
NINFIELD
WAR MEMORIALS
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Janet Graves 2004
Ninfield
is a village about 5 miles from Bexhill on Sea, and some of those named
on the Ninfield Memorials are also on the Bexhill Memorial.
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Copyright © Janet Graves 2004 |
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Ninfield
is a village about 5 miles from Bexhill on Sea, and some of those
named on the Ninfield Memorials are also on the Bexhill and possibly
the St Mary Magdalene memorials.
PARISH
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
NINFIELD
1914
- 1918
BALLARD
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Thomas
Harold |
Private
14320, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 17th October 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
21. Born Brede, Sussex, enlisted Hastings, resident Ninfield.
Son of Thomas Elizabeth Ballard of 'The White House', Ninfield.
Buried in Highland Cemetery Le Cateau F. 190 |
BARDEN
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Uriah
Alfred |
Private
28520, No. 61 Company, The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action in Belgium 3rd September 1918. Born in Bexhill and enlisted
in Hastings. Next of kin Udimore. Formerly with The Royal Sussex
Regiment. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium MR.
32
Commemorated
in churchyard.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH GEORGE BARDEN, WHO DIED OCTOBER 24TH,
1918, AGED 27 YEARS. ALSO OF URIAH ALFRED BARDEN, KILLED IN FRANCE
SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1918, AGED 21 YEARS. ALSO OF ARTHUR HENRY BARDEN
WHO DIED MARCH 28TH, 1916, AGED 3 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.
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BROOK
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William
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Private
GS/819, 2nd Battalion, ROyal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action during the Battalion attack on Hulluch 13th October
1915. Born Ninfield, enlisted Eastbourne. Reservist Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
CAREY
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Frederick
[Henry] |
Petty
Officer 185060, HMS 'Achillies', Royal Navy. Died 24th July 1917.
Aged 39. Son of George & Mary Carey of Lower Street, Ninfield.
Husband of Mrs Alice Mary Carey also of Lower Street. Buried in
Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery, Norfolk. |
CHEAL
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William
George |
Private
G.8605, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Bazentin le Petit 20th August 1916. Aged 20.
Son of Mr & Mrs W. Cheal of Pashley Farm, Ninfield. Born and enlisted
in Bexhill on Sea. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21
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CREASEY
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Horace
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Private
23110, 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. 28th Division
(Salonikan Front). Died in Salonika 19th October 1917. Aged 35.
Son of Horace & Emily Creasey of Ninfield. Husband of Mrs Lena
Creasey of The Green, Ninfield. Born Catsfield, enlisted Chichester,
resident Ninfield. Buried in Kirechkoi Hortakoi Military Cemetery,
Greece. |
DEEPROSE
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Jesse
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[Memorial
states R. W. KENT] Sergeant 27147, 1st. Battalion, The East Surrey
Regiment 5th Division. Killed in action 31st March 1918. Aged
27. Son of Mr & Mrs Jesse Deeprose of Ninfield. Husband of Mrs
Annie Campbell Deeprose of "Bearside" Stirling Scotland.
Born in Ninfield Sussex and enlisted in Maidstone Kent. Buried
in Faureuil British Cemetery F. 563. See also Bexhill-on-Sea
memorial |
DIVALL
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Frank
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Private
21139, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division. Killed
in action 9th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 21. Born
Ninfield, enlisted Hastings, resident Bexhill. Son of Geprge &
Clara Divall of The Green, Ninfield. Born in Ninfield and enlisted
in Hastings. Formerly 5824, Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in Potijze
Burial Ground Cemetery Belgium B. 44
Commemorated
in the churhcyard.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUT FATHER AND MOTHER, GEORGE AND CLARA DIVALL,
CALLED HOME DECEMBER 4TH AND 18TH, 1927, AGED 66 AND 65. ALSO
OF PRIVATE FRANK DIVALL, SON OF THE ABOVE, KILLED IN ACTION, AUGUST
9TH, 1916, AGE 22.
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ELPHICK
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Alfred
Charles |
Private
PS6590, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 18th Division. Died of
wounds at home 15th November 1916. Aged 23. Son of Alfred & Charlotte
Jane Elphick of Lever Street, Ninfield. Buried in St. Mary`s Churchyard
Extension, Ninfield.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON ALFRED CHARLES ELPHICK,
WHO WAS WOUNDED JULY 7TH, 1916, IN THE TAKING OF OVILLERS, AND
PASSED AWAY AFTER GREAT SUFFERING, NOVEMBER 15th, 1916, AGE 23.
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FOSTER
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Cecil
Christian |
Lance
Corporal L/15341, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 10th February 1916 in France &
Flanders. Born Bexhill, enlisted Battle, resident Ninfield. Buried
in Menin Road (South) Cemetery. Belgium B. 72 |
FURNER
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William
[Adimore Sussex] |
Lance
Sergeant L.12108, 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd.
Division Killed in action on the Chemin des Dames 27th May 1918.
Aged 30. Son of James & Ellen Furner of 2, Holly Cattage, Catsfield.
Enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on The Soissons Memorial
MR. 18 |
GILBEY |
William |
Private
L.9937, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division.
Killed in action near Givenchy 23rd December 1914. Regular Soldier.
Born in Fulham and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin residents
of Ninfield. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR. 22 |
LEMMON |
Horace
Albert |
[Listed
as A H LEMMON on memorial and East Surrey Regiment]. Private 39124,
2/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 13th November
1917. Born Hool, Sussex, resident Sudbury, Middlesex, enlisted
Wembley, Middlesex. Formerly 21554, East Surrey Regiment. Buried
in Passchendaele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row B. Grave 29. |
MITCHELL
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Henry
David |
Private
L.9580, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division.
Killed in action on the Marne near Troyon 29th September 1914.
Born in Sedlecombe and enlisted in Eastbourne. Next of kin, Ninfield.
Regular Soldier. Commemorated on The La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial
MR. 15 |
MUNN
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Harry
Stephen |
[Listed
as Stephen Harry on Bexhill memorial] Private G/15847, 12th Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917 with British
Expeditionary Force. Age 34. Born Ninfield, Sussex, enlisted Bexhill.
Son of Samuel and Ann Munn, of Lower St., Ninfield, Sussex; husband
of Annie Elizabeth Evernden (formerly Munn), of 2, Cromere Avenue,
The Honies, Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. C. 9. See also Bexhill-on-Sea
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PONT
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George
William |
Rifleman
A/200728, 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Ninfield, enlisted London. Formerly S/21850, Rifle Brigade. Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium MR. 30 |
RANSOM
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William
James |
Private
G.8606, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st. Division.
Killed in action near Bazentin le Petit 16th August 1916. Next
of kin Ninfield. Enlisted in Bexhill on Sea. Commemorated on The
Thiepval Memorial MR. 21
Commemorated
in the churchyard (note that Frederick Arthur Frostb is mentioned
but not on memorial).

IN MEMORY OF MERCY RANSOM, DIED MARCH 17TH, 1915, AGED 49 YEARS.
ALSO WILLIAM JAMES, SON OF THE ABOVE, KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST
16TH, 1916, AGED 26 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. ALSO ANNIE JULIA, DAUGHTER
OF THE ABOVE, DIED MAY 7TH, 1920, AGED 22 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS.
ALSO BARBARA EDITH MERCY, GRANDAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, DIED JANUARY
15TH, 1922, AGED 2 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. ALSO FREDERICK ARTHUR FROST,
SON IN LAW OF THE ABOVE, KILLED IN ACTION, NOVEMBER 1918, AGED
25 YEARS.
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REVITT
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Arthur
Edward |
Guardsman
20389, 2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards. The Guards Division.
Died of wounds in base hospital at Boulogne 1st May 1918. Aged
40. Husband of Mrs Edith Mary Revitt of Church Farm, Ninfield.
Son of William & Elizabeth Revitt of 3, Cheapside, Shifnal,Shropshire.
Born in Shifnal, Shropshire and enlisted in Mortlake near Richmond,
Surrey. Buried in Boulogne East Cemetery F. 102 |
ST
JOHN |
Barbara
Esmee |
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RED
CROSS
Individual
Panel
IN
MEMORY OF
BARBARA ESMEE ST. JOHN
RED CROSS NURSE - 112TH - V.A.D.
WHO DIED ON DUTY IN FRANCE OCTOBER 12TH, 1916 - AGE 31
AND WAS BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS
IN THE SOLDIERS CEMETERY, WIMEREUX |
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SARGENT
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Wallace |
Private
G.23129, 1st Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division.
Died of wounds at home 22nd February 1917. Aged 38. Husband of
Mrs Clara Sargent (remarried) later of Hazelslade, Staffordshire.
Born in Ninfield and enlisted in Kingston on Thames. Formerly
with the Middlesex Regiment. Buried in St. Peters Churchyard Extension,
Hednesford. Staffordshire. |
WINCHESTER
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Charles
[Charlie] |
[Listed
as Gunner, Royal Horse And Royal Field Artillery on memorial]
Private SD.752, 16th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th.
(Yeomanry) Division. Killed in action during the final advance
14th October 1918. Aged 27. Son of Mark & Lucy Winchester
of 14, Ringwood Road, Bexhill. Born in Ashburnham and enlisted
in Horsham Formerly with the 11th Battalion. Included on Warnham
(near Horsham) War Memorial and Ashburnham Place Parish Church
and Bexhill-on-Sea War Memorials.
Burired in Cambrin Military Cemetery F.163 |
IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF NINFIELD WHO LAY DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
1939
- 1945
IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
NINFIELD
WHO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945 |
BARNES |
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C |
R.A.F. |
BRUCE |
W
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GRENADIER
GUARDS |
HAYLER |
A
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GRENADIER
GUARDS |
MUNN |
J
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R.A.F. |
POCOCK |
E
B |
RIFLE
BRIGADE |
POCOCK |
R
J |
R.A.F. |
SCOTCHER |
C
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R.A.S.C. |
TAYLOR |
T
J |
ROYAL
SUSSEX REGT. |
WHITMARSH |
E
F |
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ROYAL
SUSSEX REGT. Buried in ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCHYARD, NINFIELD,
SUSSEX.
6400853
PRIVATE
E. F. WHITMARSH
5TH (CINQUE PORTS) BN
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT
12TH JUNE 1940 AGE 24 |
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IN MEMORY OF F.-M. EARL HAIG, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O.,
K.C.I.E.
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HAIG |
[Earl] |
Filed
Marshall Earl, K.T, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O, K.C.I.E |
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June 2005
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