Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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1914-1919
| AKEHURST | Fredrick Charles | Boy
2nd Class J35504, HMS Vivid, Royal Navy. Died of Pneumonia 8 March
1915. Aged 17. Son of Mr and Mrs Jabez Akehurst of Cranesden Lodge
Mayfield. Buried in St. Dunstans Churchyard, Mayfield |
| AKEHURST | Sidney George | Lance
Corporal 6/5841. 6th Battalion, Leinster Regiment. 10th Irish Division.
Killed in action in Palestine 9 April 1918. Aged 27. Son of Harvey
and Emily Akehurst Husband of Edith Akehurst Re Married (Mockford)
of Broad Oak. Born Waldron. Enlisted in Woolwich. Buried in Ramleh
War Cemetery, Palestine (Israel) |
| ASHDOWN | Alfred | Private
SD277, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Windy Corner 28 April 1916. Aged 24. Son of Mr and
Mrs George Ashdown of Coggins Mill. Born in Mayfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Buried in Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner |
| AXELL | Frederick | Private
G11188, 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 41th Division.
Killed in action near Delville Wood 2 September 1916. Aged 23. Son
of Mr and Mrs Owen Axell of Mayfield. Born Mayfield and enlisted
in Tunbridge Wells. Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval |
| BATEUP | Ernest | Private
404260, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry 1st Canadian Division.
Died of wounds 29 December 1916. Aged 23. Son of James and Louisa
Bateup of 1 Alexandra Terrace Mayfield. Buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery |
| BATEUP | Herbert James | Rifleman
372966, 1/8th (The Post Office Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment.
58th London Division. Killed in action near Ypres 12 September 1917.
Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Margate. Commemorated on the Menin
Gate Memorial, Ypres. |
| BALDOCK | Benjamin | Private
41685, 8th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Pioneer Battalion, 13th Division.
Died in Mesopotamia 10 September 1917. Born Best Beech, Mayfield
and enlisted in Eastbourne Mayfield. Resident. Formerly Royal Sussex
Reg. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia (Iraq) |
| BALDOCK ** | Lewis John | Private
G3571, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 24. Son of George and
Emma Baldock . Born in Penshurst and enlisted in Uckfield.. Resident
of Hadlow Down Included on The Memorials of Five Ash Down and Hadlow
Down Parish Church. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial |
| BAUGH | William George | Rifleman
48915, 2/10th Battalion, London Regiment. 60th London Division.
Formerly With The Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 8 August 1918.
Aged 18. Brother of Mrs Dawes of Providence Cottage, Broadoak. Born
in Mayfield and enlisted in Brighton Mayfield. Resident. Commemorated
on the Vis En Artois Memorial |
| BAYLEY, M.C. | Frederick Gordon | Lieutenant
Royal Air Force 204th Fighter Squadron Sopwith Bentley Camels. Stationed
at Heule in Flanders in Support of The Army. Killed in action During
A Ground Attack Mission 23 October 1918 No Other Details Found.
Buried in Cement House Cemetery. |
| BEALE | Cyril | Private
192544, 3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died of Influenza while
serving with Army of Occupation in Germany 28 August 1919. Aged
19. Formerly with the Royal West Surreys. Enlisted in Brighton.
Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery |
| BEALE ** | Harvey Maurice | Ordinary
Seaman J/70671, HMS Resolution, Royal Navy. Died of Influenza 13
March 1919. Aged 19. Son of Mr Beale and Mrs Kate Beale of Old Croust
Farm Five Ashes. Buried in St Marks Churchyard Hadlow Down |
| BERRY | Alfred John | Private
TF/241308, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Killed in action near Ypres 4 October 1917. Born in Angmering and
enlisted in Worthing Included on Angmering War Memorial. Connection
With Mayfield Unknown. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial |
| BLAKE. | Harry William | Private
204295, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment transferred to 51st
Home Service Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died at Home 14 March
1919. Aged 27 Husband of Daisy Sarah Blake of Victoria Road, Mayfield.
Served in France With The West Kent Yeomanry. Buried in St. Dunstans
Churchyard, Mayfield. |
| BOTTING ** | William | Private
10905, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action 4 April 1918. Born Little Horstead Enlisted Chichester.
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial |
| BRITT | Percy | Private
28570, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Died
of wounds 16 October 1917. Aged 33. Son of William and Ellen Britt
of Forge Farm Mayfield. Formerly with the 8th Battalion. Born in
Mayfield and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery |
| BUCK | Jesse | Private
TF/240751, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 48th Division.
Died on Active Service in Italy 25 May 1918. Aged 25. Son of Herbert
and Alice Buck of Wallis Farm, Mayfield. Born in Jarvis Brook and
enlisted in Hastings. Included on Crowborough and District Memorial.
Buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy. |
| CARTER ** | Henry Thomas | Private
35218, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action 27 March 1918. Aged 19. Son of William and Harriett Carter
9, The Bungalow, Broadoak Formerly with the A.S. Corps. Born in
Hankham and enlisted in Port Royal, Middlesex. Commemorated on the
Pozieres Memorial |
| CARTER ** | John Henry | Private
15566, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 27 10 1916. Aged 20. Son of Mr and Mrs Carter
of Heathfield. Born Rushett Common Surrey and Enlsied in Tonbridge.
Buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery |
| CARTER | Richard John | Ordinary
Seaman 21117 Merchant Navy. Aged 17 Ss Cap Finisterre 4, 330 Tons
Cargo Ship. Torpedoed by UC17 off The Manacles near Falmouth, Captain
and 34 crew lost, 2 November 1917. Son of Mr Carter and Mrs Ellen
Carter of Burton Lane Marden, Kent. Born in Mayfield 2 November
1917 Tower Hill Memorial, London. |
| COKER | Cadwallader John | Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. 28th Division. Killed in action 22
June 1915. Aged 23. Son of Gould and Florence Coker of Lane End,
Mayfield. Buried in Ridge Wood Military Cemetery |
| COLVIN | Arthur | Private
L8653 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Att. To The 15th
Indian Division. Died of wounds 27 April 1915. Born in Mayfield
and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Commemorated on the Basra Memorial
Mesopotamia (Iraq) |
| COLVIN | George | Private
68986, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 1st Division.
Died of wounds 5 August 1918. Aged 18. Son of Mr and Mrs J Colvin
of Coggins Mill, Mayfield. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Brighton.
Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery |
| CONRON | Hatton Charles Ronayne | Lieutenant,
205 Naval Squadron (DH 4s), Royal Air Force. Killed in action 18
May 1918. Aged 19. Son of Hatton Ronayne Conron and Mildred Mary
Maitland Addison Conron of Mayfield. Commemorated on the Arras Flying
Services Memorial |
| CORNFORD ** | Elam | Driver
103660, 273rd Company, Army Service Corps. Died in Egypt 11 July
1915. Aged 19. Son of Mr and Mrs Horace Cornford of Harlands Farm
Uckfield. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Weymouth, Dorset.. Resident
of Five Ashes. Buried in The Alexandria Chatby, War Memorial Cemetery |
| CORNFORD | Henry George | Sergeant
901 1st Battalion, Australian Pioneers 1st Australian Division.
Killed in action near Ypres 17 October 1917 Aged 26. Son of Wlliam
and Ellen Cornford of Nebo Road, Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
Buried in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery |
| COSHAM | Charles J | Private
SD/5353, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action near Ginchy 2 September 1916. Aged 25. Born in Mayfield
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Formerly With The South Downs Battalions.
Buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval |
| DANN ** | Charles J. S. | Private
S/18269, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders 9th Scottish Division.Killed
in action 18 April 1918. Aged 21. Son of Albert Thomas and Fanny
Dann of Criers Cottage Five Ashes. Born in Mayfield and enlisted
in London. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| DANN ** | Herbert | Gunner
103660, A Battery, 56 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
26 August 1918. Aged 19. Son of Albert Thomas and Fanny Dann of
Criers Cottage Five Ashes. Born in Hadlow Down and enlisted in Lewes.
Buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery |
| DAWSON ** | Albert | Private
G/61108, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Formerly With The Royal
West Surreys 2nd Division. Killed in action near Arras 28 May 1917.
Born in Lilley, Herts and enlisted in Luton. Connection With Mayfield
Unknown. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial |
| DAWSON ** | Herbert (Bert) | Private
G/11191, 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 24th Division.
Killed in action on The Somme 1 September 1916. Aged 27. Born Cripps
Corner and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Resident of Five Ashes.
Son of Caleb and Louisa Dawson of Fir Toll Cottage, Mayfield. Commemorated
on the Thiepval Memorial |
| DAWSON ** | Leonard | Lance
Sergeant Gs/2283 Special Reservist 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
12th Division. Died of wounds 9 August 1918. Aged 22. Son of Caleb
and Louisa Dawson of Fir Toll Cottage Five Ashes, Mayfield. Born
in Ewhurst Green and enlisted in Eastbourne. Included on Hadlow
Down Parish Church War Memorial. Buried in Pernois British Cemetery,
Halloy-Les-Pernois |
| EATON | Edgar | Private
G.37532 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 24th Division. Killed in
action at Ypres 31 July 1917. Aged 27. Born in Mayfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Eastbourne. Resident. Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery |
| ELLIS | John | Private
SD/172 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 21 October 1916. Aged 21. Son of Horace and
Naomi Ellis of Fletching Street, Mayfield. Born in Framfield and
enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial |
| FRENCH | Victor James Somerset | Second
Lieutenant Irish Guards. Guards Division. Killed in action 10 October
1918. Aged 20. Son of Sir Somerset French K.C.M.G. and Lady Josephine
French of Aylwins, Mayfield Educated at Winchester College Included
on Winchester College Roll of Honour. Buried in Carnieres Communal
Cemetery Extension. |
| GASTON | James | Private
9425, 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 18th Division. Died
of wounds 11 March 1917. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Tunbridge
Wells. Resident of Groombridge. Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery
Extension. |
| GODFREY | John | Gunner
124926, 307th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in Italy 1 November 1917. Aged 28. Son of James and Anne
Godfrey of Fritenden Green, Staplehurst Husband of Alice Rose Godfrey
of Winters Farm, Mayfield. Born in Frittenden and enlisted in Folkestone.
Buried in Treviso Communal Cemetery. Italy |
| GRANT | Maurice Edward | Guardsman
3814, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards Guards Division. Died 18 May 1918.
Aged 19. Son of James and Annie Grant of Ivy Cottage, Wadhurst Hall
Wadhurst. Born in East Grinstead and enlisted in Hastings. Buried
in Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport |
| GRANT | Ralph | Private
G/4109, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Died
of wounds 23 August 1916. Aged 19. Son of James and Annie Grant,
of Ivy Cottage Wadhurst Hall Wadhurst Born in Maresfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne, Included on The Memorials of Tidebrook, Fairwarp
and Five Ash Down. Buried in Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension. |
| GRIFFITHS | William Thomas | Private
TF/3190, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action 9 May 1915. Aged 22. Son of Mr Griffiths and Mrs Jane
Griffiths of All Saints Street, Hastings. Enlisted in Hastings.
Included on All Saints and Hastings Parish Church Memorials Mayfield
Connection Unknown. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial |
| GROOMBRIDGE | Arthur | Private
G.18660 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 24th Division.
Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive 21 March 1918.
Aged 35b Company. Son of Edward and Eliza Groombridge of Pound Hill
Cottages Mayfield. Husband of Harriett Kate Groombridge of Rock
Cottages, Mayfield. Born in Rotherfield and enlisted in Mayfield.
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial |
| GUTSELL | Frank | Private
SD/4182 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of Sickness
at Home 10 February 1915. Aged 19. Son of William and Jane Gutsell
of Mayfield. Born Chiddingly and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried
in Bexhill Cemetery |
| HAFFENDEN | Montague | Driver
DM/2/164528 Royal Army Service Corps 611 Mechanical Transport Company
Att.274th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 26 October
1918. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Finchley. Mayfield. Resident.
Buried in Crucifix Cemetery, Vendegies-Su-Ecaillon |
| HALL | Percy | Able
Seaman R1697, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 39th
Royal Naval Division. Killed in action 27 September 1918. Commemorated
on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial |
| HALL ** | Sidney | Private
G/5744, 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 18th Division.
Killed in action 28 August 1915. Aged 26. Son of William and Elizabeth
Hall of Roundabout Cottages Five Ashes. Born Five Ashes and enlisted
in Guildford. Resident of Outwood, Surrey. Buried in Norfolk Cemetery,
Becordel-Becourt |
| HARVEY | Rollo D'Aubigne | Captain,
2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action
on The Somme near Ginchy 9 September 1916. Aged 31. Son of The Rev.
Clyde, Vicar of Hailsham, .and Mrs F.Harvey, of Morel House, Mayfield.
Born in Eastbourne Included on Hailsham Town War Memorial. Buried
in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. |
| HEASMAN | Frank Edward | Private
L/8356, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Priez 10 September 1914. Born Laughton near Lewes and
enlisted in Crowborough Regular.. Resident of Mayfield. Buried in
Montreuil-Aux-Lions British Cemetery |
| HEASMAN | Leonard | Private
SD/686, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action during the Assault on The Boars Head on The Somme 30 June
1916. Aged 25. Son of John and Alice Heasman of Park, Slinfold.
Born Forest Row, and enlisted in Horsham Mayfield Connection Unknown.
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial. |
| HICKS | Arthur | Private
60740, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Killed in action
at Cambrai 30 November 1917. Aged 39. Son of Mr Hicks and Mrs E,
Miles of The Gable End, Mayfield. Born Ticehurst and enlisted in
Eastbourne Formerly Royal West Kents. Commemorated on the Cambrai
Memorial, Louveral |
| HUMPHREY | Alexander | Private
Tf 204572 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action near Ypres 21 September 1917 Enlisted in Camberwell..
Resident of Bermondsey Former Middlesex Regiment. Connection With
Mayfield Not Established. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial |
| HUMPHREY | Jesse | Private
65504, 204th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in
action near Ypres 10 October 1917. Aged 33. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas
Humphrey. Husband of Fanny Beatrice Humphrey of 3, The Platt, Frant.
Born Five Oak Green and enlisted in Mayfield. Buied in Tyne Cot
Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, belgium. Plot XVIII. Row B. Grave 16. |
| JARVIS | Leslie | Private
M2/098125, M.T.Depot (Bulford), Royal Army Service Corps. Died at
Home 2 September 1915. Aged 20. Son of Henry and Charlotte Davis
of Mayfield. Buried in St. Dunstans Churchyard, Mayfield |
| JENNER | John William | Private
8319 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division. Killed
in action 15 April 1918. Aged 30. Son of John William & Frances
Harriett Jenner of Mayfield. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Tunbridge
Wells Groombridge. Resident. Buried in Tannay British Cemetery,
Thiennes |
| JONES, D.C.M. V.D. | Percy | Captain
13th Duke of Connaughts Own Lancers, (Watsons Horse) Former Major
of The Behar Light Infantry, Indian Army. Died in Mesopotamia 3
November 1917. Aged 48. Son of Lt/Col. A.S. Jones (V.C.) & Mrs Jones,
Of Ridge Cottage, Finchampstead, Berkshire. Husband of Mrs Percy
Jones of Holton, Mayfield. Served in South Africa as a Corporal
with Lumsdens Horse in The Boer War Included on Finchampstead War
Memorial. Buried in Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery, Iraq. |
| KENT | Percival Naylor | Major
(Acting Lt. Colonel) 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards. 3rd Cavalry
Division. Died in Military Hospital in Etaples 8 April 1918 Served
in The Imperial Yeomanry in The Boer War. Husband of Susan Catherine
Kent. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery |
| KENWARD | Charles Henry | Guardsman
15398, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards The Guards Division. Killed
in action 15 December 1916. Aged 23. Son of William & Alice Kenward
of York Cottage Mayfield. Husband of Mrs Annie Kenward of 1, Princes
Gardens, South Kensington, London. Born Watlington and enlisted
in East Grinstead. Buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension |
| LADE | Francis James | Private
02440 Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached 15th Division. Died of
wounds 22 March 1918. Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs James Luke Lade of
Mayfield. Born Mayfield and enlisted in Woolwich. Buried in Duisans
British Cemetery, Etrun |
| LANGLEY | J. H | Lance
Corporal Dorsets Not Found in CWGC or SDGW |
| LOWDER | Frederick May | Corporal
487, Southern Provinces Meerut Rifles Meerut Division attached Meerut
Divisional Signal Company Indian Army Signals Unit. Killed in action
near Neuve Chapelle 25 September 1915. Aged 25. Son of Mr E.Gordon
Lowder and Mrs Lowder Commissioner Chinese Maritime Custom Service.
Commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial. |
| LUSTED | George | Corporal
G/24415, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division.
Died of wounds 11 May 1917. Aged 34. Son of Mr & Mrs George Lusted
of Mayfield. Husband of Kate Elizabeth Lusted of Steam Mill Cottages,
Mayfield. Born Mayfield and enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Buried
in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension |
| MASKELL | Harry | Private
G/607, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 1 August 1916. Son of Mr & Mrs William Maskell
of Mayfield. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Eastbourne Employed
in Mayfield by Lesters The Bakers Included on Eridge Green Parish
Church Memorial. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial |
| MEDHURST | John H. | Private
23426, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 5th Division. Died of
wounds 15 October 1917. Son of Mrs H. Medhurst of Pound Hill, Mayfield.
Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Godewaersvelde
British Cemetery |
| PAINE | William Basil | Private
M2/081988, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Bridging Train. Died in
Military Hospital at St. Omer 5 April 1916. Born in Mayfield and
enlisted in London Mayfield. Resident. Buried in Longuenesse Souvenir
Cemetery, St Omer |
| PALMER | Edward William | [Listed on memorial as William Edward PALMER] Sergeant 400940, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in action during the Battle of Arras 8 August 1918 Enlisted in Hastings. Mayfield. One of three brothers. Formerly SD/2967 Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly Le Sec Additional
information: His Army Form B. 104-82, Ref. N.C.1211F; No.2. Record
Office, Warley, dated 20 August 1918, was addressed to Mrs.E.Palmer,
2 Oak Cottages, Colkins Mill, Mayfield, Sussex. The report is to the effect that he was killed in action. Another
communication: A later communication states that Edward was buried in the Dive Copse Brit Cemetery. Another communication, dated 25 february 1921, also addressed to Mrs. E. Palmer of 2 Oak Cottages, reads: “I am directed to transmit to you the accompanying 1914-15 star which would have been conferred upon 400940 Sergt. Palmer E.W., Essex Regiment, had he lived, in memory of his services with the British Forces during the Great War ...”. |
| PETTITT | Charles Henry | Private
G/16059, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Redan Ridge 23 September 1916. Aged 25 Husband of Mrs
Alice Ruth Pettitt of Argos Hill, Mayfield. Born in Mayfield and
enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps. |
| PETTITT | Frederick | Private
35447, 308 Company, Royal Defence Corps. Died at Home Post War 20
February 1919. Aged 52. Husband of Mrs Barbara Pettitt of Mayfield.
Born in Mayfield. Buried in Preston New Hall Lane Cemetery, Lancashire |
| PIERSON | William Alfred | Private
G/40400, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 8th Division. Died in
Base Hospital at Etaples 1 December 1916. Aged 29. Son of George
and Louisa Pierson of Wadhurst Husband of Kate Frost Pierson of
3, The Mount, Mayfield. Born West Hoathly and enlisted in Chichester.
Formerly Royal Sussex. Included on Wadhurst War Memorial. Buried
in Etaples Military Cemetery |
| REBBECK | William Alfred | Private
G8245 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in Military
Hospital at Chatham 14 November 1916. Aged 19. Son of William and
Ellen Rebbeck of South Street, Mayfield. Born in Mayfield and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Buried in St Dunstans Churchyard, Mayfield |
| ROGERS | Charles Henry | Rifleman
R/41901, 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 2nd Division. Killed
in action 8 October 1918. Aged 19. Son of Henry and Jessie Rogers
of Station Road, Mayfield. Born Uckfield and enlisted in Kensington.
Buried in Rumilly En Cambresis Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| SIMMONS | Russell Louis Harry | Second
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 8th Division.
Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 20. Son of Mrs
Stone, formerly Simmons, stepson of Dr. J.M. Stone of Harewood,
Maidenhead, Berkshire Oundle School Roll of Honour. Born in London.
Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. |
| SKINNER | Frank | Private
G.104 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action During Fighting near Loos 4 March 1916. Aged 23. Son of
George and Charity Skinner of Coggins Mill. Born in Mayfield and
enlisted in Tunbridge Wells. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial |
| SOANE, M.M. | Nelson | (Wm
Sloane) Corporal 16696, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.
12th Division. Killed in action 17 September 1917. Aged 36. Son
of Mr & Mrs Thomas Soane of Rotherfield. Husband of Mrs E.M. Soane
of Town Row, Rotherfield. Born in Buxted and enlisted in Tunbridge
Wells. Buried in Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy Le Preux |
| SLOMAN ** | Harold | Private
SD/362 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died
of wounds 27 July 1916. Born in Hampstead and enlisted in Eastbourne.
Included on Five Ash Down Memorial. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery |
| SMITH | Frederick Alfred Ernest | First
Engineer Mercantile Marine S.S. Tuscarora (Sunderland). Killed when
the ship was attacked by a submarine 9 September 1917. Aged 42.
Born in Margate, Kent. Husband of Emily Winifred Smith of Rosewarne,
Five Ashes, Mayfield. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial |
| SMITH | Walter | Private
G.16073 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action 25 May 1916. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs Horace Smith of
Toronto, Canada. Husband of Mrs Agnes Smith (Re Married) of Marks
Cross. Born in Mayfield and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Euston
Road Cemetery, Colincamps |
| TAYLOR | Joseph William | Sergeant
46540, 4th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 2 April 1918. Aged 27. Son of James and Marian Emily Taylor
of The High Street, Mayfield. Born Hackney and enlisted in London.
Buried in Anzin St. Aubin British Cemetery |
| TAYLOR, D.S.O. | Stuart Campbell | Brigadier
General 93rd Infantry Brigade 31st Division Former 15th Battalion,
West Yorkshires. Died of wounds 11 October 1918. Aged 45. Son of
James and Eliza Anne Taylor of Oxford Buried in La Kreule Military
Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France |
| THURLOW | John Reginald | Private
28173, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 19 November 1916. Aged 30. Son of John and
Ellen Eliza Thurlow of May Cottage, Fletching Street, Mayfield.
Born in Kingswood, Surrey and enlisted in Chichester. Formerly Royal
Sussex. Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt |
| TINKER | Frederick James | Private
33526, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 40th Division. Killed in
action 26 September 1917. Aged 38. Son of Thomas and Emily Tinker
of Vine Cottage, Westbury, Wilts Husband of Mrs Winifred Tinker
of 8, Landsdowne Road, Tonbridge, Kent. Born Westbury and enlisted
Eastbourne. Mayfield Connection Unknown. Commemorated on the Thiepval
Memorial. |
| TURK | William | Rifleman
R/14870, 9th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 20th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 24 August 1916. Aged 22. Son of Mr and Mrs
Alfred Albert Turk of Golds Farm Mayfield. Born Jarvis Brook and
enlisted in Worcester. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial |
| WATSON | Joseph | Private
G/2272 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action on The Somme 1 July 1916. Born in Dartford and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Resident of Mayfield. Commemorated on the Thiepval
Memorial |
| WATSON | J. | 80th
Brigade Royal Field Artillery There is only one man listed in CWGC
and SDGW. He was James Watson Gunner 74262, C Battery, 80th Brigade,
Royal Horse/Field Artillery. Killed in action on The Somme 7 August
1916 Enlisted in Preston and enlisted in Leyland, Lancashire (which
seems unlikely). Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial |
| WATSON | William J | Shoesmith
97449, 37th Battery .27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died at
Home 24 September 1918. Aged 26. Son of William and Eliza Watson
of Fletching Street, Mayfield. Buried in St Dunstans Churchyard,
Mayfield. |
| WESTON | John William | Private
108152, 59th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action at Cambrai
30 November 1917. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral
Possibility Only. Details Do Not Agree. |
| WHEATLEY | Frank | Private
G7131, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at Home 23 March
1916. Aged 18. Son of Obed and Sarah Anne Wheatley of 1, Victoria
Cottages Mayfield. Born in Waldron and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried
in St Dunstans Churchyard Mayfield |
| WICKER | Edwin George | Leading
Seaman 232543, H.M.T.B. 8, Royal Navy. Accidently drowned 22 November
1914. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs W. Wicker of East Farm Cottage, Mark
Cross. Born in Mayfield. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. |
| WICKER | Raymond | Private
SD/5829, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action near Ypres 14 March 1917. Aged 30. Born in Mayfield and
enlisted in Eastbourne Mayfield. Resident. Buried in Railway Dugouts
Transport Farm, Belgium |
| WICKENS ** | William | Lance
Corporal TF/204052, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 63rd Royal
Naval Division. Killed in action 24. 3. 1918. Aged 27. Son of Mr
& Mrs A.S. Wickens. Husband of Eleanor Louise Wickens of The Cottage,
Stonehurst, Five Ashes, Mayfield Formerly East Surreys. Enlisted
in Kingston on Thames. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial Mayfield |
1939-1945 |
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| ASHDOWN | James Herbert | Lance
Bombardier, . 9th Medium Reg. RFA, Royal Artillery. Killed in action
in Normandy 2 August 1944. Aged 36. Son of Joseph and Rose Alice
Ashdown. Husband of Doris Ashdown of Mayfield. Buried in Ranville
War Cemetery, Normandy, France |
| BRITT ** | Percy | Sergeant
3rd Royal Tank Regiment. Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in Action
in France 28. 6 1944. Aged 32. Son of Eli and Annie Britt of Cross
in Hand Husband of Mary Annie Britt of Sandford, Dorset. Brother
of Stanley Britt. Commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, Calvados,
France |
| BRITT ** | Stanley | Lance
Corporal 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
at El Alemein 28 October 1942. Aged 25. Son of Eli and Annie Britt
of Cross in Hand Brother of Percy Britt. Buried in El Alamein War
Cemetery Egypt |
| DALLAWAY | Leonard | Signalman
Royal Corps of Signals. Died in India 16 October 1944. Aged 22.
Son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Dallaway of Five Ashes. Buried in Calcutta
(Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata. |
| DOWNER | James | Leading
Aircraftman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Malta 27
January 1943. Buried in Malta (Capuccini)Naval Cemetery. |
| EVANS | Henry Arthur | Lieutenant
Welsh Guards attached to 2nd Hants. Killed in action in Tunisia
2 December 1942. Aged 21. Son of Colonel Sir Arthur Evans Kt. M.P.
and Mary Stewart Evans of Mayfield. Commemorated on the Medjez-El-Bab
Memorial, Tunisia. |
| EYRE | Anthony John | Captain
Royal Artillery 44th Light A.A. Killed in action in Burma 6 February
1944. Aged 24. Son of Captain Stanley Stephens Eyre M.C. and Mrs
Elizabeth Eyre of Mayfield. Commemorated on Th Rangoon Memoriak,
Burma |
| FEARON | Michael Rodney | (Mayfield
Memorial Records Fearson) Captain 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment.
Att. To The 1st Royal Norfolks. Killed in action in Normandy 24.
6. 1944. Aged 27 B.A. (Cantab). Son of Frank St. Clair and Alice
Cliffe Fearon of Mayfield. Buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War
Cemetery. |
| FOY | John | Lance
Corporal The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
in Italy 22 October 1943. Aged 32. Son of Michael and Ellen Foy
of Mayfield. Buried in Minturno War Cemetery |
| HALLIFAX | Noel Dan | Squadron
Leader, Royal Air Force. Killed During A Training Flight From Leeming,
Yorkshire, While Flying Mosquito Nt266 8 November 1946. Aged 27
The Aircraft Crashed on Pockley Moor. Noel Hallifax Was Trained
at Cranwell in 1938 and Became A Pilot Officer, Joining 3f Squadron
Flying Hurricanes. He Was Shot Down 15 May 1940 Over Zeebruge during
the Battle of France, and Taken Prisoner. He Ended Up in Colditz.
Son of Edwin Richard and Evaline Hallifax of Mayfield. Buried in
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire |
| HENRY | John Myles | Captain
10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment. Killed in action at Arnhem 19
September 1944. Aged 23. Son of Arthur and Margaret Henry. Husband
of Pamela Evelyn Henry of Mayfield. Buried in Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Holland |
| HUMPHREY | Peter John | Private
6th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action in
Germany 18. 2. 1945. Aged 20. Son of Alfred Thomas and Elizabeth
Harriet Humphrey of Mayfield. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery |
| HUTCHINS ** | Arthur Francis | Petty
Officer Stoker HMS Orion. Killed in action 29 May 1941. Aged 42
When The Cruiser Was Dive Bombed and Badly Damaged While Evacuating
Australian Troops To Alexandria. Husband of Leah May Hutchins of
Five Ashes. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial |
| KAY | George Alexander (The Rev) | Chaplain
1st Class Royal Army Chaplains Dept. Att. 8th Paras. Killed in action
in Normandy 7 June 1944. Aged 36 M.A. (Oxon). Son of Thomas George
Brierly and Fanny Kay. Husband of Janet Evelyn Lucas Kay of Watermillock,
Cumberland. Buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy, |
| KINGSLAND | Henry James | Private
7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Taken Prisoner during the
Battle of France in 1940 and. Died in Captivity in Poland 10. 9.1042.
Aged 30. Buried in Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland |
| LANDSDELL | Edward | Driver
Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in action in Algeria 1 March 1943.
Aged 33. Son of Edward and Hannah Landsell. Husband of Grace Irene
Landsell of Tunbridge Wells. Buried in Bone War Cemetery, Annaba,
Algeria |
| MANN | Hector William | Corporal
7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action during the
Battle of France 18 May 1940 Aged 27. Son of Adam and Agnes Mann
of Mayfield. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
| MOON | Frank | Private
7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action during the
Battle of France 18 May 1940. Aged 20. Son of Arthur and Hephzibah
Moon of Mayfield. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
| MORGAN | Jack | Company
Sergeant Major W.O.2nd Class 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment.
Killed in action in Burma 18 April 1945. Aged 29. Son of John and
Helen Morgan. Husband of Bridget Mary Morgan of Mayfield. Buried
in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. |
| NAPPER | Edward Phill | Private
5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died in Captivity in Poland
26 May 1942. Aged 21. Son of Archibald Charles and Alice Queenie
Napper of Mayfield. Buried in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery,
Poland |
| PARKHURST | John W E | Volunteer
25th Hampshire Home Guard, Royal Air Force. Farnborough. Died 16
August 1940 During An Air Raid on Farnborough. Buried in Cove St.
John Churchyard Hampshire |
| RICHARDSON | Herbert James | Trooper
46th Regiment. The Reconnaissance Corps R.A.C. Killed in action
in Italy 21 November 1943. Aged 22. Son of Sidney and Lucy Richardson
of Mayfield. Buried in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy |
| RICHARDSON ** | William Harold | Gunner
Royal Artillery 48 Light A.A.Regiment. Taken Prisoner by The Japanese
and. Died in Captivity in Japan 6 January 1943. Aged 27. Son of
Henry and Edith Richardson of Five Ashes. Husband of Betty Doreen
Richardson of Southend. Buried in Yokohama War Cemetery Japan |
| ROPER | Frank | Private
Royal Canadian Intelligence Corps Westminster Regiment. (Motors).
Killed in action in Northern Italy 7. 2. 1945. Aged 38. Son of Harry
and Jane Bowley-Roper of Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Buried in Assisi
War Cemetery |
| RUSBRIDGE | Edmund George Samuel | Private
1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action in East Africa
near Keren 8. 4. 1941. Aged 21. Son of Edmund and Louisa Florence
Rusbridge of Tunbridge Wells. Buried in Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea. |
| SAVAGE | Michael | Squadron
Leader (Croix De Guerre Avec Palm) Royal Air Force 175 Squadron
(Typhoon 1bs) Lost in Action Over Germany N.W. of Hamm 19 March
1945. Aged 26. Son of George Herbert and Marjorie Elizabeth Savage
of Mayfield. Husband of Sheila Doreen Savage, Educated at Kings
College, Canterbury Kings Cadet, Royal Air Force.College Cranwell
1936. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery |
| SMYTH | John Patrick Stracey | (Wm
Smythe) Wing Commander Royal Air Force (D.F.C.) 267 Squadron (Lockheed
Hudsons). Died 22 October 1942. Aged 31. Born in Mayfield. Son of
Richard Stracey and Lena Kramer Smyth Husband of April Margaret
Smyth of Mayfield. Buried in Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| STEVENS | P | Wm
Details Captain 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment. Royal Armoured
Corps. No Satisfactory CWGC Entry |
| STENNING | Wisden Warwick | Sergeant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 209 Coastal Command Squadron
(Catalina) Based at Pembroke Dock. Killed With 9 Other Crew Members
When Ah530 Hit A Drifter on Take Off and Crashed Off Weare Point
14 December 1941. Son of Wisden Warwick and Ellen Maude Stenning
of Mayfield Sgt Stenning Was 22. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial |
| STOKES | Patrick James | Sergeant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 487 Bomber Squadron (Lockheed
Venturas) Based at Feltwell in Norfolk. The Squadron lost three
aircraft and their crews during a raid on Eindhoven. 6 December
1942 Sgt Stokes Aircraft, AE 701, was hit by flack and crashed off
the island of Walcheren. Son of Alfred and Charlotte Stokes of Mayfied
Patrick Stokes Was 23. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial |
| TRAVERS | Hugh James | Trooper
50th Royal Tank Regiment. R.A.C. Killed in action at El Alamein
24 October 1942. Aged 32. Son of Major Hugh Travers (Duke of Wellingtons)
and Mrs Margaret Edith Travers of Mayfield Husband of Mrs Frances
Travers. B.A. (Cantab). Buried in El Alemein Cemetery, Egypt |
| TREGENZA | James | Lance
Corporal. Corps of Military Police. Died in Algeria 4 August 1943.
Aged 31. Son of Charles Edward and Alice Maude Tregenza. Husband
of Kathleen Mildred Grace Tregenza of Hellingly. Buried in Dely
Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria |
| WILSON | James Glasgow | Sergeant
56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in Italy
18 January 1944. Aged 31. Son of Mr and Mrs James Glasgow Wilson.
Husband of Daphne Grace Stanley Wilson of Mayfield. Buried in Minturno
War Cemetery, Italy |
| WHAPHAM | Alan Owen | Flying
Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 279 Squadron Coastal
Command Lockheed Hudsons, Based at St. Eval, Cornwall Lost on Patrol
24 August 1943. Aged 30. Son of Owen Thomas and Kathleen Whapham
of Mayfield Husband of Kathleen Grace Whapham of Hampstead. Commemorated
on the Runnymede Memorial |
| WILKINSON | Rodney Levett | Squadron
Leader, Royal Air Force. 266 Fighter Squadron Spitfire 1s Based
at Wittering. Shot Down Over Deal by A Me 109 16 August 1940. Aged
30. Son of Major Clement Arthur Wilkinson, formerly of The K.O.S.
Borderers, and Ruth Violet Esther Wilkinson of Rotherfield. Buried
in Margate Cemetery, Kent. |
| WINTER | Walter William | Stoker
Petty Officer Royal Navy HMS Somali. Died when the Tribal Class
Destroyer was torpedoed by U 704 while acting as an escort to Arctic
Convoy PQ18 24 September 1942. Aged 38. Son of William and Rose
Winter. Husband of Ivy Winter of Southbourne. Commemorated on the
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea |
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