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| BALCHIN | Frederick George aka Jack | Private
61842, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
formerly 8831, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
9 April 1917. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Horsham, resident Southwater.
Son of Charles and Sarah Balchin, of 3, Andrews Cottage, Southwater,
Sussex. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VII. Row G. Grave 4. |
| BRADFORD | Charles Frederick | Rifleman
206590, 24th (Home Counties) Battalion (Territorial), Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort's Own) formerly 34th Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. Died on service in India 13 July 1918. Aged 46. Resident
and enlisted Horsham, born Lingfield. Son of Mark and Ellen Bradford;
husband of Elizabeth Annie Bradford, of 5, Percy Rd., Horsham, W.
Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 38, born Libngfield, Surrey,
a Builder's Labourer, married to Elizabeth Anne with one son, resident
Two Mile Ash, Southwater, Horsham Rural, Sussex. Buried in FEROZEPORE
MILITARY CEMETERY, India. Plot C. Grave 140. |
| BURGESS | William [Arthur] | Driver
T/27908, 3rd Division Train, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service
17 October 1918. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Horsham, resident Southwater.
Husband of Gertrude May Burgess, of 28, Hampstead Rd., Dorking,
Surrey. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime,
France. Division 62. Plot V. Row K. Grave 5. |
| COMPTON | James | Corporal
TF/200404, 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds
16 October 1918. Aged 22. Born Southwater, Sussex, enlisted Haywards
Heath. Son of James and Caroline Compton, of 53, Gower Rd., Hayward's
Heath, Sussex. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXX. Row F. Grave 4. |
| CUSTANCE | Aldwyn Douglas | Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Exmouth," Royal Navy. Died at Mudros from a self-inlicted bullet wound 22 July 1915. Born 2 October 1891, enlisted 15 September 1904, Sub-Lieutenant 30 july 1912, Lieutenant 30 July 1914. Applied for Royal Flying Corps April 1914. Buried at sea. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 5. Note: Court of inquiry found that he committed suicide with a view to avoiding the disgrace of Court Martial for improper conduct for which he anticipated he would be tried. |
| DEACON, MC & MiD | Charles | Lieutenant
Acting Major, "C" Battery, 113th Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Died of wounds 14 May 1918. Aged 39. Husband of J. E.
Deacon, of 121, Huntly St., Aberdeen. 25 years' service. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.) and Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried
in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row
B. Grave 45. |
| EAMES | Frank William | Stoker
1st Class SS/104099 (RFR/PO/B/4752), "C" Comapny, Drake
Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Navy. Killed in action in
the Dardenlles 5 May 1915. Born 7 October 1888 in Horsham, Sussex.
Husband of Mrs. B. Eames, of 2, Andrews Cottages, Southwater, Horsham.
Sussex. Buried on the right of Krithia Road, Between two forks of
Achi Baba Gully, Gallpoli. Grave lost. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 1 and 2. |
| FUGGLES | George Frederick | Corporal
CH/14856, H.M.S. "Formidable," Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Killed when his ship was sunk by torpedo from German submarine U24
off Portland Bill, in the English Channel, 1 January 1915. Aged
24. Born 16 November 1890 in Lower Walmer, Kent. Son of William
Fuggles (late Colour. Sergeant, R.M.L.I.) and Mary E. J. Fuggles,
of Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sussex. Telegraph Messenger before
enlisting. Religious denomination Church of England. Enlisted 2
October 1905 in London. Height 5 feet 4 inches, fresh complexion,
light brown hair, blue eyes. No known grave. Commemorated at CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 13. |
| GRATWICKE | Peter | Private
677, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 25
July 1916. Aged 34. Born Itchingfield, Sussex, enlisted Horsham.
Son of Mrs. C. Gratwicke, of Swaine's Cottage, Southwater, Horsham.
In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Itchingfield, Sussex, a
Farm Labourer, son of William and Caroline Gratwicke, resident Swains
Cottages, Horsham Rural, Horsham, Sussex. In the 1911 census he
was aged 28, born Itchingfield, Sussex, a Brick Setter, son of William
and Caroline Gratwicke, resident Swains Cottage, Southwater, Horsham
Rural, Sussex. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row K. Grave 7. |
| HIDE | Alfred William | Private
GSSR/502, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
25 September 1915. Born and enlisted Worthing. Married Kate Richardson
(a widow) at Southwater 24 December 1904; one child. Attested 8
September 1914 at Worthing, aged 39 years 210 days, a Labourer by
trade, resident 2 Andrews Cottages, Southwater, Sussex, height 5
feet 4 inches, weight 145 lbs, chest 37 inches, brown eyes, dark
brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Posted Royal
Sussex 10 September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion 20 October 1918,
posted 10th Battalion, 31 October 1914, transferred to 3rd Battalion
4 May 1915, posted 2nd Battalion 1 May 1915, went to France 1 May
1915. Admitted to 4 Stationary Hospital, at St Omer, with Colonial
Fever, discharged 16 July 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73. |
| HOWELL | Charles Henry | Lance
Corporal 8906, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died on service
28 September 1915. Aged 24. Born and resident Southwater, Sussex,
enlisted Horsham. Baptised 8 February 1891 in Southwater, Sussex,
son of William and Mary Ann Howell. Son of the late William and
Mary Ann Howell, of Southwater, Horsham. In the 1901 census he was
aged 10, born Southwater, ussex, son of Mary A Howell (a widow),
resident Station Road, Horsham Rural, Horsham, Sussex. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
7 and 8. |
| HUNTLEY | John | Private
3854, 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died of wounds
18 August 1916. Aged 31 years 5 months. Born West Tavington (sic),
Midhurst, Surrey. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Huntley, of 27, Bedford
Road, Horsham, Sussex. Educated Roffey, Horsham, Sussex. Draper's
Assistant. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born West Lavington,
Sussex, son of Peter and Elizabeth Huntley, resident Crawley Road,
Horsham, Sussex. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Plot B. Row 27. Grave 24. Australian
Roll of Honour circular |
| KENNARD | Arthur |
Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, page 213: KENNARD, ARTHUR, Private, No. 8557, 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt. yr. and only surviving s. of the late Edmund Arthur Kennard, of Hartfield, TunbridgeWells, Master at Ipswich Grammar School (who d. 13 April, 1891), by his wife, Annie M. (Cairo Cottage, Southwater, Horsham), dau. of the late George Greenfield ; b. posthumous at Hartfield, co. Sussex, 21 July, 1891 ; educ. Southwater Council School ; joined the 1st Hants. Regt. at Portsmouth, 1 Jan. 1910, going direct to Londonderry till the Autumn, and then to Aldershot, where he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. for foreign service in the autumn of 1911 ; served Wynberg, South Africa ; Mauritius and Mhow, Central India ; came home suffering with malarial fever and was unable to accompany his regt. to the Front in March, 1915, but went out to the Dardanelles with a draft the following July. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, in the great charge at Krithia, 6 Aug. 1915. On this occasion, out of the 900 who went into the action, only 250 returned. |
| KENSETT | Sydney |
Private
SD/699, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
3 September 1916. Aged 28. Born Shipley, Sussex, enlisted Horsham.
Son of Rose Laker (formerly Kensett), of Trawlers Farm, Southwater,
Horsham, Sussex, and the late Reuben Kensett. In the 1891 census
he was aged 2, born Sussex, son of Rose Kensett (a widow), resident
Old House, Parsons Bridge, Shipley, Horsham, Sussex. In the 1901
census he was aged 12, born Shipley, Sussex, step-son of Raymond
Laker, son of Rose Laker, resident Trawlers, Shipley, Horsham, Sussex.
In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Shipley, Sussex, a Poultryman,
ste-son of Raymond Laker, son of Rose Laker, resident Trawles Farm,
Trawless, Shipley, Horsham, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. |
| LAKER | Frederick James |
Private
G/1805, 8th (Pioneer) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in
action 12 July 1917. Aged 21. Born Southwater, Sussex, enlisted
Horsham. Son of James and Elizabeth Laker, of 2, Bonfire Hill, Southwater,
Horsham, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Southwater,
Sussex, son of James and Elizabeth Laker, resident Bonfire Hill
Cottages, Southwater, Horsham Rural, Horsham, Sussex. In the 1911
census he was aged 15, born Southwater, Sussex, a Farm Labourer,
son of James and Elizabeth Laker, resident Bonfire Hill, Southwater,
Horsham Rural, Sussex. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
EXTENSION, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. |
| LAKER | Percy Bernard | Lance
Corporal 1012, 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 8 August 1915. Aged 22. Son of Peter and
Florence Laker, of Southwater Street, Southwater, Horsham. Resident
Dingley Village, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Farm labourer by
trade. Religious denomination Church of England. Educated Southwater
Council School. Emigrated aged 20. Enlisted 9 September 1914. In
the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Faygate, son of Peter and Florence
Laker, resident Southwater Street, Southwater, Horsham Rural, Sussex.
No known grave. Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 40. Australian
Roll of Honour circular |
| LEWRY | Frederick George | [Sergeant
on memorial] Corporal L/8243, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Killed in action 9 May 1915. Born Brighton, enlisted Chichester.
In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Brighton, grandson of Ann
Lewry (a widow, beer retailer), resident Hen & Chicken, Worthing
Road, Horsham Rural, Horsham, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was
a Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, aged 24,
born Brighton, Sussex, unmarried, based at Rawalpindi, Punjab, India.
No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 20 and 21. |
| MITCHELL | Phillip | Sapper
96403, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 6
June 1916. Born Southwater, Sussex, resident Balham, Surrey, enlisted
Kingston-On-Thames, Surrey. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born
Southwater, a scholar, son of William and Charlotte Mitchell,, resident
Lodging House, In Yard, Keymer, Cuckfield, Sussex. In the 1811 census
he was aged 34, born Southwater, a Platelayer Engineer, head of
family, married to Amy with three sons, resident 28 Larch Road,
Balham S.W., Wandsworth Borough, London & Surrey. Buried in
VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row
D. Grave 22. |
| OWEN | Thomas |
Extract Bedfordshire Times and Independent - Friday 4 June 1915, page 8, ‘Deaths’ entry: OWEN.—On May 30th, at 33, Salisbury Street, Bedford, Thomas Owen, aged 21 years. |
| ROBERTS | Charles D | Private
- No further information curently |
| RUSH | Arthur | Private
5371, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Died 24 August 1914. Aged
21. Nephew of Mrs. Emily Barker, of Southwater, Horsham, Sussex.
No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| SAYERS | William Richard | Lance
Corporal G/6741, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in
action 26 August 1918. Aged 29. Born Southwater, Sussex, enlisted
Horsham. Son of Stephen and Mary Sayers, of Southwater; husband
of Harriett Elizabeth Sayers. of Southwater Horsham, Sussex. Buried
in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row
H. Grave 6. |
| SHOUBRIDGE | Alec John | Private
5909, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Died of wounds 24 April
1915. Aged 21. Born Horsham, Sussex, resident Horley, Surrey, enlisted
Guildford. Baptised 18 February 1894 in Horsham, Sussex, son of
William John and hannah Shoubridge. In the 1901 census he is listed
as Alic J Showbridge, born Horsham, Sussex, aged 7, son of William
J and hannah Showbridge (sic), resident Stone Delph, Slaugham, Cuckfield,
Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Horsham, a Butcher's
Boy, son of William and hannah Shonbridge (sic), resident 1, Andrews
Cottages, Southwater, Horsham Rural, Sussex. Buried in DUHALLOW
A.D.S. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row B. Grave
9. |
| SHOUBRIDGE | Thomas George | Officer's
Steward 2nd Class L/6540, H.M.S. "M.21" (H.M.S. "May"
on CWGC) Royal Navy. Killed when his ship, a Monitor, was mined
off Ostend 20 October 1918. Aged 22. Born 26 June 1896 in Colchester,
Essex. Baptised as george Thomas Shoubridge 12 August 1896 at Shoeburyness,
Essex, son of George Henry and Ellen Shoubridge. Son of Ellen Shoubridge,
of Southwater Street, Southwater, Horsham, Sussex. Footman by trade.
Height 5 feet 4½ inches, chest 34½ inches, fair hair,
grey eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 30. |
| SIMMONS | Frank Bernard | Private
682546, 1st/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London
Regiment formerly 24583, 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed
in action 22 August 1918. Resident Chiswick, enlisted Acton. No
known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 10. |
| STANDING | James | Private
26826, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) formerly
4/1866. Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 24 Aril 1917. Resident
and enlisted Horsham, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| WELCOME | Albert John | [Listed
as 49793 on SDGW] Private GS/49703, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment) formerly 22713, Royal Fusiliers. Died
of wounds 9 June 1917. Born Chichester, resident Southwater, Sussex,
enlisted Horsham. Husband of E. Welcome, of 8, Royal Oak Rd., Woking,
Surrey. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XV. Row I. Grave 13. |
| WHITNER | Frederick William | Sergeant
TF/200889, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
21 March 1918. Aged 26. Born Southwater, Sussex, enlisted Horsham.
Son of the late F. and R. Whitner; husband of Gertrude Randell (formerly
Whitner), of 92, Tarring Rd., Worthing, Sussex. No known grave.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 46 and 47. |
| WILLIS | James | Private
- No further information curently |
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| BONIFACE | Frederick George | Driver
T/151358, Royal Army Service Corps. Wounded and missing found dead
17 June 1940. Aged 24. Born and resident Sussex. Son of William
and Bessie Boniface, of Horsham, Sussex; husband of Irene Frances
Boniface, of Roffey, Horsham. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord,
France. Plot 2 Row 18 Grave 11. |
| BOURNE | Charles Alfred |
Private
6400808, 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
October 1942. Aged 25. Born and resident Sussex. Son of Matthew
Thomas Bourne and Annie Violet Bourne; husband of Mary Bourne, of
Goole, Yorkshire. Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot
XIX. Row A. Grave 4. |
| BULLER | Alexander John Stuart | Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 42391, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 6 June
1940. Aged 20. Son of Admiral Sir Henry Tritton Buller, K.C.V.O.,
C.B., and Lady Hermione Buller, of Southwater. Buried in SHIPLEY
(ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Sussex. Grave C.2. |
| CORBET-WARD | John |
Private
6400679, 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 23
May 1940. Aged 22. Born kenya, resident Surrey. Son of Maj. Corbet-Ward,
O.B.E., and Norah G. Corbet-Ward, of Merrow, Guildford, Surrey;
nephew of Ella M. Bazett, of Merrow. Buried in OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL, Nord, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave
9. |
| GODWARD | Alfred John | Private
14405770, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died of wounds 29
May 1944. Aged 17. Born Sussex, resident Brighton. Son of Frank
and Kate Godward, of Southwater, Sussex. Wounded in Burma. Buried
in MADRAS (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI, India. Plot 19. Grave
90. |
| GRATWICKE | Norman Dennis |
Private
14207343, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 10
October 1944. Aged 30. Born 11 March 1914. Born and resident Sussex.
Son of Thomas and Ada Gratwicke, of Southwater, Sussex. In the 1939
Register he was a Bricklayer, unmarried, resident Kingston Southwale,
Horsham R.D., Sussex. Buried in ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot
II. Row D. Grave 7. |
| JONES | Harry | Boy
1st Class P/JX 157056, H.M.S. "Royal Oak," Royal Navy.
Killed when the Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney,
Scotland,and was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47 14 October
1939. Aged 16. Born 23 October 1922 in Horsham, Sussex. Son of Harry
and Florence Elizabeth Jones, of Horsham, Sussex. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 34,
Column 2. |
| MOORE | Lawrence William Albert |
Trooper
6918491, 5th (3rd Battalion, The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Regiment,
Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action 13
February 1944. Aged 30. Born London E., resident London S.E. Son
of Lawrence William and Ethel Amelia Moore, of Southwater, Sussex;
husband of Hilda Maud Moore. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 7. |
| STEADMAN | James Arthur | Private
14306211, 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
4 October 1944. Aged 21. Born Sussex, resident Brighton. Son of
Arthur John and Mary Josephine Steadman, of Southwater, Sussex.
Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Plot 12. Row A. Grave 1. |
| WIELAND | Charles Richard |
Gunner
901287, 144 (The Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died on service 29 October 1941. Aged 34 [ aged 24 on
R.A. Casualty Card]. Born 1907 in Kingbury, Middlesex, resident
Barns Green, Horsham, Sussex. Son of George Charles Bradley Wieland
and of Fanny Wieland (nee Long), of Barns Green, Horsham, Sussex.
Buried in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 6. Row P. Grave 6. |
| WYKES | Richard Conroy | Gunner
L/11079, 6 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Died 19 April
1945. Born 19 December 1919. Married Violet L Ansell in Horsham
Registration District January to March Quarter 1943. Buried in HOLTEN
CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot III. Row H.
Grave 9. National Archives of Canada Service Files: 38859
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Private
8557, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 August
1915. Aged 24. Born Hartfield, Tunbridge Wells. Son of Annie Maria
Kennard, of Cairo Cottage, Southwater, Horsham, and the late Edmund
Arthur Kennard. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Kent, son
of Anne M Kennard (a widow), resident Carrs Cottages, Easteds
Lane, Horsham Rural, Horsham, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 126-135
or 223-226 228-229 & 328.
Private
G/49, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died on service in
United Kingdom 30 May 1915. Aged 21. Born Bedford, enlisted Horsham.
Son of Annie Owen of Bedford. Buried 4 June 1915 in BEDFORD CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Grave K/3. 170. See also