NORTH
CHAPEL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed & Researched Chris Comber
2004
additional information Mal Murray
North
Chapel is a small village on the A283, 5 miles north of Petworth. The
North Chapel Parish Church War Memorial for 1914-1918 takes the form
of a very elaborate marble tablet in the Parish Church of St. Michael
containing 24 surnames with christian name(s). There is also one burial
in the Churchyard. There are also additional names for World War 2 not
yet transcribed.
BRYDER |
George |
Private
TF/200282, 1/5th (Cinque Ports) Pioneer Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. 48th Division Died of wounds 6th April 1918. Born and
enlisted in Northchapel. Next of kin, Northchapel. Buried in Cremona
Town Cemetery, Italy. |
CARN |
Charles
Percy |
Private
G/661 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 14th March 1916. Son of Mr. Carn and Mrs. Ellen Carn of
“The Square House” Northchapel. Born in Northchapel and enlisted
in Chichester. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery F. 80. |
COVEY |
Percy |
Private
G/1330 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Died
of wounds in military hospital in Dover 22nd February 1915. Aged
24 Son of Harvey and Jane Covey of Wisborough Green. Born in Wisborough
Green and enlisted in Haywards Heath Wisborough Green and possibly
Staplefield War Memorials. Buried in St. James Cemetery, Dover,
Kent. |
DAY |
William |
Lance
Corporal TF/1470, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.
Died in Military hospital on Malta 28th September 1915. Aged 32
Husband of Mrs. Isobel Day of Swan Cottage, Northchapel Born and
enlisted in Northchapel. Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
DAY |
Leonard |
No
further information currently |
DEAN |
Charles
Henry |
Private
35293, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action near Arras
1st Mat 1917. Born in Northchapel and enlisted in Petworth Formerly
with the Royal Sussex Regiment. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial
MR. 20 |
GRINSTEAD |
Randolph
Edward |
Private
G/43810, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 28th
October 1916. Born in Petworth and enlisted in Northchapel. Next
of kin Northchapel. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 |
GROVER |
Reginald |
Private
G/17830, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action near Nurlu 5th September 1918. Aged 24. Son of James and
Ellen Grover of Northchapel. Born in Dunsfold, Surrey and enlisted
in Petworth. Buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension F. 511 |
HUMPHREY |
John
A. |
Second
Lieutenant, 28th Training Division, Oxfordshire, Royal Air Force.
Died 16th January 1919. Buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Weston on
the Green near Bicester, Oxfordshire. |
PENROSE |
Esme |
No
further information currently - there
is an Esme K Penrose listed as dying, under Auxiliary
Hospitals, in York Minster. Probably related to Alfernon Penrose,
below. |
PENROSE |
Algernon
Fane Keane |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 29th Division. Killed
in action on Gallipoli 10th May 1915. Born Buenos Aires, Argentina,
7th February 1892. Son of the late Henry Keane Penrose, and Mrs
Keane Penrose, Broadlands Chiddingford, Surrey; great-grandson of
Lord Keane of Ghuznee and a grandson of the Hon. Georgina Keane,
wife of W.H. Penrose, Esq., of Laherne, Co. Cork. Educated at, Bedford
School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned from
Sandhurst into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in March 1912, joined
the 2nd Bn in November that year; transferred to the 1st Bn in India,
being promoted Lieutenant in February 1914. Buried in Pink Farm
Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 3.
Extract
from The Impartial Reporter, 20 May 1915:
Lieut
Algernon F. Keane Penrose, who as reported on Tuesday, has been
killed at the Dardanelles, was the only son of the late Mr. Henry
Keane Penrose and Mrs. Keane Penrose of Broadlands, Chiddingford,
Surrey.
Extract
from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 2 Page 369:
Lieut
Algernon F. Keane Penrose, who as reported on Tuesday, has been
killed at the Dardanelles, was the only son of the late Mr. Henry
Keane Penrose and Mrs. Keane Penrose of Broadlands, Chiddingford,
Surrey. The Impartial Reporter, 20 May 1915.
Lieutenant
Algernon Fane Keane-Penrose, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
born at Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, on the 7th February, 1892,
was the son of Henry Keane Penrose, Esq., and a great-grandson of
Lord Keane of Ghuznee and a grandson of the Hon. Georgina Keane,
wife of W.H. Penrose, Esq., of Laherne, Co. Cork.
He was educated at Bedford School and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, receiving
his commission in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in March 1912,
joining the 2nd Battalion in November. He was transferred to the
1st Battalion, then in India, and was promoted Lieutenant in that
Battalion in February, 1914. He was a keen rider to hounds and a
polo player, and a member of the Junior Naval and Military Club.
Lieutenant Keane-Penrose was killed in action on the 10th May 1915,
while leading his company into action on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
|
PHILLIPS |
Walter
David. |
Guardsman
10590, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Guards Division. Died of
wounds 27th September 1915. Aged 18. Son of Horace and Sarah Phillips
of Brickfield Cottages, Petworth Commemorated on The Loos Memorial
MR. 19 |
PULLEN |
Gerald
Clifford |
Lance
Corporal G/580, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division.
Killed in action at Ovillers 7th July 1916. Aged 22 Son of George
and Madeline Pullen of “The Post Office”, Northchapel. Husband of
Mrs. Edith Pullen of ‘Clifton” Western Road, Liss, Hampshire. Born
in Northchapel and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial MR. 21 |
REMNANT |
Percy |
Private
G/1149, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Died
of measles in military hospital at Wimereux 6th March 1915. Born
in Northchapel and enlisted in Chichester. Next of kin Northchapel.
Buried in Wimereux Cemetery F. 64 |
SADLER |
Alfred
James |
Private
G/1146, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action 3rd March 1916. Aged 20. Son of James and Edith Sadler
of Valentines Hill, Northchapel. Born in Northchapel and enlisted
in Chichester. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR. 19. |
SADLER |
John
David |
Private
TF/206779, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surreys. 33rd Division. Killed
in action 13th April 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted in Guildford, Surrey.
Next of kin Northchapel. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial
MR. 32 |
SHERWOOD |
Carl |
probably
Carl A Sherwood, Private 154, East African Military Rifles transferred
to Corporal 5096, East African Veterinary Corps. Killed 10th March
1916. Entered conflict 8th August 1914. Buried in KAJIADO CEMETERY,
Kenya. Plot III. Row B. Grave 1. |
SHOTTER |
Riley |
Lance
Corporal 26207, 125th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds
15th June 1917. Born in Northchapel and enlisted in Petworth Next
of kin Northchapel. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery. F. 512 |
STEMP |
James |
Private
32531, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 5th Division. Died in
captivity 18th May 1917. Born and enlisted in Chichester. Former
Cavalryman. Buried in Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension.
, Belgium. |
STEMP |
Stafford
George |
Corporal
G/22285, 6th Battalion, Royal West Surreys. Killed in action 18th
September 1918. Born in Northchapel and enlisted in Godalming, Surrey.
Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery F. 369 |
STREET |
Charles |
Private
TF/2003, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.
Died of wounds received at Suvla Bay 17th September 1915. Aged 41.
Son of Thomas John and Susan Street of 63, Ferndale Road, South
Norwood, London. Born in Northchapel and enlisted in Horsham. Buried
in St. Michaels Churchyard, Northchapel. |
TALMAN |
Godfrey
Richard |
Private
TF/3038, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.
Died in military hospital in Ismailia, Egypt 10th July 1916. Aged
19. Son of Edward and Hannah Talman of Frithwood Cottage, Northchapel.
Born in Northchapel and enlisted in Petworth Buried in Ismailia
War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
WELLEN |
Albert |
Private
TF/241763, 2/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 61st Division.
Killed in action 18th August 1916. Aged 23. Son of Albert and Alice
Wellen of New House, Chiddingfold, Surrey. Born in Northchapel and
enlisted in Horsham. Formerly with the Royal Sussex Regiment. Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial Mr. 19. |
WIGG,
MM |
Sidney
Charles |
Rifleman
S/17209, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. 37th Division. Died at home
19th March 1917. Aged 28 Son of William and Kate Wigg of 25, Albert
Road, Ilford, Essex. Husband of Mrs. Edith Wigg of The High Street,
Petworth Born in Horsham and enlisted in Piccadilly. Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.) Buried in Ilford Cemetery, Essex |
BURIED
IN THE CHURCHYARD BUT NOT INCLUDED ON THE MEMORIAL |
TALMAN |
Ernest |
Private
G/521695 The Royal West Kent Regiment. Died at home after the war
24th May 1921. Aged 43. Son of John and Fanny Talman. Husband of
Mrs. Maude Louise Talman 56, Jarvis Road, Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth
Born at Northchapel. Buried in St. Michaels Churchyard, Northchapel |
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1 January, 2011
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