
WINCHELSEA
WAR MEMORIALS
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed & Researched Chris
Comber 2004
There
is a Memorial inside the Church and a Memorial Cross in the Corner of
the Churchyard. There are nine names on each, but the two do not quite
agree. There are also three graves from 1914/18 in the Churchyard of
St.Thomas
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Photographs
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1914-1918
BALDING |
Archibald
[Archie] Leonard |
[Listed
as BALDWIN Archibald L on memorial cross] Private 28186, 1/4th Battalion,
The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment. Died of wounds at St Omer
19th April 1918. Aged 20. Son of Joseph & Harriet Balding of South
Lodge, Dorchester. Born in Belvedere, Kent and enlisted in Newbury,
Berkshire. Buried in Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer F.
134 |
FREEMAN |
William
Percy |
[Listed
as Percy FREEMAN in church] Private G/2096, 8th Battalion, The Royal
Sussex Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in action at Montauban 1st
July 1916. Born in Winchelsea and enlisted in Rye. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21. |
GRIFFIN |
Robert |
Private
TF/1103 1/5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division.
Killed in action at Richbourg L`Avoue, 9th May 1915. Aged 21. Son
of James & Fanny Griffin of 3,North Street, Winchelsea. Born in
Winchelsea and enlisted in Rye. Buried in Rue des Barceaux Military
Cemetery F. 632 |
PATCH |
Henry |
Captain,
The Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action 19th October 1917. Aged
23. Son of Henry & Hero Elizabeth Patch of Winchelsea. Formerly
with the South Lancashire Regiment. Buried in Harlebeke New British
Cemetery, Belgium |
PATCH |
Noel
James Stanway |
Private
2699 47th. Battalion, The Australian Infantry. 12th Brigade, 4th
Australian Division. Killed in action at Passchendaele 13th October
1917. Aged 46. Son of Henry & Hero Elizabeth Patch of Winchelsea.
Born in Wrentham, Suffolk. Buried in Passchendaele New British Cemetery,
Belgium B. 123 |
PENNY |
Frederick
George Weeks |
Private
TF/252163, 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment. 37th Division. Died
of wounds in Rouen 5th September 1918. Aged 46. Son of Henry & Ada
Penny of "Rhosigar, North Street, Winchelsea. Enlisted in Hastings.
Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension F. 146. |
SNASHALL |
George
James |
Private
G/13643, 6th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 6th May 1917. Son of William & Susannah Snashall
of 3,Strand Terrace, Winchelsea. Born Horsmonden and enlisted in
Cranbrook, Kent. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20. |
STREETON
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Norman |
Gunner
72728, 31st Battery, 35th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action at Ypres 13th October 1917. Born in Hastings and enlisted
in Maidstone. Next of kin Winchelsea. Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery,
Zillebeke, Belgium B. 112 |
TILTMAN |
Thomas
Walter |
[Name
recorded in the Church but not on Memorial in Churchyard] Able Seaman
Z/438, "Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. 63rd Royal
Naval Division. Killed in action at Arras 24th April 1917. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial MR. 20. |
WATSON |
Edward |
[Listed
on cross only] No further information currently |
Churchyard
Burials |
OTHER |
A
N |
An
unknown Royal Marine washed ashore in August 1917 from the cruiser
Minelayer H.M.S. "Ariadne which was torpedoed by U65 off Beachy
Head on the 27th June 1917 (Grave on the West boundary) |
INDERWICK |
Basil
Lees |
Private
46847, 17th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry. Died of meningitis
23rd January 1915. Aged 28. Son of Charles & Ella Inderwick of Perth,
Canada. |
PEARCE |
Sydney
Martin |
Major,
Royal Air Force. (4th Leicesters). Died of pneumonia 6th December
1918. Aged 28. Son of Edwin James & Laura Theodore Pearce of Glebe
Lodge, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Born in Leicester. |
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Last updated:
11 January, 2006
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