea, and the late Herbert T. Griffiths, M.D. Commemorated on CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 20.

Captain, 1/6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. 11th Division. Killed in action at Suvla Bay Gallipoli 7 August 1915. Commemorated on The Cape Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey MR. 4

Private 28331, 8th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 36th Ulster Division. Died of wounds 7 August 1917. Aged 19. Son of Thomas & Florence Gurr of 6 Alexandra Road Bexhill Enlisted in Bexhill. Formerly G.7397 Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery Vlamertinghe Belgium B. 7

Lieutenant, R. W. Fusiliers.

Private, Royal Fusiliers. - See also Little Common