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Snodland Men Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 A SNODLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION SNODLAND MEN WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 Compiled by ANDREW ASHBEE Published by Andrew Ashbee 214, Malling Road, Snodland, Kent ME6 5EQ 2013; updated 2015 INTRODUCTION THIS IS VERY MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR CORRECTIONS WILL BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED. The Society’s Pamphlet 19 lists those who are known to have been born in, or who lived in Snodland who fought and died in the Great War. Those in normal type are commemorated on the War Memorials in All Saints church and the cemetery, or the one in Christ Church (formerly Lower Birling). They are included again here with names in bold. Entries of casualties in italic are known to have had Snodland connections (i.e. were born here), but are presumed to be commemorated on other War Memorials. Some of the sources contradict each other. We warmly thank many relatives and friends for information and pictures already incorporated here. The digital version of the Kent Messenger 1914-1918 has been searched and presents much new information, now added. [KM = Kent Messenger in text. Although many of the KM photos reproduce poorly, they have been included as a record.] It is much more difficult to find information about those who fought and survived, but this is a first attempt to do so. We have drawn upon various sources, none of which is complete: (a) Three Roll of Honour lists published in the Parish Magazine in 1914 and 1915. Names were notified to the Rector and some details may be inaccurate. Two of these seem to have been taken from the Kent Messenger on 5 and 10 October 1914. (b) Surviving Service Records and Pension Records for soldiers, held at the National Archives are available for downloading through Ancestry.co.uk. There are about 130 of these. The series was bombed during World War II and what survives is fragmentary. Individual records now range from a single sheet to more than sixty, many torn or with severe water damage blotting out some of the script. The card index of medals awarded is of no help unless we can link the information to a particular person, a known regiment or service number, so has not yet been properly researched. (c) Service records for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force include seventeen Snodland men. The attestation pages can be downloaded free from www.collectionscanada.gc.ca, but remaining details require payment. (d) Naval records are held at the National Archives and have recently been added to the Ancestry web-site. (e) The Roll of Honour published by British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. Includes the local factories of Lee, Son & Co. and Peters’ Works. There are some discrepancies in the information between this and official records, but both casualties and survivors are recorded in the BPCM lists. (f) Snodland Millennium Museum holds what survives of the early records of the local British Legion in the 1920s. We have a list of 73 names and addresses (only), but also some application forms, which include name, address, regiment or ship, date of joining, date of discharge, rank, and trade or occupation. (g) The baptism registers of All Saints and Christ Church record many soldiers, sailors and munition workers. So do the marriage registers, but often in the latter it is not clear from the entries whether the couple resided in Snodland (it being normal practice for the marriage to take place in the bride’s parish). I have looked for confirmation from other records where possible. 1 A branch of the Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) was formed in Snodland during the early 1900s and paraded twice weekly. Many men from it joined at the outbreak of the war. Prior to this a Snodland branch of the 1st Kent Artillery Volunteers was active, with 60-70 members around 1900. Several of these transferred to the Regulars. THE LIST We summarize what the records above show in the following list. Where possible family details have been supplemented by those from our own database and from information supplied by family and friends of the men. We have the boys’ admission register of the C of E School, Brook Street, (1904-1916) with dates of birth recorded from 1897, so these have been added when found. ‘Roll of Honour’ signifies that the person is listed in one or more of the three lists: 1-2 date from Autumn-Winter 1914 and 3 was made in 1915. The original service pension will usually provide more detail than is shown here (copies are at Snodland Millennium Museum). There are numerous images which have not been copied, such as blank pages or receipts for medals. There are also a good many duplicate forms and pages, again not copied. A certain amount of guesswork is involved (usually shown by a ?) and the numerous discrepancies between sources invoke many questions. I am very grateful to Tony Grant and Richard Szwed for much help and encouragement and especially for Richard’s photographs of graves and memorials on the continent. I also thank Michael Mearns who contributed further information gleaned when he was researching the men from Leybourne. Andrew Ashbee June 2013; up-dated June 2014 2 ABBEY, Cecil James. ‘Sailor’ at baptism of son Ronald Albert Douglas at Christ Church on 2 Nov 1919; also daughter Phyllis May on 24 Mar 1922. Address: Bramley Road; wife Florence Ada ABNETT, PERCY VICTOR. Private 33118, 4th Bn., Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Regiment), formerly Royal West Kents No. 12592 and Northumberland Fusiliers No. 9181; died 28 October 1918, aged c.30. Born: Ham Hill, first quarter 1888; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Buried: Cemetery: Cologne Southern Cemetery: XVI.A.61. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling. Victory and British medals. Son of William Frederick, a paper mill worker, and Kate/Kathleen Abnett, of Ham Hill. 1911: a cement labourer at 4 Rosslyn Cottages ADKINS, Albert Edward Gerald. ‘Soldier’ aged 24 at marriage to Lilian May Chapman, Christ Church, 10 Apr 1920. Baptized All Saints, 2 Oct 1896; parents: John/Jack and Alice Louisa; address: Rookery Cottages (1901, 1911); buried Cemetery, 23 Dec 1960, aged 64 ADKINS, John. Born Snodland, 23-08-1891 R.N. no. F24893; Second Class Mechanic (Lee’s works Roll of Honour) ALDERMAN, WILLIAM JOHN. DSO. Regt. No. 4747. Lieutenant (temporary promotions to Captain (Jan 1917), then Major, and was Acting Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Bn., Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) by July 1917; killed in action, 20 November 1917, aged 40. Born March 1877; 17 years service in the ranks; commissioned into Royal West Kents 15 Aug 1914; war service commenced 27 August 1914; date of entry into France 1 June 1915. Buried: Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers- Plouich, Nord, France, grave III. B. 10. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland cemetery. [death reported KM 15 Dec 1917; In Memoriam 8 Dec 1917 from his widow of ‘Bower Mount, Snodland’.] William John Alderman ALLCHIN, A[rthur] W[illiam]. British Legion list, no. 12; 42, Malling Road. Born c.1873, Ham Hill; son of Richard and Mary; cement labourer (1891); bricklayer (1901, 1911); buried at Snodland Cemetery, 21 August 1957, aged 74 3 ALLCHIN, Lewis. ‘Private Royal West Kent’ aged 28 at marriage to Mabel Wenham, All Saints, 23 Jan 1918; born c.1890; buried Cemetery, 29 Sep 1970 aged 81; father: Tom ALLINGHAM, Frederick. Roll of Honour 3 [?son of Stephen Henry (builder) and Caroline Ann of Ryarsh Lane, West Malling (1911); farm labourer (1911); born West Malling, 1887] ALLINGHAM, S[tephen Henry?]. Roll of Honour 2-3 [?son of Stephen Henry (builder) and Caroline Ann of Ryarsh Lane, West Malling (1911); school (1911); born West Malling, c.1899] AMOS, Robert William. ‘Soldier’ at baptism of son Percy Charles Joseph, All Saints, 25 Aug 1918. Address: Snodland [Queen’s Road], with wife Grace. Served in the UK only. ANDREWS, Alfred. Canadian Expeditionary Force. Attested on 07-08-1915, Toronto. Son of Robert and Susan[na], formerly of Bramley Road; born 07-07-1896; baptised, Christ Church, 27-01-1901; family home in 1915: 99 Vanharval Street, ? Occupation: printer. Religion: C of E ANDREWS, Alfred. Canadian Expeditionary Force, no. 229317. Attested on 10-08- 1915, Winnipeg; gas shell wounds in September 1918; discharged 12-06-1919. Service record survives. Son of Edward and ?, Bricklayers Arms, Snodland. Date of birth given as 21-01-1880; occupation: saddlemaker. ANDREWS, Edward Sidney. Attested, Gravesend, 12- Apr 1915; Royal West Kent, private 10730; posted to BEF 17 Apr 1915; gun shot wound posterior and neck 20 Nov 1915; another on shoulder 5 Aug 1916; discharged as no longer fit for war service 29 May 1917; 1914-15 star; War and Victory medals. Service record survives. Son of Mahalia; bap. All Saints 14 Oct 1898; farm labourer ANDREWS, James Gerald. No. 2199, Royal Army Medical Corps, 81st Field Ambulance; enlisted as Territorial: 30-10-1913; served from 5-8-1914 for 6 yrs 154 days to 31-3-1920; 01-12- 1914 to 25-11-1915: B.E.F. [France]; 16 days to Salonika; served there 12-12-1915 to 6-2-1918 and again 25-3-1918 to 10-3-1919; 18th Btn. York Regt, then 27th Btn. Durham L.I. from 10-8-1918. Roll of Honour 1-3. Service record survives. Son of Christopher and Mary, 2 [Vine Cottages] East Street; apprenticed to H. R. Draycon as Painter and Plumber for 7 years; had served 3 yrs to 10-2-1914; aged 17 y 4 m. at 30-10-1913; religion: ‘Wesleyan’; married Frances Mary Bowler at Otley Road Chapel, Bradford, Yorks, on 4 July 1914; addresses: 140 Heath Terrace, Bradford, Yorks; 57 Curzon Road, Bradford, Yorks.
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