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The Stories of the Men of Lynsted with Kingsdown Who Gave Their Lives in the First World War The stories of the men of Lynsted with Kingsdown who gave their lives in the First World War Written and compiled by Elisabeth Heriz-Smith They Shall Grow Not Old They Shall Grow Not Old The stories of the men of the parish of Lynsted with Kingsdown who gave their lives in the First World War Memorial to the casualties of Lynsted with Kingsdown in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Lynsted Written and compiled by Elisabeth Heriz-Smith Dedicated to the memory of my great-uncle Private 6837, David Field, 71st Company (6th Division), Machine Gun Corps (formerly G/7145 Royal Sussex Regiment) Died of wounds 26 April 1917, aged 27. Copyright © 2018 Elisabeth Heriz-Smith The moral right of the author has been asserted. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the Secretary of the Lynsted with Kingsdown Society www.lynsted-society.co.uk. ISBN 978-1527-223-103 Printed by BookPrintingUK Cover photographs courtesy of Nigel Heriz-Smith Contents Page Introduction i Acknowledgements iii 1914 The lamps are going out all over Europe 1 Home News - Greenstreet Recruiting Rally 3 TOLHURST Charles Alfred 7 1915 Poem: The Soldier - Rupert Brooke 13 HUGHES Arthur Harold 15 Home News - Formation of Volunteer Training Corps 21 CARLTON Frederick Percy 23 Home News: Anniversary of outbreak of war 31 DALTON Malcolm Philip 33 Home News: Preparing for Christmas 43 GODFREY Frederick 45 1916 Home News - Soldier’s Wedding 48 Poem: Battery Moving up to a New Position from Rest 49 Camp: Dawn - Robert Nichols KEMP Ernest Cecil 51 DRAYSON William Charles 57 Home News: Farm Labourer Exempted 62 The Battle of the Somme 63 Poem: Before Action - William Noel Hodgson 65 ACKERMANN Leon Lorden 67 HOLLANDS Charlie 75 Home News: Bapchild Soldier's Distinction 80 BEER Thomas William 81 HOLLANDS Frederick Thomas 87 Contents Page LOMBARDY George 95 SMITH Percy Frederick 99 Home News: Young Man Held to Service 105 1917 Battle of Arras and Passchendaele 107 Home News: Awards and Commissions 109 Battle of Vimy Ridge - Richard Jack 110 SATTIN John Lovett 111 Poem: In Memoriam - Edward Thomas 119 FRENCH James 121 Third Battle of the Scarpe 3 - 4 May 1917 131 BROWN Amos John 133 WEAVER Reginald Douglas 135 DIXON MacDonald 141 CLEAVER Stanley Monckton 143 GAMBRILL William 155 CARRIER Henry Thomas 161 Home News: Wounded in Air Raid 171 QUAIFE Thomas 173 GILBERT Reginald Frank 179 Poem: In Flanders Field—John Macrae 185 SEWELL William Allan 187 Home News: Christmas Gifts for Men at the Front 196 WATTS Sydney Arthur 197 Home News: Local lads win Military Medals 204 1918 Home News: Christmas Gifts 205 CLARK Robert Stewart 209 The German Spring Offensive 217 Contents Page GAMBELL MM Herbert David 219 KADWILL Herbert Ewart 233 HADLOW Albert Edward 239 WIGG Thomas 245 Home News: The New Military Ages 251 SIMS Elvey Thomas 253 FRENCH Reginald 267 Home News: Lynsted’s Man’s Marvellous Escape 279 WILES Frederick Walter 281 BOOKER Charles Peter 291 Home News: Greenstreet Labour and the War 300 Poem: Armistice - Went the day well? - John 301 Edmonds Home News: Lynsted Man’s DSM 302 1919 Home News: Peace and War Memorials 303 JORDAN Edward 305 1920 GAMBELL Wilfred John 313 PACKHAM William Henry 317 Poem: Aftermath - Siegfried Sassoon 321 Conclusion 323 Appendices Appendix 1 - First World War medals 329 Appendix 2 - War Gratuity 333 Appendix 3 - Sources 339 K) Introduction spent my formative years growing up in a town that housed not only an army garrison but also a naval base, large naval hospital and home for retired and disabled sailors. Perhaps it is not I surprising that the effects of war did not look unusual to me. It was a daily occurrence to see disabled and disfigured men. We would often visit elderly, long-widowed ladies or spinster aunts living alone in dark Edwardian style houses. Homes where, proudly displayed over the mantel, were large sepia photographs draped in black ribbon of a man in uniform. It was normal for neighbours to look out for these women who seemed to have no family of their own to hand. The regular visits to my grandfather’s grave in the local cemetery took me past approximately 1,300 Commonwealth War Graves. All this seemed normal. There was no reason to ask questions. Nobody spoke of war. Indeed, it was only a year before my father died in 1996 that he spoke to me of his own experiences in World War Two. Times were different. Few wore their hearts on their sleeves and mourning was done in private. This was hardly surprising when you take a look at a local example. The distribution of casualties in Greenstreet alone illustrates the situation (see page 325 for a map showing the distribution of losses). How could you seek comfort when your friends, relatives and neighbours were mourning their own losses or still praying for the safety of their loved ones still facing battle? For some, the loss of a husband or child meant their own fight had just begun. Living in tied housing and losing the breadwinner meant that many women’s first priority was keeping a roof over the family’s head and putting food on the table. Children would have been spared the details. Indeed, the next of kin were often themselves spared the details. So, it comes as no surprise to me that so many stories of the men who fell in the Great War have become largely invisible with the passage of time. This appears to be most common where men died young and without issue. Soon, even the generations of those of us who knew survivors of the Great War will be lost too. I have been moved to conduct this research, in part, from the echoes in my own family tree; mere whisperings about my great-uncle, David Field, an agricultural labourer and machine-gunner whose story stopped with his appearance on a war memorial in Chiddingly, East Sussex. So many of the casualties in the Great War came from humble backgrounds. In the normal course of events they would have passed with barely a ripple; perhaps fleetingly recorded in newspaper accounts of sporting, horticultural, entertainment, church or agricultural achievements. For the most part, soldiers’ names are frozen around the country in stone, wood, and parchment – sometimes with their fighting unit or, sometimes, their ages. Enduring commemoration of the fallen was seen as an essential step by those left at home; widely discussed in newspapers and by the Government, the planning began while the war progressed. Sadly, for many different reasons, some Memorials are incomplete and names of some soldiers were overlooked. It is generally agreed that these centenary commemorations will mark the last national remembrance for these men and their families; the First World War will be consigned to distant history. Against this background, the Lynsted with Kingsdown Society decided to support this project to research and commemorate the stories of those who would not otherwise be recorded. i Introduction A frequent comment heard in our community is that this small rural parish of Lynsted with Kingsdown suffered a disproportionate number of losses. This distinction was recognised even back in 1917. A piece in the East Kent Gazette on 2 June 1917 reported: LYNSTED – A PROUD RECORD In the parish of Lynsted there are 280 inhabited houses, and with the exception of five public houses, and about a dozen other small businesses, the occupation of the community is purely agricultural. At the last census the population of the parish was 1,100, and the males of all ages numbered 529. Out of this number as many as 196 men have joined the Forces. Every farmer or man who holds a piece of land having sons of military age, has one or two who are serving, with the exception of only one farmer, and his son, who is just 18, will be joining up in October. This is the record of which the parish might well be proud. By the time this article was published, 20 men had already been lost. Exploring these mens’ lives and their wartime experiences has given rise to a range of emotions, mostly formed with the value of hindsight. Frustration with the willingness of boys to lie about their ages to get to foreign soil. Incomprehension as to how they coped with their fear. The wonder of how they dealt with the sights and sounds they would endure. Anger at the foolishness and waste of war. I have been humbled by their stories and honoured to have been allowed into their lives, often with the generous help of family records and personal recollections of descendants. I do not pretend to be an historian nor an accomplished author, and due to physical limitations my searches have not been exhaustive. I have recorded the stories of the casualties in chronological order of their deaths. In addition to telling the stories of the men, I hope this approach gives an insight into the progress of the war. I do hope that I have captured enough to enable our young men to be remembered as more than a name on a Memorial.
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