Roll of Honour - Sussex

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Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

TICEHURST WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2012
research Chris Comber

The Ticehurst War Memorial takes the form of a Devonshire granite cross that stands beside the road in the village. The memorial takes the form of a Celtic wheel cross mounted on a tapering shaft which in turn is mounted on a three-stepped nase. The whole area is surrounded by a metal fence and the World War 2 commemoration is in the form of an additional stone of remembrance sited at the edge of the memorial area. The memorial was originally dedicated by the Rev. G H Gray amnd unveiled by Lt-Col G L Courthope on 27 February 1921 and rededicated by the Dean of Battle on 27 July 1947. There are 62 names for World War 1 and 20 added for World War 2.

From an old postcard

LEST WE FORGET OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 - 1918

AKEHURST	Alexander James	Private TF/1539 1/5th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Akehurst of Ticehurst. Born Bellhurst, Etchingham and enlisted in Wadhurst. No known grave. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial
AYLARD	Percy Frederick	Private G/12938 9th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 24th. Division. Killed in action at Messines 11 June 1917. Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs H.E. Aylard of Church Street, Ticehurst. Born Ticehurst enlisted in Warley, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Y.pres.
BALCOMBE	Richard	Sergeant TF/500 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 25. Son of Richard & Sarah Balcombe of 10, Church Street, Ticehurst. Born @ enlisted in Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial
BALDOCK	R	LCD - No further information currently available
BALDWIN	Rueben	Private G.4136 9th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 24th. Division. Killed in action on the River Avre 3 April 1918. Aged 37. Son of Mr & Mrs Baldwin of Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial
BARROW	John	(Possibly) Private G.9137 8th. Battalion, East Kent Regiment 24th. Division. Died of wounds 20 August 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted in Goudhurst, Kent. Buried in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly Le Sec
BISHOP	Arthur William	Second Lieutenant 9th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 24th. Division. Killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive 21 March 1918. Aged 22 Formerly with the 1/4th. (TF) Battalion. Son of Mr & Mrs R C.Bishop 33, The High Street, Ticehurst. Buried in Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension.
BLENDELL	George R	Gunner RMA 6584 Royal Marine Artillery (Eastney H.Q.) Died at home 9 June 1916. Aged 39. Husband of Minnie Blendell of 14, Troy Town, Peckham Rye, London. Born in Richmond, Surrey. Buried in Ticehurst (St. Mary) Churchyard.
CHAPMAN	Frank James Albert	Private TF/2502 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action near Cambrin 8 July 1915. Aged 19. Born in Ticehurst & enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Cambrin Churchyard Cemetery Extension
COLVIN	Frederick James	Private 61621 15/17th. Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 31st. Division. Killed in action 12 April 1918. Aged 18. Son of Mr & Mrs Colvin of Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial bur Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck.
DOWLING	Sidney	Private TF 202263 13th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division. Killed in action 27 March 1918. Aged 20. Son of Edmund & Eliza Dowling of Ticehurst. Born in Wadhurst and enlisted in Rye. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial
EALDEN	Horace	Private 8226 1st. Battalion, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry 17th. Indian Brigade. 6th. (Poona) Indian Division. Mesopotamia. Died of wounds in Kut 17 December 1915. Born in Cranbrook and enlisted in Canterbury. Buried in Kut War Cemetery Iraq.
FLETCHER	Thomas Samuel	Private TF/1976 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Died of wounds 27 June 1916. Aged 23. Son of Arthur & Jane Fletcher of London Road, Hertford Heath. Herts. Born in Hertford Heath & enlisted in Ticehurst. Buried in Couin British Cemetery
GEARING	Joseph	Private GS 769 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Reservist. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 37. Son of Joseph & Annie Blackley Gearing of 12, Limetree Terrace, Eastbourne. Husband of Mary Anne Gearing (remarried) later of Edinburgh. Born St Mary’s, Eastbourne and enlisted in Eastbourne. Not included on Eastbourne Memorials Connection with Ticehurst unknown. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial
GOBLE	Rupert Esli	Private F.3323 23rd. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 41st. Division. Killed in action near Messines 7 June 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr Esli Goble (Grocer) and Mrs Elizabeth Anne Goble of “Limden” Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
GRANT	Charles	Private G. 5173 7th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 12th. Division. Killed in action on the Somme 4 August 1916. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs Harry Grant of Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst & enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
GRIFFITHS	David George (MC)	Lieutenant The Royal Field Artillery 84th. Brigade Died at home after the war 17 December 1918. Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs George Griffiths of Bakers Farm, Ticehurst. Served 8 years in the Royal Navy. Buried in Llangranog (St David) Churchyard near Aberport, Cardiganshire.
HARMER	F A	Corporal - No further information currently available
HARMER	Herbert Henry G	Lance Corporal G.40320 23rd. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 41st. Division. Killed in action 8 November 1918. Aged 41. Son of James & Fanny Harmer. Husband of Agnes Mabel Harmer (remarried). Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Zantevoorde Britiah Cemetery, Belgium
HART	William John	Company Sergeant Major TF/528 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Killed in action on the Somme 27 June 1916. Aged 42. Born in Hammersmith and enlisted in Ticehurst. Buried in Couin British Cemetery
HASELDEN	E	Gunner - No further information currently available
HEDGER	Charles Albert	Private 52650 60th. Company The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Killed in action near Ypres 20 September 1917. Aged 20. Son of Kate Hedger of Ticehurst. Born in Kilndown, Kent and enlisted in East Grinstead. Formerly with the 5th. Lancers. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial
JENNER	Albert Ernest	Private SD.3608 13th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division. Died of wounds 3 July 1916. Aged 29. Son of Mr Jenner & Mrs Mercy Jenner of Three Legged Cross, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Taken prisoner on the 30 June 1916 and died in captivity. Buried in Douai Communal Cemetery
JUDGE	Arthur James	Lance Corporal RX4/275914 Royal Army Service Corps 59th. Remount Squadron (Aldershot) Died at home post war 8 March 1919. Aged 31. Husband of Mrs A J Judge of The Village, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst. Buried in Ticehurst (St Mary’s) Churchyard.
KEMP	Charles Albert	Private GS 699 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915. Aged 49 Reservist. Son Henry & Rebecca Kemp of “Clarehust Cottage” Union Hill, Flimwell. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial.
KENNEDY	Harry Alexander	Lieutenant Canadian Expeditionary Force and Royal Flying Corps (General List) Killed in action 22 August 1917. Buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery.
LEANEY	John Daniel	Private TF/242731 2/5th. Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment Killed in action at Ypres 9 October 1917. Aged 25. Son of James & Isabell Leaney of Rosemary Lane, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly with the Royal Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial
LEANEY	James William	Lance Corporal G.31351 6th. Battalion, the Royal West Kent Regiment 12th. Division. Killed in action 9 August 1918. Aged 26. Son of James & Emily Leaney of 35, Napier Road, Hawkenbury, Kent. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in Morlancourt British Cemetery No 2
LEANEY	William	Able Seaman 223480 Royal Navy H.M. Submarine E6. Lost with the submarine when it sank with all hands after hitting a nine off Harwich 26 December 1915. Aged 29. Son of Mr & Mrs George Leaney of Ticehurst. Husband of Beatrice Kate Leaney (remarried) later of Gosport, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial
LONGLEY	William Charles	Gunner RMA 14553 Royal Marine Artillery HMS “Collingwood” Died on active service with the Grand Fleet in Scotland 7 March 1918. Aged 24. Son of Mr W.H. & Mrs Lucy Longley of Birchetts Green, Wallcrouch, Ticehurst. Buried in Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery
MALLION	Albert (MM)	Rifleman 1179 1st. Battalion, Rifle Brigade 4th. Division. Killed in action on the Somme 9 August 1916. Aged 28. Son of George & Hannah Mallion of Burwash. Born in Burwash and enlisted in London. Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery
MANN	Henry Matthew	Private G.52101 24th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 2nd. Division. Killed in action at Arras 29 April 1917. Aged 24 Enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial
MERCER	Charles Ellis	Lance Corporal 393676 9th. Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) 58th. Division. Died of wounds at Etaples 19 April 1917. Aged 32. Husband of Kate Eleanor Mercer of Wardsbrook, Ticehurst. Enlisted in London. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery
MESSAGE	Edgar	Private TF/ 2479 1/5.Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 22. Son of Herbert & Miriam Message of “The Old School House” Rushlake Green, Warbleton. Born in Warbleton and enlisted in Hastings. Included on Warbleton Parish Church War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial
MITTEN	William Harold	Able Seaman J/43750 Royal Navy H.M.S. “Valentine” Flotilla Leader. Died at sea 9 November 1917. Aged 19. Son of William John & Margaret Anne Newick of 125, Queens Road, Hastings. Born Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial
MOON	Charles	Private 33367 1/1st. Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment 37th. Division. Killed in action 4 November 1918. Aged 20. Son of George & Rebecca Moon of Ticehurst. Born in Flimwell & enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Ghissignies British Cemetery.
NEEVES	Walter	Private 9699 Royal Army Medical Corps 21st. Field Ambulance Killed in action near Ypres 5 October 1917. Aged 47. Husband of Lucy Neeves. Born in Burwash and enlisted in Chester. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial
NEWICK	Frank	Private G. 31368 6th. Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 12th. Division. Killed in action 21 September 1918. Aged 26. Son of Henry & Emily Newick. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Hastings. Formerly RASC. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy
NEWNHAM	Herbert Belton	Private TF/2486 1/5th. Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Killed in action 27 June 1916. Son of Mr Newnham & Mrs K. Newnham of Gardner Street, Herstmonceux. Born in Warbleton an enlisted in Hastings. Included on Warbleton Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Couin British Cemetery.
NICKOLLS	Frederick Charles	Private 25168 1st. Battalion, The Wellington Regiment New Zealand Division. Killed in action at Messines 7 June 1917. Aged 21. Son of Henry Albert & Constance Nickolls of 28, Allen Street, Christchurch. New Zealand Native of Wellington. Ticehurst connection unknown Commemorated, The Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial
OSBORNE	Arthur	Sergeant 43087 197th. Company The Machine Gun Corps Killed in action at Ypres 31 July 1917. Aged 29. Son of William Osborne (Gamekeeper) and Hannah Osborne of Ticehurst. Husband of Daisy Osborne of 44, Granville Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Born in Flimwell and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Included on Tunbridge Wells War Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial Ypres
PARKS	Walter	Private G.4428 13th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division. Died of wounds 19 March 1918. Aged 23 Brother of Geoffrey Parks of Lower Hazelhurst Farm Wallcrouch, Wadhurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery
PIERCE	Herbert	Private G.8459 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Bazentin Le Petit 17 August 1916. Aged 23. Son of Thomas & Rose Pierce of 9, Church Street, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
PIERCE	Arthur Edward	Lance Corporal G.8460 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Munster Alley on the Somme 23 July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Thomas & Rose Pierce of 9, Church Street, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
PIPER	Charles	Private SD.1093 11th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division. Died of wounds 8 July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Thomas & Harriett Piper of Wardbrook, Ticehurst. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension.
PUXTY	Charles Edward	Private 2405 2nd. Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 28th. Division. Killed in action at Mousetrap Farm, near Ypres 8 May 1915. Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs Puxty of Ticehurst. Born and enlisted in Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial Ypres
RELF	Clarence H	Gunner 54859 208th. Siege Battery The Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in action near Ypres 21 June 1917. Aged 31. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Flimwell. Buried in Underhill Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
RUSSELL	Ernest Walter	Private TF/ 3184 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 20. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hastings. Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial
SANDS	Edward George	Stoker 1st. Class 217629 Royal Navy HMS “Monmouth” Lost with the Cruiser in action with German cruisers off The Coronel, Islands, Chile, 1 November 1914. Aged 29. Son of George & Martha Sands of Marchants Cottage, Laughton near Lewes. Born in Burwash. No known grave. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial
STEVENS	Alfred	Private TF/ 2485 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Brother of Oliver Stevens of 39, St. Peters Road, Old Woking Village, Woking, Surrey. Born in Woking and enlisted in Hastings. Included on Woking War Memorial. Buried in Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy.
STYLES	William Charles	(Possibly) Private 24646 1st. Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment Indian Army Died in India 6 May 1916. Aged 21. Son of William & Emma Styles of Ticehurst. Buried in Delhi War Cemetery, India
SWEETMAN	Frederick	Private 5458 1st. Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 5th. Division. Died of wounds 30 July 1916. Aged 44. Son of Mr & Mrs William Sweetman of Tunbridge Wells. Husband of Mrs Susan Sweetman of 2, Chandos Road, Tunbridge Wells. Born in Brenchley, enlisted Tonbridge. Formerly of Ticehurst. Included on Wadhurst Memorial. Buried in Dartmoor Cemetery.
SWEATMAN	John Henry	Private TF/240309 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Killed in an air raid 15 September 1917. Aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs William Sweatman of Station Road, Hurst Green. Born in Burwash and enlisted in Ticehurst. Included at Etchingham & Hurst Green. Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium
TRIMMER	Frederick William George	Private (Bugler) TF/ 202264 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Oost Dunkerke Bains 10 July 1917. Aged 18. Son of Thomas & Emily Trimmer of Church Road, Ticehurst. Born in Shirley, Surrey and enlisted in Rye. Formerly with the 1/5th. Battalion. Buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery
TRIMMER	Reginald Charles	Lance Corporal TF/1674 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 48th. Division. Killed in action 16 August 1916. Aged 21. Son of Thomas & Emily Trimmer of Church Road, Ticehurst. Born Farrington, Hampshire enlisted in Wadhurst. Employee of Mr Morris, Tailor of Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
VENNER	William	Private 17459 9th. Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 11th. Northern Division. Killed in action at Green Hill, Suvla Bay 22 August 1915. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Hunworth near Holt, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial
VENNER	Victor	Private G.540 6th. Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 12th. Division. Killed in action at Ovillers 3 July 1916. Born in Ticehurst and enlisted in Tonbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
VENNER	Bertram	Private 1031096 16th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry (The Manitoba Regiment) 1st. Canadian Division. Killed in action 27 September 1918. Aged 30. Son of William & Fanny Venner of Ticehurst. Husband of Daisy Lawrence Venner of Richmond Hill, Long Island, USA. Buried in Sains Les Marquion British Cemetery
VIGOR	Henry	Lance Corporal SD.1106 13th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th. Division. Killed in action near Railway Wood, Ypres 27 September 1917. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Vigor of Berners Hill, Ticehurst. Later of 130, The High Street, Tooting. Born in Flimwell and enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial
WEEKES	Cecil Raymond	Private G. 8403 2nd. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Died of wounds 5 October 1918. Aged 30. Son of Mr Weekes and Mrs E. Weekes of Lower Gate, Ticehurst. Born in Stonegate near Wadhurst and enlisted in Epsom, Surrey. Buried in Etretat Churchyard Extension
WELLS	Albert Oswald	Private 41110 1st. Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 36th. Division. Killed in action near Arras 19 May 1917. Aged 26. Son of Harry & Annie Elizabeth Wells of Church Hill Cottage, Etchingham. Born in Burwash and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly Middlesex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial
WRIGHT	William John	Private TF/2266 1/5th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action at Richebourg 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Albert & Elizabeth Wright of Wadhurst. Born in Wadhurst and enlisted in Hastings. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial
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ACRES	Bernard Henry John	Private 7th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Killed in action in Northern France 18 May 1940. Aged 20. Son of Walter & Rosa Acres of Wallcrouch, Ticehurst Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension.
BAKER	William James	Corporal 5th. Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment Killed in action in Tunisia 24 January 1943. Aged 31. Son of William & Lilly Baker of Stonegate. Husband of Rachael Winifred Joyce Baker of Stonegate. Included on Stonegate Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Massicault War Cemetery
BARR	Alfred George	Rifleman 9th. Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action during the evacuation from Greece 27 April 1941. Aged 30. Son of Philip and Anna Barr. Husband of Helen Alice Barr of Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Athens Memorial.
COLVIN	Cecil	Sapper 279 Field Company Royal Engineers Died at home 26 April 1944. Aged 24. Son of Frederick & Kate Colvin of Ticehurst Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Flimwell Churchyard.
DOUST	Frederick James Thomas	Stoker 1st. Class Royal Navy HMS “Acheron” Lost when the destroyer was mined off St. Catherine’s Point, Isle of Wight 17 December 1940. Aged 39. Son of Frederick & Harriett Doust. Husband of Freda Gertrude Doust of Ticehurst. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
DOWLING	William George	Private Australian Infantry 24th. Anti Tank Company Killed in action in Tobruk 7 June 1941. Aged 35. Son of Edmund & Eliza Ellen Dowling of Haywards Heath. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
GOLDING	Albert	Private 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Killed in action at E.Alamein 1 November 1942. Aged 24. Son of Frank & Catherine Golding of Flimwell Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
HARVEY	Donald George Robert	Lieutenant Royal Engineers Mentioned in Despatches Killed in action in Normandy 14 August 1944. Aged 25. Son of George Alfred Sydney & Dora Annie Mary Harvey of Wallcrouch, Ticehurst. Buried in Banneville La Campagne War Cemetery
HORSFALL	William Mark	Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery Died at home 11 February 1940. Aged 52 Served in 1914/18 War. Mentioned in Despatches. Son of Joseph John Mendelsshon and Thirza Sophia Horsfall. Husband of Frances Carrie Horsfall of Ticehurst. Buried in Woking ( St Johns) Crematorium
HYLAND	Albert Frederick	Private 1/7th. Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Killed in action in Normandy 29 July 1944. Aged 22. Son of Frederick George and Adelaide Hyland of Wallcrouch, Ticehurst. Buried in Fontenay Le Pesnel War Cemetery Tessel.
LEWIS	Basil Frank	Corporal Royal Air Force Died in S.E. Asia 29 November 1943. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial
MADLE	Patrick Driscoll	Private The Royal Sussex Regiment Died at home 26 October 1944. Aged 18. Son of Leonard Arthur & Florence Damaris Madle. Nephew of Mr D.Quail. Buried in Ticehurst (St. Mary) Churchyard
MCDOWALL	Peter Carey Stuart	Lieutenant 2/4th. Battalion, Prince of Wale’s Own Gurkha Rifles. Taken prisoner and escaped across the Swiss border from Italy and died during his internment in Switzerland 10 August 1944. Aged 25. Son of Colin Francis & Laura McDowall of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Buried in Vevy (St Martins) Cemetery, Switzerland
NEWTON	Gilbert Arthur Charles	Lieutenant 19th. Field Regiment The Royal Artillery Killed in action in Tunisia 31 March 1943. Aged 28. Son of Gilbert Ford Newton and Kathleen Newton of Hastings. Buried in Medjez El Bab War Cemetery
PAGE	Michael Stuart	Major Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 156th. Battalion. Killed in action at Arnhem 20 September 1944. Aged 33. Son of The Rev. Meadurn Staniland Page BA. & Marjorie Susan Stuart Page. Husband of Jocelyn Isobel Page, of Bexhill on Sea. Sussex. BA. Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
PAIGE	Eric	Flight Sergeant/Bomb Aimer/Air Gunner RAFVR. No, 149 Bomber Squadron. (Lancasters) Died 5 June 1945. Aged 21. Son of Frederick Jesse and Gwendoline Doris Paige of Flimwell. Included on Flimwell Parish Church Memorial. Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery
PEARCE	A	No further information currently available
RUTTER	John Victor	Lance Sergeant Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment Died at home 19 December 1941. Aged 24. Son of Lucy Anne Rutter. Husband of Bertha Alice Rutter of Flimwell. Buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery
SINDEN	George	Private 1st. Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment 2nd. Division. X1V Army Killed in action near Kohima 7 May 1944. Aged 20. Son of Valentine George & Mary Mabel Standen of Wallcrouch, Ticehurst. Buried in Kohima War Cemetery
STANDEN	Frank	Signalman Royal Corps of Signals Second Army Signals Killed in action in Normandy 31 August 1944. Aged 34. Buried in Banneville La Campagne War Cemetery Normandy.

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