HOLLINGBOURNE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © David Hughes and Neil Clark 2006
Hollingbourne
Parish Church has two memoriasl, the first is in the form of a Celtic
Cross of granite covered with ragstone ashlar that stands upon a three
tiered base. The memorial holds the names of 14 men from the First
World War and 11 from the Second World War. Within the church is a
further Roll of Honour that contains the names of 18 men from the
First World War. Those only appearing on the Roll of Honour within
the church are marked *.
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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
THROUGH THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
BARLING |
Henry
(Harry) |
Private
11174, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars. Died 8th October
1918 aged 19 years. Born Hollingbourne. Enlisted Swindon, Wiltshire.
Resided Swindon. Son of Harry Barling and Kate Louisa Barling of
20 Hamlet Road, Norwood, London. Buried Busigny Communal Cemetery
Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference - VI. C. 27. |
COURT |
Leslie
Simpson |
Second
Lieutenant, Medaille Militaire (France). Royal Air Force. 26th Training
Depot Station. Died 10th December 1918. Son of Mr G R Court of Eythorne
Green Farm, Hollingbourne, Kent. Buried locally in Hollingbourne
(All Saints) Churchyard, Hollingbourne, Kent. |
CURTIS |
William
[Frederick] |
Private
L10030, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
25th February 1915. Born Kennington, Ashford. Enlisted Maidstone.
Brother of Mr S G Curtis of 96 Milton Road, Maidstone, Kent. Buried
St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave reference
- A. 4. 19. |
DAY |
Frederick
[George] |
Lance
Corporal 17815, 3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
14th February 1921 aged 29 years. Son of George and Amy Day. Husband
of Christianna Day of Upper Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent.
Buried locally in Hollingbourne (All Saints) Churchyard, Hollingbourne,
Kent. |
GATLAND |
Frederick
[Wallace] |
Gunner
86042. 155th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Died
16th February 1917 aged 29 years. Born Wadhurst, Sussex. Enlisted
Maidstone. Resided Hollingbourne. Son of Mr M Gatland of Broomfield,
Leeds, Maidstone, Kent. Husband of Mabel Verina Gatland. Buried
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference
- II. A. 19. |
GIBSON |
Charles
|
Private
44918, 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (D.L.I). Formerly (2653)
Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 3rd December 1917 aged
19 years. Enlisted Touleridge? Resided Hollingbourne. Son of Mrs
H D Gibson of 33 Kingsley Road, Maidstone, Kent. Also served at
the Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louvernal,
Nord, France. Panel reference - 10. |
*JORDAN |
Walter
Edmond |
Sergeant
G/19033, 10th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly (2227) West Kent Yeomanry. Died 21st September 1917. Age
36. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Hollingbourne. Son of Mr and Mrs
Horace Jordan of 5 Albion Place, Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Husband of Edith Gertrude Jordan of Malt Cottage, Hollingbourne,
Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
Belgium. |
*RICE |
Alfred
Albert |
No
further information currently available. (too many A Rice’s on SDGW) |
McLEAN |
Alfred
|
Company
Sergeant Major L/7741, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died 27th May 1915. Age 32. Born Hollingbourne. Enlisted Maidstone.
Resided Hollingbourne. Son of Walter Mark McLean and Emily Adelaide
McLean of Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent. Commemorated on the Menin
Gate, Ieper, Belgium. |
PHILPOTT |
Victor
[Douglas Frank] |
Shoeing
Smith WL/27, Army Veterinary Corps. Died 11th December 1918. Age
25. Son of William and Harriet Philpott of Eythorne, Hollingbourne.
Buried locally in Hollingbourne (All Saints) Churchyard, Hollingbourne,
Kent. |
RUTTLEY |
William
Henry |
Lance
Corporal L/10067, 1st Battalion, Queen`s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 28th October 1914. Born Sandway. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided
Hollingbourne. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. |
SANDS |
Albert
[James] |
Private
10253, Queen`s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 20th August
1916 aged 43 years. Son of Mr and Mrs Trayton Sands of Greenway
Court, Hollingbourne. Husband of Bertha Sands (nee Wickens). Buried
locally in Hollingbourne (All Saints) Churchyard, Hollingbourne,
Kent. |
*STEVENSON |
George
William |
No
further information currently available. |
WARD |
Walter
Herbert |
Private
203912, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queen`s own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 4th November 1917. Age 18. Born and enlisted Hollingbourne.
Son of Mr H Ward of Upper Street, Hollingbourne, Kent. Buried Beersheba
War Cemetery, Israel. Grave reference - G. 14. |
WEEKES |
Charles
|
No
further information currently available. |
WINDER |
William
George |
Private
38721, 2nd/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 9th October
1917. Born Lenham. Enlisted Maidstone. Resided Hollingbourne. Commemorated
on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
WINTER |
Albert
William |
Private
14585. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays). Formerly (2424) Royal
East Kent Mounted Rifles (REKMR). Died 6th May 1918. Enlisted Canterbury.
Resided Hollingbourne. Buried locally in Hollingbourne (All Saints)
Churchyard, Hollingbourne, Kent.
Listed
on the memorial as W. Albert WINTER. He obviously preferred to be
known by his second given name – William. |
*WOOD |
?
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No
further information currently available. |
IN
MEMORY ALSO OF
1939
– 1945 |
BUSBRIDGE |
George
Norcott |
Pilot
Officer 87428, Royal Air Force. Photographic Reconnaissance Unit.
Died 19th September 1941. Age 26. Son of George Cecil and Dorothy
Mabel Busbridge of Harrietsham, Kent. Commemorated on the Runnymede
Memorial, Surrey. Panel reference - 31. |
COULTER |
Frederick
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Sergeant
1234081, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 97 Squadron. Died 22nd
March 1944. Age 23. Son of John Edwin Coulter and Elizabeth Alice
Coulter. Husband of Olga Mercy Coulter of Bearstead, Kent. Commemorated
on the Runnymede memorial, Surrey. Panel reference - 227. |
COLLINS,
MC |
Peter
Stratford |
Lieutenant
No48 Royal Marine Commando. Died 12th March 1945. Age 24. Son of
Herbert Stratford Collins and Ellen Louise Collins of Hollingbourne,
Kent. Buried Bergen-Op-Zoom War cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. |
CROSSLEY,
DFC and Bar |
Donald
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Wing
Commander 63455, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 104 Squadron.
Died 24th November 1943. Age 30. Son of Francis Marshall Crossley
and Muriel Crossley of Hollingbourne, Kent. Buried Staglieno Cemetery,
Genoa, Italy. Grave reference - I. B. 9. |
FILMER |
Frank
|
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator, Air) 1258276, Royal Air Force. Died
13th July 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Hilda Mary Filmer of
Canterbury. Husband of Beryl Patricia Filmer of Hollingbourne, Kent.
Buried Canterbury Cemetery, Canterbury, Kent. Plot X.M Grave 132. |
GILBERT |
John
[Alan] |
Lance
Corporal 6346570, 4th Battalion, Queen`s Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Died 10th January 1944. Age 25. Born and resided Kent. Son of Charles
Edward and Amy Gilbert. Husband of Bessie Letitia Gilbert of Hollingbourne,
Kent. Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar. Grave reference - 12.
B. 11.
Pre
war member of the Regiment. |
MILLER |
James
[Joseph] |
Petty
officer C/LX 28006, Royal Navy. HMS “Afrikander”. Died 6th October
1944. Age 44. Husband of Pauline Marie Octovie Miller of Hollingbourne,
Kent. Buried Simon’s Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery, South Africa.
Grave reference - Naval Allotment Row E. Grave 31. |
SMITH |
Thomas
Henry |
Stoker
2nd Class P/KX 107352, Royal Navy. HMS “Acheron”. Died 17th December
1940. Age 28. Son of James and Elizabeth Jane Smith. Husband of
Iris Emily Smith of Hollingbourne, Kent. Commemorated on the Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Panel reference - 42. Column
3. |
WALKER |
Victor
John |
Private
5569391, 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 6th August 1944.
Born Wiltshire. Son of Frederick James Walker and Mabel Daisey Walker.
Husband of Minnie Iris Walker of Hollingbourne, Kent. Buried Tilley-Sur-Seulles
War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Grave reference - VI. D. 4.
Pre
war member of the Regiment. |
WHITESTONE,
MBE, MC, RE |
Berkeley
Frederick |
Lieutenant
Colonel 9079, Commanding Royal Engineers, Air Advance Striking Force.
Died 17th June 1940. Age 44. Born and resided Kent. Son of Dr Augustus
Mayberry Whitestone and of Jessie Heron Whitestone (nee Goldsmid).
Husband of Alice Mary Wallace Whitestone of Michaelstow, Cornwall.
Commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France. Column 20.
Also
served in 1914-1918 war and a pre war WW2 member of the corps. |
WILKINSON |
Kenneth
|
Lieutenant
Colonel 39999, East Yorkshire Regiment. Attached to and commanding
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died 15th
December 1943. age 36. Born and resided Derbyshire. Son of Walter
John and Mary Ethel Wilkinson. Husband of Rosemary Farrer Wilkinson
of Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Sangro River War Cemetery,
Italy. Grave reference - XI. E. 29.
Pre
war member of the Regiment. |
Last
update
2 February, 2006
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