PACKHAM |
George |
Private
G/16595, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action at Messines 11th June 1916. Aged 30. Husband of
Elizabeth Packham of 120, Loader Road, Brighton. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and on St. Bartholomew’s
Parish Church Memorial. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial,
Ypres, Belgium. MR. 29. |
PAGE |
Alfred |
Private
21341, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Regular Division.
Killed in action 5th August 1916. Aged 29. Husband of Mrs Alice
Page of 8, Quebec Street, Brighton. Left one child. Employee of
‘The Old Ship’ Hotel. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book. Formerly with The Royal Sussex Regiment.
Buried in Potijze Chateau Wood Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. B. 47.
|
PAGE |
Charles
Frederick |
Private
TF/320370, 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th Yeomanry
Division. Died of wounds in Palestine 9th March 1918. Aged 23. Brother
of Mrs Winifred Woodhams of 50, Kingsley Road, Preston Park. Born
and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and
on St. Johns Church Memorial, Preston Park. Brighton. Buried in
The Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine. Pal. 3. |
PAGE |
Charles
Henry |
Private
SD/5473, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Reported missing during the German Spring offensive 22nd March 1918.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book and on St. Martin’s Parish Church Memorial.
Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial MR. 27. |
PAGE |
Charles
William |
This
is a suggestion only from the CWGC and a suspect entry.
Private G/50386, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 18th Eastern Division.
Killed in action near Thiepval 17th February 1917. Aged 43. Husband
of Mrs E. Page of 109, Ercwonald Street, Shepherds Bush London.
Not included in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. No apparent connection
with Brighton. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21. |
PAGE |
George |
Private
S/2081, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action at Givenchy 29th January 1915. Aged 19. Son of
James Amos & Emily Page of 18, Richmond Hill, Brighton. Born and
enlisted in Brighton. Special Reservist. Not included in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22 |
PAGE |
Harry |
Private
G/6182, 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment. 28th Regular Division.
Died of disease in Greece 22nd December 1916. Aged 35. Son of Henry
& Caroline Page of Brighton. Husband of Mrs Jane Page of 71, Centurion
Road, Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece Gr. 3.
(See addenda for another Harry Page) |
PAGE |
Henry |
Private
G/3273, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 28th May 1917. Aged 20. Son
of Mr & Mrs H. Page of 153, Edward Street, Brighton. Born St. Mary’s,
Brighton. Enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Buried in Hop Store Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Belgium. B. 2. |
PAGE |
Oliver
[James] |
Private
G8937, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action during an attack by the 2nd Brigade on Munster
Alley, on the Somme 23rd July 1916. Born in Clapton, East London
and enlisted in Hove. Listed on St. Martin’s Parish Church Memorial.
Next of kin, Brighton. Not listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
PAGE |
Robert
James |
Gunner,
H.M.S. ‘Good Hope’, Royal Navy. South Atlantic Squadron. Lost with
the ship when the armoured cruiser was sunk with all hands in action
with Von Spee’s squadron off the Coronel Islands, Chile on the 1st
November 1914. Recorded in Ranks unknown in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book, also Royal Naval ranks unknown. Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial Southsea MR. 3. |
PAGE |
Stephen |
Able
Seaman B/5820, H.M.S. ‘Alert’, Royal Navy. Mesopotamian River Flotilla.
Taken prisoner at Kut el Amara and died in captivity on the 9th
September 1916. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Seamen
Royal Navy. Buried in Bagdhad North Gate War Cemetery. Iraq. 8.
|
PAICE |
Arthur
Edward |
Sergeant
L/10418, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Eastern Division.
Killed in action at Cambrai 25th November 1917. Aged 24. Husband
of Louise Paice of 5, Bute Street, Kemp Town, Brighton. Son of William
& Mary Anne Paice of Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Sgts. Commemorated on The Cambrai
Memorial. MR. 17. |
PAINE |
C
E |
No
further information currently available. Not listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Not found in CWGC and SDGW records |
PAINE |
Frederick
John |
Private
60618, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 12th Eastern Division. Killed
in action at Cambrai during the German counter attack on 30th November
1917. Husband of Mrs F. J. Paine of 100, Hanover Terrace, Brighton.
Employed as a signwriter by Mr. Bryant of Bond Street, Brighton.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial. MR. 17. |
PALLANT |
George |
Lance
Corporal 513173, 2/14th Battalion, London Regiment. (The London
Scottish) 60th (2/2nd London) Division. T.F. Killed in action in
Palestine. 30th April 1918. Aged 31. Son of Mr & Mrs George Pallant
of Kings Road, Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Richmond
Resident of Kew. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance
Corporals. Buried in The Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine. Pal.
3. |
PALMAR |
Hubert
John |
This
is the only Palmar H. J. with CWGC records. Private 26232,
5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Guards Division. Died at home.
19th June 1918. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Connection
with Brighton unknown. Buried in Great Chart (St. Mary’s) Churchyard,
Near Ashford, Kent. |
PANNELL |
George
Frederick |
Private
67548, 113th Company, Labour Corps. Western Front Units. Killed
in action in The Ypres Salient 22nd September 1917. Aged 40. Son
of Mrs G. F. Pannell of Brighton. Husband of Mrs G. F. Pannell Formerly
with the Middlesex Regiment. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Born in Brighton and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Canada Farm
Cemetery, Belgium. B. 12. |
PARIS |
George |
Private
6852, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. 5th Regular Division.
Killed in action near La Basse 31st October 1914. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Regular Soldier. Not included
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial.
MR. 22. |
PARIS |
Percy
John |
Gunner
144697, Royal Garrison Artillery. Home Units. Died at home 16th
June 1917. Aged 19. Son of George Alfred & Mary Jane Paris of Tickeridge
Mill, Blackboys. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Blackboys near
Uckfield. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Gunners. Buried
in Bury St. Edmunds Cemetery, Suffolk. |
PARISH |
Edgar
Basil |
This
is the only E. B. Parish with the CWGC Records. Lance
Corporal 161812, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Regular
Division. Killed in action at Ypres 24th August 1917. Aged 25. Son
of Robert & Rose Anne Parish of 104 Quebec Street, Norwich, Norfolk.
Brighton connection unknown. Not listed in St Peter’s Memorial Book.
Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. MR. 30 |
PARKER |
Arthur
Ernest |
Private
5975, 9th Queens Royal Lancers. Cavalry Units. Died at home 24th
May 1915. Aged 43. Son of Mrs Lucy Chapman of 50, Coleman Street,
Brighton. Native of Lewes. Born Shoreham and enlisted in Bognor.
Served in the South African Campaign with the 14th Hussars. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and Bognor War Memorial Hospital. Buried
in Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, South London. |
PARKER |
Edwin
Mortimer |
Able
Seaman J/950, H.M.S. ‘Formidable’, Royal Navy. Channel Fleet. Lost
when the Battleship was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Lyme Regis on
the 1st January 1915. Next of kin Brighton residents. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Able Seamen Royal Navy. Commemorated
on The Chatham Naval Memorial, Southsea MR. 1. |
PARKER |
Francis
Lionel |
Private
G/4004, 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Eastern Division.
Wounded during the Messines offensive and died in military hospital
near Poperinghe on 30th June 1917. Aged 28. Son of George & Sarah
Jane Parker of 63, Frederick Street, Brighton. Born in Eastbourne
and enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried
in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. B. 11. |
PARKER |
Sydney
Percy |
Driver
900646, Royal Field Artillery. Home based units. Died at home 14th
September 1918. Aged 28. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Drivers. Buried in Brighton and Preston Cemetery. |
PARKER |
Walter
George Heather |
Private
PS/3468, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 33rd New Army Division.
Killed in action during an attack by the 98th Brigade during the
Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Arras Offensive 23rd April 1917.
Aged 34. Husband of Mrs Mary Parker of 16, Ashford Street, Brighton.
Son of Mr & Mrs George Walker Parker of Brighton. Born Brighton
and enlisted in Chichester. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Buried in Heninel Croiselles Road Cemetery. F. 434. |
PARKER |
William |
Driver
901043, 1070th Battery, 222nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Mesopotamian
Units. Died of disease in military hospital in Basra, Mesopotamia
on the 21st May 1919. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Drivers. Next of kin, unknown. Buried in Basra War Cemetery Iraq.
6. |
PARKHOUSE |
James
Harold |
Lance
Corporal SD/2760, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South
Downs) 39th New Army Division. Killed in action on the Rue de Bois.
30th June 1916. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs J. G. Parkhouse of 2, Rugby
Road, Preston Park, Brighton. Born in Taunton and enlisted in Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance Corporals. Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
PARKS |
Ernest
William |
Private
G/24912, 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th Eastern Division.
Died in military hospital at Annois 4th June 1918. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Next of kin Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in Annois Communal Cemetery, Aisne. F. 1064 |
PARKS |
Frederick
James |
Trooper
5544, 9th Queens Royal Lancers. The Cavalry Division. Died of wounds
at Le Treport on the 31st August 1915. Aged 20. Son of Isaac & Mary
Parks of 50, Bates Road, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Privates. Not listed in SDGW. Buried in Le Treport Military
Cemetery F. 1. See also Canterbury,
9th Lancers |
PARKS |
Henry
Isaac |
Private
28163, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Eastern Division.
Killed in action at Beaumont Hamel 8th November 1916. Born in Brighton
and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin, Brighton St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21. |
PARRISH |
Ernest
Benjamin |
Private
06340, No. 23 Company The Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died of disease
in military hospital at Calais 29th December 1916. Aged 33. Son
of Michael Thomas King & Rosalie O’Connor Parrish of Brighton. Born
and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and
on St. Albans Parish Church Memorial Coombe Road. (SDGW Ernest Berry
Parrish) CWGC records one R only (PARISH). Buried in Calais Southern
Cemetery. F. 8. |
PARROTT |
William
Edward Charles |
Private
G/4689, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action at Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 24. Husband of
Mrs Ellen Elizabeth Parrott of 40 Scotland Street, Brighton. Born
in St. Leonards and enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book and on St. Alban’s and St. Luke’s Parish Church Memorials.
Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
PARSLOW |
Albert
Edward |
Corporal
G/170, 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 18th Eastern Division.
Killed in action on the Ancre 18th November 1916. Born Stonehouse,
Plymouth and enlisted in Kingston on Thames Next of kin Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under unknown ranks (CWGC entry
reads Purslow A. E.). Buried in Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt.
F. 535. |
PARSLOE |
Adrian
Wesley |
Sergeant
573049, 1/17th Vattalion, London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)
47th (2nd London) Division. Killed in action at Messines 6th July
1917. Born Nottingham and enlisted in Birmingham. Formerly with
the 7th Dragoon Guards. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Sergeants and on St. Luke’s Parish Church Memorial
both record Parslow Adrian Wesley. CWGC. Parsloe Adrian Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR. 29. |
PARSONS |
Charles
Robert |
Private
G/19792, 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 41st New Army
Division. Taken prisoner and died of dysentry in captivity in Antwerp,
Belgium on the 22nd October 1918. Aged 23. Born Preston Park and
enlisted in Brighton. Son of Mr & Mrs Parsons of West End Farm,
Burgess Hill. Also listed on Burgess Hill War Memorial. Former cavalryman
(Lancers). Buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium B.
342. |
PARSONS
|
[F]
E G |
Private
T/368553, 2nd General Headquarters Reserve Mechanical Transport
Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Aged 28. Son of James and Anne
Parsons, of 213, Elm Grove, Brighton. Born at Brighton. Buried in
Etaples Military Cemetery, France. |
PARSONS |
George
Henry |
Lance
Corporal L/6986, 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Eastern
Division. Died of wounds 13th September 1915. Aged 33. Born in Brighton
and enlisted in Hove. Regular Soldier. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Lance Corporals and on New England Road Mission Church
Memorial. Buried in Citadel New Military Cemetery F. 394 |
PARSONS |
William
George [Miller] |
Private
SP/3774, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsman’s) 2nd Regular
Division. Killed in action on the Somme 31st July 1916. Aged 18.
Son of Mr J. M. & Mrs Amelia Parsons of 101, Round Hill Crescent,
Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in London. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial. MR.
21. |
PARTINGTON |
Sidney
Herbert |
Private
41479, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 34th New Army Division.
Killed in action during the German Flanders offensive 19th April
1916. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs E. Partington of 3, Trafalgar Street,
Brighton. Born Brighton and enlisted in Chichester. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book. The Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium MR. 32.
|
PATCHING |
Frank
Leonard |
Corporal
3963, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsmans Battalion)
Badly gassed and died in military hospital in Bethune 13th July
1917. Aged 19. Son of Frank & Sarah Anne Patching of 8, Ashdown
Road, Brighton. Born, Brighton. Enlisted, London. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book under Cpls. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery
F. 80. |
PAUL,
DCM, MM |
Reuben
Stanley |
Rifleman
C/7740, 13th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 37th New Army Division.
Died of wounds 26th August 1918. Aged 25. Son of John & Hannah Paul
of 14, Porthall Street, Brighton. Born in Brighton. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance Corporals. Buried in Bagneaux
British Cemetery, Gezaincourt. F. 84. |
PAVITT |
Reginald
James |
Lieutenant,
10th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. 74th Yeomanry Division. Killed
in action at Morlancourt 9th August 1918. Aged 23. Son of Henry
& Emma Pavitt of 13 Cissbury Road, Hove. Husband of Olga Pavitt
who later re married. Former Sergeant with the Sussex Yeomanry.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lieutenants. Hove Memorial.
Buried in Beacon Cemetery, Sailly Laurette F. 247 |
PAYNE |
Albert
[George] |
Private
G/40904, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 37th New Army Division.
Killed in action on the Ancre 16th November 1916. Aged 35. Son of
John & Mary Payne of Brighton. Husband of Mrs Rose Laura Payne of
62, Princess Road, Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Chichester.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery,
Beaumont Hamel F. 339 |
PAYNE |
Bernard |
Private
15414, Lord Strathconas Horse. Canadian Corps Cavalry. Killed in
action in the Nieppe Forest 5th August 1915. Born 12th April 1893
in Brighton. Next of kin, Chalres Payne, 65 Hepher Road, Brighton.
Carpenter by trade. Enlisted Valcartier, Canada. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under unknown ranks. Buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery,
Steenwerck F. 297. |
PAYNE |
Henry
James |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment attached to 1/4th
Battalion 53rd Welsh Division in Egypt. Drowned when the S.S. ’Trannsylvania’
was torpedoed in the Gulf of Genoa 4th May 1917. Aged 26. Son of
James & Annie Payne of 36, Edburton Avenue, Brighton. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Second Lieutenants. Commemorated
on The Savona Town Memorial, Italy. |
PAYNE |
John |
Sapper
40074, 62nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. 14th Light Division.
Killed in action in Belgium 25th September 1915. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Next of kin unknown. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under unknown ranks Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial
MR. 32. |
PAYNTER |
Thomas
Percy |
Private
SD/3661, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1st South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Died of wounds in military hospital at Rouen
on the 25th March 1918. Aged 33. Husband of Mrs T. Paynter. Left
one child. Eldest son of Mrs Martin of 13, Ditchling Road, Brighton.
Born Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in St.
Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. F. 146 |
PEACOCK |
Frank |
Private
23610, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Guards Division. Killed
in action near Leventie 20th December 1915. Aged 23. Son of George
& Margaret Peacock of Brighton. Member of Brighton Police Force.
Born in Surrey and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in The Royal Irish Guards Cemetery, Laventie F. 706.
|
PEAKE |
Walter
Southwell |
Sapper
43826, 90th Field Company The Royal Engineers. 9th Scottish Division.
Died on the 27th May 1915, cause unknown. Aged 35. Husband of Alice
Peake of 6, Luther Street, Elm Grove, Brighton. Son of Walter and
Martha Peake. Born in Salfords, Lancashire and enlisted in Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Sappers and on St. Luke’s
Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Steenwerck Communal Cemetery F.
1091 |
PEAL |
Henry
Joseph |
Private
TF/267288, Hertfordshire Regiment. 39th New Army Division. Wounded
during the German Spring offensive and died in military hospital
on the 24th March 1918. Aged 40. Son of Henry Robert & Anna Elizabeth
Peal of 215, Ditchling Road, Brighton. Born in Walworth and enlisted
in Lambeth. Resident of Barking. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery. F. 329 |
PEARCE |
George
Thomas |
Private
12486, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. The Guards Division. Wounded
at Hulluch near Loos and died in military hospital at Douai 3rd
October 1915. Aged 23. Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Anne Pearce of
23, Richmond Place, Brighton. Born in Clapton and enlisted in Croydon.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under unknown ranks (Pearce
J.!!). Buried in Douai Communal Cemetery F. 1176 |
PEARSON |
Charles
Stephen |
Corporal
Shoeing Smith 5533, 47th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Western
Front units. Died in base hospital at Boulogne 25th October 1914.
Aged 38. Son of Stephen and Sarah Pearson. Native of Saffron Walden,
Essex. Husband of Elizabeth Pearson of 14, Aberdeen Road, Brighton.
Not included in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery. F. 102. |
PEARSON |
Rowland
Leslie |
Private,
Durham Light Infantry. Battalion unknown. Taken prisoner on the
27th May 1918 and died of dysentery in captivity on the 18th July
1918. Aged 19. Information from the Sussex Daily News reports and
In Memoriam entries 1919-20. Son of Mrs Pearson of 209 Queens Park
Road, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and on St. Luke’s
Parish Church Memorial. No record with CWGC or Part 62 SDGW. |
PEATFIELD |
Stanley
James |
Second
Lieutenant, 60th Company, Machine Gun Corps attached from Royal
Berkshire Regiment. Wounded during the Messines Offensive and died
in military hospital 2nd July 1917. Aged 22. Youngest. Son of Mr
& Mrs M. Peatfield of St. Georges Place, Brighton. Earlier of ‘Willow
Brook’ Hassocks. Memorial tablet in Hassocks Congregational Chapel.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under 2/Lts. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Belgium. B. 11. |
PEERLESS |
Cuthbert
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division.
Died at home 12th May 1918. Aged 26. Son of Henry Heathfield & Amelia
Sarah Peerless of 12, St. James Avenue, Kemp Town. Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under 2/Lts. Buried in Brighton Extramural
Cemetery. |
PEERLESS |
Charles
Leonard |
Private
L/761538, 1/28th Battalion, London Regiment. (The Artists Rifles).
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 30th October 1917. Born in
Brighton and enlisted in Chelsea. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial,
Belgium. Mr. 30 |
PELL |
Arthur
Charles |
Airman
2nd Class 56674, Royal Air Force. School of Navigation and bomb
dropping. Died at home of influenza 17th October 1918. Aged 34.
Husband of Mrs E. V. R. Pell of 42, College Place, Kemp Town, Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under RFC/RAF and on St. Anne’s
Memorial (St Georges Parish Church, Kemp Town.). Buried in Brighton
and Preston Cemetery. |
PELLETT |
Joseph
Frank |
Private
SD/2762, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Wounded during the attack by the 116th Brigade
on the Rue De Bois and died in military hospital in Bethune 14th
July 1916. Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs Pellett of 14, Holland Street
Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book and on St. Luke’s Parish Church Memorial. Buried in
Bethune Town Cemetery F. 80. |
PELLING |
[Alfred]
George |
Stoker
SS/102567, H.M.S. ‘Dahlia’, Royal Navy. Died at home, cause unknown.
6th September 1915. Aged 27. Husband of Mrs. Rebecca Pelling of
62, Hanover Street, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book
under Stokers Royal Navy. Buried in Brighton Bear Road Cemetery
|
PELLING |
Edwin
John |
Private
G/18615, 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th Division.
Taken prisoner and died in captivity in Germany 9th May 1917. Born
and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Formerly with the
Royal Fusiliers. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in
Ohlesdorf (Hamburg) Cemetery, Germany. G. 2 |
PELLING |
Percy
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 59247, 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 21st
New Army Division. Killed in action 18th September 1918. Aged 30.
Son of Mrs Sarah Jane Pelling of 62, Newhaven Street, Brighton.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. St. Peter’s Memorial Book under L/Cpls.
Commemorated on The Vis En Artois Memorial MR. 16. |
PALLING |
Walter
Henry |
Pioneer
129493, ‘E’ Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 23rd
July 1917. Aged 23. Second son of Mr & Mrs Pelling of 25, Carlton
Row, Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Pioneers and on the Royal Engineers Memorial,
St. Albans Parish Church, Coombe Road. Buried in Roclincourt Military
Cemetery F. 184 |
PELRY |
Robert |
Lance
Corporal G/29273, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 33rd
New Army Division. Killed in action 21st September 1918. Born in
Brixton and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under L/Cpls. And on St. Luke’s Church
War Memorial. Buried in Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy F. 665 |
PEMBERTON |
Herbert
Henry |
Private
8594, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 8th Regular Division.
Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 12th March 1915. Aged 28. Son
of Mrs Isabella Pemberton of 9, Cuthbert Road, Brighton. Born and
enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and on
St. Marks redundant Church Memorial, Kemp Town. Commemorated on
The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22 |
PEPPER |
Alfred
John |
Private
G/3188, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action near Wulverghem 17th May 1916. Aged 35. Son of
Alfred & Anne Pepper of Brighton. Born St. Johns and enlisted in
Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Ration
Farm Cemetery Annexe F. 82. |
PEPPER |
J |
Private.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Privates. No further information
currently |
PEPPER |
[Wheeler]
S |
Private
17192, 4th Advanced workshops, Tank Corps. Western Front. Died in
military hospital as the result of an operation for appendicitis
on the 5th October 1918. Son of Mr & Mrs Pepper of 4, Edinburgh
Road, Brighton. Husband of Mrs W. S. Pepper. Born and enlisted in
Brighton. Formerly with The Royal Army Medical Corps. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under unknown ranks (Wheeler S. Pepper).
Buried in Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt F. 278 |
PESKETT |
Guy
Eastcott Harry |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons Regiment. 49th West
Riding Division. T.F. Killed in action during the Arras offensive
3rd May 1917. Aged 28. Son of Dr. & Mrs. A. W. Chalmers-Peskett.
MA. MB. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Second Lietenants
and also recorded on the Parish Memorial in East Hoathly. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial MR. 20. |
PESKETT |
John
Kennett |
Corporal
4026. 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. 20th Light Division. Killed
in action during the Arras offensive 21st April 1917. Born and enlisted
in Worthing. Next of kin, Brighton. Not listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery. F. 756 |
PETAS |
P |
Fireman
Trimmer, Mercantile Marine. Lost when the S.S. ’Waverley’ was torpedoed
off Cape Ivi, Algeria with the loss of 23 men, 20th December 1917.
Aged 23. Born in Greece. Brighton connection unknown. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under unknown ranks (Petasse P.) CWGC
(Petas P.) Christian name not recorded. Commemorated on The Tower
Hill Memorial MR. 39. |
PETERS |
L |
No
further information currently available. Not recorded in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book CWGC records and SDGW did not produce a satisfactory
match. No local information. Unidentified. |
PETERS |
Louis
Alexander |
Private
10616, 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) 7th
Regular Division. Died of wounds 11th October 1917. Aged 32. Son
of Mr & Mrs Peter’s of 11, Buckingham Road, Brighton. Husband of
Nina Peter’s who later moved to 116, Mortlake Road, Ilford, Essex.
Brother of William John Peters. Left two sons. Born in Newhaven
and enlisted in Armoury House, Tower of London. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book and in St. Albans Parish Church. Buried in Godewaersvelde
British Cemetery F. 139 |
PETERS |
William
John |
Sergeant
L/8141, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action at Priez on the Marne 14th September 1914. Son
of Mr & Mrs Peter’s of 11, Buckingham Road, Brighton. Born in Newhaven
and enlisted in Chichester. Regular Soldier. Brother of Louis Alexander
Peters. Listed on St. Albans Parish Church Memorial and in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Sergeants. Commemorated on The Ferte Sous Jouarre
Memorial MR. 15. |
PETTITT |
Frederick
John |
Private
G/3016, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action during the Battle of Loos 25th September 1915.
Aged 27. Son of Frederick John & Mary Anne Pettitt of 20, Rifle
Butt Road, Black Rock, Brighton. Born Rottingdean and enlisted in
Brighton. Name recorded on the Rottingdean Parish Memorial. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book and on St. Marks Redundant Parish Church
Memorial. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
PETTITT |
Henry |
Lance
Corporal SD/2998, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South
Downs) 39th New Army Division. Wounded on the Rue de Bois on the
30th June and died in military hospital at Merville 7th July 1916.
Born in Millwall and enlisted in Hove. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance Corporals. Buried in Merville
Communal Cemetery F. 345 |
PEYTON |
George
Edward |
Private
9297, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action on the Marne 27th August 1914. Aged 19. Son of
Mrs Emily Satcher of 13 Richmond Road, Brighton. Born in Kemp Town
and enlisted in Brighton. Regular Soldier. Not included in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Buried in Etreux British Cemetery F. 1751 |
PHILLIPS |
Charles
Samuel |
This
is the only C. S. Phillips in CWGC records and seems most unlikely.
No apparent Brighton connection.
Private TF/202342, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light
Infantry. 20th Light Division. Killed in action at Cambrai 30th
November 1917. Born in Torquay and enlisted in Plymouth St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Ptes (C. S. Phillips) Commemorated on The Cambrai
Memorial MR. 17. |
PHILLIPS |
Charles
William |
Private
S/85, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9th May 1915. Special Reservist.
Born St. Mary’s Eastbourne and enlisted in Eastbourne. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial
MR. 22. |
PHILPOTT |
Bertie |
Corporal
38794, 207th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on the
2nd June 1918. Aged 24. Son of Alice Philpott of 13, Castle Street,
Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Cpls. Buried in Bagneaux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt
F. 84. |
PHILLP |
Harold
Walter |
Private
M2/048500, Army Service Corps attached to 1/2nd Hampshire Army Troops
Company. Killed in action near Mazingarbe 7th July 1916. Aged 25.
Son of Mrs Anne Groves of 14, Newhaven Street, Brighton. Later of
13, Albion Cottages, Albion Hill. Brighton. Born in Battersea and
enlisted in London. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried
in Mazingarbe. Communal Cemetery Extension. F. 223. |
PICKETT |
Eustace
Henry |
Lance
Corporal 9820, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. 4th Regular
Division. Killed in action near Meteren 13th October 1914. Born
in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under unknown ranks. Buried in Meteren Military Cemetery F.
324 |
PICKETT |
Harry |
No
further information currently available. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under unknown ranks (Harry Pickett) No local Information. CWGC
& SDGW inquiries inconclusive Pte. H. Machine Gun Corps, Pte. Henry
Alex. 5th Berks and Pte Henry James, 4th Royal Fusiliers. ?? |
PICKETT |
Harold
William |
Lance
Sergeant 78980, 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 50th
Northumbrian Division. Wounded in an enemy air raid on Etaples and
died on the 29th May 1918. Aged 28. Only son of William George &
Evalina Pickett. Husband of Mrs Ada Pickett of 32, Hampstead Road,
Preston Park, Brighton. Formerly with The Sussex Yeomanry. Born
in Burgess Hill and enlisted in Brighton. Educated The Brighton
School of Music and The Royal College of Music. Cellist with the
Brighton Municipal Orchestra. Left a daughter. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Lance Sergeants. Buried in Etaples Military
Cemetery. F. 40. |
PIERCE |
Henry |
Private
3038, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action during a German counter attack on 73rd, Brigade
positions near Delville Wood, 31st August 1916. Aged 29. Son of
Mr & Mrs A. J. Pierce of 10, Hartington Road, Elm Grove. Brighton.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Formerly with the Sussex Yeomanry. (SDGW Sussex Yeomanry) Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
PIERCE |
John |
Private
41174, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 18th Eastern Division. Reported
missing during the German Spring offensive 26th March 1918. Born
and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial MR. 27. |
PIERCE |
Robert
Hugh McGregor |
Second
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action
at Flers/Courcelette 14th September 1916. Aged 20. Son of Canon
& Mrs F. D. Pierce of Brighton. Educated at Haileybury College.
Served in Gallipoli and Egypt. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book
under 2/Lts’s (Ronald H.) Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial
MR. 21 |
PIERCY |
William |
Private
G/16306, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Reported missing during the German Flanders
offensive 26th April 1918. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Portsmouth.
Next of kin Queens Park, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book and on St. Luke’s Parish Church. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot
Memorial, Belgium. MR. 30 |
PIGOTT |
Henry
Frederick Gard |
Lance
Corporal G/16369, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1st South
Downs) 39th New Army Division. Killed in action at St. Julian 1st
August 1917. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance Corporals. Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium MR. 30 |
PILBEAM |
Alfred
Edmund |
Private
L/7627, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 14th November 1914. Aged 29.
Son of Alfred Edmund & Lydia Pilbeam of 32, Newhaven Street, Brighton.
Husband of Mrs Christina Pilbeam of 8, Eastport Lane, Southover,
Lewes. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Not included in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book but listed on St. Martin’s Parish Church Memorial.
Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR. 29.
|
PILBEAM |
Frank |
Private
G/15858, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1st South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Killed in action near Thiepval 21st October
1916. Husband of Mrs R. Pilbeam of 16, Buckingham Place, Brighton.
Son of Mr & Mrs E. Pilbeam of ‘Whitelands’ Keymer. Keymer Parish
War Memorial. Born in Ditchling and enlisted in Haywards Heath.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Grandcourt Road Cemetery
F. 384. |
PILBEAM |
William |
Private
G/24390, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 33rd Division.
Killed in action on the Ancre 2nd November 1916. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Next of kin Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
PILE |
Edwin
Henry |
Private
F/3161, 23rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 41st New Army Division.
Killed in action at Flers 15th September 1916. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Born, Purley, Surrey. Enlisted Brighton. Next of
kin, Brighton Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. MR. 21. |
PILLIN |
Reginald
Lyddon |
Private
M2/156105, Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps attached
to the Anti Aircraft Workshops Dueville, Italian Front. Died of
disease in Italy 20th October 1918. Aged 22. Son of George & Edith
Pillin. Born in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried
in Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy 10. |
PIPER |
Harry
George |
Private
M2/268819, Base Mechanical Transport Depot, Royal Army Service Corps.
Salonikan Front. Died in Salonika, Greece, 31st May 1917. Aged 30.
Husband of Blanche Piper of 3, Hampstead Road, Preston Park, Brighton.
Son of James & Jane Piper of Hove. Listed on Hove Library War Memorial.
Born in Hove and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Salonika. G. 9. |
PIPER |
Roger
Alan |
Able
Seaman, H.M. Yacht ‘Mekong’, Mercantile Marine Reserve. Drowned
when the vessel struck a rock off Flamborough Head on the 12th March
1916. Able Seaman Piper died attempting to get a line ashore. Son
of Mr & Mrs Frederick Piper of Hurspierpoint, formerly of Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Seamen Royal Navy. Buried
in Hurspierpoint (Holy Trinity) Churchyard |
PIRIE |
Ernest |
Private
G/4931, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Eastern Division.
Killed in action during the attack on Ovillers 7th July 1916. Husband
of Florence Pirie of 49, Exeter Street, Brighton. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Ovillers
Military Cemetery F. 393 |
PITMAN |
Arthur
Ernest |
Private
G/6192, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action at The Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged
15. Third son of QMS Robert C.C. Pitman Royal Field Artillery, &
Mrs Ruth Kate Pitman of 8, Blackman Street, Brighton. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on
The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
PITMAN |
Charles
George |
Private
G/9004, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action near San Quentin, Belgium 19th July 1916. Aged
27. Son of Mr & Mrs Robert Henry Pitman of 16, Shanklin Road, Brighton.
Born and enlisted in Brighton St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried
in San Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery. Ploegsteert. B. 43 |
PITT |
Charles |
Corporal
11836, Royal Army Medical Corps. 11th Casualty Clearing Station.
Wounded on the Somme and died in military hospital at Etaples on
the 19th November 1916. Aged 41. Son of Henry & Fanny Pitt. Born
in Leeds, Yorkshire and enlisted in Chichester. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Corporals. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery
F. 40. |
PITT |
Frederick
Blanchard |
Sergeant
26539, 216th Company The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) wounded in
action at Messines. Died 12th July 1917. Aged 27. Son of Mr & Mrs
F. J. Pitt, Spring Croft, Hassocks, formerly of Brighton. Husband
of Lena Violett Pitt of 25, Friars Walk, Lewes. (Listed on Lewes
War Memorial) Formerly with the Royal Sussex Regiment. Born and
enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Sgts. Buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium. B. 24. |
PITTARD |
Herbert
Walter |
Lance
Sergeant R/25164, 17th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 39th
New Army Division. Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 20th September
1917. Aged 29. Husband of Emily Maud Pittard of 65, Beaconsfield
Villas, Brighton. Born Finsbury Park and enlisted in Leyton, Essex.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lance Sergeants. Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. MR. 30. |
PLANTEROSE |
Ernest
A |
Sub-Lieutenant,
Royal Naval Air Service. No. 6 Wing British Adriatic Squadron, Italy.
Died 17th July 1917, cause unknown. Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs Planterose
of Kemp Town Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Sub Lt’s Royal Navy and on St. Anne’s Church Memorial (St. Georges
Parish Church Kemp Town). Buried in Otranto Town Cemetery, Italy.
|
PLATER |
Joseph |
Private
L/5874, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres 30th October 1914.
Aged 30. Husband of Mrs M. M. A. Plater of 7, De Montfort Road,
Elm Grove, Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Chichester.
Regular Soldier. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. MR. 29. |
PLEDGE |
Arthur |
Corporal
L/8747, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Regular Division.
Killed in action near Cambrin 19th August 1918. Born in Kemp Town
Brighton and enlisted in Eastbourne. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Corporals. Regular Soldier. Buried in Cambrin Military
Cemetery F. 163 |
PLUMMER |
George |
Private
L/6277, 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 18th Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 13th July 1916. Born in Lambeth and
enlisted in Brighton. Not included in St. Peter’s Memorial Book.
Regular Soldier. Buried in Serre Road No. 2 Cemetery F. 1890 |
PLUMMER |
Thomas
George |
Private
3748, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. The Guards Division. Killed in
action during the Battle of Amiens 24th August 1918. Aged 19. Son
of Alec George & Frances Plummer 77, Beaconsfield Road, Brighton.
Born in Hove and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Commemorated on The Vis en Artois Memorial MR. 16. |
POCOCK |
James |
2nd
Private 134833, Royal Air Force. Western Front Units. Died in military
hospital at Abbeville 10th July 1918. Husband of Minnie Peacock
of 9, Sloane Street, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book
under privates. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
F. 52 |
POINEY |
Herbert
[Frederick] |
Private
SD/2269, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (2nd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Killed in action during the Battalion’s
first spell in the trenches 26th April 1916. Born in Brighton and
enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner F. 279. |
POINTING |
Albert
James |
Private
M2/105174, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home of tuberculosis
27th March 1917. Aged 36. Son of James & Emma Pointing. Husband
of Mary Pointing Later remarried of 16, Whippingham Street, Brighton.
Not listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Brighton and
Preston Cemetery. |
POLLARD |
Henry
Leonard |
Private
GS/17396, Royal West Kent Regiment (Depot). Died in military hospital
in Yorkshire 28th June 1917. Son of Mr & Mrs Pollard of Brighton.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Formerly with the Royal Fusiliers.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Brighton and Preston
Cemetery. |
POLLARD |
William
Noel |
Lance
Corporal 5528, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. 20th Light Division.
Died of influenza in captivity in Germany 6th July 1918. Aged 23.
Son of Mr & Mrs Pollard of 65, Bentham Road, Elm Grove, Brighton.
Born in Brighton and enlisted in London. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Lance Corporals and on St. Luke’s Parish Church Memorial.
Buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf Germany. Ger.
4. |
PONT |
James
Robert |
Private
G/4982, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Taken prisoner and died in captivity 31st August 1918. Aged 23.
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Son of Mr & Mrs John Pont (fruitsellers)
of Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Cologne
Southern Cemetery, Germany Ger. 1. |
POOLE |
George
Sacre |
Petty
Officer 2/223 (Sussex), ‘Anson’ Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve. 63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action in The Ypres
Salient 28th October 1917. Son of Mr & Mrs Poole of 21, Stanley
Road, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Royal
Navy Petty Officers. Buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe,
Belgium B. 3. |
POPE |
Arthur
[Ernest] |
Private
61530, 91st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. 32nd New
Army Division. Died of wounds 7th October 1918. Aged 21 Son of James
William & Sarah Pope of 65 Rosehill Terrace, Brighton. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Buried
in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen F. 146 |
POPE |
Cyril
Montague |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. 2nd Regular Division. Wounded
in the Ypres Salient and died 24th October 1914. Aged 26. Son of
Mr & Mrs Reginald Barrett Pope, 4, The Cliff, Black Rock, Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lieutenants. Brother of
R. T. B. Pope. Buried in Ypres Town Cemetery. B. 57. |
POPE |
Frederick
Owen |
Private
27657, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 12th Eastern Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 5th August 1916. Aged 26. Only son of Mr
& Mrs Frederick Pope of 52, Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton. Born
in Brighton and enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21. |
POPE |
Herbert
Edward |
Lance
Corporal TF/350475, 2/1st East Lancs. Field Ambulance, Royal Army
Medical Corps. Wounded in the Ypres Salient and died on the 14th
November 1917. Aged 21. Son of William Charles & Emily Eva Pope
of 42, Dover Road, Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under L/Cpls. Buried in Ypres Reservoir
Cemetery, Belgium B. 84. |
POPE |
Helen
Mary (Miss) |
One
of three women in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. No record with CWGC.
Information urgently required. |
POPE |
Reginald
Thomas Buckingham |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Welch Regiment. 28th Regular Division. Killed in
action 16th February 1915. Aged 23. Son of Mrs & Mrs Reginald Barrett
Pope of 4, The Cliff, Black Rock Brighton. Brother of Cyril Montague
Pope. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Lieutenants. Buried
in Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. B. 166. |
POPE |
Thomas
Charles |
Sergeant
3365, 1/4th Battalion, London Regiment. (The Royal Fusiliers) 56th
London Division. Killed in action on the Somme 7th October 1916.
Son of Mr & Mrs T. S. Pope of 20, Buckingham Road, Brighton. Enlisted
in Shaftesbury Street, London. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book
under Sergeants and on St. Luke’s Parish Church. Commemorated on
The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21. |
POPE |
William
Henry |
Private
G/18253, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Welsh Division.
Killed in action in Palestine 22nd March 1918. Enlisted in Hastings.
Next of kin Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried
in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine Pal. 3. |
POPPELWELL |
Henry
Frank Webb |
Major,
Regiment or unit unknown. Died at home 9th April 1917. Aged 53.
Resident of 324, Ditchling Road, Brighton. Listed on St. Bartholomew’s
Parish Church Memorial and in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Majors.
Buried in Brighton Extramural Cemetery. |
PORT |
Frank
Douglas |
Private
50655, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 12th Eastern Division. Died
of wounds 10th August 1917. Son of Councillor J. S. & Mrs Port of
49, Beaconsfield Road, Brighton. Born and enlisted in Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Duisans British Cemetery,
Etrun. F. 113. |
PORTER |
George
William |
Corporal
SD/718, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1st South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Wounded at Railway Wood in the Ypres Salient
and died on the 29th July 1917. Aged 25. Son of Richard & Alice
Mary Porter of 24, Canning Street, Kemp Town. Husband of Daisy Harriett
Porter of 20, Sutherland Road, Brighton. Born Brighton and enlisted
in Horsham. Member of the West Sussex Constabulary. (Horsham Police
Station Memorial) Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Sergeants.
Brother of S. C. Porter. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Belgium B. 11. |
PORTER |
Sydney
Clarence |
Corporal
46637, 98th Field Company, Royal Engineers. 21st New Army Division.
Missing in action during the German Spring offensive 22nd March
1918. Aged 22. Son of Richard & Alice Mary Porter of 24, Canning
Street, Kemp Town Brother of G. W. Porter. Born and enlisted in
Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Corporals. Commemorated
on The Pozieres Memorial MR. 27. |
POTTER |
Charles
Percival |
Private
65175, Labour Corps. Western Front Units. Died of wounds 2nd January
1918. Aged 29. Son of Percy & Mary Charlotte Potter of 50, Beaconsfield
Villas, Brighton. Born in Great Baddow, Essex and enlisted in Brighton.
Formerly with the 1/5th Royal Sussex Pioneers. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium B.
16. |
POTTER |
James
Henry |
Private
35931, 96th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
in the Ypres Salient 3rd December 1917. Born West Grinstead and
enlisted in Eastbourne. Next of kin unknown. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. MR.
30. |
POTTER |
Richard
John |
Rifleman
3942, 1/18th Battalion, London Regiment. (The London Irish Rifles)
47th (2nd London) Division. Killed in action at Souchez 9th July
1916. Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs H. C. Potter of 63, Springfield Road,
Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Chelsea. Listed in St.
Peter’s Memorial Book under Riflemen. Educated at Northampton. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial MR. 20. |
POUGET |
Louis
Leonard |
Private
SD/3186, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Wounded during the German Spring offensive
and died in military hospital at Rouen 2nd April 1918. Son of Mr
& Mrs Pouget of 32, White Cross Street, Brighton. Grocers Assistant.
Born in Brighton and enlisted in Hove. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension. F. 146. |
POWNALL |
Alexander
Daniel Frost |
Private
(Trumpeter) 7711, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Cavalry Division. Killed
in action at the Battle of Cambrai 1st December 1917. Resident of
‘The Eight Bells’, West Street, Brighton. Born in Liverpool and
enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Troopers. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial MR. 17. |
PRATT |
George
Arthur |
Corporal
11174, 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario) 1st Brigade.
1st Canadian Division. Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 9th
July 1916. Aged 20. Son of George & Elizabeth Pratt of 44, Lewes
Street, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Corporals.
Commemorated on The Menin Gate (Canada) Memorial, Ypres MR. 29.
|
PREDDY |
Basil
H |
Able
Seaman Sussex Z/508, ‘Hood’ Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
The 63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action 4th February 1917.
Aged 19. Son of William & Harriett Preddy of Brighton. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Seamen Royal Navy and on St. Martin’s
Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Bucquoy
F. 514 |
PRICE |
Frederick
William |
Able
Seaman Sussex S1/308, ‘Howe’ Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
The Royal Naval Division. Gallipoli. Killed in action at Krithia
4th June 1915. Next of kin, unknown. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Seamen Royal Navy. Commemorated on The Helles Memorial,
Gallipoli. MR. 4. |
PRICE |
Thomas
Valentine |
Connection
with Brighton unknown. This is the only T. V. Price in CWGC Records.
Sergeant TF/230085, 10th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
(CWGC) Attached ?? (This Battalion was serving in Egypt in 1916).
Died of wounds in France 29th July 1916. Aged 30. Husband of Sylvia
Emillie Price of Orling Plock, Smallbrook Clehonger, Herefordshire.
Born in Kentchurch, Hereford and enlisted in Hereford St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under Sergeants (Thomas Valentine Price) Buried in
St. Venant Robeecq Road, British Cemetery. F. 248 |
PRICE |
William
Henry |
Able
Seaman 122352, H.M.S. ‘Bayano’, Royal Navy. Lost when the Armed
Merchant Cruiser was Torpedoed in the Clyde Estuary 11th March 1915.
Listed on St. Martin’s Parish Church Memorial. Next of kin Brighton.
Not included in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Southsea. MR. 3. |
PRIDDEY |
Percy
Thomas |
Private
3616, 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry 13th Brigade. 4th Australian
Division. Killed in action 5th July 1916. Aged 24. Son of Thomas
& Alice Priddy of 45, Egremont Place, Brighton. Born in Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Rue De Bois Military
Cemetery, Fleurbaix F. 348 |
PRINCE |
William
Everard |
Able
Seaman PO/196621, H.M.S. ‘Alcantara’, Royal Navy Armed Merchant
Cruiser. Killed in action during an engagement with the German raider
‘Greif’ in the North Sea 29th February 1916. Both ships sank. Aged
27. Only son of William & Alice Constance Prince of 2, Upper Rock
Gardens, Brighton. Born in Croydon. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Seaman Royal Navy. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval
Memorial MR. 3 |
PRIOR |
Francis
Nathaniel |
Corporal
T4/038668, Royal Army Service Corps. Heavy Transport. Died at home
after the war 20th December 1920. Aged 29. Son of Mr & Mrs M. Prior.
Husband of Mrs W. Prior who later re married and lived at 24, Cheltenham
Place, Brighton. Buried in Brighton and Preston Cemetery. |
PRIOR |
William
James |
Private
L/10447, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Eastern Division.
Killed in action during the attack on Ovillers 7th July 1917. Born
in St. Pancras, London and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin Brighton.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Ovillers Military
Cemetery F. 393 |
PROCTOR |
Cecil
Herbert |
Private
58657, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 28th Regular Division.
Killed in action on the Doiran Front, Salonika, Greece, 15th April
1918. Aged 38. Husband of Amy Beatrice Proctor. Listed on St. Marks
redundant Church Memorial. Kemp Town. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Commemorated on The Doiran Memorial, Greece. MR. 37. Proctor.
G. W. Sergeant. 5897 Proctor. |
PROCTOR |
Stanley
Ernest |
Private
G/3800, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1st South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Killed in action at St. Julian, Ypres on
the first day of the Ypres Offensive 31st July 1917. Aged 21. Son
of George & Emily Sarah Proctor of 91, Compton Road, Brighton St.
Johns Church, Preston Park, and St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
ranks unknown. Enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated on The Menin Gate
Memorial Ypres, Belgium MR. 29. |
PRODGER |
Charles
Stephen |
Private
51401 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 18th
October 1918. Born and enlisted Brighton. Buried in Delsaux Far
Cemetery, Beugny, France. |
PROSSER |
Phillip |
Private
SE/7514, 34th Mobile Section, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Egypt.
Died on board a hospital ship and buried at sea 1st September 1916.
Aged 48. Husband of Mrs Ellen Prosser of 48, Ivory Place, Brighton.
Born in Llanledr? Wales. Enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book under privates. Commemorated on The Chatby Memorial
Alexandria, Egypt MR. 41. |
PRYER,
MM |
Henry
George |
Private
11330, Royal Horse Artillery. Cavalry Division. Died as the result
of an accident 17th September 1917. Aged 36. Eldest son of Charles
& Louisa Pryer of 181, Elm Grove, Brighton. Husband of Mrs J. M.
Pryer of 25, Avondale Road, Eastbourne. Left three children. Listed
on Eastbourne Memorial. Regular artilleryman with 17 years service.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Drivers (George Pryer).
Buried in St. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre F. 85. (not recorded in SDGW)
|
PRYER |
Robert |
Private
10537, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 28th Regular Division.
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 25th May 1915. Born in Dublin
and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. Belgium. MR. 29. |
PULLEN |
Frank |
Private
SD/3190, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (3rd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Killed in action in the attack on the Rue
de Bois, 30th June 1916. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Hove.
Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial
MR. 19. |
PULLINGER |
Harry
Alfred |
Private
629109, 16th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Canadian Scottish) 3rd
Brigade. 1st Canadian Division. Killed in action at Mount Sorrel,
Ypres, 14th June 1916. Aged 31. Son of James Arthur & Jane Pullinger
of Brighton. Not included in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in
Bedford House Cemetery Enclosure No. 4 Belgium B. 167 |
PULLINGER |
Harold
Bessant |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division.
Killed in action at Bernafay Wood 1st September 1918. Aged 37. Son
of William Wallace & Sarah Elizabeth Pullinger of 35, Duke Street,
Brighton. Husband of Marion Pullinger of Hamilton Lodge, Walpole
Road, Brighton. Born in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book under Lieutenants. Buried in Bernafay Wood Cemetery. F. 400
|
PUMPHREY |
George |
Private
G/17622, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Eastern Division.
Killed in action at Arras 3rd May 1917. Born and enlisted in Brighton.
Next of kin, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial MR. 20 |
PUMPHREY |
Walter
Nathaniel |
Private
SD/2212, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (2nd South Downs)
39th New Army Division. Killed in action during the attack on the
Rue de Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 19. Son of William & Ellen Pumphrey
of 3, Wakefield Road, Brighton. Born, Brighton. Enlisted Hove. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in St. Vaast Post Military
Cemetery F. 631 |
PUMPHREY |
William
Alexander |
Gunner
9760, ‘D’ Battery. 70th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 15th Scottish
Division. Wounded at Messines. Died on the 27th June 1917. Aged
23. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Pumphrey of 17, Laurel Row, Kemp Town. Born
and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under
Gunners. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. B. 11.
|
PURBROOK |
Frederick
Henry |
Bombardier
10627, ‘D’ Battery, 118th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action during the Battle of Loos 28th September 1915. Aged 20.
Son of Frederick Charles & Rose Purbrook of 98, Upper North Street,
Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Southampton. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Bombardiers. Buried in Dud Corner
Cemetery, Loos. F. 219 |
PURDY |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
G/3534, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th New Army Division.
Killed in action in The Ypres Salient 13th April 1917. Born and
enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
MR. 29. |
PURSGLOVE |
Percy |
Bombardier
275011, 58th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at
home after the war 28th February 1919. Aged 39. Husband of Mrs Anne
Hettie Pursglove of 72, Upper Lewes Road, Brighton. Son of William
& Emma Pursglove. Born in Buxted. Not listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Buried in Brighton Bear Road Cemetery |
PUTTICK |
Alfred
Ernest |
Corporal
6288, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. Cavalry Division. Killed in
action near Vermelles 28th October 1914. Aged 28. Son of Alfred
& Mary Anne Puttick of 33, Jersey Street, Brighton. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Cpls. Brother
of Henry Ernest Puttick Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial.
MR. 22. |
PUTTICK |
Henry
Ernest |
Private
23747, 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. 26th New Army Division.
Killed in action on the Doiran Front, Greece, 24th April 1917. Aged
30. Son of Alfred & Mary Anne Puttick of 33, Jersey Street, Brighton.
Born in Brighton and enlisted in Salisbury. Listed in St. Peter’s
Memorial Book. Brother of Alfred. Ernest Puttick. Commemorated on
The Doiran Memorial. Greece MR. 37. |
PUTTICK |
Hubert
Cecil |
Private
G/12501, 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 12th Eastern
Division. Killed in action near Ovillers 4th August 1916. Son of
Mr & Mrs Edward Puttick of Brighton. Resident of Wimbledon. Born
in Brighton and enlisted in Wandsworth, South London. Listed in
St. Peter’s Memorial Book. Buried in Ovillers Military Cemetery
F. 393 |
PUTTOCK |
Frank |
Private
M2/134217, 3rd Corps Siege Park, Army Service Corps. Western Front.
Killed in action near Albert 4th August 1916. Aged 24. Son of Frank
William & Lucy Puttick of 141, Loder Road, Brighton. Born in Tunbridge
Wells, Kent, and enlisted in Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial
Book. Brother of George Puttock. Buried in Albert Communal Cemetery
Extension. F. 430 |
PUTTOCK |
George |
Private
79003, 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneer Battalion of
the 50th Northumbrian Division. Killed in action 13th April 1918.
Aged 24. Son of Frank William & Lucy Puttock of 141, Loder Road,
Brighton. Born in Southborough, Kent and enlisted in Hove. Listed
in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Pioneers. Brother of Frank Puttock.
Formerly with The Yorkshire Regiment. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert
Memorial MR. 32. |
PYNN |
Henry
George |
Able
Seaman 237933, H.M. Torpedo Boat No. 96, Royal Navy. Gibraltar escort
force. Drowned when the ship was involved in a collision off Gibraltar
1st November 1915. Aged 28. Son of George & Emily Pynn of 9, Carlton
Row, Brighton. Listed in St. Peter’s Memorial Book under Royal Navy
ranks unknown. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea.
MR. 3. |