Grafham, near Bramley, Surrey
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. |
