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Ashdown Forest Men Who Fell in World War I and Who Are Commemorated on the War Memorials at Forest Row and Hartfield ASHDOWN FOREST MEN WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR I AND WHO ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIALS AT FOREST ROW AND HARTFIELD Primary Burial / Service Date of Local Link to Online Last Name First names Rank Regiment Age Where and how died, and whether has a grave Memorial Number death Memorial Study Location Location Tibbles Frederick Private L/7165 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 23/10/14 31 Declared missing, KIA, on 23 Oct 1914, at Ypres, Belgium Ploegsteert Hartfield Case Study Charles Memorial Biddlecombe Henry George Ship's Cook, 1st M/4761 Royal Navy, HMS Formidable 01/01/15 22 KIA after his ship, HMS Formidable, was torpedoed in the English Channel off Chatham Forest Row Case Study Class (Officer's Chatham Start Point, Devon with loss of over 500 crew. Naval Mem Steward) Brooker Charles Private L/10415 2nd Battalion, 2nd (or 3rd) Royal Sussex Regiment 01/01/15 25 KIA Pas de Calais, France Le Touret Mil Forest Row Case Study Frederick Cem Sykes William Ernest Lieutenant- n/a 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 08/01/15 41 Committed suicide, Tidworth, Wiltshire. Cause of death 'overwork'. Buried at Holy Trinity, Forest Row Case Study Colonel Holy Trinity, Coleman's Hatch. Commemorated at Forest Row. Coleman's Wheatley William James Lance Corporal L/6687 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 07/04/15 23 DoW in hospital in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. It is likely he was wounded in Boulogne Hartfield Case Study the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, near Bethune. Eastern Cem Peel Charles William 2nd Lieutenant n/a 3rd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 24/04/15 26 KIA at Ypres, Belgium during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Ypres (Menin Hartfield Case Study Gate) Mem Polehampton Frederick Lieutenant n/a Previously in the 14th Cavalry Reserve, 15th Hussars. 26/04/15 41 KIA flying near Ypres, Belgium Longuenesse Hartfield Case Study William Confirmed as 2nd Lt, appointed a Flying Officer, and Souv Cem seconded to RFC on 1-1-1915. Posted to 8 Squadron on 1- Upton Arthur Stoker 1st Class K6305, Royal Navy (HMS Recruit) 01/05/15 24 His ship sank after being torpedoed in North Sea by a submarine. Chatham Forest Row Case Study Chatham Naval Mem Mellor Benjamin Private 8078 'H' Company, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 03/05/15 25 DoW, near Fir Tree Wood, Gallipoli. He may have been wounded during the first Helles Hartfield Case Study Charles battle of Krithia. No known grave. Memorial Edwards Frederick Private G/1302 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 09/05/15 21 KIA near Le Touret, Bethune, Pas de Calais, France. No known grave. [QUERY Le Touret Hartfield Case Study Sylvester Study details an attack by 2nd RSR on Richebourg l'Avoue, just beyond Le Touret, Memorial on 8-5-15 but he died on 9-5-15] Honeysett Thomas Edward Private G/1306 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 09/05/15 20 KIA in an assault on Hill 60 near Aubers Ridge, Richebourg l'Avoue, Pas de Calais, Le Touret Hartfield Case Study France. (Cf. He 'was killed in the great charge at Hill 60 on May 9th 1915' - Kent & Memorial Sussex Courier, 11-05-1917) Melville William Lieutenant n/a 'C' Company, 6th (Reserve) Battalion, attached to the 09/05/15 38 KIA at Richebourg l'Avoue, leading attack on Festubert (E of Bethune, S of Le Le Touret Hartfield Case Study Woodfall 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps Touret) as part of the Battle of Aubers Ridge (in support of French 2nd Battle of Memorial Wheatley Doctor Private S/260 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 09/05/15 26 KIA at Richebourg L'Avoue near Bethune, Pas de Calais, France in Battle of Artois. Le Touret Hartfield Case Study Memorial Page 1 of 9 ASHDOWN FOREST MEN WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR I AND WHO ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIALS AT FOREST ROW AND HARTFIELD Primary Burial / Service Date of Local Link to Online Last Name First names Rank Regiment Age Where and how died, and whether has a grave Memorial Number death Memorial Study Location Location Lawrence Oliver John 2nd Lieutenant n/a 1/8th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment, Post 26/05/15 21 KIA in the Battle of Festubert, a continuation of the Battle of Aubers Ridge (2nd Post Office Forest Row Case Study Office Rifles Battle of Artois), Pas de Calais, France Rifles Cem Holmwood Frederick Private 1151 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 29/05/15 27 His battalion does not seem to have been serving overseas at the time of his Forest Row Forest Row Case Study death. The study says he probably died in a military hospital in Forest Row but Cemetery does not state a cause of death. Upton Albert James Gunner 62637 'S' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery 24/06/15 26 KIA Ahwaz Mesopotamia Basra War Forest Row Case Study Cem Snelgrove Sidney Henry Lieutenant n/a 7th King's Royal Rifle Corps 31/07/15 23 KIA Battle of Hooge, Belgium Ypres (Menin Forest Row Case Study Gate) Mem Kennard Arthur Private 8557 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 06/08/15 24 KIA during a charge at Krithia, Turkey (Gallipoli campaign). No known grave. Helles Hartfield Case Study Memorial Simmons James Private TF/2117 1/4th Royal Sussex Reg. 10/08/15 25 KIA Dardanelles. No known grave. [Originally stated as "Buried at Helles Helles Forest Row Case Study Cemetery" but this is wrong, as his CWGC entry confirms] Memorial Sands Alfred Jesse Private TF/2292 1st/4th Royal Sussex Reg. 30/08/15 19 DoW during the Dardanelles campaign. Buried at sea. Helles Forest Row Case Study Memorial Fry Frederick Company L/5733 "B" Company. 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 25/09/15 35 DoW, Loos, France Loos Hartfield Case Study Samuel Sergeant Major Memorial Maskell George Private G/5679 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 25/09/15 33 KIA Battle of Loos, Pas de Calais, Belgium Loos Hartfield Case Study Memorial Kekewich John Captain n/a 'D' Company, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent 26/09/15 24 KIA Battle of Loos, Pas de Calais, France Loos Forest Row Case Study Regiment) Memorial Bassett James Baldwin Private G/5497 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment 08/10/15 38 KIA Flanders, France. Body never recovered. Loos Hartfield Case Study Memorial Page 2 of 9 ASHDOWN FOREST MEN WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR I AND WHO ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIALS AT FOREST ROW AND HARTFIELD Primary Burial / Service Date of Local Link to Online Last Name First names Rank Regiment Age Where and how died, and whether has a grave Memorial Number death Memorial Study Location Location Shelley Ewbert John Sapper 2209 1st/3rd Kent Field Company, The Royal Engineers 28/10/15 20 Died at sea. [He was lost in the sinking of HMS Hythe during the Gallipoli Helles Hartfield Case Study campaign (25 April 1915 - 9 January 1916)] Cf. ES Vaughan. No known grave. Memorial Vaughan Ernest Stanley Driver 1991 1st/3rd Kent Field Company, The Royal Engineers 28/10/15 19 Died at sea. [He was lost in the sinking of HMS Hythe during the Gallipoli Helles Hartfield Case Study campaign (25-04-1915 - 09-01-1916)] Cf. EJ Shelley. No known grave. Memorial Hyder Frank Private SD/2934 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 16/04/16 26 KIA near Festubert, Pas de Calais, France Post Office Hartfield Case Study Rifles Cem Gregory George Private G/11235 10th Battalion Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment 13/05/16 39 Died of heart failure at Shoreham Hospital Forest Row Forest Row Case Study Cemetery Cook Sidney Herbert Private 15090 8th Somerset Light Infantry 14/05/16 23 KIA Albert, Somme, France Norfolk Cem Forest Row Case Study Fielder Frederick Lance Corporal 20999 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. (Initially enlisted with 27/06/16 24 KIA near Bapaume, France just before the start of the Battle of the Somme. Thiepval Hartfield Case Study Stephen Bedford Regiment at Battersea on 1 September 1914 and [Note: the Battle of the Somme really began on 24-06-16, when there was an Memorial transferred to Border Reg on 1 Jan 1916.) artillery bombardment. Bad weather pushed back the infantry assault 48 hours to 01-07-16] Simpson George Lieutenant n/a Soon after start of the war, he joined the Public School 04/07/16 31 KIA Battle of the Somme, France Euston Rd Forest Row Case Study Brigade (a Pals battalion). After 5 months as a private, he Mil Cem received a commission. Then moved to the 18th Durham Stevenson George William Private 5546 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 05/07/16 23 KIA near Laventie, Pas de Calais, France. Rue-du- Hartfield Case Study Bacquerot Fielder Edward Cecil Lance Corporal 242012 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 19/07/16 19 KIA near Pheasant Wood, Fromelles, Pas de Calais, France probably in Battle of Loos Hartfield Case Study Fromelles (part of Battle of the Somme) Memorial Thomsett Philip Private 21216 2nd Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment (originally 22/07/16 18 DoW First London General Hospital, Camberwell. Probably wounded in Battle of Forest Row Forest Row Case Study enrolled with the Royal Sussex Regiment) Albert, France during 1st Battle of Somme. Buried in FR cemetery. Cemetery Maskell Harry George Private G/607 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 01/08/16 19 KIA near Thiepval, Somme, France. Body never found. Recorded on Thiepval Thiepval Hartfield Case Study Memorial. Memorial Page 3 of 9 ASHDOWN FOREST MEN WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR I AND WHO ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIALS AT FOREST ROW AND HARTFIELD Primary Burial / Service Date of Local Link to Online Last Name First names Rank Regiment Age Where and how died, and whether has a grave Memorial Number death Memorial Study Location Location May Ernest William Lance Corporal G/3753 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex
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