AYLING |
Leslie
Wallace |
Private
703279, 1st/3rd Battalion The London Regiment. City of London Royal
Fusiliers. 47th (London) Division Killed In Action at Cambrai on
the 7th Dec 1917. Aged 24. Husband of Elizabeth Mary of Spring Cottages,
Lyoth Lane, Lindfield Parents resident Catford, Enlisted Finsbury
He was a battalion Lewis Gunner. Left a 13 month old child whom
he would never see. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial MR. 17
|
BAKER |
Jesse
|
Private
16891 2nd Battalion The Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division Died of
wounds on 3rd July 1916 suffered on the first day of the Somme offensive.
Aged 21. Born Lindfield Enlisted Reading Son of Jesse and Margaret
of 17 West View, Lindfield Served in The Dardanelles and Egypt.
Buried Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension F. 169 |
BALDOCK |
Charles
|
Private
G 3258 Aged 20 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment, 24th Division
Killed In Action on the first day of the battle of Loos, 25th September
1915 Son of Edward and Annie of 15 West View, Lindfield Born Purley,
Enlisted Lindfield. Brother of William (Drowned 21/8/15). Employed
at 'The Star', Haywards Heath Commemorated on The Loos Memorial
MR. 19 |
BALDOCK |
William
Newton |
Driver
886 Aged 28 The Australian Army Service Corps Son of Edward and
Annie of 15 West View, Lindfield Jumped overboard from the transport
ship S. S. 'Port Lincoln' after becoming ill on Gallipoli and drowned
on 21st August 1915 Emigrated to Australia in 1907 with his brother
Harry. One of 4 brothers. Brother of Charles (KIA 25/9/15). Former
Pupil of Lindfield School. Commemorated on Chatby Memorial, Alexandria,
Egypt MR. 41 |
BLUNDEN |
Walter
James |
Lance
Sergeant 745607 Aged 24 116th Battalion The Canadian Infantry 3rd
Canadian Division. 9th Brigade. Killed on Passchendale Ridge during
the final stages of the Third battle of Ypres. 27th October 1917
Husband of Mrs A Blunden of 'The Three Furnaces' Inn, Madeley, Shropshire
Son of Mr & Mrs Blunden of Eastern Road, Lindfield. Brother of Percy
(KIA 7/10/16) Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Belgium
MR. 29 |
BLUNDEN |
Percy
Charles |
Lance
Corporal G 86 Aged 21 6th Battalion The East Kent Regiment. 12th
Division Killed in action during the Somme offensive at Guedecourt
7th October 1916 Born Portfield, Enlisted Haywards Heath Son of
Mr. & Mrs Blunden of Eastern Road, Lindfield, Brother of Walter
(KIA 27/10/17). Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
BOURNE |
William
Edward |
Private
G. 1284 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed
In Action, during the defence of 'The Brickstacks' at Cuinchy near
Festubert 27th January 1915 Born Slaugham. Enlisted Haywards Heath
Husband of Mrs M Bourne of 6 Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue, Lindfield
An early volunteer. Buried Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy F. 721
|
BURLONG |
Edwin
Charles |
Private
46339 Aged 23 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers. 24th Division Killed
in action on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres 31st July
1917 Son of Henry and Eliza of Dens Cottages, Buckshalls, Lindfield
Born Lindfield. Employed as a Baker by Mr T E Charman of The High
Street. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Belgium.
MR. 29 |
CAPLIN |
Jack
|
Private
L. 10030 Aged 18 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division
Killed In Action at Aubers Ridge 9th May 1915 Born Lindfield. Enlisted
Chichester Son of Thomas and Betty of 1 Prospect Place, Lewes Road,
Lindfield – Later of 1 Black Hill Cottages. Lindfield School and
Church Lads Brigade. Joined regulars in 1913, Wounded in the foot
on The Marne in September 1914. His brother Harold was taken prisoner
from HMS Crusader in the English Channel on the 8th of May 1915
Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22 |
CORMACK |
Alfred
Herbert |
Company
Sergeant Major 5460 Aged 37 1st Battalion The Border Regiment. 29th
(Regular) Division Killed In Action near Thiepval 6th April 1916
Husband of Mrs H Cormack of Somerset Cottages, Lindfield Common
19 Years Service, in Burma, India, Egypt and Mudros. Veteran of
The Boer War. Wounded in the Dardanelles. Arrived from Egypt on
17th March 1916. Born in Camberwell and enlisted in Kingston on
Thames Became a Trench Casualty on the Somme front. Buried Auchonvillers
Military Cemetery F. 35 |
FAWCETT |
Edward
Bartram |
Captain
92nd Punjabi Regiment, Indian Army Killed in action during the operations
to relieve General Townshend at Kut el Amara in Mesopotamia, 22nd
April 1916 Son-in-law of Major Henry Graham-Taylor of 'Lyndcote'
West Common, Lindfield. Well known in the village and played cricket
locally. Commemorated on The Basra Memorial, Iraq. MR. 38 |
FITZMAURICE |
Alexander
L |
The
Camel Corps (Att) Aged 28 Died of disease in British Somaliland
sometime in 1914. Son of Richard and Alexina of 'Everyndens', High
Street, Lindfield Attached to The Camel Corps in British Somaliland
at the time of his death, he was a Tropical Disease Specialist His
father was the village doctor for many years, later retiring to
Littlehampton. Brother of Richard (KIA 25/9/15) and Lindsay (KIA
18/11/16). Buried British Somaliland (?Somalia) Civilian Burial
? |
FITZMAURICE |
Lindsay
|
Captain.
Aged 24 8th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry 37th (New Army)
Division Killed In Action in Ancre Valley 18th November 1916 during
the final days of the Somme offensive 5th Son of Dr Richard and
Mrs Alexina Fitzmaurice of 'Everyndens', High Street, Lindfield
later of 29, St. Floras Road, Littlehampton. Brother of Richard
(KIA 25/9/15) and Alexander (Died 1914). Previously wounded at Loos
with the 21st Division. Buried Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont
Hamel. F. 339 Also commemorated on Littlehampton War Memorial. |
FITZMAURICE |
Richard
|
Private
3404 Aged 25 1st / 14th Battalion The London Regiment (The London
Scottish) Killed In Action at the Battle of Loos 25th September
1915 Born Lindfield enlisted Blackheath Youngest son of Richard
and Alexina Fitzmaurice of 'Everyndens' The High Street, Lindfield.
Brother of Lindsey (KIA 18/11/16) and Alexander (Died 1914). Buried
Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos F. 219 Also commemorated on Littlehampton
War Memorial. |
FORD |
Charles
Edward |
Private
G. 2390 Aged 31 8th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division
Killed in action at Bernafay Wood, Flers, Somme 14th July 1916 Husband
of Mrs Daisy Ford of Crawley Born Lindfield Enlisted Horsham Son
of Mrs Emily of 12 Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue. He was employed
as a Gardener and left 2 children. Served as a Pioneer with the
18th Division. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
FOX |
Herbert
William |
Private
G 19136 Aged 31 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division
Killed In Action 10th October 1918 during the final advance to the
river Selle during the 2nd Battle of Cambrai. Born in Danehill and
enlisted in Brighton. Nephew of Miss M Fox of 1 West View, Lewes
Road, Lindfield Bur. St Aubert British Cemetery F. 270 |
GASTON |
Frank
|
Private
G 12151 Aged 30 16th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th (Yeomanry)
Division Died of wounds received when the 74th Division assaulted
the Hindenburgh Line on the 18th September 1918 Husband of Mrs A
S Gaston of 4 Frederick Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield, Born in
Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath Gardener at 'Finches'.
Cousin of Harry (KIA 20/10/18). Buried Doingt Communal Cemetery
Extension F. 194. |
GASTON |
Harry
|
Private
56209 Aged 29 13th BattalionThe Royal Welsh Fusiliers 38th (Welsh)
Division Killed In Action 20th October 1918 during the Final Advance.
Husband of Mrs Annie Gaston of 'The Cot' The High Street, Rottingdean
Born Lindfield Enlisted Haywards Heath Son of Mr. & Mrs P. Gaston
of 5 Frederick Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Cousin of Frank
(DoW 18/9/18). Buried Cross Roads Cemetery Ref: F 521 Also recorded
on Rottingdean War Memorial. |
GORRINGE |
John
William Henry |
Rifleman.
C. 9853 Aged 18 20th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps 3rd (Regular)
Division Killed in action The Somme 18th July 1916 Born Haywards
Heath Enlisted Woolwich Next of kin unknown Came home from Australia
to enlist Served in The Pioneer Battalion of the 3rd Division. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
GRAHAM-TAYLER |
Jervoise
|
Second
Lieutenant Aged 22 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 2nd (Regular)
Division Killed in action at Festubert 15th May 1915 Son of Major
Henry Graham-Tayler of 'Lyndcote' (Chieveley), West Common, Lindfield.
Former member of the Church lads brigade Educated at Winchester
and New College, Oxford Major Henry Graham-Tayler was Commanding
Officer in charge of Prisoners of War at Portsmouth. Buried Le Touret
Military Cemetery Ref: F 727 |
GRUNDY |
Rueben
Henry |
Private
TF. 500131 Aged 24 Royal Army Medical Corps Died in France. 29th
September 1918 Enlisted Brighton, December 1914 Son of Mrs L Willie
of Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Buried Grevillers British Cemetery F.
512 |
HILL |
Reginald
George |
Private
A 215 Aged 48 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario)
1st Canadian Division. 1st Brigade. Killed in action at Hooge, Belgium
26th April 1916 during the First Battle of Ypres. Son of Capt E
N Hill of 'Neilgherry' Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Captain Hill was
late of the 30th Regiment of Foot and a veteran of Sebastopol and
the Crimean War. He was 81 years old in 1916. Private Hill had lived
in Canada for 8 years. Buried Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium B.
112 |
HILL |
Malcolm
|
Private
574. Aged 27 2nd City Of London Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical
Corps, T. F. Died of wounds in Salonika, Greece on the 27th February
1917 Enlisted Lindfield in 1915. Son of Arthur William and Emma
Ann of 'St Romolo' Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Enlisted in Lindfield.
Buried Salonika (Lambet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece GR 7 |
HILLMAN |
Frederick
George |
Gunner
103665 Aged 25 13th Divisional Artillery. Royal Field Artillery
Died Of Disease in Egypt 23rd October 1915 Husband of Mrs Fanny
Hillman of Lyoth Lane, Lindfield later of 43a Mill Green Road, Haywards
Heath Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath Employed
as a Vanman for Messrs. Box. Buried Chatby War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt E. 6. |
HOBDEN |
George
Herbert |
Private
F. 206 Aged 24 37th Battalion The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Died
of wounds 4th November 1918 Born Lindfield Enlisted Holborn. Husband
of Mrs Agnes Hobden of Chislehurst Road, Orpington, Kent. Son of
Mr & Mrs H Hobden of 4 Alma Road, Lindfield. Also Orpington W. M.
Buried Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension F. 206. |
JEFFERY |
John
Henry |
Lance
Corporal 4163 Aged 39 9th Battalion Queens Royal Lancers Died from
gas poisoning near Ypres. 24th May 1915 Born Lindfield Enlisted
Cuckfield. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Jeffery of Lewes Road, Lindfield
(his mother was Esther Jeffery, Henry's first wife, who died in
1890; the Mrs Jeffery listed would be his stepmother). Sister Emily
L of 27 Bedford Square, Brighton. Pupil of Lindfield School. Regular
Soldier with 21 years service. Badly gassed fighting as infantry
during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery
F. 200 |
KING |
Harry
Arthur |
Private
L. 7952 Aged 31 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed In Action at Vendresse on The Marne 14th September 1914 Born
in West Hoathly and enlisted in Woolwich. Husband of Alice Florence
of Porters Cottage, Eastern Road, Lindfield. Remarried (Granger),
resident of Philpot's Lodge, West Hoathly. Left children Aged 6
and 2. Employed by Mrs Savill at Kenwards Farm. Former regular soldier,
serving in Crete and Malta recalled to the colours in 1914. Buried
Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension F. 1893 |
LAKER |
William
Charles Cuthbert |
Private
G. 15839 Aged 18 11th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 39th (New
Army) Division Killed In Action near Sanctuary Wood, Ypres 25th
January 1917 Born Lindfield Enlisted Horsham Son of Mr. & Mrs Laker
of The Grocery Stores, Walstead. Buried Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
Belgium B. 4 |
LEDBURY |
Joseph
|
Lance
Corporal TF. 2759 Aged 29 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
Died of Spotted Fever at home 1st February 1915 Born Barkham, Berkshire.
Enlisted Haywards Heath Son of Mr & Mrs. H. A. Ledbury of Ball Hill,
Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berkshire Buried Brighton Borough Cemetery,
Bear Road |
LEGGE |
Reginald
Charles |
Lieutenant
Aged 34 Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) Tanks Died of wounds on
the 16th September 1916 Son of Mr JV Legge of 'Greenwoods' High
Beeches Lane, Lindfield Tank Commander. Captured during the first
use of tanks at Flers on 15th September 1916. Died of his wounds
the following day. Left estate valued at £2, 511. Commemorated on
The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
LEPPARD |
Ernest
|
Private
G. 5561 Aged 25 1st Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment 33rd
(New Army) Division Killed In Action on the first day of the Third
Battle of Ypres 31st July 1917 Born in Ardingly and enlisted in
Guildford Resident of Cobham. Son of Mary Ann of 8 Albert Cottages,
Sunte Avenue, Lindfield Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial,
Ypres Belgium MR. 29 |
LONGLEY |
Leslie
Gordon |
Lieutenant
Aged 22 19th Lancashire Fusiliers (Pioneer Battalion) 49th Division
Killed In Action on The Somme 12th July 1916 Son of Mr Richard Longley
of 'Ingleside' Sunte Avenue, Lindfield Brother of Richard (KIA 15/9/16).
Wounded in May 1915 Educated at Belvedere School, Haywards Heath.
Buried Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension F. 296 |
LONGLEY |
Richard
Ferguson |
Lance
Sergeant. A. 326 DCM. Aged 22 7th Battalion The Kings Royal Rifle
Corps. 14th (Light) Division Killed In Action during the battle
of Flers/Courcelette on the 15th September 1916. Born in Croydon
and enlisted in Guildford Son of Richard of 'Ingleside' Sunte Avenue,
Lindfield Brother of Leslie (KIA 12/7/16). Resident of 'The Shanty'
Portsmouth Lane, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial
MR. 21 |
MANSBRIDGE |
William
|
Private
G. 1578 Aged 26 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (New Army)
Division Killed In Action during the battle of Cambrai, 20th November
1917 Born Cuckfield Enlisted Haywards Heath Next Of Kin unknown
Resident of 2 Alma Cottages, Alma Road, Lindfield. Commemorated
on The Cambrai Memorial MR. 17 |
MARKWICK |
Harry
George |
Corporal
G 77540 Aged 38 7th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers. 63rd Royal Naval
Division Killed In Action during the battle of the Scarpe 27th August
1918. Husband of Caroline May of 5 Luxford Road, Lindfield Son of
Henry and Elizabeth of Brighton. Born in Brighton. Formerly with
1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. Assistant Schoolmaster
at Lindfield School. Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery F. 560
Also recorded on Brighton War Memorial. |
NEWNHAM |
Albert
Victor |
Private
L 10100 Aged 20 2nd Battalion TheRoyal Sussex Regiment 1st (Regular)
Division Wounded on the Aisne and died of his wounds in Paris on
the16th October 1914 Son of Jesse and Elizabeth of 1 Laburnham Villas,
Compton Road, Lindfield - later of 'Earlsmere', Compton Road. Born
in Aldershot and enlisted in Chichester. Brother of John (KIA 31/5/16),
Noel (KIA 9/7/17) and Jesse (Lance Corporal, who survived the war)
Regular soldier. His nickname was 'Totty'. Buried City of Paris
Cemetery, Pantin. F. 457 |
NEWNHAM |
John
Francis |
Private
13608 Aged 19 Royal Marine Artillery. H. M. S. ‘Tiger’ 1st Battlecruiser
Squadron, The Grand Fleet. Killed In Action at Jutland 31st May
1916 Son of Jesse and Elizabeth of 1 Laburnham Villas, Compton Road,
Lindfield, later of 'Earlsmere', Compton Road. Father Recruiting
Sergeant Jesse Newnham. Brother of Albert (DoW 16/10/14), Noel (KIA
9/7/17) and Jesse (Lance Corporal - Survived the war) Killed when
a shell hit the trunk of 'B' turret of HMS 'Tiger' during the Battle
of Jutland Buried at Sea. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial
MR. 3. |
NEWNHAM |
Noel
Herbert |
Bugler
14935 Aged 16 Royal Marine Artillery. H. M. S. ‘Vanguard’ 4th Battle
Squadron The Grand Fleet. Lost when the dreadnought blew up in Scapa
Flow 9th July 1917 Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Newnham of 1 Laburnham
Villas, Compton Road, Lindfield - later of 'Earlsmere', Compton
Road Brother of Albert (D. O. W. 16/10/14), John (K. I. A. 31/May/16)
and Jesse (Lance Corporal, who survived the war. Member of Lindfield
Parish Church Choir. Boy Scout. Employed by Mr. Driver, Fishmonger
and Poulterer of Lindfield High Street. Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial. Southsea MR. 3. |
NYE |
Albert
|
Private
477678 Aged 29 Royal Canadian Regiment 7th Brigade. 3rd Canadian
Division Killed in action in an attack by the Regiment in the Hooge
Sector, Ypres 2nd June 1916 Son of Mr John Nye of 8 West View, Lewes
Road, Lindfield Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Belgium
MR. 29 (Canadian Section) |
ORAM |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
4735 Aged 22 34th Battalion The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Killed
In Action during the German Spring Offensive in the Ypres Sector
10th April 1918 Son of Mr & Mrs H Oram of 4, Albert Cottages, Sunte
Avenue, Lindfield Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Margate, Kent.
Employee of the Post Office. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial
MR 32 |
PAINE |
Harold
Godfrey |
Bombardier
14729 Aged 19 'D' Battery, 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 15th
(Scottish) Division Killed in action in the final stages of The
Somme Offensive during The Battle of The Ancre, 2nd November 1916
Born in Hailsham and enlisted in Haywards Heath Son of Mr. & Ms
G. E Paine of Sunte Avenue, Lindfield, later of Uckfield. Former
pupil of Lindfield School. Buried Courcelette British Cemetery F.
280 |
PRANKLIN |
Thomas
|
Private
TF 1239 Aged 23 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd
(Welsh) Division. Son of Joseph Hickman and Mary Pranklin of May
Villa, Lindfield Killed in action on the second day of the Suvla
Bay landings, Gallipoli 10th August 1915 Born in Lindfield and enlisted
in Haywards Heath Territorial. Parents kept the shoe shop in the
High Street. Commemorated on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli MR.
4. |
PRIDEAUX,
MC |
Geoffrey
Arthur |
Captain
Aged 25 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry. 11th Brigade,
4th Division Killed in action near Peronne 19th January 1917. Son
of Arthur Robert and Louisa Charlotte of 13 Talbot Square, London
Educated at Eton. Name recorded on Eton College Roll of Honour.
Resident of Spring Cottage, Spring Lane, Lindfield. Brigade Major.
Twice wounded and mentioned in dispatches. Buried Hem Farm Military
Cemetery F. 624 |
PULLEN |
Arthur
|
Private
L. 9840 Aged 19 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular)
Division Killed in action near Vendresse during the battle of The
Marne 14th September 1914. Born in Plumstead and enlisted in Brighton.
Son of Mr James Pullen of South Lodge, 'Finches', Lindfield Father
was Head Gardener to Mr. Walter Savill. Name also recorded in Woolwich
Book of Remembrance, in Woolwich War Memorial Hospital, Shooters
Hill. Buried Vendresse British Cemetery F. 1329 |
RICE |
Arthur
|
Private
G. 1297 Aged 27 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular)
Division Killed in action on the first day of the battle of Loos,
25th September 1915 Son of George and Alice of 5 Graham Cottages,
Spring Lane, Lindfield Pupil of Lindfield School, Employed by Mr.
Broadbridge, Lindfield High Street Early volunteer. Born in Lindfield
and enlisted in Haywards Heath Commemorated on The Loos Memorial
MR. 19 |
SAVILL |
Frank
Ewart |
2nd
Lieutenant 9th Queens Royal Lancers 2nd Cavalry Brigade. Wounded
in Flanders and died at Tidworth Camp 9th February 1916 Son of Mr.
& Mrs Walter Savill of Finches, Lindfield Resident of Chantmarle
Manor, Cattistock, Cerne District, Dorset. Left estate valued at
£61, 893. Attached to 7th reserve Cavalry at the time of his death,
He died after an operation. Commemorated by the Savill Memorial
Hall, Cattistock, Dorset. Cattistock Parish Churchyard War Memorial
Buried in Cattistock (St Peter & St Paul) Churchyard, Dorset |
SCUTT |
Harry
Charles |
Able
Seaman SS 5986 Aged 21 Royal Navy HMS 'Barham' 4th Battle Squadron
The Grand Fleet Died Of Septicaemia at Haslar Royal Naval Hospital
31st January 1917 Son of James and Isabella Scutt, Coal Merchant,
of The High Street, Lindfield Employed as a gardener at Borde Hill.
Joined The Royal Navy in 1915, Served at The Battle of Jutland DamAged
his hand in an accident and died of blood poisoning. Buried Haslar
Royal Naval Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
SMITH |
Sidney
Frederick |
Gunner
RMA/1779 Aged 24 Royal Marine Artillery. Howitzer Brigade. 63rd
Royal Naval Division Killed In Action in theYpres Salient on the
28th September 1918 Son of Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Smith of Lewes Road,
Lindfield Local Insurance agent. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery,
Belgium. B. 11 |
SPEER |
Alfred
Frederick |
Captain
Died of Disease in a London Nursing Home 8th December 1917 Resident
of Nether Walstead, Lindfield. Next of Kin unknown. Place of burial
unknown. |
SPIERS |
Harold
Alfred |
Boy
1st Class T/23568 Aged 17 Royal Navy HMS 'Hawke' Lost when the Cruiser
was torpedoed on the 15th October 1914 The Cruiser HMS Hawke was
torpedoed in the North Sea by U. 9, (Captain Otto Weddigen, ) which
also sank 'Aboukir', 'Cressy' and 'Hogue' on 22nd September 1914.
HMS Hawke lost 524 men out of a ship's company of 545. Son of Henry
Thomas and Mary Spiers of Victoria Terrace, Lindfield Commemorated
on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea MR. 3. |
SPRINGHAM |
Arthur
|
Private
DM2/179044 Aged 39 M. T. Company 33rd Motor Ambulance, The Royal
Army Service Corps Died in Mesopotamia 4th November 1917 Born in
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and enlisted in Brighton. His wife
later remarried and resided in Harlow. Gardener to the Rt Hon Sir
? Fleetwood-Edwards of The Manor House, The High Street, Lindfield.
Resident of The Manor House Cottage, came to Lindfield in 1907.
Buried Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq 8. |
TOWNSHEND |
Ernest
Richard |
Private
86. Aged 36 16th Battalion The Australian Infantry. A. N. Z. A.
C. Killed in action on Gallipoli 2nd May 1915 Son of Henry and Esther
Townshend of Beckworth Lodge, Lindfield Emigrated to Australia,
Fruit Farmer for several years. Commemorated on The Lone Pine Australian
Memorial, Gallipoli Ga. 7 |
TWISS |
Guy
Kemble |
Lieutenant
Aged 28 Royal Navy. HMS 'Tartar' Dover Destroyer Flotilla’s Killed
in action when the Destroyer was mined off Dover on the 17th June
1917 Son of Vice Admiral & Mrs Guy Ouchterlony of Lindfield House,
Lindfield Educated at Eastbourne College and Britannia College,
Dartmouth Brought home and buried privately in Lindfield. Buried
Walstead Cemetery. See also Ascham
St Vincent Memorial Arch |
VENN |
William
E |
Private
7441 Aged 37 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Killed In Action fighting
as dismounted cavalry during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 13th May 1915
Son of Thomas and Eliza of 3 Pond Croft Cottages, Lindfield Regular
cavalryman with 15 years service. South African veteran. Born in
Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath Commemorated on The Menin
Gate Memorial, Ypres. Belgium MR. 29 |
WALLER |
Reginald
Rudolph |
Guardsman
20913 Aged 20 The Coldstream Guards. The Guards Division Killed
in action 27th August 1918 Son of Mr. & Mrs William Waller of Fountain
Cottages, Ardingly Road, Lindfield. Killed during an attack on the
Hindenburgh Line Born Haywards Heath Enlisted Brighton. Buried Mory
Street Military Cemetery F. 615 |
WEATHERBY |
Thomas
|
Captain
Aged 20 9th Battalion The Duke Of Wellington's Regiment Died of
wounds at home 8th May 1915 Son of Mr. & Mrs Charles Thomas Weatherby
of Barrington House, Lindfield Educated at Winchester. Member of
Lindfield Cricket Team. Died at Alexandria Military Hospital, Cosham,
Hampshire. Attached to another Battalion when wounded as 9th D.
O. W. did not reach France until July 1915. Brought home and buried
privately. Buried Walstead Cemetery. Lindfield. |
WHALL |
Joseph
Albert |
Private
TF 1665 Aged 19 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd
Welsh Division Killed in action at Suvla Bay 26th August 1915 Son
of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Whall of The High Street, Lindfield Father
was a hairdresser. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath
Pupil of Lindfield School, Employed by Mr. Mellor Brown in the gardens
at Beckworth Joined the Territorials in 1913. Buried Green Hill
Cemetery, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli GAL. 5 |
WILLEY |
George
Alfred |
Private
G. 3596 Aged 30 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division.
Killed in action at Loos, 25th September 1915 Son of Alfred and
Elizabeth of South Lodge, Paxhill Park, Lindfield Born in Lindfield
and enlisted in Haywards Heath Commemorated Loos Memorial MR. 19
|
WILMSHURST |
Luther
Samuel John |
Private
G.24547 Aged 21 7th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment. 18th Division.
Taken prisoner and died of tuberculosis in captivity in Germany
on the 18th July 1917 Son of Luther Samuel and Annie Elizabeth Wilmshurst
of 1, Fountain Cottages, Ardingly Road, Lindfield. Born in Buxted.
Enlisted in Haywards Heath Formerly with The Royal Sussex Regiment
( G 9583. ). Buried Berlin South Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf, Germany.
Ger 4 |
WINN |
Wilfred
|
Private
60515 Aged 30 The Labour Corps Badly Gassed and died in hospital
from the effects. 26th May. 1918 Son of Thomas and Marian Winn of
Walstead Cottages, Walstead, Lindfield Born in Lindfield and enlisted
in Haywards Heath Formerly 31490 The Royal Fusiliers. Brought home
and buried privately Buried Walstead Cemetery |
WOOD |
Ernest
|
Private
G 8449 1st Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment 33rd Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 3rd November 1916 Born in Danehill. Resident
Raynes Park. Husband of Mrs E Wood of Raynes Park, London. Son of
Mr and Mrs Thomas Arthur of The High Street, Lindfield. Killed during
the Battle Of Ancre at the close of The Somme Offensive. Name added
to the memorial inside the church in 1922 but not outside. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
YOUNG,
MM |
Arthur
D |
Sergeant
G. 1483 Aged 24 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular)
Division Killed in action during the attack on Ginchy and Lueze
Wood on the 9th September 1916. Born in Hurstpierpoint and enlisted
in Haywards Heath Next of kin unknown. EngAged to Florence Grace
Rawling of Lindfield, who never married. Employed by Charlesworth
Orchids. Not included on the War Memorial but both buried in Walstead
Cemetery. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial. MR. 21 |
WINN |
William
John |
Corporal
21319 Aged 51 2nd Garrison Battalion The Norfolk Regiment Died of
influenza at home on the 27th May 1919 Husband of Mrs Alice Winn
of 1, South Malling Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield Son of Richard
and Hetty Winn. Joined The Royal Sussex Regiment in 1884, Serving
in India and Egypt. Discharged in 1897. Rejoined in 1914. Served
in India with The Norfolk Regiment, Garrison Battalion. Discharged
in 1917. Bandsman with Haywards Heath Town Band Buried in Walstead
Cemetery but omitted from the church War Memorials. Has a Commonwealth
War Graves Headstone. Buried Walstead Cemetery Lindfield. |
TINGLEY |
Harold
Leon |
Private
G. 2414 Aged 25 8th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division
Divisional Pioneer Battalion. Died Of Influenza in Haywards Heath
Cottage Hospital 3rd September 1919 Enlisted August 1914. Served
for four years on the Western Front. Husband of Mrs Emily Tingley
of Carmel Lodge, Scaynes Hill, later of 3 Eastern Cottages, LindfieldBuried
in Walstead Cemetery but sadly omitted from the church War Memorials.
Buried Walstead Cemetery. Lindfield. |
1939 - 1945 |
AHERN |
Patrick |
Sergeant.
EX/1251 Royal Marines. No. 45 Royal Marine Commando Killed in action
during the crossing of the river Roer near Sittard in Holland 25th
January 1945 Aged 31 Son of John & Margaret Ahern of Hickmans Lane,
Lindfield. Husband of Margaret Ahern of Burley, Hampshire. Buried
Sittard War Cemetery, Limburg, Holland |
BANNATYNE |
Patrick
Gerald Douglas |
Private
6477553 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment. Killed in action during
the crossing of the Albert Canal 26th October 1944. Aged 23. Son
of Sir Robert Reid Bannatyne Kt., C. B., and Lady Bannatyne of Lindfield.
Buried Geel War Cemetery, Geel, Antwerp, Belgium. |
BEALES |
Frank
Douglas |
Lieutenant
(A) Royal Navy. H. M. S. “Illustrious” Fleet Air Arm. Lost when
the Aircraft Carrier was badly damaged by air attack in the Mediterranean
on the 10th January 1941. Aged 23 Son of Frank Edward & Violet Patience
Beales. Husband of Bettie Beales of Headington, Oxfordshire. Commemorated
on The Lee on Solent Fleet Air Arm Memorial, Hampshire |
BEDFORD |
Frank
Reginald |
Pilot
Officer 169914 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died in the military
wing of Harrogate General Hospital on the 7th March 1944 Aged 33.
Son of Reginald Elizabeth Bedford Husband of Constance Louise Katherine
Wilhelmina Bedford, of Lindfield. Buried Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery,
Yorkshire. |
BIGLAND |
John
Bigland Tulk-Hart Bigland |
Flying
Officer 67266 (Navigator) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 69
Squadron. Flying from Northolt on night operations in a Wellington
GR X111 over France. One of two aircraft which failed to return
on 8th August 1944 Son of Thomas & Madeline Blanche Tulk-Hart. Husband
of Mrs Misa Pauline, of Bigland Hall, Backbarrow, Lancashire. Aged
34. Buried Breel Churchyard, Orne, France. |
BOYES |
Wlfred
Hayden |
Gunner
903147 3rd Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery. Taken prisoner
at Singapore and died in captivity in Thailand on 9th July 1943
Son of Herbert & Josephine Boyes of Lewes Road, Lindfield. Aged
22. Buried Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand |
BRAY |
Frederick
Henry |
Ordinary
Seaman P/JX/328262 Royal Navy. H. M. S. “Fidelity” Special Service
Vessel. (Decoy ship) Lost when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by
U. 435 off the Azores on the night of the 31st December /1st January
1943 No next of kin details. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, Southsea. |
BROOKS |
Herbert
Gordon |
Sergeant
1023964 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Wireless operator/Air
Gunner. Died 27th February 1943 Aged 28 Son of Thomas & Helen Mary
Brooks of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Buried Campbletown Cemetery,
Kilkerran, Argyllshire, Scotland |
BURLONG |
Frederick
William |
Private,
6092988 2/5th Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment Lost during
the evacuation of Dunkirk on the 21st May 1940 Aged 21 Son of John
& Edith Burlong of Lindfield. Commemorated on The Dunkirk Memorial
|
CLARKE |
E
E D |
Unidentified
to date |
COMBER |
William
Edward |
Flight
Lieutenant. 81261. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 680 Squadron,
Middle East Air Force. (Photo Reconnaissance) Died 10th December
1943 Aged 38 Son of William Tully and Emma Comber of Lindfield.
Buried In The Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt |
DAWES |
Thomas
Leslie |
Sergeant.
1397164 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Navigator/Wireless Operator
46 Squadron. (Beaufighters) Middle East Air Force. Killed in action
over Rhodes, 7th June 1944 Son of Thomas Charles & Ethel Elizabeth
Dawes of Lindfield. Buried Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece. |
DORRELL |
Kenneth
John |
Lieutenant
Royal Navy, H. M. S. “Grampus. “ Lost when the submarine was sunk
by the Italian torpedo boats ‘Circe’ and CL. 10 off Augusta, Sicily
on the 24th June 1940. Son of William John Dorrell O. B. E. and
Clara Gertrude Dorrell of Hove. Aged 24 Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Southsea. MR, 3, |
FARNCOMBE |
David
Alan |
Signalman.
2389387 Royal Corps of Signals 15th Divisional Signals. Killed in
action in Normandy 24th July 1944 Aged 21 Son of William George
and Edith Nellie Farncombe of Lindfield. Buried Bayeux War Cemetery,
Calvados, Normandy, France. |
GADD |
John
Leslie |
Private,
11421738 6th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment Killed in action
in Italy near Montecchio 1st September 1944. Buried Montecchio War
Cemetery, Italy |
HARPER |
Leslie
Kenneth |
Sub
Lieutenant. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Fleet Air Arm. Killed
in action in the Western Desert on the 15th September 1941. Aged
23. Son of Leslie Franklin Thomas Harper and Clarice Monica Harper
of Hove. Buried Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. |
HEASMAN |
Reginald
Percy |
Leading
Aircraftman 934253 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in Iraq
on the 5th June 1945 Aged 40 Son of Charles & Rose Heasman. Husband
of Edith Emily Heasman of Lindfield. Buried Mosul War Cemetery,
Iraq. |
HUDDART |
John
Symons |
Lieutenant.
Royal Navy. H. M. S. “Triumph’ Lost with the submarine in the Aegean
Sea, cause unknown 20th January 1942 Aged 31 Son of George & Clare
Huddart of Lindfield. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Southsea. |
JOURDAIN,
(MC) |
Edward
Percy Reid |
Second
Lieutenant 79264. 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment Taken
prisoner during the retreat to Dunkirk and died in captivity in
Belgium, 15th June 1940 Aged 25. Son of Henry James & Helen Beryl
Jourdain of Lindfield. B. A. (Hons. (Oxford) Trinity College. Buried
Ghent City Cemetery, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
KING |
Ronald
Walter |
Aircraftman
1st Class 925805 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 49 Bomber Squadron.
(Hampdens) Died 10th November 1940 Aged 19. Buried at home. Son
of William John & Gertrude Alice King of Haywards Heath Buried Lindfield
Rural (Walstead) Cemetery. |
MANKLOW |
Ronald
Ernest |
Private
6094046 2/7th Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment Died at home
6th February 1940 Son of Ernest & Mabel Manklow of Lindfield. Buried
Lindfield Rural (Walstead) Cemetery |
MASSY-DAWSON |
Dennis
Staunton |
Lieutenant.
Royal Navy. H.M.S. “Seahorse” Lost when the submarine was sunk by
German minesweepers off The Heligoland Bight 7th January 1940. Aged
30. Born 6 December 1909. Only son of the late Charles Godfrey Massy
Dawson & Wilhelmina Geraldine nee Haughton, of “The Manor
House”, Lindfield, and husband of Jean Mary nee Hamilton-Campbell,
later Ackery. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea.
|
MILLS |
Ernest |
Corporal
T/132669 Royal Army Service Corps. Died on active service in Italy
25th August 1944 Aged 42 Son of Arthur & Jessie Mills. Husband of
Florence Mills of Walstead Manor, Lindfield. Buried Florence War
Cemetery, Italy. |
NEWNHAM |
Harold
Percy |
Steward
Merchant Navy S. S. “ Ceramic” (Southampton) Lost with 655 others,
including 92 women and children when the Liner was torpedoed by
U515 off the Azores 7/8th December 1942 The U Boat Commander Walter
Henke was later taken prisoner by the Americans, and was shot and
killed trying to escape from a prison camp In the United States.
Son of Elizabeth & Jesse Newnham of Compton Road Lindfield. His
three Brothers were lost in the First War. Age 39. Commemorated
on The Tower Hill Memorial, London. |
PEARCE |
Frederick
Percy |
Corporal
5344945 10th Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment. 5th Army Killed
in action in Italy during the crossing of the Garigliano on the
19th January 1944 Aged 23 Son of William Robert & Emily Jane Pearce
of Lindfield. Buried Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. |
PENNY |
Peter |
Able
Seaman C/JX. 312052 H. M. S. “Pembroke” Died at home in Chatham
Barracks 14th January 1945 Aged 22 Son of Willian Charles & Mary
Anne Penny of Lindfield. Buried Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery.
|
PORTER |
Kenneth
Leslie |
Pilot
Officer 158699 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9 Bomber Squadron
(Lancasters) Died on active service 28th March 1944 Aged 20. Buried
at home. Son of Philip Alfred & Eva Porter of Worcester Park.. Buried
Sutton & Cheam (Cuddington) Cemetery, Surrey. |
PRODGER |
Albert
Victor |
Driver
2346257 Royal Corps of Signals. Att. 3rd Indian Corps, Malaya Taken
prisoner by the Japanese in Malaya and died or was murdered by them
in captivity on the 30th November 1943 Aged 23 Son of Thomas & Evaline
Hilda Prodger of Lewes. Lindfield connection, unknown. Buried Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery, Thailand |
ROWLEY,
DSO |
John
William Horsley |
Lieutenant
Colonel. Commanding Officer of North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
Canadian Infantry. Killed in action in Holland 26th March 1945 aged
33. Son of William Horsley & Elisa Wildman Rowley of Ottawa,Canada.
Husband of Audrey Fellows Rowley of`` Carfax`` West Common, Lindfield.
Buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. |
STURDY |
Michael
Vyse |
Lieutenant
Royal Navy. H. M. S. “Kelly” Lost when the destroyer was dive bombed
and sunk south of Crete 23rd May 1941 Aged 25 Son of Edward & Katherine
Sturdy of Chichester. Commemorated on The Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. |
TANNER |
Harold
Henry John |
Corporal
6398405 1/7th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment Killed in
action near Caen, in Normandy on the 30th July 1944. Buried Fontenay-Le-Pesnel
War Cemetery, Tessel, Normandy |
TAYLER |
Skipwith
Edward |
Lieutenant
Colonel AI/849 C/O. 3/18th Battalion Royal Garhwal Rifles Indian
Army. 5th Indian Division. Killed in action during the attack on
Italian fortifications around Keren in Eritrea 17th March 1941 Aged
42 Son of Henry & Helen Dorothea Graham Tayler of ‘Chieveley” Lindfield.
Husband of Freda Fortescue Tayler of Brenchley, Kent. Brother killed
in 1915. Buried Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea. |
WINN |
Gordon |
Leading
Seaman LT/JX. 184486 Royal Naval Patrol Service H. M. Drifter “
Boy Andrew” Lost off the East Coast, 9th November 1941 Son of Mrs
Violet Mary Winn of Lindfield. Age 21 Commemorated on The Lowestoft
Naval Memorial, Suffolk. |