Second Lieutenant, 1/20th Battalion, The London Regiment. Killed in action 5 April 1918 In Aveluy Wood, France. Aged 29. Son of John George & Mary Anne Holt. No known grave. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR. 20

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK GEORGE HOLT
2ND LIEUT. QUEEN’S WEST SURREY REGT.
WHO FELL IN ACTION IN AVELBY WOOD, FRANCE
APRIL 5TH, 1918 AGED 29 YEARS“In sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life”

Captain, 1st Royal Dragoons. Cavalry Division. Killed in action near Ypres in the 2nd Battale of Ypres 13 May 1915. Aged 36. Son of Mr & Mrs E. T. Lambert of Telham Court, Battle. Buried Hop Store Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Belgium B. 2

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
HENRY MCLAREN LAMBERT
OF TELHAM COURT, BATTLE
CAPTAIN, 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS
KILLED IN ACTION THE 2ND BATTLE
OF YPRES, BELGIUM 13TH MAY, 1915
AGED 36

Lieutenant, Staffordshire Yeomanry. Killed in action in Palestine 26th August 1917. CWGC shows date of death as 25 August, one day earlier than church plaque. Parents Frederick Noakes and Kate (Pilcher) of 4 St Mary’s Villas. Father owned the Battle tannery. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Egypt.

IN MEMORY OF
FREDERICK NOAKES
KILLED IN ACTION IN
PALESTINE 26TH AUG, 1917

Major, 8th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment. 17th Division. Killed in action on the Somme near Fricourt 2 July 1916. Born 7 January 1877. Husband of Mrs I Raper of Richards Hill, Battle. Buried Fricourt British Cemetery. F. 371

Family grave

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY ANNA WIFE OF WILLIAM AGUSTUS RAPER
BORN MAY 3RD 1848 - DIED MAY 18TH 1922
ALSO OF THEIR SONS
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CASSIN RAPER
BORN NOV. 18TH 1872 - DIED MAY 29TH 1899
HENRY EDWARD RAPER - SURGEON R.N.
BORN FEB. 4TH 1874 - DIED IN MALTA SEP.27TH 1904
ROBERT GEORGE RAPER - MAJOR 8TH S. STAFFS. REGT
BORN JAN 7TH 1877 - KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JULY 2ND 1916

Private 40306, 10th Battalion, The South Wales Borderers. 38th Welsh Division. Died at home 15 August 1917. Aged 35. Son of John & Ellen Thomas of 25, The High Street, Battle. Enlisted in Hastings. Formerly with Royal Sussex Regiment. Buried Battle Cemetery.

Lieutenant, R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O. (1), Royal Marines. Died at sea 24 April 1942. Aged 28. Born 12 MAy 1914. Son of Frank Arthur Cave, and of Dorothy Cave, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; husband of Beryl Cave. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1921 census he was aged 7, born Eastbourne, Sussex, son of Frank Arthur and Dorothy Cave, resident 19, Springfield Road, Hastings, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was married, a Caterer Executive Centre, resident 1 Bulverhythe Road, Hastings, Hastings C.B., Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 70, Column 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1947:

CAVE Peter of Canbury Oak Battle Sussex died on or since 24 April 1942 on war service Administration London 6 January to Beryl Irene Gordon (wife of Keith Hamilton Gordon) and Frank Arthur Cave company director.
Effects £4041 5s. 4d.

Warrant Officer (Pilot) 1270213, 82 Squadron Royal Air Force. Killed in India in the execution of his duties 4th August 1943. Aged 20. Born 9th July 1923. Son of John and Mabel Dyson Newbery, of Battle, Sussex. Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row H. Collective grave 12-15.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PETER JOHN NEWBERY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
BORN ON JULY 9TH 1923
KILLED IN INDIA IN THE EXECUTION
OF HIS DUTY ON AUGUST 4TH 1943

Major 90313, 510 (M) H.A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 3rd January 1943. Aged 32. Son of Alfred Harry and Bessie Mary Sinden, of Battle; husband of Kathleen Agnes Sinden, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Buried in BATTLE CEMETERY, Sussex. Section H. Division A. Grave 19.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARRY W. THORPE SINDEN
MAJOR 510 (M) H. A. A. BATTERY R. A.
DIED IN ACTION 3 JANUARY 1943 AGED 32

ERECTED BY RELATIVES, & THE OFFICERS, MEN
AND A. T. S. AUXILLARIES OF THE BATTERY.

BEING MADE PERFECT IN A LITTLE WHILE
HE FULFILLED LONG YEARS.

Captain 198089, 16th Regiment, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in Burmese Theatre of War 10 October 1944; previously wounded 11 May 1944. Aged 24. Born Kent, resident Shropshire. Baptised 22 August 1920 in Loose, All Saints, Kent, son of George (a Solicitor) and Helen Dorothy Stainton. Son of George and Helen Dorothy Stainton, of Battle, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was born 27 July 1920, unmarried, a Trainee for Eastern Post Asietie Petroleum Co. Ltd., resident 4-12, Great Saint Helens, City of London. Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row A. Collective grave 1-4.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1947:

Captain, 69th Sussex Company, Imperial Yeomanry. Of Wells, Somerset. Died at Johnnesburg 5th February 1901.

Extract from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military Press

McLean.— Capt. Douglas Hamilton McLean, 69th Co. I.Y., of Stoberry Park, Wells, Somerset, died of enteric at Johannesburg on Feb. 5th, 1901. He was the son of the late Hon. J. P. McLean, formerly Colonial Treasurer of Queensland, Australia, and was 37 years of age. Capt. McLean was educated at Eton (Mr. Carter’s), and was well-known as a University Rowing Coach. He held the rank of Capt. in the North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, and entered the I.Y. in March, 1900, with the rank of lieut., and was promoted capt. in the following August. Before his death Capt. McLean had been employed under the Military Governor of Pretoria.