Commemorated at : Individuals highlighted with red text had close family and geographical ties with , while those recorded in black had a looser Men who Fought and Died in the Great War connection to the forest.

Introduction Individuals whose names are highlighted in bold are included in our To mark the anniversary of the start of the First World War, members of collection of case studies “Men of Ashdown Forest Who Fell in the First the Ashdown Forest Research Group have carried out research into the World War and Are Commemorated at Forest Row, and men who are commemorated on Forest Row War Memorial. Coleman’s Hatch ”, which is available on this website. They were particularly interested in finding out more about the Greyed-out cells are those for which we have found no information. background of the men, drawing on sources such as the decennial census up to and including the 1911. They also researched the records of the Credits and Acknowledgements men’s military careers and found out more about the circumstances of The research work was carried out by Pam Griffiths, Viv Hill, Kevin Tillett their deaths and where they were buried. Any other information that was and Carol O’Driscoll. Pam compiled the spreadsheet. Martin Berry considered to be relevant, including possible familial or other connections assisted with the refinement of the spreadsheet and the production of between the men listed on the memorial, was also recorded. this PDF document.

The results have been compiled into an Excel spreadsheet. The following Other Publications pages present the contents of that spreadsheet as a PDF document. The group has produced a set of case studies of a selection of the men from the spreadsheet, together with profiles of a similar number of men Sources commemorated at Hartfield and Coleman’s Hatch. The document The data in the spreadsheet are drawn from the War Memorial in Forest containing these case studies may be downloaded from the group’s web Row, the Memorial Book at Holy Trinity Church Forest Row and a variety page at: of online sources. These include Ancestry ( http://home.ancestry.co.uk ); Find http://www.ashdownforest.org/enjoy/history/AshdownResearchGroup.php . My Past ( http://www.findmypast.co.uk ); the British Newspaper Archive (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ); the Commonwealth Wargraves Corrections and Additional Information Commission ( http://www.cwgc.org ); Spartacus Educational ( http://spartacus- If you spot any factual errors here or have additional information to offer educational.com ); and a few other sites devoted to individuals mentioned. that might be relevant, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please Local knowledge has also been incorporated where it adds detail. email the group at: [email protected] .

Reading the Spreadsheet The spreadsheet as presented here consists of eight pages, alternating Ashdown Forest Research Group between the left and right hand sides of the spreadsheet as you move August 2014 down the spreadsheet. Data from Forest Row Memorial Book and War Memorial

War Memorial Date of First names Number Rank Regiment Where killed/died Age Parents Place of birth Memorial Book signed by: Buried inscription death

G F Baker George Frank 270166 Pte 10th The Buffs, Battle of Gaza, 06/11/17 28 Frank and Fanny Baker Mereworth, Kent Harry Histed (uncle), Clifton Cottage, FR Beersheba Military Cty; Yeomanry Battalion Palestine plot 1, grave 14

W Bannister William Henry 1610 L Cpl 8th Royal Reg. Military Hospital 18/07/18 29 Edward and Martha FR Annie Bannister (sister), 1 Rose & Crown Mty Cty Etaples; grave U Etaples France. DoW Bannister Cottages, West Croydon, 202, now plot 25, row K, grave IIa H Biddlecombe Henry George 1st class RN HMS Formidable Torpedoed English 01/01/15 24 Joseph and Mary Ann FR Joseph Biddlecombe (father), Spring C Chatham Ship's cook Channel Biddlecombe Meadow, FR

A V Brand Albert Victor G/25693 Pte 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. Hospital Le Havre 03/08/18 26 John and Mary Brand Felbridge, FE Brand (brother), Pavilion Cottage, FR Ste Marie Cty Le Havre, France DoW Grave Div. 62.III. O. 7 C F Brooker Charles 10415 Pte 3rd Royal Sussex Reg. KIA France 01/01/15 25 George and Harriet Brighton, Sussex Lilian M Stow (sister), Oak Cottage, FR C Le Touret France Frederick Brooker

W Brownlow Wilfred Herbert Capt 2nd Northumberland Battle of Chemin des 28/05/18 28 Cecil Barry and Minnie Muree, India C B Brownlow (father), The Old Well Hermonville French Mty Cecil Fusiliers Attd 12/13th Dames Massif de St Blanche Brownlow Cottage, FR Cty, Plot 3 Row F, Grave 10 Thierry nr Rheims France

E E Cannon Ernest Edward 769490 Pte 28th Reg Military Hospital 04/11/18 28 Thomas and Fanny Leatherhead, Surrey Dorothy C O Cannon (widow) 5 Hadleigh FR Cty Grave 934 Artists' Rifles Warley, Essex Cannon Rd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex

S H Cook Sidney Herbert 15090 Pte 8th Somerset Light KIA Albert France 14/05/16 23 not known not known not signed Norfolk Cty nr Fricourt, Infantry Plot 1, row B, Grave 58

R Cox Raymond 19019 Pte 6th Middlesex Reg KIA France 11/08/17 34 Stephen and Mary Ann , Sussex FM Cox ,Keeper's Cottage Ashdown, FR La Laiterie Mty Cty, Cox Kemmel, Plot 1, Row C, Grave 20 T J Draper Thomas James 98955 Bombadier 109th Brigade Royal KIA Ypres Belgium 29/09/18 27 Ambrose and Minnie , M Draper (mother), 9 Highfields, FR Ypres Reservoir, North Field Artillery Draper Sussex Cty, Plot 4 Row A, Grave 14 H G Dunstan Herbert George M1/084282 Cpl Royal Army Service Tournai France 02/12/18 30 Alfred John and Anne Marylebone, NW Bessie Dunstan (widow), Tracey Honiton, Tournai Communal Cty Corps MT Attd 116th Dunstan Devon Extension, Plot II Row A Siege Battery RGA Grave 9

F R Edwards Frederick 2668 not 13th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Battle of the 26/10/16 19 John and Annie Hartfield, Sussex Annie Edwards (mother), Queensborough C Thiepval France Robert recorded Somme France Edwards Cottages, FR

V F Farley Victor Frederick 11366 Shoeing- 9th Lancers KIA Ablainzeville NW 21/08/18 21 Peter and Edith Farley Shipley, nr Horsham, Edith Farley (mother), Redfern Cottage, Douchy Brit Cty, Plot II, Smith of Bapaume France Sussex FR Row F, Grave 1

E M P Fisher Edmund 2nd Ltnt 36th Divisional London (invalided 31/03/18 46 Herbert William and Blatchington, Sussex Janie Magdalene Fisher (widow), Wych Brockenhurst churchyard, Montagu Ammunition Column from St Quentin, Mary Fisher Cross Place, FR Hants Prinsep RFA France)

G K Fisher George Capt 4th Norfolk Reg DoW Battle of Gaza 02/09/17 37 Bishop and Mrs Fisher Barrow in Furness, Janet Fisher (widow), Burgh House Gaza Mty Cty; Plot B, Kenneth Palestine Lancashire Fleggburgh Norfolk; Formerly Ashdown Grave 12 Park, FR

A F Gladman Archibald 60646 Pte 8th Royal Fusiliers KIA Arras France 03/05/17 28 Thomas and Lois Horsted Keynes, Fanny Gladman (widow), 2 Rosemary C Arras France Frederick Gladman Sussex Cottages, FR

R G Gordon Ronald 2nd Ltnt 2nd Royal Sussex Reg KIA Pontruet nr St 19/09/18 19 Granville D and Louise N London L N Gordon, (mother), 8 Scroope Terrace, Ste Helene Brit Cty nr Granville Quentin France Gordon Cambridge; formerly Shalesbrook, FR Pontruet; Plot 1, Row B, Grave 1 Data from other sources Additional information Approx Actual Occupation War Memorial Place of birth Census address Census address Census address Census address year of year of from 1911 inscription from census 1881 1891 1901 1911 birth birth census G F Baker 1889 1889 Mereworth, Butchers Lane, not found Fernside, London Butcher's Ancestry tree gives parents as Frank Baker and Fanny Histed. Boarder with W.G. Witham in 1911. Medal Card shows him to have been initially Kent Mereworth, Kent Rd, FR shopman in the RE Kent yeo (reg no. 1870), then E Kent R (reg no 270166). First served in the Balkans, 24.9.15.

W Bannister 1889 not FR - Higrove? FR Station Cottages, FR Hartfield Rd, FR Farm Labourer Ancestry tree gives mother as Martha Rosa Wickenden. found

H Biddlecombe 1891 1891 FR FR Oast Houses, FR Royal Naval Officer's steward Oast House is now Oast Cottage, Lower Rd. Ancestry tree gives mother as Mary Ann Miles. Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll Barracks Chatham, gives rank as Cks Mte and official number port division: M.4761. CWGC describes him as Cook's mate… killed in action with submarine in Kent English Channel. Awarded Star, Victory and British War medals. A V Brand 1892 1892 Felbridge, Felbridge, Sussex Underwood, FR Gardener Ancestry tree gives mother as Mary Brand. 1911 census names brother as Frank. Mother widowed. Parents local, but older siblings born in Sussex [sic] Domestic Wiltshire and Devon. Bap 4.9.1892 FR. C F Brooker 1890 1890 Hove, Sussex 19, Marlborough 20 Brunswick St, 18 Malvern St, Fishmonger 1911 Boarder in the household of a waiter born in Germany. St, Brighton, Sx Hove, Sussex Hove, Sussex

W Brownlow 1890 1889 India not found Summerfields Sch for not found Probate - estate to Cecil Barry Brownlow, retired Col of Old Well Cottage; (CBB's estate to widow Minnie). M Emily Phyllis Shirley, St. George gents' sons, Hanover Square, 3.6.1916. Date of birth from Ancestry tree 25.10.1889. Kent and Sussex Courier 21.6.18 - records death in action of only son Summerdown, Oxon of Col and Mrs Brownlow, Old Well Cottage FR. Numerous tributes; final words recorded as 'Tell them I died with a smile on my face'. Mortally wounded by a piece of shell fighting a rearguard action. E E Cannon 1890 1890 Penshurst, Kingston Rd, 3, Market Terrace, 4, Market Terrace, Teacher M Dorothy C O White at Rochford, Essex, 1915 Kent Leatherhead Hastings, Sussex St. Leonards on Sea, Common, Surrey Sussex S H Cook 1893 1892 East Grinstead/ 38A, Queens Rd, EG, FR Gardener Birth seemingly registered in Croydon. Soldiers died in the Great War gives place of birth as East Grinstead, residence Hammersmith. Enlisted Croydon Sx (nephew of Thos & (Lodging with Luxford Domestic at Fulham. UK Soldiers who died in the Great War gives: Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Formerly 13595, Duke Of Cornwall's Light Mary White) family) Infantry Mother ?Mary Cook. 1901 census has Mary 22, neice, and Sydney Herbert 8, nephew with the White family. 1911 census - with William Peter Luxford. R Cox 1883 1885 Withyham, Fostal Cott, Fostal Cottage, Prospect Cottage, Ag Lab Raymond was a carter's boy in 1911. Married Florence M Baker in EG RD 1910. Suspect this is who signed the book. Sussex Hartfield, Sussex Hartfield, Sussex Ashurstwood, Sussex T J Draper 1891 1891 East Grinstead, Poplar Farm, FR 9, Highfield, FR Painter (Builder) Sussex

H G Dunstan 1888 1888 Marylebone, 104, Seymour 9, Portland William IV, Little Motor Driver M Bessie Hansford at Honiton, 1914. NW Buildings, Buildings, London, Albury, Mechanic Marylebone, NW Marylebone, NW Surrey (visitor)

F R Edwards 1897 1897 Hartfield, Marsh Green, Holly Cottage, Scholar Soldiers died in the Great War gives rank as Pte. Ancestry tree gives mother as Annie Card. Sussex Hartfield, Sussex Chuckhatch, Sussex V F Farley 1897 1897 Shipley, Sussex Elm Hill Stables, 23, Beach Road, Schoolboy, Enumerated with a Matron and 5 other patients on 1911 census Hawkhurst, Kent Southsea, Hants Patient

E M P Fisher 1872 1872 Brompton (1891, 19, Second 19, Second The Elms, Sth Place, Architect Ancestry tree gives mother as Mary Louisa Jackson. Also gives place of birth as Brompton. Suspect Blatchington may be an error. M to Janie 1901) London Avenue, Hove, Avenue, Hove, Baddesley, FR (visitor) Magdalen Freshfield in 1899 at EG RD. Probate - address: 5, Swan Walk Chelsea. Died at Lady Inchcapes Military Hospital, 7 Seamore Place, (1881, 1911) Sussex Sussex Lymington, Hants Mayfair, Mddx. estate to wife Jane - £369 0s 9d. Awarded Victory and British medals. (Janie died in 1963 - effects £57,520.) Evening Dispatch 16.4.18 records death from appendicitis. Joined up in 1915 aged 43, served as hospital orderly before accepted for active service.

G K Fisher 1880 1879 Barrow in The Vicarage, The Granville, Burgh House, Burgh 108 Ebury St. SW Clerk Labour In Granville Hotel? in 1891 with sister b FR - possibly with grandparent. Parents' names George Carnac Fisher and Mary Penelope Gwendolyn Furness, Lancs Salthouse Rd, Ramsgate, Kent St. Margaret, Norf'k Exchange, Board Thompson. Full name - George Kenneth Thompson Fisher. M Janet Katherine Mary Anson on 23.8.1914 at St. Bartholomew the Great, Barrow,Lancs of Trade London by special licence. from 17 Pall Mall, by father, one-time Bishop of Ipswich. Probate - address 23 Launceston-place Kensington, granted London 6.2.1918 to Janet Katherine Mary Fisher widow; £21264 6/9. First served Gallipoli 10.8.15; Victory, British and Star medals.

A F Gladman 1889 1889 West Hoathly, , Brambletye Mill Brambletye Mill Cowman Sussex West Hoathly, Cottages, FR Cottages, FR Sussex R G Gordon 1899 1899 Acton, Mddx 6, Bedford Rd, Shalesbrook, FR Scholar Baptism at Acton gives parents as Granville Dempster and Louisa Maude Elphinstone Gordon. Father's occupation - solicitor. Parents Acton, W3 Granville Dempster and Louise Maud Gordon. Sussex Agricultural Express 4.10.18 records death of RGG, 2nd son of Granville and Mrs Gordon of Shalesbrook, FR. Kent and Sussex Courier 11.10.18 adds that he was educated at Lexden House, Seaford, Harrow and the Royal Military College and had been on active service for only a few weeks. Data from Forest Row Memorial Book and War Memorial

War Memorial Date of First names Number Rank Regiment Where killed/died Age Parents Place of birth Memorial Book signed by: Buried inscription death

H Grayer Harold M.339580 Pte Royal Army Service Hospital Port Amelia 09/12/18 28 Josiah and Sarah Grayer Hove, Brighton, FEL Grayer (widow), High St, FR Port Amelia European Cty; Corps 648th Company Portuguese Grave A I 24 MT Africa G Gregory George 11235 Pte 10th Reserve Royal Hospital Shoreham 13/05/16 39 Thomas and Mary Ann Reading, Berkshire Thomas Gregory (father), Highgate Rd, FR FR Cty; Grave 937 Sussex Reg Gregory

L Grisbrook Llewellyn 15919 Cpl 13th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Ypres Belgium 21/12/16 27 Llewellyn Alfred & FR E Griswood, (mother), Rose Cottage, 28 Essex Farm Boesinghe; Alfred Emma Grisbrook College Lane, East Grinstead, Plot 2, Row Y, Grave 6 F Holmwood Frederick Pte 4th Royal Sussex Reg FR 29/05/15 27 AJ and Mary Jane , Withyham, H Holmwood (brother), 1 Spring Holmwood Sussex Meadow, FR

G N Horlick Gerald Nolekin Maj Yeomanry Royal Alexandria Egypt 05/07/18 30 Sir James and Lady Brooklyn, New York, James Horlick, (father) Kidbrooke Park, FR Hadra Mty Cty, Alexandra; Gloucestershire Horlick USA Plot B, Grave 67 Hussars

G Kekewich George Capt Yeomanry City of DoW Beersheba 28/10/17 28 Lewis Pendarves and Twysden, Foots Cray, Lilian Emily Kekewich, (mother), 14 Beersheba Military Cty, London Attd 103rd Palestine Lilian Emily Kekewich Kent Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex Plot O, Grave 27 MGC H L Kekewich Hanbury Lewis Capt 16th (Sussex KIA Beersheba 06/11/17 32 Lewis Pendarves and Ebury St, London Lilian Emily Kekewich, (mother), 14 Beersheba Military Cty, Yeomenry) Battn Royal Palestine Lilian Emily Kekewich Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex Plot M, Grave 38 Sussex Reg

J Kekewich John Capt 8th The Buffs KIA Battle of Loos 26/09/15 24 Lewis Pendarves and Twysden, Foots Cray Lilian Emily Kekewich, (mother), 14 C Loos France France Lilian Emily Kekewich Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex

H J Kensett Henry James 5388 L Cpl 13th Royal Fusiliers KIA Monchy-le-Preux 10/04/17 37 Reuben and Rose Shipley, Sussex C Kensett (widow), The Broadway, FR Orange Trench Brit Cty, France Kensett Row D, Grave 32

M C Lawrence Michael Capt 1st Coldstream Guards DoW Battle of the 19/09/16 21 General Honourable Sir Wildernesse, Isabel Lawrence (mother), 32 Rutland Grove Town Brit Cty, Charles Somme France HL and Lady Lawrence , Kent Gate, SW7 Méaulté, Plot 1, Row C, Mouquet Farm Braye Grave 38

O J Lawrence Oliver John 2nd Ltnt 1/8th City of London KIA Festubert France 26/05/15 21 General Honourable Sir Wildernesse, Isabel Lawrence (mother), 32 Rutland Post Office Rifles Cty Post Office Rifles HL and Lady Lawrence Sevenoaks, Kent Gate, SW7 Festubert, Row B, Grave 9

K Lucas Keith Capt Royal Flying Corps Killed when Flying 05/10/16 37 Francis Robert and Greenwich, Kent Francis Robert (father), Streeters Rough, Aldershot Mty Cty Salisbury Plain Katherine

B Luxford Bernard 56943 Battery 129th Battery Royal KIA Vaulx France 10/09/18 27 WP and MA Luxford FR Mary A Luxford (mother), Woodbine Vaulx Churchyard, Brit Ext, Serg Major Field artillery Cottage, FR Plot III, Row F, Grave 2

E J Luxford Edward James 277542 Gunner 119th Siege Battery KIA nr Ypres Belgium 08/05/18 43 Job and Jane Luxford FR Job Luxford (father), The Cottage, Gwalia Brit Cty, Royal Garrison Artillery Highfields, FR Poperinghe, Plot II, Row F, Grave 17 W Luxford William 96 Serg Royal Sussex Reg KIA Battle of Cambrai 23/11/17 24 WP and MA Luxford FR Mary A Luxford (mother), Woodbine C Cambrai, France also and Fontaine France Cottage, FR 260225 B Battalion Tank Corps

W Martin Walter 17882 Pte 12th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Battle of the 14/01/17 27 Alfred and Elizabeth FR Elizabeth Martin (mother ), 4 Castle C Thiepval, France Somme France Martin Cottages, FR

W G Martin William Gerald Capt King's Royal Rifle Corps KIA Sailly-Sailliset 17/10/16 18 Edward and Alice Maud Hyde Park, London Edward Martin (father), Woodcote, FR Combles Communal Cty, France Martin Extension Plot VII, Row N, Grave 40 Data from other sources Additional information Approx Actual Occupation War Memorial Place of birth Census address Census address Census address Census address year of year of from 1911 inscription from census 1881 1891 1901 1911 birth birth census H Grayer 1890 1890 Hove, Sussex 6 Victoria Mews, 6 Victoria Mews, Staplefield Place, Motor Cleaner Harold married Florence E L Grisbrook at East Grinstead in 1915. Hove, Sussex Hove, Sussex Crawley, Sussex (domestic)

G Gregory 1879 1878 Reading, Mr Gault's Cottage Chats Hill, (The Stables), The Stables, Coachman, Died of heart failure while stationed with reg. Kent and Sussex Courier 19.5.16. Had previously worked for 12 years at the Ashdown Hotel. Berkshire (Hopeful Cottages), Beddington, Surrey Offerton, Park Rd, Livery Yard Well known in FR. Wreaths included one sent by Mrs Grenville Gordon. Farnham, Surrey (gardener boy) FR L Grisbrook 1889 1890 FR High St, FR Morris's Cottage, Grocer's High St, FR is more likely to be A22 rather than Hartfield Rd. Emma's maiden name was Russell. Received Victory medal. High St, FR Assistant F Holmwood 1888 1888 Hartfield, FR (next to Stone Quaybrook - 2, Spring Meadow, Under Gardener Buried Forest Row , grave ref 1337; army no. 1151. Parents - Alexander James Holmwood and Mary Bridgeland. ? Medal Index Card Sussex House Farm on Grinstead Croft FR for Alfred F Holmwood, right regiment - Victory Medal schedule) Cottage, FR

G N Horlick 1888 1888 Brooklyn, USA 6, Woodlands Rd, Stoke House, Stoke 23 Albert Hall Asst Manager Mother's name Margaret Adelaide Burford. Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 14.6.18. Probate - Gerald Nolekin Horlick of 2 Carlton Barnes, SW Poges, Bucks (b Mansions, Horlicks Malted House-terrace, Westminster, Mddx, d 5th July 1918 at Military Hospital, Alexandria; probate London 11th OCtober to Flora Macdonald Boston) Kensington Milk Co Horlick (wife of James Nockells Horlick). Effects: £3,281 10/10. Several newspaper articles. Memorials also at Cowley and Elkstone, Glos and Slough, Bucks G Kekewich 1889 1889 Foots Cray, Twisdens, Pauls Larnbrook, Kidbrooke Park, FR Metal merchant Mother's maiden name Hanbury. Probate - address as 70, Gracechurch St, London; and occupation as metal broker; estate of £10241.7/3 to Kent Cray Rd, Foots Winkfield, Berks father. Soldiers died in the Great War records him as of the First City of London Battalion Royal Fusiliers, London Regiment. Commonwealth Cray, Kent (prep school) War Graves gives parents' address as Peamore, Exeter H L Kekewich 1886 1885 London Twisdens, Pauls Possibly abroad? Kidbrooke Park, FR Metal merchant M 1.11.1914, St. Barnabas, Clapham Common - Dorothy Annie Lane. Probate - address 69, Elspeth Rd, Clapham Common; estate of £618 Cray Rd, Foots 2/11 to wife. Commonwealth War Graves lists wife as Dorothy Page-Turner, (formerly Kekewich) of Old Place, Bicester, Oxon. Memorial also Cray, Kent in St. Batholomew the Great, Smithfield. Birth registered in St. George Hanover Sq. RD. Appears on incoming passenger list from New York 1907. J Kekewich 1891 1891 Foots Cray, Wellington House, Possibly abroad? On incoming passenger list from Montreal June 1912. Appears as follows on Lords Cricket Ground Roll of Honour: Captain 8th Battalion, East Kent Westgate on Sea, Kent Regiment. 24th Division. Killed in action at the Battle of Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 24. Son of Lewis Pandarves & Lilian Emily Kent (school) Kekewich of 46. Brunswick Square, Hove. Educated at Eton College. Eton College and Forest Row War Memorials. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial. Engaged to Stella Mundey of Wilderwick E.G., 1915 H J Kensett 1880 1883 Shipley, Old House, Trawlers, Shipley, Maplehurst Farm, Gamekeeper Enrolled at East Grinstead. Southwater Shipley, Sussex Sussex (poultryman and Nuthurst, Sussex under-gamekeeper)

M C Lawrence 1894 1894 Wildernesse Wildernesse House, Eton College, Scholar Mother's maiden name was Mills. Formerly of Ashdown Place FR. Living in household of widowed grandmother Louisa Hillingdon 1901 along Sevenoaks, Seal, Sevenoaks, Windsor, Berks with uncle - Lord Hillingdon, father - Herbert A, cavalry officer, and mother Isabel M. Probate - address Ashdown-place Forest Row; to the Kent Kent honourable Herbert Alexander Lawrence Lieutenant-General in H.M.army. Effects £389.12/9. Death reported in Kent and Sussex Courier 22.9.16. Commemorated in the church at Seal. O J Lawrence 1893 1893 Wildernesse Wildernesse House, Eton College, Scholar Formerly of Ashdown Place FR. As above - 26 servants in the household. Ancestry tree gives Herbert Alexander Lawrence and Isabel Mary Sevenoaks, Seal, Sevenoaks, Windsor, Berks Mills as parents. Probate as above; effects £224 13/4. Kent and Sussex Courier (4.6.15) announced a Memorial service to be held at St Kent Kent Peter's, Seal. K Lucas 1879 1879 Greenwich, Park Lodge, Jermans Place Whitchurch Rd, 8, Huntingdon Rd, Fellow and Family formerly of Greenhall FR. Memorial book says 'Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge'. M Alys Hubbard 1909; 2 sons in 1911. Probate - Kent Kidbrook, FR Shool, Kidbrook, Tavistock, Devon Cambridge, Cams lecturer Admon to Alys - £6,782. Address - Highfield House Fen Ditton; killed on Active Service Farnborough. 12.10.16 recorded a FR (visitor, undergraduate) double fatality at the Central Flying School, Upavon due to a mid-air collision. Lucas– RFC, DSc, FRS was 2nd son of Mr & Mrs FR Lucas of Chelwood Gate Sussex and Queen Anne's Mansions Westminster. Accidental death. B Luxford 1891 1891 FR Woodbine Cottage, not found Parents William Peter and Mary Ann Luxford. William was brother of Job Luxford - see below. Medal Index: Victory, British and Star. NPC FR gives admon with will London 26.4.19 to Mary Ann Luxford w of William Peter Luxford. Effects £284 .

E J Luxford 1875 1874 FR Witch Cross Inn, FR In Aden with army. Little Parrock House painter Attestation papers show him enlisting with the Royal Artillery in 1895 in London. Served abroad. Discharged 1907. Probate at London on Lewes Rd, FR Farm, Colemans (Builder's 29.6.18 to Elizabeth Luxford wid and Job Luxford builder, £143. (Next entry Jane Luxford, wid of Job - d 14.10.18). Brief entry on Spartacus. Hatch, Sussex apprentice 1891) Cousin of Bernard and William Luxford. W Luxford 1893 1893 FR Woodbine Cottage, Woodbine Apprentice to Parents William Peter and Mary Ann Luxford. William was brother of Job Luxford - see above. Formerly 264, Machine Gun Corps, FR Cottages FR motor engineer M.M.(Military Medal; Entered war theatre 22.5.15 (from medal card)

W Martin 1898 1898 FR FR - between Chequer Castle Cottages, FR Scholar Family owned shop where Java and Jazz now is, and other property. Chequers House would be the pub and Hillside the Upper Square. Castle House and Hillside Cottages - ex bike shop FR junction of Lower Rd & Hillside.

W G Martin 1889 1889 London The Hall, Hazelwood School, ?Burslemp Pupil to Estate Living with grandmother in 1891. Admon to father Edward, barrister. Address given as Woodcote FR. Effects £425; rank given as Lieutenant. Rempstone, Limpsfield Cottage, Swindon, Agent Father listed as a J.P. in memorial book Nottinghamshire Wilts Data from Forest Row Memorial Book and War Memorial

War Memorial Date of First names Number Rank Regiment Where killed/died Age Parents Place of birth Memorial Book signed by: Buried inscription death

W A G Miles Walter Alfred 200170 Pte 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. KIA Battle of Gaza 19/04/17 23 Walter William and FR WW Miles (father), 1 Triangle Cottages, C Jerusalem, Palestine George Palestine Edith Miles FR A Mills Albert 17879 L Cpl 12th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Battle of St Julien 31/07/17 20 James and Mills East Grinstead, James Mills (father), Felbridge Park, EG New Irish Farm St Jean, France Sussex Plot IX, Row F, Grave 18

A Mitchell Albert 43199 Pte 1st Middlesex Reg KIA Meteren France 19/04/18 33 Arthur and Susan Forest View, FR Susan Mitchell (mother), Forest View, FR Meteren Mty Cty, Plot I, Mitchell Row E, Grave 141

S Padgham Spencer 3823 Pte 11th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Hamel France 03/09/16 36 Alfred and Mary Agnes J FR M A J Padgham (mother) , 1 Medway Serre Road Cemetery, No Padgham Cottages, FR 2, Plot J, Row H, Grave 5

W Padgham William 3199 Pte 9th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Ypres Belgium 03/09/17 31 Alfred and Mary Agnes J FR M A J Padgham (mother) , 1 Medway La Clytte Mty Cty: Padgham Cottages, FR Reninghelst, Plot I, Row F, Grave 36 H Page Harry 15230 Pte 7th The Queen's (RW KIA Ferrar's Wood 23/03/18 23 John and Charlotte Page Meadowland, FR Daisy Page (widow), Rosemary Lane, Chauny Communal Cty: Surrey Reg) France Haddenham, Bucks Mil. Ext. Department of the Aisne

R H Pannet Reginald Henry 54458 Pte 2/7th Manchester Reg KIA Battle of the Fifth 21/03/18 19 Moses and Mary Pannet FR M Pannett (mother), 9 Balfour Gardens, C. Pozieres, France Army Hargicourt FR Peronne France

E J Parker Edward John 5396 Pte 11th Royal Fusiliers Died in hospital 12/01/17 33 William and Harriet FR Lydia Mary Parker (Widow), Rose Hill Abbeville Communal Cty, Abbeville France Parker Cottage, FR Plot II, Row B, Grave 12

W G Parker William George 60759 Pte 8th Royal Fusiliers KIA Monchy-le-Preux 31/08/17 36 William and Harriet FR Adelaide Parker (widow), 78 Graham Monchy Brit Cty, Plot I, France Parker Road, Wealdstone, Mddx Row L, Grave 4

A Richardson Albert Edward 6642 Pte 26th Middlesex Reg KIA Salonica Greece 27/02/17 33 Charles James and Rose Brighton, Sussex Clara Richardson (Widow), 5 Castle Anglo-French Mlty Cty Richardson Cottages, FR Lembat Rd Salonica, Grave 828 C C Robinson Cyril Charles Ltnt 59th Squadron Royal KIA Doullens France 28/04/18 22 William Charles & Ashdown Park, FR W C Robinson (father), 5 Elmsworth Doullens Cty, France, Com: Air Force Charlotte Emily Avenue, Heston, Houndslow Extension II, Plot I, Row A, Robinson Grave 32

R Robson Robert Charles 28083 Pte 15th/48th Royal Died in hospital 15/05/18 29 Joseph and Marian Wych Cross, FR Joseph Robson (father), 1 Alpha Cottages, Aubigny Communal Cty: Highlanders of Canada Aubigny France Robson FR Extension, Plot IV, Row K, Grave 10 A J Sands Alfred Jesse 2292 Pte 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. D o W Dardanelles 30/08/15 19 Thomas and Mary Sands FR M Sands (mother), Tudor Cottage, FR Buried at Sea, Mediterranian. Ex. H.S. Rewa. C Helles, Gallipoli

W T Sands William 241867 Pte 2/6th Royal KIA N.E. of Ypres 31/08/17 23 Thomas and Mary Sands FR M Sands (mother), Tudor Cottage, FR Oxford Rd Cty Ypres, Plot I, Thomas Warwickshire Reg Belgium Row F, Grave 3

J Simmons James 2117 Pte 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. KIA Dardanelles 10/10/15 26 Joseph and Elizabeth Standen, near East Elizabeth Simmons (mother), Charlwood C Helles Gallipoli Simmons Grinstead Farm, Sharpthorn, near FR

G Simpson George Ltnt 18th Durham Light KIA Battle of the 04/07/16 31 George and Emily Devizes, Wiltshire Emily Simpson (mother), Quorndon, FR Euston Rd Mty Cty Infantry Somme France Simpson Colincamps. Plot I, Row B, Grave 59

J Sippetts Jack Frederick 200777 Serg 1/4th Hampshire Reg Died in hospital 05/10/18 27 Frederick Richard and Tompsetts Bank, FR Jemima Sippetts (mother), 3, Castle Kasvin Russian Cty Persia, Kasvin Mesopotmia Jemima Sippetts Cottages, FR Row 4, Grave 4 Data from other sources Additional information Approx Actual Occupation War Memorial Place of birth Census address Census address Census address Census address year of year of from 1911 inscription from census 1881 1891 1901 1911 birth birth census W A G Miles 1894 1893 FR Mount Cottage, FR Mount Cottage FR Post Boy

A Mills 1897 1897 East Grinstead, 88, Glen Vue, East Highgate, FR Scholar Photo of father on Ancestry tree. Mother named Sarah Ann Buckland Sussex Grinstead, Sussex

A Mitchell 1885 1885 FR (EG in 1891) The Forest, FR Forest View, FR 10, St. Saviour Rd, Golf Caddie Still a golf professional in August '15 (Kent and Sussex Courier 13.8.15) and possibly in Oct 1915 (K & S C 29.10.15. Could be Abe). He was (previous entry: near St. Leonards on 1901; Golf Asst. reported wounded in France and in hospital (K & S C 3.11.16) The Nevill Golf Club's AGM 'deeply regratted' his death the previous April (K & Broadstone) Sea, Sussex 1911 S C 1.11.18). Albert is remembered as having 'paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War' and was the Nevill Golf Club's first professional (K & S C 3.12.20) NPC grants estate of £369 10/4 to Mary Ann Chalkey. Gives his address as Forest View, FR.

S Padgham 1880 1880 FR Marks Cottages, FR 2 Medway Cottages, Oak Cottages FR Carpenter Living with maternal grandparents - Thomas and Mary Ann Martin in 1881. Married to Elizabeth Jane Parris in 1906; by 1911 had a daughter FR FR Elin May. Enlisted at Horsham.

W Padgham 1886 1885 FR FR 2 Medway Cottages, 2 Medway Rural Postman Enlisted at Horsham. FR Cottages FR

H Page 1895 1893 FR Shepherds Well, FR Hartfield Rd, FR Builder's Shepherds Well now on Thomsetts Bank. Currently an Arts and Crafts house. M Daisy Turner Steyning 1917. Mother Charlotte Bertha. Harry's Labourer army record has John Page (father) as next of kin, crossed out and replaced with Mrs B Page. Address Kimberley Place, Hartfield Rd. Joined up in Aug '14 - 4th Batt. Royal Sussex Reg; discharged 1916 for being Awol (among other offences). Re-enlisted at Warley, Essex in Queen's Royal West Surrey Reg under the 1916 Military Services Act. R H Pannet 1899 1898 FR Highgate Stores, FR 9, Balfour Gdns, FR Scholar Father was a grocer. Photo of Reginald on Ancestry. Enlisted at Horsham.

E J Parker 1883 1883 Hartfield, Gilliam's Lane, Parkside Cottages, Moores Cottages, Gardener Lodger with Jenner family 1911. Parents' address, Sutton's Farm, Birchgrove Sussex EG (next to FR, (Domestic FR Domestic cemetery) Gardener) W G Parker 1881 1881 Hartfield, Gilliam's Lane, Cartehatch Road, 2 Cedar Cottage, Gardener Married Adelaide Turner at Harrow 3.6.1911, occupation cowman. Photographs and memorabilia about Forest Row War Memorial on Sussex EG (next to Enfield, Mddx Harrow Weald, Domestic Ancestry tree. cemetery) (Gardener, Dom') NW A Richardson 1884 1883 Brighton, 8, Ashton St, Grand Hotel, Victoria Cottage Patient; House M Clara Martin 1907 East Grinstead. Clara is in FR with 2 children in 1911. Painter's labourer crossed out as occupation. Sussex Brighton, Sussex Brighton, Sussex Hospital, Queens Rd, Painter (Hotel Porter) East Grinstead C C Robinson 1896 1896 Ashdown Park Ashdown Park, 40, Sorbury Rd, Clerk Magnets Cyril's father was butler at Ashdown Park. FR; (Hartfield in Upper Lodge, FR Brondesbury, NW6 Works; father's 1901) occupation - butler, gentleman's estate R Robson 1889 1889 FR (EG in 1891 Wych Cross Post Alpha Cottage, Golf Danehurst Gardener Golf Rd is now Chapel Lane. Emigrated to Canada as a labourer 1911. Probate - to Robert Charles Robson of Grimsby, Ontario, d 15.5.18 census) Office, FR Rd, FR Gardens, Danehill France, admon with will London to Joseph Robson gardener. Effects: £173 18/8.

A J Sands 1896 1895 FR Alpha Cottage (next Sands Cottage, FR Messenger Boy Commemorated at Helles Memorial. entry Stone House GPO Lodge), FR

W T Sands 1894 1894 FR Alpha Cottage (next Sands Cottage, FR Apprentice Formerly 2290 Royal Sussex Reg; entry Stone House Drapery Lodge), FR J Simmons 1889 1890 EG Standen, East Cottages Charlwood Farm, Gardener Enlisted at Horsham. Grinstead, Sussex Charlwoods Farm, East Grinstead, Sx Domestic East Grinstead, Sx G Simpson 1885 1885 Devizes, Wilts Nursted Rd, Marlborough not found - Lieutenant George Simpson, Durham Light Infantry, ... only son of Mr and Mrs George Simpson, The Castle Grounds, Devizes, Wiltshire, and Nursted, Devizes, College, Wilts presumably in Quorndon, Forest Row. He was educated at Marlborough College, and after a three years' course at the Royal School of Mines at Cambourne, Wilts Sumatra. he specialised on the metallurgical side of goldmining. His last appointment was the managership of a reduction plant of one of the Dutch goldmines in Sumatra. Soon after the War broke out he joined the Public School Brigade, and after serving for five months as a private he received a commission.' Sussex Agricultural Express 21.7.16. Probate to mother: effects - £3,684.12/3

J Sippetts 1891 1892 FR Queensborough not found Queensborough Cottage in 1901, also known as Queensborough Castle; this was across the present Foresters Green from the pub. The pub Cottage (next to was the Railway Hotel, now The Foresters. Enlisted at Hamilton Camp, Hants. Railway Hotel) Data from Forest Row Memorial Book and War Memorial

War Memorial Date of First names Number Rank Regiment Where killed/died Age Parents Place of birth Memorial Book signed by: Buried inscription death

S H Snelgrove Sidney Henry Ltnt 7th King's Royal Rifle KIA Battle of Hooge 30/07/15 23 John Sidney and Tunbridge Wells, Kent J S Snelgrove (father), The Plottage, Ryst C Menin Gate Ypres Corps Belgium Gertrude Emily Wood, FR Belgium Snelgrove

F C Southey Frederick 212962 Driver 97th Labour Corps Died in hospital 02/01/19 31 Amesbury, Wiltshire Ethel Southey (widow), 4 Rose Cottages, Mikra Brit Cty nr Salonica, Charles Royal Army Service Salonica Greece FR Grave 1123 Corps W J Styles William Joseph 200168 Pte 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. KIA Soissons Front 29/07/18 22 Joseph and Annie Styles Lower Green, FR Annie Styles (mother),Tugela Cottage, FR Grave 5 on the right of the road from Grand Rozoy to Oulchy-le- France Chateau; reburied Raperie Brit Cty, Plot 9, Row E, Grave 6

W E Sykes William Ernest L Col 2nd Worcestershire Tidworth 09/01/15 41 Gen. H P Sykes India G Bellairs (mother-in-law), Stone House, Coleman's Hatch, Sussex, Reg Attd 9th FR Holy Trinity churchyard

S Syms Charles 892 Pte 7th East Surrey Reg KIA nr Amiens France 04/04/18 26 Montague and Mary Bromley-by-Bow, Mary Ann Syms (mother), 3 Carlton Viller-Bretonneux Mty Cty, Ann Syms London Terrace, FR Plot 15, Row E, Grave 3

P Thomsett Philip 21216 Pte Royal Sussex Reg Wounded in France 22/07/16 18 Philip Frank and Jane Horsted Keynes, Philip Thomsett (father), Three Chimneys, FR Cty and Died 1st London Thomsett Sussex Birchgrove, FR 2nd Hampshire Reg General Hospital A E S Tomsett Albert Ernest 75390 Pte 4th Royal Sussex Reg D o W Etaples France 26/03/18 24 Albert Tomsett Albert Tomsett (father), Clyde Cottage, Etaples Mty Cty, Plot W, Standen Attd 4th Tank Corps FR Grave 68 A J Upton Albert James 62637 Gunner S Battery Royal Horse KIA Ahwaz 01/05/15 26 James and Harriet FR Harriet Upton (mother), 20 Watcombe Azwah Cty: Grave 1. Artillery Mesopotamia Upton Rd, S Norwood, SE 25 Reburied: Basrah War Cty, Plot 5, Row D, Grave 1

A Upton Arthur Stoker 1st Royal Navy, HMS Torpedoed North Sea 24/06/15 24 Arthur and Florence Southborough, Kent F Upton (Mother), Bank View, FR C Chatham England Class Recruit Upton

A H Villiers Algernon Hyde Ltnt Lothians and Border KIA Battle of Cambrai 23/11/17 31 Sir Francis Villiers GCVO 103, Sloane St, Beatrix Villiers (widow), Cherry Orchard, C Cambrai France Horse Attd 121st Bourlon Hill France etc. and Lady Villiers London, SW FR Machine Gun Cmpy

E G Waters Eric Gordon Ltnt Hants Carabiniers and KIA Flying over 24/01/17 30 James Waters JP and FR James Waters (Father), Oakcroft, FR Lijssenthoek Mty Cty, Plot No 6 Squadron Royal Poperinghe Belgium Elizabeth Waters X, Row A, Grave 1 Flying Corps F P Webber Frederick Percy 8448 Pte 7th Royal Sussex Reg KIA Monchy-le-Preux 04/07/17 19 Alfred and Florence East Grinstead, Florence Webber (mother), Monchy Mty Cty, Plot I, France Webber Sussex Queensborough Cottage, FR Row G, Grave 20

A H White Albert Henry m/2/102147 Pte Royal Army Service Warrington Hospital 11/10/19 26 Charles R and Mary Ann Cricket St. Thomas, Charles R White (father), Bower Hill Plaw FR Cty, Grave 931 Corps White Somerset Hatch FR

N B Whitfield Nigel Bernard Capt 2/1st Royal North Died from flying 07/07/18 27 Thomas Stanley and Eastbourne, Sussex T S Whitfield (father), Walhatch, FR. FR Cty Devon (Hussars) and accident RFC hospital Jessie Whitfield Royal Flying Corps Eaton Square Data from other sources Additional information Approx Actual Occupation War Memorial Place of birth Census address Census address Census address Census address year of year of from 1911 inscription from census 1881 1891 1901 1911 birth birth census S H Snelgrove 1892 1892 Tunbridge Kingswood, Torquay Hydro Co. Student Probate - Sidney Henry Snelgrove of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells and the Golfers Club Whitehall Mddx - admon to Ethel Marian Adelaide Wells, Kent Pembury Rd, Torquay, Devon Snelgrove (wife of John Sidney Norman Snelgrove). Effects: £1514 6/1. Beneficiary was his niece. 'Lieutenant Sidney Henry Snelgrove, 14th, Tunbridge Wells attached 7th King's Royal Rifles, who fell under heavy shell fire while leading his platoon in a counter-attack, was educated at Rugby, and at Trinity College Cambridge' Obtained commission Oct '14, gazetted Lieutenant Feb '15. Ordered to France 16.7.15. Younger of 2 sons. Sussex Agricultual Express , 6.8.15. F C Southey 1888 1888 Figheldean, Figheldean, Wilts Cottage, Figheldean, Countess, Farm Labourer Census gives parents as Francis Henry and Lucy Southey. Gave age as 21 yrs 2 m on Attestation Papers. Enlisted in TA at Amesbury 1911. Amesbury Wilts Amesbury, Wilts (Alton Magna) W J Styles 1896 1895 FR Lower Green, FR The Green, FR Carter boy on The Green may have been called the Common as was the present Rush Green. On the principal that all castles were ruins, all ruins were farm castles. It was a substantial timber-framed house at right angles to Hartfield Road. There is a blurry picture of it in the background in one of the postcards in Peter Kirby's collection.. Possibly as it came down in the world it was multi-occupied rather like Trimmers Pond. It was demolished by the time the 1930s row of shops in FR was put up. W E Sykes 1874 Dersan, India Poona Villa, Preston House, not found. In not found (professional Son of Gen H P Sykes PMG N.B. Tidworth is a garrison town in Wilts. Census gives parents' names as Henry P and Mary A Sykes. Probate - Rosendale Rd, Little Bookham, regular army in S soldier) Address - Tidworth Barracks, probate to Reginald Nigel Bellairs, Ltnt 9th Worcester Reg. Effects c £635. Ancestry tree gives M 1914, St. George Norwood, Sy Surrey (student) Africa 1900 Hanover Square, wife's name Olive Mary Bellairs; mother's maiden name also Bellairs. Shot himself with a revolver 'as a result of over-work and worry over military detail' . Note said: 'Forgive me for what I am doing; my brain seems incapable of anything.' Evening Despatch , 12.1.15.

S Syms 1892 1892 Bromley-by- Sea View Cottages, Trimmers Pond, FR Gardener Bow, E3 Capel le Ferne, Kent Domestic

P Thomsett 1898 1898 Horsted The Green, Cott, 3 Chimneys Birch Enlisted at Lewes. Keynes, Sussex Horsted Keynes, Grove nr East Sussex Grinstead A E S Tomsett 1893 1893 FR Hartfield Rd, FR Clyde Cottage, Apprentice Cycle Mother Bertha Weller. Highgate, FR Works A J Upton 1891 1891 FR (Tomsetts Tomsetts Bank, Rose Cottage, 1st Cavalry Brigade, Gunner, RHA Enlisted at East Grinstead. Banks 1891) FR Highgate, FR Royal Horse Artillery, Wellington Lines, Aldershot, Sy A Upton 1889 1889 Southborough Forge Rd, 19, Forge Rd, not found Mother appears on census as Emily F. Served on HMS Recruit. Killed in the Thames Estuary as result of enemy submarine action. Body not Kent Southborough, Souuthborough, recovered for burial Kent Kent A H Villiers 1886 1886 Chelsea, Mddx 103, Sloane St, Master's House, 1, Oakley Sq, NW Clerk, Stock Mother's name on census is Virginia. M Beatrix Paul 1911, Only connection to FR seems to be through wife, living there in 1911. Manchester Chelsea, SW Willenden College, Exchange Courier & Lancashire General Adviser 5.10.11 reports society wedding at St. Margaret's Westminster. Groom - nephew of Earl of Clarendon; Crowthorne, Berks honeymoon at Clandon House, Bucks - lent by Sir Harry Verney. Probate - Algernon Hyde Villiers of 56 Draycott Place, Mddx; to Herbert Woodfield Paul. Effects c £4,699. E G Waters 1887 1886 FR Oakcroft, FR Oakcroft, FR Oakcroft Cottage, Electrical Fined £3 at Chelmsford for dangerous driving. Chelmsford Chronicle 29.10.15. Admon with will to Elizabeth Ann Waters (mother). Effects: FR Engineer £1,215 7/3. Oakcroft stood where the present Christian Community Church stands in Hartfield Road. Part of a family of builders in FR.

F P Webber 1898 1897 East Grinstead, Imberhorne Lane Primrose Alley, Scholar Enlisted at East Grinstead in 1915. Living at Queensburgh Cottages FR at the time. Gave his occupation as gardener. Arrived Etaples 4.16; Sussex Cottages, East Primrose Lane, FR wounded in action 10.16. Awarded British War and Victory medals. Grinstead A H White 1893 1893 Cricket St. West Lodge, 9, Belmont Rd, Hot Water Fitter Thomas, Rousden, Exeter, Devon Somerset Axminster, Devon N B Whitfield 1891 1891 Eastbourne, Castle Precincts, Ashdown House The Roebuck, Student Commissioned from Private in North Somerset Yeomanry to 2nd Ltnt in North Devon Hussars 1915; Western Daily Press 15.4.15. Probate - Sussex Castlegate House, School, FR Wych Cross, FR address The Garden House FR. D at 82 Eaton Sq. Mddx. Admon to Thomas Stanley Whitfield. Effects: £331 2/- Lewes, Sussex