
POLING WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2006
Poling
is a small hamlet near Arundel made famous during the Battle of Britain
as the site of one of the radar Stations. There is an account of the
activities of the Radar unit available in the Church. The Poling Parish
Church War Memorial is a Stone Memorial with the names of four men from
the First World War and three from the Second World War.
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Photograph
Copyright © Chris Comber 2006 |
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1914
- 1918
BERRYMAN |
Charles
Henry |
Trooper
1823, The Household Battalion. Cavalry Division. Killed in action
12 October 1917. Aged 21. Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Mary
Berryman of Poling. Born and enlisted in Arundel. Formerly with
the Kent Yeomanry. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
BLABER |
Bertie
Harry |
Private
G/43973, 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 3 November 1916. Born in Brighton and enlisted
in Ealing. Next of kin, Poling. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
HASELGROVE |
Alexander
Basil |
Private
TF/231449, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division
(Pioneer Battalion). Killed in action 1 March 1917. Aged 21. Son
of James & Fanny Haselgrove of Poling. Born in Lyminster and enlisted
in Horsham. Buried in Herbecourt British Cemetery |
PEARSON |
Daniel |
Private
61022, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 63rd Royal Naval Division.
Killed in action at Arras 28 April 1917. Born in Poling and enlisted
in Warley, Essex. Formerly with the Royal West Surreys. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial |
1939-1945
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CUNNINGHAM |
A |
No
further information currently available |
HAMMOND |
Reginald |
Sergeant
Air Gunner 1335044, No 90 Bomber Squadron, Royal Air Force. Shot
down over Germany 23 June 1945. Aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs J. Hammond
of Poling. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. |
RICHARDSON |
Douglas
Francis |
Private
6399771, 6th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB). Killed
in action in Holland 5 November 1944. Aged 23. Son of James Frederick
& Daisy Jane Richardson of Poling. Buried in Mierlo War Cemetery,
Holland. |
Last
updated:
23 January, 2006
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