Roll of Honour - Sussex - West Dean (East Sussex)

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

WEST DEAN (EAST SUSSEX) WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed & Researched Janet Graves 2004

The memorial in the Church at West Dean consists of two small brass plaques, flanked by the flags of Great Britain and England. There are only two names on each plaque, and the inscriptions contain quite a lot of detail. The lower plaque was added in November, 1997. [Note: There is also a West Dean in West Sussex]


	Photographs Copyright © Janet Graves 2004

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

1914-1918

LAWRENCE	Maurice Theodore	Private SD/2110, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Secondary Regiment, attd. 116th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Born in Seaford, he enlisted in Bexhill on Sea, Sussex. Part of the British Expeditionary Forces, he was killed in action 3rd September, 1916. Age 18. Son of the Reverend George William Augustus Lawrance and Catherine Elizabeth Lawrance, of West Dene Rectory, Seaford, Sussex. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France, Pier and Face 7 C. SON OF THE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH HE FELL BETWEEN MESNIL AND HAMEL SEPTEMBER 3RD 1916 IN HIS 19TH YEAR. ‘LIVING, HE SERVED GOD, DYING HIS COUNTRY’
HOLTER	Charley Frederick	Private 25040, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th April, 1917. Age 21. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Ann Holter, of Exceat, New Barn, Seaford, Sussex. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France, Bay 7. Note: The date of death on the church memorial differs from the CWGC. WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF LOOS APRIL 17TH 1917, AGED 21 YEARS. ‘VERY GENTLE AND VERY BRAVE’
CASEY	Joseph	Gunner 15743, W Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Born at Seaford, Sussex. Believed died from wounds 24th November, 1918. Age 33. Son of John and Alice Casey. Buried in the Churchyard of All Saints, West Dean, Sussex, South East of the Church. ALSO FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR JOSEPH CASEY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY NOVEMBER 24TH 1918, AGED 33 YEARS
THEY ARE GONE, BUT HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN 1939-1945
LANG	Hugh Ian	Flying Officer (Pilot) 70380, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAFO). Died 20th April, 1941. Age 24. Son of Hugh Francis and Cara Janessa Lang, and husband of Pamela Lang, of Seaford, Sussex. Buried in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, West Dean, East Sussex, South East Corner. FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR HUGH IAN LANG 242 (F) SQUADRON KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE APRIL 20TH, 1941 AGED 24 YEARS
WAR GRAVES AND WINDOW MEMORIAL
CASEY	Joseph	See above for detail. 15743 GUNNER JOSEPH CASEY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY 24TH NOVEMBER, 1918 A GOOD AND BRAVE SOLDIER AWAITING THE LAST REVEILLE
EARNSHAW	Harold Cecil	IN MEMORY OF HAROLD CECIL EARNSHAW WHO DIED FROM WAR WOUNDS ON MARCH 17TH 1937 AGED 51 YEARS
LANG	Hugh Ian	See above for detail. FLYING OFFICER HUGH IAN LANG 242 (F) SQUADRON BORN APRIL 24TH, 1916, KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE APRIL 20TH, 1941 PER ARDUA AD ASTRA SO DEARLY LOVED, HUSBAND OF PAMELA ‘ONE OF OUR PILOTS IS SAFE’
LAWRENCE	Maurice Theodore	See above for detail. TO THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND IN MEMORY OF HIS FAITHFUL SOLDIER AND SERVANT MAURICE THEODORE LAWRANCE BORN AT WEST DENE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1897, KILLED IN FRANCE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1916

10 November 2004

War Memorials Trust