BEALE |
Robert
William |
Driver
162727, 2nd Pontoon Park, Royal Engineers. Killed in action at Ypres
12 October 1917. Aged 24. Son of Robert & Rose Beale of Lower Honeys
Green Farm Framfield. Born in Framfield and enlisted in Eastbourne.
Buried in The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. |
BISHOP |
Sydney
George Edmund |
Lance
Corporal G/18037, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division.
Killed in action on the Somme July 19 October 1916. Aged 26. Son
of Mr & Mrs Harry Bishop of Huggetts Farm, Buxted. Husband of Mrs
Edith Bishop (remarried later of Maresfield). Enlisted in Uckfield.
Also listed on Buxted War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
BRYANT |
Richard
William |
Gunner
96374, 34th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Died of wounds
1 November 1917. Aged 32. Son of Harry & Elizabeth Bryant. Husband
of Mrs Margaret Bryant of 83, Hythe Road, Brighton. Born in Framfield
and enlisted in Edmonton, Middlesex. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military
Cemetery, Belgium |
DAWES |
Bert |
Private
G/1645, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 18 August 1917 Aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs George Dawes of
25, Palehouse Common, Framfield. Born in Framfield and enlisted
in Lewes. Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun |
DE
CARRICK-CHEAPE |
John |
Lieutenant,
13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in
action at Becourt Ridge on the Somme 3 September 1916. Aged 22.
Son of Mr De Carrick Cheape and Mrs Antoinette Anne Cheape of "Great
Streele", Framfield. Educated at Gonville and Caius College
Cambridge. Included on the Cambridge University War List and Buxted
Parish War Memorial. Buried in Hamel Military Cemetery |
DRIVER |
Ambrose |
Private
SD/912, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died
of wounds in Bethune 1 July 1916. Aged 30. Son of Thomas & Ellen
Driver of Hawkhurst Gate, Blackboys. Born in Framfield and enlisted
in Lewes. Also listed on Waldron and Cross in Hand Parish Memorials.
Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery |
EASTWOOD |
Charles
Henry |
Private
G/8267, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Ginchy on the Somme 3 September 1916. Aged 19. Son
of George & Sophia Eastwood of Etchingwood near Buxted. Born in
Buxted and enlisted in Uckfield St. Marys Parish Church, Buxted.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
EASTWOOD |
Horace |
Private
L/7676, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Died
of wounds in base hospital at Boulogne 29 April 1916. Aged 29. Regular
soldier transferred from the 2nd Battalion. Son of George & Mary
Eastwood of Framfield Born in East Hoathly and enlisted in Uckfield.
Employed near Framfield as a stockman George Eastwood was a local
carter. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
FOORD |
Frank |
Gunner
374281, 352nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Sussex T.F.).
Killed in action near Ypres 1 September 1917. Son of Mr & Mrs Frederick
Foord of Tickeridge Cottages Blackboys, Framfield. Born in Swanborough
near Lewes and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military
Cemetery, Belgium |
FOORD |
George
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal G/798, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division.
Died of wounds in base hospital at Boulogne 19 July 1916. Aged 21.
Son of Frederick & Emma Foord of Ticheridge Cottage, Blackboys.
Born in Ilford, Essex and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Boulogne
Eastern Cemetery |
FOWLER |
Charles |
Private
SD/923, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died
of wounds at home 22 September 1916. Aged 29. Son of Mr & Mrs W.
Fowler of Britts Cottage, Framfield. Born in Framfield and enlisted
in Lewes. Single man. Buried in Framfield Churchyard |
GURR |
Albert
Victor |
Private
TF/241037, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
(Pioneers). Killed in action on Passchendaele Ridge 4 October 1917.
Aged 20. Son of David & Edith Gurr of Rose Cottage, High Cross Palehouse
Common Framfield. Enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Duhallow ADS.Cemetery,
Ypres, Belgium |
GURR |
George
David |
Private
SD/929, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 13 November 1916, Aged 22. Son of David and
Edith Gurr of Rose Cottage, High Cross Palehouse Common Framfield.
Born in Eastbourne and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
HARLAND |
William
John |
Farrier
Sergeant 58251, 22nd Divisional Signals Company, Royal Engineers.
Salonika, Greece. Died in Salonika January 19 December 1917. Aged
45. Son of Silvanus & Harriett Harland of Blackboys. Husband of
Mrs Alice Harland of Jubilee Cottages, Blackboys. Born in Framfield
and enlisted in Brighton. Buried in Salonika (Lambet Road) Cemetery,
Greece. |
HOPKINS |
Herbert |
Sergeant
TF/290293, 1/7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 53rd Welsh Division.
Killed in action at Gaza in Palestine 26 March 1917. Aged 24. Son
of James & Emily Hopkins of "Armadale" Framfield. Born
in Framfield and enlisted in Welshpool, Montgomershire. No known
grave. Commemorated on The Jerusalem Memorial |
JONES |
Percy
Stephen Charles |
Lance
Corporal SD/2443, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action near Auchonvillers August 19 October 1916. Aged
21. Son of Mr & Mrs William John Jones of Pump Lane, Framfield.
Born in Chiddingly and enlisted in Uckfield. Also listed on East
Hoathly Parish Church War Memorial. Buried in Euston Road Cemetery
Colincamps |
LEWIS |
James |
Gunner
160296, 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action near Cambrai 30 September 1918. Aged 34 Husband of Mrs Naomi
Lewis of "The Budds" Blackboys, Framfield. Born in Tyburton,
Herefordshire and enlisted in Newhaven. Buried in Crest Cemetery
Fontaine-Notre Dame, Cambrai |
MORLEY |
Henry |
Corporal
213447, Royal Air Force. (RAF Station Dundee). Died at home 1 December
1918. Buried in Framfield Churchyard |
MORRISS |
Jack
Septimus |
Lieutenant
1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 4th Division. Killed in action
at Ypres 5 October 1917. Aged 20. Son of Henry & Una Morriss of
Stonebridge, Blackboys, Framfield. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial. |
OSBORNE |
Derrick |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6th Division. Killed in
action during the March Retreat 21 March 1918. Aged 21. Son of Sir
Francis Osborne (15th Baronet) and Lady Osborne of Framfield Grange,
Framfield. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial See
also Ascham St Vincent Memorial
Arch |
PARIS |
Percy
John |
Gunner
144697, No 2 Re enforcement Depot Bury St. Edmunds, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died at home 16 June 1917. Aged 19. Son of George Alfred
& Mary Jane Paris of Tickeridge Mill, Blackboys, Framfield. Born
in Brighton and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Bury St. Edmunds
Cemetery, Suffolk |
PRATT |
Frank
Thomas |
Private
9164, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Aged 20. Son of Richard & Anne Pratt
of Bentley Farm, Halland Born in Framfield and enlisted in Chichester.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
ROBERTSON |
H
Rennie |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Essex Yeomanry. Died at
home 29 July 1916. Doctor of Medicine (MD). Buried
in Framfield Churchyard. |
SKINNER |
Ernest |
Private
TF/242851, 1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 48th Division.
Died of wounds 3 April 1917. Born in Framfield and enlisted in Salisbury,
Wiltshire. Resident of Rollestone, Suffolk. Buried in Bray Military
Cemetery |
STAPLEHURST |
Ernest |
Private
SD/964, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 19 September 1918. Son of Mr & Mrs R. Staplehurst of Palehouse
Common, Framfield. Born in Framfield and enlisted in Lewes. Formerly
with the South Downs Battalions. Buried in Doingt Communal Cemetery
Extension |
THORNTON |
Robert
West |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 3rd Division. Killed in action at
Bellewaarde near Ypres 16 June 1915. Aged 19. Son of Major Robert
Lawrence Thornton CBE. DL. JP & Mrs Charlotte Thornton JP of High
Cross, Framfield. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate
Memorial. Also commemorated on a plaque within the church:

In
memory of
Robert West Thornton
Lieut: Royal Fusiliers
Elder
son of major R L Thornton CBE DL JP of High Cross in this parish
born 26th January 1896 and killed in action in the Ypres Salient
16th June 1915 Mentioned in Despatches and recommended by his commanding
officer for the Military Cross just before his death.
In
remembrance of his life and death the sum of five hundred pounds
three and a half per cent stock has been invested for the benefit
of the charities of this parish |
THORPE |
Hubert
Jim |
Private
28233, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Formerly
Royal Sussex. Killed in action on the Somme 30 September 1916 Aged
19. Son of James & Caroline Thorpe of 67, Alexandra Road, Uckfield.
Born Blackboys and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Connaught Cemetery
Thiepval |
TUCKNOTT |
Frank
|
Corporal
G/1675, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Bazentin La Petit 17 August 1916. Aged 21 Born in Ridgewood
near Uckfield and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Caterpillar Valley
Cemetery |
WREN |
Albert
Henry |
Private
22483, 30th Training Reserve Battalion (10th Battalion, The East
Surrey Regiment). Died at home 18 May 1917. Aged 18. Son of John
& Anne Wren of Pheasant Cottage, Blackboys. Framfield. Born in Framfield
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Framfield Churchyard. |
WREN |
Ernest
Alfred |
Private
30338, 123rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly Royal
Sussex. Died of wounds January 19 October 1916. Aged 20. Son of
John & Anne Wren of Pheasant Cottage, Blackboys, Framfield. Born
in Framfield and enlisted in Uckfield. Buried in Bancourt British
Cemetery |
Buried
in the Churchyard and not included on the Memorial |
BATCH |
P |
Private
25821, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Depot). Died at home January
19 November 1918. Buried in Framfield Churchyard |
HARLAND |
Iva
Mary |
Worker
34544, Queen Mary’s Army Auxilliary Corps. Died at home 28 February
1919. Aged 23. Buried in Framfield Churchyard |
IN
THANKFULNESS FOR OUR DELIVERANCE & IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945 |
BAKER |
Thomas |
Leading
Aircraftman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on active service
in Italy 1 June 1944. Buried in Bari War Cemetery, Italy |
BAXENDALE |
Joseph
Alwyne Francis |
Lieutenant,
392nd Battery, 98th Field Regiment (The Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry),
Royal Artillery. Died of wounds during the retreat to Dunkirk 2
June 1940. Aged 24. Son of Guy Vernon & Enid Baxendale of Uckfield.
Husband of Mrs J A F Baxendale of Bayswater, London. Buried in Etaples
Military Cemetery |
BAXENDALE |
Davis
Stephenson |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action during the Normandy
Campaign 21 July 1944 Aged 21. Son of Guy Vernon and Enid Baxendale
of Uckfield. Buried in Banneville La Campagne War Cemetery, Normandy |
COWLEY |
Robert
Hurst |
Sergeant
(Pilot), 57 Squadron (Blenheim 1V’s) attached to Coastal Command,
Elgin Morayshire, Royal Air Force. Lost on operations 2 September
1940 Aged 22. Son of Herbert & Elsie Mabel Cowley of East Grinstead.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial |
CLAYTON |
Gerald
Lawrence |
Sergeant
(Observer), 218 Squadron (Blenheim 1V’s), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Lost over Holland on a Recce Mission operating from Oakington,
Cambs, 8 September 1940. Aged 23. Son of Captain Charles Lawrence
Clayton (Royal Artillery) and Mrs Olive Welling Clayton of Fermoy,
Cork, Eire. No known grave. Commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial
|
HARLAND |
William
George |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home 5 April 1941. Aged 36. Son
of George & Mary Harland of Blackboys. Husband of Mrs E. Harland
of Blackboys. Buried in Framfield Churchyard |
HAZELDEN |
Anthony |
[Listed
on War Memorial as Hazleden] Trooper, 4th Queens Own Hussars, Royal
Armoured Corps. Lost during the evacuation of Greece 28 April 1941.
Aged 22. No known grave. Commemorated on The Athens Memorial |
HAZELDEN
|
James
Cecil |
[Listed
on War Memorial as Hazleden] Able Seaman, H.M. Landing Craft Gun
13, Royal Navy. Killed in action 22 June 1944. Aged 19. Son of Cecil
James & Charlotte Graham Hazelden of Framfield. No known grave.
Commemorated on The Chatham Memorial |
HENRY |
John
Myles |
Captain,
10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (A.A.C.). Killed in action at
Arnhem 19 September 1944. Aged 23. Son of Arthur & Margaret Henry.
Husband of Pamela Evelyn Morriss of Mayfield Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek
War Cemetery, Holland |
MARKWICK |
Horace
John |
Royal
Observer Corps – No further information currently available |
MORRISS |
John
Edward |
Flight
Lieutenant, 151 Squadron (Mosquitos) Operating from Pedannack, Cornwall,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Lost on operations over Europe
6 June 1944. Aged 21. Son of Edward Horne and Lillah Kathleen Morriss.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Runnymeded Memorial |
PILLINGER |
Ellis
Arthur |
Signalman,
7th Air Form, Royal Corps of Signals. Killed in action in Algeria,
North Africa, 10 June 1943. Aged 20. Son of John Henry & Amy Louisa
Pillinger of Halland near Framfield. Buried in El Alia Cemetery,
Algeria. |
PIPER |
Robert
Ernest |
Able
Seaman, HMS "Penelope", Royal Navy. Lost when the Cruiser
was torpedoed by U-410 off the Anzio beaches 18 February 1944. Aged
19. Son of Edith Dorothy Piper of Scaynes Hill. No known grave.
Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
PRYKE |
Henry
Ivan |
Pilot
Officer, 196 Squadron (Stirlings) operating from Tarrant Rushton,
Dorset, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Lost on operations over
France 4 February 1944. Aged 21. Son Henry Ernest and Florence Ethel
Pryke of Newtown, Uckfield. Buried in Lyon (La Doua) French National
Cemetery |
RIGELSFORD |
Ronald
Warwick |
Gunner,
7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of wounds in Alexandria
1 June 1941. Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial
Cemetery, Egypt. |
TREWBY |
John
Preston |
Flying
Officer, 99 Squadron (Flying Wellingtons operating from Waterbeach
in Cambridgeshire), Royal Air Force. Lost on operations over Europe
14 December 1939. Aged 26. Son of The Rev Norman and Mrs Maria Trewby
of Framfield. No known grave. Commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial |
WHEATLEY |
David |
Private,
7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action during the
retreat to Dunkirk 2 May 1940. Aged 21. Son of Benjamin & Esther
Wheatley of Easons Green near Framfield. Buried in Abbeville Communal
Cemetery Extension |