
ROTTINGDEAN
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 -
Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2004
Rottingdean
War Memorial is in the form of a Memorial Cross standing on a plinth
on a two-stepped base on a paved area on the village green by the pond.
The names on the memorial are repeated on a stone tablet in the Parish
Church of St. Margaret’s. There are 37 surnames with one Christian
name only. There are nine burials in the Churchyard. Only three are
included on the War Memorial. A further 29 names have been added for
World War 2.
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1914-1918
AVIS |
David |
Private
G/3634, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action at the Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 29.
Born in Rottingdean and enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated on
The Loos Memorial MR. 19 |
AVIS |
Joseph
Henry |
Able
Seaman J/4895/PO, H.M.S. “Bulwark”, Royal Navy. Lost when the
Battleship blew up off Sheerness 26th November 1914. Commemorated
on The Portsmouth Royal Naval Memorial, Southsea MR. 3 |
BEER |
James |
No
further information currently available. |
BECK |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
23109, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 28th Division. Died
in Salonika, Greece 25th October 1918. Aged 36. Husband of Mrs
Ada Beck of New House, Rottingdean. Born in Rottingdean and enlisted
in Chichester. Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. |
BOUTELL |
William
Ernest |
Gunner
132394, ‘A’ Battery, 280th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 31st August 1918. Born in Woodingdean and enlisted in
Hove. Included on Brighton War Memorial Buried in Croisilles British
Cemetery. F.1489 |
BROOKER |
Ernest
George |
Sapper
540286, 433rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died in Flanders
after the War 27th November 1918. Aged 30. Son of Joseph and Eliza
Brooker of Rottingdean. Husband of Mrs Maud Brooker of 4, Court
Ord Cottage, Rottingdean. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery,
Wimille F. 34 |
BRUCE |
Harold |
No
further information currently available. |
CHATFIELD |
William
Harry |
Private
458331, Labour Corps formerly TF/267153, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Died of sickness after the war 14th February 1919. Aged 20. Son
of Mr and Mrs Herbert Chatfield of 9, The High Street, Rottingdean.
Buried in St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Rottingdean. |
DAY |
Percy
George |
Boy
1st Class J/27626/C, H.M.S. ‘Clan MacNaughton’, Royal Navy. Lost
when the Armed Merchant Cruiser, foundered in the North Atlantic
3rd February 1915. Commemorated on The Chatham Royal Naval Memorial
MR.1. |
DAVIS |
Albert
George |
Possibly:
Private SD/5447, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Bazentin 16th August 1916. Aged 19. Son of
Mr and Mrs R. G. Davis of 23, Ditchling Road, Brighton. Born and
enlisted in Brighton. Included on Brighton War Memorial Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 |
DRIVER |
William |
Private
G/3621, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action near Ypres 29th July 1917. Aged 34. Son of Mr and Mrs
Driver of 185, Bear Road, Brighton. Born in Rottingdean and enlisted
in Brighton. Included in St. Peters Parish Church Memorial Book,
Brighton. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium
MR.29 |
DOYLE |
Andrew |
Lance
Corporal 8102, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. 3rd Division.
Killed in action. 27th October 1914. Aged 31. Husband of Mrs Maude
Bessie Doyle of 3, Vicarage Lane, Rottingdean. Born in Belfast
and enlisted in Brighton. Regular Soldier Commemorated on The
Le Touret Memorial MR.22. |
FOWLER |
David
Dennys |
Second
Lieutenant, The Royal Flying Corps. Killed in an enemy air raid
17th March 1917. Aged 20. Son of James and Mary Fowler. Buried
in St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Rottingdean. |
GASTON |
Harry |
Private
56209. 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 38th Welsh Division.
Killed in action during the final advance 20th October 1918. Aged
29. Formerly with the Royal Fusiliers. Husband of Mrs Annie Gaston
of ‘The Cot’ The High Street, Rottingdean. Son of Mr and Mrs P.
Gaston of 5, Frederick Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Born in
Lindfield and enlisted in Rottingdean. Included on Lindfield Parish
War Memorial. Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery F. 521 |
GODDEN |
George
Henry |
Private
G/3509, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action near Monchy 3rd May 1917. Son of Mr and Mrs M. Godden
of Northgate Cottages, Rottingdean. Born in Rottingdean and enlisted
in Brighton Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20. |
HENNESSY |
Charles
Stideford |
Private
6271, 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 1st Australian Division.
Killed in action. 25th February 1917. Aged 28. Enlisted Perth,
Western Australia. Son of David and Honona Mary Hennessy (nee
Mould) of Field Cottage, Rottingdean. Commemorated on The Villers
Bretonneux Memorial MR. 26 |
HENNESSY |
Ivan
Thomas |
Sick
Berth Attendant M/877/PO, H.M.S. ‘Good Hope’, Royal Navy. Lost
with the Armoured Cruiser at the Battle of Coronel Islands off
Chile 1st November 1914. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Royal
Naval Memorial, Southsea. MR.3 |
HOLDEN |
Walter
Henry |
Private
23282, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. 25th Division.
Died of wounds 20th April 1918. Aged 25. Son of Walter and Mary
Anne Holden of 1, Brighton Road, Rottingdean. Born in Rottingdean
and enlisted in Waltham Green, London. Buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem)
Military Cemetery, Belgium. B 38. |
JOHNSON |
Reginald |
Corporal
10665, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 10th Division. Killed
in action. at Suvla Bay 10th August 1915. Aged 19. Son of Joseph
Stephen and Ellen Johnson of Beacon House, Rottingdean. Born in
Rottingdean and enlisted in Southampton. Commemorated on The Helles
Memorial, Gallipoli. MR.4. |
LARKIN |
William
John |
Private
G/16237, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 10th October 1916. Aged 26. Son
of William George and Agnes Larkin of Rottingdean. Born in Shoreham,
Kent and enlisted in Brighton. Buried in Euston Road Cemetery,
Colincamps F. 156 |
MARVEL(L) |
Arthur
Henry |
Possibly:
Private 44231, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 21st Division.
Killed in action. 13th April 1918. Son of Arthur John and Sarah
Anne Marvell. Born in Marylebone and enlisted in Walthamstow.
Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial MR.27. Possibility only
no apparent connection with Rottingdean. |
MOPPETT |
Herbert
Edward |
Private
60697, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 63rd Royal Naval Division.
Killed in action during the March Retreat 23rd March 1918. Born
in Rottingdean and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin, Rottingdean.
Formerly with the Royal Sussex. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial
MR.20 |
MOORE |
James |
Private
S/2170, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9th May 1915. Reservist. Born
in Kemp Town, Brighton and enlisted in Brighton. Next of kin Rottingdean.
Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR.22 |
MOODY |
Julius
aka Jack |
Able
Seaman Sussex Z/410 (PO), S.S "Jargoon", Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Killed or died by means other than disease,
accident or enemy action 20 November 1917. Aged 20. Born 22 June
1897. Son of Emily Moody. 63, Winchester Rd, Romsey, Hants. Awarded
the Victory and British War Medals. Listed on the National
Scout First World War Roll of Honour as "J Moody R.N.R.,
Late Patrol Leader Rottingdean Troop. Killed by collision at sea"
This is from the Headquarters Gazette, Feb. 1918, p 26. No known
grave, Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel
28. |
NICHOLSON |
John
Anthony |
Lieutenant,
48 Battery, 36th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Died of wounds
near Grevillers 5th October 1918. Aged 20. Buried in Grevillers
British Cemetery F. 512 |
PETTITT |
Frederick
John |
Private
G/3016, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action at the Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 27.
Son of Frederick and Mary Pettitt of 20, Rifle Butt Road, Black
Rock, Brighton. Born in Rottingdean and enlisted in Brighton.
Included on Brighton War Memorial. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial
MR. 19 |
RICHARDSON |
Ivan
Gordon |
Lance
Corporal G/5521, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Died of wounds 10th March 1916. Aged 21. Son of Gordon and Harriett
Richardson of “The Tryste” Rottingdean. Born in Mayfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery F. 201 |
ROSE |
Joseph
H. |
S.M.
196, No. 1 Aircraft Depot, Royal Flying Corps formerly with 27
Squadron. Died 28th January 1916. Son of Mr and Mrs H. Rose of
“Brookside”, Steyning Road, Rottingdean. Buried in St. Margaret’s
Churchyard, Rottingdean |
SANDERS |
Edward
William |
Private
G/3414, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action near Guillemont on the Somme 18th August 1916. Aged
28. Son of Edward and Mary Sanders of 19, Redvers Road, Brighton.
Born in Rottingdean and enlisted in Brighton. Included on Brighton
War Memorial. Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval F. 403 |
STACEY |
Gerald
Arthur (DSO) |
Major,
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 29th Division. Killed in action
on the Somme 9th October 1916. Buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery,
Guillemont. F. 294 |
STEVENS |
Herbert |
Not
positively identified but this could be: Herbert
Leslie Stevens, Corporal L/8159, a regular soldier of the 2nd
Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action at Bodmin Copse
30th October 1914. Aged 27. His brother lived in Burgess Hill.
Born Plumpton and enlisted in Hurstpierpoint. Included on Burgess
Hill W.M. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
MR.29 |
STYLES |
Edward |
Private
G/3601, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Died
of disease at home 9th December 1914. Aged 29. Son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Esther Styles of Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Born in
Woodstock and enlisted in Brighton. Employed in Rottingdean. Buried
in Woodstock Cemetery, Oxfordshire. |
SURTEES |
Charles
Gordon Villiers |
Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. 7th Division. Killed in action
near Ypres 26th October 1914. Aged 22. Son of William Villiers
and Mary Surtees of St. Stephens Canterbury, Kent. Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium MR.29 |
TITCHENER |
Walter
John |
Able
Seaman Z/416, ‘Hood’ Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
(Sussex). 63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action 23rd April
1917. Aged 18. Son of Walter and Florence Titchener of 12, The
High Street, Rottingdean. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR.20 |
TURNER |
Ronald |
Possibly:
Second Lieutenant, 1/5th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Essex
Regiment. 54th Division. Gallipoli. Formerly with the Artists
Rifles. Killed in action at Suvla Bay 15th August 1915. Aged 30
Son of The Rev. Robert Stobbs Turner and Catherine Mary Turner
of Tewkesbury Gloucestershire. Educated at Queens College, Cambridge.
B.A. Amateur international and Football Blue Cambridge University
War List Commemorated on The Helles Memorial MR. 4. Connection
with Rottingdean unknown therefore, possibility only. |
WEEKLEY |
John |
Private
GS/809, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Special
Reservist Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9th May 1915.
Aged 41. Son of Peter and Esther Weekley of 3, Vicarage Lane,
Rottingdean. Born in Rottingdean and enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated
on The Le Touret Memorial MR.22 |
WOLTON |
Edgar |
Private
PS/1537, 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 29th Division. Killed
in action during the March Retreat 26th March 1918. Aged 30. Son
of Samuel and Sarah Wolton of Henley on Thames. Born in Henley,
Oxfordshire, and enlisted in London. Husband of Mrs Ethel Wolton
of Montpelier House, Rottingdean. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military
Cemetery. Belgium B.10 |
FIVE
BURIALS IN ST. MARGARETS CHURCHYARD. |
BATEMAN |
H |
Fireman,
S.S. ”Tycho”, Mercantile Marine. Steamer sunk by a U Boat off
Beachy Head 20th May 1917. Body recovered and buried in St. Margaret’s
Churchyard |
KING |
Reginald
William |
Private
67450, The Labour Corps formerly G/3064 with the Royal Sussex
Regiment. Died at home 3rd November 1918. Aged 32 Son of Henry
and Lottie King of 29, Quebec Street, Brighton. Husband of Mrs
Daisy King of 2, Rifle Butt Road, Rottingdean. |
REDMAN-KING |
W.
O. |
Lieutenant,
Special List. Died of pneumonia at home 28th February 1919. Son
of Dr. J. B. and Mrs Annie Louise Redman–King of Weetwood Hall,
Leeds, Yorkshire. Born in Brighton. |
ROWDEN,
M.C. |
Cuthbert
Roger |
Major,
78 Squadron, Royal Air Force formerly with the 5th Worcesters.
Died at home 20th April 1918. Aged 21. Son of Arthur Roger and
Blanche Mary Rowden of Eastnor, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Husband
of Mrs Frances Rowden of “Halcon”, Redhill, Surrey. |
SHORT |
J. |
1st
Engineer, S.S. “Tycho”, Mercantile Marine. Steamer sunk by a U-boat
off Beachy Head 20th May 1917. Body recovered and buried in St.
Margaret’s Churchyard |
THERE
IS ALSO THE GRAVE OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MERCHANT SEAMAN PROBABLY
FROM THE SS ‘‘TYCHO’’ |
1939-1945 |
ADKINS |
Eric
Joseph |
Cabin
Boy, SS “Pacific” (Hull), Merchant Navy. Cargo ship 2,816 tons.
Lost when the ship foundered in bad weather en route to London
from Sunderland 9 February 1943. Aged 18. Son of George Alexander
& Theresa Adkins of Durban, Natal. Commemorated on The Tower Hill
Memorial |
ALLISTONE |
Henry
Lester |
Private,
4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at home 12 June 1940
Buried in Rottingdean Churchyard |
BONE,
DSC |
Anthony
Watney |
Lieutenant,
HM Torpedo Boat 710, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Lost with
the whole crew when the MTB was mined near Zara in the N.E. Adriatic
Sea 10 April 1945. Aged 27. Son of Harry Peters & Lilian Watney
Peters Bone. Husband of Mary Marjorie Bone. Commemorated on The
Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
BORHAM |
Geoffrey
Hart |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot), 183 Fighter Bomber Squadron (Typhoon 1b’s),
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Shot down over Germany 24 February
1945. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
BRITTEN |
Richard
Philip |
Lieutenant,
HMS ‘Matabele’, Royal Navy. 6th Destroyer Flotilla. Torpedoed
by U454 in the Barents Sea 17 January 1942. Aged 27. Only two
survivors. Son of Felix & Edith Emily Britten of Rottingdean.
Commemorated on The Plymouth Naval Memorial |
CASSELS |
Peter
Robert |
Sub-Lieutenant,
FAA. HMS “Heron’, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. No 759 training
Squadron based at RNAS Yeovilton. Lost off the coast in an accident
14 November 1941. Aged 21. Son of Sir James Dale Cassels Kt. &
Lady Cassels of Putney, West London. Member of the Middle Temple
Commemorated on The Lee on Solent Memorial |
DUDENEY |
John |
Civilian
Killed in a bombing raid on ‘Greenways,’ Ovingdean 12 October
1942. Aged 55. Husband of Mrs Ada Dudeney of 6, New Cottages,
Ovingdean. Buried in Brighton County Borough Cemetery. |
GORMAN |
Harry
Fortescue |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Artillery. Died in Hamburg after the war in the
Army of Occupation 20 January 1946. Aged 45. Son of Major William
Henry Gorman (East Surreys) and Mrs Florence Gorman of Rottingdean.
Husband of Mrs Frances Isabel Patricia Gorman of Brighouse, Yorkshire.
Buried in Hamburg Cemetery. Germany |
HATTON |
Noel |
Sergeant
(Navigator), 626 Bomber Squadron (Lancasters), Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Operating from Wickenby in Lincolnshire. Shot
down over France 4 May 1944. Aged 21. Son of William Charles and
Beatrice Eveline Hatton of Rottingdean. Crew of seven all buried
at Montigny Buried in Montigny-Les-Guesdier Communal Cemetery |
HEAD |
James
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 218 Gold Coast (Bomber) Squadron (Stirlings), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Shot down over Denmark 29 April 1943.
Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs J R H Head of Hurstpierpoint. Buried
in Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark. |
HILL |
Rowland
Mytton |
Pilot
Officer, Royal Air Force. Died at home 25 July 1941 Buried in
St. Matthews Churchyard, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. |
HOLMYARD |
Alan
Ernest William |
Lieutenant,
General List. Died in India 20 September 1945. Aged 40. Son of
Ernest William & Ethel Holmyard. Husband of Zoila Maria Holmyard
of Chelsea. Buried in Maynamati War Cemetery, India (Bangladesh)
|
JAY |
Arthur
David |
Midshipman,
HMS “Neptune,” Royal Navy. Killed in action when the Cruiser sank
with all hands when it was mined in the Mediterranean on the 19
December 1941. Son of George Thomas and Dora Florence Jay of Southsea,
Hampshire. Arthur was 17. Commemorated on The Plymouth Naval Memorial |
LANGLEY |
Edward
Charles Pakes |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator/Wireless Operator), 254 Squadron (Beaufighter
X and Mosquitos), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Anti shipping
units based at North Coates, Lincolnshire. Died at home 11 March
1945. Aged 24. Son of Edward & Lila Alice Langley of 224, New
Church Road, Rottingdean. Buried in Rottingdean Churchyard |
LANGLEY |
Lila
Alice |
Civilian,
Fire Guard. Killed in an air raid at 224 New Church Road 29 March
1943. Aged 48. Daughter of Charles John and Florence Gear of 9,
Springfield Gardens, Clapton, London. Wife of Edward Langley.
Buried in Hove Municipal Borough Cemetery |
LONDON |
Ronald |
Flying
Officer, 227 Bomber Squadron (Lancaster 111’s) Balderton, Pilot
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Shot down over Germany 6 December
1944. Buried in Hanover War Cemetery |
PARKER |
Charles
William Ian |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner), No 50 Bomber Squadron. (Hampden 1 X2908 VN), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Operating from Lindholme and returning
from a raid on Hamburg the aircraft crashed into houses in Dunhill
Road, Poole, Lincs. There was one survivor but the other three
crew members were killed, including Sgt Parker, who was brought
home for burial 16 November 1940. Aged 19. Son of Captain Charles
Parker and Mrs Mary Parker of Rottingdean. Buried in Rottingdean
Churchyard |
PIGEON |
Arthur
Lionel |
Lieutenant,
217 Battery, 520th Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died at
home 1 December 1941. Aged 46. Son of Henry & Edith Marion Pidgeon.
Husband of Dorothy Louisa Pigeon of Rottingdean. Buried in Rottingdean
Churchyard |
PUGH |
Edward
Baldwyn |
Sergeant,
251st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers. Taken prisoner at Singapore
and died in captivity 10 December 1942. Aged 34. Details the same
as below. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. |
PUGH |
Cuthbert
Martin Parkhurst |
Private
5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. 18th Division. Taken prisoner
at Singapore and died in captivity 12 July 1943. Aged 30. Son
of The Rev Baldwyn de Fonmartin Pugh and Emily Marion Pugh of
Giselham Rectory, Suffolk. Husband of Joan Edith Pugh of Old Catton,
Norwich. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. |
REEVES |
John
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
SHAW |
George
Alfred |
Gunner,
459 Battery, 70th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
at home 30. 5.1941. Aged 38. Son of William & Julia Helen Shaw
of Rottingdean. Husband of Helen Priscilla Shaw of Hove. Buried
in Rottingdean Churchyard |
SNUDDEN |
George
Charles |
Able
Seaman Royal Navy HMS Yeoman. (Holland naval base) Died after
the war 10. 5.1945. Aged 40. Son of Charles George & Ellen Snudden
of Cosham, Hampshire. Buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Holland
|
STACEY |
Harry
Arthur |
Lieutenant,
HM Submarine ‘Swordfish’, Royal Navy. Left Portsmouth for her
patrol station off Brest but was mined off St Catherine’s Point,
Isle of Wight, with the loss of all 40 members of her crew. 7/16
November 1940. Aged 25. Wreck discovered in 1983. Son of Major
General Stacey DSO. Legion of Honour & Mrs Annette Stacey. Husband
of Mrs Una Dorothy Anne Stacey. Awarded the Royal Humane Society’s
Bronze Medal. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
STONE |
Harold |
Civilian,
War Reserve Constable, Brighton Borough Police. Injured at Rottingdean
18 December 1942, aged 40, and died the same day at The Royal
Sussex County Hospital. Son of Joseph Edward & Ellen Stone of
118, Grand Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey. Husband of Ethel Stone of
21, Stanmer Avenue, Saltdean. Buried in Brighton County Borough
Cemetery |
VINALL,
DFM, Twice Mentioned in Despatches |
James
William |
Flying
Officer (Flight Engineer), 214 Bomber Squadron (At the time flying
Fortress Mk11’s), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Shot down
over Southern Germany 17 March 1945. Aged 40. Son of James William
& Fanny Vinall. Husband of Laurie Evelyn Vinall of Rottingdean.
Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery |
WHITWORTH |
John
Nesbitt |
Major,
Royal Artillery attached 4th Divisional Headquarters, BEF, France.
Killed in action during the Dunkirk evacuation operations 31 May
1940. Aged 41. Son of Robert & Hilda Whitworth Husband of Kathleen
St John Whitworth of Ripon, Yorkshire. Buried in De Panne Communal
Cemetery |
WILDE |
Sidney
John Scott |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner), 115 Bomber Squadron (Wellington 1c R3202
KO J), Royal Air Force. Operating from Marham on a raid on Hamburg
the aircraft ditched in the sea off the island of Rottum, Holland.
All six members of the crew were drowned 3 August 1940. Pilot
Officer Wilde was 31. Son of Sidney & Iris Scott Wilde. Husband
of Ila Wilde of Howwood, Renfrewshire. Buried in Delfzijl General
Cemetery, Holland |
WILLIAMS |
Doris
Caroline Lucy |
Civilian.
Died in a bombing raid in Kemp Town, Brighton 23 February 1944.
Aged 23. Daughter of Mr & Mrs Cecil Williams of 246, Eastern Road,
Brighton. Buried in Brighton County Borough Cemetery. |
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