SOUTH HARTING WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2007
World War 2 and additional details Harting Heritage Group 2020
South
Harting Parish Church War Memorial can be found in the West Sussex village
to the south-east of Petersfield and includes the hamlets of East Harting,
West Harting, Nyewood and Habin. It takes the form of a large carved
memorial cross in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Mary &
St. Gabriel designed by Eric Gill. It is very difficult to read. There
are 37 names for World War 1 by surname and one christian name only
and 16 names for World War 2. Details of the men who died in World War
2 can also be found on Harting
Parish Council website, details of all men can be found on the Harting
Heritage pages.
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REMEMBER
THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WAR OF 1914-1919.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
AMESBURY |
Edwin
Frank |
Gunner
75952 205th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in action
on the Balkan Front 23 April 1917. Born in Kingston, Somerset and
enlisted in Chichester. Resident of Highbridge, Somerset. Buried
Karasouli Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece, |
BARNFIELD |
Lionel
Charles |
Private
7677 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 13th Division, Mesopotamia.
Died of disease during relief operations outside Kut El Amara 10
July 1916. Aged 29. Born and enlisted in Cheltenham Resident of
South Harting. Buried Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. |
BLACKMAN |
Albert
William |
Guardsman
11060 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Division, Killed in action
during an attack at Rue D’Overt near La Basse 23 December 1914.
Aged 43 Reservist Resident of Portsmouth Born in Harting and enlisted
in Chichester Buried Woburn Abbey Cemetery , Cuinchy |
BORRETT |
Alfred
Charles |
Private
G.808 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at home after the
war 14. 6, 1920. Aged 34 Nephew of M.A.Hughes. of South Harting
Bur St. Bartholomews Churchyard, Rogate. |
CLARK |
Frederick
Charles |
Corporal
8596 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division. Gallipoli.
Killed in action on Gallipoli 28 April 1915. Aged 25. Son of Frederick
& Anne Clark of Nyewood. Born in Eastbourne and enlisted in Winchester.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial |
EAMES |
George |
Sergeant
7668 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Divsion. Killed in
action on the opening day of the Somme Offensive 1 July 1916. Aged
27. Son of John & Mary Ann Eames of Harting. Born in Elsted, Sussex
and enlisted in Winchester. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
EDOM |
Enos |
Private
G.30807 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 41st Divsion.
Killed in action near Ypres 29 September 1918. Aged 17. Son of Edward
John & Alice Emily Edom of Nyewood. Born in Nyewood and enlisted
in Chichester. Formerly with the Royal West Surreys. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial |
GODDARD |
James
[Combs] |
Gunner
RMA/8577, H.M.S. "Good Hope,"
Royal Marine Artillery. Lost with the Armoured Cruiser during
the Battle of Coronel Islands off the coast of Chile 1 November
1914. Born 7 November 1881 in Lagness, Chicheter. Son of William
and Jane Goddard, of Elbridge, Bognor, Sussex; husband of Emily
(nee Trussler) Goddard, of 2, North Barn Cottage, Ertham, Sussex
married October to December QUarter 1905. Enlisted 19 December
1899 at Eastney Barracks, height 5 feet 8¼ inches, fresh
complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Before enrollment he was a
Farm Labourer. Reservist (RMR/IC/92), transferred to the Reserve
14 June 1905, recalled 24 July 1914. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 5.
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GOODSELL |
Edward
William Allman |
Rifleman
375743 2/10th Battalion, London Regiment. 58th London Division.
Killed in action at Amiens 15 September 1918. Aged 19. Son of Charles
Allman & Elizabeth Goodsell of Hampshire Farm House, South Harting.
Formerly with the Post Office Rifles (8th Londons). Born in Harting
and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated on the Vis En Artois Memorial |
HAYTER |
William
Albert |
Private
G.61160 6th Battalion, Royal West Surreys 12th Division. Killed
in action at Cambrai 20 November 1917. Born in Farlington Hampshire
and enlisted in Harting. Resident of South Harting Commemorated
on Cambrai Memorial |
HEYES |
Alfred
Garnett |
Private
1938 1st South Midland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Died of wounds in military hospital at Etaples 25 July 1916. Aged
19. Son of Mr A.H. & Mrs Flora Heyes of 33, Shirburn Road, Torquay.
Born in Heavitree, Devon. Enlisted in Birmingham. Formerly of South
Harting. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery |
HUTT |
Francis
Rodes |
Captain
"C" Company 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
9th Scottish Divsion. Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915.
Aged 49. Son of Maj.General Sir George Hutt KCB. & Lady Hutt of
Appley Towers, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Husband of Mrs Katherine Hutt
of Manor House, South Harting. Included on Ryde Town War Memorial
Buried Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos |
KNIGHT |
James |
Private
21397 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 4th Divsion. Killed in
action 23 October 1917. Aged 28. Son of Thomas & Mary Knight of
Habin near Harting. Husband of Fanny Louisa (remarried) later of
Fittleworth Born in Rogate and enlisted in Winchester. Buried Guards
Cemetery, Lesbouefs |
MATON |
Ernest
John |
Private
G.4932 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Divsion. Killed
in action at Delville Wood on the Somme 31 August 1916. Aged 35.
Son of George & Laura Maton of New House Farm, Grange, Alresford,
Hants. Husband of Mrs Harriett Maton of West Harting, Employed by
Foxcombe Farm. Born in Winchester and enlisted in Chichester. Left
7 children Buried Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers. |
NEW |
Ernest
George |
Driver
11507 "A" Battery 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action near Mametz 28 July 1916. Aged 20. Son of Mr &
Mrs New of Harting. Born in South Harting and enlisted in Southampton.
Buried Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz |
PACK |
George
Robert |
Private
G.834 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action during the attack on Ovillers on the 7 July 1916. Aged
23. Son of George & Emma Pack of East Harting. Born in East Harting
and enlisted in South Harting. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
POOK |
Enos |
Private
6716 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Divsion. Killed in
action on Gallipoli 25 September 1915. Aged 36. Son of George &
Sarah Pook of Harting. Born in Harting and enlisted in Winchester
Commemorated on Helles Memorial |
PORTER |
Percy
George |
Corporal
17619 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 40th Divsion. Killed in
action on the Somme 7 October 1916. Aged 21. Son of James & Frances
Porter of 49 Sheepwash Cottages, Westbourne. Born in Pagham and
enlisted in Portsmouth Included on Westbourne Parish Memorial Buried
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
PRIOR |
Albert
[Ernest] |
Albert’s grandfather, Henry 1829-1895, was employed as the
village Baker.
Harting in the 19th century was virtually self contained but children
wishing to follow in their father’s footsteps found it very
difficult to find employment away from agriculture.
His father Alban , born into a very well established family dating
back to at least John Prior 1680-1745, had left the village to
seek employment in Portsea as a Grocer’s Assistant. He took
lodgings and set to work.
Alban met and courted Annie Little from Havant, Hampshire and
they were married in Portsea in April 1877.
For almost 20 years Alban moved his family to his work. In 1881
they were living in Alton, Hampshire. In 1891 they had moved to
Lower Beeding, Sussex where Albert Ernest was born in the Registry
District of Horsham in April 1892.
The lure of the village was very strong as Alban and Annie brought
their son Albert to be baptised in the Parish Church on April
2nd 1893.
The death of Albert’s grandparents in 1895 may well have
been the reason for his father to resettle in the village. By
1901 Alban had added Baker’s assistant to his employment
description. The central village properties were not clearly numbered
but the enumerator’s circuit suggests that the Prior family
lived in the main village street.
The 1911 the Census shows that Albert had also taken employment
as a Grocer’s Assistant.
In 1914 at the outbreak of war Albert did not immediately enlist
because he had married Nellie Farnden on February 24th 1914 at
Westbourne Registry Office.
Their son Desmond Ernest Charles Prior was born on October 7th
1914 in Preston, Brighton in the Steyning Registration District.
However at the age of 23 years and 9 months on December 8th 1915
he visited Petersfield for a medical with the intention of joining
the Army. Issued with the number of G/17644 he joined the Queen’s
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
From December 1915 to October 6th 1916 Albert was based in England
as an Army Reservist.
He was posted as a member of the British Expeditionary Force to
France on October 7th 1916.
At some time after arriving in France Albert began to notice unusual
growths on his body with associated pain.
He reported sick in February 1917 with a swelling on his left
hip and several abscesses had grown on his body.
He was immediately seen by a Doctor who concluded “ it probably
was formed whilst serving as a grocer’s assistant and may
have been aggravated by active service”
Albert’s condition worsened and he could only walk with
the aid of crutches. He went before a Medical Board which concluded
that “ it was not caused by active service with certainty
but we consider that he may have become infected while sleeping
in barns in France. Aggravated BUT not caused by active service”
Albert had contracted Actinomycosis of the hip.
The Medical Board discharged Albert on August 24th 1917. “No
longer fit for service. He has a permanent and total incapacity.
He has declined the advised operation”
The Military Pensions Department speedily arranged payments to
his wife payable from August 22nd 1917.
A second child was born to Albert and Nellie on October 15th 1917.
He was christened Gilbert Ronald George Prior.
In 1917 a new facility was opened in Golders Green, London administered
by the Allied Hospital Benevolent Fund. The Hospital named Manor
House in North End Road opened with 102 beds in hutted wards.
Albert received nursing care in the home until he died on February
2nd 1919.
He was buried in Hendon Cemetery on Monday February 3rd 1919.
The Cemetery Register shows that the burial cost £3 10 shillings
of which 10 pence was for digging the grave.
His life had ended in such a tragic way.
He received no tribute from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
His widow with two sons remarried in March 1920 to William White.
It was in the name of Mrs Nellie White nee Prior of Collins Lane,
West Harting on November 12th 1920 that she accepted the King’s
Certificate on Albert’s discharge together with the British
and Victory medals.
In 1939 Nellie and William were living in the Keeper’s Cottage,
Uppark with their own son Norman who had been born in 1925. Her
son Gilbert was a tractor driver.
Tragedy was to befall the family once more as Gilbert
died in Singapore in 1944.
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PRIOR |
Henry |
Private
9382 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 4th Divsion. Died in France
18 April 1917. Aged 21. Son of Alban & Annie Prior of South Harting.
Born in Harting and enlisted in Petersfield. Buried Vevy (St. Martins)
Cemetery |
PRIOR |
Harry
James |
Private
SD. 381 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 21 October 1915. Son of Henry and Sarah Prior
of South Harting. Brother of Henry Prior who also died. Husband
of Mrs May Prior (remarried to Charles Graver) of Marden Cottage,
East Harting. Aged 23. Born in Nyewood and enlisted in Chichester
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
RIXON |
Frederick |
Private
19113 7th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 26th Division, Balkan
Front Killed in action 24 April 1917. Aged 37. Son of Mr Rixon &
Mrs Charlotte Rixon. Husband of Mrs Annie Rixon of 3, Quebec Cottages,
West Harting. Born in Burnham, Bucks, and enlisted in Reading. Commemorated
on Doiran Memorial, Macedonia, Greece. |
ROSE |
Charles |
Trooper
5753 19th (Queen Alexandra’s) Hussars Died of wounds at Cambrai
25 November 1917. Aged 26. Son of Henry & Leah Rose of Hurst Cottage.
Formerly of Harting. Born in Hampshire and enlisted in Winchester.
Brother of Henry Resident of Alresford, Hants. Commemorated on Cambrai
Memorial |
ROSE |
Henry
J. |
Gunner
54448 Royal Field Artillery 72nd Battery 38th Brigade. Killed in
action on the Somme 25 September 1916. Aged 27. Son of Henry & Leah
Rose of Hurst Cottage, Formerly of Harting. Born in Sherfield, Hants
and enlisted in Bishops Sutton. Resident of Bishops Sutton, Hants.
Brother of Charles Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
ROSE |
Alfred
William |
Private
TF.203972 1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 56th London Divsion.
Died of wounds 31 May 1918. Aged 33. Son of Charles & Martha Rose
of South Harting. Born in Harting and enlisted in Petersfield Buried
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension |
SMIJTH-WINDHAM |
Arthur |
Drowned
when SS Persia was torpedoed 71 miles south-east by south of Cape
Martello, Crete, on 30 December 1915 by U-boat U38 captained by
Christian August Max Alhmann Valentiner. In the passenger list of
The Times 3 January 1916, pg 11, issue 41053, column G, he is listed
as passenger A R Windham, travelling from Marseilles to Port Said.
No known grave.
SS
Persia was built by Caird & Company Invercyde Greenock, in Yard
No 295 in 1900 and launched 13 August 1900. She was a Passenger
Cargo Vessel, 7974 gross tons, owned by Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Company. When she was torpedoed by U38 she lost
around 334 crewmembers and passengers. The torpedo struck her on
the port bow.
Note:
The strange spelling has a Dutch connection. Through the years this
has seen many changes to fit in an Anglicised form, SMIJTH is sometimes
spelt Smith or dropped completely and Windham is also spelt Wyndham. |
SMITH |
William
George |
Private
50212 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home
12. 3.28. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs John Smith of Square South Harting.
Born in Didling and enlisted in Chichester, Buried Felixstowe New
Cemetery, Suffolk |
SOAL |
Arthur |
Private
G.1128 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Vermelles 9 November 1915. Aged 24. Son of William
& Emma Soal of South Harting. Employee of Nyewood Brickworks. Born
in Ryefield and enlisted in Nyewood. Brother of William Soal Buried
Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles |
SOAL |
William |
Private
G.5761 10th Reserve Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at home
14 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of William & Emma Soal of Nyewood. Born
in Harting. Enlisted in Shepherds Bush, West London. Brother of
Arthur Soal Buried Bear Road Cemetery, Brightyon |
WATTS |
Andrew
George |
Private
G.660 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Vermelles 4 March 1916. Aged 27. Son of Henry & Agnes
Watts of High Street, Buriton, Hampshire. Born in Buriton and enlisted
in Hastings. Included on Buriton Parish Memorial Buried Vermelles
British Cemetery |
WELLS |
Robert
Albert |
Rifleman
45348 6th Battalion, London Regiment. 58th London Divsion. Killed
in action 6 August 1918. Aged 18. Son of Frank & Emily Alice Wells
of Ivor Villa South Harting. Born in Harting and enlisted in Brighton
Formerly 53rd K.R.R.C. Buried Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension |
WHITE |
Henry
George |
Private
PO/12011 Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Battalion, Royal
Naval Divsion. Killed in action on Gallipoli 20 August 1915. Aged
34. Son of Henry & Alice White of 5, Park Road, South Harting. Husband
of Beatrice Agnes White (Re married) of Fratton Portsmouth Born
in South Harting. Brother of Douglas White Buried Lancashire Landing
Cemetery, Gallipoli. |
WHITE |
Douglas
Aymos |
Private
TF.202984 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 41st Divsion. Killed
in action near Ypres 2 August 1917. Aged 20. Son of Henry & Alice
White of 5, Park Road, South Harting. Born in Harting. Brother of
Henry George White Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium |
WHITE |
Ernest
Edwin Percy |
Stoker
1st Class K/23912 Royal Navy HMS "Queen Mary" Lost with
the Battlecruiser at the Battle of Jutland 31, 5.16. Aged 20. Son
of William & Martha Elizabeth White of Putmans Lane, West Harting.
Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
WILLIAMS |
Frank
Herbert |
Private
TF. 280410 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 75th Division. Killed
in action in Palestine 1 December 1917. Aged 21. Son of Richard
& Emma Williams of Uppark, South Harting. Born in Harting and enlisted
in Petersfield. Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel |
WINTER |
Edward
James |
Lance
Sergeant R/27574 19th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 41st Divsion.
Died of wounds near Ypres 31 July 1917. Aged 31. Son of William
& Mary Ann Elizabeth Winter of Harting. Husband of Eva May Winter.
Born in Eastbourne and enlisted in Chichester Buried in Voormezeele
Enclosure No 3, Belgium |
WOOD |
James |
Private
2185, 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action
14 November 1916. Aged 30 years 9 months. Born 9 May 1889 in Tiverton,
Devon. Son of Frank and Lizzie Wood (nee Davey), resident Nyewood,
Sussex; husband of Mary (nee Wakefield) Wood, one daughter Ethel
living in Brisbane, Australia. Admitted to Tiverton, Heathcote School,
18 May 1896, son of Frank Wood, resident Gold Street, Tiverton,
previously educated at Bampton Street School, Tiverton, completed
his time and left 30 September 1896. Resident Everton Park, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia. Emigrated aged 24 years. No known grave.
Commeorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Australian
Roll of Honour Circular |
Buried
in the Churchyard but not on the Memorial |
PACK |
William |
Private
G/32936 3rd (reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at
home 7 December 1919. Aged 23. Son of George & Emma Pack of East
Harting. Brother of George Pack Buried St. Mary & St. Gabriel Churchyard
South Harting |
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BONIFACE |
Frederick
John |
Private
27884, Army Catering Corps. Died 16 March 1944. Aged 54. Son of
John and Fanny Boniface; husband of A. Boniface, of Petersfield,
Hampshire. Also served in the 1914-18 war. Buried in Harting (SS.
Mary and Gabriel) Churchyard, Sussex. |
COOMBES |
Harold
Sidney James |
Able
Seaman P/JX 282317, H.M.S. Calpe, Royal Navy. Died of Mastoidectomy
in 94 General Hospital, Algeirs, North Africa, 29 January 1944.
Born 17 August 1923 in West Harting. Son of Benjamin Robert and
Ethel Daisy Coombes, of Liss, Hampshire. In the 1939 Register
he was a Farm Labourer Heavy Worker, unmarried, resident with
his parents at 5 Quebec Cottage, West Harting, Midhurst R.D.,
Sussex. Buried in Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. Plot 4.
Row E. Grave 22.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
COOMBES
Harold Sidney James of Higher Oakshott Cottages Hawkley Liss Hampshire
died 29 January 1944 on war service Administration Winchester
26 January to Ethel Daisy Coombes (wife of Benjamin Robert Coombes).
Effects £115 12s. 7d.
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COOMBES |
Reginald
Arthur George |
Driver
T/10663073, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 9 October 1943. Aged
32. Son of Benjamin Robert and Ethel Daisy Coombes; husband of Winifred
Mary Coombes, of Petersfield, Hampshire. Buried in Bari War Cemetery,
Italy. Plot X. Row E. Grave 11. |
FLORY |
Eric
Henderson |
Warrant
Supply Officer, H.M.S. King George V, Royal Navy. Died 24 June 1942.
Aged 38. Son of Jane Flory; husband of Ivy Kathleen Flory, of Harting,
Sussex. Buried in Bootle Cemetery, Lancashire. War Graves Group.
Church of England. Collective grave 19. |
GODFREY |
Arthur
Stuart Talbot |
Lieutenant
Colonel 44868, Royal Engineers attached to Commands and Staff. Killed
in action in United Kingdom 14 May 1942. Born 15 March 1910. Born
Surrey, resident London S.W. In the 1939 Register he was married,
a Stockbroker, resident 110 Inverness Terrace, Bayswater, City of
Westminster, Paddington, London. Buried in Brookwood 1939-1945 Cemetery,
Surrey. Panel 4. Column 2. |
HODGES |
Horace
Sydney |
Flight
Lieutenant 60587, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 April
1942. Aged 51. Born 25 July 1891. Son of Horace William and Katherine
Helen Hodges; husband of May Hodges, of Pinner, Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was a Clerk at a Petroleum Company, married to
May, resident 127 Waxwell Lane, Pinner, Harrow U.D., Middlesex.
Buried in Harting (SS. Mary and Gabriel) Churchyard, Sussex. |
HOLBROOK |
Geoffrey
Norman |
Lieutenant
106685, 12 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse
Artillery. Killed in action in Italy 10 April 1945. Aged 24. Born
London, resident London S.W. Commissioned 3 November 1939. Son of
Commander N. D. Holbrook, V.C., R.N., and Viva Holbrook, of Petersfield,
Hampshire. Buried in Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy. Plot I. Row G.
Grave 8. |
HUMPHREY |
Harold
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Lance
Corporal 5380655, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action In France 21 May 1940. Aged 28.
Born Portsmouth, resident Hampshire. Son of Henry and Amy Humphrey;
husband of Gladys Mary Humphrey, of Petersfield, Hampshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France. Column 92. |
HUTCHINS |
Arthur
John |
Gunner
1094228, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died when the
Japanese ship 'Hofuku Maru' on which he was being transported
was sunk by planes from an American Aircraft Carrier, 80 miles
north of Corregidor,
21 September 1944. Aged 33. Born Rake, Hampshire, resident Eckensfield,
Compton, Chichester, Sussex. Son of Edwin and Mary Hutchins; husband
of Lily May Hutchins, of West Marden, Sussex. No known grave.
Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Column 21.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
HUTCHINS
Arthur John of Eckensfield Compton Chichester
died on or since 21 September 1944 on war service Administration
Winchester 30 March to Lily May Hutchins widow.
Effects £321 7s. 6d.
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MAGUIRE |
Alan
Harry |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 42015, Royal Air Force. Died 7 January 1940. Aged
20. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter 1920 in the Chertsey
Registration District, Surrey. Son of Commander Alfred Maguire,
R.N., and Alice Hermione Maguire, of Nyewood, Sussex. Buried in
Llantwit Major Cemetery, Glamorganshire. Section C. Grave 3. |
MILES |
Vernon
George |
Chief
Petty Officer P/J 103886, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Lost with his
ship at sea 24 May 1941 when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship
'Bismarck'. Born 5 May 1906 in Hambledon, Hampshire [Naval Record]
or 16 May 1906 [School Record]. Admitted to Harting Church of England
School, Harting, Sussex, 24 April 1911, son of George Miles, resident
East Harling. In the 1911 census he was aged 4, born Hambledon,
son of George and Etty Miles, resident Green Lane, Hambledon, Hampshire.
Originally enlisted 5 May 1924 for 12 years (5 years plus 7 years
Reserve), a Boy Labourer by trade, height 5 feet 6 inches, chest
37¾ inches, fair hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. No known
grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel
46, Column 1. |
PENMAN |
Andrew
James |
Flying
Officer 113875, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 9 October 1942. Aged 32. Son of Andrew John and May Penman,
of East Harting, Sussex; brother of Philip Penman (below). B.Sc.,
Economics (Lond.). No known grave. Commemorated on Alamein Memorial,
Egypt. Column 248. |
PENMAN |
Phillip
Graham |
Major
182973, 46th (The Liverpool Welsh), Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Killed in action in Italy 3 November 1943. Aged 24. Born 16 July
1919 in London S.W., resident Hampshire. Birth registered in the
July to September Quarter 1919 in Kingston Registration District,
Surrey. Son of Andrew John and May Penman; brother of Andrew Penman
(above). In the 1939 Register he was an Agricultural Student, resident
Hollow, Kingston Upon Thames, Maldon and Coombe M.B., Surrey. Buried
in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Plot XIV. Row D. Grave 32. |
PRIOR |
Gilbert
Ronald George |
Leading
Aircraftman 1307269, 2837 Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13 February 1945. Aged 27. Son of
Mrs. N. White, of West Marden, Sussex; his father died in World
War 1 [See above]. No known grave. Commemorated
on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column
453.
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SAWKINS |
Kenneth
|
Sergeant
1318133, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 16
November 1944. Aged 20. Birth registered in the October to December
Quarter 1923 in Midhurst Registration District, Sussex. Son of Arthur
and Gladys Sawkins, of West Harting, Sussex. Buried in Venray War
Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Plot V. Row C. Collective grave
5-8. |
TANCOCK |
Frederick
William |
Able
Seaman C/SS 8563, H.M.S. Forfar, Royal Navy. Died at sea 2 December
1940. Born 11 May 1900 in Southwark, London. In the 1901 census
he was newborn, born Southwark, Surrey, son of Frederick W and Caroline
Tancock, resident 53, Webber Row, St George the Martyr Southwark,
St Saviour Southwark, London & Surrey. In the 1911 census he
was aged 10, born Southwark, Surrey, son of Frederick W and Caroline
Tancock, resident 48, Little Surrey Street, Southwark S.E., Southwark
St George the Martyr, London & Surrey. Prior to initial enlistment
he was a Music Printer. First enlisted 27 May 1918 for 5 years and
7 years Reserve, height 5 feet 4½ inches, chest 36 inches,
auburn hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. In the 1939 Register he
was married, working on Engineering Departmen G.P.O. Duty, resident
73, Lancaster Street, Elephant and Castle, Southwark, London. No
known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel
36, Column 1.
Extract from England
& Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:
TANCOCK
Frederick William of 73 Lancaster-street London
S.E.1 died on or since 2 December 1940 on war service
Administration Winchester 12 January to Laura
Maud Tancock widow.
Effects £364 13s. 8d.
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