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

Jack

No further information currently available.

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’’