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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.

Photographs Copyright © Chris Comber 2007

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.

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.

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

1939-1945

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.

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
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.

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.

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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