BARTLETT

Edmund Charles

[Spelt Edmond on SWDG] Driver 136819, 67th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Accidentally shot by a comrade at Etaples, France, 12th February 1918. Aged 23. Born 19th January 1895, Northchapel, Sussex, enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. Son of George and Jane Boxall (nee Coombes) Bartlett, of 4, Popes Mead, West St., Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in NEUFCHATEL-HARDELOT (NEUFCHATEL) CHURCHYARD, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 21.

BAVIN

William Joseph

Lance Corporal 4045, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed by a shell or mortar bomb 30th January 1917. Aged 34. Born 20th July 1882, Croydon, Surrey. Lived and worked in Haslemere. Son of Joseph Ashby and Annie (nee Tucknott) Bavin, of Rydings Cottage, Liberty Lane, Addlestone, Surrey. Buried in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 21.

BERRY

James Turner

Private G/25327, 1st Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 21st September 1918. Aged 19. Born 7th November 1898, Haslemere. Enlisted and resident Haslemere. Son of William Berry and Mary Belton of 1 Boxworth Cottages, King’s Road, Haslemere, Surrey. Cousin of Anthony Frogley (also on the Haslemere monument). No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3.

BOOKER

George Lewis

Chief Stoker 295851, H.M. Submarine K5, Royal Navy. Died in the North Sea, swept from the deck by a wave, body not recovered, 31st July 1918. Aged 45. Born 13th May 1874, Haslemere. Son of James and Elizabeth (nee Boxall) Booker, of Sunny Side, Shepherd's Hill, Haslemere; husband of Agnes Maria (nee Swains) Booker, of 5, Klondyke Villas, Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey; two daughters. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 27. Also listed on the Grayswood Memorial.

BRIDGER

Ernest [Edward]

Serjeant G/2188, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action by a sniper at Hooge 10th August 1917. Aged 27. Born 23rd January 1890, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Yorke Bridger and Mary Ann Gardiner, of Shepherd’s Villas, Sandrock, Haslemere. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11-13 and 14.

BUSH

James

Driver 136807, 129th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died from illness at Etaples 13th November 1918. Aged 26. Born Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Son of George H W and Ruth A M (nee Bull) Bush, of 2, Boxworth Cottages, King's Rd., Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot L. Row B. Grave 31.

CAESAR

Arthur Robert

Lance Corporal 76367, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) formerly 07379, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Killed in action at St. Quentin 19th September 1918. Age 23. Born 31st May 1895, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Arthur W Caesar and Louisa Feast, of 5 Longdene Road, Haslemere. Buried in CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 2.

CLAPSHAW

Harold Walter

Gunner 67096, 308th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action at Ypres 3rd November 1917. Aged 21. Born 7th March 1896, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Samuel Clapshaw and Ann Moorey. Lived in Wey Hill, Haslemere. Brother of Henry John Clapshaw, next on the memorial. No known grave. Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row K. Grave 37.

CLAPSHAW

Henry John

Lance Corporal 446613, 836th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps, formerly Private G/14198, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died, at Etaples, France, due to broncho-pneumonia 14th April 1919. Aged 31. Born 20th April 1887, Haslemere. Son of Samuel Clapshaw and Ann Moorey. Lived in Wey Hill, Haslemere. Brother of Harold Walter Clapshaw, previous on memorial. Husband of Harriett Edith Ford, of Heather Cottage, The Haven, Billingshurst, Sussex. Two daughters. Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot LXXII. Row F. Grave 5.

COOPER

Alfred D

Private 52095, 11th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) formerly Private 10717, 18th Hussars. Killed in action at Cambrai 1st December 1917. Aged 22. Born Fulham, Middlesex, enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. Son of Victor George and Amy Louisa (nee Barber) Cooper, of 3 West Street, Haslemere. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13.

COVEY

William Alfred

Private G/37894, 1st Battalion, TheQueen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds at Albert 4th February 1917. Aged 37. 29th July 1879, Wisborough Green, Sussex, enlisted and resident Haslemere. Lived at Fosters Cottages, Lion Lane, Haslemere. Husband of Elizabeth Annie Dorrington; one daughter. Buried Buried in HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU, Somme, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 9.

DAVIES

David Charles

Private 52452, 19th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) formerly Private 20359, 2nd R.C.R.. Died due to pneumonia in Alexandria, Egypt, 17th October 1918. Aged 20. Aged 19. Born 26th December 1897, and enlisted, Haslemere. Son of Charles and Emily (nee Puttock) Davies, of Altamont Cottages, Petworth Rd., Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot E. Grave 11.

EDGELER

Percival

Lieutenant, East African Military Labour Corps. Died in The Theodore Hospital, Mount St, Mayfair, London, from lobar pneumonia and heart failure 17th August 1918. Aged 40. Born 14th Feb 1878, at Hammer, Bramshott, Surrey, son of James Sturt and Matilda (nee Scragg) Edgeler, of "Coombelea," Critchmere, Haslemere. Unmarried. Buried near the south boundary in ST. STEPHEN CHURCHYARD, SHOTTERMILL, Surrey. Also listed on the Shottermill Memorial, Surrey.

FARMINER

Arthur John

Private T/205260, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action at Fontaine les Croiselles 20th May 1917. Aged 37. Born . Born 19th July 1879, and resident and enlisted, Haslemere. Son of William and Ellen (nee Dudman) Farminer, of Ivy Cottage, Shepherd's Hill, Haslemere; husband of Sarah Jane (nee Williams) Farminer, of 33, Shepherd's Hill, Haslemere, Surrey; seven children. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAl, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2.

FITZMAURICE, MiD

Maurice Alexander Ross Geraldine

Lieutenant, 21st Field Company, Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, Royal Engineers. Killed in action by a sniper 6th August 1915. Aged 23. Born 9th June 1892 at Satara, Bombay Presidency, India. Elder son of the late John Day Stokes Fitzmaurice, Indian Civil Service, Judge of Dharwar, and of Emily Grace Ellen (nee Cooke) Fitzmaurice, of The Haven, Haslemere, Surrey. Scholar of Felsted School, Essex. A Government Engineer at Bareilly, India. Mentioned in despatches. (MiD). Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row C. Grave 40.

Extract from de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1918 - Part One, page 135:

FITZMAURICE, MAURICE ALEXANDER ROSS GERALDINE, Lieut., R.E. 21st Field Coy., 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, elder s. of the late John Day Stokes Fitzmaurice, Judge of Dharwar, Bombay Presidency, Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Emily Grace Ellen (The Haven, Haslemere), dau. of the late Professor Samuel Cooke, M.A., etc., Principal Coll. of Science, Poona, India; b. Satara, India, 9 June, 1892; educ. South Lodge, Lowestoft, Felsted School, Essex (where he gained entrance and leaving scholarships), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1 April, 1912, and on passing out in Dec. 1913, elected to go to India. He was promoted Lieut. 31 Jan. 1914, and was attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Kirkee, in March following. When war broke out he was employed as Garrison Engineer at Bareilly, and was recalled to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, joining the 21st Field Company. He went to France with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; was severely wounded in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle on 28 Oct. 1914, and was invalided home, the 20th and 21st Field Cos., 3rd S. and M., being specially mentioned in the despatch of 20 Nov. 1914. He returned to the Front on 19 Feb. 1915; took part in the storming of Neuve Chapelle Village on 10 to 15 March, and was with the Lahore Division in the fighting for Ypres at the end of April, 1915, being for a time in command of his company, all the other officers being wounded. He was killed when on night duty at an outpost near Neuve Chapelle, 6 Aug. 1915, by a stray bullet; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and his commanding officer, Col. Coffin, R.E., said of him: “His loss to us is very great; always devoted to his work and cheery, he was a great favourite with all with whom he came in contact.” His company commander, Capt. Rawlence, R.E., also wrote: “His loss will ho deeply felt in the company in which he has always set such an example of hard work and cheery endurance. He was shot between the shoulders whilst supervising the construction of loopholes in a post just behind the firing line at 2 a.m. on 6 Aug.” He was buried in the Cemetery at Vieille Chapelle, side by side with Capt. Glenday, R.E., of the same company, who was killed two nights later, at the same spot.

FROGLEY

Anthony

Private 10990, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 15th September 1916. Aged 22. Born Hindhead, Surrey, enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. Son of Charles and Rossetta (nee Berry) Frogley, of "Todber", Beacon Hill Rd., Hindhead, Surrey. Cousin of James Turner Berry who is also listed here. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D.

FURLONGER

Arthur Frank

Corporal 91616, "H" Battalion, Tank Corps formerly 2114, Royal Marine Artillery. Killed in action at Cambrai 1st December 1917. Aged 25. Born 25th June 1892, Haslemere. Son of William and Mary (nee Godbold) Furlonger, of East St., Haslemere; husband of Mary Matilda (nee Jeffery) Furlonger, of 1, West Grove, King's Rd., Haslemere, Surrey; one son. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13.

GAUNTLETT

Walter [William James]

Gunner 28311, "V" 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 19th November 1917. Aged 29. Born 24th July 1889, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of William and Louisa Matilda (nee Nash) Gauntlett, of Garth Cottage, High Lane, Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.

HARNDEN

Samuel James

[Listed as HAMDEN on SDGW] Lance Serjeant 7276, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 14th March 1915. Aged 34. Born 8th December 1880, Acton, Middlesex, enlisted Fulham, Middlesex, resident Haslemere. Son of Walter Budgen Harnden and Mary Ann Osborne of 13a Delia Street, Wandsworth. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 44.

HARPER

Richard Ormonde

Gunner 194730, 144th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds at Metz 27th September 1918. Born 23rd December, 1883, Old Kent Road, London, Middlesex, enlisted Haslemere. Lived at 3 Electra Buildings, Wey Hill, Haslemere. Son of Charles Frederick and Ruth Kate (nee Smyth) Harper, of 8, North Brink, Wisbech, Cambs. Born in London. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row E. Grave 21.

HARRIS

Percy

Private G/13122, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) formerly 18373, 9th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action at Arras 3rd May 1917. Aged 39. Born 9th October 1878, Charlton, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, enlisted and resident Haslemere. Son of Henry Thomas and Eliza Harris. Lived at Lythe Hill Cottage, Haslemere. Husband of Rose Williams; two daughters. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2.

HARRIS

Rowland Ronald aka Bert

Gunner 81945, 31st Battery, 35th Brigade, Royal Field Artilery. Died 26th October 1918 at Maserada, Italy. Aged 28. Born 8th August 1890, Wimbledon, Surrey. Enlisted Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Nephew of Ernest George Ellis and son of Mary Ann Harris, of 5 Hill View, Sturt Road, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried at GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE, Italy. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 10.

HARRIS

William Reginald

Sergeant 1484, 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action between 7th and 12th August 1915. Aged 25. Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Born 15th March 1890, Haslemere. Son of William Alfred and Jane (nee Chandler) Harris, of Fryleigh, Haslemere. No known grave. Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIAl, Gallipoli, Turkey. Panel 19A.

HAWKINS

Arthur James Llewelyn

Private 9920, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. Died at Klien 31st October 1914. Aged 18. Born 26th January 1896 at 43 Adelaide Rd, Hammersmith. Son of George and Annie Hawkins, of 1, Firside, Longdene Rd., Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commmemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5.

HUMPHREY

Herbert

Private 206748, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Shot in the forehead while bringing up ammunition at the Mount of Olives 27th December 1917. Aged 37. Born 1st November 1880, at Fox Hole, Roundhurst, nr Haslemere. Son of Charles Humphrey and Jane Turner. Husband of Kate Bicknell. One daughter. Lived at Kryton, Courts Hill Road, Haslemere. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot S. Grave 122.

HUNT

Charles

Serjeant G/1415, 13th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action at Guillemont 18th August 1916. Aged 43. Born 3rd September 1874, Wandsworth, resident Bognor Regis, Sussex, enlisted Guildford, Surrey. Husband of Eliza Kingham. Enlisted in Guildford. Lived at “Oakenrough”, Farnham Lane, Haslemere, before the war. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.

JONES

Alfred Edward

Gunner 157099 [incorrectly listed as 159099 on SDGW], 174th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of illness on service at Poperinghe 7th January 1918. Aged 27. Born 31st July 1890, Kensington, Middlesex, enlisted Croydon, Surrey. Son of Frederick and Harriet (nee Hill) Jones; husband of Evelyn Lucy (nee Furlonger) Jones, of Belvadere, West St., Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XV. Row H. Grave 16.

KINGSHOTT

Charles John

Private 10309, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 21st August 1915. Aged 27. Born 2nd October 1888, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Blandford, Dorset. Son of Edmund Kingshott and Mary Moore. Husband of Emma Mildred Lilian Moores. Two children. Lived at 5 Streamside, King’s Road, Haslemere. Cousin of Joseph Edmund Moore, who is also on the memorial. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 136 to 139.

LAMBOLL

John Benjamin

Private 52598, 2nd/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 28th March 1918. Aged 19. Born 17th July 1898, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Fredrick and Emma Florence (nee Le Grey) Lamboll, of Holly Lodge, Weydown Rd., Haslemere, Surrey. Formerly 3377, Yeo. Cyclist Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 32 to 34.

LE PAGE

Douglas John

Private 1251, 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. Killed in action at Cambrai 30th November 1917. Aged 20. Born 7th December 1896, St Martin, Guernsey. Son of John and Ada Kate (nee Tulier) Le Page, of 4, Sturt Rd., Haslemere, Surrey, formerly St. Martin's, Guernsey. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13. See also St. Martin's, Guernsey also St. Peter Port, Guernsey

LUFF

Archie William

[Later called himself Arthur William Luff.] Private 2208, 2nd Pioneers, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.). Killed in action at Montbrehain, Somme, 5th October 1918. Aged 25. Born 30th September 1893, Haslemere. Enlisted Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Son of Charles and Rhoda (nee Butler) Luff. Lived at The Stables, Thursley Hall, Farnham Lane, Haslemere, Surrey; husband of Annie Emily Eugenie (nee Bagg) Luff; two children. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

MARSH

Francis Bedford

Second Lieutenant, 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attahced to Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 1916 at Martinpuich 5th October 1916. Aged 19. Born Coombe, Kingston Hill, Surrey. Son of Ernest and Sarah Elizabeth (nee Marriage) Marsh, of "Hatch Hill," Kingsley Green, Haslemere, Surrey. Native of Kingston Hill, Surrey. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 7.

MAULE

Ernest Fletcher

Private 29254, 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action at Senlis 31st March 1918. Aged 37. Born 14th June 1880, Horsham, enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. Son of Frederick John and Emma (nee Terry) Maule; husband of Minnie Maria (nee Whiting) Maule, of 4, Landsdown Terrace, King Rd., Haslemere, Surrey; four children. Formerly S/4/058835, Royal Army Service Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4 and 5.

MILES

Sydney Frank

Corporal 11499, 3rd Reserve Battalion, Scots Guards. Died of gunshot wounds in United Kingdom 4th September 1917. Aged 21. Born 15th July 1896, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Charles and Mary Ann (nee Denyer) Miles, of Altamont Cottage, Petworth Road, Haslemere. Buried near the east boundary in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD, HASLEMERE, Surrey.

MOORE

Alfred Thomas Oliver

Private 84890. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of blackwater fever in Dar es Salaam, East Africa 28th March 1918. Aged 25. Born 19th December 1892, Brighton, Sussex, enlisted Haslemere. Son of Oliver and Emily (nee Wenham) Moore; husband of Rosina Frances (nee Karn) Moore, of Wey Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, England. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 6. Row G. Grave 16.

Extract from de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1918 - Part Four, page 137:

MOORE, ALFRED THOMAS OLIVER, Private, No. 84890, Royal Army Medical Corps, s. of Oliver Moore, of 57, Livingstone Road, Rove, co. Sussex, General Trader, by his wife, Emily dau. of H. Wenham; b. Brighton, 18 Dec. 1892; educ. Lewes Road Council School there; was a Grocer’s Assistant; on thirteen occasions was rejected for service on medical grounds; called up 1 Oct. 1916, and posted to the Royal Army Medical Corps; proceeded with his detachment to East Africa in July, 1917, and died at Dar-es-Salem 28 March, 1918, from blackwater fever, contracted while on military service. Buried there. He m. at Haslemere Parish Church, co. Surrey, 7 June, 1916, Rosina (Wey Hill, Shottermill), dau. of Henry Kern, of Easlemere; s.p.

MOORE

Joseph Edmund

Sapper 222383, No. 3 Railway Telephone Company, "L" Signal Battalion, Royal Engineers. Died of pneumonia at Camieres 17th July 1918. Aged 24. Born 12th February 1894, and enlisted, Haslemere. Son of William George and Fanny (nee Kingshott) Moore, of King’s Road, Haslemere; husband of Florence Mabel E (nee Slater) Moore, of Cinema Cottage, Wey Hill, Haslemere. Cousin of Charles John Kingshott, who is also on the memorial. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot LXV. Row F. Grave 9.

MYSON

Ernest

Serjeant 3/8400, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at sea in the English Channel, on the Hospital Ship “Anglia”, which struck a mine 17th November 1915. Aged 34. Born 15th May 1881, Nazeing, Essex, enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. .Son of Frederick and Phoebe Susan (nee Samuel) Myson; husband of Florrie (nee Hardy) Myson. Lived in Wey Hill, Haslemere; three children. Body not recovered. No known grave. Commemorated on HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire.

NOAKES

Harry

Serjeant 204669, 15th (Service) Battalion (Hampshire Yeomanry), Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at La Clyte 9th August 1918. Aged 28. Enlisted Winchester, resident Crowborough but included as Harry Noakes (Hampshire Regiment) in the Haslemere Parish Magazine list of men from Haslemere on active service. Born 1st June 1890, Hadlow Down, Mayfield, Sussex. Son of John Robert and Mary Edith Jane (nee Chatterton) Noakes; husband of Alice Annie (nee Tidy) Noakes, of 2, Woodside Cottages, Ewhurst Rd, Cranleigh, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 88 to 90 and 162.

OAKFORD

John Henry

Sergeant 3176, 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.). Killed in action at Rosieres-en-Santerre 11th August 1918. Aged 30. Son of Mr John and Mrs Harriet (nee Luff) Oakford, of Station Road, Haslemere. Born Haslemere, Surrey. Profession Boot Salesman. Educated at the National School, Haslemere. Emigrated aged 23. Served with the Essex Mounted Territorials previously. No known grave. Commemorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France. See Australian ROH of documentation.

OLDERSHAW

William [Henry]

Private 228106, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment formerly 4536, Royal West Surrey Regiment posted 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 25th April 1917. Aged 33. Born 1st August 1883, Haslemere. Enlisted Guildford, resident Haslemere. Son of the late George Thomas and Fanny (nee Madgwick) Oldershaw, of Clay Hill, Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9.

OWEN

Owen

Private 10004, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action at Ypres 18th November 1914. Aged 36. Born 5th April 1877, Dolgelly, Merioneth. Enlisted Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Son of Edward Owen and Elizabeth Roberts of Dolgelly; brother of Elizabeth Constance (nee Owen) Madgwick, of 1 West Grove, King’s Road, Haslemere. Also, mentioned in the Haslemere Parish Magazine. No known grave. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL. Panel 22.

PENNELL

Arthur [William]

Private T/1359, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of jaundice on service in Nasariyeh, Mesopotamia, 5th July 1916. Aged 27. Born 13th March 1891, Islington Workhouse Infirmary, Highgate, Middlesex, enlisted and resident Haslemere. Son son of James George and Annie (nee Winkworth) Pennell. His mother lived at 9, Scotland Lane, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot II. Row S. Grave 23.

PITSON

Frank Moorey

[Listed as F P MOOREY on CWGC] Private 69635, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers formerly Private 18988, 29th T. R. Battalion. Killed in action by a shell in France 9th May 1918. Aged 19. Birth name Frank Pitson Moorey. Born 14th November 1898, Haslemere. Enlisted Haslemere. Son of Annie (nee Moorey) and Septimus Pitson. Mother lived on Weydown Common, Haslemere. Original grave lost. Commemorated on CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Blairville Orchard British Cem. Mem. 25.

Special memorial cross reads “To the memory of this British Soldier, killed in action in 1918 and buried at the time in BLAIRVILLE ORCHARD BRITISH CEMETERY, whose grave is now lost. Their glory shall not be blotted out.”

POLLOCK

Charles Thomas Anderdon

Captain, Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps attached to 1sst/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action at Demuin 31st March 1918. Aged 28. Born 12th April 1889, Kensington, London. Son of Sir Ernest Pollock, K.B.E., K.C., and Lady (nee Laura Helen Salt) Pollock (now the Rt. Hon Baron Hanworth, of Hanworth, P.C., Master of the Rolls, and Baroness Hanworth of Hanworth); husband of Alice Joyce (nee Becher) Pollock, of Longdown Cottage, Sandhurst. Berkshire, resident “Strathire”, Grayswood Road, Haslemere after the war; one son. Buried in MOREUIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row C. Grave 1

PUTTOCK

George

Private G/39244, 2nd Battaolion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action at Bullecourt 12th May 1917. Aged 32. 25th August 1884, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford, Surrey. Lived at Grayshurst Lodge, Haslemere. Son of Charles and Jane (nee Enticknap) Puttock. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2.

ROSE

Richard "Dick"

Died at Cambrai. No other military information available. Probably this man: Born 11th October 1879 at Treyford, Sussex. Lived at 3 West Grove, King’s Road, Haslemere. Son of James and Sarah Streeter (nee Ewer) Rose. Husband of Amelia Esther (nee Fish) Rose; two sons. Surrey recruitment Register states he attested 9 December 1915 at Wandsworth, aged 37 years 3 months, occupation Grainer, as 37547, Royal Horse and Field Artillery, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 136 lbs, chest 36-38 inches.

SEARLE

George [Edward]

Serjeant 49219, 80th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of influenza, at Salonika 3rd October 1918. Aged 27. Born 6th March 1890, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Butcher Searle, and Olive Elizabeth (nee Chase) Searle, of 5, Scotland Lane, Haslemere, Surrey. Formerly 3142, Rifle Brigade. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 506.

SIMMONDS

George [Edward Thomas]

[Spelt SIMMONS on SDGW and CWGC Enlisted originally in the Royal Garrison Artillery, according to obituary in the Farnham, Haslemere and Hindhead Herald.] Private 21357, 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Inafntry formerly 21910, Rerserve Regiment of Cavalry. Killed in action at Bullecourt 22nd March 1918. Aged 26. Born 15th May 1891, and resident, Haslemere, enlisted Winchester, Hampshire. Son of Thomas Henry and Fanny (nee Denyer) Simmons/Simmonds, of Shepherd’s Hill, Haslemere. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 8.

SMITHERS

Alfred

Private 11277, 11th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th February 1917. Aged 24. Born Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Alfred and Mary (nee Lunn) Smithers, of 2, Meadow Cottage, High St., Haslemere, Surrey. Cousin of Edward William Smithers (below). Buried in KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section L. Grave 10.

SMITHERS

Edward William

Lance Corporal 371421, 1st/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action at High Wood 15th September 1916. Aged 21. . Born 29th March 1895, Ewell, Surrey, enlisted London. Son of Edward and Christiana (nee Boxall) Smithers, of Hazel Cottage, Lower St., Haslemere, Surrey. Cousin of Alfred Smithers (above). His brother Arthur Leslie Smithers is also on the memorial, for World War 2. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C and 9 D.

STABLES

James Howard

Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, 1st/5th (Frontier Force), attached 2nd/4th Battalion Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army formerly Private 2537, 1st/6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Missing, wounded in action, presumed dead, at Anna-I-Yat, Mesopotamia, 17th February 1917. Aged 21. Born 27th June 1895 in Derby. Son of Harriet Emily (nee Morse) Stables, of Inverugie, Haslemere, Surrey, and the late Rev. Walter Howard Stables, M.A., sometime Vicar of St. Chad's, Leeds. . His mother lived at Inverugie, Weydown Road, Haslemere. Educated at Winchester and Christ Church. Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 55.

Extract from de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1918 - Part Five, page 156:

STABLES, JAMES HOWARD, Lieut., Indian Army Reserve of Officers, 1/5th (Frontier Force). attd. 2/4th Gurkha Rifles. Indian Army, s. of the late Rev. Walter Howard Stables. M.A. Mus. B., formerly Vicar of St. Chad's, Far Headingley, Leeds, by his wife, Emily (Inverngle, Haslemere), dau. of the late Canon Morse, some time Vicar of St. Mary’s, Nottingham) b. Derby, 27 June, 1895 ; educ. St. David’s, Reigate : Winchester College, and Christ Church, Oxford volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and joined the 6th HampshIre Regt. 29 Sept. 1914 : served with his Regiment in India from the followIng Nov. was given a commissIon, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15th Gurkha Rifles 1 Aug. 1915 promoted Lieut. Aug. 1916 : served at Abbottabad, North-West Frontier, for a year. and subsequently with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia from Aug. 1916, being attached to the 2/4th Gurkha Rifles : was reported severely wounded and missing after the fighting at Sanna-i-yat 17 Feb. 1917, and now assumed to have died of wounds on or about that date. A friend wrote “Had Stables lived, he would undoubtedly have made a name for himself in the literary and musical world he had that in him which, for want of a better word, men call genius.’’ Unm.

UNWIN

Wilfrid Peyto

Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Died 16th May 1916. Aged 39. Son of George and Maria (nee Spircer) Unwin, of Town House, High Street, Haslemere, Surrey. Born at Chilworth 29 Aug 1876 of the Unwin printing & publishing family, he was educated at Giggleswick & Imperial College, London. BSc Eng & AMICE, he worked firstly for LNWR until 1899 then Uganda Railways until 1904 when he became Divisional Engineer for Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways. Commissioned into RIR in Mar 1915, he was attached to 153 Battery RFA. On 12 May 1916 he was riding some 2 miles from the front line when a shell exploded nearby and his horse threw him, fracturing his skull. He remained unconscious until he died in Beauval Casualty Clearing Station 4 days later. There are also memorials to him in Canada and Australia Buried in BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row A. Grave 8.

UPFOLD

Frank Page

Private L/16171, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action at Peronne 26th March 1918. Aged 20. Born 1st September 1897, Shottermill, Surrey, enlisted Guildford. Son of Harry and Clara Kate (nee Page) Upfold, of 4 Fieldway, Haslemere, Surrey. Half brother of Sydney Upfold (below). Buried in ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Special memorial 18.

Note: There are over 800, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, two-fifths are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 25 soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of nine soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

UPFOLD

Percival [Courtney] aka Percy

Private G/16954, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action at Nieuport 24th September 1917. Aged 18. Born 19th August 1898 Haslemere, enlisted Guildford. Son of Charles John Upfold and Mary Ann (nee Shawyer) Upfold (deceased) of 3, Fieldway, Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 86 to 88.

UPFOLD

Sydney

Private 1857, 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died of wounds at Chocques 2nd February 1916. Aged 24. . Born 14th January 1892, Worplesdon, Surrey. Son of Harry and Charlotte Dora (nee Haynes) Upfold, of 4, Fieldway, Haslemere, Surrey; half brother of Frank Page Upfold (above). Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 90.

WEALTHY

William Harry

Lance Corporal G/22692, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds at Albert 14th September 1918. Aged 22. Born 8th April 1896, Haslemere. Enlisted and resident Haslemere. Son of Ernest Albert and Annie (nee Morley) Wealthy, of Lower St., Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 12.

WHITE

Charles Edward

Private T/207895, 10th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action at Achet-Le-Grand 26th March 1918. Aged 20. Born Windlesham, Surrey. Enlisted Clapham, Surrey, resident Haslemere. Son of William and Mary White, of Electra House, Wey Hill, Haslemere, Surrey. Enlisted in 9th Lancers. September, 1914. Also served in Italy. Formerly 45909, Surrey yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2.

WHITE

Herbert Walter

Private (Signaller) 616, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment formerly 1860, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)..= Died of pneumonia, at Le Cateau 21st October 1918. Aged 21. Born 10th April 1896, Haslemere Son of Fred Martin White and Lucy Louisa J (nee Green) White, of West Gable, Garden Suburb, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot XVIA. Row B. Grave 13.

WHITTINGTON

William Herbert

Lance Corporal 204002, 15th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at La Clyte 16th August 1918. Aged 36. Born 21st August 1881 at Southampton, enlisted Portsmouth, resident Gosport. Son of John and Caroline (nee Herbert) Whittington; husband of Mary Maria Frances (nee Warren) Whittington, who lived at Capel Cottage, Hill Road, Haslemere, Surrey after the war; one son. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXV. Row E. Grave 27.

WREN

James George

Corporal 3138, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Briagde (The Prince Consort's Own). Died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle 20th April 1915. Born East Hoathley, Sussex, enlisted Malta, resident Haslemere. Son of Trayton and Elizabeth (nee Novis) Wren, of 12 Pope’s Mead, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row O. Grave 2.

YOUNG

Charles William

Rifleman 4122, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Incorrectly named Charles A. Young on the memorial. Died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle 29th April 1915. Aged 22. Born 25th October 1892, Shottermill, Surrey. Son of Alfred Richard and Eliza Ruth (nee Spearman) Young, of 8 Belmont Terrace, King’s Road, Haslemere. Buried i BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD. Plot I . Row A. Grave 147.

YOUNG

Matthew H

Gunner 170656, "D" Battery, 162nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 23rd September 1917. Aged 26. Born 1st April 1891, Brenchley, Kent. Enlisted and resident Haslemere. Son of Edward and Susannah (nee Chantler) Young; husband of Selina Keen (nee Steer) Young, of Wey Hill, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 14.

1939 - 1945

“We died for England. See that you live for her.”

BAKER

Victor Edward

Able Seaman P/J 111449, H.M. Submarine "Umpire", Royal Navy. Aged 38. Died 20th July 1941. Son of John Edward and Mercey Baker; husband of Ruth Baker, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 47, Column 1.

BARBER

Trevor Shenfield

Lieutenant 244438, 1004 Docks Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died 14th January 1944. Aged 34. Born London, resident Surrey. Son of Claude Cecil and Emily Vincent Barber, of Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot W. Row C. Grave 6.

BATHURST

Eric Harry

Private, 2nd Surrey Battalion, Home Guard. Died 10th October 1943. Aged 40. Son of Harry and Milly Maria Bathurst; husband of Joan Mary Bathurst, of Haslemere. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row A. Grave 27.

BAWDEN

Lionel Arthur

Lieutenant 288933, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 6th June 1944. Aged 27. Born Portswouth, resident Glasgow. Son of Arthur and Queenie Violet Bawden; husband of Susan McCabe Bawden. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XI. Row C. Grave 11.

BERRY

Donald Gordon

Ordinary Seaman C/JX 654721, H.M.S. Cassandra, Royal Navy. Died 11th December 1944. Aged 19. Son of Arthur and Bertha Gladys Berry, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panle 76, Column 2.

BLYTH

R

probably Robert BLYTH, Lance Corporal 3066196, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borders. Died 19th July 1944. Aged 21. Born Refrewshire, resident Surrey. Son of Robert Oswald Blyth and of Caroline Anna Blyth (nee Reddie). Buried in LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 8.

BRIDLE

Desmond George

Lance Corporal 14604360, Royal Scots attached to No. 3, Commando. Died 11th June 1944. Aged 27. Born and resident Surrey. Son of Arthur George and Bessie Bridle; husband of Winifred Gladys Bridle, of Wallington, Surrey. Buried in RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot IVA. Row J. Grave 4.

BRIERS

Frederick John

Private 3321837, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 24th September 1943. Aged 26. Born Portsmouth, resident Surrey. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot B4. Row W. Grave 1.

BROOKER

William Henry

Gunner 1768645, 534 Battery, 142 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 25th August 1943. Aged 22. Born and resident Surrey. Son of Ernest William and Fanny Harriet Brooker, of Haslemere. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row A. Grave 19.

BURGESS

Timothy Geoffrey Boughey

Sapper 1929393, Royal Engineers. Aged 20. Died 29th December 1944. Born India, resident Surrey. Son of Colonel Boughey Burgess, formerly of the Royal Engineers, and Gwyneth Mary Burgess, of Haslemere. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row E. Grave 3.

BURROWS

Harold Corbett

Rifleman 6846456, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 28th January 1945. Aged 26. Son of Jessie Jeanette Burrows, of Haslemere. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row D. Grave 25.

BURT, MM

George Reuben

Serjeant 6093173, 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 7th May 1944. Aged 26. Born and resident Surrey. Son of George William Burt, and of Francis Elizabeth Burt, of Haslemere, Surrey. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar. Face 4.

CAMPBELL

James Ross

Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1335833, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 1st August 1942. Aged 20. Son of James and Dora Campbell, of Haslemere Surrey. Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 10.

CLARKE

Marion

Civilian War Dead. A.R.P. Ambulance Driver; W.V.S. Died at Haslemere Ambulance Depot 8th March 1943. Aged 42. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Clarke, of Woodlands, Tennyson's Lane. Listed by HASLEMERE, URBAN DISTRICT, Surrey.

COOPER

G C

No further information currently available

CRAIG

Hugh Cuthbert

Sergeant 1169555, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Aged 22. Died 9th July 1942. Son of John and Catherine Craig; husband of Kathleen Daisy Craig, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 80.

CULLEN

Douglas Walter

Private 6090279, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 14th January 1940. Aged 21. Born and resident Surrey. Buried in south-west corner of ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD, HASLEMERE, Surrey.

DOLMETSCH

Rudolph

Gunner 1695369, 138 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Aged 36. Died 7th December 1942. Born U.S.A., resident Surrey. Son of Arnold Dolmetsch and of Mabel Dolmetsch (nee Johnston); husband of Millicent Dolmetsch (nee Wheaton), of Godalming, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 3. Column 1.

DOWSETT

Harold Percy

Private 6093177, 1/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 21st April 1945. Aged 27. Born Worcester, resident Surrey. Son of Robert James Dowsett and Elsie Elizabeth Dowsett, of Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 4.

FUTCHER

Eric Franklin

Sapper 2139830, Royal Engineers. Died 2nd August 1945. Aged 32. Born and resident Surrey. Husband of Joan Olive Futcher, of Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 59. Row G. Grave 5.

GARLAND

Raymond Ernest

Leading Seaman P/SSX24571, H.M.S. Victory, Royal Navy. Died 8th August 1946. Aged 26. Son of Albert A. Garland and Maud G. Garland, of Haslemere; husband of Rose E. Garland. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row G. Grave 27.

GIBBS

Frank Bridger

Lieutenant, H.M. Submarine H.31, Royal Navy. Died 24th December 1941. Aged 27. Son of Frank William and Margarette Annie Gibbs; husband of Eileen Josephine Gibbs. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 45, Column 1.

GREEN

Cyril John

Sergeant (Pilot) 911355, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 22nd September 1943. Aged 29. Son of Jack and Mabel Green; husband of Violet Eleanor Green, of Southsea, Hampshire and then of The Avenue, Haslemere. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 22. Row A. Grave 7.

GUTTERIDGE

Charles Mawer

Private 5891145, 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Died 18th March 1944. Aged 20. Born and resident Lincolnshire. Son of Charles Mawer Gutteridge, and of Elsie May Gutteridge, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot 10. Row G. Grave 11. *** Link unknown ***

HEANEY

Percy

Bombardier 1073105, Royal Artillery. Died 26th June 1945. Aged 38. Born and resident Nottingham. Son of Hugh and Mary Heaney, of Bulwell, Nottingham; husband of Mary Heaney, of Bulwell. Buried in NOTTINGHAM NORTHERN CEMETERY, Nottingham. Section M.13. Grave 23B. *** Link unknown ***

HEAP

J E

No further information currently available

HORWOOD, MC

Bertram Frederick

Lieutenant 295436, 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 6th February 1945. Aged 21. Born and resident Surrey. Son of Arthur and Emily Annie Horwood, of Haslemere, Surrey. A.I.B. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). No known grave. Commemorated on GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, Gelderland, Netherlands. Panel 3.

McBROWN

Ralph Samuel

Stoker 2nd Class P/KX 95854, H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy. Died 14th October 1939. Son of Samuel Walter and Mary Elizabeth McBrown, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 35, Column 2.

MINTON-SENHOUSE

The Revd. Cyril

Chaplain 4th Class 133104, Royal Army Chaplains' Department attached to 151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 30th June 1944. Aged 35. Born Staffordshire, resident Surrey. Son of Herbert Hoskins Darby Minton-Senhouse and Emily Hilda Minton-Senhouse; husband of Rebe Kathleen Minton-Senhouse, of Haslemere, Surrey. M.A. (Oxon.). Buried in RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE, Calvados, France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 3.

NORCOCK

Desmond

Lieut-Commander, H.M.S. Landrail, Royal Navy. Died 2nd January 1945. Aged 25. Son of Henry Lowcay Norcock and Violet Ramsey Norcock; husband of Gwladys Elizabeth Norcock, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. Buried in ARKLESTON CEMETERY, RENFREW, Renfrewshire. Section F. Row D. Grave 38.

NORCOCK, OBE

Reginald

Major 34862, 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 16th February 1944. Aged 37. Born China, resident Surrey. Son of Henry Lowcay Norcock and Violet Norcock; husband of Alison Freda Norcock, of Henstridge, Somerset. Awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Italy. Plot IX. Row F. Grave 7.

Note: The Times, Friday, 24th September 1943; page 6; Issue 49659; column B:

"Army Awards for Services in North Africa. Official Appointments and Notices. OBE Lt.-Col. R Norcock, Bedfs." Also the London Gazette Honours Supplement dated 21st September 1943 - a supplement to the main London Gazette dated 21st September - "The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa. Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Reginald Norcock (34862) The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Haslemere, Surrey)"

PARKER

Robert Peter Melton

Sergeant 655328, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 19 May 1942. Aged 24. Son of Robert Melton Parker, and of Rosina Ellen Parker, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 91.

O'LEARY

Desmond Cornelius Daniel

Corporal 6089240, 2/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 27th May 1940. Aged 21. Born London S.E., resident Surrey. Son of Daniel and Alice Sarah O'Leary, of Shottermill, Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section AA. Grave 16.

O'LEARY

Leslie Stanley David

Stoker 1st Class P/KX 96062, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Died 24th May 1941. Aged 21. Son of Daniel and Alice O'Leary, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 55, Column 2.

OVENS, DFM

Louis Anthony

Warrant Officer (Pilot) 590927, 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 5th April 1942. Aged 23. Son of Louis George and Winifred Olive Ovens, of Haslemere, Surrey. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M). Buried in COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY, Sri Lanka. Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 3.

RHODES

Philip Ivan

Flying Officer 127252, 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter IVF, serial number V8833, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a patrol 18 February 1944. Aged 27. Native of Haslemere, Surrey. Son of George William Harold and Florence Annie Rhodes; husband of Kathleen Grace Rhodes, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 13, Column 2. See also Malta Memorial

ROGERS

Neville Frederick

Flying Officer (Navigator) 151030, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in a tragic accident when the two-manned Beaufighter bomber in which he was flying crashed in Yorkshire while on a circuit of the airport 26th July 1943. Aged 19. Son of Frederick and Hilda Muriel Rogers, of Haslemere. He was a member of St Bartholomew’s choir and sang his first solo at the Aged of 17. He went to school in Haslemere before moving on to Guildford Technical College, where he was studying to become an architect. He signed up at the Aged of 18, and went on to train as a pilot in Canada. Buried in ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCHYARD NEW EXTENSION, HASLEMERE, Surrey. Row A. Grave 13.

SAUL

Charles

Leading Stoker P/KX 79804, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Died 24th May 1941. Aged 30. Son of Nelson and Rose Saul; married Violet Louise Carpenter at the parish church of Haslemere on 19th December 1936. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 54, Column 3.

SAUL

Herbert William

Able Seaman P/SSX 16138, H.M.S. Holcombe, Royal Navy. Died 12th December 1943. Aged 29. Son of Nelson and Rose Saul; husband of Joyce Saul, of Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 75, Column 3.

SELFE

Stanley James

Able Seaman P/JX 192328, H.M.S. Greyhound, Royal Navy. Died 22nd May 1941. Aged 24. Son of John William and Edith Selfe, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 49, Column 2.

SMITHERS

Arthur Leslie

Aircraftman 1st Class 1176590, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28th October 1944. Aged 43. Son of Edward and Crissie Smithers; husband of Ethel Maud Smithers, of Shottermill, Surrey. His brother Edward William Smithers was killed in World War 1. Buried in AMBON WAR CEMETERY, Indonesia. Plot 33. Row E. Grave 12.

SOMERVILLE, DSC

Mark Fownes

Lieutenant, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy. Died 08 May 1941. Awarded the Disctinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.). No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 1, Panel 7.

STRETTON-SMITH

Guy

Lieutenant, H.M. Submarine P.311, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 8th January 1943. Aged 26. Son of George Frederick and Ada Blanche Stretton-Smith, of Haslemere, Surrey. F.R.P.S. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 80, Column 1.

SYMES

William H.

Leading Stoker P/KX 96927, H.M.S. Eagle, Royal Navy. Died 11th August 1942. Aged 23. Son of James Herbert Symes and Rebekah Mary Symes, of Haslemere, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 68, Column 1.

TANNER

The Rev. Christopher Champain

Chaplain, H.M.S. "Fiji", Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Aged 32. Died 23rd May 1941. The Revd. Tanner was the only England Rugby player to win the Albert Medal during the second World War. B.A. (Cantab). Awarded Albert Medal (A.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 60, Column 3.

Note: The Albert Medal (AM) was introduced on 7th March 1866, and was named after Queen Victoria's husband and consort Price Albert who died on 14th December 1861 at Windsor. A royal warrant issued in 1867 created two classes of AM: 1st and 2nd class. Ten years later, in 1877, the warrant was altered to allow the saving of life on land to be recognised by the award of the Albert Medal.

The AM was an oval medal, 57 millimetres high and 30 millimetres wide. The early issues were gold and bronze, the later issues were either gold (1st class) or bronze (2nd class). The AM's (gold 1st class) ribbon was originally blue with two white stripes, but was changed to a wider blue ribbon with four white stripes. The AM 2nd class inherited the original ribbon size with two white stripes. In 1904 the 2nd class AM changed the ribbon size to that of the 1st class AM, while retaining the 2nd class two white stripes.

The AM's obverse consist of a letter "V" (for Victoria) entwined with a letter "A" for Albert. AM's issued for gallantry at sea also have an anchor. The obverse has the words "For Gallantry in Saving Life" with "At Sea" or "on Land" added as appropriate.

In 1917 the title was altered producing the Albert Medal in gold (formerly the AM 1st Class) and the Albert Medal (formerly the 2nd class bronze medal).

In 1949 the Albert Medal in Gold was replaced by the George Cross. The Albert Medal, now only issued in bronze, was only awarded posthumously. In 1971, the Albert Medal was ceased and all living recipients were invited to exchange their Albert Medals for the George Cross.

TAYLOR

Alan John

Gunner 1156152, 143 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 24th October 1944. Aged 21. Born Hampshire, resident Surrey. Son of William John and Elizabeth Taylor, of Haslemere, Surrey. Buried in WUUSTWEZEL (GOOREIND) CHURCHYARD, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, Belgium. Pelouse D'honneur Garve 1.

WINSBOROUGH

Sydney Robert

Petty Officer P/JX 129964, H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy. Died 24th November 1941. Aged 29. Son of Ernest and Ethel Mary Sarah Winsborough, of Hindhead, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 46, Column 2.