Lance Corporal 3835, 1st/9th 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles), London Regiment. 56th London Division. Killed in action near Gommecourt 1 July 1916. Aged 22. Son of George and Mria Theresa Tarrant of 68 Station Road Bexhill. Enlisted in London. Resident of Fulham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C.

Private SD/864, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 1 July 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Born St Pancras, Middlesex, enlisted Bexhill. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot VI. Row Q. Grave 73.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 29 July 1916, page 4:

Private Taylor, Royal Sussex Regiment, who has died of wounds. was an employee at Mr. Drayton's, St. Leonards-road. The news of his death has been received by Mrs. Spray, 9, Sea-road, where he made his home. He had been in Bexhill about six years, and made many friends who will deeply regret his loss, He joined on September 3rd, 1914, and died of wounds received in action on July 1st.

Private 26289, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) formerly 141574, Royal Field Artillery. 13th Division. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 11 January 1917. Born in Wimbledon and enlisted in Hastings. Resident of Bexhill. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XVIII. Row C. Grave 11. - See also Little Common

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 3 February 1917,page 8:

PRIVATE GILBERT C. TAYLOR

The sad intelligence has been received that Private Gilbert C. Taylor, Wiltshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Taylor, Broad Oak-gardens, Bexhill, haa been killed in action in the Persian Gulf. His death took place on the 11th January. Details are not yet to hand. Private Taylor was nearly 22 years age. The family have lived at Bexhill for the past 16 years. A brother is in the Navy.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 12 January 1918, page 4:

IN MEMORIAM

TAYLOR.—in loving memory of our darling boy, Gilbert Charles Taylor, who was killed in action at the Persian Gulf, January 11th, 1917.

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died at Bexhill-on-Sea 25 August 1917. Aged 44. Born 12 March 1875. Son of Alexander and Jennie Taylor. Husband of Mrs Eothen Taylor of "Lochiel" Watford Road Northwood Middlesex. Qualifications MB, CM, FRCS ED. In the 1911 census he was age 38, born Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, a Physician and Surveyor, unmarried, resident 1, Marina, Bexhill, Sussex. Registered at 1, Marina, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex - M.B. Master Surgeon University of Edinburgh 1896 and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1905 Edinburgh. Buried in EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY, Morningside Drive, Edinburgh. Grave reference J. 913.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

TAYLOR Henry Young Cameron of 1 Marina Bexhill Sussex died 25 August 1917 Probate Lewes 16 November to the Public Trustee. Effects £5711 12s. 7d. in the United Kingdom.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer 1 September 1917:

Much regret in felt at the death in early middle life of Dr. Henry Young Cameron Taylor which took place on Saturday evening. Dr. Taylor, who was an Aberdonian, was educated at school and at the University in Edinburgh, where he had a very distinguished career. He came to Bexhill in January, 1909. He had served for two and a half years, in the R.A.M.C., holding the rank of Captain. For the first six months he was at Hampstead Military Hospital and for the second six months on the hospital ship '' Britannic." Since April, 1916, he had been at Netlev, where, in recognition of his skill and ability, he was given a special surgical appointment. His illness, which dated about two months, was contracted in the course. and as a result, of his duties. Dr. Cameron Taylor leaves a widow for whom sympathy will be felt. but no family. Mrs. Cameron Taylor is a granddaughter or the famous Bishop Colenso. The late doctor was connected with the Established Church of Scotland, but was friendly to all denominations. He frequently attended Bexhill Congregational Church, and on several occasions he spoke before the Brotherhood and the Sisterhood. On these occasions he almost invariably spoke on subjects connected with public health. He was the first Medical Officer of Sussex 33 Red Cross and resigned on taking an appointment in France under the French Red Cross. On Sunday morning at Bexhill Congregational Church the Rev. J. Osborne referred to the death. He said that their own people would be quite distressed to hear the news that Dr. Cameron Taylor had passed away on Saturday evening. His death was a very distinct loss to the medical profession in the town and to many forms of social and philanthropic work which he heartily supported. Dr. Cameron Taylor was a gifted man, a competent physician, and a Christian gentleman. It had been his privilege to know Dr. Taylor somewhat intimately, and he could testify to the deep kindness of spirit which always influenced him. If he made any distinction at all with regard to his cases the choice always fell upon the care of little children. He would spare no pains in doing his utmost for them. They sympathised very deeply with Mrs. Taylor and other relatives, and they felt that Dr. Taylor’s loss was almost personal to all of them. The funeral took place on Tuesday. The body was taken to Golders Green, the burial taking place subsequently at Edinburgh.

Midshipman, H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Navy. Lost in H.M.S. Bulwark 26 November 1914. Aged 16. Born 2 October 1898. Son of N. Taylor, Esq., of The Breakers, 9, Channel View, Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, Kent. Naval. Reference 15. 763.

Extract from East Anglian Daily Times - Tuesday 9 February 1915, page 7:

BULWARK VICTIMS.

The 85th body recovered from the ill-fated battleship Bulwark was that of Midshipman Norman Willis Taylor, 16, of Bexhill. At the inquest on his tl.044, body and those of Alfred John Tweddell, blacksmith's mate, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, and unidentified bluejackets, the Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

Note: HMS Bulwark, a battleship of 15,000 tons, was moored to No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach on the River Medway, almost opposite the town of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppy, Kent. She had been there for some days. On the morning of 26 November 1914 around 7:30 she blew up.

For more details see the The Accidental Death of HMS Bulwark (1914)

Captain Guy Stafford Thorne © IWM (HU 119083)

Captain (Pilot), 13 Artillery Observation Squadron (BE 2c's), Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action flying in a BE2d 5770 18 March 1917, with 2Lt P E H Van Baerle who was taken POW. Aged 35. Native of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 26 May 1917, page 8:

Although not officially announced, it is feared that Captain Guy S. Thorne, R.F.C., son of the late Colonel Thorne, of Wolverhampton, and of Mrs. Thorne, of The Roseries (near St. Stephen's Church) succumbed on the 18th March to wounds received in action. Captain Guy Thorne's elder brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Underhill Hatton Thorne, Royal Berkshire Regiment, commanding a battalion of the Royal Scots, was reported killed on the 9th April.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

THORNE Guy Stafford of The Rosaries Down-road Bexhill Sussex captain R.F.C. died 18 or 19 March 1917 in France Administration (with Will) London to July to Mary, Gwendoline Charlotte Thorne widow.
Effects £738 18s. 7d.

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). 15th Scottish Division, formerly 4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action at Arras 9 April 1917. Birth registered 1880 in Wolverhamptom Registration District. Baptised 11 November 1880 in Wolverhampton, St. Jude, Satffordshire. Son of Col. and Mrs. Edwin Thorne, of Wolverhampton; husband of Evelyn May Thorne (nee Addenbrooke) of 60, Courtfield Gardens, London. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 1.

[Gunner in newspaper, Sergeant Major, 1st Sussex Royal Field Artillery (T.) on memorial.] Battery Sergeant Major 900802, 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, formerly 2257, 2nd/3rd Sussex Battery, 335 Brigade (T.F.), Royal Field Artillery. Died 4 March 1919. Born 21 November 1885 in Bexhill-on-Sea. Resident with his parents at 40, Parkhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. Enlisted 21 September 1914 in Brighton. Unmarried at enlistment. Son of Mr. Edward Charles Tickner. Resident Brighton. Discharged as physically unfit due to heart disease 28 April 1917 King's Regulations Sickness 392 (xvi), awared Silver War Badge 166548 24 April 1917. Enlisted aged 28 years 10 months, civilian occupation Furnishing Buyer. Height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 150 lbs, chest 34½-36½ inches, normal complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Married Eva M [either Millicent or Maud] Pooley 5 March 1916 in Westerham, St Mary the Virgin, Kent, and resided at 50, Marne Cots, Shoreham, Kent, she remarried Ernest Emil Dich and she died 2 July 1966; one son, Guy Tickner, born 8 August 1918 in Studley Nursing Home, Shelley Road, Worthing. Enlisted and posted as Gunner 21 September 1914, promoted Bombardier 10 February 1915, promoted Corporal 1 May 1915, promoted Sergeant 9 July 1915, promoted Battery Sergeant Major 23 August 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born Bexhill, Sussex, son of Edward C and Catherine Tickner, resident 40, Parkhurst Road, Bexhill, Battle, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Bexhill, Sussex, a Furnishing Salesman boarding at 6, Anchor Road, Calne, Calne Within, Wiltshire. Burial place unknown currently.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

TICKNER Albert Guy of 9 Crescent-road Worthing sergeant-major H.M. Army died 4 March 1919 Probate Chichester 20 May to Eva Millicent Tickner widow. Effects £115 10s.

Lance Corporal G/1712, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 29 January 1915 with British Expeditionary Force. Age 26. Born St Pancras, Middlesex, enlisted Bexhill. Son of John and Ellen Tippett. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 8.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer 20 February 1915:

We last week recorded the fact that while serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment, Lance-Corporal Henry Tippett, until the war broke out in the employ of the Bexhill Water and Gas Co, who resided with Mr. Collison, of Cornwall Road, was wounded, and it was feared seriously. The news has not only been confirmed, but the added information is to the effect that Lance-Corporal Tippett died on January 28th, at No. I GeneraI Hospital. Havre. from the effects of his wounds. The news was officially sent by the War Office to his uncle at Truro –the deceased N.C.O. was an orphan – who forwarded the news to Mr. R.D. Jesty, the secretary of the Bexhill Water and Gas Co., and to Mr. Collison. The deceased, though only 24 years of age. had served his King and country from his youth. Henry Tippett was educated by his uncle - his parents died in early life - and entered the employ of the Truro Gas Company. From there he came to Bexhill, being appointed clerk and collector to the Gas and Water Company here, and while in the town took an active interest in local athletics. He joined the Bexhill Town Football Club and played in several matches, frequently filling the post of left half. He was captain of the Water and Gas Co.'s Cricket Club. His genial presence in Bexhill on the football and cricket grounds, and elsewhere, will be held in kindly remembrance by all who knew him. When in Truro he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery. and served with them for some time. He did not rejoin at Bexhill the Territorials, but shortly after the outbreak of war – it was on September 7th – he enlisted at the Town Hall and was one of the earliest of our recruits responding to the call of the then Mayor of Bexhill. He was sent to Chichester, and was then transferred to Dover to fill up vacancies in the 3rd Battalion. While stationed there he went through a course of musketry at Lydd and made such excellent progress that he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. He proceeded to the Front about the beginning of December, and though there are a few records of what was done in the weeks that have intervened, we know that he was doing his best. After he had been removed from the trenches a letter in his handwriting was picked up from those trenches, dated Jan. 23rd. That letter he had had no opportunity of posting at the base post office, but it has been preserved, and indicates in all probability the date on which he received his death wound.

Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Died in United Kingdom 21 January 1916. Aged 27. Son of Lt. Col. E. G. Tomblings and Mrs. Tomblings, of "Banda," A.M.I.C.E. Buried in In South-West corner of CAMPSALL OLD CEMETERY, Yorkshire.

Private 29169, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 18th Division Killed in action on the Somme 4 August 1916. Born in Hastings, resident Bexhill and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle - Saturday 2 September 1916, page 10:

We learn that Pte. Bert Truluck, of The Cottage. Eastwood Road, who joined the 15th Royal Fusiliers, has been killed in action while fighting in France. He was 26 years of age. Before the war broke out he was in the employ of Mr. W. Burchett, provision dealer, of London House, Western Road.

Lieutenant (Pilot), 65th Squadron, Royal Air Force. (Sopwith Camels). Missing, believed killed in action, flying in a Sopwith F.1 Camel, serial number D8160, 4 July 1918, last seen east of Hamel. Aged 22. Born at Woodbridge, Suffolk. Baptised 25 May 1896 in Widbridge, St. Mary, Suffolk. Son of Philip Edward and Agnes Tuckwell, of Heriot Lodge, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Buried in HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES, Somme, France. Plot II. Row J. Grave 8. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 31 August 1918, page 4:

LOCAL LADY'S BEREAVEMENT.

Many residents of Bexhill will be sorry to hear that Mrs. Tuckwell has sustained a severe loss. Lieut. Humphrey A. H. Tuckwell. R.A.F., son of the late Rev. Philip Tuckwell, formerly of Woodbridge, Suffolk, and of Mrs. Tuckwell, was killed in action on the 4th July. Mrs. Tuckwell, who has been away, is expected home this week-end.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

TUCKWELL Humphrey Ansell Henry of Heriot Lodge Bexhill Sussex died on or since 4 July 1918 in France Probate Lewes 24 February to Agnes Tuckwell widow.
Effects £2415 4s.

Private 25699, 13th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 40th Division Died of wounds 13 December 1917. Aged 40. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Turk, of Bexhill, Sussex; husband of Annie Louisa Turk, of 38, Cornwall Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. Born St. Johns and enlisted in Hastings. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 15. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 22 December 1917, page 8:

Many people in Bexhill, including the Bexhill Brotherhood , and those with whom he was associated in work under the Borough Surveyor’s department as road foreman, will be sorry to hear that Private Percy Turk, of the East Surrey Regiment, has succumbed to wounds received in the recent fighting. Private Turk's home address was 38, Cornwall Road. He leaves a widow and daughter. The sad intelligence was conveyed to Mrs. Turk in a letter from a chaplain who explained that Private Turk was brought to the Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from very severe wounds in both legs. The Chaplain adds: “I am sorry to tell you that nothing could be done for him, and he passed over to God a short time after his reception. I remained with him for some time before he passed away, and it may be some comfort—a saddening comfort, perhaps to know that his thoughts were of you and his daughter. . . . It was his wish that I might minimize his wounds as much as possible, so that you might not be worried. I laid him to rest in a quiet .graveyard behind the line some distance. . . Please accept my truest sympathy in the loss of a loving husband and father.”

We have received the following tribute from the Rev. J. Osborne:—

SIR,—Would y0u allow me room for a word with regard to my friend Percy Turk, recently killed in action before Cambrai?

I have known him quite closely ever since coming to Bexhill. He was one of those men to whom one could talk intimately, because of a certain sincerity of mind and quickness of sympathy. He was a man whom one could trust as a loyal-hearted friend.

He had a sturdy independence of view, and could express his thoughts with much natural eloquence. I persuaded him to give an address at the Bexhill Brotherhood. He chose for his subject " Work" and developed his theme carefully, and with well-chosen words. Had he been spared, I believe that Percy Turk would have done very good service in some directions.

He was a brave and gallant-hearted man, shrinking from the very thought of doing injury to any man; he, nevertheless, became a conscientious fighter in the great cause of his Country. We may place him among the best type of intelligent and high-minded working men whose friendship one cherishes as the very gift of Heaven. I append a few sentences from his last letter to me.

Yours truly,

JOSEPH OSBORNE.

The extracts referred to are appended :—

“Dear Mr. Osborne.—You will be interested to know that since coming out here, I have I suffered no ill-effects, either physically, morally or spiritually. Personally, I find the majority of the men down-right good fellows; this includes officers as well as men. When I look back on the remarkable way in which I have been led, I consider myself one of the most favoured of men. But I know the source from whence I derive these blessings, and am very grateful for them. The things that are occurring daily have not in the least shaken my confidence in the Bestower of every good and perfect gift, but have rather strengthened and consolidated my faith in Him, and I have not the slightest doubt that my 'anchor' will hold when the strong tides lift and the cables strain.”

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE.

Mr. Frank Bending, Hon. Secretary of the Brotherhood, writes: — “The news of the passing of Percy Turk came as a great shock to the members of the Bexhill Brotherhood. 'Percy,' as he was affectionately known to them, was one of the oldest and most respected members, and his genial, straightforward and attractive manner never failed to impress those who worked with him. The greatest thing that can be said, and said quite truly, of Percy Turk is, that he was a good man. he was a man of sterling character and had a heart filled with sympathy and kindly thought for his fellow men. His whole nature was stirred to its depths by injustice or wrong-doing of any kind, particularly towards the poor and down-trodden. If any man knew and believed in what he was fighting for, that man was Percy Turk. He was a man who thought for himself and his thoughts, when he could be prevailed upon to express them to his friends, were those of a genuine, high-living man. It was my privilege to cones-pond with him during the whole time he spent in the Army. and his letters, especially those sent from France, always breathed a spirit of cheerfulness and hope. and of a deep spiritual strength. I may, perhaps. be allowed to quote one sentence. After expressing his thankfulness for what he considered were the good things which had come his way in France. he adds: 'But I am not ignorant of the source from whence these privileges have come to me. My trust is in God and I am not afraid what man can do unto me. He may or may not destroy the body, but be cannot harm the thing that matters, the soul.' And the buoyant, strong faith of Percy Turk is with us yet and the good influence of his life remains. But although we part with a true brother with deep sorrow and a great heartache, it is with the sure and certain knowledge of bidding him in the better dawn. ‘Good morning.'”

Sapper 1500, 1st/2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 14 August 1915 in France and Flanders. Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, enlisted Bexhill-on-Sea. Buried in BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 32. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

Extract from Bexhill on Sea Chronicle 21 August 1915:

We regret to record that Sapper W. Turner 2nd H.C. R.E., was killed while at the front on Saturday last. Sapper Turner. who leaves a wife and family, who reside at 55, Sidley Street, had written home to Mrs. Turner on the previous Thursday. On Monday evening last, Mrs. Turner received a letter from Major Cecil Ticehurst, R.E., stating that the Sapper had been killed by a bursting shell while resting in a wood. Later, a further letter was received from another officer, forwarding a sum of money which had been found in the deceased 's soldier's pocket. Sapper Turner, before joining the Army, had been in the employ of Councillor James Rogers, of the Old Town, and was very well known in Bexhill, having resided here for the past sixteen years.

Captain, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 3rd September 1916. Aged 26. Only Son of Laurence Rayner Tuttiett; husband of Frances Alice Tuttiett, of 89 The Avenue, West Ealing, London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. - See also Bexhill-on-Sea - St Mary Magdelene

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

CAPTAIN TUTTIETT.

It is with deep regret that we have to announce that Capt. L. W. Tuttiett, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, was reported "missing "—a word that has a terrible significance at the present,time—on September 3rd. He was the only son of the Rev. L. R. Tuttiett, the hon. Chaplain of the Bexhill V.T.C., who resides at Avenue House, Bexhill. and was born in June, 1891. Captain Tuttiett was educated at Lancing, and served for three years as a trooper with the British South African Police in Rhodesia. Afterwards he went to Ceylon, returning home from that island at the outbreak of the war, and obtained a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, in December, 1914. He joined one of the battalions of the regiment which, in its early days, trained in Bexhill, and the one he joined was the one that, for some time occupied the Down School. He was promoted to captain and company commander in April, 1915. Captain Tuttiet married in April, 1915, and leaves a son, aged six months. The sympathy of all in Bexhill will go out to the family.

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

Captain L. W. Tuttiett, Royal Sussex Regiment, son of the Rev. L. R. Tuttiett, Avenue House, Bexhill (a well-known local resident and chaplain of the V.T.C.) is reported missing on the 3rd inst. He was on special duty at the time, and his friends hope he may yet be alive. Captain Tuttiett is well-known in Bexhill, his Battalion having been quartered at the Down School and the Drill Hall. He was born in June, 1891, and was educated at Lancing College. He served three years with the B.S.A.P. in Rhodesia, and returned from Ceylon on the outbreak of the war and obtained a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment in December, 1914. He was promoted to be captain and company commander in August, 1915. Captain Tuttiett was married in April, 1915, and has a son aged six months.