| ALCE |
Harry Earl |
Lance Corporal
TF.1984, 1/5th. Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division
Died of wounds at home 9. 6.15. Aged 25. Son of Harry Earl &
Esther Alce of Bermuda Cottage, Hadlow Down. Born in Heathfield
and enlisted in Hastings. Buried St.
Marks Churchyard Hadlow Down |
| BACKHURST |
Lawrence
Arthur |
Private G.291,
8th. Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment. 24th. Division
Killed in action at Loos 25. 9.15 Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs
Backhurst of Newcombe Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
Born in Buxted and enlisted in Redhill. Resident of Hadlow Down.
Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
| BALDOCK ** |
Lewis John |
Private G.3571,
9th. Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th. Division Killed
in action at the Battle of Loos 25. 9.16 Aged 24. Son of George
& Emma Baldock. Born in Penshurst, Kent and enlisted in Uckfield.
Resident of Hadlow Down. Included on Five Ashes Memorial Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
| BEALE ** |
Harvey Maurice |
Ordinary
Seaman J/70671/CH, HMS Resolution, Royal Navy. Died of Influenza
14. 3.19 Aged 19. Son of Mrs
Kate Beale & Mr Beale of Old Croust Farm, Five Ashes. Buried St.
Marks Churchyard, Hadlow Down |
| BOTTING ** |
William Thomas |
Private 10905,
8th. Battalion The East Surrey Regiment. 18th. Division. Killed
in action 4. 4.18. Born in Little Horstead near Uckfield and enlisted
in Chichester. Resident of Hadlow Down. Commemorated on The Pozieres
Memorial |
| CARR |
William |
Private G.1563
2nd. Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division Killed
in action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9. 5.15. Aged 24. Son of Henry
& Harriett Carr Born in Buxted and enlisted in Brighton. Included
on Buxted and Distict W.M. and the Crowborough and District W.M.Commemorated
on The Le Touret Memorial |
| CARTER ** |
John Henry |
Private.
G.15566 7th. Battalion
The East Kent Regiment 18th. Division
Died of wounds 27.10.16 Aged 20 Son of William
& Harriett Carter of "The Bungalow" Broad Oak. Born Rushett
Common, Surrey and enlisted in Tonbridge, Kent. Resident
of Five AshesBuried Puchevillers
British Cemetery |
| CARTER ** |
Henry Thomas |
Private.
35218 9th. Battalion
The East Surrey Regiment 24th. Division
Killed in
action during the March Retreat 27. 3.18 Aged 19 Son of William
& Harriett Carter of "The Bungalow", Broad Oak. Born in
Hankham near Eastbourne and enlisted in Park Royal, Middlesex. Resident
of Five Ashes Formerly
with the R.A.S.C. Commemorated
on The Pozieres Memorial |
| CORNFORD |
Horace George |
Private.
3528 30th. Battalion
The Australian Infantry 5th. Australian
Division. Killed in
action at Ypres 29. 9.17 Aged 23 Son of Mr
& Mrs George Cornford of "Harlands" Newtown Hadlow Down, Born
in Mayfield. Resident
of Manley, New South Wales,Australia Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. |
| CORNWALL |
Geoffrey |
Private.
TF 1667 1/5th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division
Killed in
action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9. 5.15 Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Uckfield Included on Heathfield War Memorial
Buried Rue
De Bois Cemetery. |
| DANIELS |
George Reginald |
Private.
TF.202287 1/5th. Battalion
The Notts & Derby Regiment. 46th. Division
Killed in
action near Bethune 12. 7.18 Aged 41 Son of George
& Sarah Anne Daniels of Hadlow Down Born Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Horley, Nr.Banbury,Oxon. Buried Fouquieres
Churchyard Extension, Bethune. |
| DANIELS |
Gilbert Joseph |
Lance Corporal
TF. 320083 16th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 74th. Division
Killed in
action at Quennet Copse 21. 9.18 Aged 19 Son of James
& Edith Daniels Born in Headcorn, Kent and enlisted in Eridge.
Buried Hargicourt
Communal Cemetery Extension |
| DANN ** |
Charles Stanley |
Private.
S.18269 5th. Battalion
The Cameron Highlanders 9th. Scottish
Division Killed in
action 18. 4.18 Aged 21 Son of Albert
Thomas & Fanny Dann of Criers Cottages, Five Ashes. Born in Mayfield
and enlisted in London.Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium |
| DANN ** |
Herbert |
Gunner 103660
A Battery
56th. Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery Died of wounds
26. 8.18 Aged 27 Son of Albert
Thomas & Fanny Dann of Criers Cottages, Five Ashes.Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Lewes. Buried Bac-Du-Sud
British Cemetery, Bailleulval |
| DAWSON ** |
Herbert |
Private.
G. 11191 8th. Battalion
The Royal West Kent Regiment 24th. Division Killed in
action on the Somme 1. 9.16. Age 27 Son of Caleb
& Louisa Dawson of Fir Toll Cottage, Five Ashes. Born Cripps
Corner near Ewhurst and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial. |
| DAWSON ** |
Leonard |
Lance Sergeant
GS 2283 7th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 12th. Division Died of
wounds during the Battle of Amiens 9. 8.18 Aged 22 Son of Caleb
& Louisa Dawson of Fir Toll Cottage,Five Ashes. Born Cripps
Corner near Ewhurst and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried Pernois
British Cemetery |
| DIVALL |
Frank |
Private.
SD.1028 11th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division
Killed in
action at Becourt Ridge on the Somme 3. 9.16 Aged 23 Son of Stephen
& Ellen Divall of Hadlow Down Born in
Buxted & enlisted in Uckfield. Included
on Buxted Parish Church War Memorial Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
| EASTWOOD |
Charles Edmund
Framfield |
Private.
L.10255 1st. Battalion
The Royal West Surrey Regiment 1st. Division.
Regular. Killed in
action near Ypres 31.10.14 Aged 20 Son of Charles
Edmund & Ruth Eastwood of Buxted Wood. Born in Uckfield
and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium |
| EASTWOOD |
Frank |
Boy 2nd.
Class J/92268 Royal Navy
HMS Powerful (Stokers Training Ship) Died of influenza
28.12.18 Aged 18 Son of Charles
Edmund and Ruth Eastwood of Buxted Wood, Buried St.Mary's
Churchyard, Buxted. |
| FENNER |
Thomas William |
Private.
TF.203944 1/7th. Battalion
The Middlesex Regiment 56th. London
Division Killed in
action on the Somme 7.10.16 Aged 34 Son of William
Thomas & Ann Fenner of 1, Meadow View, Rotherfield.Enlisted
in Chichester. Resident
of Hadlow Down Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
| GARTON |
Herbert |
Private.
TF. 2152 1/5th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division
Killed in
action at Martinpuich Church on the Somme 14.11.16. Age 23 Son of Walter
& Sarah Garton of Hadlow Down. Born in
Tunbridge Wells ,Kent and enlisted in Hastings. Buried Martinpuich
British Cemetery |
| HALL ** |
Percy |
Private.
SD.322 11th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division
Killed in
action on the Rue de Bois 9. 7.16 Aged 23 Son of George
& Mary Anne Hall of Five Ashes Born in Uckfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne Buried Cambrin
Churchyard Extension |
| HALL ** |
Sidney |
Private.
G.5744 7th. Battalion
The Royal West Surrey Regiment 18th. Division Killed in
action 28. 8.15 Aged 26 Son of William
& Elizabeth Hall of Roundabout Cottages, Five Ashes. Born in
Five Ashes and enlisted in Guildford, Surrey. Resident
of Outwood, Surrey. Buried Norfolk
Cemetery, Becordel- Becourt |
| HEASMAN |
Charles |
Private 8376
2nd. Battalion
The East Lancashire Regiment 8th. Division
Died of wounds
11. 5.15. Aged 28 Son of Abel
& Sarah Heasman of Hastingford, Hadlow Down. Husband of
Emily Louisa Heasman later of Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Born in
Uckfield and enlisted in Lewes. Buried Merville
Communal Cemetery |
| HOATH |
Frank |
Private.SD.315
11th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th. Division Died of
disease 31. 1.17. Age 23 Son of James
and Mary Anne Hoath of Hastingsford Farm, Hadlow Down. Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Uckfield Buried St.Marks
Churchyard, Hadlow Down |
| HOLDING |
Archibald |
Private.
G.3567 9th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 24th. Division Killed in
action at the Battle of Loos 28. 5.15 Aged 20 Son of Mrs
Dinah Cornford of P.C.Cottage, Hadlow Down Born in East
Hoathly and enlisted in Uckfield Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
| HUMPHREY
** |
Albert George |
Private.
G. 15834 11th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division
Killed in
action in the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt 21.10.16. Aged 27
Son of Mrs
Ellen Cook of "Woodgates" Hadlow Down. Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Tonbridge, Kent. Buried Bouzincourt
Ridge Cemetery |
| KIDD |
Frank Richard |
Private.
G.13228 7th. Battalion
The East Kent Regiment 18th. Division Killed in
action at Arras 3. 5.17 Aged 25 Son of Ezra
& Eliza Kidd. Born in Framfield
and enlisted in Redhill. Resident
of Redhill Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial |
| KINGSLAND |
Albert |
Private.
G.18117 7th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 12th. Division
Died of wounds
during the Arras offensive 3. 5.17. Aged 36 Son of David
& Frances Kingsland of Hastingford, Hadlow Down.Husband of
Nellie Kingsland of Tunbridge Wells, Kent Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Sevenoaks.Kent. Included
on Sevenoaks War Memorial Buried Duisans
British Cemetery, Etrun |
| LAING |
Gilbert James |
Second Lieutenant
Indian Army.
Att.1st.
Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles 8th. Division. Killed in
action at The Orchard, Neuve-Chapelle 12. 3.15 Aged 19 Son of George
& Annie Laing (later of 28, The Avenue Eastbourne.& Reading,
Berkshire ) Born Glendale
Northumberland Commemorated
on The Neuve Chapelle Memorial |
| LAING |
Harry George
Stobart |
Lieutenant
Royal Navy
HMS Indefatigable 1st. Battlecruiser
Squadron Lost with
the ship at the Battle of Jutland 31. 5.16. Aged 24 Son of George
& Annie Laing. (later of 28, The Avenue Eastbourne.& Reading,
Berkshire ) Commemorated
on The Plymouth Naval Memorial |
| LANGRIDGE |
Frederick
Handsford |
Private.
TF.240997 1/5th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Killed in
action near Slaughter Wood, Ypres 7. 7.1917 Aged 26 Son of James
& Eliza Langridge of Hadlow Down. Native of
Allington Road, Newick. Born in Newick
and enlisted in Lewes. Included
on Newick Parish Church War Memorial. Buried Gwalia
Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium |
| LEE |
Frederick |
Corporal
TF.3630 2/4th. Battalion
The Royal West Kent Regiment 53rd, Division Died on
Gallipoli. 20.10.15 Grave lost
Enlisted
in Tonbridge, Kent. Resident of Tunbridge Wells Connection
with Hadlow Down not established Possibility only Commemorated
on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. |
| LEEVES |
Frank |
Private.
SD, 4183 13th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment Died of
sickness at home 10. 2.15 Aged 19 Son of Edward
& Emily Maria Leeves of Spoods Farm Hadlow Down. Born in
Heathfield and enlisted in Eastbourne Buried St.Marks
Churchyard, Hadlow Down |
| LEEVES |
Wallace |
Private.
TF. 1987 1/5th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division Killed in
action on the Somme 6. 7.16. Aged 23 Son of Edward
& Emily Maria Leeves of Spoods Farm, Hadlow Down Born in
Heathfield and enlisted in Hastings. Buried Knightsbridge
Cemetery |
| MITCHELL |
Frederick
Harold |
Private.
30489 1st. Battalion
The Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 4th. Division
Killed in
action 29. 5.18 Aged 29 Son of Marchant
& Annie Mitchell of Hadlow Down. Husband
of Mrs F.Mitchell of School Lane, Hadlow Down. Enlisted
in Uckfield. Buried Le
Vertannoy British Cemetery, Hinges. |
| NOAKES |
Henry Frederick |
Private.
304446 13th. Battalion
The Tank Corps. Killed in
action at the Battle of Amiens 23. 8.18 Aged 20 Son of William
Albert & Elizabeth Noakes of Tully's Farm, Hadlow Down. Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Uckfield. Formerly
with the Royal Sussex. Commemorated
on The Vis en Artois Memorial |
| PACKHAM |
Arthur Charles |
Private.
151580 The Labour
Corps. Eastern Command
Labour Center Formerly
Royal Sussex Regiment Died at home
11. 6.18 Aged 20 Son of Owen
& Clara Packham of Burghill Cottage, Hadlow Down. Buried St.Marks
Churchyard, Hadlow Down |
| POPE |
Henry William
(MC) |
Captain Attached
to 21st. Battalion The Machine Gun Corps from 7th. Dragoon Guards.
Killed in
action during the March retreat 24. 3.18 Aged 39 Born in
Wilton, Somerset. Serving
as a Corporal in the Cavalry in 1901 and rose from the ranks via
Staff Sgt Major Dragoon Guards Buried Miracourt
L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension |
| SAUNDERS |
Frank |
Lance Corporal
TF.1629 1/5th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division
Killed in
action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9. 5.15. Aged 26 Son of Mr
& Mrs Trayton Saundes of Eastmount Cottages, Maidstone Road,
Staplehurst, Kent. Born in Heathfield
and enlisted in Wadhurst. Commemorated
on The Le Touret Memorial |
| SMITH |
Edmund Spencer |
Sapper 143747
The Royal
Engineers. 138th. A.T.
Company Died of
wounds in No 44 CCS Poperinghe 28.10.17 Aged 43 Son of John
Preston & Sally Smith of Hadlow Down. Husband of
Mrs E. Smith of "The Porch" New Road, Buxted. Born in Hadlow
Down and enlisted in Uckfield. Resident
of Blackboys. Buried Nine
Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium |
| SMITH |
Jack |
Private.
G. 3579 9th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 24th. Division
Killed in
action at The Battle of Loos 25. 9.15. Aged 26. Son of Mr
& Mrs Smith of Hadlow Down Born in
Hadlow Down and enlisted in Uckfield Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
| WICKENS ** |
William |
Private.
TF. 204052 1/4th. Battalion
The Bedfordshire Regiment 63rd. Royal
Naval Division. Killed in
action 24. 3.18 Aged 27. Son of Mr
& Mrs A.S. Wickens of Kingston on Thomas.Husband of
Eleanor Louise Wickens of The Cottage, Stonehurst, Five Ashes. Enlisted
in Kingston. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial |
| WINTER |
Charlie |
Private.
9370 The Labour
Corps 177977 Formerly
Royal Sussex Regiment Died at home
20.11.18 Aged 22 Son of James
& Lucy Winter of Upper Spoods Farm Hadlow Down. Buried St.Marks
Churchyard, Hadlow Down |
| WOOD |
Ernest |
Private.
SD. 253 11th. Battalion
The Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division
Died of Meningtitus
in base hospital at Rouen 21. 4.16 Aged 26 Brother
of Me W.Wood of High Common Cottage, Buxted. Born in Framfield
and enlisted in Uckfield Buried St.Sever
Cemetery, Rouen |
| 1939-1945 |
| BAILEY |
Andrew |
No further
information currently available |
| DABSON |
Cyril Claude |
Sergeant
Wireless Op/Air Gunner RAFVR. 100 Bomber
(Lancasters) Squadron Killed in
action over Belgium 17. 6.1943 Aged 30 Son of Arthur
William & Zora Leanora Dabson. Husband of
Mrs C.C.Dabson of Framfield Buried Schoonselhof
Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium |
| DUNCANSON |
Jerome Pender |
Lieutenant
1st. Battalion The Rifle Brigade. Killed in action during the
defence of Calais 28. 4.1940 Aged 26 Son of Thomas & Violet
Duncanson of Hadlow Down Buried Calais Southern Cemetery. |
| HAZELDEN |
Francis Joseph
Mitchell |
Lance Corporal
6th. Battalion
The Kings Own Scottish Borderers Killed in
action in Holland 26.11.1944 Aged 24 Son of Frank
Richard & Frances Elizabeth Hazelden, Hadlow Down Buried Mierlo
War Cemetery, Holland |
| KINGSLAND |
Allan |
No further
information currently available |
| PARDOE |
Thomas Martin
Homfray |
Captain The Worcestershire
Regiment Killed in
action during the defence of Singapore 14.12.1941 Aged 29 Son of Lt
Colonel Thomas Kenyon Pardoe DSO. Formerly of the Worcesters and
Mrs Harriett Jenson Pardoe. Husband
of Rosemary Patricia Pardoe. Buried Sai
Wan War Cemetery, Singapore. |
| ROGERS |
Frederick
William |
Sapper The Royal
Engineers. Killed in
action in Italy 2. 9.1944 Aged 26 Son of William
& Sarah Daisy Rogers Buried Bolsena
War Cemetery, Italy |
| SIVERS |
Thomas George |
CSM. Warrant
Officer Class 2 1st. Battalion
The East Kent Regiment Died in captivity
in Austria 29.10.1944 Buried Klagenfurt
War Cemetery, Austria |
| THEOBALD |
Edmund Hugh
Craft |
Pilot Officer
RAFVR. 30 (Fighter) Squadron
(Hurricane 1's) Desert Air
Force Killed in
action over Libya 28.12.1941 Aged 26 Son of Hugh
Whittard Theobald & Edith Mary of Hadlow Down Buried Halfaya
Sollum War Cemetery |
| WOOD |
John |
No further
information currently available |
|
COLLINS |
Ethel Vera |
Private.
Auxilliary
Territorial Service Died at home
2.11.1944 Aged 35 Daughter
of Arthur & Ethel Collins of Barcombe Buried St.Marks
Churchyard Hadlow Down |
