Composite WWI Casualty List
The composite list below is from:
- Betteshanger War Memorial (6 names)
- Northbourne War Memorial (26 names)
- Ham Memorial (7 names)
- Deal and Walmer Memorial at Victoria Hospital in Deal (26 names)
All the church memorials mentioned above are inside the the relevant church, except the Ham memorial which was removed to St Mary's church, Betteshanger (the Ham church of St George the Martyr is now a private house). Betteshanger church now serves as a chapel for Northbourne Park School.
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| more details | Walter ATTWOOD | H.M.S. Vanguard, which exploded 9th July
1917. Memorial: Ham. |
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Percy James BARTLETT
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Bombdr.,
Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action in France by a German
shell on 16th May 1916.
Born at Stoneheap, Northbourne he had seen nearly 14 years service, nine of those years in India. He had retired and was recalled at the outbreak of the war. He was buried at Agny Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, south of the village of Achicourt. Memorials: Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Sydney BEDWELL
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Pte.,
7th Bn., The Buffs - (East Kent Regiment) killed in action
in France during the Arras offensive on 4th May 1917, age 22. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the the Arras Memorial, Betteshanger, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal |
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George BRADING |
Seaman, H.M.S. Formidable, torpedoed 1st Jan.
1915. Memorial: Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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George CHAPMAN click on image for more details |
East
Lancashire Regt., 28th April 1917, age 28. He enlisted in January 1909 , and was serving in South Africa at the outbreak of war. On the 1st November 1914, he went to France, and in the following January was wounded. He spent 13 months in hospital, and returned to the front in March 1916. Memorials: Thiepval at the Somme in France, Northbourne, Betteshanger, and at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Stephen Charles COX/COCKS |
Sergeant Cocks 1st Batt. The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment) 20th Oct. 1914 , age 29 - He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Memorials: Ploegsteert Memorial Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, and Ham memorial, which records him as Stephen Cox. |
| Charles Francis COURT |
Private 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 28th Sept. 1916.
Memorials: Thiepval at the Somme in France, Betteshanger. |
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| Harold DEWELL |
Pte.
1st/19th Bn., London Regt., 29th Sept. 1916, age 19. Memorials: Thiepval at the Somme in France, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Reuben J. DEWELL click on image for more details |
Gunner,
12th New Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, killed
by a German shell on 8th Feb. 1916, age 32. In September 1915 he enlisted with The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and afterwards transfered to the Royal Garrison Artillery. He is buried in a cemetery in the village of Suzanne in the Somme region. Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal, and also mentioned on two gravestones in the Northbourne churchyard. |
| S. DEWELL |
Memorial: Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Ernest C. ELLEN click on image for more details |
Stoker
Ernest George Ellen, R.N., died at the Naval Hospital, Gosport,
on 25th November 1918, from pneumonia following influenza,
age 27.
Memorial: Northbourne. |
| Richard J. FULLER |
Lance
Cpl, "D" Coy. 6th Bn., The Buffs - East Kent Regt., 18th
March 1916, age 31.
Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Francis GIFFORD click on image for more details |
Pte.,
1st/19th Bn., London Regt, 29th Sept. 1916, age
20. He enlisted in the 2/4th Buffs on the 22nd Nov., 1915, and went to France on the 31st August 1916. He was subsequently transferred to the London Regt. He had only been in the trenches one day when he was reported missing. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme in France. Northbourne memorial, Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal, and also mentioned on a gravestone in Northbourne churchyard. |
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George James GODDARD click on image for more details |
Sapper
Royal Engineers, 5th September 1918, age 35. He went to France in June 1915, and remained on active service until he was wounded in September 1918. Unfortunately the wound was accompanied by gas injuries, and he passed away. He is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Boulogne, France. Memorials: Northbourne War Memorial, and at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
| Sydney Philip HANNAM MC |
Lieut.,
Royal Field Artillery, 11 July 1916. Commemorated at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal, and Authuile Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
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Arthur George HOILE click on image for more details |
Lance Corporal in the 4th Kings Royal
Rifles, 6th November 1918. He joined the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Special Reserve in 1912, aged 17½. Later transferred to the Kings Royal Rifles, which went to India in 1913. At the start of the war in 1914 he saw 11 months active service in France. After two years and seven months in Salonika he returned to France. Memorial: Ham |
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George Reginald B. HOLLAMBY click on image for more details |
Lieut.,
1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marines, 27th Sept. 1918,
age 22. He Enlisted in the Royal Naval Division Transport in 1914. Buried at Hermies Hill British Cemetery; Hermies is a town in Pas-de-Calais, France. Memorials: Northbourne War Memorial, and at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal, and also mentioned on a kerbed grave in Northbourne churchyard. |
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Leonard W. HORTON click on image for more details |
Pte.,
Army Veterinary Corps, 7th Oct. 1916, age 46. Brother of Walter Horton (see below). He died in a military hospital at Salonika from dysentery. He was buried in Greece at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery. Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Walter HORTON click on image for more details |
Chief
Petty Officer, H.M.S. Formidable, torpedoed 1st Jan.
1915, age 41. Brother of Leonard Horton (see above). H.M.S. Formidable was struck by a torpedo from German U-boat U24 . He entered the navy as a boy at the age of 16, and in November 1914 completed 24 years service. Memorials: Chatham, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Frederick Edward JOHNSON click on image for more details |
Ist
Class Boy, H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, sunk 3rd Feb. 1915,
age 17 (see Ham Memorial). This armed merchant cruiser sank off the north coast of Ireland with the loss of all 261 on board. His older brother John Johnson, aged 35, in the East Kent Regiment was killed later in the war in 1917. Memorials: Chatham, Ham, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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John JOHNSON |
Pte., 6th Bn. The Buffs - (East Kent Regiment) May 1917,
age 35. Memorials: Arras memorial, and Ham. |
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Joseph JOHNSON click on image for more details |
Corpl.
Royal Field Artillery, 73rd Bty. 5th Army Bde., 12th Sept.
1918. He had been in service 10 years altogether, and had been some 4 years in India. Buried Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais in France. Memorials: Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal |
| Arthur J. JUPP |
Gunner,
"D" Bty. 251st Bde., Royal Field Artillery, 13 August
1918, age 40. Buried Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Memorials: Betteshanger, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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| Walter Thomas KINGSFORD |
Pte., 6th Bn. The Buffs - (East Kent Regiment), 24th August 1915. Buried Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery in Belgium. Memorial: Betteshanger. |
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Walter James MARSH click on image for more details |
Lance-Cpl.,
East Kent Regt. 20 Oct. 1914, age 22 (CWGC records him
as a Private). He joined the Army in November 1911, and was stationed in Dublin for two years and 11 months, and from there went to France in September 1914. He was killed in action in France on 18th October 1914, at the battle of La Pilly. Memorials: Ploegsteert Memorial Comines-Warneton, Hainaut in Belgium, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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George R. MARSH click on image for more details |
Lance-Cpl.,
2nd Bn., Oxford. and Bucks Light Infantry, killed in action
4th Feb. 1918, age 30. He joined the Army in January 1908, and saw service in India and from there was sent to France in September 1914, to the Meerut Clearing Hospital to help with the wounded. He also saw service in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia. He was sent home sick in August 1916, and again went to France on active service in 1917. Buried at the Metz-en-Couture Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais in France. Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
| Oswald Moseley MACKNEY |
Sgt.,
10th Bn., Worcestershire Regt., 29 May 1918, age
31. Buried Chambrecy British Cemetery, Marne in France. Memorial: Northbourne |
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| Percy MILLARD |
East
Kent Regt. Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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| Edward S. PAIN |
Probably
Edward Steady Pain, Pte. 8th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 26th Sept.
1915. Memorials: Loos Memorial, Pas De Calais in France, Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal |
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Frank RICHARDS click on image for more details |
6th
Bn., Batt. The Buffs - (East Kent Regiment) 17th Oct.
1916, age 23 (CWGC records his death as 7th Oct.). He enlisted 6th May 1915, in the Buffs, and on the 22nd March1916 he went to the front. He had passed a machine-gun course, and at the time of his death, was in charge of a Lewis gun team, and had been selected for promotion. Buried at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais in France. Memorial Northbourne, and at the Victoria Memorials: Hospital in Deal |
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Wilfred Arthur SAUNDERS click on image for more details |
Corpl. R.M.L.I.
H.M.S. India, torpedoed 8th August 1915, age 20. H.M.S. India, which was torpedoed off Norway. He had seen sea service in H.M.S. Formidable and H.M.S. Cressy, leaving the latter only a short time before she was torpedoed. He had qualified for promotion to sergeant, and was in charge of a 10in. gun team. Memorials: Chatham, Northbourne, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal |
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Frank SETTERFIELD click on image for more details |
Leading Seaman Gunner on H.M.S. Cressy,
torpedoed 22nd September 1914, age 34 years. He had 15 years service in the Royal Navy. H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U9, off the Hook of Holland. Memorials: Chatham, Ham, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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William George STORKEY click on image for more details |
Chief
Petty Officer, H.M.S. Vanguard, exploded 9th July 1917, age
38. He entered the Navy at the age of 15; training on H.M.S. Lion He was with the Naval Brigade in the South African War and received the Queen's Medal. He also had the King of Italy's medal for services rendered in connection with the Messina earthquake. Memorials: Chatham, Northbourne, and in St. Nicholas's Church Sholden. |
| Kenneth STRUTHERS |
2nd
Lieut., 14th Bn., London Regt (London Scottish), 7th Oct. 1916. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme in France, Northbourne, and in St. Nicholas's Church Sholden. |
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| Hedley SUTTON |
(Memorial: Northbourne) |
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| Christopher TOWNER |
Corpl.
21st Bn., Machine Gun Corps, 15 Sept. 1918. Buried Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. Memorials: Betteshanger, and Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |
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Alfred Holden Wilson WAITHMAN |
Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, June 1917,
age 25. Memorial: Ham. |
| William WYBORN |
Memorials: Northbourne, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal. |