Dunsfold
Dunsfold War Memorial on Dunsfold Common
IN MEMORIAM
1914-1919 1939-1945 
The plaque is inscribed
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED INTHE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 PRIVATE R AMES 27TH AUSTRALIANS 2ND LIEUT F DOWNER 2ND MANCHESTERS SIGNALMAN J GARMAN HMS CANADA PRIVATE F R GARMAN 7TH MGC AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A JOHNSON 7TH QUEENS STOKER R LONGLEY HMS VENUS CAPTAIN N L MACWATT SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE H MILES 1ST HAMPSHIRES GUNNER A MITCHELL 5TH TANK CORPS PRIVATE J PUTMAN 35TH AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE H C RANDAL 6TH QUEENS LIEUTENANT H D SIMPSON 8TH KRRC PRIVATE E W SMITHERS 6TH BUFFS PRIVATE A T STEVENS 7TH QUEENS L/CORPORAL A WARNER 7TH QUEENS PRIVATE H WARNER 7TH QUEENS PRIVATE P F WELLER RASC THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 
A second plaque reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 2ND LIEUT J I ALLEN RAC FLIGHT SGT L BLAND RAF FLIGHT LIEUT L G BULL DFC RAF AIR COMMADORE VISCOUNT CARLOW RAF PRIVATE A J DENDLE ROYAL SIGNALS FLYING OFFICER J A GRAY RAF CAPTAIN A J H HUBERT RAPC PRIVATE W H LASSAM DORSETSHIRE R COMMANDER G W ROWELL CBE DSC RN CORPORAL E L SOPP QUEENS R R TROOPER G A TIDY RAC AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 
In the church there is a mounted, illuminated Roll of Service for
WW2 DUNSFOLD PARISH ROLL of SERVICE 1939 H I ALLEN General Staff P KENT Indian Army A ARNOLD RWS Regiment C MITCHELL RASC H ARNOLD RWS Regiment W MITCHELL Scots Guards L W ARNOLD RWS Regiment B NAUMANN Rifle Brigade R L D BARNETT Pioneer Corps P G H NUGEN TB BILLIALD G PEAKE RWS Regiment L BLAND RAF J PEAKE RWS Regiment J BURT Hampshire Regiment A PHILBEAM C CHASE K B POTTER S CHARMAN RAF J T PRESTON I CLUE RAF D RANGER Royal Engineers J COOPER RWS Regiment L RANGER Royal Engineers R COOPER T REDMAN RAF T G COOPER Royal Armoured Corps P REDMAN RASC W COOPER RWS Regiment J RICHARDS C COOTE RASC D S ROBINSON T COOTE S ROE RWS Regiment C COX Corps Military Police G W ROWELL RN T E DEBENHAM J ROUTLEY RM A DENDLE RAF B SCHOFIELD RN R DOYLE RAC P J SCOTCHER RN S DOYLE R J E SLAYTER RN R W DUNLOP RN J R SLAYTER RN F J DYKE RAF A SMITHERS RWS Regiment H A EDWARDS RAF M SMITHERS Merchant Navy N EDWARDS RN J SPARKS RN L EAMES RAF J STEAD RN S ERRICKER RAF A THATCHER Royal Engineers R FORREST Forestry Corps E THATCHER RN F FROST RAF G TIDY RWS Regiment A FERGUSON RN H TURRELL RAF J GRAY RAF T F UNWIN RASC D GRAY RAF J WADEY RWS Regiment R GRAYSTONE RAF V WELLER RWS Regiment A HAMPSHIRE RASC J F C WELLINGS D HAMPSHIRE RAC G WHITE RAF F JARVIS RWS Regiment S WHYTE RWS Regiment P JARVIS Royal Scots G WELLS RAF P KENT Indian Army K HOWELLS RAF Miss E ARNOLD ATS Mrs M BUDD WAAF Miss G COX ATS Miss S COX WAAF Miss J DAVENPORT WAAF Miss M HART WAAF Miss B NAUMANN WRNS Mrs P REDMAN WRNS Mrs R RENMANT WAAF Miss M SQUELCH WAAF Miss P WATSON WRNS Miss D GRAY ATS THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT 
Plaque in the Church of St Mary and All Saints for WW1
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (left hand side of the plaque) CAPTAIN N L MACWATT SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LIEUT HUGH D SIMPSON 8TH KRRC 2ND LIEUTENANT FREDERICK DOWNER 2ND MANCHESTERS SIGNALMAN A JESSE GARMAN HMS CANADA STOKER RICHARD LONGLEY HMS VENUS LANCE/CORPL ARTHUR WARNER 7TH QUEENS PRIVATE REGINALD AMES 27TH AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE FRED R GARMAN 7TH MGC AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE ARTHUR JOHNSON 7TH QUEENS (right hand side of the plaque) PRIVATE HENRY MILES 1ST HAMPSHIRES GUNNER ALBERT MITCHELL 5TH TANK CORPS PRIVATE JAMES PUTMAN 35TH AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE HENRY C RANDAL 6TH QUEENS PRIVATE ERNEST W SMITHERS 6TH BUFFS PRIVATE ARTHUR T STEVENS 7TH QUEENS PRIVATE HARRY WARNER 7TH QUEENS PRIVATE PERCY F WELLER RASC THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY 1 Samuel 
Also in the Church, the Plaque for WW2
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF DUNSFOLD WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 2ND LIEUT J I ALLEN RAC FLIGHT SGT L BLAND RAF FLIGHT LIEUT L G BULL DFC RAF AIR COMMODORE VISCOUNT CARLOW RAF PRIVATE A J DENDLE ROYAL SIGNALS FLYING OFFICER J A GRAY RAF CAPTAIN A J H HUBERT R A PC PRIVATE W H LASSAM DORSETSHIRE R COMMANDER G W ROWELL CBE DSC RN CORPORAL E L SOPP QUEENS R R TROOPER G A TIDY RAC THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 
There is a further plaque:
IN 1956 THIS CHAPEL WAS RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE BY THE GENEROSITY OF HENRY ISHERWOOD ALLEN AMD HIS WIFE RACHEL ALICE HOUSSEMAYNE ALLEN IN MEMORY OF THEIR TWO SONS JOHN ISHERWOOD ALLEN KILLED IN ACTION 1944 HUBERT GEORGE ISHERWOOD ALLEN DIED IN 1951 |
The Fallen from WW1
Reginald AMES Private 27th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF. Army no. 497 He was killed in action near Ploegstreert on 29 March 1918. He was 32 He was the son of Robert J and Ellen Ames of Dunsfold He is buried in grave D 26 Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Belgium Frederick DOWNER Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment attached to 2nd/7th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 178 Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. He was killed in action on 2 April 1917 during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He was 31 He was the son of William and Annie Downer of Dunsfold He is remembered on pier and face 13A and 14C of the Thiepval Memorial Albert Jesse GARMAN Signalman, HMS Canada, Royal Navy. RN no. J 10849 He was awarded a Silver War Badge on 28 December 1916 indicating that he was no longer medically able to serve in the Forces but it is not known what the problem was or how it happened. He died (in Uxbridge Registration District, June Quarter) 1918. He was 23 He was the son of Jesse and Ellen Garman and the brother of Frederick, the next entry I have not found details of his burial Additional information His ship, HMS Canada joined 4th Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet in October 1915. She was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and fired 42 14inch rounds and received no damage. The following June she transferred to 1st Battle Squadron but does not appear to have been in action. Frederick Richard GARMAN Private, 7th Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Army no. 508 He died from his wounds in a Field Hospital on 19 November 1917. He was 29 He was the son of Jesse and Ellen Louisa Garman and the husband of Evelyn A Garman of Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia. He is buried in grave VI H 8A Wimereux Communal Cemetery Arthur JOHNSON Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. Army no. G/1617 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 during the Battle for Albert on the first day of the Somme offensive He was the son of Arthur and Alice Johnson, Blacknest, Dunsfold. He is remembered on pier and face 5D and 6D of the Theipval Memorial Additional information He was born in Bramley and is also remembered on the Bramley War Memorial Richard LONGLEY Stoker, HMS Venus, Royal Navy. RN no. SS102931 He died at home in the June quarter 1917 age 34 He was the son of Richard D and Frances Longley He had been awarded the Silver War Badge which indicated that he was no longer fit enough to serve I have not found details of his burial Additional information His ship, HMS Venus was part of 11th Cruiser Squadron and had, in October 1914, captured two German merchant ships. Then she had sailed in 1915 to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and in 1916 to China. It does not appear that she was engaged in action. Norman Ian MACWATT Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 10 Brigade, 4th Division. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 during the battle for Albert. He was 24 He was the son of Norman MacWatt of Alloa. He is remembered on pier and face 15C of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information Probate was granted in February 1917. His address is given as Shorncliffe. Henry (Harry) MILES Private, 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 11 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no. 9272 He was killed in action on 18 September 1914 during the battle of the Aisne. He was 18 He was the son of Harry and Louisa Miles He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial Albert MITCHELL Private, 5th Battalion, Tank Corps. Army no. 307032. He was formerly with the Royal Engineers. Army no. 223580 He was killed in action on the Somme on 8 August 1918. He was 34 He was the husband of Edith Mitchell, River View, Loxwood. He was born in Dunsfold. He is buried in grave II B 3, Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme James PUTMAN Private, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F Brigade, Division. Army no. 2373 He was killed in action on 15 October 1917 near Passchendaele. He was 39 He was the son of Fannie Hoar (formerly Putman) 9 Wolmer Cottages, Blackmoor, Petersfield and of the late James L Putman. He is remembered on panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Henry Charles RANDALL Lance Corporal, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. Army no. G/13510 He was killed in action on 17 July 1917 on the Somme. He was 20 He was the son of George and Ellen Randall He is remembered on bay 2 of the Arras Memorial Hugh Delafosse SIMPSON Lieutenant, 8th (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 41 Brigade, 14th (Light) Division. He was killed in action on 24 August 1917 in the fighting on the Menin Road. He was 21 He was the son of the Rev. Robert H B and Sophia J Simpson, Whinfield, Longdown Road, Guildford. He is remembered on the Addenda Panel of the Tyne Cot Memorial Ernest William SMITHERS Private, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 55 Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. Army no. G/21157 He was killed in action on 5 August 1917 in the fighting near Ypres. He was 34 He was the son of William and Harriet Smithers of Dunsfold and the husband of Catherine Smithers, Church Green, Dunsfold He is buried in grave LIX B 45 in Tyne Cot Cemetery Arthur Thomas STEVENS Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. G/37808 He died of his wounds on 19 March 1917 which he probably received in the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He was 33 He was the son of William and Sarah Stevens of Dunsfold He is buried in grave V E 64, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 Arthur WARNER Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 775 He died of his wounds on 3 July 1916. He was 39 He was the son of William and Fanny Warner of Dunsfold and the husband of Flora Warner, Wells Cottage, Dunsfold He is buried in grave II B 54A of Étaples Military Cemetery Harry J WARNER Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. G/1965 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 29 He was the son of George and Sarah Warner, 44 The Common, Dunsfold He is buried in grave IV O I of Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz Percy Frederick WELLER Private, 783rd Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Army no. M2/202311 He died from natural causes on 22 July 1917. He was 34 He was the husband of Nellie Weller, 4 Prospect Cottages, Dunsfold He is buried in grave XV A 1 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad The Fallen of WW2 John Isherwood ALLEN Second Lieutenant, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no. 302947 He was killed in action on 10 July 1944. He was 20 He was the son of Brigadier Henry I Allen CBE, DSO, and Rachel A H Allen of Dunsfold He is remembered on panel 8, column 2 of the Bayeux Memorial Additional Information He was a Scholar at Charterhouse and an Exhibitioner at Magdalene College, Cambridge. By 29 June 1944 the main thrust of 8 Corps was severely threatened by a counter-attack involving 9 and 10 SS Panzer Division - some 250 tanks. 7th Royal Tank Regiment was facing increasing opposition and having a difficult time. The German opposition was reinforced by the addition of 12 SS Panzer Division and 1 SS (Adolf Hitler) Panzer Division 7th Royal Tank Regiment losses were mounting steadily, including Major Coombs commanding A Squadron who received a head injury. At 17.00 hours General Richard O'Connor arrived on his motor bike and immediately assessing that 7th Royal Tank Regiment was facing the main enemy counter attack he brought down "every gun in Normandy" - over 700 pieces of carefully husbanded artillery. Major Dick Joscelyne MC with Lieutenant Franz Wallerstein MC was among those of A Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment who saw the thousands of rounds impact. He later wrote "the ridge in front of us dissolved into dust – Adolf Hitler Panzer Division and all". The German advance was checked. The official record states that The 7th under Colonel George Gaisford played a "fine part" in the action. On 8 July General O'Connor made a fresh attempt to reach the Orne - Operation Jupiter. The 7th was always in the van of the attack and was heavily engaged. The regiment had four officers killed and lost eight tanks but claimed nine panzers. The CO was blinded in one eye but refused to leave the field until dusk. Major Robert Fleming, the 2 i/c was killed. Leonard BLAND Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1357164 He died on 3 March 1945. He was 21 He was the son of Leonard and Ivy E Bland of Dunsfold. He is buried in plot A grave 22 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold Additional information His death is recorded in the civil registers so it is probable that he died from his war injuries. Leslie George (Johnny) BULL DFC Flight Lieutenant, 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no. 43932 He was executed by the Gestapo whilst a Prisoner of War on 29 March 1944 He is buried in grave 7 C 1 Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Additional information Johnny Bull took part in the “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III. A factual history is recorded by Paul Brickhill in his book “The Great Escape”. 76 prisoners escaped but 73 were recaptured. No less than 50 were shot on the direct and personal orders of Adolf Hitler. Those shot were: Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon BRETTELL DFC RAF Flight Lieutenant Leslie G "Johnny" BULL DFC RAF Squadron Leader Roger Joyce BUSHELL RAF Flight Lieutenant Michael James CASEY RAF Flying Officer Dennis Herbert COCHRAN RAF Squadron Leader Ian Kingston P CROSS DFC RAF Flight Lieutenant Brian Herbert EVANs RAF Flight Lieutenant William Jack GRISMAN RAF Flight Lieutenant Alistair Donald M GUNN RAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Piers HALL RAF Flight Lieutenant Anthony Ross Henzell HAYTER RAF Flight Lieut. Edgar Spottiswoode HUMPHREYS RAF Flight Lieutenant Antoni KIEWNARSKi RAF Squadron Leader Thomas G KIRBY-GREEN RAF Flying Officer Stanislaw Z "Danny" KROL RAF Flight Lieutenant Thomas Barker LEIGH RAF Flight Lieutenant James Leslie R "Cookie" LONG RAF Flight Lieutenant Romas "René" MARCINKUS RAF Flight Lieutenant Harold John MILFORD RAF Flying Officer Jerzyy T MONDSCHEIN RAF Flying Officer Kazimierz PAWLUK RAF Flight Lieutenant Henri Albert PICARD RAF Flying Officer Robert Campbell STEWART RAF Flying Officer John Gifford STOWER RAF Flying Officer Denys Oliver STREET RAF Flight Lieutenant Cyril Douglas SWAIN RAF Flying Officer Pawel "Peter" TOBOLSKI RAF Flight Lieutenant Arnost "Wally" VALENTA RAF Flight Lieutenant Gilbert W "Tim" WALENN RAF Flight Lieutenant John Francis WILLIAMS RAF Squadron Leader James CATANACH DFC RAAF - Australian Warrant Officer Albert Horace HAKE RAAF Flight Lieutenant Reginald "Rusty" KIERATH RAAF Squadron Leader John Edwin A WILLIAMS DFC RAAF Flying Officer Henry "Hank" BIRKLAND RCAF - Canadian Flying Officer Gordon Arthur KIDDER RCAF Flying Officer A Wlodzimierz KOLANOWSKi RCAF Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson LANGFORD RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Edward MCGILL RCAF Flight Lieutenant James Chrystall WERNHAM RCAF Flight Lieutenant George William WILEY RCAF Lieutenant Bernard W M SCHEIDHAUER FFAF - Free French Pilot Officer S "Nick" SKANZIKLAS RHAF Flying Officer Porokoru Patapu "Johnny" POHE RNZAF Flight Lieutenant Arnold George CHRISTENSEN RNZAF Sergeant Haldor ESPELID RNAF - Norwegian Lieutenant Nils FUGLESANG RNAF Lieutenant Johannes GOUWS SAAF – South African Lieutenant Clement Aldwyn Neville MCGARR SAAF Lieutenant Rupert J STEVENS SAAF George Lionel Seymour Dawson-Damer, Viscount CARLOW Air Commodore, MI9, parent unit Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force). RAAF No. 90078 He died on 17 April 1944. He was 36 He is remembered on panel 1, Golders Green Crematorium, London He was the son of Lionel G H S Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington and Countess Winnifeda Portarlington of Westminster and the husband of Viscountess Peggy Carlow of Dunsfold Additional information He was killed when his aeroplane, Warwick BV247 of 525 Squadron, exploded and crashed into the sea near Newquay, Cornwall whilst flying to visit Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia. Arthur James DENDLE Signalman, 5th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no. 2341350 He died on 3 August 1944. He was 24 He was the son of William H Dendle and Minnie E Dendle of Weathersfield, Essex He is buried in grave B E 2 Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Haifa, Israel John Archibald GRAY Flying Officer, Royal Air Force. RAF no. 39874 He was lost and presumed dead on 28 November 1940. He was 28 He was the son of Archibald and Bertha Gray of Dunsfold He is remembered on panel 5 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information It is probable that he was an inexperienced pilot who went missing on a training exercise Ambrose Joseph Hayfield HUBERT TD Captain, Royal Army Pay Corps. Army no. 110428 He died on 7 March 1941. He was 54. He was the husband of Norah W Hubert of Salisbury. He is buried in plot A grave 29 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold Additional information He died in Lancashire. Probate records show that he lived at The Rough, Chiddingfold and that he died on war service. William Thomas LASSAM Private, 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. 231 Infantry Brigade, 51st Infantry Division. Army no. 6099383 He was killed in action on 28 July 1943 near Agiro which was captured the following day. He was 31 He was the son of William J and Sarah C Lassam He is buried in grave I J 8 Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Additional information The first amphibious assault by the Allies was the invasion of Sicily on 9 July 1943. There is no birth registered for the initials W H as appears on the War Memorial but there is a William Thomas Lassam born in 1912 and this has been presumed to be the appropriate man. George William ROWELL CBE DSC Commander, HMS Odyssey, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy He was killed in an air crash on 2 January 1945 He was the husband of Daphne Rowell of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire. He is buried in grave 8, St Germain en Laye New Communal Cemetery, France Additional information The aeroplane from 718 Squadron took off from HMS Dipper and crashed over France. Those who died included some key officers: Sir Bertram H RAMSAY, Admiral, Allied Naval Commander In Chief), killed Sir George J E LEWIS, Lieutenant Commander (A), (FAA, 815 Squadron), killed George W ROWELL, Commander, killed Derek M HENDERSON, Lieutenant, RNVR, killed David L MORGAN, Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 81830, DOI HMS Dipper was Henstridge Airfield in Somerset a wartime Fleet Air Arm training airfield and a relief landing ground for Yeovilton. Work started on the airfield in 1941, but it was not until April 1943 that it was commissioned as HMS Dipper. Seafires, Spitfires and Masters operated here until the end of the war. It was later to be the first base used by Alan Bristow. Eric Leslie SOPP Corporal, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Army no. 6102579 He was killed in action on 8 September 1944. He was 33 He was the son of George and Phyllis Sopp and the husband of Hilda E Sopp of Dunsfold. He is buried in grave XX G 10 of Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Additional Information Coriano Ridge was the last important ridge blocking the Allied advance in the Adriatic sector in the autumn of 1944. Its capture was the key to Rimini and eventually to the River Po. The combination of poor weather and German parachute and panzer troops resisted all attacks in early September 1944. On the night of 12 September the 8th Army reopened its attack on the Ridge, with the 1st British and 5th Canadian Armoured Divisions. This attack was succeeded in taking the Ridge, but marked the beginning of a week of the heaviest fighting experienced since Monte Cassino with daily losses for the 8th Army of some 150 killed. George Albert TIDY Trooper, GHQ Liaison Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no. 6098189 He died on 11 November 1945. He was 33 He was the son of William D and Agnes Tidy of Dunsfold. He is buried in plot R, grave 16 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold. Additional information His death is recorded in the civil registers. This indicates that he had probably been invalided out of the Army. |
