Lindfield Parish War Memorial 1914-1919
Leslie Wallace AYLING Private 703279 aged 24 1st/3rd Battalion The London Regiment City of London Royal Fusiliers. 47th (London) Division Killed In Action at Cambrai on the 7th Dec 1917. Husband of Elizabeth Mary of Spring Cottages, Lyoth Lane, Lindfield. Parents resident Catford, Enlisted Finsbury. He was a battalion Lewis Gunner. Left a 13 month old child whom he would never see. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial MR.17 Jesse BAKER Private 16891 aged 21 2nd Battalion The Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division Died of wounds on 3rd July 1916 suffered on the first day of the Somme offensive. Born Lindfield. Enlisted Reading. Son of Jesse and Margaret of 17 West View, Lindfield. Served in The Dardanelles and Egypt. Bur. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension F.169 Charles BALDOCK Private G 3258 aged 20 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed In Action on the first day of the battle of Loos, 25th September 1915. Son of Edward and Annie of 15 West View, Lindfield. Born Purley, Enlisted Lindfield. Brother of William (Drowned 21/8/15). Employed at ‘The Star’, Haywards Heath. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR. 19 William Newton BALDOCK Driver 886 aged 28 The Australian Army Service Corps Son of Edward and Annie of 15 West View, Lindfield. Jumped overboard from the transport ship S.S. ‘Port Lincoln’ after becoming ill on Gallipoli and drowned on 21st August 1915. Emigrated to Australia in 1907 with his brother Harry. One of 4 brothers. Brother of Charles (KIA 25/9/15). Former Pupil of Lindfield School. Commemorated on Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt MR.41 Walter James BLUNDEN Lance Sergeant 745607 aged 24 116th Battalion The Canadian Infantry 3rd Canadian Division. 9th Brigade Killed on Passchendale Ridge during the final stages of the Third battle of Ypres 27th October 1917. Husband of Mrs A Blunden of ‘The Three Furnaces’ Inn, Madeley, Shropshire . Son of Mr & Mrs Blunden of Eastern Road, Lindfield. Brother of Percy (KIA 7/10/16). Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR.29 Percy Charles BLUNDEN Lance Corporal G 86 aged 21 6th Battalion The East Kent Regiment.12th Division Killed in action during the Somme offensive at Guedecourt 7th October 1916. Born Portfield, Enlisted Haywards Heath. Son of Mr.& Mrs Blunden of Eastern Road, Lindfield. Brother of Walter (KIA 27/10/17). Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 William Edward BOURNE Private G. 1284 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed In Action, during the defence of ‘The Brickstacks’ at Cuinchy near Festubert 27th January 1915. Born Slaugham. Enlisted Haywards Heath. Husband of Mrs M Bourne of 6 Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. An early volunteer. Bur. Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy F.721 Edwin Charles BURLONG Private 46339 aged 23 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers. 24th Division Killed in action on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres 31st July 1917. Son of Henry and Eliza of Dens Cottages, Buckshalls, Lindfield. Born Lindfield. Employed as a Baker by Mr T E Charman of The High Street. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. MR.29 Jack CAPLIN Private L.10030 aged 18 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Division Killed In Action at Aubers Ridge 9th May 1915/ Born Lindfield .Enlisted Chichester. Son of Thomas and Betty of 1 Prospect Place, Lewes Road, Lindfield – Later of 1 Black Hill Cottages. Lindfield School and Church Lads Brigade. Joined regulars in 1913, Wounded in the foot on The Marne in September 1914. His brother Harold was taken prisoner from HMS Crusader in the English Channel on the 8th of May 1915. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR.22 Alfred Herbert CORMACK Company Sergeant Major 5460 aged 37 1st Battalion The Border Regiment. 29th (Regular) Division Killed In Action near Thiepval 6th April 1916. Husband of Mrs H Cormack of Somerset Cottages, Lindfield Common. 19 Years Service, in Burma, India, Egypt and Mudros. Veteran of The Boer War. Wounded in the Dardanelles. Arrived from Egypt on 17th March 1916. Born in Camberwell and enlisted in Kingston on Thames. Became a Trench Casualty on the Somme front. Bur. Auchonvillers Military Cemetery F.35 Edward Bartram FAWCETT Captain 92nd Punjabi Regiment, Indian Army Killed in action during the operations to relieve General Townshend.at Kut el Amara in Mesopotamia,22nd April 1916. Son-in-law of Major Henry Graham-Taylor of ‘Lyndcote’ West Common, Lindfield. Well known in the village and played cricket locally. Commemorated on The Basra Memorial, Iraq. MR.38 Alexander L FITZMAURICE The Camel Corps (Att) aged 28 Died of disease in British Somaliland sometime in 1914. Son of Richard and Alexina of ‘Everyndens’, High Street, Lindfield. Attached to The Camel Corps in British Somaliland at the time of his death, he was a Tropical Disease Specialist. His father was the village doctor for many years, later retiring to Littlehampton. Brother of Richard (KIA 25/9/15) and Lindsay (KIA 18/11/16). Bur. British Somaliland (?Somalia) Civilian Burial? Lindsay FITZMAURICE Captain aged 24 8th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry. 37th (New Army) Division Killed In Action in Ancre Valley 18th November 1916 during the final days of the Somme offensive. 5th Son of Dr Richard and Mrs Alexina Fitzmaurice of ‘Everyndens’, High Street, Lindfield, later of 29, St. Floras Road, Littlehampton. Brother of Richard (KIA 25/9/15) and Alexander (Died 1914). Previously wounded at Loos with the 21st Division. Bur. Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel F.339 Also commemoratedon Littlehampton War Memorial Richard FITZMAURICE Private 3404 aged 25 1st / 14th Battalion The London Regiment (The London Scottish) Killed In Action at the Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Born Lindfield enlisted Blackheath. Youngest son of Richard and Alexina Fitzmaurice of ‘Everyndens’ The High Street, Lindfield. Brother of Lindsey (KIA 18/11/16) and Alexander (Died 1914) Bur. Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos F.219 Also commemorated on Littlehampton War Memorial Charles Edward FORD Private G.2390 aged 31 8th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division Killed in action at Bernafay Wood, Flers, Somme 14th July 1916. Husband of Mrs Daisy Ford of Crawley. Born Lindfield. Enlisted Horsham. Son of Mrs Emily of 12 Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue. He was employed as a Gardener and left 2 children. Served as a Pioneer with the 18th Division. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 Herbert William FOX Private G 19136 aged 31 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 24th Division Killed In Action 10th October 1918 during the final advance to the river Selle during the 2nd Battle of Cambrai. Born in Danehill and enlisted in Brighton. Nephew of Miss M Fox of 1 West View, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Bur. St Aubert British Cemetery F.270 Frank GASTON Private G 12151 aged 30 16th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 74th (Yeomanry) Division Died of wounds received when the 74th Division assaulted the Hindenburgh Line on the 18th September 1918. Husband of Mrs A S Gaston of 4 Frederick Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Gardener at ‘Finches’. Cousin of Harry (KIA 20/10/18). Bur. Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension F.194 Harry GASTON Private 56209 aged 29 13th Battalion The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 38th (Welsh) Division Killed In Action 20th October 1918 during the Final Advance. Husband of Mrs Annie Gaston of ‘The Cot’ The High Street, Rottingdean. Born Lindfield. Enlisted Haywards Heath. Son of Mr.& Mrs P. Gaston of 5 Frederick Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Cousin of Frank (DoW 18/9/18). Bur.Cross Roads Cemetery Ref: F 521 Also recorded on Rottingdean War Memorial John William Henry GORRINGE Rifleman C.9853 aged 18 20th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 3rd (Regular) Division Killed in action The Somme 18th July 1916. Born Haywards Heath. Enlisted Woolwich. Next of kin unknown. Came home from Australia to enlist. Served in The Pioneer Battalion of the 3rd Division. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 Jervoise GRAHAM-TAYLER Second Lieutenant aged 22 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. 2nd (Regular) Division Killed in action at Festubert 15th May 1915. Son of Major Henry Graham-Tayler of ‘Lyndcote’ (Chieveley), West Common, Lindfield. Former member of the Church lads brigade. Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Major Henry Graham-Tayler was Commanding Officer in charge of Prisoners of War at Portsmouth. Bur.Le Touret Military Cemetery Ref: F 727 Rueben Henry GRUNDY Private TF.500131 aged 24 Royal Army Medical Corps Died in France 29th September 1918. Enlisted Brighton, December 1914. Son of Mrs L Willie of Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Bur. Grevillers British Cemetery F.512 Reginald George HILL Private A 215 aged 48 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario) 1st Canadian Division. 1st Brigade Killed in action at Hooge, Belgium 26th April 1916 during the First Battle of Ypres. Son of Capt. E N Hill of ‘Neilgherry’ Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Captain Hill was late of the 30th Regiment of Foot and a veteran of Sebastopol and the Crimean War. He was 81 years old in 1916. Private Hill had lived in Canada for 8 years. Bur. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium B.112 Malcolm HILL Private 574 aged 27 2nd City Of London Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps, T.F. Died of wounds in Salonika, Greece on the 27th February 1917. Enlisted Lindfield in 1915. Son of Arthur William and Emma Ann of ‘St Romolo’ Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Bur. Salonika (Lambet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece GR 7 Frederick George HILLMAN Gunner 103665 aged 25 13th Divisional Artillery. Royal Field Artillery Died Of Disease in Egypt 23rd October 1915. Husband of Mrs Fanny Hillman of Lyoth Lane, Lindfield, later of 43a Mill Green Road, Haywards Heath. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Employed as a Vanman for Messrs. Box. Bur. Chatby War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt E.6 George Herbert HOBDEN Private F.206 aged 24 37th Battalion The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Died of wounds 4th November 1918. Born Lindfield. Enlisted Holborn. Husband of Mrs Agnes Hobden of Chislehurst Road, Orpington, Kent. Son of Mr & Mrs H Hobden of 4 Alma Road, Lindfield. Bur. Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension F.206 Also Orpington W.M. John Henry JEFFREY Lance Corporal 4163 aged 39 9th Battalion Queens Royal Lancers Died from gas poisoning near Ypres. 24th May 1915. Born Lindfield. Enlisted Cuckfield. Son of Mr.& Mrs.Henry Jeffrey of Lewes Road, Lindfield. Sister Emily L of 27 Bedford Square, Brighton. Pupil of Lindfield School. Regular Soldier with 21 years service. Badly gassed fighting as infantry during the Second Battle of Ypres. Bur. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery F.200 Harry Arthur KING Private L.7952 aged 31 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed In Action at Vendresse on The Marne 14th September 1914. Born in West Hoathly and enlisted in Woolwich. Husband of Alice Florence of Porters Cottage, Eastern Road, Lindfield. Remarried (Granger), resident of Philpot’s Lodge, West Hoathly. Left children aged 6 and 2. Employed by Mrs Savill at Kenwards Farm. Former regular soldier,serving in Crete and Malta recalled to the colours in 1914. Bur. Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension F.1893 William Charles Cuthbert LAKER Private G.15839 aged 18 11th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th (New Army) Division Killed In Action near Sanctuary Wood, Ypres 25th January 1917. Born Lindfield Enlisted Horsham. Son of Mr.& Mrs Laker of The Grocery Stores, Walstead. Bur. Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery Belgium B.4 Joseph LEDBURY Lance Corporal TF.2759 aged 29 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment Died of Spotted Fever at home 1st February 1915. Born Barkham, Berkshire. Enlisted Haywards Heath. Son of Mr & Mrs. H.A. Ledbury of Ball Hill, Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berkshire. Buried Brighton Borough Cemetery, Bear Road Reginald Charles LEGGE Lieutenant aged 34 Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) Tanks Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916. Son of Mr JV Legge of ‘Greenwoods’ High Beeches Lane, Lindfield. Tank Commander. Captured during the first use of tanks at Flers on 15th September 1916. Died of his wounds the following day. Left estate valued at £2,511. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21 Ernest LEPPARD Private G.5561 aged 25 1st Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment. 33rd (New Army) Division Killed In Action on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres 31st July 1917. Born in Ardingly and enlisted in Guildford. Resident of Cobham. Son of Mary Ann of 8 Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR.29 Leslie Gordon LONGLEY Lieutenant aged 22 19th Lancashire Fusiliers (Pioneer Battalion). 49th Division Killed In Action on The Somme 12th July 1916. Son of Mr Richard Longley of ‘Ingleside’ Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Brother of Richard (KIA 15/9/16). Wounded in May 1915. Educated at Belvedere School, Haywards Heath. Bur. Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension F.296 Richard Ferguson LONGLEY Lance Sergeant A.326 DCM aged 22 7th Battalion The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 14th (Light) Division Killed In Action during the battle of Flers/Courcelette on the 15th September 1916. Born in Croydon and enlisted in Guildford. Son of Richard of ‘Ingleside’ Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Brother of Leslie (KIA 12/7/16). Resident of ‘The Shanty’ Portsmouth Lane, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 William MANSBRIDGE Private G.1578 aged 26 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th (New Army) Division Killed In Action during the battle of Cambrai, 20th November 1917. Born Cuckfield. Enlisted Haywards Heath. Next Of Kin unknown. Resident of 2 Alma Cottages, Alma Road, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial MR.17 Harry George MARKWICK Corporal G 77540 aged 38 7th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers. 63rd Royal Naval Division Killed In Action during the battle of the Scarpe 27th August 1918. Husband of Caroline May of 5 Luxford Road, Lindfield. Son of Henry and Elizabeth of Brighton. Born in Brighton. Formerly with 1/4th.Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. Assistant Schoolmaster at Lindfield School. Bur. Beaulencourt British Cemetery F.560 Also recorded on Brighton War Memorial Albert Victor NEWNHAM Private L 10100 aged 20 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular) Division Wounded on the Aisne and died of his wounds in Paris on the 16th October 1914. Son of Jesse and Elizabeth of 1 Laburnham Villas, Compton Road, Lindfield – later of ‘Earlsmere’, Compton Road. Born in Aldershot and enlisted in Chichester. Brother of John (KIA 31/5/16), Noel (KIA 9/7/17) and Jesse (Lance Corporal,who survived the war). Regular soldier. His nickname was ‘Totty’. Bur. City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin F.457 John Francis NEWNHAM Private 13608 aged 19 Royal Marine Artillery. H.M.S.‘Tiger‘ 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, The Grand Fleet Killed In Action at Jutland 31st May 1916. Son of Jesse and Elizabeth of 1 Laburnham Villas, Compton Road, Lindfield, later of ‘Earlsmere’, Compton Road. Father Recruiting Sergeant Jesse Newnham. Brother of Albert (DoW 16/10/14), Noel (KIA 9/7/17) and Jesse (Lance Corporal – Survived the war). Killed when a shell hit the trunk of ‘B’ turret of HMS ‘Tiger’ during the Battle of Jutland. Buried at Sea. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial MR.3 Noel Herbert NEWNHAM Bugler 14935 aged 16 Royal Marine Artillery. H.M.S.‘Vanguard‘ 4th Battle Squadron The Grand Fleet Lost when the dreadnought blew up in Scapa Flow 9th July 1917. Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Newnham of 1 Laburnham Villas, Compton Road, Lindfield – later of ‘Earlsmere’, Compton Road. Brother of Albert (D.O.W. 16/10/14), John (K.I.A. 31/May/16) and Jesse (Lance Corporal, who survived the war. Member of Lindfield Parish Church Choir. Boy Scout. Employed by Mr. Driver, Fishmonger and Poulterer of Lindfield High Street. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Southsea MR.3 Albert NYE Private 477678 aged 29 Royal Canadian Regiment 7th Brigade. 3rd Canadian Division Killed in action in an attack by the regiment in the Hooge Sector, Ypres 2nd June 1916. Son of Mr John Nye of 8 West View, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium MR.29 (Canadian Section) Frederick Charles ORAM Private 4735 aged 22 34th Battalion The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Killed In Action during the German Spring Offensive in the Ypres Sector 10th April 1918. Son of Mr & Mrs H Oram of 4, Albert Cottages, Sunte Avenue, Lindfield. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Margate, Kent. Employee of the Post Office. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial MR.32 Harold Godfrey PAINE Bombardier 14729 aged 19 ‘D’ Battery, 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 15th(Scottish) Division Killed in action in the final stages of The Somme Offensive during The Battle of The Ancre, 2nd November 1916. Born in Hailsham and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Son of Mr.& Ms G.E.Paine of Sunte Avenue, Lindfield, later of Uckfield. Former pupil of Lindfield School. Bur. Courcelette British Cemetery F.280 Thomas PRANKLIN Private TF 1239 aged 23 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd (Welsh) Division Son of Joseph Hickman and Mary Pranklin of May Villa, Lindfield. Killed in action on the second day of the Suvla Bay landings, Gallipoli 10th August 1915. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Territorial. Parents kept the shoe shop in the High Street. Commemorated on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli MR.4 Geoffrey Arthur PRIDEAUX M.C. Captain aged 25 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry. 11th Brigade, 4th Division Killed in action near Peronne 19th January 1917. Son of Arthur Robert and Louisa Charlotte of 13 Talbot Square, London. Educated at Eton. Name recorded on Eton College Roll of Honour. Resident of Spring Cottage, Spring Lane, Lindfield. Brigade Major. Twice wounded and mentioned in dispatches. Bur. Hem Farm Military Cemetery F.624 Arthur PULLEN Private L.9840 aged 19 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular) Division Killed in action near Vendresse during the battle of The Marne 14th September 1914. Born in Plumstead and enlisted in Brighton. Son of Mr James Pullen of South Lodge, ‘Finches’, Lindfield. Father was Head Gardener to Mr. Walter Savill. Name also recorded in Woolwich Book of Remembrance, in Woolwich War Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill. Bur. Vendresse British Cemetery F.1329 Arthur RICE Private G.1297 aged 27 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular) Division Killed in action on the first day of the battle of Loos, 25th September 1915. Son of George and Alice of 5 Graham Cottages, Spring Lane, Lindfield. Pupil of Lindfield School, Employed by Mr. Broadbridge, Lindfield High Street. Early volunteer. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR.19 Frank Ewart SAVILL 2nd Lieutenant 9th Queens Royal Lancers 2nd Cavalry Brigade Wounded in Flanders and died at Tidworth Camp 9th February 1916. Son of Mr.& Mrs Walter Savill of Finches, Lindfield. Resident of Chantmarle Manor, Cattistock, Cerne District, Dorset. Left estate valued at £61,893. Attached to 7th reserve Cavalry at the time of his death, he died after an operation. Commemorated by the Savill Memorial Hall, Cattistock, Dorset, Cattistock Parish Churchyard War Memorial. Buried in Cattistock (St Peter & St Paul) Churchyard, Dorset Harry Charles SCUTT Able Seaman SS 5986 aged 21 Royal Navy HMS ‘Barham’ 4th Battle Squadron. The Grand Fleet Died Of Septicaemia at Haslar Royal Naval Hospital 31st January 1917. Son of James and Isabella Scutt, Coal Merchant,of The High Street, Lindfield. Employed as a gardener at Borde Hill. Joined The Royal Navy in 1915. Served at The Battle of Jutland. Damaged his hand in an accident and died of blood poisoning. Buried Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire Sidney Frederick SMITH Gunner RMA/1779 aged 24 Royal Marine Artillery. Howitzer Brigade. 63rd Royal Naval Division Killed In Action in theYpres Salient on the 28th September 1918. Son of Mr.& Mrs. F.W. Smith of Lewes Road, Lindfield. Local Insurance agent. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. B.11 Alfred Frederick SPEER Captain Died of Disease in a London Nursing Home 8th December 1917. Resident of Nether Walstead, Lindfield. Next of Kin unknown. Place of burial unknown Harold Alfred SPIERS Boy 1st Class T/23568 aged 17 Royal Navy. HMS ‘Hawke’ Lost when the Cruiser was torpedoed on the 15th October 1914. The Cruiser HMS Hawke was torpedoed in the North Sea by U.9, (Captain Otto Weddigen,) which also sank ‘Aboukir’, ‘Cressy’ and ‘Hogue’ on 22nd September 1914. HMS Hawke lost 524 men out of a ship’s company of 545. Son of Henry Thomas and Mary Spiers of Victoria Terrace, Lindfield. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea MR.3 Arthur SPRINGHAM Private DM2/179044 aged 39 M.T. Company 33rd Motor Ambulance, The Royal Army Service Corps Died in Mesopotamia 4th November 1917. Born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and enlisted in Brighton. His wife later remarried and resided in Harlow. Gardener to the Rt Hon Sir? Fleetwood-Edwards of The Manor House, The High Street, Lindfield. Resident of The Manor House Cottage, came to Lindfield in 1907. Bur.Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq 8 Harold Leon TINGLEY Private G.2414 aged 25 8th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division. Divisional Pioneer Battalion Died Of Influenza in Haywards Heath Cottage Hospital 3rd September 1919. Enlisted August 1914. Served for four years on the Western Front. Husband of Mrs Emily Tingley of Carmel Lodge, Scaynes Hill, later of 3 Eastern Cottages, Lindfield . Buried in Walstead Cemetery but sadly omitted from the church War Memorials. Buried Walstead Cemetery, Lindfield, but not included on the war memorial. Ernest Richard TOWNSHEND Private 86 aged 36 16th Battalion The Australian Infantry.A.N.Z.A.C. Killed in action on Gallipoli 2nd May 1915. Son of Henry and Esther Townshend of Beckworth Lodge, Lindfield. Emigrated to Australia, Fruit Farmer for several years. Commemorated on The Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Gallipoli Ga.7 Guy Kemble TWISS Lieutenant aged 28 Royal Navy. HMS ‘Tartar’ Dover Destroyer Flotilla‘s Killed in action when the Destroyer was mined off Dover on the 17th June 1917. Son of Vice Admiral & Mrs Guy Ouchterlony of Lindfield House, Lindfield. Educated at Eastbourne College and Britannia College, Dartmouth. Brought home and buried privately in Lindfield. Buried Walstead Cemetery William E. VENN Private 7441 aged 37 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Killed In Action fighting as dismounted cavalry during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 13th May 1915. Son of Thomas and Eliza of 3 Pond Croft Cottages, Lindfield. Regular cavalryman with 15 years service. South African veteran. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. Belgium MR.29 Reginald Rudolph WALLER Guardsman 20913 aged 20 The Coldstream Guards. The Guards Division Killed in action 27th August 1918. Son of Mr.& Mrs William Waller of Fountain Cottages, Ardingly Road, Lindfield. Killed during an attack on the Hindenburgh Line. Born Haywards Heath. Enlisted Brighton. Bur. Mory Street Military Cemetery F. 615 Thomas WEATHERBY Captain aged 20 9th Battalion The Duke Of Wellington’s Regiment Died of wounds at home 8th May 1915. Son of Mr.& Mrs Charles Thomas Weatherby of Barrington House, Lindfield. Educated at Winchester. Member of Lindfield Cricket Team. Died at Alexandria Military Hospital, Cosham, Hampshire. Attached to another Battalion when wounded as 9th D.O.W. did not reach France until July 1915. Brought home and buried privately. Buried Walstead Cemetery, Lindfield Joseph Albert WHALL Private TF 1665 aged 19 1/4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Welsh Division Killed in action at Suvla Bay 26th August 1915. Son of Mr.& Mrs.Joseph Whall of The High Street, Lindfield. Father was a hairdresser. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Pupil of Lindfield School, Employed by Mr. Mellor Brown in the gardens at Beckworth. Joined the Territorials in 1913. Bur. Green Hill Cemetery, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli GAL.5 George Alfred WILLEY Private G.3596 aged 30 9th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division Killed in action at Loos, 25th September 1915. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth of South Lodge, Paxhill Park, Lindfield. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Commemorated Loos Memorial MR.19 Luther Samuel John WILMSHURST Private G 24547 aged 21 7th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment. 18th Division Taken prisoner and died of tuberculosis in captivity in Germany on the 18th July 1917. Son of Luther Samuel and Annie Elizabeth Wilmshurst of 1 Fountain Cottages, Ardingly Road, Lindfield. Born in Buxted. Enlisted in Haywards Heath. Formerly with The Royal Sussex Regiment (G 9583). Bur. Berlin South Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf, Germany. Ger 4 Wilfred WINN Private 60515 aged 30 The Labour Corps Badly Gassed and died in hospital from the effects. 26th May 1918. Son of Thomas and Marian Winn of Walstead Cottages, Walstead, Lindfield. Born in Lindfield and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Formerly 31490 The Royal Fusiliers. Brought home and buried privately. Buried Walstead Cemetery William John WINN Corporal 21319 aged 51 2nd Garrison Battalion The Norfolk Regiment Died of influenza at home on the 27th May 1919. Husband of Mrs Alice Winn of 1,South Malling Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield. Son of Richard and Hetty Winn. Joined The Royal Sussex Regiment in 1884, serving in India and Egypt. Discharged in 1897. Rejoined in 1914. Served in India with The Norfolk Regiment, Garrison Battalion. Discharged in 1917. Bandsman with Haywards Heath Town Band. Buried in Walstead Cemetery but omitted from the church War Memorials. Has a Commonwealth War Graves Headstone. Buried Walstead Cemetery Lindfield, but not included on the war memorial. Ernest WOOD Private G 8449 1st Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment 33rd Division Killed in action on the Somme 3rd November 1916. Born in Danehill. Resident Raynes Park. Husband of Mrs E Wood of Raynes Park, London. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Arthur of The High Street, Lindfield. Killed during the Battle Of Ancre at the close of The Somme Offensive. Name added to the memorial inside the church in 1922 but not outside. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR. 21 Arthur D. YOUNG (M.M.) Sergeant G.1483 aged 24 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st (Regular) Division Killed in action during the attack on Ginchy and Lueze Wood on the 9th September 1916. Born in Hurstpierpoint and enlisted in Haywards Heath. Next of kin unknown. Engaged to Florence Grace Rawling of Lindfield, who never married. Employed by Charlesworth Orchids. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21
