ADDISON |
Percival
H |
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant 17010. 1st Battalion, Royal Scots. Died on
active service in India 20 May 1919 Aged 34. Resident of 32 St Nicolas
Lane Lewes. Brother of Clement John Addison. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Kirkee 1914/18 Memorial, India |
ADE |
Edwin
Stapley |
Private.
G. 16386. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Died of wounds at home 21 March 1917. Aged 39. Son of Mr & Mrs George
Stapley Ade of Lewes. Husband of L. L. Ade of 17, St. Swithins Terrace,
Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
ALLEN |
Frederick
James |
Lance
Corporal G. 7286. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in an air raid 15 October 1917. Aged 33. Son of George &
Maria Allen of. 3, Thorpes Cottages, South Street, Lewes. Born in
Lewes and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military
Cemetery Belgium |
ANSON |
Wilfred
Gordon |
Private
TF 265915. 14th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. 35th Division
Killed in action near Ypres 22 October 1917 Aged 27. Son of The
Rev. Harcourt Suft Anson former Rector of Southover and Mrs Edith
Anson later of The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Employee of Bristol
Aeroplane Works. Born in Derby and enlisted in Bristol. Southover.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
ARNOLD |
David |
Private.
G. 15786. 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action 12 November 1916. Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs Edward Arnold
of 14, North Street, Lewes. Employed by Tickners of Cliffe High
Street. Born St. Johns and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried in Lonsdale
Cemetery Aveluy & Authuille. |
ARNOLD |
William
George |
Private.
L. 7961. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Died
of wounds 12 May 1915. Aged 28. Son of William & Millicent Arnold
of 33, North Street, Lewes. Born, St. Johns, Lewes and enlisted
in Chichester. Regular. SJ. Buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery.
|
AUSTIN |
Henry
Albert |
Able
Seaman 140709. Royal Navy HMS "Alert" Mesopotamian Naval
Units. Died in captivity in Mesopotamia 31 December 1916 Aged 42.
Son of Henry & Matilda Austin of Lewes. Husband of Mrs Frances Alice
Austin of ‘Tyneside’ St. Andrews Road, West Worthing. TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Basra Memorial Iraq. |
AVIS |
Harvey
Thomas |
Private
21107. 2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 20 October 1916. Aged 41. Husband of Mary
Jane Avis of 13, New Street, Lewes. Born in Buxted and enlisted
in Brighton. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
BAKER |
Joseph |
Corporal
149668, Labour Corps formerly Middlesex Regiment. Died in Lewes
on 14 March 1921. Baptised 29 June 1873 in Lewes, Sussex, son of
George and Lucy Baker. Husband of Mrs J. Baker of 79, South Street,
Lewes. Aged 48. Next of kin given as his wife Ellen (nee Agate)
Baker, of 117, Malling Street, Lewes, married January to March Quarter
1900 in Lewes, Sussex. Son of George Baker, of 13 North Court, Cliffe,
Lewes, Sussex. Enlisted 3 November 1914, aged 42, transferred to
Labour Corps 18 May 1917, discharged 17 February 1919 under Sickness
Para 392 xvia
King's Regulations issued a Silver Badge 17 February 1919. Served
in South Africa during the South African (Boer) War 1899-1902, in
South Africa 10 february 1900 to 19 August 1902, awarded Queen's
South Africa Medal with four bars and the King's South Africa Medal
with 2 bars. He attested 18 November 1890 at Chichester, as 3565,
Royal Sussex Regiment, served in both the 1st Battalion and Depot,
born 1873 in Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex, aged 17 years, a Labourer, height
5 feet 3½ inches, weight 119 lbs, chest 32-33 inches, fresh
complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination
Church of England, trasnferred to Amry Reserve 18 November 1897,
recalled to Royal Sussexc Regiment 2 January 1900, he was discharged
17 November 1902. In the 1881 census he was aged 7, born Lewes,
Sussex, a scholar, son of George and Lucy Baker, resident North
Court, Lewes St Thomas in the Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex. In the 1911
census he was aged 38, born Lewes, Sussex, a Contractor's Labourer,
married to Ellen, resident 4 English Passage, Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex.
|
BARNES |
Ernest |
Sergeant
119304. 253rd Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of
Wounds 9 April 1918. Aged 26. Son of Walter & Emily Barnes of Ringmer.
Husband of Alice Jane Barnes of 11 Lime Terrace, Lewes. Born in
Ringmer and enlisted in Lewes Included on Ringmer War Memorial.
Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
BARNES |
Horace
Edward |
Corporal
704032. 135th Company The Labour Corps. Att. Chinese Labour Corps,
Former Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in France after the
war 19 November 1919 Aged 49 Husband of Mrs Alice Barnes of 13,
West Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes. Buried in Les Baraques Military
Cemetery, Sangatte |
BARNES |
Walter
James |
Private.
T/312427. The Army Service Corps. Died 1 March 1919 Aged 39. Resident
of 11, Malling Street, Lewes. Brother of Mr J R Barnes. Medal rolls
only No other details found with SDGW or CWGC. Place of burial unknown.
|
BATCHELOR |
Harry |
Sergeant
G. 6279. 14th Reserve Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Died of tuberculosis
at home 8 September 1918 Aged 42 Husband of Mrs E. M. Batchelor
of 8, English Passage, Lewes. TB. No record with CWGC or SDGW. Medal
Rolls only Place of burial unknown |
BEAGLEY |
Frank |
Private.
SD 2058. 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 30. Son of George
& Anne Beagley of 36, Grange Road, Southover, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Eastbourne Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos
Memorial |
BECK |
Frederick
James |
Gunner
163858. 434 Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery Died in France
11 October 1917. Aged 39. Son of Frederick and Eliza Beck. Husband
of Alice Beck of 34 Western Road, St. Anns Lewes. Born in Alfriston
and enlisted in Brighton. SA. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military
Cemetery, Belgium |
BENEY |
John |
Private.
48895. 9th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment. Died of cholera
in India 26 March 1919. Aged 36. Husband of Mrs M. Beney of 1, Toronto
Terrace, Lewes SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Kirkee 1914/18 Memorial,
India |
BIGNELL
‘ |
William
John |
Private.
G. 40924. 1/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 56th London Division.
Killed in action near Arras 21 April 1918 Aged 27. Husband of Mrs
W. J. Bignell (Remarried) of. 130 Malling Street, Lewes Born in
Patcham & enlisted in Brighton. Formerly Royal West Kents. Buried
in Dainville British Cemetery |
BLABER,
MM |
Lewis
Victor |
Sergeant
31786. 208th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action 9 April 1918 Aged 25. Son of Edward Lewis & Emily Harriett
Blaber of 3, Elm Grove, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Newhaven.
Resident of Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium |
BLACKMORE |
William
H |
Private
923. 1/1st Battalion, The West Somerset Hussars. "C"Squadron
Killed in action on Gallipoli 17. 10. 15. Aged 39. Son of George
& Marie Blackmore of Lewes. Husband of Annie Lucy Blackmore of 6,
Lancaster Street, Lewes. Enlisted in Taunton, Somerset. SJ. Buried
in Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli. |
BLAGROVE |
Arthur
John |
Private.
Tf. 2338. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue. 9 May 1915 Aged 24. Son
of Edwin & Jane Blagrove of 72, The High Street, Lewes. Born in
Lewes and enlisted in Hastings. Employee of Messrs Hart Tailors
of Eastbourne. Southover W. M. and SM. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret
Memorial |
BOTTING |
Horace
Stephen |
Private.
TF. 240846. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division
(Pioneers) Italian Front. Died of wounds in Italy 9 March 1918 Aged
29. Son of Mrs M Botting of Chapel Hill Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes.
TB. Buried in Giavera Cemetery, Italy |
BREACH |
Harold
Henry |
Private.
TF. 1672. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Richebourg L’Avoue. 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr
Breach and Mrs Harriett Breach of 4, Davey’s Lane, Lewes. Born in
South Malling and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret
Memorial |
BREACH |
William |
Private.
G. 2227. 8th (Pioneer) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 18th Division.
Died of wounds 25 March 1918 Aged 30. Born St. Johns, Lewes and
enlisted in Lewes. Son of Mr Breach & Mrs Harriett Breach of. 4,
Davey’s Lane Lewes. Buried in Roye New British Cemetery |
BRIGGS |
Cecil
Reginald |
Guardsman
9917. 2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards. 2nd Division Killed
in action, on the Aisne 14 September 1914. Aged 20. Son of Edward
& Esther Briggs of 45 North Street, Lewes. Born St. Johns Lewes
and enlisted in Lewes SJ. Buried in Vailly British Cemetery |
BUCKMAN |
Ernest
William James |
Private.
L. 11230. 6th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action 12 August 1918 Aged 19. Born in Woolwich and enlisted
in Mill Hill. Son of Mr & Mrs Buckman of "High Risley"
The Avenue, Lewes. Formerly with the Middlesex Regiment. Buried
in Morlancourt British Cemetery No 2. |
BURGESS |
Albert |
L/Cpl
1577. 1/21st Battalion, The London Regiment (The Surrey Rifles)
47th Division Killed in action 23 May 1916 Aged 29. Son of Mr &
Mrs Burgess of 31, Lancaster Street, Lewes. Husband of Alice May
Burgess of Eggington Road, Etwall, Derbyshire. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Camberwell. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
BURGESS |
John |
Private.
SD. 5438. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action during the March Retreat. 28 March 1918 Aged 20. Son of
Mrs A. Miller of Lewes later of 64, Five Ash Down. Born at Stonham
near Lewes and enlisted in Lewes Resident of 2, Mount Pleasant Place.
Formerly with the 12th Battalion. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
BUTCHERS |
George
Frederick |
Trooper
1761. Household Battalion, Formerly Sussex Yeomanry. Killed in action
near Arras 3 May 1917. Aged 29. Resident of "Cairn Reigh"
Wallands, Lewes. Son of Mr & Mrs George Butchers of Thetford, Norfolk
Born in Alfriston and enlisted in Lewes. SA. SJ. Buried in Roeux
British Cemetery |
CARPENTER |
David
John |
Air
Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force. No1 Balloon Section Died 15
July 1918 Aged 41. Son of Mr & Mrs Carpenter of 3, North Road, Ringmer.
Husband of Georgina Blanche Carpenter of 7, Southdown Place Malling
Street, Lewes. TB. Buried in La Targette British Cemetery Neauville
St. Vaast |
CHAMPION |
Frank
Edward |
Fireman.
Merchant Navy SS "Nigel" (Leith). Lost at sea 12 November
1915. Aged 44. Husband of Mrs F. E. Champion of 14, South Street,
Lewes. TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tower Hill Memorial |
CHANDLER |
Albert
Thomas |
Private
26755. 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment. 30th Division. Killed
in action during the March Retreat 21 March 1918 Aged 32. Son of
Albert & Jane Chandler, Husband of Kate Chandler of 4, Lancaster
Road, Lewes. Formerly Royal Sussex Born in Lewes and enlisted in
Chichester. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial |
CHANDLER |
Frederick |
Gunner.
"B"Battery 119th Brigade. The Royal Field Artillery. 8
September 1918 Aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs Chandler of 134, The High
Street, St. Anns, Lewes. Born in Herstmonceux and enlisted in Hove.
SJ. Buried in Bailluel Communal Cemetery Extension. |
CLARKE |
John
Edward |
Corporal
G. 42738. 23rd, Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment. 41st Division
Killed in action near Ypres 21 September 1917 Aged 27. Husband of
Mrs Dora Clark (Remarried) of 6, Priory Place, Lewes, later of Southampton.
Born in Southsea and enlisted in Brighton. Resident of Lewes SA
SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
COLE |
Alfred |
Corporal
6124. 14th Hussars. Regular Cavalryman with 16 years service, Died
of influenza in military hospital in Meerut India after serving
in Mesopotamia. 27 October 1918 Aged 29. Son of Alfred & Elizabeth
Cole of 6, Priory Place, Southover High Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Chichester in 1902. Southover W. M. Buried in Delhi
War Cemetery, India. |
COLEMAN |
Thomas
Robert |
Pioneer
165725. The Royal Engineers. 47th Signals Company. Killed in action.
28 May 1917 Aged 18. Son of Thomas Robert & Mrs A. E. Coleman of.
2, The Course, Southover, Lewes, later of Newhaven. Born Hampden
Park, Eastbourne and enlisted in Lewes. Southover W. M. Buried in
Bedford House Cemetery En No 4 |
COLES |
Arthur |
Private.
G. 21611. 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment 18th Division
Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive 23 March 1918
Aged 36 Formerly Sussex Yeomanry. Son of Mr & Mrs J. G. Coles of.
112, The High Street,, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Ealing.
Resident of Acton, Middlesex. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
COLLINS |
Harry
Constable |
Corporal
46256. "A" Battery 88th Brigade. The Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action near Ypres 22 June 1917 Aged 33. Son of Alban &
Katherine Collins. Husband of. Mrs Jessie Collins of 29, Lancaster
Street, Lewes. Enlisted in London. Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British
Cemetery, Belgium |
CONNETT |
Henry |
Probably
Gunner RMA 6322 (RMR/B/885. The Royal Marine Light Artillery. Reservist
HMS "Aboukir" lost with the Armoured Cruiser off the Dutch
coast 22 September 1914. (Torpedoed by U9.) Aged 35. Son of Mr &
Mrs George Connett of 43, New Road, Lewes. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea |
COOMBES |
George
Richard |
Private.
G. 50843. 4th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 37th Division.
Killed in action 13 August 1918. Aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs William
Coombes of 4, Garden Cottages, Cliffe, Lewes. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Brighton. TB. Buried in St
Amand British Cemetery |
COOMBES |
William
George |
Private.
G. 7341. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action at Ovillers 7 July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs William
Coombes of 4, Garden Cottages, Cliffe, Lewes. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Brighton. (Served as William Lewis. SDGW Part 40) TB.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
COOPER |
Ernest
Arthur |
Corporal
1389. 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 19th Division
Killed in action 6 June 1918. Aged 32. Son of John Howes & Mary
Elizabeth Cooper of Dorset Road, Lewes, later of 40, Blatchington
Road, Hove. Born in Yardley and enlisted in Birmingham Enlisted
in Hay Mills, Birmingham. No known grave. Commemorated on The Soissons Memorial
|
COOPER
|
Henry
John |
Private.
28450. 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 50th Division Killed
in action 7 October 1918 Aged 28. Son of John & Frances Cooper of
1, Waterloo Place, Lewes. Formerly Lancers. Born in Lewes and enlisted
in Croydon. Buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy |
COOPER |
John
Horace |
Corporal
G. 3072. 6th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action 13 October 1915 Aged 40. Born St. Mary’s Halifax, Yorkshire
and enlisted in Canterbury, Kent. Resident of Dorset Road Lewes.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
COOPER |
Ronald
Douglas |
Sergeant
SD. 3077. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 27 September 1917 Aged 23. Son of John
& Frances Cooper of 1, Waterloo Place, Lewes. Born in Burgess Hill
and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
COWLES |
Reginald
James |
Private.
G. 23011. 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 12th Division.
Died of wounds 3 July 1918 Aged 35. Husband of Mrs R J. Coles of
21, Morris Road, Lewes. Born in Portsmouth and enlisted in Lewes.
Formerly with The Royal Sussex Regiment (G. 6097) TB. Buried in
Varennes Military Cemetery. |
COX |
Timothy |
Private.
20767. Royal Army Pay Corps. Died at home 26. 2. 19 Aged 33. Son
of Mr & Mrs Alfred Cox of Shelley Terrace Lewes. SA. Buried in Lewes
Cemetery |
CRADDOCK |
Walter
Amos |
Gunner.
150693. 5th Labour Battalion,, The Labour Corps. Formerly The Royal
Field Artillery. Died at home suffering from gas poisoning. 21 April
1918 Aged 36. Husband of Mrs Emily Craddock of 107. Malling Street,
Lewes, later of 2, Flora Cottages, Lee Street, Horley, Surrey. Born
in Lewes. Buried in St. Michaels Churchyard, South Malling. |
CROCK |
George |
Lance
Corporal 1596. 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Formerly
The Scots Guards. Killed in action 5 September 1918. Aged 36. Son
of John Henry and Mary Jane Crock of 6, Mount Pleasant, Lewes. Born
and enlisted in Lewes SJ. Buried in Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension |
CROCK |
Samuel |
Shoeing
Smith TS. 4386. Royal Army Service Corps, Salonika. Att. Royal Field
Artillery. Died in Greece 13 October 1918 Aged 42. Son of John Henry
& Mary Jane Crock of 6, Mount Pleasant, Lewes. Husband of Mrs S
Crock (remarried) of Malling Street, Lewes, later of 27 New Road,
Ridgewood near Uckfield. Born St. Johns, Lewes and enlisted in Lewes
TB SJ. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetry, Salonika,
Greece. |
CROCK |
Thomas |
Petty
Officer 2nd Class 158554. RFR/CH/B/4647 Royal Navy HMS "Aboukir".
Killed in action 22 September 1914. Lost with the armoured cruiser
off the Dutch coast Aged 40. Son of John Henry & Mary Jane Crock
of. 6, Mount Pleasant, Lewes. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Chatham Naval
Memorial |
CROCK |
William
Henry |
Sergeant
284187. 227th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action 26 June 1917 Aged 32. Son of John Henry & Mary Jane Crock
of 6, Mount Pleasant, Lewes Husband of Alice Maude Crock of 36,
Riley Road, Brighton. Born St. Johns, Lewes and enlisted in Chichester.
SJ. Buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck. |
CROUCH |
James |
Private.
TF. 240961. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division
(Pioneers). Died of wounds 7 October 1917 Aged 26. Son of Robert
& Elizabeth Crouch of 34, St. Pancras Lane, Southover, Lewes. Husband
of Jessie Crouch of 11, St. Pancras Gardens, Southover, Lewes. Left
two children. Born & enlisted in Lewes. Southover W. M. Buried in
Dozinghem Military Cemetery Belgium |
DEAN |
Alfred
Alexander |
Air
Mechanic 2 38554. Royal Flying Corps. Died of his injuries in Littlehampton
Hospital after falling from a balloon. 1 May 1918 Aged 37. Son of
George & Amelia Dean of Canning Street, Brighton and later 10, Grange
Road, Southover Lewes. Included on Brighton and Southover War Memorials.
Buried in St. Pancras Churchyard Kingston by Lewes. |
DIPLOCK |
Harry |
Private
G. 13869. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action during the March Retreat. 24 March 1918 Aged 26 Resident
of 9, Westgate Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester,
Brother in law of Mrs Annie Diplock. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres
Memorial |
DIPLOCK |
William |
Private.
G. 8700. 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of tuberculosis
at home 22 November 1918. Aged 24. Son of Harry & Kate Diplock of
Lewes. Husband of Mrs Annie Diplock of, Rock Street, Kemp Town Brighton.
Resident of 9, Westgate Street,, Lews Included on Brighton War Memorial.
Buried in St. Michaels Parish Church Cemetery, Lewes. |
DITCH |
William
George |
Chief
Stoker 149805. Royal Navy HMS "Bulwark". Lost when the
Battleship blew up at anchor off Sheerness Dockyard 26 November
1914 Aged 41. Husband of Mrs Margaret Eleanor Ditch of Southdown
Cottage, 23, Chapel Hill, Lewes. Born in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
DRAKE |
Frederick
Augustus |
Captain.
The Warwickshire Yeomanry. Att. Imperial Mounted Division Palestine.
later. Machine Gun Battalion. Left Egypt for France. Drowned when
the Troopship SS "Leason Castle" was torpedoed by a U
boat off Alexandria. 93 members of the unit lost 27 May 1918 Aged
35 Husband of Mrs Isabel Julia Drake (remarried) of Winterbourne
Lodge, Lewes. Son of Augustus Fitt and Agnes Drake SA SM. Buried
in Chatby Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
DUNCAN |
William
T |
Rifleman
2218. 6th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. Died at Home 12 January
1917 Aged 27. Husband of Mrs Mary Anne Elizabeth Duncan of 10, North
Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton. Brighton
resident. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
DUNNING |
John
Montague |
Corporal
G. 16392. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action near Ypres 14. 6. 17 Aged 30. Son of John & Mary
Dunning of Norbury House, Gobowen near Oswestry, Shropshire. Born
in Nantwich, Cheshire and enlisted in Lewes. Resident of The Temperance
Hotel Lewes SJ. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery Belgium |
EADE |
George
William Osborne |
Private
57547. 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 41st Division. Died of wounds
5 August 1917 Aged 19. Son of George & Anna Maria Eade of 3, The
Course, Southover, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Porter L.
B. & S. C. R. Southover W. M. Buried in Godewaerswelde British Cemetery,
Poperinghe, Belgium |
EADES |
James |
Able
Seaman 238050. Royal Navy HMS "Hampshire". Lost with the
Cruiser when she was mined off the Orkneys. 5 June 1916 Aged 25.
Grandson of Mrs Anne Matilda Eades of. 21, New Road, Lewes. SJ.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
EASTON |
William
George |
Driver
45434. Royal Field Artillery 29th Brigade Ammunition Column. Accidentally
killed, along with 4 of his Comrades, when they were in the Plugstreet
Wood Area where he, or one of his companions, had found an unexploded
German Artillery Shell and had attempted to defuse it or remove
the nose cap as a souvenir, from which the resulting explosion killed
6 men 5 April 1915; all those who were killed are buried side by
side in Trois Abres Military Cemetery, Ypres. Aged 27. Son of Mr
& Mrs William Easton of Lewes. Husband of Delphine Louisa Easton
of 8, Armstrong Street, Ashton on Ribble, Preston, Lancashire. Born
in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Postman. Buried in Trois Arbres
Cemetery, Steenwerck |
ELDRIDGE |
Arthur |
Sergeant
G. 579. 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division. Killed
in action 3 January 1918. Aged 23. Husband of Mrs A. Eldridge (remarried)
formerly of 27, South Street, Lewes. Born in Erith, Kent and enlisted
in Tottenham. TB. Buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault |
EVENDEN |
Henry |
Private
TF 290263. 15th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of tuberculosis
at home 4 April 1917 Aged 29. Son of Arthur & Eliza Evenden. Husband
of Betsy Elizabeth Evenden of 30, Railway Road, Newhaven. Born in
Rodmell and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard,
Southover, Lewes. |
FARLEY |
Frederick
John |
Gunner
139322. 379th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in
military hospital in Alexandria, Egypt 19 November 1917 Aged 41.
Son of Frederick Albert and Eliza Mary Farley of West Tytherleigh,
Hampshire. Husband of Charlotte Anne. Farley of The Lamb Hotel,
Lewes. Born in West Tytherleigh, and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried
in Alexandra (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
FELLOWS |
George |
Private.
G14991. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Wounded on the Somme
and died at home 13 July 1916. Aged 41. Son of Jesse & Eliza Fellows,
Husband of Hepzibah Fellows of 15, Eastport Lane, Southover, Lewes.
Left eight children. Former regular soldier with 8 years service.
Carpenter by trade. Southover W. M. Buried in St John the Baptist
Southover Churchyard |
FLOYD |
Norman
Victor |
Sergeant
9981. 2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment 1st Division. Died in military
hospital at Le Havre of wounds suffered at Cuinchy 28 January 1915
Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs J. Floyd of Western Road Lewes. Born and
enlisted in Lewes SM. Buried in St. Marie Cemetery Le Havre |
FORD |
Clifford
Macdonald |
Lance
Bombardier 122355. The Royal Garrison Artillery (Suusex TF). Gassed
during the war and died at home 5. 3. 20 Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs
William Henry Ford of 15, South Street, Lewes. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
FORD |
Charles
Walter |
Corporal
20144. 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Home reserve Unit.
Died at home 7 January 1916 Aged 49. Husband of Lucy Ford of 32,
Morris Road, Lewes. No record with CWGC, SDGW or Medal Rolls. Burial
location unknown |
FRANK |
Clement
John |
Private.
20016. 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 41stDivision Killed in action
on the Somme 7. 10. 16 Aged 25. Son of William & Elizabeth Mary
Frank of 20, The High Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes.
Buried in A. I. F. Burial Ground, Flers. |
FRENCH |
Charles
Henry |
Private
41049. 1/4th Battalion, The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.
55th Division. Killed in action 26 April 1918 Aged 20. Son of Henry
& Hannah French of 17, St. Pancras Gardens, Lewes Born in Southover
Lewes and enlisted in Lewes. Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Loos Memorial |
FROST |
Charles |
Private.
SD. 3349. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Died
of wounds at home in military hospital at Rochester 6 August 1916
Aged 30. Son of Mr & Mrs Frost of Lewes. Employee of Southdown &
East Grinstead Breweries, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. TB.
Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
FRY |
Thomas
Jesse |
Gunner
163904. ‘A’ Battery 246 Brigade The Royal Field Artillery Killed
in action 12 October 1918 Aged 30. Husband of Mrs Ada Fry of 17,
Toronto Terrace, Lewes. Enlisted in Eastbourne. SJ. Buried in St.
Aubert British Cemetery |
FRY |
William
Osborne |
Private.
SD. 2312. 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action at St. Julien 31 July 1917. Aged 21. Son of Mr Fry and
Mrs Annie Louisa Fry of 98, The High Street, Lewes. Born in Bristol
and enlisted in Brighton SM. Buried in Track X Cemetery St. Jean,
Ypres. |
FULLER |
Albert
Frank |
Private.
292094, 704th Company, Labour Corps. Formerly Pioneer, Royal Engineers.
Died at home 21 December 1918. Aged 50. Husband of Mrs Jane Fuller
of 18, Spring Gardens St. Johns, Lewes. In the 1901 census he was
aged 31, born Newhaven, Sussex, a General Labourer, married to Jane
with one daughter, Ada, resident 0, York Street, Lewes St John under
the Castle, Lewes, Sussex. Discharged as physically unfit to serve
19 November 1918 with endocarditis infection due to service; required
special heart treatment. Had returned from Fance on 'Queen Elizabeth'
suffering from bronchitis and emphysema 24 August 1918. Transferred
to Labour Corps Clearing Office 31 October 1918. Buried in St. John's
Churchyard, Lewes, in an unmarked grave. |
FULLER |
Percy |
Bombardier
374370. "F" Anti Aircraft Battery. The Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action near Langemark 16 November 1917 Aged
29. Son of George & Hannah Fuller of Lewes. Husband of Emma Florence
Fuller (remarried) later of Chatham. Born and enlisted in Lewes.
Buried in Cemetery House Cemetery. Langemark, Belgium. |
FULLER |
Sidney
William |
Private.
G. 5923. 8th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 24th Division Killed
in action at Loos 26 September 1915 Aged 21. Son of Mrs Anne Relph
of 11 Nevill Road, St. Anns, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in
Brighton. SA & SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial |
FUNNELL |
Frederick
James |
Private.
S. 1705. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Cuinchy 2 January 1915 Aged 21. Son of James & Mary
Anne Funnell of 9, Wellington Street, Lewes. Reservist Born & enlisted
in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
FUNNELL |
Herbert
George |
Private.
TF. 1709. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915 Aged 19. Son of
James & Mary Anne Funnell of 9, Wellington Street, Lewes. Born and
enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
GALE |
Herbert
William |
Lance
Corporal G. 51411. 16th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd
Division Formerly Royal Sussex. Killed in action near Arras 31 May
1917 Aged 19. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Lewes resident
at 1, Pelham Terrace, Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
GASTON |
Albert
Harold |
Private.
TF. 242015. 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 13th Division
(Mesopotamia). Killed in action during the defence of Baku by the
39th Brigade ("Dunsterforce") in Azerbaijan. 1 September
1918. Aged 22. Son of Ellen Gaston of 3, North Court, Cliffe Lewes.
Born and enlisted in Lewes. Formerly with the Royal Sussex T. F.
TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tehran Memorial. Persia (Iran) |
GILLETT |
Charles
Walter |
Private.
G. 18199. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Becourt 3 September 1916 Aged 19. Son of George
James & Fanny Gillett of. 27, Sun Street, later of "Sydney
House" The High Street, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes. SA SJ. Buried
in Hamel Military Cemetery. |
GLOVER,
DCM & Medaille Militaire |
Brian
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant. Royal Flying Corps. No 8 Squadron (BE2c’s). Shot down
by anti aircraft guns over enemy lines 13 March 1916 Aged 21. Son
of Councillor Edmond and Mrs Gertrude Glover of "Brookside,
Southover High Street, Lewes. Formerly with the Royal Engineers
with whom he won his decorations. Born in Southover. Southover W.
M. Buried in Vis en Artois British Cemetery, Picardy. |
GLOVER |
Benjamin
Hilton |
Captain.
7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Att. 50th T. M. Batteries.
18th Division. Killed in action near Montauban 1 July 1916 Aged
19. Son of Councillor Edmond & Mrs Gertrude Glover of "Brookside"
Southover High Street, Lewes. Born Southover. Formerly with the
1/5th Royal Sussex. Buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz |
GODDEN |
Arthur
George |
Driver
49053. Royal Field Artillery 48th Divisional Amunition Column. Killed
in action near Ypres 25 September 1917 Aged 22. Husband of Mrs A
G Godden of 2, Brook Street, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes. Buried in
Track X Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium |
GORDON |
David
Roland |
Private.
19027. 8th Battalion, The Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment "D"Company
3rd Division. Killed in action 16 July 1917 Aged 21. Son of Alfred
Preston and Mary Gordon of. 23, Friars Walk, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in London. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
GRAY |
Walter
Frank |
Private.
12116. 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 18th Division Killed
in action near Montauban on the Somme 1 July 1916 Aged 19. Resident
of 1, Pelham Terrace, Lewes. Son of Mr & Mrs Gray later of 6, Sudeley
Street, Kemp Town, Brighton. Born in Lewes and enlisted in London.
SJ. Buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz |
GREEN |
Francis
George |
Private.
SD. 4766. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action near Gouzeaucourt 10 March 1918. Aged 36. Son of Henry
Stephen and Mary Green of 1, St. Jame’s Street, Southover, Lewes.
Husband of Mrs Harriett Green of Sea Lane, Ferring. Previously wounded.
Born in Lewes and enlisted in London. Southover W. M. Buried in
Fins New British Cemetery. |
HAFFENDEN |
Richard
William |
Rifleman
4198. 1/8th Battalion, The London Regiment (The Post Office Rifles)
47th London Division. Killed in action 21 May 1916. Aged 37. Husband
of Mrs Helen Haffenden of 30 Western Road, Lewes later of West Firle.
Enlisted in London. SA. PO. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
HARLAND |
Wilfred
Jeffrey |
Private.
59234. 25th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers. 34th Division.
Killed in action near Croiselles 21 March 1918. Aged 27. Son of
Mr & Mrs Harland of 18, St. Johns Terrace, Lewes. Brother of Percy
Harland of Lingfield. Formerly R. A. O. Corps. Born & enlisted in
Lewes. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
HARRIS |
Walter |
Gunner.
238503. "B" Battery 113th Brigade. The Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action near Ypres. 1 October 1918. Aged 34. Husband of
Mrs A. Harris of 47, Malling Street, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes TB.
Buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium |
HARVEY,
DCM |
Alec |
Private.
G. 4336. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action near Ephey Wood 18 September 1918 Aged 23. Son of Owen
& Sarah Anne Harvey of 112, Western Road, Lewes, Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Eastbourne. SA. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery |
HARVEY |
Charles
William |
Private.
G/16506. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed
in action near Hargicourt 21 November 1917. Aged 20. Son of Ernest
& Isabella Harvey of 8, Westgate Street, St. Michaels, Lewes. Born
and enlisted in Henfield. SM. Included on Henfield Parish Church
W. M. Buried in Hargicourt British Cemetery |
HARVEY |
Reginald |
Private.
TF. 315508. 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th Division,
Killed in action at Quennet Copse 21 September 1918. Aged 28. Son
of John & Alice Harvey of The Fire Station Lewes. Husband of Mrs
Maria Esther Harvey of Soap Factory Lane, Lewes, later of Cranleigh,
Surrey. Born in Haywards Heath and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Vis en Artois Memorial. |
HARVEY |
Walter |
Corporal
SD. 318. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Wounded
near Ypres and died of wounds at home 27 September 1917. Aged 25.
Son of Owen & Annie Harvey of 112, Western Road, Lewes. Born St.
Anne’s Lewes and enlisted in Eastbourne. SA. SM. Buried in St. Margaret
of Antioch Churchyard Ditchling. |
HAYDON |
Lee |
Private.
TF. 2446. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 28. Son of Flaxman
& Anne Haydon of Shepherds Bush, West London. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Hastings. Resident of 6, Western Road, Lewes. SM. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial. |
HAYLER |
Leslie
James |
Able
Seaman Z/240 R. N. V. R. "Hawke" Battalion, 63rd, Royal
Naval Division. Killed in action at Beaumont Hamel 12 November 1916
Aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs Richard J Hayler of 45, The High Street,
Cliffe, Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
HEAD |
Arthur
Henry |
Corporal
S. 1667. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action on the Somme near Geaudecourt 7 October 1916 Aged 21.
Son of William & Annie Head of 9, Priory Street, Southover, Lewes.
Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton. Employed locally as a gardener.
Reservist Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
HEASMAN |
James |
Private.
4798. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Cambrai 25 November 1917 Aged 34. Son of Mr & Mrs James
Heasman. Born in Rotherfield and enlisted in Hove. Former Lewes
resident. SJ. Included on Crowborough War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial |
HENDLEY |
Albert
Charles |
Private.
TF. 320417. 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th Division.
Killed in action at the third battle of Gaza, 6 November 1917 Aged
21. Son of Mr & Mrs Hendley of 13, Station Street, Lewes. Born in
Heathfield and enlisted in Brighton. Buried in Beersheba War Cemetery
Palestine. |
HEWLETT |
Albert
Ernest |
Corporal
G. 24398. 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 33rd Division
Killed in action 21 September 1918 Aged 27. Son of Mr & Mrs William
Hewlett of 7, The High Street, Lewes, Born and enlisted in Lewes.
Formerly Royal Sussex. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Vis en Artois Memorial |
HILLMAN |
William
Norris |
Private.
G. 1488. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 18. Son of William Alfred
& Beatrice Hillman of The Post Office 8, Southover High Street,
Lewes. Born in Southover and enlisted in Lewes. Southover W. M.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
HOAD |
Stephen |
Private
29192. 10th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment. 31st Division.
Killed in action 12 April 1918. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Hoad of
41, North Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester
SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium |
HOAD |
William |
Gunner
374367. 130th Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
during the German March offensive 21 March 1918. Aged 31. Son of
Rose Hoad of 5, Garden Cottages, Lewes. Born in South Malling and
enlisted in Lewes. TB. Buried in Montescourt- Lizerolles Communal
Cemetery |
HOLDER |
George
William |
Gunner
121810. Anti Aircraft Units The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of
disease in Hardelot Military Hospital near Etaples. 25 October 1918
Aged 30. Son of John & Lucy Holder of Lewes. Husband of Mrs Agnes
Holder (remarried) of St. Panceas Gardens, Southover. Employee of
the Lewes Waterworks. Enlisted in Lewes, Southover W. M. Buried
in Terlincthun British Cemetery |
HOLLAND |
Reginald
John Edward |
Private
G. 3122. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action at Loos 27 September 1915 Aged 18. Son of Mr & Mrs E.
Holland of 3, St. Pancras Villas, St. Pancras Gardens, Southover,
Lewes. Born in Horsted Keynes and enlisted in Lewes. Southover W.
M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial.
|
HOPKINS |
Herbert
Edward |
Lance
Corporal TF. 320429. 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th
Yeomanry Division. Died of wounds near Moislaines 4 September 1918
Aged 26. Brother of W. A. Hopkins. Resident of 21, Keere Street,
Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton. SM. Bur Heilly Station
Cemetery. |
HORNE |
Reginald
Harry |
Private.
TF 240103. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Killed in an air attack 22 September 1917. Aged 27. Son of Harry
& Annie Horne of "Stable Cottage" 24, Southover High Street,
Southover, Lewes. Born St. Martins, Suffolk and enlisted in Lewes.
Southover W. M. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. Belgium |
HURST |
Ernest
Jewell |
Sergeant
TF. 241031. 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action near Hooge 4 October 1917. Aged 29. Son of Mr Hurst
& Mrs Sarah. A. Hurst of 106, Western Road, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Bromley, Kent. Resident of Brixton. SA. & SM. Buried
in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium |
HUTSON |
George
William |
Sergeant
L. 9097. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Vendresse 14 September 1914 Aged 24. Husband of Mrs
Kate Elizabrth Hutson of 3, Roseland Cottage, Cliffe, Lewes later
of. 19 Neville Road, St, Annes. Son of George & Frances Hutson of
Heathfield. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Regular. Included
on Heathfield War Memorial and Parish Church. Sergeant Hutson represented
Great Britain in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912 and won a bronze
medal for the 5, 000 Metres, TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ferte Sous
Jouarre Memorial |
IZZARD |
Ernest |
Private.
G. 4831. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Loos 25 September 1915 Aged 33. Son of Mr & Mrs James
Izzard of 2, Vine Cottages, Jarvis Brook. Husband of Mrs Agnes Winifred
Izzard of 39, Priory Street, Lewes. ( 7, Lancaster Place) Left 2
children. Grocers assistant. Born in Crowborough and enlisted in
Brighton. Included on Crowborough and District War Memorial. TB.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
JACKSON |
Howard
Vincent |
Private.
13413. 8th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. Pioneers, 12th
Division. Died of wounds at home in hospital at Brighton 19 September
1915 Aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs Horace Jackson of 162, The High Street,
Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Northampton. Buried in St.
Ann’s Churchyard, Lewes. |
JEFFREY |
Frederick |
Private.
27432. 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 12th Division Killed in action
at Cambrai 30 November 1917 Aged 38. Son of Mr & Mrs. A Jeffery
of "Tainters" Piltdown. Brother of Archibald Jeffery of
Gables Cottage, 55, Southover High Street, Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on
The Cambrai Memorial |
JENNER |
Thomas
Ernest |
Private.
TF. 22804E. Labour Corps Northern Command Labour Centre. Died in
military hospital in Ripon Yorkshire. 15 March 1919 Aged 32. Husband
of Mrs Louisa Jenner of 71, Malling Street, Lewes. TB. Buried in
Lewes Cemetery |
JOHNSON |
George |
Gunner
61729. 72nd Battery 38th Brigade. The Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action at Messines 7 June 1917 Aged 25. Son of Eliza Johnson
of 16, Brook Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried
in Strand Cemetery, Belgium. |
JOHNSON |
George
Edward |
Private.
TF. 1439. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Severely wounded at Richebourg 9 May 1915 and died the following
day Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs George Johnson of 3, Castle Banks,
Lewes. Born St. Johns and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried in Bethune
Town Cemetery |
JONES |
Alfred
James |
Fireman.
Mercantile Marine SS"Exchange". Lost when torpedoed by
a U Boat. 23 March 1917 Aged 24. Son of William & Elizabeth Mary
Jones of. 6, Soap Factory Lane, Cliffe, Lewes. Previously served
with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (Wounded) discharged
and rejoined M. N. ??. More information needed. (Medal Rolls. Private.
L 10327). No known grave. Commemorated on The Tower Hill Memorial |
KENWARD |
Frederick
William |
Private.
477491. The Royal Canadian Regiment. 3rd Canadian Division. Killed
in action near Ypres 5 June 1916 Aged 34. Son of George James &
Mary Jane Kenward of. 5, Wellington Street, Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial (Canadian Section) Ypres, Belgium. |
KENWARD |
Sidney
Elphick |
Private.
L. 7474. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Vendresse 14 September 1914. Aged 28. Son of George
James & Mary Jane Kenward of. 5, Wellington Street, Lewes. Regular.
Born and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ferte Sous Jouarre
Memorial |
KNIGHT |
Frederick
Jesse |
Lance
Corporal 76568. The Tank Corps "D" Battalion. Killed in
action near Cambrai 20 November 1917. Aged 23. Son of Emily Elizabeth
Clarke of 2, Walwers Lane, Lewes. Born in Buxted and enlisted in
Chichester. Formerly 10065 Royal Sussex. Buried in Orival Wood Cemetery,
Flesquieres |
LANCASTER |
Henry
William |
Private.
(Bugler) TF. 1670. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915 Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs
Henry Lancaster of. 45, Sun Street, Lewes. Born in Withyham and
enlisted in Lewes SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial. |
LANGRIDGE |
Alfred
Thomas |
Private.
TF. 1901. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915. Aged 34. Born St. Ann’s Lewes
and enlisted in Lewes. Resident of "Hilltop" Wallands,
Lewes. Brother of George Langridge. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret
Memorial |
LARKIN |
Ernest |
Private.
SD. 1638. 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Died 2 June 1917 Aged 26. Son of Arthur & Emma Larkin of 5, Union
Place South Street, Lewes. Brother of Mr H. Larkin. Born in Herstmonceux
and enlisted in Lewes Employee of "The Bear" Hotel TB.
Buried in Hop Store Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Belgium |
LAWRENCE |
Frederick |
[Listed
on War Memorial as LAURENCE] Leading Seaman 158449. Royal Navy HMS
"Princess Irene". Lost when the auxilliary vessel blew
up off Sheerness with an internal explosion 27 May 1915 Aged 41.
Son of Alfred & Jane Lawrence of 109, South Street, Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
LAWSON |
Cecil
Harold |
Private
33347. 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division Killed
in action near Arras. 23 April 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs James
Lawson of 63, Western Road, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in
Chichester. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial. |
LAWSON-LEWIS |
Graham |
Lieutenant.
2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. 4th Division. Wounded on
the Somme and died in hospital at Le Treport 9 July 1916 Aged 24.
Son of Frederick & Edith Augusta Lawson-Lewis of Lewes and Eastbourne.
Included on Eastbourne War Memorial. SM. Buried in Le Treport Military
Cemetery. |
LUCAS |
Wilfred |
Second
Lieutenant. "C" Battery 100th Brigade The Royal Field
Artillery Att. 22nd Division. Killed in action in the Balkans 23
December 1916 Aged 28. Third son of John Clay & Caroline Agnes Lucas
of The Castle Precincts Lewes. Educated at The Kings School Canterbury.
Went to Australia in 1912 and enlisted in the Australian Light Horse.
Gazetted to the R. F. A. in June 1915. Served in France and Egypt.
SJ. Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece, |
MANN |
Hubert
Victor |
Private.
TF. 2453. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Mann
of 20, Thomas Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Hastings.
TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial, |
MANVILLE |
Alfred |
Private.
G. 5766. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed
in action at Guillemont on the Somme 20 August 1916. Aged 22. Son
of Alfred & Mary Anne Manville of Spring Gardens, St. Johns, Lewes.
Husband of Mrs A. Manville of Circus Street, Brighton. Employee
of Mooreys, Lewes High Street. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton
SJ. Included on Brighton War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial |
MARKS |
William
Henry |
Sergeant
2413. 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, 14th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme near Courcelette. 15 September 1916. Aged 28.
Son of William & Emily Marks of 13, New Road, St, Johns, Lewes.
Born in Chelsea and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial |
MARTIN |
Albert |
Gunner
35267. 282nd Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action during the March Retreat 28 March 1918. Aged 26. Son of
C. Martin 3, Neville Road, Lewes SA. Born in Tarring Neville & enlisted
in Newhaven. Buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy Les Mofflaines.
|
MARTIN |
Frank
Harold |
Private.
81748. The Royal West Surrey Regiment. Died at home in hospital
in Norwich after the war 9. 4. 19 Aged 19. Son of Thomas Potter
and Ruth Martin of Potters Lane, Southover, Lewes. Southover W.
M. Buried in St. John The Baptist Churchyard, Southover. |
MARTIN |
William
Thomas |
Private.
G. 1685. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Died
of wounds in base hospital at Rouen 27 August 1916. Aged 19. Son
of Thomas Potter & Ruth Martin of 53, Potters Lane, Southover, Lewes.
Employee of Ballards Brewery, Lewes. Born, Cliffe, Lewes and enlisted
in Lewes. Southover W. M. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen |
MILHAM |
Charles
James |
Rifleman
46304. 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 4th Division. Died of wounds
received in action near Cambrai 25 October 1918. Aged 20. Son of
Harry & Sarah. Milham of 28, Morris Road, Lewes. Born & enlisted
in Lewes TB. Buried in Ramillies British Cemetery |
MILLER |
Bertie |
Sergeant
L. 7367. 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action on the Aisne 16 September 1914 Aged 34. Regular
Soldier. Son of Mrs Sarah Miller of South View, Eastgate, Lewes.
Born in Dorset and enlisted in Maidstone. Buried in Buzancy Military
Cemetery |
MILLER |
George
Albert |
Private.
L. 10272. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action at Givenchy 25 January 1915 Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Miller
of 16, De Montfort Road, St. Anns, Lewes. Born in Buxted and enlisted
in Lewes. Buxted War Memorial, SA. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery |
MITCHELL |
Albert |
Private
12969. 14th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Beacourt 3 September 1916 Aged 26. Husband of Mrs A.
Mitchell of Elim Cottages, Morris Road, Lewes. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Portsmouth TB. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont
Hamel |
MOCKFORD |
Harry
Thomas |
Battery
Sergeant Major 2696. 147th Heavy Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action near Arras 25 June 1917 Aged 38. Son of Mrs Mary
Anne Mockford of 10, St. Mary’s Terrace, St. Anns, Lewes. Born in
Hamsey and enlisted in Brighton. SA. Buried in Trios Arbres Cemetery,
Steenwerck. |
MOORE |
George
Walter |
Private.
G. 15796. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 27 April 1918. Aged 31. Son of Harry &
Mary Anne Moore of 20, Eastport Lane, Southover, Lewes. Born and
enlisted in Lewes. Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot
Memorial. Belgium |
MOORE |
Jesse |
Corporal
74019. 28th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
2nd Canadian Division. Killed in action near Ypres 8 October 1915.
Aged 22. Son of Harry & Mary Anne Moore of 20, Eastport Lane, Southover,
Lewes. Husband of Mrs Irene Moore of Mowat Street, New Westminster,
British Columbia. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial (Canadian
Section) Ypres, Belgium. |
MORPHEW |
George
Adames |
ERA
(E) 3rd Class M/5649. Royal Navy HMS "Hampshire". Lost
when the cruiser was mined off the Orkneys 5 June 1916. Aged 25
Nephew of Mr G. Morphew of 4, Friars Walk, Southover. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Royal Naval Memorial, Southsea, |
NEVILLE |
Henry
Frank |
Lance
Corporal SD. 764. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Beacourt 3 September 1916. Aged 19. Son of Henry
William & Jane Neville of 28, Lansdown Place, Lewes. Born in Beckenham,
Kent and enlisted in Bognor. Southover W. M. Buried in Ancre British
Cemetery. |
NEVILLE |
Joseph
George |
Signalman
J/23561 Royal Navy. H. M. Minesweeper "Blackmorevale".
Lost when the minesweeper was mined off Montrose 1 May 1918 Aged
20. Son of Henry William & Jane Neville of 28, Lansdown Place, Lewes.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
NEWLING,
Croix De Guerre |
Charles
Henry Quibell |
Corporal
TF. 200223. 1/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 56th London
Division. Killed in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Aged 23. Son of
Charles & Marion Cusworth Newling of 23, Western Road, Lewes, Born
in West Green, Middlesex and enlisted in Somerset. Formerly with
the London Regiment. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial. |
NEWNHAM |
Henry
(Harry) |
Sergeant
L. 6827. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action 10 March 1916 Aged 31. Son of William & Amelia Newnham
of Lewes. Husband of Annie Beatrice Newnham (remarried) as Mrs Guy
of Lywood Common, Highbrook, Ardingly. Born in South Malling and
enlisted in Lewes. Platelayer with the London Brighton & S. C. R.
Included on Highbrook War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
NOEL |
Albert
James |
Private.
3105. 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (reserve Battalion,).
Died at home in the S. E. Hospital, New Cross. 25 October 1918.
Aged 21. Resident of Talbot Terrace, Lewes. Next of kin Mrs Peskett
(Albert was an orphan). No record with CWGC or Medal Rolls. Burial
location unknown |
ODWELL |
Arthur |
Sapper
156376. The Royal Engineers (Camouflage Section). Died in France
after the war 12 February 1919 Aged 34. Son of Richard John & Hannah
Odwell of Hampstead, London. Resident of 3, Malling Fields, Lewes.
Served for 11 years with the. 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment.
Transferred to the R. E. as a painter. Buried in Terlincthun British
Cemetery, Wimille |
OLDER |
Albert
Leonard |
Private.
TF. 205965. 13th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. 40th Division.
Killed in action near Cambrai 9 April 1918. Aged 21. Son of Mrs
E. J. Brooks of The Brewers Arms. Lewes. Born in Rawalpindi, India
and enlisted in Brighton. SM. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial.
Belgium |
ORCHARD |
Percy
Edward |
Private.
SR/ 5386. 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division Killed
in action 26 October 1916. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs Stanton Orchard
Resident of James Street, Southover., Lewes. Born in Southover and
enlisted in Perham Down. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
OAKMAN |
William
Charles |
Lance
Corporal G. 7302. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division
Died at home after the war of the effects of gas poisoning 6 June
191920 Aged 43. Ex regular who served on the N. W. Frontier of India
before the war. Son of William & Ellen Oakman of Basingstoke, Hants.
Husband of Mrs Sarah Anne Oakman of 1, North Street, Lewes. Buried
in Lewes Cemetery. |
PACKHAM |
George |
Driver
121001. "B" Battery The Royal Horse Artillery. Died of
wounds 22 October 1917. Aged 36. Son of James & Margaret Packham
of. 8, St. Pancras Terrace, Southover, Lewes. Veteran of the South
African War. Re-enlisted. Had served for 12 years by 1917. Southover
WM. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Solferino
Farm Cemetery, Ypres. |
PAGE |
Albert |
7th
Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action
1 October 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Frank Page of 14, Friars
Walk, Southover, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Monchy
British Cemetery |
PAGE |
Arthur
William |
Rifleman
46310. 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 4th Division. Killed in
action 22 April 1918. Aged 18. Son of John & Elizabeth Page of 28,
Sun Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Loos Memorial |
PAGE |
Samuel |
Rifleman
206668. 24th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade Indian Army. Died in India
6 June 1917 Aged 42. Son of Samuel & Sarah Page. Husband of Martha
Eliza Page. Sister of Mrs Spencer of Lewes. Resident of Railway
Cottage, Ham Lane, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes. Formerly with the 1/5th
Batt. The Royal Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on The Karachi 1914/18 War
Memorial. Pakistan |
PAGE |
Stephen |
Able
Seaman B/5820. Royal Navy HMS "Alert". Captured at Kut
el Amara in Mesopotamia and died in captivity 9 September 1916.
Aged 34. Resident of Railway Cottage, Ham Lane, Lewes. Sister of
Mrs Spencer of Lewes. Buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery,
Iraq |
PARKER |
Lilian |
V.
A. D. London Nursing Home. Died at home February 1919. Resident
of the Royal Herbert Hospital. Woolwich. Niece of Mrs Geall of Lewes.
Grave unknown. No record with CWGC. |
PEEL |
George
Ernest |
Lance
Corporal TF. 2496. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915 Aged 25. Son of George
William & Annie Elizabeth Peel of. 10 Grange Road, Southover, Lewes.
Enlisted in Lewes. Member of Lewes Football Club. SA. And Southover
W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial. |
PELLING |
Ernest
Alfred |
Private.
L. 7327. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Vendresse 14 September 1914 Aged 30. Regular soldier.
Resident of 4, Eastgate Warf, Lewes. Born in Hailsham and enlisted
in Eastbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial |
PELLING |
Ernest
John R |
Sergeant
L. 9343. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Died
of wounds at home in Ipswich General Hospital 13 July 1916 Aged
24. Son of Mr & Mrs James Pelling of 5, Bull Lane, Lewes. Born in
Framfield and enlisted in Newhaven. Regular formerly with the 2nd
Battalion. SM. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
PERCY |
Harry |
Corporal
9568. 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 27th Division.
Killed in action 29 June 1915 Aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs E. H. Percy
of 17, North Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried
in Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension |
PERRY-AYSCOUGH |
Henry
Charles George |
Captain.
2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. 3rd Dvision Killed in action
near Hooge 25 September 1915. Aged 39. Son of The Rev G. B, & The
Hon Mrs E. S. Perry-Ayscough. Brother of Miss Perry-Ayscough of
56, Southover High Street, Lewes. Served in the South African War
and the West African Frontier Force. Formerly with the Connaught
Rangers. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium |
PETTITT |
James
Percy |
Gunner
19059. The Royal Field Artillery. Died at home in High Barnet Hospital
22 August 1917. Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs C. Pettit. Husband of Mrs
E. Pettit (Remarried) of 7, Queens Street, Lewes. later of Pevensey.
Born in Barcombe. Buried in Lewes (St. John The Baptist Sub Castro
Churchyard, |
PINYOUN |
Charles
Robert |
Private.
9560. 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 27th Division.
Killed in action near St. Eloi, Belgium 22 April 1915. Aged 22.
Resident of 8, York Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. SM
& SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium. |
PIPER |
Andrew
Charles |
Private.
87877. 1/8th Kings Liverpool Regiment 57th Division. Killed in action
11. 9. 18. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs C. A. Piper of 122, Western
Road, Lewes. SA. Buried in Triangle Cemetery, Inchy En Artois |
PIPER |
Frederick
John |
Lance
Corporal 4994. 1/4th Battalion, The Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. 48th
Division Killed in action 23 July 1916. Aged 23. Sister of Mrs H.
Reynolds of New Road, Lewes. Enlisted in Oxford Resident of South
Hampstead, Middlesex. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
PITT |
Frederick
Blanchette |
Sergeant
23539. 216th Company The Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action near
Ypres 12 July 1917. Aged 27. Husband of Mrs Lena Violet Pitt of
25, Friars Walk, Southover, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Brighton.
Formerly Royal Sussex. Included on Brighton War Memorial. Buried
in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium |
PLUMMER |
Alfred
Charles |
Sergeant
704074. The Labour Corps (Depot Clearing Office). Formerly G. 7929
2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Died at home in Aldershot military
hospital 30. 10. 19 Aged 32. Husband of Mrs Bessie Plummer of 22,
South Street, Lewes. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
PLUMMER |
Owen |
Private.
M2/188419. 283rd Motor Transport Company. The Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 5. 4. 17. Aged 34. Husband of Mrs O Plummer of 15, Friars
Walk, Southover, Lewes. Born in Crawley and enlisted in Grove Park.
Buried in Douchy Les Ayette British Cemetery |
POLLARD,
DCM, MM and Clasp |
Frederick
|
Corporal
42580. 6 Battery 40th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
21 October 1916. Aged 30. Husband of Mrs Alice Emily Pollard of
5, Priory Place, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton.
Buried in Carnieres Communal Cemetery Extension |
POVEY |
George
William |
Private.
TF. 371576. 2/8th Battalion, The London Regiment (The Post Office
Rifles) 58th London Division. Killed in action 16 June 1917. Aged
31. Son on of Mr & Mrs George William Povey of 21, Friars Walk,
Southover, Lewes. PO. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial. |
POWELL |
Harold
Osborne |
Second
Lieutenant. 4th Dragoon (Royal Irish) Guards "C" Squadron.
Killed in action at near Messines, Ypres 31 October 1914. Aged 25.
Son of Hubert John & Mabel Powell of Hill Lodge, Lewes. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. |
PUTLAND |
George |
Private
M/204482. Royal Army Service Corps. Died of influenza 8 November
1918. Aged 36. Son of John Barnett & Lucy Tod Putland Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Paris. Resident of Finchley. Stepson of Mr Edwin
Rann. Resident of 3, St. James Street, Lewes. Southover W. M. Buried
in Rocquigny-Equancout Road British Cemetery, Manancourt |
RAINBIRD |
Charles
William |
Private.
22582. 1st Garrison Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in
the Sudan 20 July 1917. Brother of Mr A. E. Rainbird of 2, Mount
Pleasant, Lewes. Born in Crewkerne, Somerset and enlisted in Chichester.
Lewes resident SJ. Buried in Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan. |
RAWARD |
Alfred
Joseph |
Lance
Corporal 25354. 6th BattalionThe Northamptonshire Regiment. 18th
Division. Killed in action during the March Retreat. 23. 3. 18 Aged
29. Husband of Mrs Lily May Raward of 4, South Street, Cliffe, Lewes.
Born and enlisted in Hove. TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
RELPH |
George
Reuben |
Corporal
26692. 70th Battery The Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
on the Marne 14 September 1914. Aged 35. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Relph
of 6 Nevill Road, St. Annes, Lewes. SA. Born in Lewes and enlisted
in Chichester. Brother of John William Relph. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial |
RELPH |
John
William |
Private.
GS/54153. 33rd (Labour) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds
21 June 1917. Aged 35. Son of Mr H. Relph of 6 Nevill Road, St.
Ann’s, Lewes. SA. Brother of George Reuben Relph. No record with
CWGC or SDGW. Medal Rolls only. |
REYNOLDS |
William
Charles |
Private.
TF. 1659. 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 8 October
1918. Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs Harry Reynolds of 1, Pheonix Cottage,
North Place, Lewes. No record with CWGC or SDGW. Medal Rolls only
SJ. |
RICHARDSON |
Alec |
Private
(Driver) 87820. 53rd Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
R. A. S. C. Killed in action in Palestine 10 October 1918. Aged
31. Son of Mr & Mrs George Richardson of 3, St. Pancras Terrace,
Southover, Lewes. Born in Southover and enlisted in Eastbourne.
Southover W. M. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine. |
RICHARDSON |
Edmund
Frederick |
Private.
G. 1687. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
in action near Cuinchy 2 June 1915. Aged 19. Son of Edward & Elizabrth
Richardson of 17, Malling Street, Lewes. Born in Firle and enlisted
in Lewes. Included on Ringmer War Memorial TB. Buried in Cambrin
Churchyard Extension. |
RICHARDSON |
Henry |
Gunner.
14256. ‘D’ Battery 70thBrigade The Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 8 August 1916. near Contalmaison Aged 21. Son of Mark
& Harriett Richardson of. 2, Walvers Lane, Lewes. Born and enlisted
in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
RICHARDSOM |
Mark |
Private.
TF. 3544. 2/5th Reserve Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at
Rye 23 August 1916. Aged 24. Son of Mark & Harriett Richardson of
2, Walwers Lane, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Lewes cemetery |
RICHARDSON |
Stephen
George |
Private
TF 292981. 3/10th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. South African
Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. Killed in action at Passchendaele
5 October 1917. Aged 28. Son of Alfred Amos & Marie C. Richardson.
of 19, Eastport Lane, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Whitehall.
SM. Buried in Duhallow ADS. Cemetery, Belgium. |
RICKSON |
Alfred |
Rifleman
S/12604. 11th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 37th Division. Died
of wounds in captivity 7 June 1918. Aged 26. Sister of Miss Louisa
Rickson of 125, Malling Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted
in London. Resident of Soho. Buried in Ham British Cemetery Muille
Villette |
RIDLEY |
Jesse |
Private.
G. 1635. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 9 September 1916. Aged 22. Son of Sarah Ridley
of 4, Nevill Terrace, Lewes. Born in Ilford, Essex and enlisted
in Lewes. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial. |
ROBBINS |
Ernest
Gregory |
Bombardier
84042. 507th Battery The Royal Field Artillery. Died at home post
war 13 July 1920 Aged 26. Son of W. H. & Elizabeth Robbins of 128,
Malling Street, Lewes. Wife of Mrs O. M. Robbins. remarried) of
Malling Nursery, Lewes. Buried in South Malling (St. Michaels) Churchyard
|
ROBBINS |
George
William |
Private
632982. 1/20th London Regiment. 47th Division. Died of wounds at
Ypres 10 April 1917. Son of W. H. & Elizabeth Robbins of 128, Malling
Street, Lewes. Brother of Ernest Robbins. Enlisted and resident
in Totenham. Formerly Royal Fusiliers. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military
Cemetery |
ROGERSON |
Ernest
Sidney |
Captain.
9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed in action
at Guillemont 19 August 1916 Aged 28. Spn pf Arthur William & Elizabeth
Rogerson of "Denton" The Avenue, Lewes. SA & SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
ROSER |
William
David |
Private.
46301. 15th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. 32nd Division.
Killed in action 16 May 1918 Aged 34. Formerly Royal Engineers.
Sonof Mr Roser & Mrs Ruth Roser of 1, Abinger Place, Lewes. Born
in Lewes and enlisted in Newhaven, SJ. Buried in Cabaret Rouge British
Cemetery, Souchez |
SANDALLS |
Alfred |
Private
G. 3336. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action 7 October 1915. Aged 37. Son of Albert & Harriett Sandalls
of Lewes. Husband of Mrs Ellen Sandalls of 56, Barden Road, Tonbridge,
Kent. Born in Barcombe and enlisted in Lewes. SM. Buried in Potijze
Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium |
SANDALS
|
Edward
Roland |
Corporal
Z. 2668. 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 14th Division. Killed
in action. near Ypres 30 July 1915 Aged 26. Son of Mr & Mrs W. Sandals
of 2, Grange Road Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Battersea.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium |
SELBY |
Sidney
James |
Lance
Corporal G. 97723. 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Reserve Battalion,)
Att. Died of influenza in military hospital in Dover 2 November
1918. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Selby of 12, Garden Street,
Lewes. Later of Grange Road. Born in Worthing and enlisted in Brighton
Southover W. M. Bur Lewes Cemetery |
SHERSTON |
Richard
John |
Private
60487. 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Killed in action
at Arras 3 May 1917 Aged 30. Husband of Mrs Mariie Ellis Sherston
of Anne of Cleves, Southover, Lewes. Born in Bath and enlisted In
Kingston on Thomas. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
SHORT |
John |
Private.
L. 8265. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action near La Basse 28 December 1914. Aged 28. Son of Julia
Rosina Short of 76, South Street, Cliffe, Lewes. Born in Lewes and
enlisted in Brighton. TB. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
SIMMONS |
Alfred
Arthur |
[Also
spelt SIMMONDS] Private. SD. 2271. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action near Ypres 2 August 1917.
Aged 27. Husband of Mrs A. A, Simmonds (remarried) of. 16, Talbot
Terrace, Lewes. Born in Newhaven and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried
in Bedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No 4. Belgium. |
SINNOCK |
George
Arthur |
Private
SD. 3025. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division. Killed
in action on the Rue de Bois 30 June 1916 Aged 26. Son of Alfred
& Mary Anne Sinnock of 54, Leicester Road, Lewes. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. SA. Buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery |
SMITH |
Donald
Graham |
Second
Lieutenant. 42 Squadron The Royal Flying Corps (RE8’s). Att from
the Middlesex Regiment. Shot down and killed over the Front 10 April
1918 Aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs William Howard Smith of "The
Nook" St. Ann’s Crescent, Lewes. Formerly with the RAMC. Served
in Egypt, Salonika and Italy. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Flying
Services Memorial. |
SMITH |
Henry |
Driver
80725. 96th Field Company The Royal Engineers. Killed in action
23 September 1915 Aged 42. Husband of Mrs Julia Smith of Pelham
Place, Lewes. Later of 18, St. Swithins Terrace. Enlisted in Lewes.
PO. Buried in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie |
SMITH |
John
Gardiner |
Second
Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, The Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. 20th Division
Killed in action near Ypres 20 September 1917 Aged 27. Son of Mr
William Howard Smith and Mrs A. J. M. Smith & of "The Nook"
St, Ann’s Crescent, Lewes. Served in Malta with The RAMC. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
SPECK |
George
Henry |
Private.
41128. 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. 6th Division. Killed
in action 20 July 1918. Aged 25. Husband of Rosina Alice Speck of
28, St. Johns Street, Lewes. Son of Mr & Mrs G. Speck of 4, Western
Cottages, Lewes. Formerly with the Suffolks. SJ. Born in Royston,
Herts, and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial,
Belgium |
SPITTLE |
George
William |
Private.
G. 40978. 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 2nd Division Killed
in action 28 April 1917 Aged 30. Husband of Mrs Mary Hannah Spittle
(remarried) of 3, Toronto Terrace, Lewes. Son of William Henry &
Emma Spittle of 10, Brook Side, Aylesbury. Born in Aylesbury, Bucks
and enlisted in Lewes. Formerly RFA. SJ. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras
Memorial |
STAPLETON |
Alfred |
Private.
149860. 61st Company The Labour Corps. Formerly 29th Middlesex.
Died in France after the war 2 January 1919. Aged 49. Husband of
Mrs Elizabeth Stapleton of 10, New Street, Lewes. Buried in La Baraques
Military Cemetery, Sangatte, near Calais. |
STAPLETON |
Alfred
William Arnold |
Gunner
374115. 252nd Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action near Ypres. 25 April 1918 Aged 19. Son of Elizabeth Stapleton
of 10 New Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in White
House Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium |
STEADMAN |
George
Edward |
Private
718241. 1/23rd Battalion, The London Regiment. 47th London Division.
Killed in action 22 August 1918. Aged 18. Son of John Farncombe
and Sarah Anne Steadman of 3, Priory Place, Southover, Lewes. Southover
W. M. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on
The Vis En Artois Memorial |
STEWART-JONES |
Thorold
Arthur |
Captain.
1/5th, Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. "C"
Company. Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915 Aged 41. Husband
of Mrs Eva JoanStewart-Jones of Southover Grange Lewes. Barrister
at Law. Educated at Haileybury College. Left five children. Included
on the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh. Southover W. M.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
STEPHENS |
Hubert
Stanley |
Private.
TF. 240511. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Killed in action near Ypres 23 September 1917. Aged 22. Son of John
& Elizabeth Stephens of 1, Friars Walk, Lewes Born & enlisted in
Lewes. Bur Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium |
STREETER |
George |
Private.
G. 14365. 1st Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 6th Division. Died
of wounds in base hospital Rouen 13 September 1918. Aged 17. Son
of Thomas & Sarah Streeter of 23, South Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Brighton TB. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen |
STRONG |
Frank
Sidney |
Private.
690499. 1st Battalion, The Canadian Labour Corps. Died of wounds
near Ypres 22 September 1917 Aged 41. Husband of Ethel Strong of
Charlton Avenue. West Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Formerly of Fisher
Street, Lewes. Sister of Alice May Strong of Godalming, Surrey.
Bur, Dozinghem Military Cemetery |
SUTER |
Arthur
John |
Sergeant
60704. 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 12th Division. Killed in
action at Monchy near Arras. 3 May 1917. Aged 36. Son of George
& Sarah Anne Suter of 176, The High Street, Lewes. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Brighton. Formerly Royal Sussex. Southover W. M.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
SYMONDSON |
Vernon
Francis |
Lieutenant.
Royal Air Force. 210 Squadron (Sopwith (Bentley) Camels). Killed
while flying near Cambrai. 13 November 1918. Aged 25. Son of Stanley
Vernon and Jesse Kate Symondson of "Claverham" The Wallands,
Lewes. Born in Sutton, Surrey. SJ. Buried in Caudry British Cemetery |
TANNER |
Raymond
Stuart |
Second
Lieutenant. 1st Battalion, The Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
4th Division. Killed in action near Ypres 30 August 1916 Aged 35.
Son of Stephen and Mary Tanner of "Westmore" Salisbury
Road, Seaford Native of Lewes. Buried in Woods Cemetery, Zillebeke,
Ypres, Belgium. |
TAYLOR |
George
William Edward |
Sergeant
S. 1701. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division Killed
in action 4 July 1917. Aged 24. Son of Mary Anne Taylor of 103,
Southover Street, Lewes Born in South Malling and enlisted in Lewes.
Reservist No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
TESTER |
Harry |
Private.
S. 1806. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action near Monchy 30 July 1917 Aged 22. Nephew of Mr William
Taylor of 18, Brook Street, Lewes. Born St. Johns and enlisted in
Lewes SJ. Buried in Monchy British Cemetery |
THOMPSON |
Alec
Charles |
Private.
G. 3339. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action 14 November 1917. Aged 25. Son of Albert & Eliza Thompson
of 23, Lancaster Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
THOMPSON |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private.
33891. 8th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division Killed
in action during the March Retreat. 31 March 1918 Aged 26. Son of
Albert & Eliza Thompson of 23, Lancaster Street, Lewes. Husband
of Mrs Edith Thompson of 48, Priory Street, Southover, Lewes. Born
in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
THORPE |
John |
Private
(Bugler) TF. 1455. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Died of wounds in Chatham Military Hospital 17 May 1915 Aged 19.
Son of John & Annie Thorpe of 78, South Street, Cliffe, Lewes. Born
in Seaford & enlisted in Lewes TB. Buried in St. Michaels Churchyard,
South Malling. |
TILLER |
Alfred
Percy |
Boy
1st Class J/53774/PO Royal Navy. HMS "Monarch" The Grand
Fleet. Died on active service in the North Sea. 16 May 1917 Aged
17 Body brought home. Son of Harva & Matilda Tiller of 2, Wellington
Street, Lewes. Later of 3, Pelham Terrace. Buried in St. John the
Baptist Sub Castro Churchyard, Lewes |
TODMAN |
Daniel |
Private.
G. 5738. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Wounded
at Hooge and died in CCS on the 18 February 1916 Aged 24. Son of
Mrs J Heath of Portslade. Resident of. 48 Priory Street, Southover.
Born in East Grinstead and enlisted in Lewes. Included on Portslade
and West Hove Memorial. Buried in Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium |
TODMAN |
William |
Gunner
150709. Royal Field Artillery (Base Depot). Died of disease in Salonika
29 December 1918 Aged 34. Son of Mrs J. Heath of Portslade. Resident
of. 48, Priory Street, Southover, Lewes. Enlisted in Lewes. Included
on Portslade & West Hove & Fishersgate & Southwick Memorials. Buried
in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Salonika, Greece |
TOWNSHEND |
Albert |
[Local
spelling TOWNSEND] Driver 56824. "E" Battery 17th Brigade.
The Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action during the March Retreat
30 March 1918. Aged 28. Husband of Beatrice Townshend (remarried)
later of Pontefract, Yorkshire. Half Sister Mrs W. G. Mills (formerly
Townshend of 20, Vallance Road, Lewes. Born & enlisted in Lewes.
SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
TOWNSHEND |
Ernest |
Lance
Corporal 9661. 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action 26 October 1914. Aged 21. Born in Walthamstow and
enlisted in Newbury, Berks. Half sister Mrs W. G. Mills (Formerly
Townshend) of 20, Vallance Road, Lewes. SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium. |
TRASH |
Edwin
Thomas |
Private
G/53056. 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 29th Division. Killed in
action near Wancourt 11 May 1917. Aged 19. Son of Edwin & Adeline
Alice Trash of 12, Spring Gardens, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes.
SJ. Buried in Wancourt British Cemetery. |
TUCKNOTT |
Albert
Edward |
Driver
9793. The Royal Field Artillery. 29th Divisional Ammunition Column.
Drowned when H. M. Transport "Marquette" was torpedoed
by U35 in the Bay of Salonika in the Aegean Sea. 23 October 1915
Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs Tucknott of 16, Toronto Terrace, Lewes.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Mikra Memorial. Greece. |
TURK |
Augustus
Stanley |
Lance
Corporal. 20065. 23rd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 41st Division.
Died of wounds (Gas) 2 October 1918. Aged 23. Son of Spencer & Mary
Anne Turk of 15, Priory Street, Southover, Lewes. Born in Kingston
by Lewes & enlisted in Chichester. Southover WM. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Belgium. |
TURK |
Dennis
Frank |
Private,
4108. 9th Lancers. 1st Cavalry Division. Killed in action near Ypres
21 October 1914. Aged 22. Son of Spencer & Mary Anne Turk of 15,
Priory Street, Southover, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester.
Southover W. M. Buried in Neuvwekerke (Neuve Eglise) Churchyard
Belgium. |
TURNER |
Charles |
Lance
Sergeant 9684. 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action on the Aisne 26 September 1914 Aged 20. Son of
Edward & Margaret Mary Turner of 2, New Garden Cottages, Neville
Road, Lewes. Born & enlisted in Brighton. Regular SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial |
UNSTED |
Edward
Mercer |
Private.
60501. 101st Company The Labour Corps. Formerly with the 34th Royal
Fusiliers. Died of wounds in base hospital at Rouen. 17 May 1918
Aged 23. Son of Emma Robinson of 9, Mount Pleasant Place, Lewes.
Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton SJ. Buried in St. Sever Communal
Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
URIDGE |
Edgar
John Gibbins |
Second
Lieutenant. "A" Battery 147th Brigade The Royal Field
Artillery Killed in action 26 June 1917 Aged 20. Sonn of James Isadore
and Mary Jane Uridge of "Downside", 4, King Henry’s Road,
St, Johns, Lewes. Born in Lewes. SA & SJ. Buried in Maroc British
Cemetery |
URRY |
John
Thomas |
2nd,
Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st, Division. Killed in action
on the Somme 20 June 1916 Aged 27. Brother of Mrs Ellen Thorpe of
7, Western Terrace, St. Michaels, Lewes. Born St. Johns and enlisted
in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
VINALL |
Herbert
Stewart |
Private
20015. 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 41st Division. Died in Bethnal
Green Hospital Aged 26. No date found. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Vinall
of "Wallington" Grange Road, Lewes. SA. No record in CWGC
SDGW or Medal Rolls |
WALDECK
DE |
Count
George Gaston Maximillien |
Signaller.
171st Infantry Regiment of the Line. French Army. Killed in action
on the Chemin Des Dames during General Nivelle’s offensive 5 May
1917. Aged 22. Son of Mathilde de Waldeck of 17, New Street, Lewes.
Place of burial unknown, |
WALLER |
Dudley
Charles |
Company
Sergeant Major 3204. Rifle Brigade attached to The 2/2nd Kings African
Rifles. Died in Mozambique East Africa. 2 June 1918. Aged 28. Son
of Elizabeth Waller 14, South Street, Lewes. Born in Brighton and
enlisted in Lewes TB. Buried in Pemba (Port Amelia) Cemetery Mozambique.
|
WARES |
Edward
James |
Private.
G. 40425. 12th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 18th Division.
Formerly G. 12062 Royal Sussex. Killed in action 3 August 1917.
near Ypres Aged 30. Son of Edward & Louisa Wares of Lewes Husband
of Alice Mary Wares of 5, St. Pancras Place, Southover, Lewes. Born
in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. Southover W. M. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium. |
WASHER |
Harry |
Gunner.
179169. 58th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action. during the March retreat 31 May 1918. Aged 26. Son of
Harry & Elizabeth Washer of 5, Pheonix Cottage, North Street, Lewes.
Born and enlisted in Lewes. SJ. Buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal
Cemetery Extension |
WEAVER |
George |
Private
G, 19509. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action 23 April 1918 Aged 22. Son of Jabez & Caroline Weaver
of 17, Vallance Road, Lewes. Born in Framfield and enlisted in Brighton.
SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. |
WELCH |
Arthur |
Private.
SE 654. Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Died after the war at home
30 April 1919 Aged 40. Husband of Mrs A. Welch (remarried) of 1,
North Court, Lewes. TB. Not listed with CWGC or SDGW Medal Rolls
only |
WELLER |
Charles
Christopher |
Private.
G. 17655. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action 28 March 1917. Aged 30. Son of Mr & Mrs C. C. Weller of
22, The High Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. TB. Buried
in Aix Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension |
WEST |
William
Henry |
Private.
G. 16377. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action near Ypres. 13 February 1917. Aged 21. Son of Fanny
West of 5, Castle Banks Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton
SJ. Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium |
WICKHAM |
John |
Sergeant
72189. The Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of disease in Marseilles
30 September 1918 Aged 24. Son of Mark & Annie Wickham of 9, Arbinger
Place, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Mazargues War
Cemetery, Marseilles |
WILKINS |
Edward
James Frederick |
Private.
G. 17507. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action 25 July 1917 Aged 22. Son of Emily Eliza Louisa Wilkins
of. 10, Wellington Street, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. SJ.
Buried in Monchy British Cemetery |
WILLIAMS
|
Ernest
Hubert Ware |
Lance
Bombardier 374170. 85th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action 16 April 1918 Aged 19. Son of Walter Hubert & Sarah
Elizabeth Williams of 14, Grange Road, Lewes. Born and enlisted
in Lewes SA. Buried in Arneke British Cemetery |
WILLIAMS |
Henry
Douglas |
Private
21311. 2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division Died
of wounds 2 September 1916. Son of Henry & Lizzie Williams of 36,
Southover High Street, Southover, Lewes. Formerly G. 5446 Royal
Sussex. Born in Eastbourne and enlisted in London. Southover W.
M. Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium |
WOOD |
James
Richard |
Private.
Tf. 240216. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Pioneers. Killed in action 15 September 1917 Aged 26. Brother of
Samuel Wood, 6, Union Place Lewes. Born South Malling and enlisted
in Lewes TB. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.
|
WOODROFFE,
VC |
Kenneth
Herbert Clayton |
Lieutenant.
2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. Att. From the 6th Rifle Brigade.
Killed in action at Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915. Aged 22. Son of Henry
& Clara Woodroffe of "Thorpewood" Branksome Park, Bournemouth
Brother of Hugh C. Woodroffe of "Highfields" The Wallands,
Lewes. Included on All Saints Church Memorial Branksome Park. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
WOODROFFE,
MC |
Leslie |
Captain.
8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 14th Light Division. Died of wounds
4 June 1916. Age 31. Next of kin as above. Included on All Saints
Church Memorial Branksome Park, Bournemouth Buried in Barlin Communal
Cemetery Extension |
WOODROFFE,
VC |
Sidney
Clayton |
Second
Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 14thLight Division
Killed in action at Hooge 30 July 1915. Aged 19. Next of kin as
above. Included on All Saints Church Memorial, Branksome Park, Bournemouth
Educated at Marlborough College. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate
Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. Citation. London Gazette No 29286 3. 9.
15. "For most conspicuous bravery on the 30th of June near
Hooge. The enemy having broken through the centre of our front line
consequent on the use of burning liquids, this officers position
was attacked with bombs from the flank and subsequently from the
rear. He managed to defend his post until all his bombs were exhausted
and skilfully withdrew his remaining men. This very gallant officer
then led his party forward in a counter attack under an intense
rifle and machine gun fire and was killed whilst in the act of cutting
the wire obstacles open" |
WREN |
William
Henry |
Private.
430436. 681st Agricultural Company The Labour Corps. Formerly with
The Royal Engineers. Died at home 16 October 1918 Aged 34 Husband
of Mrs Harriett Amelia Wren of 25, North Street, Lewes. Enlisted
in Newhaven. Bur Lewes (St. John the Baptist Sub Castro) Churchyard
|
WRIGHT |
Gilbert
Roy |
Gunner.
71569. 109th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action 2 December 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs William Wright
of 3, Bradford Road, Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Dover,
Kent. SA. Buried in La Brique Military Cemetery. No 2, Belgium |
WRIGHT |
Harold
Wells |
Lance
Corporal TF. 1304. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division
Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr &
Mrs William Wright of 3, Bradford Road, Lewes. Born St. Ann’s Lewes
and enlisted in Lewes SA. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
WRIGHT |
Sydney |
Private.
TF. 265205. 1/6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Reserve Battalion.
Died at home 21 August 1918 Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs William Wright
of 3, Bradford Road, Lewes. Husband of Mrs S. Wright. Left one child.
Born in Brighton and enlisted in Lewes Drowned while bathing in
Wicklow Ireland SA. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
WYBORN |
Walter
Samuel |
Lieutenant.
4th Battalion, The Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died in Millbank Hospital
6 February 1919 Aged 23. Son of Edward and Louisa Wyborn of 41,
St. Annes Crescent, Lewes Husband of Mrs Rosa Wyborn (remarried)
SA. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
ST
ANNS (WESTOUT) 57 Names ( ** Main Memorial) Memorial in the Church
(No memorial to WW2) |
BECK
|
Frederick
J |
** |
BERRY |
Frank
A |
No
further information currently available |
BOSTOCK |
Ida
Marion |
No
further information currently available |
BRISTOL
|
Edgar
Alford |
Corporal
106106. 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. (Saskatchewan Regiment. Killed
in action at Ypres 2 February 1916 Aged 33. Son of Alford and Annie
Eliza Bristol. No known grave. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial. Ypres, Belgium
(Canadian Section) |
BUTCHERS |
George
F |
** |
BUTLER |
Sarah
Edith |
Sister.
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve Units).
(Medal Rolls only) |
CARLEY |
Cyril
C |
Private.
16529. 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. 30th Division.
Killed in action 22 March 1918. Born in Ringmer and enlisted in
Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Next of kin Swamborough near Ringmer. Buried
in Savy British Cemetery |
CHESTNEY |
William |
Private.
69135. 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Taken prisoner
at Cambrai and died in captivity 9 December 1917. Aged 35. Son of
James & Elizabeth Chestney of Stanhoe, Norfolk. Husband of Mrs S.
E. Chestney of 63, Western Road, Lewes. Born in Stanhoe and enlisted
in Brighton. Formerly with the RAVC. Included on All Saints Parish
Church Memorial, Stanhoe. Norfolk. Buried in Le Cateau Military
Cemetery |
CLARK |
John
E |
** |
COLES |
Ernest |
No
further information currently available |
COLES |
Arthur |
** |
COX |
Timothy |
** |
DRAKE |
Frederick
A |
** |
DREWE |
William
Henry |
Company
Sergeant Major 630770. The London Regiment. (Medal Rolls only) |
FULLER |
Sydney
W |
**.
|
GARRETT |
Stephen
Alfred |
Private.
SD. 3110. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg 30 June 1916. Son of Mr & Mrs Garrett
of 10, De Montfort Road, Lewes. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Buried
in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery. |
GILLETT |
Percival
Charles |
Sapper
212988. 126th Field Company The Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
1 May 1918 Aged 35. Son of Ralph & Mary Gillett of Lewes. Born in
Brighton & enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Arneke British Cemetery |
HAFFENDEN |
Richard
W |
** |
HARVEY |
Alec |
** |
HARVEY |
Walter |
** |
HURST |
Ernest
J |
** |
KNAPTON |
Ellen
Blanche |
No
further information currently available |
LANGRIDGE |
Alfred
T |
** |
LAWSON |
Cecil
H |
** |
MARTIN |
Albert |
** |
MARTIN,
MSM |
William
Henry |
Possibly
Sergeant 38836. Royal Field Artillery 41 Battery 42nd Brigade. Killed
in action 2 October 1918. Aged 30 Husband of Mrs Harriett Martin
of 67. Kingsland Crescent, Walton Hall Avenue, West Derby, Liverpool.
Born in Newhaven and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Grevillers
British Cemetery |
MILLER |
George |
** |
MOCKFORD |
Harry
T |
** |
NEWLING |
Charles
H. Q |
** |
PALMER |
James |
Private.
TF. 1805. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Killed in action 13 April 1916. Aged 18. Son of Mr J. W. & Mrs Frances
Palmer of 8, St. Annes Crescent, Lewes. Born in Westminster and
enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery |
PEARCE |
Maurice
Leonard |
Lieutenant.
12th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 26th Division Salonikan
Front. Killed in action in Macedonia 24 Octobere 1916 Aged 22. Son
of The Rev Frederick W. & Mrs D. Pearce of St. Anns Road, Lewes.
Educated at Haileybury College. Haileybury School War Memorial.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Doiran Memorial. |
PEEL |
George |
** |
PINYOUN |
Charles
R |
** |
PIPER |
Andrew
C |
** |
POWELL |
Harold
O |
** |
RAINBIRD |
William
C |
** |
RELPH |
William |
** |
RELPH |
George |
** |
RIDLEY |
Jesse |
** |
ROGERSON |
Ernest
S |
** |
SINNOCK |
George
A |
** |
SKERRITT |
Arthur
F |
Sgt
Royal Sussex Regiment. See St. Michael’s |
SMITH |
J.
Gardiner |
** |
SMITH |
Donald
G |
** |
SMITH |
Walter
William |
Private
G. 1969. 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division. Died
of wounds 2 July 1916. Born in Swadlincote, Derbyshire and enlisted
in Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
STORT |
William
Ricahrd |
Private
TF. 240418. The London Regiment. (Medal Rolls only) |
TOWNSEND |
Ernest |
** |
TOWNSEND |
Bert |
** |
TURNER |
Charles |
** |
URIDGE |
Edgar
J |
** |
VINALL |
Stewart |
** |
WEAVER |
George |
** |
WILLIAMS |
Ernest
W |
** |
WRIGHT |
Harold |
** |
WRIGHT |
Gilbert |
** |
WRIGHT |
Sidney |
** |
WYBORN |
Walter
S |
**.
|
ST.
JOHNS SUB CASTRO (67) Names & initials only Memorial in the Church
36 names added for WW2 (Not listed) |
ADE |
E
S |
** |
ARNOLD |
D |
** |
ARNOLD |
W
G |
** |
AVIS |
H
T |
** |
BATCHELOR |
Gerald
George |
Private.
G. 31541. 10th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment 41st Division.
Died of wounds 15 March 1917. Aged 22. Son of George & Mathilde
Batchelor of Chantilly Oise France. Born in Lewes and enlisted in
Brighton. Educated at Lewes Grammar School. Resident of Lewes. Formerly
with The Sussex Yeomanry Buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery,
South London. |
BENEY |
J |
** |
BLACKMORE |
W
H |
** |
BRIGGS |
C
R |
** |
BURGESS |
A |
** |
BUTCHERS |
G
F |
** |
CHANDLER |
A
T |
** |
CHANDLER |
F |
** |
CLARK |
J
E |
** |
CONNETT |
H |
** |
CROCK |
G |
** |
CROCK |
S |
** |
CROCK |
W
H |
** |
CROCK |
T |
** |
DUNNING |
J
M |
** |
EADE |
J |
** |
FARLEY |
F
J |
** |
FRY |
J
T |
** |
FULLER |
S |
** |
GILLETT |
C
W |
** |
GRAY |
Walter
Frank |
Private
12116. 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 18th Division Killed
in action on the Somme near Montauban 1 July 1916. Aged 19. Son
of Mr & Mrs H S Gray of 6, Sudeley Street, Kemp Town Brighton. Born
in Lewes and enlisted in London. Next of kin formerly of Lewes.
Buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz. |
HARLAND |
W
J |
** |
HARVEY |
R |
** |
HEASMAN
|
J |
** |
HEWLETT |
A
F |
** |
HOAD |
S |
** |
HOWE |
Arnold
Ewart |
Second
Lieutenant. 1/28th Battalion, The London Regiment (The Artists Rifles)
63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action at Ypres 30 October
1917 Aged 24. Son of John Foster & Caroline Howe of "Kingsley"
9, West Down Place, Seaford Buried in Poelcappelle British Cemetery |
HOWE |
Charles
Kingsley |
Second
Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 18th Division
Killed in action on the Somme 1 July 1916. Aged 28. Son of John
Foster and Caroline Howe of. "Kingsley"9, West Down Place,
Seaford Buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery |
JOHNSON |
C
E |
** |
JOHNSON |
G |
** |
LANCASTER |
H
W |
** |
LUCAS |
W |
** |
MANVILLE |
A |
** |
MARKS |
W |
** |
MORRIS
(S) |
John
Abel |
Private.
SD. 3403. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action at Richebourg 30 June 1916. Born in Lewes and enlisted
in Hastings. Buried in St. Vaast Military Cemetery |
MURDOCH |
Alexander
John |
Possibly
Corporal 2010. 1/15th Battalion, The London Regiment (POW Own Civil
Service Rifles) 56th Division. Died of Trench foot (Ilford Recorder)
on the Somme 1 July 1916. Aged 22. Son of John & Amy Murdoch of
Ilford Essex. Born in Bow and enlisted in Somerset House. Lewes
connection not established. Buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension.
Also appears on the King George V Hospital memorial. |
PAGE |
A
H |
** |
PAGE |
A
W |
** |
PERCY |
H |
** |
PETTITT |
J
P |
** |
PINYOUN |
C
R |
** |
PIPER |
F
J |
** |
RELPH |
G |
** |
REYNOLDS,
MM |
Edward
Samuel |
Sergeant
320825. 1/6th Battalion, The London Regiment. 58th Division. Died
of wounds 27 June 1918. Aged 24. Son of Richard & Elizabeth Jane
Reynolds of Bethnal Green. Enlisted in London. Buried in Abbeville
Communal Cemetery Extension |
RICKSON |
A |
** |
ROGERSON |
E
S |
** |
ROSER |
W
D |
** |
SIMMONS |
A
A |
** |
SPECK |
G
H |
** |
SPITTLE |
G
W |
** |
STEVENS |
Thomas
Edward |
Sergeant
12203. The Royal Horse Artillery "L" Battery. Died after
the war 19 December 1920. Aged 40. Son of Edward & Elizabeth Stevens
of Lewes. Husband of Mrs Kate Maria Stevens of Victoria Street,
Ipswich, Suffolk. Buried in Ipswich Cemetery |
SYMONDSON |
V
F |
** |
TESTER |
H |
** |
THOMPSON |
A |
** |
THOMPSON |
F
A |
** |
TICE |
Thomas
Harry |
Private.
SD. 3699. 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division Killed
in action at Richebourg 30 June 1916. Born in Hastings and enlisted
in Lewes. Buried in St. Vaast Military Cemetery |
TRASH |
E
T |
** |
UNSTEAD |
E
M |
** |
URIDGE |
E
J G |
** |
WASHER |
H |
** |
WEST |
W |
** |
WILKINS |
E
J F |
** |
WREN |
W
H |
**.
|
SAINT
THOMAS A’BECKET PARISH CHURCH WW1 Names and initials only (48) Large
marble Memorial in the Church, WW1 only |
AUSTIN |
H
A |
** |
BATCHELOR |
H |
** |
BOTTING |
H
S |
** |
BRIDGER |
Henry
Milton |
Private.
G. 16171. 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 41st Division.
Killed in action near Ypres 21 September 1917. Aged 35. Son of Henry
William & Elizabeth Charlotte Bridger of Brighton. Husband of Alice
Mary Bridger of 71, Bernard Road, Brighton. Born and enlisted in
Brighton. Brighton War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial,
|
BRIDGER |
Frank
William |
Gunner
183979. 78th Brigade The Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
25 October 1917 Aged 30. Son of Henry & Elizabeth Charlotte Bridger
of Brighton. Husband of Emily Louisa Bridger of Upper Lewes Road,
Brighton Enlisted in Brighton. Brighton War Memorial. Buried in
Cement House Cemetery |
BRIDGER |
Percy
Edward |
Driver
901357. Royal Field Artillery. Died of blackwater fever in military
hospital. 10 February 1918 Aged 28. Son of Henry William & Elizabeth
Charlotte Bridger of Brighton. Husband of Mrs F. M. Bridger (remarried)
of 14, Model Buildings, Church Street, Brighton. Enlisted in Brighton
Brighton War Memorial. Buried in Nevers Communal Cemetery France |
CARPENTER |
D
J |
** |
CHAMPION |
P |
No
further information currently available |
COOMBES |
G
R |
** |
COOMBS |
W
G |
** |
COWLES |
R |
** |
CRIPPS |
William
Percy |
There
is only one entry in CWGC data base for a W. P. Cripps. He was:
Private 36603. 12th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment. 31st
Division Killed in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Former Royal Fusiliers.
Born in High Wycombe and enlisted in St. Albans. No apparent connection
with Lewes. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
CROCK |
S |
**.
|
DEACON |
Clarence
Duke |
Driver
322288. The Royal Engineers 47th Divisional Signals Company. Killed
in action 28 May 1918. Aged 19. Son of David & Frances Deacon of
Lewes. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Brighton. Buried in Franvillers
Communal Cemetery Extension |
DRIDGE |
A
M |
No
further information currently available |
FROST |
C |
** |
GASTON |
A |
** |
HARRIS |
W
H |
** |
HARVEY |
R |
** |
HOAD |
W |
** |
HOLMAN |
Frederick
John |
Rifleman
R/32907. 10th Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 20th Light
Division. Killed in action 19 February 1917. Born in Lewes and enlisted
in Bristol. Buried in A. I. F. Burial Ground, Flers. |
HUTSON |
G
W |
** |
IZZARD |
E |
** |
JENNER |
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JONES |
A.
J. |
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LARKIN |
E |
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MANN |
H
V |
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MAYLER
(HAYLER) |
L
J |
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MILHAM |
C |
** |
MITCHELL |
A |
** |
NEWNHAM |
N |
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further information currently available |
PAGE |
William
Thomas |
Rifleman
43541. 15th Bttalion The Royal Irish Rifles. 36th Ulster Division.
Formerly with the London Regiment. Died in captivity 21. 3 18. Enlisted
in Seaford Buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery |
RAWARD |
A
J |
** |
RICHARDSON |
F |
** |
RUSSELL |
R
A |
No
further information currently available |
RUSSELL |
W |
No
further information currently available |
RUSSELL |
W |
No
further information currently available |
SHORT |
J |
** |
SKINNER |
E |
No
further information currently available |
STEDMAN |
William |
Private.
TF. 3144. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Born in Lewes
and enlisted in Cranleigh, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on The Le Touret
Memorial |
STREETER |
G |
** |
THORPE |
J |
** |
TRIGWELL |
Frank
Herbert |
Gunner
374277. 21st A A Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Sussex TF. Killed
in action 16 November 1917. Born and enlisted in Lewes. Buried in
Cement House Cemetery. |
TRIGWELL |
Frederick
John |
(Also
listed as FRIGWELL) Private 30074. 5th Battalion, Royal Innisikilling
Fusiliers. 36th Ulster Division. Died of wounds 12/10. 18. Born
in Lewes & enlisted in Chichester Formerly with The Northamptons.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Vis En Artois Memorial |
WALLER |
D
C |
** |
WELCH |
A |
** |
WELLER |
C.
C. |
** |
WOOD |
J |
** |
ST
MICHAEL’S CHURCH Names & initials 23 for WW1 and one for the Boer
War |
BALDWIN |
John
Jackson |
Sergeant
G 12. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division Died at
sea 17 November 1915. Aged 27. Son of Francis James & Annie Baldwin
of 12, Hornbeam Walk Whitely Village, Walton on Thames. Born in
Barcombe and enlisted in Brighton. Sergeant Baldwin, severely wounded
on the 27th September, was one of 85 lost when the hospital ship
"Anglia" struck a mine in the English Channel. No known grave. Commemorated on The Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton. |
BLAGROVE |
A
J |
** |
DAWSON |
Claude
William Little |
Private.
G. 2527. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action at Loos 25 September 1915 Aged 20. Son of William & Bertha
Dawson of 26, Keere Street, Lewes. Born in Bootham, York and enlisted
in Hove. Brother of Ernest & Harold Dawson. Included on Brighton
War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
DAWSON,
MM |
Ernest |
Sergeant
1654. 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 24th Division. Died of wounds
in the UK. 25 August 1917 Aged 29. Son of William & Bertha Dawson
of 26, Keere Street, Lewes. Born in Bootham, York and enlisted in
Brighton. Brother of Claude & Harold. Regular soldier with 12 years
service. St. Peters Memorial Book Brighton under Sergeants and Brighton
War Memorial. Buried in Brighton and Preston Cemetery. |
DAWSON |
Harold
Hummard |
Pioneer
TF. 227921. The Royal Engineers. Died after the war 3 March 1919
Aged 34. Son of William & Bertha Dawson of 26, Keere Street, Lewes.
Born in Bootham, York and enlisted in Brighton. Husband of Elizabeth
Dawson of 54, London Street, Brighton Brother of Claude and Ernest
St. Peters Memorial Book under Sappers. Brighton War Memorial. Buried
in Brighton and Preston Cemetery. |
DRAKE |
F
A |
** |
FLOYD |
A.
N ( N V ?) |
** |
FRY |
W
O |
** |
HARVEY |
C
W |
** |
HAYDON |
L |
** |
HOLLANDS |
R
O E |
** |
HOPKINS |
H
E |
** |
HURST |
E
J |
** |
KNIGHT |
L
K |
No
further information currently available |
LAWSON-LEWIS |
G |
** |
MURRAY |
G
A |
No
further information currently available |
MURRAY |
P
N |
No
further information currently available |
OLDER |
L
A H |
** |
PELLING |
E
J |
** |
RICHARDSON |
S
G |
** |
SANDALLS |
A |
** |
SKERRITT |
Arthur |
Sergeant
G. 850. 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 14 April 1916. Aged 24. Born in Barcombe and enlisted
in Chichester. Also included on the War Memorials at Hamsey & Offham
Parish Church. Buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery |
WILKINS |
G |
No
further information currently available |
BOER
WAR - Brass memorial in the Tower in Memory of. |
FLOYD |
J
F |
Private,
1st Volunteer Company. 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died
at Bloemfontein South Africa. 18th February 1901. |
SOUTHWATER
PARISH CHURCH Memorial in the Churchyard Small Parish now part of
the County Town of Lewes 46 Names for WW1 and 22 for WW2 |
ANSON |
W
G |
** |
BEAGLEY |
F |
** |
BLAGROVE |
A
J |
** |
COLE |
A |
** |
COLEMAN |
T
R |
** |
COMPTON |
William
Walter |
Second
Lieutenant. The Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action near Ypres
25 April 1918 Aged 26. Son of Richard Spencer & Edith Compton of.
29, Oriental Place, Brighton, later of Ryde. Born Southampton. Name
included on Ryde Town War Memorial Isle of Wight. Member of Lewes
Priory Cricket Club. Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery |
CROUCH |
James |
Private
Tf. 240961. 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
"B" Company. Died of wounds near Ypres July 1910. 17.
Aged 26. Son of Robert & Elizabeth Crouch of 34. St, Pancras Lane,
Southover. Husband of Jesse Crouch of 11. St. Pancras Gardens, Southover.
Cowman. Left 2 children. Born & enlisted in Lewes. Buried in Dozinghem
Military Cemetery Belgium |
DEAN |
A
A |
** |
EADE |
G
W O |
** |
FELLOWS |
G |
** |
FRENCH |
C
H |
** |
GLOVER |
B
H |
** |
GLOVER |
B
E |
** |
GREEN |
F
G |
** |
HALL |
Charles
Walter |
Sadler
Sergeant 2577 (Deal). Royal Marines att. 63rd Divisional Train.
Died at home 11 May 1918. Aged 32. Son of Mr & Mrs C J Hall. Resident
of 5, Grange Road, Southover. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
HARDING |
Alfred |
Private.
G. 3180. 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed
in action 10 May 1916 Aged 20. Son of Alfred & Louisa Harding of
2, Warren Cottages, Tadworth, Surrey. Native of Lingfield. Born
in Seaford & enlisted in East Grinstead. Lingfield War Memorial.
Buried in Ration Farm Annexe, Belgium |
HEAD |
A
H |
**.
|
HILLMAN |
Frederick
Cyril |
Sergeant
121806. Royal Garrison Artillery A A Section. Died of tuberculosis
in hospital at Hove. 27 June 1917 Aged 19. Son of Edward & Harriett
Hillman of 15, Southover High Street. Born Southover and enlisted
in Brighton. Buried in Southover Churchyard |
HILLMAN |
W
N |
** |
HOLDER |
G
W |
** |
HOLLAND |
R
J E |
** |
HORNE |
R
H |
** |
JEFFREY |
F |
** |
MARTIN |
F
H |
** |
MARTIN |
W
T |
** |
MOORE |
G
W |
** |
MOORE |
J |
** |
NEVILLE |
H
F |
** |
NEVILLE |
J
G |
** |
PACKHAM |
G |
** |
PAYNE |
Ernest
Victor |
Gunner
27708. 152nd Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action near Ypres 12 September 1917 Aged 26. Son of Edward &
Fanny Payne of 5, St. Pancras Terrace, Southover. Regular Artilleryman.
Buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boesinghe, Belgium |
PEEL |
G
E |
** |
POLLARD |
F |
** |
PUTLAND |
G |
** |
RICHARDSON |
A |
** |
SANDALS |
E
R |
** |
SELBY |
S
J |
** |
STEDMAN |
E
G |
** |
STEWART-JONES |
T
A |
** |
SUTER |
A
J |
** |
THOMPSON |
F
A |
** |
TURK |
A
S |
** |
TURK |
F
D |
** |
WARES |
E
J |
** |
WEST |
Harry
Spencer |
Gunner
374393. 224th Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action near Cambrai 18 October 1918. Born and enlisted in Brighton.
Buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery |
WILLIAMS |
H
D |
**.
|
1939-1945
All included on the Main Memorial |
AXTELL |
Leonard
George |
Leading
Stoker Royal Navy. HMS "Fleur de Lys" Flower Class Corvette.
Torpedoed in the Atlantic by U 206 14 October 1941. Aged 25. Son
of Reginald & Elizabeth Axtell of 2, Pump Cottages, Beddingham later
of 14, The Course, Southover. Regular Rating. No known grave. Commemorated on The
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea. |
BECK |
Walter
Raymond |
Able
Seaman Royal Navy. SS "Britannia". Lost when the ship
was attacked by the German raider "Thor" 7 April 1941.
Aged 23. Son of Walter & Violet Beck of 2, Windover Crescent, Neville
Estate. No known grave. Commemorated on The Royal Naval Memorial Southsea. |
BLYTHE |
Ronald
Charles |
Flying
Officer/Navigator RAFVR. 49 Bomber Squadron (Lancasters). Shot down
over the Dutch Coast returning from night operations over Germany
17 June 1942 Aged 20. Son of Charles & Ada Blythe of 5, Manor Terrrace,
Potters Lane, Southover. Buried in Vlissingen Northern Cemetery,
Holland |
CUNNINGTON |
Cedric
Augustus |
Corporal
The Royal Engineers. 279th Field Company. Died of wounds in Holland
3 December 1944. Aged 26. Son of Mr & Mrs Cunnington of Lewes. Husband
of Beatrice May Cunnington of Lewes. Buried in Nederweert War Cemetery,
Holland |
DUNK |
Walter
William |
Boy
1st Class Royal Navy. HMS "Royal Oak". Lost with the ship
at Scapa Flow 14. 10. 39 Aged 17. Son of Mr & Mrs F. G. Dunk of
51, Priory Street, Southover. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval
Memorial Southsea |
DUNNE |
Frederick
Francis |
Trooper/Lance
Corporal. The Royal Armoured Corps (Tank delivery Regiment). Killed
in action at Halfaya. Egypt 15 November 1941 Aged 36. Son of Frederick
& Mary Dunne of Liverpool. Husband of Kathleen Dunne of Priory Street,
Southover. Buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt |
GROVER |
Harold
Russell |
Bombardier
6th Field Regiment. Royal Canadian Artillery Killed in an accident
on the Dutch border 19 April 1945 Aged 24. Husband of Phyliss Grover
of 14, St. James Street, Southover. Born in New Brunswick, Canada.
Son of Herbert Russell & Margaret Grover of North Devon New Brunswick.
Buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery. Deventer, Holland |
HANAGHAN |
John
[Victor] |
Aircraftman
1st Class 616195, Royal Air Force serving in H.M.S. Furious, Royal
Navy. Died 3 March 1940 (one day before his birthday). Aged 19.
Born Lewes, Sussex 1920. Son of Major A.V. and May Clare Hanaghan
of Lewes, Sussex. Buried in Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery, Argyllshire.
Division 4. Grave 580. |
JOHNSON |
Stanley
Frederick |
Leading
Writer Royal Navy. HMS"Hood". Lost with the Battlecruiser
in the Denmark Straits. 24 May 1941. Aged 23. Son of George Thomas
& Eliza Johnson of 12, Mountfield Road, Southover. No known grave. Commemorated on The Royal Naval Memorial., Southsea |
KEMP |
Robert
William |
Flight
Sergeant/Engineer RAFVR. 626 (Bomber) Squadron (Lancasters). Lost
on operations over Belgium 22 May 1944 Aged 22. Son of Robert &
Flossy Kemp of North Street, Southover. Husband of Mary Louise Kemp
of 45, Priory Street, Southover. Buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery,
Antwerp, Belgium |
MOORE |
Frederick
Martin |
Sapper
The Royal Engineers. 207th Field Company. Died of wounds in Italy
2 October 1944. Aged 27. Son of Daniel & Edith Moore of Southover.
Husband of Mrs Alma Moore of 23, Dale Road, Winterbourne. Buried
in Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy |
MOPPETT |
Dennis
George |
Leading
Aircraftman RAFVR. Taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore and
died in captivity at Ambon 6January 1945 Aged 24. Resident of Abinger
Place, Lewes. Buried in Ambon War Cemetery, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia |
OLLIVER |
Ronald |
Private.
The Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action in the Arrakan, Burma
9January 1944. Aged 19. Adopted. Son of Christopher Alfred & Dorothy
Olliver of 6, Priory Place, Southover. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery,
Burma |
OLLIVER |
Stanley
Gordon |
Driver.
Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home in Aldershot Military Hospital
21 October 1941 Aged 35. Son of Christopher & Elizabeth Olliver
of 12, Eastport Lane, Southover. Husband of Flossie Olliver of 24
Horsfield Road, Landport, Southover. Buried in Lewes Cemetery |
PIPER |
Kenneth
Arthur |
Driver.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Injured in a road traffic accident and
died in hospital in Birmingham 18 November 1943 Aged 19. Son of
Bert & Annie Piper of 21, Dale Road, Winterbourne Estate, Lewes.
Buried in Lewes Cemetery. |
POLLARD |
Albert
Edward |
Rifleman.
12th Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action in
Normandy 1 August 1944. Aged 27. Son of Mr & Mrs Horace Pollard
Husband of Lucy Pollard, of Stoke Heath, Shropshire. Buried in Hottot-Bagues
War Cemetery Bayeux Normandy |
POLLARD |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private.
2nd Battalion, The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
in NW Europe 17 October 1944. Aged 32. Son of Horace & Harriett
Pollard Husband of Elsie Millicent Pollard of 11, Horsefield Road,
Landport Lewes. Born in Southover. Buried in Mierlo War Cemetery,
North Brabant, Holland |
REDMAN |
Douglas
George |
Corporal
Royal Air Force. Died on operations over Italy 3 April 1946 Aged
24. Son of Henry & Edith Redman of "Green Bank" Rotten
Row, Lewes. Later of Hove. Husband of Mrs Sheila Redman. Buried
in Naples War Cemetery, Italy |
SCRASE |
Raymond
Clifford |
Leading
Aircraftman RAFVR. R. A. F Regiment. Died of disease in India 18
September 1943 Aged 22. Son of Lily Scrase of Southover. Buried
in Gauhati War Cemetery, Assam, India, |
SMITH |
Frederick
Jasper |
Sergeant
(Navigator/Bomb aimer RAFVR. 100 (Bomber) Squadron Killed in action
in the Middle East 17 October 1943 Aged 28. Son of Albert William
& Harriett Smith of 3, St. Pancras Gardens, Southover Buried in
Ramleh War Cemetery, Lydda, Tel Aviv, Israel |
STILES |
Alfred
James Wade |
Sergeant.
1st Lothians & Border Horse/Royal Scots Greys/Royal Armoured Corps.
Killed in action in Normandy 14 August 1944. Aged 35. Son of Harry
& Kate Stiles of "Eastport House" Eastport Lane, Southover.
Husband of Winifred Molly Stiles of Southover. Born in Brighton.
Buried in Banneville La Campagne War Cemetery, Normandy, France.
|
TINDALE |
Bruce
Frederick |
Cadet
Merchant Navy/Royal Fleet Auxilliary. M V. Empire Stanley (Greenoch).
Torpedoed by U 197 in the Indian Ocean. 17 August 1943 Aged 18.
Son of William Hall & Mary Tindale of 3, Priory Street, Southover.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Tower Hill Memorial |
WEBB |
Albert
Edward |
Guardsman.
3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards. Talen prisoner in Libya and
died in captivity. 17 June 1941. Aged 26. Son of William Henry &
Florence Webb of 5, St. Pancras Gardens, Southover. Buried in Benghazi
Military Cemetery, Libya |