
CHIDHAM WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2008
The
Chidham war memorials are to be found within St Mary’s Parish
Church. Chidham is a small parish near Southbourne. For World War
1 there are eight names on a brass tablet and for World War 2 there
are seven names on a stone tablet.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN FROM THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-
1918. THE SIDE CHAPEL
WAS RESTORED TO ITS
FORMER USE
ANSON |
Albert
Henry |
Rifleman
652392, 1/21st Battalion (Surrey Rifles), London Regiment. Killed
in action on the Somme 8 October 1916. Aged 34. Son of George John
Parker & Mary Ann Anson of London. Husband of Elizabeth Marie Anson
of "The Retreat" Bosham. Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial |
LUCKHURST |
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 50th Division.
Killed in action near Arras 24 April 1917. Aged 21. Husband of Elizabeth
Ann Louisa Luckhurst of South Mundham, near Chichester. Commemorated
on the Arras Memorial. |
LUCKING |
Charles
William |
Sergeant
RMA/7398, HMS "Lion", Royal Marine Artillery. Battlecruiser
Squadron. The Grand Fleet. Killed in action at the Battle of Jutland
31 May 1916. Aged 33. Son of Alfred and Georgina Lucking of Portsmouth.
Husband of Edith Ellen Lucking of 21, Ashby Place, Osborne Road,
Southsea. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,Southsea. |
LUCKING |
Samuel
Edgar |
Private
PO/13020, HMS "Bulwark", Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Channel Fleet. Lost when the Battleship blew up off Sheerness Dockyard
26. November 1914. Aged 28. Son of Samuel Edgar and Elizabeth Lucking.
Husband of Edith Mary Lucking of 88, St. Dunstans Road, Fulham.West
London. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea |
PEDDER |
Henry
Thomas |
Leading
Seaman 227585 H.M. Submarine E13, Royal Navy. Lost 19 August 1915
when the Submarine ran aground in Danish territorial waters off
Salthom, Oresund, Denmark in the Baltic. Most of the crew were rescued
and interned by the Danes. Son of Henry George and Amelia Pedder
of "The Retreat", Bosham. Buried in Haslar Royal Naval
Cemetery |
PORTER |
Bertram
E H J |
No
further information currently available |
WHYBROW |
Harry
Thompson |
Captain,
Machine Gun Corps (Motors). East African Units. Died of wounds in
German East Africa 21 March 1918 Buried in Moshi Cemetery, Tanzania
(Tanganyika or German East Africa) |
YATES |
J
Stirling |
No
further information currently available |
"GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS." ST. JOHN. XV.13
1939
1945
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
|
BOWDEN |
Reginald
Charles Bettis |
Able
Seaman, HMS "Royal Oak", Royal Navy. Lost when the Battleship
was torpedoed in Scapa Flow by U9 14 October 1939. Aged 24. Son
of Thomas Foster Bettis and Edith Emily Bowden. Commemorated on
the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
HAYES |
Henry
James |
Leading
Seaman , HMS "Exmouth", Royal Navy. Lost when the Flotilla
Leader was torpedoed by U22 off the Moray Firth 21 January 1940.
Aged 31. Son of Henry Ebeneezer & Ellen Hayes. Husband of Dorothy
Hayes of Hambrook. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Southsea. |
HILLARD |
Eustace
Arthur Peter |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Marines. Died at home 26 August 1940. Son of Frederick
Arthur and Mary Lorraine Hillard of Lustleigh, Devonshire. B.A.
(Cantab) Trinity Hall. Also included on the Memorials in Westbourne
and Funtington. Buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Funtington |
LOCKYER |
Sidney
William |
Chief
Stoker, H.M. Boom Defence Vessel "Sparsholt", Royal Navy.
Lost at sea 13 March 1942. Aged 50. Son of Charles and Beatrice
Lockyer. Husband of Mrs Margaret Lockyer of Emsworth. Commemorated
on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
REYNOLDS,
MC |
William
Leonard Eliot |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died at home 17 October 1939.
No other details found. Buried in Brookwood Memorial |
SIMPSON |
Leslie
James |
Warrant
Officer Class 11 (B.S.M.), 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery.
Killed in action in the Western Desert near Tripoli 22 July 1943.
Aged 30. Buried in Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya |
SWATTON |
Edward
William |
Pilot
Officer, 408 (RCAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Lost on operations over Denmark 19 July 1942. Aged 29. Son of Herbert
William and Martha Swatton. Husband of Catherine Swatton of West
Ashling. Buried in Frederickshavn Cemetery, Denmark |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Last
updated
31 December, 2008
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