BAIRD |
(Arthur)
Sydney |
No
further information currently available - remote
possibility - Rifleman 555155, 1/16th. Battalion,
The London Regiment. (Queens Westminster Rifles). Killed in action
at Ypres 14 August 1917 Aged 32. Husband of Florence Mary Baird
of "Ambleside" Ewhurst Green, Surrey. Enlisted in Wimbledon.
Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial |
BALDOCK |
Benjamin |
Private
48615. 8th. Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. 13th. Division Died
in Mesopotamia 10 September 1917. Born Best Beech, Wadhurst and
enlisted in Eastbourne. Formerly Royal Sussex. Bur, Amara War
Cemetery, Iraq (Mesopotamia) |
BRIGNALL |
Frederick
George |
Private
G.18379. 7th. Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th. Division.
Killed in action 14 February 1917. Aged 30. Son of Frederick George
& Isabel Brignell (Remarried Copper)of Schools Hill, Burwash.
Husband of Louisa Emily Brignall (remarried) of Smarts Hill, Penshurst,
Kent. Born in Burwash and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly Royal
Sussex. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
BROOK,
MM
|
Arthur
|
Lance
Corporal G.1920. 17th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 59th.
Division. Died in military hospital in Dunkirk. after serving
for 4 years in France with the 7th. Battalion, 22 February 1919.Aged
29 Son of Philip & Sophia Brook of Burwash Common. Born in Waldron.
Buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery |
CORNWELL |
Albert |
Able
Seaman 189092 (RFR/PO/B/2109) Royal Navy. HMS "Alcantara"
Reservist. Lost with the Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Atlantic
when the ship was sunk in action with the German raider"
Grief" 29 February 1916. Aged 37. Son of Alfred & Sally Cornwell
of Burwash Common. Husband of Mary Cornwell of 27, Wellington
Gardens. Battle. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Southsea, |
CORNWALL |
Percy
H |
Lance
Corporal G.2259. 8th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th.
Division Killed in action 6 September 1917. Aged 24. Son of William
& Ruth Cornwall of Down Oaks Cottage, Westfield. Born in Heathfield
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Duhallow ADS Cemetery, Ypres,
Belgium |
DUNBAR |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
FIELDWICK |
William
James |
Private
G.1344. 9th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th. Division.
Killed in action at Loos 26 September 1915 Aged 23. Son of William
& Martha Fieldwick of "Horsepits". Burwash Common. Born
in Burwash and enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated on The Loos
Memorial |
FORD |
Clement |
Private
G.3980. 2nd. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division
Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 22. Son of Charles
& Anne Ford of West End, Burwash Common. Born Burwash Common and
enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Dud Corner Cemetery. |
FULLER |
James
George |
Lance
Corporal L. 8163. 1st Battalion, The East Kent Regiment 5th Division.
Killed in action 7 June 1915. Aged 34. Regular soldier with prior
service in India. Son of Minnie Anne Willett (formerly Fuller)
of The High Street, Burwash. & James George Fuller. Husband of
Mrs Jane Fuller of Maidstone. Born in. Yalding and enlisted in
Staplehurst. Burwash WM. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial,
Ypres, Belgium |
GREENAWAY |
Francis
Whicker |
Sapper
65277. 126th. Field Company The Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
4 May 1916. Aged 26. Son of Francis William & Fanny Greenaway
of Heathfield. Born in Wooton Bassett, Wilts, and enlisted in
Guildford. Resident of Farnham, Surrey. Buried in La Neuville
Communal Cemetery, Corbie |
HICKS |
Thomas
William |
Private
SD.2102. 12th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th. Division.
Killed in action on the Rue de Bois 30 June 1916.Aged 18. Son
of Mr & Mrs Hicks of Burwash Common. Born in Burwash and enlisted
in Bexhill. Commemorated on The Los Memorial |
HICKS |
Alban
Lawrence |
Corporal
L. 31151. "C" Battery 177th. Brigade The Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action during the March Retreat 30 March
1918 Aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Hicks of Burwash Common.
Born in Heathfield and enlisted in London. Buried in Adelaide
Cemetery, Villers Bretonneux |
HICKS |
Lancelot
Victor |
Able
Seaman J/30319 Royal Navy. HMS "Mantis Died in Mesopotamia
4 September 1918. Aged 19. Serving on the gunboat flotilla on
the Tigris. Born in Burwash Weald. Son of Mr & Mrs Thomas. Hicks
of Burwash Common. Buried in Baghdad (North Gate)War Cemetery.
Iraq. (Mesopotamia). |
ISTED |
William |
Trooper
125, 1st Australian Light Horse. Wounded at Gallipoli he was transported
back to Cairo where he died in hospital of gangrenous wounds 16
August 1915. Aged 23. Born Mayfield, Sussex. Emigrated to Australia
aged 20 in 1912. Resident of Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
Employed as a Farmer in Australia. Son of John and Fanny Isted,
of Fryer's Cottage, Burwash Common, Sussex. Embarked at Sydney
20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria A16. Buried in Cairo
war Cemetery, Egypt. Section D. Grave 35. Australian
Death Circular |
KEELEY |
Herbert |
Private
SD.3798. 13th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th. Division
Killed in action during the March Retreat. 23 March 1918. Aged
21. Son of Henry & Annie Keeley of Rough Hill, Burwash Weald.
Born Burwash, enlisted in Hastings. Commemorated on The Pozieres
Memorial |
KEMP |
Albert
Leonard |
Private
120169. No 18 Company The Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 26
October 1918. Aged 28. Son of Robert & Mary Kemp of Burwash Weald.
Born Burwash Weald and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly RAVC. Buried
in Premont British Cemetery |
KEMP |
Charles
Henry |
Private
27733. 9th. Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers 12th. Division. Died
of wounds in base hospital at Boulogne 6 September 1916. Aged
19 Son of Mr & Mrs Edgar Kemp of Burwash Common later of "The
Kennels" Ringmer,. Born in Heathfield and enlisted in Hastings.
Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
KEMP |
Jabez |
Private
TF.241492. 11th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th. Division
Killed in action at Ypres 25 September 1917. Aged 19. Son of William
James & Emily Kemp of Great Bigknowle Farm, Swife Lane, Burwash
Common. Born in Heathfield and enlisted in Eastbourne. Heathfield
War Memorial. Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium |
MADDISON |
Lionel
Bertram |
Lieutenant
Colonel. 8th. Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment. 8th. Division.
attached From 2nd. Yorkshire. Killed in action on the Somme 1
July 1916. Buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood. |
MOON |
Charles
Daniel |
Private
G.2212. 8th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th. Division
Killed in action on the Somme 20 September 1916 Aged 31. Son of
Samson & Ellen Moon of Burwash Common. Born in Burwash and enlisted
in Hastings. Buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery. |
NASH,
MM
|
Edward
|
No
further information currently available |
OLIVER |
Albert
John |
Corporal
L 8772. 2nd. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division
Died of wounds in base hospital in Boulogne May 1911.14. Aged
26. Regular Son of Mr Oliver & Mrs J C Oliver of Gloucester Place,
Wadhurst. Born in Burwash Common and enlisted in Wadhurst. Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
O’NEILL,
MC
|
Henry
DuBois |
Captain.
3rd. Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. attached To the Middlesex
Regiment. Died at home 2 June 1918. Aged 43. Son of Mr & Mrs Henry
Edward O’Neill. Husband of Margaret Theodora O’Neill. Buried in
Bexhill Cemetery. |
PATTENDEN |
George |
Private
5873. 13th. Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers 37th. Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 9 July 1916. Born in Burwash and enlisted
in London. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
PATTENDEN |
James |
Private
G.4359. 2nd. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division
Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 28. Husband of
Mrs Ada Pattenden (remarried) of The Barn House, Burwash Common.
Born in Burwash and enlisted in Bromley, Kent. Commemorated on
The Loos Memorial |
POLLENTINE |
John |
Not
identified on CWGC, SDGW or Attestation papers or Medal Cards.
Following information will probably identify the man.
Birth
registered in the July to September Quarter 1893 in Haverfordwest
Registration District, Pembrokeshire. In the 1911 census he was
a Servant to George Lester, aged 17, a Domestic gardener, born
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and resident Southover, Burwash,
Sussex. In the 1901 census he is listed as John Charles POLLENTINE,
aged 7, son of Thomas (a Coachman) and Selina Jane Pollentine,
born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, resident St Brides, Haverfordwest,
Pembrokeshire, Wales (search engines have him as PALLENTINE but
this is a misreading of the original census).
Discharge
papers J C Pollintine, Private 240322, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. Silver badge number 379815, enlisted 10 August 1914,
discharged 20 July 1918, aged 25, due to 392 xvi King's Regulation
Wounds. |
RELF |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal. SD.3666. 11th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment.
39th. Division. Killed in action at "Stuff Trench".
21 October 1916. Born in Burwash and enlisted in Hastings. Resident
of Burwash Common. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
ROWELL |
Charles
John |
Corporal
S/10272. 1st. Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
1st. Division. Died of wounds 18 April 1918. Born in Edinburgh
and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly Royal Field Artillery. Buried
in Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy |
SOUTHALL |
Frederick
William |
Private
G.2204. 7th. Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th. Division.
Died of wounds at home 5 February 1917. Aged 22. Son of William
& Edith Southall of 6, Dagnall Park, South Norwood. Born in Croydon
and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells, Kent Resident of Burwash Weald.
Buried in St. Philips Churchyard Burwash Weald. |
WATSON |
Charles
Percy |
Private
SD. 3711. 16th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th. Yeomanry
Division. Killed in action 24 September 1918. Born in Burwash
and enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Burwash Common. Commemorated
on The Vis en Artois Memorial |
WHITE |
Alfred
William |
Rifleman
O/179. 16th. Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 66th. Division. Killed
in action 29 August 1918.Born in Mayfair, London and enlisted
in Hastings. Resident of Burwash Common. Commemorated on The Pozieres
Memorial |
1939-1945 |
BANKS |
John
Charles Lyon Wilson |
Sergeant
RAFVR. No.7 Bomber Squadron (Wellingtons) Lost on operations over
Northern Europe 28 March 191942 Aged 22. Son of William George
Wilson Banks and Violet Gladys Banks of Broad Oak. Commemorated
on The Runnymede Memorial |
BRUCE |
Ernest |
Private
4th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action during
the retreat to Dunkirk 28 May 191940 Aged 21. Son of George &
Honor Bruce of Burwash. Buried in Caestre Communal Cemetery near
Hazebrouck France. |
CLARK |
George |
Private
1/4th. Battalion, The Essex Regiment. Killed in action at El Alamein
30 October 191942 Aged 23. Son of Richard & Mary Ann Clark of
Broad Oak. Buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt |
DAW |
Austen
Bernard |
Trooper
Royal Armoured Corps. 11th. Hussars Killed in action in Normandy
18. 7. 1944 Aged 26. Son of Daniel & Hephzibah Daw. Husband of
Doris Kathleen Daw of Holloway, London. Banneville La Campagne
War Cemetery |
DIXON |
Edwin |
Corporal
RAFVR. Died at home post war 10 February 191946 Aged 23. Son of
Clifford & Alice May Dixon of Burwash Common. Buried in Hawkhurst
Cemetery, Kent |
EVANS |
Roger
S |
Corporal
2nd. Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action at Cassino
in Italy 13 May 191944 Aged 28. Son of John & Margaret Evans.
Husband of Ruby Evans of Burwash Common. Buried in Cassino War
Cemetery |
HEMSLEY |
Edward
John |
Stoker
1st. Class Royal Navy HMS "Cornwall" Lost when the Cruiser
was attacked and sunk by Japanese Navy dive bombers in the Indian
Ocean south of Ceylon 5 April 191942 Aged 32 Son of Ernest John
& Ellen Hemsley of Burwash Common. Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial |
NOAKES |
Samuel
Henry |
Aircraftman
2nd. Class RAFVR. Died at home 8 December 191941 Aged 32. Son
of George & Mildred Noakes. Husband of. Beatrice May Noakes of
Burwash Common. Buried in St. Philips Churchyard, Burwash Weald. |
PETTITT |
Geoffrey
Leslie |
Sergeant
Navigator RAFVR. Died at home 10. 4. 1944 Aged 20. Son of Frank
Robert & Maud Elizabeth Pettitt. Buried in St. Philips Churchyard
Burwash Weald |
RIX |
Harry
Rodway |
Captain
General List Singapore. Killed in action in the defence of Singapore
14 February 191942. Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. |
ONE
WW1 BURIAL Not on Memorial |
LAST |
Janet
? |
Worker
19726 Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps attached Motor Transport
Depot, Lee. Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home 15, 2.19 Born
in Chelsea. ?. Buried in St Philips Churchyard Burwash Weald |