Roll of Honour - Sussex - Wartling St Mary Magdelene

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WARTLING ST MARY MAGDELENE, SUSSEX - Roll of Honour

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Janet Graves, researched Martin Edwards 2004

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

THE LORD KNOWETH THOSE THAT ARE HIS

1914-18

DAWES

Edwin

Private T or S/362072, 11th Field Butchery, Royal Army Service Corps. Died either 13th [SDGW] or 30th [CWGC] November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Ashburnham, enlisted Herstmonceux, resident Hailsham. Son of Edwin and Maria Dawes, of Hailsham, Sussex. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII. A. 6.

HAFFENDEN

James

Acting Corporal SD/595. 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 24th March 1918 with British Expeditonary Force. Born Boreham Street, Sussex, enlisted Herstmonceux. Buried in HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES, Somme, France. Grave III. B. 3.

JARVIS

Bertram

Private SD/604, 9th Battalion, Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 11th June 1917 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Worthing, enlisted Herstmonceux. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20.

LUCK

Percival

Guardsman 6320, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 25th January 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Eastbourne, resident Wartling Hill. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 3/4.

PEERLESS

Robert

Private, G/12335, 3rd Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died at home 2nd November 1918. Born Mayfield, Tunbridge Wells, enlisted Lewes, Sussex, resident Hailsham. Buried in CANTERBURY CEMETERY, Kent. Grave B. 118.

SHELLEY

William [George]

Private 35469, 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 30th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hastings, enlisted Herstmonceux. Formerly 630, Royal Sussex Regiment. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 6.

Other Conflicts

BLACKMAN

Edward

Captain, late of the Madras Army. Died 17th May 1866. Age 72. Almost the last surviving Officer of the Great Battale of Assaye, 1803. Gravestone reads.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT EDWARD BLACKMAN
LATE OF THE MADRAS ARMY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AT HIS RESIDENCE
BOREHAM, WARTLING
THE 17TH JULY 1866
AGED 72
HE WAS ALMOST THE LAST
SURVIVING OFFICER OF THE
GREAT BATTLE
OF ASSAYE 1803

CURTEIS

John

Lieutenant Colonel. Served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps for 17 years.

Plaque inside church reads:

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN CURTEUS of The Law St Leonards on Sea
Lieutenant Colonel
BORN AT WINDMILL HILL PLACE 21 APRIL 1854
DIED AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS 10 FEBRUARY 1942
Served 17 years in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Third son of
HERBERT MASCALL and PAULINA his wife.

11 April 2004

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