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CRONDALL WAR MEMORIALS

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © John Simmons 2007

The Crondall war memorial can be found outside All Saints Church, Crondall. It takes the form of a cross-shaped plinth surmounted by tapering shaft and cross with the inscription in black lettering on the sides of the plinth. The whole stands on a crazy paved base. There are 47 names from World War 1 and 8 for World War 2. The memorial was unveiled on 25th July 1920 by Major-General E G F Bainbridge and the masons were S Mardles and Sons.

IN SACRED SLEEP THEY LIE SAY NOT THE BRAVE DIED
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE
CRONDALL MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1919
1939 - 1945
REMEMBER THEN WHO CAME NOT HOME FROM THE WARS
THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY
LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND WE FOR ENGLAND DIED

1914 - 1918

AGGER	Ernest [Edward]	Private, 30232, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 23 Augustb 1918. Aged 19. Son of George and Louisa Aggar, of 8 Glebe Road, Crondall; brother of George (below). Buried at in Douchy-les-Ayettes Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
AGGER	George	Private 2228, 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 13 March 1916. in India. Aged 20. Son of George and Louisa Aggar, of 8 Glebe Road, Crondall; brother of Ernest (above). Buried in Quetta Government Cemetery, Inidia. Plot/Row/Section/Area XXVI. Grave 2345. Remembered on the Delhi Gate Memorial, India.
BARNARD	Edward	Lance Corporal G/1304 1st. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 14 March 1916. Aged 25. Son of Jonah and Jane Barnard, of Bowling Alley, Crondall, Farnham, Hampshire. Buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France, J. 60.
BARNARD	Frederick	Serjeant G/2400 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 21 August 1916. Awards: M M. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D.
BARNARD	George Thomas	Rifleman A/202298 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died on 29 March 1918, Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 61 to 64.
BRANDON	Arthur Chester	Captain 4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on 21 January 1916. Aged 30. Son of Arthur John Brandon, of Redfields, Church Crookham, Hampshire, and the late Kate Alethea Brandon. Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 21 and 63. IN LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY OF ARTHUR CHESTER BRANDON CAPTAIN 1/4 HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT ONLY SURVIVING SON OF ARTHUR AND KATE BRANDON OF "REDFIELDS" CHURCH, CROOKHAM BORN 7 SEPTEMBER 1885 KILLED IN ACTION 21 JANUARY 1916 NEAR FELAHIE IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE ADVANCE TO ATTEMPT THE RELIEF OF KUT-EL-AMARA "IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH OUT LORD JESUS"
CANE	James	Sapper WR/26647 Royal Engineers. Died on 11 March 1920. Husband of E. A. Fulford (formerly Cane), of Pankridge St., Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, E. 12. 170.
CHURCH	W	Either William George CHURCH, Lance Corporal 1171 "A" Coy. 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 29 April 1916. Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Esther Church, of" Elmside," Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey. Buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France, II. H. 13. or W CHURCH, Private 8789 1st Battalion, Queen. Died on 26 December 1918. Buried in Copenhagen Western Cemetery, Denmark.
COLLIS	Arthur Frederick	Private 803 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) . Died on 2 February 1915. Son of Frederick Collis, of Jonathan Kiln Cottages, Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France, C. 3.
COMELY	James	probably J E COMELY, Private 9047 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died on 23 August 1914 Buried in Hautrage Military Cemetery, Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Belgium, I. C. 19.
COWDERY	Percy	Corporal D/5251 "C" Sqdn. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Died on 4 May 1917. Aged 23. Son of Alfred Cowdery and Elizabeth Cowdery, of Heath Lane, Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, XVIII. J. 9.
CROSS	Thomas Edward Kynaston	Captain "B" Bty. 70th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died on 13 July 1917. Aged 25. Son of Margaret Maud and the late G. E. Kynaston Cross, M.A. Oxon., of Wycherley, Church Crookham. Hampshire. Buried in Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, I. M. 20.
DANCE	Albert Edward	Private 14841 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died in 9 August 1916. Aged 34. Husband of Emily Beatrice Dance, of North Oakley, Hannington, Basingstoke, United Kingdom. Buried in Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, T. 2.
DANCE	Ernest Leonard	Private 1105 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 27 April 1916. Aged 19. Son of John and Elizabeth Dance, of Itchel Cottage, Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France, II. D. 140.
DELVES-BROUGHTON	Alfred William	Captain H.M.S. "Black Prince" Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died on 31 May 1916. Commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, United Kingdom,18.
DIMES	William	Private 8079 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died on 13 October 1914. Aged 27. Son of George and Louisa Dimes, of Court Cottage, Crondall, Hampshire. Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 22 and 23.
GIRDLER	William	Private 037473 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died on 28 January 1919. Buried in Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation, B. 13.
HEWITT	Archibald Rooney	Captain 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died on 25 April 1915. Aged 32. Awards: D S O. Second son of Archibald Robert Hewitt, 6th Viscount and Viscountess Lifford, of Hill House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 34. Also commemorated in All Saints Church: THE WINDOW IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE HON. ARCHIBALD RODNEY HEWITT D.S.O. CAPTAIN 2ND BATTALION EAST SURREY REGIMENT YOUNGER SON OF THE 6TH VISCOUNT LIFFORD HE WAS KILLED IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES ON THE 25TH APRIL 1915 IN HIS 32ND YEAR
IVES	Albert	Private 26550, 2n Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 23 April 1917. Aged 28. Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, 6
IVIL	Charles Sydney	Private 31254 60th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on 18 April 1916. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, J.13. 98.
JACOBS	Frank Harold	Private 202783 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died on 22 June 1917. Aged 34. Husband of Ethel Mary Jacobs, of "St. Hilda," Oliver Rd., Leyton, London. Buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France, II. R. 1.
JELLEY	Sidney	Lance Serjeant 1169 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 23 August 1918. Aged 26. Awards: M M. Son of Christopher and Edith Jelley, of Pankridge St., Crondall, Hampshire, Buried Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France, II. D. 11.
KNIGHT	George??	Private 3071 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on 19 December 1915. Aged 18. Son of Charles and Mary Knight, of Gas House Cottages, Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Buried in Kut War Cemetery, Iraq, O. 18.
MAXWELL-LEFROY	Patrick Egerton	Lieutenant H.M.S. "Mosquito" Royal Navy. Died on 25 April 1915. Aged 16. Son of Charles James and Elizabeth Catherine Maxwell-Lefroy. Born at Crondall, Hampshire. Commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, United Kingdom, 8. Also commemorated in All Saints Church: TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF PATRICK EGERTON LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY SIXTH SON OF CHARLES JAMES MAXWELL FEFROY OF ITCHIL MANOR AND ELIZABETH CATHERINE HIS WIFE BORN AUGUST 8 1888, KILLED IN ACTION IN THE DARDANELLES ON BOARD H.M.S. MOSQUITO, APRIL 25 1915 HE LOVED DUTY MORE THAN HE LOVED HIS LIFE. "IS IT WELL WITH THE CHILD? AND SHE SAID, IT IS WELL"
MAY	Charles Edward	Lance Corporal G/4716 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 28 September 1916 Service No: G/4716. Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France,Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D.
MITCHELL	John Horsley	Lieutenant 305th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on 19 May 1917. Aged 35. Son of Alfred and Catherine Mitchell; Husband of Winifred Mitchell, of "Thorns," Crondall, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, H. 4. Also commemorated in All Saints Church: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MY HUSBAND JOHN HORSLEY MITCHELL LIEUTENANT R.G.A. KILLED IN ACTION AT PLOEGSTEERT 19TH MAY 1917
MURRAY	William Raymond Croft	Captain 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died on 26 February 1917. Aged 30. Son of Lt. Col. Denman Croft Murray; husband of Mary Agneta Francis Boyle Murray, of 6, Mulberry Walk, Chelsea London, United Kingdom. Buried in Lisbon (St. George) British Churchyard, Portugal, Plot E, 3, Grave 36.
PARRIS	Albert Edward	Private G/6570 11th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 25 September 1917. Aged 20. Son of Robert and Emma Parris, of Clare Farm, Crondall, Hampshire. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A.
PARRIS	Robert Henry	Corporal T/30233 Royal Army Service Corps. Attd. No. 1 Cavalry Field Amb., Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on 16 December 1918. Aged 27. Son of Robert and Emma Parris, of Clare Farm, Crondall, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Buried in Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, II. B. 1.
PRIZEMAN	Bertie William	Private 24230 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died on 12 June 1916. Aged 22. Son of William J. and Alice Prizeman, of Pankridge St., Crondall, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Commemorated at Chatby Memorial, Egypt.
POUND	John	Private 5957 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 11 November 1920. Aged 23. Son of John and Emily Pound, of White House, Heath Lane, Crondall. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, L.I. 4. F. 4.
FARMER	W	(Should be No. 17) Private 131744 2nd Reserve Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died on 21 December 1920. Buried at Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, F. 2. 21.
SHERMAN	Wilfred James	Able Seaman J/9781 H.M.S. "Ghurka" Royal Navy. Died on 08 February 1917. Aged 24. Son of Harvey George Sherman, of District School, Crondall, Farnham, Surrey. Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, United Kingdom, 22.
SHERMAN	William Edgar	Private 8574 3rd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died on 1 January 1918. Aged 30. Son of the late George and Emma Sherman; husband of Alice Elizabeth Sherman, of The Borough, Crondall. Born at Kintbury, Berkshire. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, E. I. 5.
SIMPSON	Albert	No further information
SIMPSON	Charles	No further information
SNUGGS	Edgar	Sapper 177187 288th Army Troops Coy, Royal Engineers. Died on 30 March 1918. Aged 31. Son of the late Charles Thomas and Louisa Snuggs; husband of Mary Snuggs, of Rambler Cottage, Dippenhall St., Crondall, Hampshire. Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 10 to 13.
SMITH	Frank	Lance Corporal G/2355, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 17 October 1915. Aged 23. Born and resident Crondall, Hampshire, enlisted Guildford, Surrey. Son of Stephen and Josephine Smith of "Byrams", Dippenhall Street, Crondall. Attested 16 September 1914, aged 23 years 2 days, for 3 years. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Crondall, son of Steophen and Josephine Smith, resident Dippenhall Street, Crondall, Hampshire. IN the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Crobdall, Hampshire, a Domestic Gardener, a boarder at The Bothy, Caversham Park, Caversham, Oxfordshire. Buried in Spoilbank Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row J. Grave 15.
STEVENS	Alfred	Lance Corporal 3/3849 17th Entrenching Battalion, , late 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on 27 March 1918. Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 6.
TOOGOOD	Thomas William	Private 22254 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died on 8 May 1917. Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 6.
TURVILL	George	Private 20625 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died on 3 July 1918. Aged 19. Son of Mr. J. T. Turvill, of 28, Regina Terrace, Seaford Rd., West Ealing, London. Native of Crondall, Farnham, Surrey. Buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, I. C. 3.
TURVILL	Gordon	No further information
WILD	James	No further information
WILD	John J	Private 13404 7th Battalion, , The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 18 November 1916. Aged 21. Buried in Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, France, A. 62.
WILLIS	Albert	Private 8932, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 31 December 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Crondall, enlisted Basingstoke, Hampshire. Son of Sampson and Jane Willis of Crondall; brother of George (below). No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 22 and 63. Photograph Copyright © Anne Higton 2014
WILLIS	George	Private 31927, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Died 9 April 17 at Arras, France aged 36 years. Born Gailam, Hants, resident Crondall, Hants, enlisted Hartley Wintney, Hants. Son of Sampson and Jane Willis of Crondall; brother of Albert (above). No known grave. Commemorated on Arras memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. Photograph Copyright © Anne Higton 2014
WOODERSON	Harry	Sapper WR/125804 Royal Engineers. Died on 11 October 1919. Son of Mr. C. Wooderson, of Redlands Lane, Crondall. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, D. 5. 64.
1939-1945
CRANSTONE	Aykmer Norman James	Stoker P/KX 96050 1st Class, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Died on 24 May 1941. Aged 20. Son of James and Dorothy Hilda Cranstone of Crondall. Commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 55.1
FRY	Stanley Walter	Sergeant 572884 Royal Air Force. Died on 26 October 1942. Aged 21. Son of Ernest Walter and Jubilee May Fry, of Crondall, Surrey. Buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, 3. L. 18.
KENT	George Edward	Able Seaman P/SSX 25235 H.M.S. Barham, Royal Navy. Died on 25 November 1941. Commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom, Panel 48, Column 2.
LIVINGSTON	George Gordon	Corporal T/71221 Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 3 October 1942. Aged 23. Son of Lionel Gordon Livingston and Nellie Susan Livingston, of Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Florence War Cemetery, Italy, IV. A. 10.
POUND	Robert James	Private 6087402 1/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died on 29 May 1940. Aged 24. Son of John and Emily Pound, of Crondall, Hampshire. Buried in Marquise Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Plot 1. Row C. Grave 4.
RANCE	Frederick Charles	Gunner 14603301 90 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Died on 22 October 1944. Aged 33. Son of Harry and Fanny Rance, of Crondall; husband of Dorothy May Rance, of Crondall. Buried in Crondall Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom, Row C. Grave 23.
SHERMAN	William Kenneth	Private 6027038 Army Catering Corps. Secondary Regiment: Parachute Regiment, A.A.C., attd. 9th Battalion, Died 15 August 1944. Aged 32. Son of William Edgar and Alice Elizabeth Sherman; husband of Lily Elizabeth Annie Sherman, of Ewshot, Hampshire. Buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, IA. F. 4.
STONEHOUSE	Frederick Charles	Private 6027414 4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 2 August 1944. Aged 32. Son of James Thomas Stonehouse and Alice Stonehouse; husband of May Edith Stonehouse, of Grays, Essex. Buried in Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, Somme, France, XII. A. 14.
INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION BRUNEI 1962
STEPHENS	David Emory	Lieutenant 452804, 1st/2nd Gurkha Rifles. Killed during the operation to quell the Brunei revolt 9 December 1962. Aged 24. Born 3 February 1938. Only son of Brigadier J. W. Stephens, of Crondall, Hampshire and Mrs. M. E. Stephens, of Denver, U.S.A. Buried in Kramji War Cmetery, Singapore. Plot 3B. Row A. Grave 5. Sources: Death notice appeared in The Times Friday 14th December 1962, details of his death in The Times Saturday 15th December 1962. Also Britain's Small Wars - Roll of Honour - Confrontation with Indonesia.
Commemorated in All Saints Church but not on memorial
LEWIS	James Windsor	Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Killed in action 6th June 1916. Formerly 19th Hussars. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT JAMES WINDSOR LEWIS 1ST BN WELSH GUARDS (LATE 19TH HUSSARS) KILLED IN ACTION 6-6-16
Other commemorations in All Saints Church
BIRCH	James Hunter Blair	SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN FRANCIS BIRCH GENERAL ROYAL ENGINEERS C.B. HE SERVED IN FLANDERS & HOLLAND IN 1793, 94 & 95 THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT 1801 TAKING OF COPENHAGEN 1807 TAKING OF FLUSHING 1809 BLOCKADE OF CADIZ 1810 BATTLE OF BAROSSA 1811 BORN 1776 DIED 1856ALSO IN MEMORY OF JAMES HUNTER BLAIR BIRCH SON OF THE ABOVE CAPTAIN IN 66TH REGIMENT BORN 1820 DIED IN BARBADOS 1851 ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF CLEMENTINA DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE BORN 1815 DIED 1841
BIRCH	John Francis

Last updated 15 July, 2021

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