Memorial Book for the parish of St. Andrew, Norway, Eastbourne Akehurst James Stephen, Private, 12th Battalion of 3 Roselands Terrace. Killed in action at Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 20

Alchorn George

Andrews Sidney Philip, Ordinary Seaman HMS Malaya, Royal Navy of 60 Fairlight Road Killed in action at Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. Aged 18

Aukett John, Private, 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 177, Latimer Road. Invalided home with Malaria from Mesopotamia. Died of influenza 9th March 1919. Aged 24

Austin Albert

Avard William, Private, 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment of 10 Hydney Street. Killed in action 11th April 1918. Aged 34 Barnard William Henry, Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 29 Channel View Road. Died of wounds in Bethune 16th May 1916. Aged 31

Baulcombe Frank Stuart, Private, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment of 1 Wartling Road. Killed in action 28th June 1918. Aged 23

Beck Arthur, Guardsman The of 119 Latimer Road. Died of spinal meningitis in Military Hospital, Caterham 7th February 1915. Aged 20

Bird John, Private, 124 Company Machine Gun Corps () of 355, Seaside. Killed in action at Flers on the Somme 16th September 1916. Aged 21 Boniface William Charles, Chief Petty Officer Mercantile Marine Reserve of 42 Sidley Road. Lost in the Channel 30th September 1918. Aged 30

Bradford Frederick, Private, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 70 Beach Road Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 32

Bradford George, Private, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 70 Beach Road Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 21

Bradford Thomas Ridgeway, Gunner, 391 Battery 172nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery of 70 Beach Road. Died in military hospital in Alexandria 22nd October 1918. Aged 23 (Not on St. Andrew's Roll of Honour)

Bragg James Albert, Engine Room Artificer HMS Hampshire Royal Navy of 125 Latimer Road. Lost at sea when his ship was mined off Orkney 5th June 1916 Bray Frank, Private, 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division Killed in action on the Somme at Becourt 3rd September 1916. Aged 22

Breach Charles James Percival, Sergeant 126th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in action 5th July 1917. Aged 31

Brooks George William, Driver, 74th Field Division, Royal Engineers of 12 Fort Road killed in action 15th July 1917. Aged 40

Brookshaw Frederick Charles Pavey, Private 11th Battalion of 39 Sidley Road. Died of wounds in Boulogne base hospital on 8th September 1918. Aged 18

Brown Harry, Private, 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment of 21 Allfrey Road. Killed in action 28th September 1918. Aged 19 Bryant William John, Private, 17th Lancers attached 2nd Life Guards of 49 Channel View Road. Died of wounds in hospital in Wimereux 22nd November 1914. Aged 26

Buckwell Reginald, Private, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 11 Marine Road. Died of wounds at home 11th June 1916. Aged 23

Burgess George, Able Seaman R.N.V.R. Collingwood Battalion of 523 Seaside. Killed in action on Gallipoli 4th June 1915. Aged 19.

Button George Edward, Private, 1st Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry of 4 Rye Street killed in action in Mesopotamia 22nd November 1915. Aged 37

Button Thomas Alfred, Private, 2nd Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry of 4 Rye Street. Killed in action in at the battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Aged 37 Callow Benjamin, Private, 16th (Queens) Lancers 2nd Cavalry Division of 2 St. Andrew's Terrace. Killed in action 21st January 1917. Aged 27

Campbell Thomas Pollock, Private, 2nd Battalion South African Infantry. Killed in action at Delville Wood on the Somme 16th July 1915. Aged 17

Carpenter Richard George, Guardsman 2nd Battalion of 9 Beach Road. Killed in action at Soupir on the Marne 14th September 1914. Aged 21

Carter Benjamin Gabriel, Pioneer, Railway Construction Company Royal Engineers of 3 St. Anthony's Avenue. Died after the war of wounds from shrapnel 31st May 1919. Aged 39

Champion Charles Stanley, Private, 1st Battalion 7th Indian Divn. of 2 Woodgate Road. Died of wounds 6th May 1915. Aged 21 Clarke John Caleb, Private, 1/2nd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) of 427 Seaside. Died of wounds 2nd April 1918. Aged 22

Cooper Frederick, Gunner, 8th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 12th December 1916. Davidge Arthur James, Petty Officer R.N.V.R. Howe Battalion 63rd Royal Navy of 10 Roselands Terrace. Died of wounds near Ypres 2nd November 1917. Aged 20

Davidge Thomas William, Rifleman 1/12th London Regiment (The Rangers) 56th London Division of 10 Roselands Terrace. Killed in action on the Somme 9th September 1916. Aged 28

Dawes Herbert, Corporal, Horse 2350 1st Life Guards 3rd Cavalry Division of 48, Channel View Road Killed in action near Ypres 30th October 1914. Aged 33.

Diplock Thomas, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Division Wounded at Troyon. Died 8th October 1914. Aged 29. Douch Reginald, Private, 8th Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment 24th Division of 32, Seaford Road, Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive 21st March 1918. Aged 19.

Dove John, Guardsman, 3rd Battalion The Coldstream Guards, Guards Division . Died of wounds in base hospital at Rouen, 24th September 1916. Aged 24 Elms Frederick Edward, Corporal 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division of 476 Seaside. Killed in action 15th August 1917. Aged 22 Fenwick Albert, Lance Corporal 490th Field Company Royal Engineers of 41 Seaford Road. Killed in action on the Marne Front 27th May 1918. Aged 23

Fenwick Frederick Thomas of 41 Seaford Road

Fenwick Sydney, Sapper, 490th Field Company Royal Engineers of 41 Seaford Road. Killed in action 23rd October 1916. Aged 21

Field George Tilt, Lance Corporal 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division of 353 Seaside. Taken prisoner and died in captivity 21st May 1918. Aged 34

Fishenden James George, Private, 1st Battalion The Loyal North Lancs Regiment of 169 Latimer Road. Died of wounds 2nd October 1918. Aged 37

Fraser Thomas Funnell Edwin, Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division of 427 Seaside. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 22

Funnell Harry, Private, Motor Transport Depot Royal Army Service Corps of 6 Hydney Street. Died of pneumonia 17th April 1916. Aged 29 Gausden William Walter, Stoker, Reservist Royal Navy H.M. Flotilla Leader "Tipperary". Killed in night action during the Battle of Jutland on 1st June 1916.

Gearing Sydney, Private, 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Division of 9 Wannock Road. Killed in action at Epehy 18th September 1918. Aged 29

Gibbons Ernest, Private, 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 12th Division of 224 Latimer Road. Died of wounds at Cambrai 28th November 1917. Aged 21

Guy Henry Albert (Harry), Able Seaman Royal Navy Reservist HMS "Aboukir" of 25 Bexhill Road. His ship was torpedoed 22nd September 1914 and he was lost at sea. Aged 35 Haffenden George Thomas, Rifleman 1/12th Battalion London Regiment of 4 Wartling Road. Killed in action near Ypres 26th April 1915. Aged 27

Haffenden William Basil, Private, 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 4 Wartling Road. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 24. (Not on St. Andrew's Roll of Honour) The father of George and William Haffenden took his own life after their deaths.

Haggar Harold, Private, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment of 421 Seaside. Killed in action near St. Eloi 24th June 1915. Aged 19

Haggar John, Private, 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 421, Seaside. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916.. Aged 20 Hatcher George, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps of 23, Seaford Road Killed in action 10 March 1915. Aged 19.

Hayward Frederick Stanley, Sapper 1st Home Counties Field Company The Royal Engineers of 190 Latimer Road. Died of wounds 22 October 1918. Aged 36

Heal Ronald William, Flying Officer of The Circus. Killed in action. Aged 21, when Stirling Bomber EE969 was lost on a mission on 27th January 1944 (Not on St. Andrew's Roll of Honour)

Hemsley Thomas Cecil, Private, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of 317. Seaside. Killed in action 23 October 1918.. Aged 23.

Henshaw Henry, Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 176, Ashford Road. Died of wounds at Wimereaux 7 February 1915. Aged 39 Hickmott Stephen, Corporal, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 315, Seaside. Killed in action on the Marne 18 September 1914. Aged 23

Hilton Charles Robert, Private, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 521 Seaside. Killed in action at Ypres 31st July 1917. Aged 34

Hitchens Alick James (Alec), Rifleman 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action near Ypres 8th May 1915. Aged 22

Holloway Percy, Trooper, Household Battalion of 23, Latimer Road. Killed in action at Arras 3rd May 1917. Aged 21

Hopkinson James Leslie, Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class of 425 Seaside. Serving on RNVR HMS “Queen Mary” lost when the Battlecruiser blew up at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 24. Houghton John Company Quartermaster Sergeant 25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment) of 30, Desmond Road. Killed in action on the Somme 1 October 1916. Aged 27.

Huggett Percy Stanley, Private, 1/5th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 45 Sidley Road. Died of wounds 29th June 1916. Aged 29

Hunt Charles George, Able Seaman 3/244 RNVR "Howe" Battalion of 8 Hydney Street. Killed in action at Gallipoli 4th June 1915. Aged 21

Hyde Walter King Charles Albert, Private, 2nd Battalion 30th Division of 1 Ejector Cottages, Roselands. Died of wounds 2nd November 1917. Aged 19

Knight Ernest, Airman 2nd Class RAF Manston Flying School of 10 Wannock Road. Died of influenza 4th November 1918. Aged 30 Lacey Herbert William, Private, 1st Battalion . Killed in action at Arras, 23rd April 1917 Matthews Albert Ashton, Private, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 30 Fairlight Road. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois, 30th June 1916. Aged 25

Mockett Alfred Edwin, Private, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 106 Winter Road. Died at home 27th February 1915. Aged 17.

Mockett Henry Thomas, Labour Corps of 8 Hydney Street. Died of tuberculosis in the Gildredge Hospital 8th May 1918. Aged 40

Mockett Victor Albert, Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 5 Addingham Road. Killed in action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9th May 1915. Aged 18

Morgan Charles Edwin, Private, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment of 2 Lower Road. Killed in action near Lorges 25th October 1914. Aged 23 Morley Harry, Able Seaman, Sussex Z 199 RNVR " Nelson" Battalion killed in action on the western front 27th September 1916. Aged 22

Morris Arthur Novis Frederick David, Private, 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment of 48 Bexhill Road. Died of wounds at home after the war 14th June 1919. Aged 20 (Not on St. Andrew's Roll of Honour)

Novis Samuel, Driver, 1/4th Sussex Battery Royal Field Artillery Indian Army of 48 Bexhill Road. Died of disease in Rawalpindi 10th February 1916. Aged 35

Nye Joseph Francis John, Pioneer No 5 Field Survey Company Royal Engineers of 27 Susans Road. Died of wounds 23rd August 1917 Aged 36 Page Albert, 2nd Corporal 490th Field Company, Royal Engineers of 17 Bexhill Road. Taken prisoner and died in captivity 12th April 1918. Aged 23

Page Henry Richard, Private, 165 Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) of 20 Bexhill Road. Killed in action 26th September 1916. Aged 36

Poole Thomas

Potter James Thomas, Private, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment of 35 Channel View Road Killed in action 21st May 1918. Relf Henry, Private, Special Reservist 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of 8 Fairlight Road. Killed in action at Arras 25th July 1917. Aged 42

Richardson Walter, Private (Drummer) 4th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment Died of wounds 15th April 1916. Aged 19

Ridley James, Private, 5th Battalion Australian Infantry ANZAC of 42, Desmond Road. Killed in action at Gallipoli between 8th and 12th May 1915. Aged 19 (Not on St. Andrew's Roll of Honour)

Riley Arthur

Russell George, Private, 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment of 515 Seaside. Killed in action at Gallipoli August 1915. Aged 25 Sands Moses David, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of Channel View Road Killed in action at Richebourg L'Avoue 9th May 1915. Aged 42

Saward John Charles, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment of 1 Romney Street. Killed in action at Ypres 18th April 1915. Aged 33

Short Arthur of 6 Roselands Terrace died as a result of gas poisoning. He died in the UK after being repatriated.

Short William Charles, Able Seaman Nelson Battalion R.N.V.R. of 6 Roselands Terrace. Killed in action at the Battle of Gallipoli 6th September 1915. Aged 21. He died one day after his 21st birthday.

Smith Amos, Private, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of 202 Southbourne Road. Died of wounds at home. Aged 23. Stace George Harold, Driver, Royal Engineers of 4 Sandwich Street. Died on active service after hostilities in Greece, 2nd January 1919. Aged 29.

Standing William, Private, Royal Defence Corps of 10 Winchelsea Road. Died at home 4th April 1919. Aged 49. Taylor Henry, Driver, 65th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Died in base hospital at Le Havre 6th April 1915. Aged 21.

Tee Albert Edwin, Corporal, 7th Battalion, West Kent Regiment of 182 Latimer Road Died of wounds 29th September 1916. Aged 24

Tingley Albert Edward, Private, 11th Battalion, , of 14 Vine Square Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive 22nd March 1918. Aged 22.

Tingley Arthur, Private, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of 14 Vine Square killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 18.

Tingley William John, Leading Seaman Howe Battalion., R.N.V.R. of 14 Vine Square. Killed in action on Gallipoli 31st May 1915. Aged 23 Tolhurst Edwin William, Able Seaman HMS Christopher, Royal Navy of 450 Seaside. Accidentally drowned 9th December 1915. Aged 28.

Tompsett Edwin William Henry, Lance Corporal 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment of 1, Langney Fort Villas, Langney. Killed in action near Cambrin, 3rd June 1916 . Aged 22

Tratman Arthur, Leading Seaman. SS Barrister R.N.V.R. of Desmond Road. Lost at sea when SS Barrister was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 19th September 1918. Aged 45

Turner John Waller Henry, Corporal, 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment of 2 Norman Cottages, Wartling Road. Killed in action near Ypres 15h August 1917. Aged 23

Waymark Benjamin

Weaver Horace William, Sub Lieutenant Howe Battalion, R.N.V.R of 11 Fairlight Road Died of wounds 15th July 1915. Aged 47

Whiteman Edward Musgrave, Trooper of 2, Desmond Road. Killed in action near Arras 3rd May 1917. Aged 22

Wickens Albert Henry, Battery Sergeant Major Croix De Guerre (Belgium) 16th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery of 381 Seaside. Died of wounds 5th April 1918. Aged 28 Wilkins Charles Edward, Private, 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment of 4 Allfrey Road. Killed in action at Arras 12th April 1917. Aged 30

Wood (s) Charles William, Private, 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers of 46 Seaford Road Killed in action at Arras 3rd May 1917. Aged 21

Woolgar Frederick James, Rifleman, 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps of 8 Guestling Road. Killed in action near La Basse 24th December 1914. Aged 23 St. Andrew's Parish and

In compiling the Memorial Book I was struck by the impact that World War I must have had on the parish.

Overall 114 men and boys from the parish died as a result of this war.

This document summarises how much families suffered as a result of the Great War! I am afraid it is very much a list of facts but each fact tells a story.

Almost every road in the parish suffered the loss of someone and some roads lost a number of young men. Several families suffered the loss of two or three sons and it is their stories that are told here.

Take a few minutes to read this and then imagine the impact that these deaths must have had on what at the time was a much smaller parish than the one that exists today, and of course what must have been a much more tightly knit community.

One horrific day was the 30th June 1916 when eight men, who all lived in the parish, were killed in one day at the battle of Rue De Bois. They were all were members of the Royal Sussex Regiment Two were brothers, Frederick and George Bradford, who lived at 70 Beach Road. George was aged 21 and Frederick was 32.

A third brother, Thomas, who was a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery, died in October 1918 aged 23.

Two brothers, George and Thomas Button of 4 Rye Street both died in the war. George was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 22nd November 1915, and Thomas was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 25th September 1915. Both were aged 37 at the time of their death implying that they were twins.

Roselands Terrace was a group of semi-detached houses that now form part of Roselands Avenue. These properties suffered a disproportionate loss of life when you consider the number of houses that were there.

William Charles Short of 6 Roselands Terrace was killed in action at the Battle of Gallipoli on 6th September 1915, aged 19. His brother Arthur died of gas poisoning after being repatriated.

The Davidge family at 10 Roselands Terrace also lost two sons in the war. Thomas died on the Somme on 9th September 1916, aged 28. Arthur died of wounds near Ypres on 2nd November 1917, aged 20.

The Fenwick family of 41 Seaford Road lost three sons. Sydney was killed in action on 23rd October 1916, aged 21. Albert was killed in action on the Marne Front on 27th May 1918, aged 23. A third son, Frederick Thomas, also died but there is no record of when and where. However the 1911 Census confirmed that he lived at the same Seaford Road address.

Whilst all the deaths were tragic the story of the Haffenden family is particularly sad. The family were farmers living at 4 Wartling Road. One son, George, was killed in action near Ypres on 26th April 1915, aged 27. His brother William was one of the eight local men killed in action on the Rue De Bois on 30th June 1916, he was aged 24. Their father was so distraught at the deaths of his two sons that he killed himself.

Another family to lose two sons was the Haggar family of 421 Seaside, just two buildings along from the church. Harold was killed in action near St. Eloi on 24th June 1915, aged 19. John was another of the local men killed in action on the Rue De Bois on 30th June 1916, he was aged 20 Samuel Novis of 48 Bexhill Road died of disease in Rawalpindi on 19th February 1916, aged 35. His brother Frederick died of wounds at home after the war on 14th June 1919, aged 20.

The story of the Tingley family of 14 Vine Square is of particular resonance as three sons were killed, all of them being Great Uncles of a member of the St. Andrew's congregation, Margaret Wooler.

William was killed in action on Gallipoli on 31st May 1915, aged 23. Arthur Tingley was another of the local men killed in action on the Rue De Bois on 30th June 1916, he was aged 18.

Albert was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on 22nd March 1918, aged 22.

These three young men were the eldest of twelve children, what an impact their loss must have had on the family particularly when you look how young they were.

I hope that in reading this article you can now sense some of the emotion that I felt when I read the details of all the deaths of 114 men who gave their lives for us. To paraphrase the immortal words of John Maxwell Edmonds

"For our tomorrow they gave their today"

Phil Gardner May 2017