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Village memorial
LITTLE
COMMON
1920
IN
PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LITTLE COMMON
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
1914
– 1918
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
Church memorial
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
THE BELL OF THIS CHURCH
IS GIVEN IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
GOD, KING AND COUNTRY IN
1914 – 1918
THEIR
REWARD IS WITH THE LORD
AND THE CARE OF THEM IS
WITH THE MOST HIGH
ARNOLD | T A D | No
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BLACKMAN | Charles William | Sergeant
8455, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 8th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme 4 August 1916. Aged 34. Born in St. Leonards
Sussex and enlisted in Hastings. Son of Thomas & Anne Blackman of
St. Leonards. Husband of Mrs Harriett Elizabeth Blackman of Sprays
Cottages Church Path Ninfield. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery
F. 423 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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COVENTRY | L C | No
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EVANS | B | No
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EVANS | Vernon Arthur Martin | Trimmer 606961, H.M.S. Stephen Furness, Mercantile Marine Reserve, Royal Navy. Died 13th December 1917. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, of Dulwich, London; husband of Emily Evans, of 51, Shenley Rd., Camberwell, London. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 25. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea Note: H.M.S. "Stephen Furness" was built at West Hartlepool in 1910. 1712 gross tonnage. Owned by the Tyne-Tees Shipping Co. Ltd., King Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ship No.34 129,753. Type: Auxiliaries - Armed Boarding. Sunk by submarine UB64 in Irish Sea, west of the Isle of Man; six officers and 95 men lost 13rd December 1917. |
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FREEMAN | Albert Henry | Corporal
3313, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 14th Division Killed in action
near Ypres 9 August 1915. Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs Freeman of 2
Railway Cottages Cooden Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in
Hastings. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium.
MR. 29 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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FROST | Frederick | Gunner
93109, 155th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killled in
action 8th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Buxted,
Sussex, enlisted Bexhill. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS,
Somme, France. Grave XII. D. 2. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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GILHAM | Frederick Stephen Michael | Sergeant
GS.127, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division.
Wounded in action during "The Battle of the craters" in
the Hohenzollern Redoubt and died on the 4 March 1916. Aged 25.
Son of Stephen & Ellen Gillham of Peach Cottage Little Common. Born
in Little Common and enlisted in Bexhill. Special Reservist. Buried
in Bethune Town Cemetery F. 80 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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GOODWIN | Harold Desborough | [H
D Goodwin on Bexhill-on-Sea Memorial] Lieutenant, 16th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd. Division Killed in action on the Somme
1 July 1916. Aged 25. Son of Albert & Alice Goodwin Buried in Hawthorn
Ridge Cemetery No. 1 Auchonvillers. F. 1500 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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HAMMOND | E | [E
C Hammond on Bexhill-on-Sea Memorial] Private, Royal Fusiliers. |
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HAWKINS | Bert H | [Spelt HAWKINGS on Bexhill-on-Sea Memorial and CWGC] Ordinary Seaman SS/4984, H.M.S. Formidable, Royal. Died 1st January 1915. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 10. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea Note: HMS "Formidable" sunk by torpedo from German submarine U24 off Portland Bill, in the English Channel, on 1st January 1915. Formidable battleship, 15,000 tons. Launched 17th November 1898, Portsmouth. Heaviest gun, 12 in, 50 tons. Click on picture for larger view. |
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HEMMINGS | Edward George | [Spelt
HEMMING on Bexhill-on-Sea Memorial] Private 36539, 11th Battalion,
The East Yorkshire Regiment, 31st. Division. Killed in action at
Arras 3 May 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs W. I. Hemming of Colvin
Cottages Meads Road Little Common Bexhill. Born in West Ewell Surrey
and enlisted in Whitehall. Formerly 11420 A. C. C. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial MR. 20 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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JAMES | Edward | Company
Sergeant Major SD.3790, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th
Division. Died of wounds at home 7th July 1916. Husband of Mrs Jane
James of 108, Windsor Road, Bexhill. Born in Sandhurst, Kent and
enlisted in Hastings. Veteran of The Sudan and the South African
War. Buried in Chichester Cemetery. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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JAMES | Frank | Sergeant
L.4737, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action near Klein Zillebeke near Ypres 8th November 1914. Born
in Sandhurst ,Kent and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Regular Soldier.
Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres, Belgium MR.29 - See
also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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MARSDEN | Albert Marmaduke | Private
G.11909, 7th Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th Division.
Killed in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Born in Bexhill and enlisted
in Tonbridge Kent. Next of kin Welling Kent. Commemorated on The
Arras Memorial MR. 20 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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MAYER | E D N | No
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MOTT | J | No
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MORTON | J [J] | Private,
County And City Of London. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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RANSOME | A G | [Spelt
RANSOM on Little Common] Private, Surrey Yoemanry, Calvary - See
also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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RANSOME | T H | No
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SHONE | G B | No
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SOUTHGATE | R W | No
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SPRAY | Ernest | Private
34988, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 24th April
1917 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born, resident and enlisted
Bexhill-on-Sea. Son of Nelson and Elisabeth Spray, of Collington
Lane, Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea; husband of Mabel Spray, of
20, Sidley St., Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea. Formerly 31271, Suffolk
Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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TAYLOR | Gilbert Charles | Private
26289, 5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment. 13th Division. Killed
in action in Mesopotamia 11 January 1917. Born in Wimbledon and
enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Bexhill. Formerly with the Royal
Field Artillery. Buried in Amara War Cemetery Iraq. 5. - See also
Bexhill-on-Sea |
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UNSTEAD | L | No
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VENESS | William Sidney | Private
60730, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Born Bodle Street Green and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Resident of Bexhill Commemorated on The Arras Memorial
MR. 20 - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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WHALEY | Oswald Stanley | Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. 10th (Irish)
Division. Killed in action near Anzac Cove 10 August 1915. Aged
25. Son of The Rev. & Mrs Oswald Whaley of 32 Sutherland Avenue
Bexhill. B. A. Christs College Cambridge. Commemorated on The Cape
Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey. MR. 4. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea |
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WHATELEY | S | No
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WOOD | H O |
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ARMSTRONG | J |
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SWAINSON | Andrew Nevill |
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AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. |
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AITCHISON | C W | No
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AITCHISON | H G | No
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BELL | E |
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BRYANT | C | No
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BOASE | R B O | No
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CASH-READ | P A | No
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CLARKE | R W H |
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DEEPROSE | P E | No
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FORD | H C | No
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GILLHAM | P W R | No
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HOWARD | J | No
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KEMP | N M | No
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McCAULAY | F | No
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MEATYARD | R | No
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MITTEN | D R | No
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NICHOLS, (?G) | A F C | No
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NORRIS | A G | No
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ROLLINSON | J O | No
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SELLWOOD | H | No
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Individual Panels within St Mark's Church
WE THANK GOD FOR
BRIGADIER GENERAL
CLIVE C. PRITCHARD
C.M.G., D.S.O.
CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS
PARISH FOR 22 YEARS
1923 – 1947
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR HOWARD
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN THE
GREAT WAR.
Gravestone within the churchyard
ARTHUR HOWARD
BORN MAY 1885
DIED SEPTEMBER 1923
FROM WOUNDS RECIEVED IN
ACTION ON THE SOMME 1917
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
ENG. REAR ADMIRAL
PERCIVAL RICHARD THOMAS BROWN
24TH MAY 1931 AGED 60
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES ROBERTSON ELLIOTT WHEATLEY
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROYAL ARTILLERY
BORN AUGUST 24TH 1851 DIED JANUARY 5TH 1913
“HE DID THE RIGHT AS RIGHT HE KNEW
UNTIL HE WENT TO REST.”
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MAJOR JAMES HUGH GWYNNE
LATE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS
WHO DIED 5TH MARCH 1910 AGED 47 YEARS
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM MELVILLE LANE
LIEUTENANT
BOMBAY STAFF CORPS
SON OF H. S. LANE ESQ.
OF BROAD OAK IN THIS PARISH
DIED 9TH JUNE 1865 AGED 34 YEARS
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY SNAITH LANE ESQ.
LATE OF THE BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
AND BROAK OAK IN THIS PARISH
SON OF HENRY POYNTZ LANE ESQ
LATE OF BROADWATER, SUSSEX
AND ALRESFORD, HANTS.
DIED 13TH OCTOBER 1865 AGED 65 YEARS & 5 MONTHS
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ALURED THOMAS LANE
MUCH LOVED SON OF
H. S. LANE ESQ
WHO WAS BORN AT CALCUTTA
EAST INDIES 9TH AUGUST 1843
AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT BROAD OAK
IN THIS PARISH 13TH JULY 1862
4 July 2004
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