
PYECOMBE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Chris Comber 2004
Pyecombe
Parish Church War Memorial 1914-1918 consists of a memorial in the Parish
Church in the form of a wooden board with 5 names, Surnames and Christian
names.
BIRTLE
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John
James
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Private
G/3451, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th
Division. Died of gas poisoning in C.C.S. 18th June 1916. Aged 24.
Grandson of Mrs. Marsh of Pycombe Lane, Pycombe. Born in Pycombe
& enlisted in Brighton. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery
Extension F. 285.
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COOK(E)
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Arthur
George
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Possibly:
Private TF/1146, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
53rd Division. Died of peritonitis in military hospital in Alexandria
23rd September 1915. Son of Frederick & Minnie Cook of Haywards
Heath. Born & enlisted in Haywards Heath. Joined T. A. in 1910.
Included on Haywards Heath War Memorial & Parish Church. Buried
in Alexandria (Chatby) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
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FUNNELL
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Jack
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Private
L/10734, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st
Division. Died of wounds 2nd May 1916. Aged 19. Son of Mr. &
Mrs. Richard Funnell of "The Rosary" Blackstone, near Woodmancote
Born and enlisted in Brighton. Included on Brighton War Memorial.
Buried in Noeux Les Mines Cemetery F. 178
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KNIGHT
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Noble
Malcolm Claude
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[CWGC
spelling Nobel] Lance Corporal. 44941, 2nd Battalion,
Lincolnshire Regiment. 21st Division. Killed in action
17th April 1918. Aged 27. Son of Harry & Elizabeth Knight of
"Cheeryhurst", Newtimber. Born in Pyecombe & enlisted in Brighton.
Formerly with the Royal Sussex Regiment (G/3416). Commemorated on
The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium MR.30
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TYLER
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William
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Private
L/17460, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 12th
Division. Died of wounds 24th June 1918. Age 32 Son of William &
Elizabeth Tyler of 8, Church Cottages, Pyecombe. Born in Guildford,
Surrey and enlisted in Hurstpierpoint. Formerly G/8277, Royal Sussex
Regiment. Buried in Gezaincourt Commual Cemetery Extension F. 169
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13 September
2004
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