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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO ENSHRINE
IN LASTING MEMORY AND HONOUR~
THE NAMES OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE WAR
1914-1919
| BAILEY | Amos | Gunner
19604, 95th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
26 December 1917. Aged 32. Son of William & Annie Bailey. Husband
of Mrs Annie Bailey of "The Post Office" Willingdon. Born
in Lamberhurst, Kent and enlisted in Dover. Buried in Mont Huon
Military Cemetery, Le Treport |
| BALDWIN | Edwin | Private
SD/1252, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 29th Division. Died
of wounds at home 3 November 1916. Aged 21. Son of David & Emily
Baldwin of Rodmill Lime Works, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne. Born
in Willingdon and enlisted in Eastbourne. Employed as a painter.
Included on Eastbourne War Memorial. Buried in Eastbourne (Ocklynge)
Cemetery. |
| BALDWIN | William | Private
1981, 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 4th Australian Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 6 August 1916. Aged 23. Son of David
& Emily Baldwin of Rodmill Lime Works, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne.
Born in Willingdon. Emigrated to Australia in 1912. Employed on
Western Australian Railways. Enlisted in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 |
| BONIFACE | Charles Henry | Private
84195, 3rd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 58th London
Division. Killed in action near Amiens 24 August 1918. Aged 18.
Son of Thomas & Helen Boniface of Lower Willingdon. Born in Willingdon
and enlisted in Brighton. Commemorated on Vis En Artois Memorial |
| COWSHALL | James Herbert | Driver
13141, 35th Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery. 12th
Division. Died 16 May 1915. Aged 23. Son of Emily Cowshall of Willingdon.
Born in Willingdon and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Le Touret
Military Cemetery Richebourg L’Avoue |
| DENNIS | Lionel | Private
SD/409, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died
of wounds 11 July 1916. Aged 36. Son of Thomas & Lucy Dennis of
Willingdon. Born in Willingdon and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried
in Bethune Town Cemetery |
| FOORD | William Albert | Privte
SD/178, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.Died of wounds 25
June 1916. Aged 20. Born East Dean, enlisted at Eastbourne. Son
of Albert and Mary Jane Foord of Ocklynge Cottages Willingdon. Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII.
Row B. Grave 111. |
| FREEMAN-THOMAS | The Hom Gerald Frederick | Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. 1st Division. Killed
in action near Troyon on the Marne 14 September 1914. Aged 21. Son
of 1st Viscount and Viscountess Willingdon of 5, Lygon Place, London
and of "Ratton" Willingdon. Commemorated on Ferte Sous
Jouarre Memorial |
| HENDLEY | Albert Thomas | Private
SD/1357, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Ypres 31 July 1917. Aged 31. Son of Mr & Mrs W R Hendley
of "Sea View" Willingdon. Born in Frant near Tunbridge
Wells and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in Buffs Road Cemetery,
Belgium |
| HYLANDS | Albert | Private
G/19531, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action 27 September 1918. Aged 32. Son of Joseph & Louisa Hylands
of Lower Willingdon. Husband of Emily Hylands of Willingdon. Born
in West Firle and enlisted in Chichester. Commemorated on Vis En
Artois Memorial |
| LARTER, DCM | Alfred Callaway | Sergeant
65196, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Died of wounds
9 October 1917. Aged 40 Husband of Florence Marian Sarah Larter
of 7, Rosebank Cottage, Lower Willingdon. Born in Marylebone, London
and enlisted in St. Pauls Churchyard. Buried in Godewaersvelde British
Cemetery. |
| MARTIN | Ernest Percival | Lance
Corporal SD/209, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action at Beaucourt Ridge on the Somme 3 September 1916.
Aged 23. Son of Charles & Ellen Martin of Willingdon. Born Willingdon
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. |
| MARTIN | Thomas | Private
SD/208, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Beaucourt Ridge on the Somme 3 September 1916. Aged
22. Brother of Lance Corporal Ernest Martin. Son of Charles & Ellen
Martin of Willingdon. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| MARTIN | Victor | Private
52650, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 41st Division. Killed in
action 3 February 1917. Aged 29. Son of Richard & Orpha Martin of
Willingdon. Born in Willingdon and enlisted in Chichester. Resident
of Twineham. Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium |
| READ | William | Private
G/77995, 29th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. (Under Royal Sussex
on W.M.) Died at home 5 February 1917. Aged 21. Formerly with Royal
Sussex. Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Read of Southdown Cottages, Red
Lion Street, Willingdon. Born in Willingdon & enlisted in Eastbourne.
Buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Willingdon. |
| READ | Edmund | Sergeant
3154, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 15th (Scottish) Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 15 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Edmund
and Elizabeth Read of Willingdon, later of Burton on Trent. Born
in Willingdon and enlisted in Ipswich, Suffolk. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial |
| REID | William Macnab | Rifleman
R/8987, 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 27th Division. Killed
in action at Bellewaarde Wood near Ypres, 10 May 1915. Aged 27.
Son of James & Annie Reid of Willingdon. Born in Gunnersbury, London
and enlisted in London. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres,
Belgium |
| STEVENS | William Thomas | Private
SD/231, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Beaucourt Ridge 3 September 1916. Aged 28. Son of Daniel
& Mary Stevens of Willingdon. Brother of Mrs M. Stevens of Purley,
Surrey. Born in Willingdon and enlisted in Eastbourne. Buried in
Ancre British Cemetery. |
| STEVENS | Arthur | probably
Able Seaman 169989, HMS "Ettrick", Lost when the Destroyer
was torpedoed in the English Channel by U-61 7 July 1917. Commemorated
on Chatham Naval Memorial. |
| VIGERS | Robert Stanley Garrard | Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 20th (Light) Division. Died of wounds 5 April 1917. Aged 20. Son of Stanley Vigers (Solicitor) and Mrs Ethel L. Vigers of Willingdon. Born in Chelsea. Buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt. Extract from Bexhill-on-Sea Observer - Saturday 21 April 1917, page 4:
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| WHITE | Arthur | Private
SD/490. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 25. Brother of Mr
Charles White of Ivy Cottage, The Dicker, Hellingly. Born in Willingdon
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on Loos Memorial |
| WOOLLER | Ernest | Private
SD/2223, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 20. Son of David
& Emily Wooller of 4, Rosebank Cottages, Lower Willingdon. Born
in Willingdon and enlisted in Bexhill Buried in St. Vaast Post British
Cemetery. |
| WOOLLER | Harry | Lance
Corporal G/651, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division.
Killed in action at Arras 17 June 1918. Aged 26. Son of David &
Emily Wooller of 4, Rosebank Cottages, Willingdon. Born in Willingdon
and enlisted in Eastbourne. Commemorated on Arras Memorial |
| WRIGHT | George James | Private
9998, "C" Squadron, 4th Queens Own Hussars. 2nd Cavalry
Division. Killed in action near Ypres 20 October 1914. Aged 19.
Son of George Thwaites & Mary Jane Wright of 2, Barham Cottages,
East Hoathly, formerly of Willingdon. Born Willingdon and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium |
1939- 1945 YE
WHO LIVE IN ENGLANDS PASTURE GREEN |
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| BELCHAM | Dennis Harvey | Pilot
Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in Tripoli Libya
15 September 1943. Aged 28. Son of Harvey & Evelyn Nellie Belcham
of Willingdon. Husband of Mrs Marjorie Belcham. Buried in Tripoli
War Cemetery, Libya |
| CARTER | Stanley | Private,
1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in Germany
13 April 1945. Aged 29. Son of Charles Henry & Ruth Carter. Husband
of Florence Emily Carter of Lower Willingdon. Buried in Becklingen
War Cemetery, Germany |
| HAMMETT | Edwin George | Sergeant,
138 (Bomber) Squadron (Lancasters), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Operating from Tempsford, Bedfordshire. Lost on operations over
Europe 14 April 1943. Aged 20. Son of Wilfred & Doris Jessie Hammett
of Willingdon. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial |
| HILTON | Albert William Ernest | Gunner,
429th Battery, 126th Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
at home 7 September 1943. Aged 19. Son of William & Emily Elizabeth
Hilton of Willingdon. Buried in Willingdon (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
| HOLLOBONE | Roy James | Sergeant/Wireless/Op/Gunner,
405 (Canadian) Bomber Squadron (Wellingtons), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Operating from Driffield, Yorkshire. Shot down over Germany
29 August 1941. Aged 21. Son of Robert Walter & May Hollobone of
Willingdon. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany |
| HOWELL | Robert Alwyn | Lieutenant
Commander, HMS "Vervain" (Flower Class Corvette), Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. In command of the "Vervain" when
she was torpedoed and sunk by U-1276 escorting convoy HX 337 in
the Irish Sea 20 February 1945. 50 crew members lost. The U-boat
was destroyed almost immediately by HMS "Amethyst". Son
of George Walter & Lilian Howell of Willingdon. Husband of Mrs Eva
Howell of Warninglid. Aged 39. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, Southsea. |
| LEMON | Ernest John | Sapper,
22 Fortress Company (Hong Kong), Royal Engineers. Taken prisoner
by the Japanese at Hong Kong in December 1941 and died in captivity
25 June 1942. Aged 29. Son of Henry John and Florence Fanny Lemon
of Willingdon. Buried in Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China |
| MANSER | James Henry | Gunner,
53 Battery, 41st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died in Tripoli, Libya 15 July 1944. Aged 38. Son of Alexander and
Agnes Julia Manser. Buried in Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery,
Libya |
| MEWETT | Roy G | Not
found in CWGC data base. Unidentified. |
| MILES | Oswald Francis Arnold | Gunner,
5 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Killed in action during the retreat
to Dunkirk 31 May 1940. Aged 26. Son of Arthur James & Rachael Nellie
Miles of Upper Willingdon Buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery |
| MOTTRAM | Sidney Edward | Lieutenant,
129 Battery, 530 (8thBattalion, Hampshire Regiment) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died at home 30 May 1944. Aged 50. Son of Thomas
& Sarah Elizabeth Mottram. Husband of Elfrida Mottram of Willingdon.
Buried in Willingdon (St. Mary) Churchyard |
| NOAKES | Alfred Charles | Private,
2nd Airborne Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in
action at Arnhem 24 September 1944. Aged 31. Son of Alfred & Clara
Noakes of Willingdon. Husband of Mrs Rosetta Noakes of Willingdon.
Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Holland |
| PALMER | Frederick K Arthur | Gunner,
64th Battery, 157th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action
at Alam Halfa 6 June 1942. Aged 25. Son of George & Grace Palmer
of Willingdon. Husband of Barbara Alice Palmer of Hastings. Commemorated
on Alamein Memorial, Egypt. |
| PHILLIPS | Angus Morley | Leading
Aircraftman Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in Brussels,
Belgium, 19 March 1945. Aged 21. Son of Douglas Morley & Daisy Phillips
of Lower Willingdon. Buried in Brussels Town Cemetery, Belgium |
| POTTER | John Abraham Humphries | Sergeant/Observer,
No 18 (Bomber) Squadron (Blenheim Mk 1’s), Royal Air Force. Killed
when his aircraft crash landed at North Coates in Lincolnshire returning
from a raid over Germany 25 February 1940. Aged 20. Son of Charles
& Amy Potter of Willingdon Husband of Enid Elsie Potter of East
Grinstead. Buried in East Grinstead (Mount Noddy) Cemetery |
| RANGER | George Nelson Victor | Private,
2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in Tunisia
28 February 1943. Aged 23. Son of George Nelson Victor & Annie Ranger
of Eastbourne. Commemorated on Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia |
| RANGER | Harold Alfred | Gunner,
22 Field Regiment. Royal Artillery. Killed in action in Italy 4
November 1944. Aged 25. Son of Alfred & Annie Ranger of Lower Willingdon.
Buried in Cessna War Cemetery, Italy |
| SKINNER | Sidney Harold | Private,
7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died at home 18 July 1944. Aged
30. Son of Harold George & Emma Dixon Skinner of Eastbourne. Husband
of Annie Elizabeth Elizabeth Skinner of Lower Willingdon. Buried
in Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery |
| SOUTHERN | Charles Herbert | Company
Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Corps of Signals attached to Indian
Signals Corps, 14th Indian Division, Egypt. Died in Egypt 11 February
1945. Aged 47. Son of Charles & Elizabeth Caroline Southern. Husband
of Lilian Southern of Lower Willingdon. Buried in Moascar War Cemetery,
Ismailia, Egypt |
| TIMMS | James Frederick | Fusilier,
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Killed in action at Cassino in Italy
29 November 1943. Aged 29. Son of William James & Kate Timms. Husband
of Annie Timms of Lower Willingdon. Commemorated on Cassino Memorial,
Italy |
| TULLY | Vernon Edmund | (Listed
on War memorial as TULLEY) Rifleman, 10th (2nd Rangers) Battalion,
Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Died at home 17 November 1944. Aged 33.
Son of Miles & Elizabeth Tully of Biggen Hill, Kent. Buried in Biggen
Hill Cemetery. |
| WALDEN | William Douglas | Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) 128386, 31 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator
BVI, serial number KG839, when his aircraft was shot down down by
a night flighter during a raid on an oil refinery at Giurgiu south
of Bucharest, Romania, 29 June 1944. Aged 27. Native of Lower Willingdon,
Sussex. Son of E. H. and Elizabeth Walden, of Lower Willingdon,
Sussex. Commemorated on Malta Memorial. See also Malta
Memorial and Litlington,
Sussex |
| WEST | Robert William | Chief
E.R.A., HMS "Hood", Royal Navy. Lost with the Battlecruiser
in action with the Bismarck in the Denmark Straits 24 May 1941.
Aged 39. Son of William Robert & Ada West. Husband of Esther Elizabeth
West of Southsea. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea. |
| WHITFIELD | Thomas Harold | Ordinary
Seaman, HMS "Vervain", Royal Navy. Lost when the ship
was torpedoed in the Irish Sea 20 February 1945. For more details
see Lt Com. Howells. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial Souths |
| WHITFIELD | Vincent Vernon | [Recorded
on the CWGC under hsi step-father's name of SHIELDS] Ordinary Seaman,
S.S. Empire Heath (Sunderland), Merchant Navy. Died when his ship
was sunk by German U 129 11th May 1944. Aged 20. Son of Charles
Henry and Florence Annie Shields, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Brother
of Thomas HArold Whitfield (above). Vincent lived with his mother
and when she married he took her husband's name of Shields, Thomas
(his brother) lived with his father in Sussex retiaijng the name.
Vincent was registered on his birth certificate as Whitfield. No
known grave. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel
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| WILLOUGHBY | Reginald Thomas | Motor
Mechanic, HMS "Algerine", Royal Navy. Lost when the Fleet
Minesweeper was torpedoed by the Italian submarine "Ascianghi"
off Bougie in the Mediterranean, 15 November 1942. Aged 24. Son
of Thomas Edward & Alice Willoughby of Willingdon. Husband of Joyce
Edna Willoughby of Willingdon. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, Southsea |
BURIED
IN THE CHURCHYARD BUT NOT ON MEMORIAL |
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| ROBERTS, BEM | Jack | Sergeant 1900409, 16 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers. Died 28 February 1944. Aged 44. Born Manchester, resident Eastbourne. Awarded the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.). Buried in WILLINGDON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Sussex. Headstone reads: 1900409
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