
STEDHAM WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2004
The memorial is in
the form of a polished wooden tablet on the North wall of St. James's
Church listing 7 local men recorded by name, rank, and unit.
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Photographs
Copyright © Chris Comber 2006
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1914-1918
BRIDGER |
Cornelius
William |
Boy
1st Class J/45406/PO, HMS "Defence", Royal Navy. Lost
with the Armoured Cruiser during the Battle of Jutland 31st May
1916. Aged 16. Nephew of Mrs. M. Wells of Stedham. Commemorated
on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial MR.3. |
FORSHALL |
John |
Lieutenant
"C" Battery, 123rd Brigade, The Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 12th April 1918. Aged 20. Son of Francis Scimegour
Hude and Mrs. Isabella Forshall of "Tentworth", Midhurst. Buried
in Couin New British Cemetery. F.204 |
LINTOTT |
Horace |
Sapper
204360, 1st Reserve Battalion, The Royal Engineers. Died
at home 27th April 1917. Aged 35. Husband of Mrs. Ethel C. Lintott
of Ingrams Green, Bridgelands, Midhurst. Born in Stedham and enlisted
in Chichester. Buried in St. James Churchyard, Stedham |
MOSELEY |
George |
Private
SD/4224, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th
Division. Killed in action on the Somme 3rdf September 1916. Born
in Minstead and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin, Stedham. Buried
in Knightsbridge Cemetery F.220 |
STACEY |
Sidney |
Lance
Corpora0l G/1611, 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (Pioneers).
18th Division. Died of wounds at Bernafay Wood on the
Somme 14th July 1916. Aged 26. Son of Charles and Edith Stacey of
Stedham Born in Stedham and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Neuville
British Cemetery F.66. |
TRIBE |
Frank
John |
Sergeant
TF/200238, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd
Division. Killed in action at the First Battle of Gaza 26th March
1917. Aged 26. Husband of Mrs. Hetty Tribe of "Lynton", Midhurst.
Son of Mr and Mrs. John Tribe, Wheelwright and Blacksmith of Station
Road, Midhurst. Born and enlisted in Midhurst. Commemorated on The
Jerusalem Memorial MR.34 |
WREN |
Benjamin |
Private.G/40370,
16th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. 33rd
Division. Killed in acion 27th October 1916. Aged 29. Born in Ryde,
Isle of Wight and enlisted in Midhurst. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth
Wren of Wimbourne, Dorset. Husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Maria Wren
of Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. Next of kin, 'Wispers', Stedham.
Formerly Royal Sussex Regiment. Wimborne Minster W.M. and St. Johns
Church W.M. Commemorate on The Thiepval Memorial Mr.21 |
Last updated:
11 January, 2006
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