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Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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UPWARD |
Frederick |
Stoker
1st Class 302944 Royal Navy HMS "Majestic" On the 27th
May 1915 the Battleship was torpedoed by U 21 off West Beach, Gallipoli.
She capsized and sank with the loss of 40 men Stoker Upwards death
is recorded by CWGC as 14 June 191915. Husband of Caroline Upward
of 96, Goldstone Road, Hove. Son of George & Caroline Upward of
8, Victoria Cottages, Hove. He was 30. Buried in Beach Cemetery
Anzac. |
| VALLINT |
Thomas |
Master
Mercantile Marine "John Miles" Lost at sea 22 February
1917. Aged 41. Son of Captain Thomas Vallint and Mrs Vallint of
North Shields. Husband of Charlotte Ellen Vallint of 4, St. Leonards
Terrace, Hove. Commemorated on The Tower Hill Memorial |
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VANDELEUR |
William
Mountcharles Crofton |
Captain
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. 4th Division. Killed in action near
Esnes during the Battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914. Aged 44. Son
of Lt Colonel William and Mrs Emma Vandeleur of Hove. Buried in
Esnes Communal Cemetery. |
| VICKERS |
Frank
Henry |
Driver
4/222/B Number 1 Field Company The New Zealand Engineers. New Zealand
Division. Died of disease in military hospital Imtarfa, Malta after
service on Gallipoli 31 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Henry & Caroline
Vickers of Hove. Buried in Imtarfa Military Cemetery |
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VOMECOURT |
J
F S de J Baron |
Lieutenant
6th Artillery Regiment. French Army No other details. |
| WAKEFIELD |
Benjamin
James |
Private
149888 301 Company The Labour Corps 29th Labour Battalion, Middlesex
Regiment. Died at home 10 March 1918. Aged 52. Son of Benjamin &
Helena Wakefield of Hove. Husband of Mary Wakefield of 87, Montgomery
Street, Hove. Enlisted in Brighton. Formerly with the RAS. Corps.
Awarded the Volunteer and Long Service Medal,. Buried in Hove Old
Cemetery. |
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WAKEHAM |
Ernest |
Private
L. 6028 2nd Battalion, Royal Susex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 33. Son of Mr &
Mrs Thomas Wakeham of 92, Shirley Street, Hove. Husband of Caroline
Charlotte Wakeham of 12, Mortimer Road. Hove. Born in Hove and enlisted
in Brighton. Regular Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial |
| WALES |
Albert
Edward |
Private
29166 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Killed in action
4 August 1916. Aged 19. Son of John & Sarah Wales of 31, Blatchington
Road, Hove. Born in Hove & enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
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WALKER |
Henry
Arthur |
Rifleman
881050 34th Battalion, London Regiment. 16th Irish Division. Killed
in action 2 September 1918. Aged 19. Born in Malden and enlisted
in Hove Commemorated on The Loos Memorial. |
| WALKER |
A |
No
further information currently available. |
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WALSH |
Joseph
Bernard |
Private
25072 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 18th Division. Killed in action
near Ypres 10 August 1917. Aged 28. Son of Richard & Margaret Walsh
of Hove. Born and enlisted in Hove. Hove resident. Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium |
| WARDLE |
Joseph
Walter |
Staff
Sergeant 9469 11th The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 37th Division.
Died of pneumonia in military hospital at Hazebrouck 17 February
1918. Aged 37. Son of Joseph Walter & Maude Wardle. Husband of Ellen
Marion Wardle of 31, Duke Street, Brighton. Born in Rusholme, Manchester
and enlisted in Portslade. Formerly Sussex Yeomanry which he joined
in 1904. Included on Brighton War Memorial. Buried in Hazebrouck
Communal Cemetery |
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WARREN |
Reginald
Douglas |
Private.
2058 The Royal East Kent Yeomanry, Gallipoli. Killed in action on
Gallipoli 6 December 1915. Aged 20. Son of Mr E. G. & Mrs Elizabeth
Warren of 19, Frith Road, Hove. Born in Chesterton and enlisted
in Canterbury. Resident of Hove. Buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery,
Gallipoli |
| WASHER |
George
F V |
Lance
Corporal SD. 3720 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division.
Killed in action 3 July 1918. Aged 20. Son of William & Elizabeth
Washer of 26, Cowper Street, Hove. Born and enlisted in Hove. Buried
in Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension |
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WASHER |
William
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 66042 306 Company The Machine Gun Corps, formerly Middlesex
Regiment. Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged 31. Son of William
& Elizabeth Washer of 26, Cowper Street, Hove. Born in Hove and
enlisted in Brighton. Husband of Mrs Edith Washer (remarried) of
47, Old Shoreham Road, Southern Cross, Portslade. Commemorated on
The Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium |
| WATERS |
Arthur
George |
Private,
G. 3408 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Killed
in action near Kemmel 28 June 1916. Aged 21. Son of Eliza Waters
of Rutland Road, Hove. Born in Hailsham and enlisted in Hove. Buried
in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery. |
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WATSON |
Phillip
George |
Private
25510 7th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 26th Division. Killed
in action in Salonika 24 April 1917. Born in Hove and enlisted in
Grantham, Lincs. Resident of Brighton Commemorated on The Doiran
Memorial, Greece. |
| WATTS |
George
Frederick |
Private.
G 968 7th, Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 28 September 1915. Son of Mr & Mrs Charles Watts of South
Road, Haywards Heath, later of Hove. Born in Haywards Heath and
enlisted in Hove. Member of the battalion machine gun section. Haywards
Heath War Memorial. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension |
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WATTS |
Victor
H |
Lance
Corporal 60714 8th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers 12th Division.
Died of wounds 9 April 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mr & Mrs Ernest Watts
of 54, Church Road, Hove. Formerly Royal Sussex. Born and enlisted
in Brighton. Buried in Faubourge D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras. |
| WAY |
Henry
James |
Private
S. 1819 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 23. Son of Mr Way & Mrs
Phoebe Way of 72, Coleridge Street, Hove. Born in Shepherds Bush
and enlisted in Brighton Reservist Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
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WEARNE |
Kenneth
Martin |
Second
Lieutenant 10th, Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 41st Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 20 September 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr
& Mrs Hammon Wearne of 13, Fourth Avenue, Hove. Commemorated on
The Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium |
| WEBB |
William |
Private.
50452 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 24h. Division. Died 15 February
1917. Aged 34. Son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Philip Webb Husband of Florence
Mary Webb of 20, Belfast street, Hove,. Born in Paddington and enlisted
in Hove. Buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery |
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WELLING |
Sidney
Thomas George |
Private,
TF. 241506 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action near Polygon Wood, Ypres 27 September 1917. Aged
32. Son of Mr & Mrs Sydney Welling of 30, Lansdown Road, Hove. Husband
of Mrs Evelyn Welling of Brighton. Born in Brighton and enlisted
in Hove. Territorial. Brighton W. M. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot
Memorial Belgium |
| WELLS |
Thomas |
Possibly
Private G. 16602 22nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Trans, to Labour
Corps (138444) Died at home 26 November 1918. Aged 44. Son of Mr
& Mrs Wells. Husband of Mrs Frances Wells (remarried) of 37, Gladsone
Place, Lewes Road, Brighton. Born in Brighton. Included on Brighton
W. M. Buried in Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton. |
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WETHERHEAD |
Arthur |
Gunner
(Fitter) 147352 The Royal Field Artillery "B"Battery 150th
Brigade Died of wounds during the March retreat 21 March 1918 Grave
lost. Born and enlisted in Hove. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial |
| WHALE |
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 4555 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Killed
in action near Ovillers 3 August 1916. Aged 28. Son of George &
Isabel Whale of 20, Denmark Villas, Hove. Born in Crewe, Cheshire
and enlisted in London. Resident of Rickmansworth, Herts. Educated
at Shrewsbury & Pembroke College, Cambridge. (BA Cambs) Soccer Blue
Goalkeeper for Cambridge University V Oxford 1908. Shrewsbury School
Memorial and Cambridge University War List Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial |
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WHEELER |
A
E |
Private
F. 1170 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division. Died
at home 6 November 1917. Aged 25 son of Mr A. Wheeler and Mrs Mary
Wheeler of 8, St. Leonards Avenue, Hove. Not listed in SDGW. Buried
in Hove Old Cemetery |
| WHITE |
George
Charles David |
Lance
Corporal G. 3298 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division.
Killed in action during the March retreat 21 March 1918. Aged 22
Husband of Mrs Emily White of 96, Montgomery Street, Hove. Born
in Whitton, Middlesex and enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated on
The Pozieres Memorial |
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WHITE |
Eric
Joseph |
Possibly
Lance Corporal 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards The Guards Division.
Killed in action at Flers 25 September 1916. Born in Ramsgate &
enlisted in London Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
| WHITE |
Herbert
Wakely |
Private.
751093 Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (The Eastern Ontario
Regiment) 3rd Canadian Division. Killed in action near Passchendaele
30 October 1917. Aged 32. Son of Samuel & Florence White of 12,
Sillwood Street, Brighton. Husband of Florence White of 3, Spring
Gardens, Southwick. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres,
Belgium. (Canadian Section) See also Southwick
& Fishergate |
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WHITEMAN |
George
Worley |
Second Lieutenant, 3rd/4th (London) Howitzer Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action 30th July 1917. Aged 21. Born 29 August
1895 in Bedford. Son of Hazer and Caroline Whiteman, of 1, Westmill
Villas, Stotfold, Baldock, Herts. Educated Bedford Modern School
(1905-11). In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Bedford, resident
with his parents at 62, Queens Street, Bedford. In the 1911 census
he was aged 15, born Bedford, at school, resident with his parents
at 62 and 64, Queens Street, Bedford. At the outbreak of war he
was a resident of Hove, Sussex. Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY,
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 1.
See also Bedford
Modern School and Bedford
St Peters |
| WHITEMAN |
Montague
Ambrose |
Corporal
1825 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry 2nd Australian Division.
Killed in action 6 March 1917. Aged 28. Son of William & Elizabeth
Whiteman of 46. Sackville Road, Hove. Buried in Adanac Military
Cemetery Miraumont. |
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WHITING |
Robert |
Private
F. 74 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division. Killed
in action 28 April 1917. Aged 34. Son of Mr & Mrs N. Whiting of
3, Albion Square, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Born in West Ham and enlisted
in London. Resident of Hove. Tunbridge Wells War Memorial Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial |
| WICKEN |
Walter |
Private.
115887 67th General Hospital The Royal Army Medical Corps (Salonika
Died in Salonika 19 November 1917. Aged 30. Son of Henry & Clara
Wicken of 19. North End Road, Portsmouth. Born in Hove and enlisted
in Brighton. Buried in Salonika (Lambet Road) Cemetery. |
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WILCOX |
George
Reginald |
Private.
L. 10518 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Richebourg L’Avoue 9 May 1915. Aged 18. Son of Harry
& Elizabeth Wilcox of 114, Wordsworth Street, Hove. Born and enlisted
in Hove. Buried in Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy |
| WILKINSON |
Albert |
Possibly
Private. 5761 The Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Number 4 Veterinary
Hospital. Died on active service in base hospital at Etaples after
the war 8 July 1919. Aged 36 Brother of Mrs Ellen Pont 100 East
Road, Kemp Town, Brighton. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
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WILKINSON |
Frank |
Corporal
5967 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 2nd Division. Killed in action
at High Wood 20 July 1916. Aged 40. Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Wilkinson
of 7, York Avenue, Hove. Born and enlisted in Brighton. Included
on Brighton War Memorial. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial.
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| WILLIAMS |
John
Beevor |
Private.
3816 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) 63rd
Royal Naval Division. Killed in action at Arras 21 April 1917. Aged
23. Son of Frederick & Emily Williams of 13, Wolstonbury Road, Hove.
Enlisted Armoury House, London. Resident of Balham. Commemorated
on The Arras Memorial |
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WILLIAMS |
Leslie
John |
Lance
Corporal L. 10293 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 12th
Division. Killed in action 14 October 1917. Born in Hove & enlisted
in Brighton. Hove resident. Buried in Monchy British Cemetery Monchy
Le Preux |
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FREEMAN |
Harry
Peere |
Captain
1/5th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 48th Division.
Killed in action in Italy 9 August 1918. Aged 38. Son of Fracis
Peere and Ada Williams-Freeman of 29, Selborne Road, Hove. Buried
in Barenthal Military Cemetery. Italy |
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WILLMER |
Percy
Leonard |
Private
SD. 3712 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died
of wounds 22 June 1916. Aged 20. Son of Arthur & Elizabeth Willmer
of 47, Shakespeare Road, Hove. Born & enlisted in Hove. Buried in
Merville Communal Cermetery. |
| WILSON |
Edwin
Erle Philip Sterling |
Signaller
Sussex Z/167 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. H. M. Trawler "Lydian"
Lost when the trawler was mined off South Foreland 18 September
1915. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. ’
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WINKWORTH |
Henry
Edward Vernon |
Second
Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 18th Division.
Died of wounds 16 February 1917. Aged 21. Son of Edward & Sarah
Winkworth of 7, Wilbury Gardens, Hove. Buried in Dernancourt Communal
Cemetery Extension |
| WISE |
Reuben |
Possibly
only Company Sergeant Major 13459 7th Battalion, Royal
Berkshire Regiment. 26th Division. Died of wounds in Salonika 30
November 1917. Born and enlisted in Bow. Buried in Salonka (Lambet
Road) Cemetery, Greece. |
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WISEMAN |
George
William |
Corporal
M2/153820 No 5 Motor Transport Company The Royal Army Service Corps.
Died in France after hostilities. Aged 24. Son of George Albert
& Lydia Wiseman. Husband of Rose Wiseman of 2, Hanover Place, Hove.
Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery |
| WOOD |
Albert |
Private
L. 10950 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 19 March 1916. Aged 17. Son of Harry & Caroline Wood of
Hove. Born & enlisted in Hove. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery.
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WOOLF |
Samuel
(E) |
Rifleman
(Signaller) C/3059 17th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 39th
Division. Killed in action 20 September 1917. Born and enlisted
in Hackney Resident of Hove. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial
Belgium |
| WOOLGAR |
Arthur
James |
Private.
27503 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers 24th Division. Killed in
action at Messines 7 June 1917. Born in Steyning and enlisted in
Hove. Resident of Fishersgate. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial
Ypres, Belgium. |
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WRAY |
Alfred
Edward |
Private
TF. 265262 2/6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. The Indian Army.
Died of disease in India 23 November 1918. Aged 18. Born. Buried
in Bareilly Cemetery Commemorated on The Madras Memorial, India.
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| WYATT |
John
Moses |
Private
42033 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action 18 September 1918. Aged 18. Son of John Moses & Elizabeth
Jane. Wyatt of 10, Victoria Cottages, Hove. Born in Hove and enlisted
in Brighton Formerly with the Bedfords. Commemorated on The Vis
en Artois Memorial |
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WYATT |
Samuel |
Leading
Seaman. Sussex Z/45 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve "Nelson"
Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action at Beaumont
Hamel 13 November 1916. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont
Hamel |
| WYATT |
William |
Private
CH/907/S 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry Died at home
21, 1. 17. Aged 19. Son of John Moses and Elizabeth Jane Wyatt of
10 Victoria Cottages, Hove. Born in Hove. Buried in Hove Old Cemetery.
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WYNDOW |
Harry
Ernest |
Private.
G. 21264 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 3rd Division. Died of wounds
in base hospital at Etaples 13 May 1917. Aged 34. Son of Alfred
& Annie Wyndow of Clapham, South London. Husband of Beatrice Annie
Wyndow of 27, St. Leonards Avenue, Hove. Born in Clapham and enlisted
in Brighton. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery |
| YOUNG |
C
V |
Private
The Royal Sussex Regiment. Not identified in Royal Sussex Records.
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YOUNG |
Frederick
George Victor |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class 5416 The Royal Flying Corps Died of influenza
at home 23 October 1918. Aged 30. Son of Mr G. H. & Mrs Emily Young
of 41, Coleridge Street, Hove. Buried in Hove Old Cemetery. |
| YOUNG |
Alfred
William |
Sapper
892 No 2 Home Counties Field Company The Royal Engineers. Died of
wounds 23 October 1918. Aged 31. Son of Richard Harry & Jane Helen
Young of Hove. Husband of Mary Jane Young of 87, Clarendon Road,
Hove. Born in Brighton and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Longuenesse
Souvenir Cemetery, St, Omer. |
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YOUNG |
Charles
Stanley |
Private.
TF. 336 1/6th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died at
home 14 September 1915. Born in Hove and enlisted in Brighton. Buried
in Hove Old Cemetery |
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