SHEPHERDSWELL
AND SIBERTSWOLD WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
The
Shepherdswell memorial also covers Sibertswold. It is in the form of
a Celtic Cross mounted on a plinth with a two-stepped, shallow, base.
There are 20 names for World War 1 and 14 for World War 2. IOt stands
on the village green close to the church.
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Photograph
Copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006 |
1914
- 1918
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF SHEPHERDSWELL
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
ATKINS |
A |
No
further information currently available |
ATKINS |
Charles
Horace |
Private
G/10797 ,2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died 25th September 1915. Born Chertsey, Surrey. Enlisted Croydon.
Resided Shepherdswell. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de
Calais, France. |
BEAN |
Leonard |
Gunner
9154, “A” Battery, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A).
Died 11th October 1915. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted Canterbury.
Buried Fosse 7 Military Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave reference - Collective grave II.G.2a. |
COPPEN |
Charles
Henry |
Lance
Corporal G/9756, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died 10th October 1916 aged 31 years. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted
Dover. Resided Shepherdswell. Son of Henry and Harriet Coppin of
4 The Terrace, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Brother of Edward Coppen
below. Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt L` Abbe, Somme,
France. Grave reference III.F.85. |
COPPEN |
Edward
Ethelbert |
Private
G/38 ,6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 24th September
1915 aged 26 years. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted Dover. Resided
Shepherdswell. Son of Henry and Harriet Coppin of 4 The Terrace,
Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Brother of Charles Coppen above. Buried
Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave reference II.A.28. |
CROOKEWIT |
Alexander
Edward |
[Spelt
CROOCKEWIT on CWGC] Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Attached 1st Battalion. Formerly Driver (T4/058235) Army
Service Corps. Died 26th October 1917 aged 31 years. Son of John
Henry and Fanny M. Croockewit of “Menin,” Leyburn Road, Dover, Kent.
Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave reference XXII.H.2.
Educated
at Bedford School. |
DREW |
Henry
Thomas |
Private
32826, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Formerly (26807) Worcestershire
Regiment. Died 14th March 1917. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted Blandford,
Dorset. Resided Buckland, Dover. Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave reference O.VII.D.3. |
FOX |
Albert
Charles |
Sapper
154173, 72nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 29th April 1917
aged 31 years. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted Manchester. Son of William
Charles and Sarah Jane Fox of Glebe Way, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent.
Vrother of Ernest Fox below. Buried Bolarume Cavalry Barracks Cemetery,
India.
Also
commemorated on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India.
Brother of Ernest (Below). |
FOX |
Ernest
Alfred |
Private
316331, 1st/6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 10th April
1914 aged 31 years. Enlisted Dover. Son of William Charles and Sarah
Jane Fox of Shepherdswell, Kent. Husband of Rosa Fox of 1 Freeman’s
Villas Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Brother of Albert Fox above.
Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference
XXXIII.F.14A. |
GOLDFINCH |
Philip |
Corporal
S4/091033 ,63rd Field Bakery, Army Service Corps (A.S.C). Died 27th
November 1915 aged 23 years. Enlisted Dover. Resided Shepherdswell.
Son of W.P and A Goldfinch of Dover, Kent. Born Charlton, Dover,
Kent. Buried nearby in the Dover (Charlton) Cemetery, Dover, Kent.
Grave reference Z.L.22. |
HAMMOND |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
3034, 8th Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps. Died 27th November
1918. Buried locally in the Shepherdswell (St Andrew) Churchyard,
Shepherdswell, Kent. Grave reference - North of Church. |
HAMMOND |
Frederick
Maurice |
Guardsman
29968, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 22nd August 1918 aged
27 years. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted Dover. Buried Son of Mr G
and Mrs M.A. Hammond of 5 Hillside Cottages, Shepherdswell, Dover,
Kent. Buried Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave reference VI.D.11. |
HAWKINS |
Charles |
Private
G/44051, 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 13th November
1916 aged 19 years. Born Lydden. Enlisted Dover. Resided Shepherdswell.
Son of Mrs Annie Hawkins of Beauxfield, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
KENNETT |
Edward
James |
Sapper
182533, 5th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers (R.E). Died 28th
October 1918 aged 32 years. Born Minster, Kent. Enlisted Dover.
Resided Shepherdswell. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Kennettt of Oast
House, Cox Hill, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Buried Busigny Communal
Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference VI.B.2. |
MILLER |
A
S |
No
further information currently available |
MUMMERY |
William
Amos |
Private
G/417, “A” Company, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died 23rd July 1915 aged 23 years. Born Shepherdswell. Enlisted
Canterbury. Resided Shepherdswell. Son of Mr J Mummery of Southern
Side, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery
Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference I.C.97. |
POLLIN |
William
Arnold |
Private
86852, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (M.G.C). Formerly (M2/06085)
Army Service Corps (A.S.C). Died 13th April 1918 aged 21 years.
Born Spalding, Lincolnshire. Enlisted Dover. Resided Shepherdswell.
Son of William and Francis Maud Pullin of “Hillcroft,” St Leonards-on
Sea, Sussex. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
SHEPHARD |
J
A |
No
further information currently available |
WELLER |
A
H |
No
further information currently available |
WILLARD |
Jesse |
Private
G/308, 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Died 16th
July 1916 aged 20 years. Born Hawkhurst. Enlisted Shepherdswell.
Resided Marden, Kent. Son of Frederick and Harriet Willard of Myrtle
Villa, Goudhurst Road, Marden, Kent. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference XIV.A.2A. |
1939
– 1945
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ARCHER,
MC |
David |
Major
67176, 1st Battalion, Queen`s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
30th April 1943 aged 27 years. Born Sheffield. Resided Canterbury.
Son of Lieutenant Colonel Harold W Archer and Doris Archer (nee
Davy). Husband of Marion Margaretta Archer of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Buried Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave reference II.A.7.
David
was awarded the Military Cross (MC). |
CAMPBELL |
Andrew |
No further information currently available |
COUCHMAN |
Stanley |
Second
Lieutenant 294988, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) attached
to 2/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died
10th February 1944. Age 24. Son of Victor and Sarah Jane Couchman.
Husband of Phyllis Couchman of Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Buried Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Grave VIII.G.6. |
DORMAN |
Charles
Lewis |
Leading
Stoker C/K 63359, Royal Navy. H.M.S. Emerald. Died 15th June 1941.
Son of Lewis and Linda Dorman. Husband of Beatrice Maud Dorman of
Faversham, Kent. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Panel
reference 47.1. |
DOWNING |
John
Douglas |
Able
Seaman, Motor Vessel “Inverlee” (Glasgow), Merchant Navy. Died 19th
October 1941 aged 18 years. Son of Lionel D. and Kate Alice Downing
of Elvington, Kent. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Panel reference 58.
Also
commemorated as one of 85 Old Boys from the Prince of Wales Sea
Training School that lost their lives during the Second World War.
All have their names recorded on a well cared for Memorial Plaque
now located in the Dover Seafarers Centre, Snargate Street, Dover,
Kent. |
HEWISH |
Wilfred |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 538041, Died 21st March 1941 aged 23 years.
Son of William and Ellen Hewish. Husband of Lydia Evelyn Hewish
of Pontyclun. Buried Llantrisant (Cefn-y-Parc) Cemetery, Glamorganshire,
Wales. Section B. Grave reference 636. |
HUNTLEY,
DFM |
Donald
Norman |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 777675, 44 Squadron. Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve (R.A.F.V.R). Died 14th September 1942. Buried
Epe General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. Grave reference -
Plot2. Row 10. Grave 620.
Only
one crewman survived when Donald’s Lancaster W4169 (KM-S) was shot
down by a night-fighter (Oblt Manfred Meurer) crashing 12 miles
North of Apeldoorn. All six killed are all interred in the same
cemetery.
The
London Gazette entry for Donald’s D.F.M. is dated 28/4/1942. |
KENNARD |
Harold
Moore |
Sergeant
1204535, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 90 Squadron. Died 20th
February 1943 aged 26 years. Son of George and Lizzie Kennard of
Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel reference 155. |
KIRBY |
Reginald |
Private
S/97562, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 19th July 1940 aged 21 years.
Son of John Frederick and Elizabeth Alice Kirby of Northwood Road,
Ramsgate, Kent. Buried locally in Shepherdswell (St Andrew) Churchyard. |
MARTIN |
Edwin |
No further information currently available |
MILSTEAD |
William
Henry |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX, H.M.S. “Dasher”. Royal Navy (R.N). Died 27th March
1943 aged 21 years. Son of Albert and Emily Bessie Milsted of Shepherdswell.
Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent. Panel
reference – 70.2.
“Mystery”
still surrounds what caused the loss of 379 lives aboard the aircraft
carrier on the day William died. For years the explosion was attributed
to being struck by a torpedo but of late different causes have been
put forward. All those lost are recorded in the “Dasher Memorial
Book” kept in the North Ayrshire Museum. A new memorial has now
been erected near Androssan close to where the tragedy occurred. |
OAKDEN |
Alfred
David James |
Able
Seaman C/JX 158109, H.M.S. “Juno”. Royal Navy (R.N). Died 21st May
1941 aged 18 years. Son of John N and Maud A Oakden. Commemorated
on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent. Panel reference 43.2.
H.M.S Juno was sunk off Crete by five high altitude Italian Cant
Z 1007 bombers led by Lt Morassuti. |
PEMBLE |
Edward |
Private
1594240, Army Catering Corps (A.C.C).Died 28th September 1942 aged
31 years. Son of John and Jane Pemble of Shepherdswell.Husband of
Freda B.Pemble of Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent.Buried locally in Shepherdswell
(St Anthony) Churchyard, Shepherdswell, Kent. |
WOOLASTON |
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 2661957, 49th (West Riding) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps,
Royal Armoured Corps.Died 29th August 1944.Buried Etreville Churchyard,
Eure, France.Grave reference - Row 5.Grave 5. |
Last
update
8 March, 2006
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