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Grafham, near Bramley, Surrey

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Grafham War Memorial

 A stone framed marble plaque on the external wall of the Church
 
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF

 Private A MANFIELD   The Queen’s R W S Regt 1916
Private F C FOSTER  The Queen’s R W S Regt 1917
Private W TUNNELL  The Queen’s R W S Regt 1917
Private F J FIELD  E Surrey Regt                    1915
Private C J STEVENS Gloucester Regt             1914
Private V I RISBRIDGER KOR Lancaster Regt  1917
Private S SOPP  K R R                                  1918
Private A A MANFIELD R Sussex Regt            1918
Gunner H A FAULKNER Aus F Artillery           1917
Gunner F STEMP  R G Artillery                      1918
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD
AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR

 Cpl C J NAPPER  1st Btn Devonshire Regt    1944

 LEST WE FORGET

The Fallen from WW1

Herbert Alfred FAULKNER
Gunner, 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Army no. 3539
He was killed in action on 31 July 1917. He was 29
He was the son of Alfred and the late Jane Faulkner, Smithbrook Cottage, Cranleigh
He is buried in grave II F 18, Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
Extension
Additional information
Australian records are more comprehensive so we know that he was born in Shamley Green, educated in Cranleigh, arrived in
Australia age 23
He was single and a labourer
He embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915. He was killed in action near Ypres
 
John FIELD
Private, 9th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, 72 Brigade, 24th Division. Army no. 1773
He was killed in action on 26 September 1915 during the battle of Loos. He was 23
He was the son of Emily Miles (formerly Field), Rushett Common, 
Bramley and Charles Miles (his stepfather)
He is remembered on panel 65 to 67 of the Loos Memorial

Frederick Charles FOSTER
Private, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 100 Brigade, 33rd Division. Army no. G/22502
He was killed in action on 23 April 1917 during the second battle of the Scarpe. He was 25 
He was the son of Annie Foster, Rushett Common, Bramley
He is remembered on bay 2 of the Arras Memorial

Albert Archibald MANFIELD
Private, C Company, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. G/2155
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 at the battle for Albert on the first day of the Somme offensive. He was 24
He was the son of Fred and Ann Manfield, Smithbrook, Cranleigh
He is remembered on pier and face 5D and 6D of the Theipval Memorial

Alfred MANFIELD
Private, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 118 Brigade, 39th Division. Army no. G/16472
He was killed in action on 26 July 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of William and Sarah Manfield of Grafham
He is buried in grave IV I 7 Vendresse British Cemetery
Additional information
He appears in the military records as Mansfield but his birth and
the census return gives Manfield

Frederick RISBRIDGER
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 170 Brigade, 57th Division. Army no. 28581. He was formerly a Private in the Labour Corps. Army no. 67923
He was killed in action on 26 October 1917 on the first day of the second battle for Passchendale. He was 29
He was the son of Henry and Caroline Risbridger, Selhurst Common, Bramley
He is remembered on panel 18 to 19 of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Frank SOPP
Rifleman, 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 99 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 44505. He was formerly with 20th Battalion which was a Territorial Reserve Battalion. Army no. Tr/13/38719
He was killed in action on 28 September 1918 fighting at the Canal du Nord. He was 19
He was the son of George and Phyllis Sopp, Nore Cottages, Hascombe
He is buried in grave VII G 9 Flesquières Hill British Cemetery

Frederick James STEMP
Gunner, 18th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 49893
He was killed in action on 22 September 1916, his battery was equipped with 2 x 12 inch railway guns. He was 25.
He was the son of Charles and Sarah Stemp, Rook's Hill, Bramley
He is buried in grave I D 41 Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt

Charles James STEVENS
Private, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 3 Brigade, 1st Division.  Army no. 6469
He was killed in action on 29 October 1914 near Gheluvelt during the battle called First Ypres. He was 31
He was the son of James and Hester Stevens of Bramley and the
husband of Florence E Stevens of Selsley East, Stroud
He is remembered on panel 22 and 34 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Walter TUNNELL
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 91 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 22361
He was killed in action on 2 April 1917.  He was 24
He was the son of Walter Tunnell, Smithbrook, Cranleigh
He is buried in grave I A 9, Croiselles British Cemetery

Cecil John NAPPER
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment. Army no. 6089214
He died on 5 July 1944. He was 32.   
He was the son of Frank O and Barbara E Napper and the husband of Kathleen E Napper of Woking.
He is buried in grave 4 D 11 Imphal War Cemetery
Additional information
This was a time when this key area around Imphal was being strongly defended against the Japanese for whom it would be route into India.

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