Busbridge
Busbridge Church formerly known as St John the Baptist
1914 -1919 REMEMBER THESE MEN
HARRY BAILEY ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY WILLIAM BAILEY 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS JOHN EDWARD TEMPLEMAN BARNES GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT JOHN BEAGLEY HMS BLACK PRINCE DUDLEY GILLESPY BOIS ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY ALFRED ULICK COLLIS BROWNE KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY LEONARD ARTHUR COUSENS RIFLE BRIGADE CHARLES LEONARD DAVEY MACHINE GUN CORPS WILLIAM DUMMER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT FREDERICK ARTHUR EDWARDS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT HERBERT ALFRED EDWARDS ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT ARTHUR ELLIS THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT THOMAS ELLIS KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY LAWRENCE ROW FISHER-ROWE GRENADIER GUARDS SEYMOUR FISHER-ROWE ROYAL NAVY JOHN WILLIAM GILBERT ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILERS ALBERT GROVER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT WILLIAM ARTHUR GROVER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT HUBERT BERNARD HODSON PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN INFANTRY WILLIAM HUGHES 10TH BATTALION CANADIAN INFANTRY JOHN JENKINSON NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT 
WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND 1914 – 1919
EDWARD JONES NORFOLK REGIMENT WILLIAM THOMAS KNIGHT LONDON REGIMENT WILLIAM THEOPILUS LAKE HM SUBMARINE E11 ALFRED LINTGAR (LINEGAR) THE QUEENS REGIMENT HENRY LIPSCOMBE MACHINE GUN CORPS CHARLES FREDERICK LOWMAN ROYAL FUSILIERS LEONARD ASHLEY LOWMAN GRENADIER GUARDS FRANCIS WALTER STAFFORD McLAREN ROYAL FLYING CORPS HENRY LEWIN LEE PENNELL HMS QUEEN MARY ROBERT JOHN POTTER ROYAL ENGINEERS HENRY DEACON RITCHIE COLDSTREAM GUARDS ROBERT JAMES RIXON HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT RICHARD BERNARD 7th EARL of SHANNON ROYAL FUSILIERS ALFRED JOHN SHAW ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT THOMAS CHARLES SMITHERS THE QUEENS REGIMENT FREDERICK STRUDWICK ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY HAROLD STURGEON HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT ALBERT JAMES TAYMAN ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS CHARLES HENRY TISDALL ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT PERCIVAL VIVIAN VICTOR WHATELY MACHINE GUN CORPS GEOFFREY AUGUSTUS WHITE SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT 
1939 REMEMBER THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND 1945
REGINALD HERBERT CROOKS ROYAL AIR FORCE EDWARD CHARLES DASH ROYAL REGIMENT WEST SURREY ERNEST EDWARD EVANS ROYAL AIR FORCE JOSEPH NEVILLE FORREST ROYAL AIR FORCE EDWARD GEORGE ROBERT HARWIN 801 SQUADRON FLEET AIR ARM JOCELYN GRANVILL HAYES ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS KENNETH HESKETH HIGSON ROYAL AIR FORCE ROBERT EDMUND JELLEY OXF. & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY DYSON HARRY NEAL LIPSCOMBE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSS WELSH GUARDS IAN McCAIL TAIT SCOTS GUARDS HENRY de CLIFFORD ANTONY WOODHOUSE ROYAL AIR FORCE 
Busbridge Roll of Honour 1914 - 1919
A Wall Plaque
IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSS OF THIS PARISH LIEUTENANT WELSH GUARDS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION 30TH JUNE 1944 |
The Fallen in WW1
Harry BAILEY Gunner, 19th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 70473 He was killed in action on 6 July 1918. He was 30. He was the son of Harry and Jane Bailey, 43 Brighton Road, Godalming. He is buried in grave I G 24 Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, The Somme William BAILEY Private, 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards. Army no. 1954 He died on active service on 9 October 1914. He is buried in Bolarum Cavalry Barracks Cemetery, India Additional information The rest of his unit had already sailed for Europe so he probably died from natural causes He gave his home address as Godalming John Edward Templeman BARNES Captain, 7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 39 Brigade, 13th Division. He was killed in action on 3 February 1917 at the capture of the Hai Salient. He was 21. He was the son of Edward Daniel and Lily Evelyn Barnes, Homefield, Godalming He is remembered on panel 17 of the Basra Memorial John BEAGLEY Able Seaman, HMS Black Prince, Royal Navy RN no. J/24066 He died on active service on 31 May 1916. He was 19. He was the son of Albert John and Rose Beagley, 1 Latimer Road, Godalming He is remembered on panel 12 Portsmouth Naval Memorial Additional Information HMS Black Prince was an armoured cruiser serving in the 1st Cruiser Squadron who participated in the Battle of Jutland, where she was sunk with a heavy loss of life. The circumstances are mystery. During the battle, 1st First Cruiser Squadron was deployed ahead of the main Grand Fleet and Black Prince lost contact as the Squadron came into contact with German forces, at about 17.42 hours. HMS Defence and HMS Warrior were heavily engaged by German ships, with HMS Defence blowing up and HMS Warrior receiving heavy damage, which caused her to sink. There were no positive sightings of HMS Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal from her was received at 20.45 hours, reporting a submarine sighting. During the night of 31 May/1 June, the British destroyer HMS Spitfire, badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau, sighted what appeared to be a German battlecruiser, with two widely-spaced funnels, described as being "...a mass of fire from foremast to mainmast, on deck and between decks. Flames were issuing out of her from every corner." The mystery ship exploded at about midnight. It was later thought that the burning ship may have been HMS Black Prince. The German account of the ship's sinking was that HMS Black Prince briefly engaged the German battleship Rheinland at about 23:35 hours, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Then the German battleship Thüringen fixed HMS Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Other German ships, including battleships Nassau, Ostfriesland, and Friedrich der Grosse, joined in the bombardment. HMS Black Prince was hit by at least twelve heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes. There were no survivors from HMS Black Prince's crew, all 857 died. Dudley Gillespy BOIS Lieutenant, 6th Howitzer Section, Royal Garrison Artillery He died at sea on active service on 4 October 1915. He was 26 He was the son of Percy and Margaret Bois, Northanger, Godalming He is remembered on panel 23 of the 325 Helles Memorial Additional information His address for Probate was Northanger, Godalming Alfred Ulick COLLIS-BROWNE MiD Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 83 Brigade, 28th Division. He was killed in action on 13 April 1915. He was 25. He was the son of Major and Mrs Collis Browne, Monteagle, Godalming He is remembered on panel 47 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He had also served in South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore Leonard Arthur COUSENS Rifleman, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. S/1229 He died from his wounds on 25 December 1917. He was 21. He was the son of George and Mary Cousens, 66 Brighton Road, Godalming He is buried in grave V D 2A Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Tréport Additional Information Le Tréport was a major Hospital Centre Charles Leonard DAVEY Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) He was killed in action on 17 October 1918. He was 39. He was the son of Harry and Sarah Davey. He is buried in grave I B 65 Honnechy British Cemetery near Le Cateau. William DUMMER The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Puzzle H Dummer 2536 SWB A Dummer Deaths Dec 1914 Dummer William 32 Guildford 2a 168 Births Mar 1882 DUMMER William Guildford 2a 93 Additional Information Frederick Arthur EDWARDS Private, 6th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 54 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 59299. He was formerly with The Royal Army Service Corps. Army no. RX/4/210923 He died from his wounds on 5 November 1918. He was 32 He was the son of Arthur and Louisa Edwards of Shackleford and the husband of Alice Maud Edwards, 47 Town End Street, Godalming He is buried in grave VIII A 6 Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension near Le Cateau Herbert Alfred EDWARDS Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Army no. 33559 He was formerly with The Royal Flying Corps. Service no. 18923 He died on active service on 26 December 1918. He was 35. He was the son of Alfred and Emma Edwards of Godalming, He is buried in plot 2 row B grave 2 Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy Additional Information It is probable that he succumbed to the Spanish Flu pandemic Arthur ELLIS Private, C Company, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 100 Brigade, 33rd Division. Army no. S/531 He was killed in action on 3 November 1916. He was 32 He was the son of F Ellis, 20 Rock Place, Godalming He is buried in grave II M 3 AIF Burial Ground, Flers, The Somme And at the same address Thomas ELLIS Lance Sergeant, 6th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 43 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 23115. He was formerly with The Reserve of Cavalry. Army no. 3078 He was killed in action on 10 April 1917. He was 34. He was the son of William and Jemmima Ellis, 20 Rock Place, Godalming, He is buried in grave D 22 Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt near Arras Laurence Rowe FISHER-ROWE JP Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 20th Brigade, 7th Division He died of his wounds received at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 13 March 1915. He was 48 He was the husband of Eveleen Fisher-Rowe, 49 Thurloe Square, South Kensington, London. The family lived at Thorncombe He is buried in grave II F 9, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Additional information In the Imperial War Museum there are papers relating principally to his military career. His name also features on the Bramley Memorial Seymour FISHER-ROWE Commander, HMS Falmouth, Royal Navy He died on 27 February 1916 from illness contracted whilst he was on active service. He was 39 He was the son of the late Captain Edward R and Lady Victoria I Fisher-Rowe and the husband of Frances O Reinold formerly Fisher-Rowe of Southbrook, Havant. He is buried in the north-west corner of All Saints Churchyard, Mundesley, Norfolk His name also features on the Bramley Memorial John William GILBERT Company Sergeant Major, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48 Brigade, 16th Division. Army no. 7750 He was killed in action on 1 June 1917. He was 29. He was the son of the late John William and Mary Gilbert of Dublin and the husband of Nellie Gilbert, Crownpits Hill, Godalming. He is buried in grave G 70 Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery near Ypres Additional Information He had enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1902 when he was just 14. Albert GROVER Private, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 69673 He died on active service on 17 December 1918 He was 23 He was the son of John and Elizabeth Grover and the husband of Florence Grover. He is buried in grave XLVII E 5 Étaples Military Cemetery Additional Information Étaples was a Hospital Centre. The book, The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn MacDonald has accounts of nursing in the Great War. This includes the account of Sister Mary McCall QAIMNS(R) at No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers who describes the tragic story of a young bride, Mrs Florence Grover, being brought to see her wounded husband, Private Albert Grover. She caught the infection and died several days later. Her husband then also caught influenza and died soon after. They were both buried in war graves in Étaples Military Cemetery Thank you Sue Saunders for spotting this. William Arthur GROVER Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 12 Indian Brigade, 15th Indian Division. Army no. 240750 He was killed in action in Iraq on 29 September 1917. He was 28. He was the son of Elizabeth Grover, 17 Town End Street, Godalming and the late John Grover. He is buried in grave II L 10 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad Hubert Bernard HODSON Private, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), Brigade, Division. Army no. 15265 He died on active service on 8 May 1915 at Frezenberg during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He was 22. He was the son of the Rev. Thomas (Rector of Oddington, Gloucestershire) and Catherine A Hodson, The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton. He is remembered on panel 10 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres William HUGHES Private, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) Brigade, Division. Army no. 904476 He died on active service on 15 August 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70. He was 40. He was the son of William and Mary Hughes, Ivy Bank, Green Lane, Godalming He is remembered on the Vimy Memorial Additional Information On his attestation, he gave his Mother as next of kin of Munstead Heath. He was born in Shamley Green John JENKINSON Captain, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’ (North Staffordshire Regiment), 137 Brigade, 46th Division. He was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915 He was the son of Sir Edward G, KCB, and Lady Annabella G Jenkinson, Thurlow, Godalmimg He is remembered on panel 103 to 105 of the Loos Memorial Additional Information He was educated at Haileybury. He lived in Tamworth and he is included on the Memorial in St Edith’s Church there. For more details of the circumstances of his death see: http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/letters-time-tell-grim-story/story-12608225-detail/story.html#axzz2lB7RA9N8 Edward JONES Norfolk Regiment. I can not identify this man William Thomas KNIGHT Private, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, 142 Brigade, 47th Division. Army no. 705638 He died whilst on active service on 16 February 1919. He was 22. He was the son of Dorcas Ann and the late Joseph Knight, 88 Brighton Road, Godalming. He is buried in grave near the south-west boundary of the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge William Theophilus LAKE Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, HM Submarine E11, Royal Navy. RN no. M/9379 He died whilst on active service on 8 March 1919 He was 25. He was the son of William J and Elizabeth Ann Lake. He is buried in Prot 433 Capuccini Naval Cemetery Malta. Additional Information Born at Godalming He probably died of Spanish Flu as there are tens of men who died in Malta around that time Alfred LINEGAR Not LINTGAR as appears on the Memorial Private, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 919 He died from his wounds on 14 August 1916. He was probably wounded at Pozières Ridge. He was 25. He was the son of Charlotte and the late William Linegar, China Row, Hascombe. He is buried in grave VIII B138 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Additional Information A native of Hambledon who does not appear on that War Memorial. Henry (Harry) LIPSCOMBE Trooper, 1st Machine Gun Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Brigade, Division. Army no. 41046. He was formerly with 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queens’s Bays) Army no. 3016 He died from his wounds on 5 April 1918. He was 27. He was the son of Josiah & Lucy Lipscombe of Cranford, Middlesex and husband of Daisy A Lipscombe, 108 Brighton Road, Godalming, He is buried in grave C 18 Picquigny British Cemetery, The Somme Frederick Charles LOWMAN Private, 7th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 190 Brigade, 63rd Division. Army no. 75837. He was formerly with the 22nd Training Battalion. Army no. TR/10/6591 He was killed in action on 3 April 1918 during the Battle of the Ancre. He was 18. He was the son of Edward and Rose Lowman and brother of Leonard, the next entry He is remembered on bay 3 of the Arras Memorial Leonard Ashley LOWMAN Private, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards attached to 172nd Brigade HQ. Army no. 20406 He was killed in action on 4 October 1918. He was 25. He was the son of Edward and Rose Lowman and the husband of Edith Lowman of Wisborough Green. He is buried in grave I B 7 Anneux British Cemetery Additional Information He had married at St Mary’s Church, Bryanston Square, London in August 1917 The Hon. Francis Walter Stafford McLAREN Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and General List He was killed on active service in a flying accident during training at RAF Montrose on 30 August 1917. He was 31. He was the son of Sir Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Lady Aberconway and the husband of Barbara McLaren. He is buried to the east of Church in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge Additional Information He was the (Liberal) Member of Parliament for Spalding 1910-1917. Henry Lewin Lee PENNELL Commander, HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy He died at sea whilst on active service in the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. He was 34. He was the son of the late Colonel Reginald and Jessie Clara Pennell, Auliscombe, Honiton and the husband of Catherine Pennell, The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton. He is remembered on panel 10 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Additional Information He had served on the Terra Nova Expedition (the last South Pole expedition). He was the first to sight Oates Coast in 1911 and he named it after Captain Lawrence Oates. He spent short periods in Antarctica during this expedition and returned to Lyttleton, New Zealand to over-winter returning twice to take fresh supplies back to Antarctica. He was promoted Commander and assigned to HMS Queen Mary in the summer of 1914. He died in the Battle of Jutland, when the ship was sunk by the German ships SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger. The Pennell Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, is named after him Robert John POTTER Driver, Royal Engineers Army no. 38830 He died whilst on active service on 4 July 1917. He was 18. He was the son of John Potter, Lodge Bottom, Busbridge, Godalming. He is buried in near the south-west boundary of the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge Additional Information He was based at the Education Centre, Royal Engineers at Deganwy, Wales Henry Deacon RITCHIE Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2 Guards Brigade, Guards Division. He died on 27 September 1918 from the wounds he received fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 19. He was the son of Ednee Alice Ritchie, Catteshall Rough, Godalming, and the late Henry Allen Ritchie He is buried in grave F 26 Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz les Cambrai Additional Information He was a Scholar at Kings College, Cambridge and features on their War Memorial in their Chapel Robert James RIXON Private, 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 11 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no. 18386 He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at Broodseinde. He was 29. He was the son of James and Maria Rixon and the husband of Christine Rixon, 9 Latimer Road, Godalming He is remembered on panel 88 to 90 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Richard Bernard BOYLE, 7th Earl of Shannon Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division. He was killed in action on 13 April 1917 in the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 19. He was the son of Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon and Lady Nellie who had both died in 1910 He is remembered on bay 3 of the Arras Memorial Alfred John SHAW Private, D Company, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 10040 He died from his wounds on 19 September 1914 from the wounds he received fighting on the Aisne. He was 21. He was the son of Alfred John and Sophia Shaw, 69 The Circle, Farncombe. He is buried in grave III A headstone 16 Le Cateau Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was born in Berkshire. Thomas Charles SMITHERS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 22 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no. S/423 He was killed in action on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He was 38. He is remembered on panel 13 to 15 of the Loos Memorial He was the nephew of Mrs. H. Sandford, 117 Brighton Road, Godalming Frederick STRUDWICK Lance Bombardier, 16th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 93092 He died from his wounds on 17 October 1918. He is buried in grave V A 26 Naves Communal Cemetery Extension near Cambrai Additional information I cannot be certain which Frederick Strudwick this is! Harold Victor STURGEON Private, 15th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no. 26983 He was killed in action near Ypres on 13 January 1917. He was 19. He was the son of Frederick James and Florence Adeline Sturgeon, Edmundsbury, Busbridge Lane, Godalming. He is buried in grave L 30 Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Albert James TAYMAN Private, 10th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109 Brigade, 36th Division. Army no. 43558. He was formerly with The London Regiment. Army no. 6974 He was killed in action on 16 August 1917 in the Battle of Langemarck. He was 27. He was the son of Frederick and Mary Ann Tayman, 165 Brighton Road, Godalming and the husband of Edith Jane Tayman. He is remembered on panel 70 to 72 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Charles Henry TISDALL Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 73 Brigade, 24th Division. He was killed in action near Ypres on 13 February 1916. He was 18. He was the son of Archibald Walter and Elizabeth Amy Tisdall, 26 Baskerville Road, Wandsworth Common, London He is buried in grave I G 3 Menin Road South Military Cemetery Percival Vivian Victor WHATELY Lieutenant, 179th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) He was killed in action on 27 December 1917. He was 20. He was the son of Thomas Percival and Agnes Mary Whately, Gorse Bank, Enton He is buried in grave R 55 Jerusalem War Cemetery Geoffrey Stewart Augustus WHITE Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), 7 Brigade, 3rd Division. He was killed in action on 10 September 1914 at the battle of the Marne. He was 23. He was the son of Colonel George Augustus White (The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) and the late Alice White, Clifton House, Godalming He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial The Fallen in WW2 Reginald Herbert CROOKS Sergeant Air Bomber, 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1333929 He died on active service on 1 September 1943. He was 22. He was the son of Herbert Arthur and Gertrude Amanda Crooks of Busbridge. He is buried in Coll grave 2 B 16-20 1939-1945 War Cemetery Berlin Additional Information Lancaster JA848 PG-R took off from RAF Woodhall Spa on an operation to Berlin, was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Juterbog. Those that died were Flight Sergeant G W Bower (RCAF) , Sergeant F Hodson, Sergeant R H Crooks, Sergeant W McGill, Sergeant P A Musso (RCAF) Sergeant R Jones. Flight Sergeant E P Jones became a PoW Edwin Charles DASH Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Army no. 6087803 He died on active service on 14 November 1942 in the second Battle of El Alamein. He was 22. He was the son of Charles Edward and Edith E Dash of Wanborough He is remembered on column 54 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information His name appears as Edward on the memorial plaque. In the CWGC database and hid birth registration give his name as Edwin It was on this day that the Vichy French forces in Algeria surrendered. His Battalion fought in the 8th Army in the Western Desert and his Brigade, 131 Brigade became the Lorried Infantry brigade of 7 Armoured Division (the Desert Rats). Ernest Edward EVANS Sergeant Air Gunner, 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1853237 He died on active service on 12 September 1944. He was 24. He was the son of William and Mabel Evans who had married locally in 1916 He is buried in grave 17 C 17 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Additional information Halifax H328 NP-Y took off from RAF Lissett at 11.22 hours. It was hit by flack and exploded and crashed near Dorstein Flying Officer L Fulkner RNZAF, Pilot officer R H Baker, Flight Sergeant G R Newey RNZAF, Flight Sergeant A W M Parsons RAAF, Sergeant E E Evans and Sergeant A J Roberts. Pilot officer A O Leleu was taken prisoner Joseph Neville FORREST DSO, DFC Squadron Leader, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 77913 He died on active service on 24 August 1943. He was 36. He was the son of Joseph Edward and of Jessie Forrest and the husband of Muriel Annie Forrest of Godalming. He is remembered on panel 118 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information Lancaster ED950 OF-X took off at 20.38 hours from RAF Bourn and crashed in the vicinity of Doberitz. Those who died were: Pilot Officer K Fairlie, Squadron Leader J N Forrest, Squadron Leader E H Parrott, Sergeant Ball, Sergeant A J Cossins and Sergeant G E W Coombs. Sergeant CE Addison became a PoW Edward George Robert HARWIN Petty Officer, Airman, 801 Squadron, HMS Daedalus, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. RN no. FX/80151 He died on active service on 13 September 1940. He was 22 He was the son of Edward and Mary A Harwin of Hydon Heath. He is buried in grave British Plot G 18 Haugesund (Rossebo) Var Frelsers Cemetery Norway Additional Information photos may be seen at: http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://krigsbilder.net/coppermine/index.php%3Fcat%3D56&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEdward%2BGeorge%2BRobert%2BHARWIN%26start%3D20%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1C2CHVO_enGB525GB525%26biw%3D1048%26bih%3D1028 801 Squadron went ashore to operate from Hatston, along with 803 Squadron, flying missions to the Norwegian coast around Bergen and keeping up pressure on the Germans during the crucial summer and autumn of 1940. Shipping and numerous oil supplies were the most common target for the Squadron’s Skuas and they proved effective. On 13 September, two Skuas were lost to Messerschmitt 109s of JG5 (the German combat report of this detail is on a website devoted to JG5, (http://www.jg5.org.uk/combat.asp ) Here are some excerpts from the combat reports of the JG5 airmen. 'On 13 September 1940, three Blackburn Skuas were reported at 17.13 hrs. At 17.15 hrs, a Schwarm led by Lt. Georg Schirmbock took off to protect Bergen. Clouds and heavy rain diminished visibility to 1 km. A victim of the bad weather, Lt. Schirmbock hit the sea with his propeller-blades and the damage forced him to fly back to base. At 18.05, they sighted two Blackburn Skuas. Uffz. Froba and Uffz. Niemeyer were attacked by one. While Uffz. Froba defended himself in a dogfight, Uffz. Niemeyer could attack. At 18.10 hrs, the enemy plane landed in the sea near Askoy Island. Both crew were picked up in their dinghy by a German ship. The second enemy plane was attacked and shot down by Fw. Haarbach. It at first diving into a large cloud. But Fw. Haarbach turned around and waited until it reappeared. After about 15 minutes, he sighted the Skua trying to escape, diving and flying at low level. On the sixth attack, the British aircraft turned over on one wing and crashed on the ground in at 18.25 hrs. Feldwebel Haarbach landed at his base at 18.55. Jocelyn Glanvill HAYES Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps. Army no. 115921 He died on active service on 13 July 1940 He was the son of George Robert and Mary Hayes I believe that his name is recorded on panel 15 column 2 of Brookwood War Memorial although CWGC now refers to Busbridge CWGC records that he is buried in the churchyard of St. John The Baptist’ Church,) Busbridge but he has no memorial stone Additional Information CWGC state: NB Recent research has shown that 2nd Lieutenant HAYES is buried in Busbridge Churchyard. The Commission is in the process of producing a Commision Headstone to mark his grave. The Probate records give his address as Oldwicks Copse, Godalming and his Father as a retired Colonel Robert George Hayes. In 1908 (London Gazette November 3 1908) Major Robert George Hayes was appointed to 15th Battalion, County of London Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service) Regiment from the Prince of Wales’s Own 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) Volunteer Rifle Corps. Thus we can be clear that the Father was a Civil Servant at the Admiralty as stated in the Census of 1911 and 1901 as well as a Territorial Officer UK Army states that Jocelyn was born in S E London In 1911 Census he was in Blackheath, London his Mother Mary had died All the records suggest that his name was Jocelyn George Reginald Hayes There is a birth recorded in Woolwich for Jocelyn George R Hayes in March quarter 1907 There is a civilian Death recorded in Northampton September quarter 1940 for Jocelyn G Hayes age 33 The point is that he died as a Civilian early in the War. It seems unlikely that he had been invalided out so quickly Kenneth Hesketh HIGSON Flying Officer Pilot, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Reserve of Air Force Officers). RAF no. 70305 He died on active service on 16 August 1940. He was 29. He was the son of the Revd. Arthur Hesketh Higson, MA, and Ada Higson and the husband of Jean Higson of Marlborough He is buried in grave I E 4 Milan War Cemetery Additional Information I cannot find a reference to his final operation but I have discovered that his Squadron did bomb the Italian mainland: Italy's declaration of war on 10/11 June 1940 brought a swift reply. The following night the squadron flew from an advanced base in the Channel Isles (Guernsey Airport) through thunderstorms and severe icing to attack the Fiat Works at Turin. One aircraft was struck by lightning and had to abandon the mission because of shock to the rear gunner who had been leaning on his guns, and burns to the wireless operator. One other aircraft failed to return. Just a month later Whitley N1497 was hit by flak and returned to RAF Leeming airfield. On the night of 20/21 July 1940 the crew of this aircraft were tasked to bomb an aircraft factory near Wenzendorf in Germany. The aircraft sustained minor flak damage but the pilot was able to return safely to Leeming. The crew listed below are believed to have flown with this captain on this date. Pilot - Sgt Douglas Watson Green, RAF (564716). Second Pilot - P/O Kenneth Hesketh Higson RAFO (70305). Observer - Sgt Henry John Davis RAF (580766). Wireless Operator - Sgt Arthur Millington RAF (580352). Air Gunner - Sgt R Myers RAF (624594). It is thus most likely that he was shot down on a mission to Milan Robert Edmund JELLEY Lance Corporal, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 5384342 He died on active service on 10 June 1941. He was 22. He was the son of Margaret Louise Jelley, and stepson of Eric D Day of Gurnard, Isle of Wight. He is buried in grave II B 14 Prague War Cemetery Additional Information He died as a Prisoner of War. He had probably been captured when they were defending the hilltop town of Cassels at the time of the withdrawal to Dunkirk in May 1940 Dyson Harry Neal LIPSCOMBE Driver, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no. 2591463 He died as a Japanese PoW on 23 August 1943. He was 28. He was the son of Harry and Daisy Alice Lipscombe of Godalming and the husband of Violet Marjorie Lipscombe of Godalming He is buried in grave B3 H 1 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Additional Information He was working on the Thailand-Burma railway as a forced labourer when he died William Francis MOSS MiD Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards. Army no. 176781 He died whilst on active service on 30 June 1944. He was 31. He was the son of Thomas and Ethel Gladys Moss and the husband of Mary Prudence Moss of Godalming. He is remembered on panel 4 at St. John's Crematorium, Woking Ian Mccail TAIT Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards Army no. 176765 He died on active service on 28 December 1943. He was 22. He was the son of James Alexander and Jean Lang Tait of Chiddingfold He is buried in grave III A 23 Minturno War Cemetery, Italy Additional Information He died as the Allied forces were trying to break through the German defensive position known as the Gustav Line. Henry de Clifford Antony WOODHOUSE DFC, AFC Wing Commander, 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 34189 He died on active service on 13 August 1944. He was 29 He was the son of Henry de Clifford and Rebecca de Mendes Woodhouse and the husband of Ruth M Woodhouse He is remembered on panel 200 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional information He was born in New York. His Mother was American and his Father, English. On 1 May 1944, 85 Squadron, flying the de Havilland Mosquito, was transferred to 100 Group, supporting Bomber Command's night bombing campaign. In this role the squadron were intruding over German night-fighter airfields and intercepting enemy fighters by accompanying the main bomber force. They were based at RAF West Malling He was awarded the Air Force Cross which could be awarded to all ranks of the RN, RM, Army and RAF in recognition of exemplary gallantry in the air on non active operations. For more information, visit: http://thompsongenealogy.com/2011/06/henry-de-clifford-anthony-woodhouse-shot-down-at-least-five-german-aircraft-during-wwii/ |