Lieutenant Herbert Lyttelton Pelham © IWM (HU 116813)

[Transcribed as The Honourable Lyttleton Herbert Keymer PELHAM] Second Lieutenant. Born 3 April 1884 at Rectory House, Lambeth, 4th son of Rev. Francis Godolphin, 5th Earl of Chichester, of Stanmer, Lewes, Sussex; married Mary Gwendolen Emmott in St Margaret, Westminster. He was at Charterhouse [D] 1898 - 1900. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born London, Middlesex, brother of Ruth Pelham and son of Canon Pelham, resident Dann Dairy, Gloster Road, Seaford, Eastbourne, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Lambeth, Surrey, a school boarder, resident South Lynn, Mill Gap Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1902 he was commissioned into the Hants. & Isle of Wight R.G.A. (Militia) then in 1904 transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment. Held Aviator's and Pilot's Certificates. In the Great War he served as Adjutant with 2nd Bn. He was awarded the Cross of Légion d'Honneur. He was killed in action on 14 September 1914. His grave is in Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Plot. I. Row C. Grave 15. See also Lambeth Parish Church, Falmer War Memorial and Charterhouse War Memorial.

Extract from Northwich Guardian - Friday 19 December 1913, page 4, and Runcorn Guardian - Friday 19 December 1913, page 4:

The most recent qualiflcations for the Royal Flying Corps include Mr. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham, youngest brother of Lord Chichester, and lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment. Mr. Pelham learnt to fly at the Vickers School Brooklands, and passed his tests in the most promising manner for the Royal Club's certificate, which was granted him the last meeting.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 19 September 1914, page 8:

Lieutenant the Hon. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham (killed) is brother to the Earl of Chichester. His father, the late Rev. the Earl Chichester, was formerly vicar of Yarmouth. Lieutenant Pelham was born in 1884, and became lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1908.

Extract from London Evening Standard - Saturday 19 September 1914, page 6:

The Hon. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham, youngest brother of the Earl of Chichester, was born in 1884. He entered the Militia, and in 1904 joined the Royal Sussex Regiment, of which he was appointed adjutant in December, 1911.

Extract from Beverley and East Riding Recorder - Saturday 26 September 1914, page 4:

Lieutenant the Hon. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham, who was killed in one of the recent engagements, is brother of the Earl of Chichester, and son of the late Hon. and Rev F. G. Pelham, a former vicar of St. Mary's, Beverley. Lieutenant Pelham was born in 1884, and became a lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1908.

Extract from Beverley and East Riding Recorder - Saturday 26 September 1914, page 4:

PELHAM—Killed in action, the Hon. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham, Lieutenant and Adjutant 2nd Battalion Boyal Sussex Regt., youngest son of the late Francis, Earl of Chichester, of Stanmer Park, Falmer, and Alice, Dowager Countess of Chichester, of Oldland, Keymer, aged 30.

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945