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| BARNETT * † | Albert John | Private 61361, 13th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers. 37th Division. Killed in action at Arras 11th April 1917. Born in East Preston and enlisted in Littlehampton. Formerly with the Royal West Kents. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR.20 |
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| BARTLETT † | Howard John | Captain, Royal Army Service Corps (Supply Depot Taranto, Italy.) Died in Italy after the end of hostilities 1st December 1918. Aged 43. Son of Mr J. H. Bartlett MRCS. L.R.C.P. and Mrs Bartlett. Husband of Mrs Marion M. Bartlett of 'Mentone' Rustington. Born in London. Buried in Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy. |
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| BENNETT * | O | No further information currently available |
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| CHALLEN * | A G | No further information currently available |
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| CHEESEMAN * † | George Edward | Private TF/204284, 1/1st Battalion, The London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers). 56th London Division. Killed in action at Messines 16th June 1917. Born in Streatham and enlisted in Whitehall. No record with CWGC. Information from SDGW. |
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| DENYER * | C | No further information currently available |
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| GAST * † | Percy Cyril Edward | Gunner 119783, 40th Anti Aircraft Company, The Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home 20th November 1918. Aged 28. Son of William & Eliza Gast of Rustington. Transferred to the Labour Corps (Agricultural Company). Buried in St. Peter & St. Paul Churchyard,Rustington. |
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| GATES * † | W | No further information currently available |
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| HARDS * † | Albert | Lance Corporal SD/5000, 13th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action at Becourt on The Somme 3rd September 1916. Aged 18. Son of Robert & Kate Hards of Worthing Road, Rustington. Born and enlisted in Rustington. Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery F.220 |
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| HOARE * † | Allan | Private 12600, "A Company, 8th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment. 7th Division. Killed in action at The Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 32. Son of Richard & Charlotte Hoare of Boundry Cottages, Rustington. Born in Littlehampton and enlisted in Epsom, Surrey. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR.19 |
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| JORDAN † | Ernest | Private 34360, 2/4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment. 62nd Division. Killed in action 30th August 1918. Aged 18. Son of Mr Jordan and Mrs Catherine Jordan of 3, Albert Road, Rustington. Born in Littlehampton and enlisted in Chichester. Formerly with The Northumberland Fusiliers. Buried in Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Bapaume. F.1484 |
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| KILHAMS † | John William | Private 48130, 8th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in action 25th October 1918. Aged 21. Son of George & Mary Anne Kilhams of Windmill Cottage, Rustington. Born in Aldingbourne and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine au Bois F.521 Not on internal memorial |
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| KNIGHT * | R | No further information currently. Not on external memorial | ||
| NEWMAN * † | Bertram B Corney | No further information currently | ||
| NEWMAN * † | Percival Corney | No further information currently | ||
| PARSONS * † | Stanley Charles | Signaller J/18297/PO, H.M.S. "Hampshire, Royal Navy. Lost when the Armoured Cruiser was mined off the Orkneys 5th June 1916. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial MR.3. |
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| PECK † | Reginald [Geoffrey] | Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attached to 10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry. 9th Scottish Division. Died of wounds 29th February 1916. Grave lost. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5. On external memroial only. There is also a plaque to him in Rustington Parish Church saying that he died in the Advance on Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. This plaque was erected by his father and is in conflict with his official records giving place of death elsewhere. Which is the correct information has, as yet, to be ascertained.
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| PECK * | E | No further information currently available. On internal memorial only. |
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| RATCLIFF * | C L | No further information currently |
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| ROPER-GATES | Arthur [William] | Private SD/4969, "A Company, 12th Battalion, The Royal Regiment. 39th Division. Died of wounds 18th March 1916 (first battalion casualty). Aged 19. Son of Florence Annie Roper Gates of Church Farm Cottage, Rustington. Born in Worthing and enlisted in Littlehampton. Buried in Sailly sur la Lys Canadian Cemetery F. 254. |
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| SHARPE † | Guy Crawford | No further information currently |
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| STOCKER * † | Edward | Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, The Kings Own Scottish Borderers. 9th Scottish Division. Killed in action at The Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 31. Son of Mr W.E.G. & Mrs Juanita Stocker of "Cudio Cot Rustington. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR.19. |
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| WELLER * † | George Abraham | Private 25759, 1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. 5th Division. Died of wounds 15th March 1917. Aged 33. Born in Dorking and enlisted in Angmering. Next of kin Rustington. Husband of Mrs Fanny Weller (remarried) later of 1, Nursery Cottages, Lyminster. Formerly with The Royal Sussex. Buried in Bethune Town Cottages. F.80 |
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| WINDEBANK † | David William | Leading Stoker 311130/PO, H.M. Submarine C33, Royal Navy. Lost when the Submarine was lost with all hands in The North Sea 5th August 1915. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial MR. 3 |
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| YOUNG, MM * † | George Thomas |
Sergeant G/1483, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action at Ginchy on the Somme 9th September 1916. Aged 22. Son of Mr & Mrs Young of "Ivydene, Rustington. Born in Portslade and enlisted in Worthing. Employee of the local brickyard. Awarded the Military medal (M.M.) Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 |
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| ATTFIELD † | Ernest William | Sapper
1900392, 710 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died
between 28 May 1940 and 29 May 1940. Aged 30. Son of Edward William
and Annie Attfield, of North End, Portsmouth. Buried in SAGE WAR
CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 7. |
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| BARTLETT * † | Ian Howard | Flight
Lieutenant 25095, 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 8 September
1940. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 4. |
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| BARTLETT * † | Roy Oliphant | Royal
Air Force - No further information currently available |
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| BELL * † | Delvine | Lieutenant
Colonel 10919, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 3 November 1942. Aged
54. Son of William George and Annie Bell. M.B. Cremated at SOUTHAMPTON
OLD CREMATORIUM, Hampshire. Panel 1. |
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| BREWER * † | Alfred Charles | Ordinary
Seaman P/JX 161476, H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy. Died 24 November
1941. Aged 18. Son of Frederick William and Elsie Kate Brewer, of
Wick, Littlehampton, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 50, Column 1. |
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| BROWN * † | Leonard Frank | Sub-Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Jackdaw, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died
30 January 1942. Son of Benjamin George and Alice Brown, of Rustington,
Sussex. Buried in KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY, London. Square
149. Row 6. Grave 50860. |
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| BUTCHER * † | David Henry | Leading
Aircraftman 577216, Royal Air Force. Died 3 October 1943. Aged 20.
Son of Henry George and Ethel Mary Butcher, of Rustington, Sussex.
Buried in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plor 2. Row D. Grave 6. |
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| BUTCHER * † | John Desmond | Lieutenant
288825, The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), Royal Armoured Corps.
Died 5 September 1944. Aged 20. Son of Henry George and Ethel Mary
Butcher. Buried in GRADARA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row B. Grave
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| CLARK * † | Leslie Ernest |
Civilian
War Dead. Died at Frampton's Nurseries, East Preston, 10 July 1940.
Aged 28. Resident of San Remo, Wendy Ridge, Rustington. Son of Alfred
and Alice Clark, of Umkomaas, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst; husband
of Josephine Irene Clark. |
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| De COURCY † | The Hon. Michael John Rance | Leiutenant-Commander,
H.M.S. Peregrine, Royal Navy. RNAS Ford) Killed in action during
a raid by JU 87 'Stuka' dive bombers on the Airfield at Ford 18
August 1940. Aged 32. Buried in a joint grave in EAST PRESTON (ST.
MARY) CHURCHYARD, Sussex. See also East
Preston |
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| COX * † | Frederick David | Private
14677598, 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died
5 August 1944. Aged 19. Son of Charles Lewis Cox and Dorothy Mary
Cox, of Rustington, Sussex. Buried in ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 5. |
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| COX * † | Raymond Charles | Sergeant
1395173, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 March 1944. Aged
20. Son of Charles Lewis Cox and Dorothy Mary Cox, of Rustington,
Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 227. |
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| CRAIG * † | [Herbert] Alexander | Stoker 2nd Class P/KX112000, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy. Died 19 June 1941. Aged 29. Buried in HENDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, Middlesex. Section G.10. Collective grave 51897 (Screen Wall Panel 1). Extract from Worthing Herald - Friday 4 July 1941, page 2: Missing, Presumed Killed Herbert Alexander Craig would have come out as a First Class Stoker this week. A week ago, however, his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Anna Craig, 2. Conbar-avenue, heard that he was missing, presumed killed. "It seems hard to believe" she told a "Herald" reporter. He was home on leave only a fortnight ago." Mrs Craig has received a personal letter from an officer of her son's ship and also £6 subscribed by his mates in the ship's canteen. Previously a painter and decorator. Craig joined the navy ten months ago as a Second Class Stoker. He was 29. |
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| ELLING * † | Paul [Harold] | Telegraphist
P/JX 671978, H.M.S. Bluebell, Royal Navy. Died 17 February 1945.
Aged 20. Son of Harold Butcher Elling and Nellie Elling, of Rustington,
Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 89, Column 2. |
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| FIRTH * † | James Francis | Major
328372, King's African Rifles and General List. Died 2 October 1944.
No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar. Face
19. |
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| FRY * † | George Arthur | [Listed
as Arthur George FRY on CWGC] Sergeant (Air Gunner) 2235922, 103
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from Elsham
Woods Flying in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number JA857, on a
night operation to Essau jet engine factory supplying Junkers, when
his aircaft was shot down near Kolleda airfield in Thuringia, 8
March 1945. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany.
Plot 6. Row C/ Grave 26. |
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| HADDOCK * † | Norman Arthur | Lieutenant,
H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 15, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 22
February 1942. Aged 41. Son of Harry Frederick and Annie Elizabeth
Haddock; husband of Winifred Martha Haddock, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
66, Column 1. |
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| HEARNE * † | Richard Frazer | Sub-Lieutenant, H.M.S. Chitral, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 May 1941. Aged 22. Son of Edward John Frazer Hearne and Maud Mary Hearne, of Rustington, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 60, Column 2. Extract from Worthing Herald - Friday 4 July 1941, page 2: Rustington Men Missing, Killed, Prisoner THREE Rustington mothers have lately had news of their serving sons. To two of them the terselyworded official communications meant anxiety and sorrow. To the third the message brought relief after weeks of wondering. Richard Fraser Hearne, aged 22, a sub-lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., has been reported killed on active service in May. When his parents, Mr and Mrs E. J. P. Hearne, received the news it meant that tragedy had come a second time into their home. Eight years ago Richard's elder brother, 17 year old Henry Patrick, was a pupil at Worthing Boys High School with a well-earned reputation for brilliance after having passed the Higher School Certificate with honours. He was studying for an Open Scholarship to Oxford. but died shortly before the examination. His brother, known to everyone as "Dick" was also a Worthing High School boy and afterwards attended Worthing School of Arts and Crafts. A brilliant draughtsman, he was planning an art career when he joined the Fleet Air Arm shortly before the outbreak of war as a Midshipman. He was granted his commission and transferred to the R.N.V.R. a year ago. Mr E J.F. Hearne, his father, is curator of Llttlehampton Museum. He has held that position ever since the museum was opened 13 years ago, and is also secretary of the Littiehampton Naturalists and Archteological Society. |
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| LINNINGTON * † | John Frederick | Private
3905076, 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 4 November
1942. Aged 36. Son of William Henry and Lilian Roslina Linnington;
husband of Dorothy Mary Linnington, of Rustington, Sussex. Buried
in TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEMETERY, Kent. Row C. Grave 1. |
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| MORRALLEE * † | Frank Ambrose George | Corporal
1287525, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 24
November 1942. Aged 31. Son of Ernest and Emily Morrallee; husband
of Nellie Morrallee, of Rustington, Sussex. Buried in DELY IBRAHIM
WAR CEMETERY, Algeria. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 20. |
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| MUNDAY * † | George [Frederick] | [MUNDY
on external memorial or MUNDAY on internal memorial & CWGC]
Leading Seaman C/JX 142146, H.M.S. Renown, Royal Navy. Died 16 May
1941. Aged 23. Buried in GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY, Gibraltar.
Plot 2. Row G. Grave 10. |
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| NOAKES, DFC* † | Leon Francis George | [Listed
as Leonard on one memorial] Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) 171457, 7
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. took off from Oakington
on night operations to bomb railway yards at Laon, flying in an
Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND592, Shot down by a night-fighter,
crashed at Maizy, SSE of Laon, France, and exploded on impact.23
April 1944. Aged 25. Son of Reginald George Noakes and of Ellen
Mary Noakes (nee Yaldren); husband of Emily Noakes, of Rustington,
Sussex. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Buried
in MAIZY CHURCHYARD, Aisne, France. Grave 1. |
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| REID * † | David St Clair | Royal
Navy - No further information currently available |
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| ROSAM, DFC, DFM * † | Edward William [George] | Flying Officer (Wirless Operator/Air Gunner) 113328, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Scampton on night operations to Hamburg his aircraft, an Avro Lancaster I, serial number W4189, was hit by flak crashed near Moorwarder/Spadenland, close to Luneburg, 31 January 1943. Aged 31. Son of Edward and Edith Evangeline Rosam, of Cinque Port Avenue, Hyde; husband of Ivy Gertrude Rosam, of Rustington, Sussex, married on 1 April 1935 in Worthing. Worked as a sorting clerk for the Post Office in Littlehampton from 1933. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). and Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Buried in HAMBURG CEMETERY, Hamburg, Germany. Plot 10A. Row M. Grave 3. D.F.M. London Gazette 8 April 1941. The article details:
D.F.C. London Gazette 18 December 1942. The article details:
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| SLAUGHTER * † | Stanley Ernest | Captain
108431, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 17 October 1941. Aged 28.
Son of Ernest William and Marion Letitia Slaughter, of Rustington,
Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 18. Column 3. |
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| SMITH * † | Ronald | Royal
Air Force possibly
Ronald SMITH, Aircraftman 2nd Class 1356692, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 16 August 1940. Buried in TANGMERE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD,
Sussex. Plot E. Row 2. Grave 26. |
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| THOMAS * † | Edward Walter | Pilot
officer 86704, 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
18 April 1941. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 35. |
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| WELLESLEY * † | (Lady) Patricia Mary [Anne] |
Extract from Portsmouth Evening News - Wednesday 30 August 1944, page 4: TITLED
WREN DIES IN PORTSMOUTH HOSPITAL Lady Patricia Wellesley, daughter of the Earl and Countess Cowley, of Walnut Tree House, Rustington, Sussex, a direct descendant of the first Duke of Wellington, who was serving as a Wren the Portsmouth Command, died at St. Mary’s Hospital on Monday. She was taken ill suddenly Thursday last, and was adnitted to St. Mary’s, where she received iron lung treatneat for infantile paralysis. She was 26 years age. Lady Patricia has served W.R.N.S. for about a year. She joined the service last August, and became stoker in the kite balloon section. She was a member of a motor boat crew which did valuable work afloat when the great invasion fleet sailed for Normandy on D-day. In the early days of the war Lady Patricia served in the Motor Transport Corps in London and was actively engaged in Stepney during the many air raids on the City. MEMORIAL SERVICE The memorial service at St Swithun’s R.C. Church, Southsea, this morning was attended by officers of the W.R.N.S. and mebers of the boat crew in which Lady Patricia served. Some of the Wrens carried bunches of flowers which were laid with the wreath alongside the coffin. Royal Navy and R.A.F. officers and men were present in the congregation. Canon P. J. MacSweeney (Parish Priest) officiated. The private mourners were Viscount Dangan (brother), Lady Colleen Wellesey (sister), who is also serving as a Wren; Mr Cyril Chadwick (uncle), Miss Coxall and Flt. Lieut. A. J. Warren, R.A.F.V.R. Floral tributes were sent by her mother (Countess Cowley); Colleen and Denis; Corinne (Miss Pickard, aunt); Cyril and Vivian (Mr. and Mrs. C. Chadwick); from her "Bunny"; Mrs. Lucy Warren; anne and Tricia; All the Wrens at "Stepney"; Officers and C.P.O.s at R.N.K.B. Depot, Portsmouth; RA.F. North Railway Jetty; Denis and Johan Trouw; All the R.A.F. Officers of the Vicarage; The Subs; the Matron and Miss Sutcliffe at St. mary's Hospital. ADMIRED AND LOVED Third Officer Denise Trouw, W.R.N.S., Quarters officer, in a tribute to Wren lady Patricia said: "By those with whom she worked she was respected and admired, because she did her job well; by those with whom she lived she was loved because she was kind and democratic to all." Members of the boat crew with whom she had served from its formation told an Evening News representative that they felt "they had lost a big part of themselves." Lad Patricia is to be laid to rest at Highgate Cemetery, where her brother Michael is buried. Extract from Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 31 August 1944, page 3: LADY PATRICIA WELLESLEY. Lady
Patricia Wellesley, 26-yearold daughter of Earl Cowley. of Rustington,
Sussex, a direct descendant of the Duke of Wellington. died suddenly
on Monday at St. Mary's Hospital. Portsmouth. She had received
iron lung treatment for infantile paralysis. Her illness lasted
only four days. She had been serving in the W.R.N.S. as a stoker
with a motor-boat crew in the kite balloon section. Members of
the crew attended a memorial service at St. Swithin's Church,
Southsea, yesterday.
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| WHITMARSH * † | William Edmund | Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1334488, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. While flying from Kelstern on night operations to berling
his aircraft, an Avro Lancaster III, serial number LM421, was shot
down south of Berlin, crashing at Mittenwalde, about 20 miles from
the target, 24 December 1943. Aged 276. Son of Edward and Evlyne
Whitmarsh; husband of Dorothy Whitmarsh, of Drymen, Stirlingshire.
No known grave. Commemorated n RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
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| WILLOUGHBY * † | Gordon Thomas | Private
14582722, 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 18 December
1943. Aged 19. Son of Thomas and Minnie Kathleen Willoughby, Littlehampton.
Buried in LITTLEHAMPTON CEMETERY, Sussex. Section D. Grave 4347. |
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Wren
28598, H.M.S. Victory III, Womens Royal Naval Service. Died 28 August
1944. Daughter of Mae Josephine, The Countess Cowley, of Rushington,
Sussex. Buried in HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. Square 81. Grave 42399.