OTHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
The
memorial stands on the village green in Otham, especially created to hold
the memorial.
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Photograph
Copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006 |
IN
PROUD
REMEMBRANCE OF
THE MEN OF OTHAM
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE CAUSE OF TRUTH
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM
THIS GREEN WAS GIVEN
& THIS CROSS ERECTED
1914
-1918
ALLARD
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Harry
Hemsley |
Private
19950, 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (S.L.I). Died 23rd
April 1917. Born Maidstone. Enlisted Bristol. Commemorated on the
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel reference - Bay 4. |
BETTS,
MM |
John
Percy |
Corporal
T/270991, “C” Company, 10th (Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East
Kent Regiment). Formerly (2355) 3/1st Royal West Kent Yeomanry.
Died 6th August 1918 aged 26 years. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided
Otham. Son of James Rayner Betts and Clara Betts of Greenhill Farm,
Maidstone, Kent. Buried St Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery,
Robecq, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference -III.C.24. |
BROWN
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Leonard
Marshall |
Private
G/18057, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 9th April 1917.
Born Langley, Kent. Enlisted Maidstone. Buried Gourock Trench cemetery,
Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference -
D.2. |
CHESSON
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Frederick
Charles |
Lance
Corporal T3/029184, 198th Horse Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 10th December 1918. Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave reference - S.IV.D.13. |
GOODWIN
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Arthur
Wallace |
Private
G/7785, 11th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly (1856) West Kent Yeomanry. Died 20th September 1917. Born
Otham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Otham. Commemorated on the Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
GRIGSBY
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Walter
Thomas |
Gunner
686869, 450th Battery, 15th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA).
Died 15th October 1917. Born Otham. Enlisted Erith, Kent. Commemorated
on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
SEARS
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George
Thomas |
Petty
Officer Stoker 311686, Royal Navy. HMS Natal. Died 30th December
1915. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.
Panel reference - 11. |
PENTECOST
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Frank
|
Private
T/1628, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 26th
June 1916. Born Otham. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Langley, Kent.
Buried Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave reference - VI. O 16. |
PENTECOST
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Frederick
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Private
300102, 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly (G/11731)
Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 29th September 1918
aged 25 years. Born Otham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Maidstone.
Son of Mrs Pentecost of Holmes, Ryash, West Malling, Kent. Buried
Granezza British Cemetery, Italy. Grave reference - Plot 1. Row
E. Grave 5. |
SENDLES
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Walter
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Private
L/11185, 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 21st May 1918. Born Loose, Maidstone. Enlisted Maidstone. Buried
St-Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave
reference - Q.III.N.6. |
SPARTALI |
Cyril
|
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 13th October
1915. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
SPARTALI |
Michael
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Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers. Attached to 2nd
Battalion SWB. Died 15th June 1915. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial,
Turkey. |
WALTER
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Gordon
James |
Private
G/4923, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
Iraq 22nd April 1916. Born East Farleigh, Kent. Enlisted Maidstone.
Resided Otham. Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel reference
- 29. |
1939
– 1945 |
CROWTHER
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Alan
Ross |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1335788, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
149 Squadron RAF. Died 6th September 1943 aged 22 years. Son of
Captain George Cubley Crowther, Royal Engineers and Ellen Elizabeth
Crowther of Otham, Kent. Buried Durnbach War cemetery, Bad Tolz,
Bayern, Germany. Grave reference - Collective grave 6.D.25-27. |
VAUGHAN
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Edward
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Probably
this local man - Sergeant 1066781 Edwin VAUGHAN.
85 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 24th August 1944 aged
36 years. Born Kent. Resided Hampshire. Son of Edwin and Emily Vaughan
of Otham, Kent. Husband of Hilda M Vaughan of Whitchurch, Hampshire.
Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. Panel reference -
Face 2.Pre
war member of the Royal Artillery. |
Last
update
9 July, 2016
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