
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
The
memorial is to be found in the United Reformed Church in East Street,
Hythe. The memorial is in the form of a marble plaque affixed to the
wall of the church. It lists 14 names by initial and surname.
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Photographs
Copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED
MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.
THEY
ERE A WALL UNTO US, BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY.
BAKER |
John |
Private
G/8690, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 5th
September 1916 aged 26 years. Born and resided Hythe. Enlisted
Canterbury. Son of William and Ruth Baker of 24 Frampton Road,
Hythe, Kent. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
See also Hythe |
BRISSENDEN |
Frank |
Sergeant
G/18399, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly (2136) Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (REKMR). Died 23rd
August 1918. Born Folkestone. Enlisted Herne, Kent. Buried Adanac
Military Cemetery, Miramont, Somme, France. Grave reference IV.E.15.
See also Hythe |
CHURCH |
William
Robert |
Private
TF/1202, 1/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps. Died
12th October 1915. Enlisted Tunbridge Wells. Resided Hythe. Buried
locally in the Hythe (Horn Street) Burial Ground. Grave reference
178. See also Hythe |
ELLIS |
V |
No
further information currently available |
HARRIS |
Victor
Charles |
Private
G/9492, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 19th
September 1918. Born and resided Hythe. Enlisted Folkestone. Husband
of E. Robertshaw (formerly Harris) of 407 Culler Heights Lane,
Bradford, Yorkshire. Buried Chapelle British Cemetery, Honlon.
See also Hythe |
HIRST |
Stanley
Ewart |
Second
Lieutenant, 200th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A).
Formerly Second Lieutenant, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Died
24th October 1917. Buried The Huts Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. Grave
reference XII.A.12. |
LEE |
William
George |
Private
G/21368, 1st/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
9th October 1918 aged 41 years. Born Folkestone. Enlisted and
resided Hythe. Husband of Alice Annie Lee of 2 New Road, Hythe,
Kent. Buried Bangalore (Hosur House) Cemetery, India. See also
Hythe
Also
commemorated on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India. |
NICKOLLS |
Percy
John |
[Listed
on memorial as NICHOLLS but actual name NICKOLLS] Guardsman 25521,
Died 6th August 1917. Born Hythe. Enlisted Folkestone. Commemorated
on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. See also Hythe
Percy
is recorded with the surname Nickoils on SDGW. Nickolls with the
CWGC and Nicholls on the MIC entry. It would seem that the casualty
commemorated on the Hythe town civic war memorial is also Percy
but spelt Nichols. |
O’CONNEL |
A
J |
[Spelt
O’CONNELL elsewhere] Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment,
West African Field Force. Died between 4th August 1914 and 31st
August 1921. Commemorated on the Ibadan Memorial, Nigeria, West
Africa.
360
casualties here have no known grave. They all died in Africa during
the war years. |
PROBERT |
Edward
John |
Private,
4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died 22nd August 1917. Born
Bangor, Caernarfon. Enlisted Chatham, Kent. Commemorated on the
Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. Face C. |
REES |
D
M |
No
further information currently available. See also Hythe |
SMITH |
Percy
Sydney Thomas |
Private
M2/187027, 347th Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps.
Died 14th June 1918 aged 21 years. Born Sheerness. Enlisted Grove
Park. Resided Hythe. Son of Thomas and Hetty Smith of 16 New Road,
St Leonards Road, Hythe, Kent. Buried Gaza War Cemetery, Israel.
Grave reference XXXII.D.5. See also Hythe |
VIDLER |
Stephen
Charles |
Private
G/15702, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 3rd
May 1917 aged 20 years. Son of Mrs Eliza Vidler of 13 Frampton
Road, Hythe, Kent. Born enlisted and resided Hythe. Commemorated
on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. See also
Hythe |
WOOTON |
Alfred
George |
[Spelt
WOOTTEN on Hythe memorial] Lance Corporal M/298036. 985th Motor
Transport Company, Army Service Corps (A.S.C). Died 8th December
1917. Born and resided Hythe. Enlisted Dover. Son of Cornelius
and Elizabeth Wootten of 18 South Road, Hythe, Kent. Buried nearby
in the Hythe (Horn Street) Cemetery, Hythe, Kent. Grave reference
– 167. See also Hythe
Recorded
on the memorial as A.C Wooton.
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Last
update
21 November, 2019
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