Corporal L/10309, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st. Division. Killed in action near Cambrin 13 August 1918. Aged 20. Son of Walter and Emily Jane Oliver of 22 Cambridge Road Bexhill. Born in Bexhill and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row O. Grave 38.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 24 August 1918, page 8:

TWICE WOUNDED NOW KILLED

The Royal Sussex Regiment has lost a gallant young non-com. by the death of Corporal Walter Oliver, second son Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oliver, of 22, Cambridge-road. He was injured by a shell and died without ‘regaining consciousness. The sad news was received on Saturday morning.

Corporal Oliver had been on active service since an early period of the War. He was wounded just below the eye on 27th January, 1915, and was again wounded in the head by shrapnelon the 19th March, 1916.

Private 203397, 1/1st Battalion, London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers). 56th London Division. Killed in action at Arras 3rd May 1917. Aged 31. Son of James and Clara Orchard of Brockley, South London; husband of Mrs Edith Harriett Orchard of 6, Hillside Road, Bexhill. Born The Old Kent Road and enlisted in Woolwich. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9.

Lieutenant, 10th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). 20th Light Division. Killed in action on the Somme 18 September 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 209:

ORD, ORD RALPH, Lieut., 10th (Service) Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), yr. s. of George William Ord, of 25, De la Warr Road, Bexhill, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Edith, dau. of Charles Frederick Hawkins; b. Mildenhall, co. Suffolk, 29 Jan. 1895; educ Eastman's, Southsea; Eton College (Scholar), where he won the Jeff Prize for Latin verse in 1913, being also a member of the O.T.C., and gaining a Scholarship at King's College, Cambridge; entered into residence in Jan. 1914; applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Rifle Brigade 9 Sept. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 3 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following July, having been appointed Bombing Officer; was invalided home in April, 1916, and subsequently put on light duty; rejoined his battalion at the front 30 Oct., and was killed while leading his men in an attack before Les Boeufs 17 Sept. following. Buried to the south-east of Les Boeufs. His Adjutant wrote: "He had been given command of A Coy., and was leading them when he was shot. He was one of those splendid and plucky fellows it is almost impossible to replace, and we miss him in so many ways." While at Eton he had the rare distinction of being "sent up for play"; also rowed in the trial eights and played in the Wall game, St. Andrew's Day, 1913; unm.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle - Saturday 21 October 1916, page 9:

ORD.—Killed in action, Sept. 16th. 1916, while leading his company, Ord Ralph Ord, Rifle Brigade, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ord, of Bexhill, late of Richmond, aged 21

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle - Saturday 21 October 1916, page 14:

An intimation has been received to the effect that on the 16th inst., whilst leading his company, Captain Ord Ralph Ord, of the Rifle Brigade, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ord, of Bexhill, late of Richmond, was killed in action. He was 21 years of age.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - 4 November 1916:

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ord, of 25, De La Warr Road, Bexhill, have sustained a severe loss by the death in action of their younger son, Lieut. Ord Ralph Ord, of the Rifle Brigade. The young officer (whose parents have resided at Bexhill about a year) spent his leave at home, and had only just returned to the front when he was killed. Born in 1895, he was educated at Eastman's, Southsea, and at Eton, where he was a scholar, and won the Jelf prize for Latin verse in 1913. At Eton he had also the unusual distinction of being "sent up for play." He rowed in the trial eights and played in the Wall game on St. Andrew's Day, 1913. He was a member of the Officers' Training Corps. Gaining a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, he went up in January, 1914. On the outbreak of war, he applied for a commission, and was gazetted to the Rifle Brigade early in September, 1914. He was made bombing officer, and went with his Battalion to the Front in July,1915, where he served in the trenches for nine months. After being home on sick leave, he had only rejoined about ten days when he fell. Lieutenant Ord’s Adjutant wrote of him :— " He had been given command of ' A ' Company, and was leading them, when he was shot. He was one of those splendid and plucky fellows it is almost impossible to replace and we miss him in so many ways."

Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division. Killed in action at Becourt on the Somme 3 September 1916. Aged 32. Son of Colonel John Becher Ormsby, R.A., and Mrs Ormsby, of "Overbury" Middlesex Road, Bexhill. Buried in HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 44.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle - Saturday 16 September 1916, page 4:

Second Lieut. F. J. Ormsby.

Amongst those who fell in the battle of the Somme on the 3rd September, and whose death has been announced officially as "killed in action " is Second Lieut. Francis James Ormsby, son of Colonel J. B. Ormsby, R.A., of Overbury, Middlesex Road, Bexhill. He was 32 years of age. Eight years ago he left England for South Africa, and went to Johannesburg. He joined General Botha's force when the war broke out, and served through the campaign in German West Africa. When that was ended, and the army broken up, he came to England. He at once volunteered for active service abroad, and secured a commission in the Royal Sussex Regiment, his commission in that regiment being dated January 15th, 1916.

The elder brother of Lieut. F. J. Ormsby. Lieut. Horatio Nelson Ormsby, of the Scottish Rifles, was in June, 1915, reported as wounded and missing from Gallipoli, and has not since been heard of. Of Colonel Ormsby's other three sons, one is now serving with General Smuts' force in German East Africa, and a second is in the Army at home, his regiment not having been yet ordered abroad.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 16 September 1916, page 10:

COLONEL'S SON KILLED.

Much sympathy is felt with Colonel Ormsby. of Overbury, Middlesex-road, in the sad news of the death of his son Second-Lieut. F. J. Ormsby, Royal Sussex Regiment, who has been officially reported as killed on the 3rd September. In June, 1915, an elder brother in Gallipoli, was reported wounded and missing, and he has never been heard of since. Other members of this patriotic family are serving their country. A brother is fighting in German East Africa.

Lieutenant, 1/7th Battalion, Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles) 52nd Lowland Division Gallipoli attached to 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borders. Killed in action on Gallipoli 4 June 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born ireland, a Bank Clerk, son of John B and Fanny L Ormsby, resident 207, Anerley Road, Penge, Kent. Listed on the South Africa Roll of Honour 1914-1918. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 93 to 98.

Private 427657, 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). Died 11 November 1916. Age 26. Born 9 December 1892 in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Enlisted and passed fit 14 September 1915 at Moose Jaw, Saskatawan, Canada, aged 23 years. Height 5 feet 9½ inches, girth 38 inches, complexion ruddy, eyes brown hair dark brown, religion Church of England. Son of Mrs. Eliza Osborne, of 48, Belmore Rd., Eastbourne who was living at 97 Windsor Road, Bexhill-on-Sea when he enlisted. Native of Mountfield, Sussex. Butcher by trade. Served 2½ years in Cinqueport Rifles, Militia. Single man. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 1. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7492 - 57

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 16 December 1916, page 6:

THE LATE PRIVATE OSBORNE.

With reference to the death in action of Private A. Osborne, of the Canadian Infantry, formerly of Bexhill, the deceased soldier was married to Miss B. Pelling at St. Matthew's Church, St. Leonards, just four months previous to his death. Friends at Bexhill and St. Leonard will sympathise with the young widow in her great loss.