WALBERTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Chris Comber 2004
The
memorial is within Walberton Parish Church War recording 9 local men
lost. The Church was locked but the details weresupplied by the incumbent.
BARRIE |
Jacob
Drummond. |
Lance
Corporal SD/779 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.
Killed in action at the third battle of Gaza 6th November 1917.
Aged 22. Son of Duncan Drummond and Fanny Barrie of Rowlands Castle,
Hampshire. Husband of Mrs. Mary Barrie of Yew Tree Cottage, Elm
Grove, West Barnham. Born in North Havant, Hampshire and enlisted
in Bognor. Formerly with the South Downs Battalions. Buried Beersheba
War Cemetery, Palestine 1. |
BLAKEWAY |
Phillip
John Thomas
(The Rev) |
Chaplain
1st Class, 1st County of London Yeomanry, The Middlesex Hussars.
Egypt. Died in Ismailia 16th June 1915. Age 50. Son of Philip and
Maria Blakeway. Husband of Mrs. Sybil Blakeway of “The Cottage”
Halnaker. Buried Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
HENRY |
George
Herbert. |
Major,
7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action
at Cambrai 30th November 1917. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial
MR.17. |
HOOKER |
Wilfred
Charles |
Bombardier
93848, 33rd Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action near Ypres 28th August 1917. Aged 24. Son of Mrs M. A.
and Mr. Hooker of Pear Tree Cottage, Walberton. Born in Arundel
and enlisted in Chichester. Buried Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
B. 24 |
KNIGHT |
Arthur |
Signal
Boy J/37893, H.M.S. “Vanguard”, Royal Navy. Lost with the ship when
it blew up at Scapa Flow 9th July 1917. Aged 17. Son of Walter and
Fanny Knight of The Green, Walberton. Commemorated on The Portsmouth
Naval Memorial MR.3. |
MURRELL |
William
Edward |
Private
L/8206, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Monchy 3rd May 1917. Born in Walberton and enlisted
in Chichester. Next of kin, Walberton. Regular previously with the
2nd Battalion. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial |
PUTTICK |
Friend |
Private
127137, The Labour Corps, Aldershot Command. Died in Egginton Hall
Military Hospital, South Derbyshire, 30th June 1918. Aged 45. Born
in Coldwaltham and enlisted in Chichester. Formerly with the Royal
Fusiliers. Next of kin, Walberton. Son of William and Harriett Puttick
from Coldwaltham, he was baptised 23rd February 1873 at Coldwaltham.
In 1891 he was a general labour in the Coldwaltham. Buried St. Wilfred’s
Churchyard, Egginton, Debyshire. |
SKINNER |
Henry |
Private,
G/14175, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action near Ypres 29th March 1918. Aged 33 Husband of Mrs. E.
Skinner of Hope Cottage, Basham Lane, Walberton. Born in Five Oaks
and enlisted in Chichester. Buried Buffs Road Cemetery, Belgium
B. 94 |
SOUTHERN |
Frederick
Cecil |
Corporal
L/14415, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 29th Division. Killed
in action during the Gallipoli landings 25th April 1915. Aged 22.
Son of Mr and Mrs David Southern of Rose Cottage, Walberton. Born
in Wimbledon, Surrey and enlisted in London. Commemorated on The
Helles Memorial MR.4. |
SQUIRES |
David |
Private
G/14176, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 9th April 1917. Aged 38. Husband of Mrs Edith
Mabel Squires of Walberton. Born in Aldingbourne and enlisted in
Arundel. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR.20. |
WEST |
John
William |
Private
G/21731, 10th Battalion, The Royal West Surrey Regiment. 41st Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 6th August 1917. Aged 26. Son of Mr and
Mrs J. West of The Terrace, Walberton. Husband of Mrs Gertrude Ellen
West, of St. Johns School, Leatherhead, Surrey. Born in Walberton
and enlisted in Bognor. Resident of Partridge Green. Formerly with
the Sussex Yeomanry. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres,
Belgium MR.29 |
Last updated:
14 July, 2018
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