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PENNINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2024

The Pennington War memorial is located in the churchyard of St. Mark's Church, Ramley Road, Pennington, New Forest, Hampshire. It takes the form of a Celtic Cornish stone cross on two level plinths and a two-step base with an inverted sword carved on front face of the cross; the World War 1 commemoration is on the front of the small plinth in black lettering with two columns of names on the lower large plinth, with the commemoration for World War 2 at the back of memorial, on a small plinth, with the names in two columns on the large plinth and the lettering in black. There are 27 names listed for World War 1 by date of death and 15 names for World War 2 in alphabetical order. The memorial was dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of Southampton 17 November 1921. All names here have been sorted by conflict into alphabetical order for ease of reading and research.

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THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY
PARISHIONERS OF PENNINGTON
IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)
AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED

ADLAM	F	Died 20 May 1916. No further information currently available
BARROW	Edmund George	Battery Sergeant Major 50032, "C" Battery, 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 18 April 1918. Aged 29. Born Coniston, Lancs, enlisted Lancaster. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barrow, of Pennington, Ulverston, Lancs. Husband of Lily May Barrow, of South Street, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, Nord, France. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 2.
BARTLETT	Leonard	Trimmer, H.M.H.S. Glenart Castle (Southampton), Mercantile Marine. Died at sea, drowned, when his ship was torpedoed 26 February 1918. Aged 17. Son of Ernest and Jane Bartlett, of Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Residence South Street, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.
CHASE	Phillip Francis	Private 2473, 1/7th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on service in India from Septo Meningitis Purulant 30 September 1916. Residence Milford-On-Sea, Hampshire, enlisted Lymington, Hampshire. Buried 1 October 1916 in JUBBULPORE CANTONMENT CEMETERY, India. Plot CE/5. Row I. Grave 70.
CHASE	Percy Henry	[Listed as Henry Percy CHASE in all records] Lance Corporal 9444, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Lymington, Hampshire. Son of Henry Thomas Chase and Mary Chase, of Sycamore Cottage, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 6.
CHEATER	Henry Victor	Mechanic Sergeant Major M2/076891, 976th Mechanised Transport, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in Mesopotamia 28 August 1918. Aged 31. Born Pennington, Hampshire, resident Lymington, enlisted Southampton, Hampshire. Son of George Cheater, of Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran. Plot V. Row D. Grave 7.
COLE	Ernest W	Private 7437, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 November 1914. Born and resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 6.
COLE	Walter	Private 21451, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 28 March 1918. Born Pennington, Hampshire, resident Lymington, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
COLE	W Henry	[Listed as Henry COLE on SDGW] Private 242598, 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on service in Mesopotamia 21 September 1918. Born Pennington, Hampshire, resident Lymington, enlisted Brockington, Hampshire. Buried in TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran, Plot III. Row A. Grave 8.
FIELD	George Arthur	Private 3/4440 [SDGW} or 3/4449 [CWGC], 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 April 1915. Aged 34. Born Pennington, Hampshire, resident Pennington Common, Hampshire, enlisted Lymington, Hampshire. Husband of Rose Hilda Field, of "Hazlehurst," Ramley Road, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35.
GALE	George Henry	Private 29389, 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment formerly 50419, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 23 March 1918. Aged 30. Born and resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Brockenhurst. Son of George William and S. E. Gale, of Laurel Cottage, Pennington Common, Lymington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4 and 5.
HAMPTON	John	Private 3/3026, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born and resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B.
HARVEY	Edward	Private 241820, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Died on service 16 August 1916. Aged 25. Born New Milton, Hampshire, enlisted Brockenhurst. Son of Alice Harvey, of Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.
HAWKINS	William E	Private 204089, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 4 October 1917. Born Chipping Norton, Oxon, enlisted Midsomer Norton, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 41 to 42.
MARTIN	Arthur Percy	Corporal 443919, 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died from wounds as a Prisoner of War at Rouvroy 3 March 1917 (General Sharpnel Wounds to Right Shouder an Thigh). Aged 29. Son of Charles and Florence E. Martin, of Arbutus Lodge, 202, Denmark Hill, London, England. Born 22 February 1888 at Camberwell, London. Enlisted at Vernon Camp 30 September 1915, aged 27, height 5 feet 6 inches, chest 34-36½ inches, dark complexion, grey eyes, born hair, religious denomination Church of England. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Commemorated on Rouvroy Com. Cem., German Extn. Mem. 58. Canadian Archives Accession Reference Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5971 - 23
METCALFE	Frederick George	Private 21282, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action27 August 1918. Born Scarborough, Yorks, resident Wood Side, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. Buried in CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 16.
OSEY	Arthur George	Private 36721, 8th Service Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 4 April 1918. Aged 25. Born Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Lymington, Hampshire. Son of Arthur Edward and Gertrude Ellen Osey, of King's Huts, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot V. Row M. Grave 7.
OSEY	Robert	Private TF/242379, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 3 January 1918. Aged 27. Born and resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Osey, of Fox Pond, Pennington, Lymington; Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
PHILLIPS	George Henry	Private 305852, "D" Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 21 January 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Lymington, Hampshire, resident Pennigton, Hampshire. Son of William and Alice Phillips, of North Street, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. A Miner by trade. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 21 and 63.
RICKMAN	Henry W	Private 25867, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 April 1917. Born Lymington, Hampshire, resident Newmilton, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
RICKMAN	William	Private 30674, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 25 April 1917. Born Lymington, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
SAUNDERS	Arthur	Lance Corporal 19494, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 April 1917. Aged 22. Born Brighton, Sussex, resident Lymington, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester. Son of Alice Saunders, of Yaldhurst, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIX. Row A. Grave 4A.
SAUNDERS	William	Sapper 230643, 6th Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire, Royal Engineers. Died on service 30 October 1918. Aged 33. Born and resident Lymington, Hampshire, enlisted Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Son of Mrs. Jane Saunders, of Prospect Cottage, Upper Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 35.
SPENCER	James	Private 6637, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 17 November 1914. Aged 32. Born Acton, Nantwich, Cheshire, resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Nantwich, Cheshire. Son of George Spencer; husband of Mary Spencer, of 16, May Avenue, Buckland, Lymington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22.
TORAH	Herbert [Charles]	Private CH/16728, H.M.S. Formidable, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 1 January 1915. Born 21 February 1892 in Lymington, Hampshire. Son of Elizabeth Torah, of 17a, Marchwood Road, Nr. Millbrook Station, Southampton. Prior to enrollment he was a Barman, Rligious denomination Church of England. Enlisted 4 August 1910 in Southampton. Height 5 feet 7¼, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 13.
WHATLEY	Walter Sidney	Private 21598, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 9 August 1916. Born Everton, Hampshire, resident Pennington, Hampshire, enlisted Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 7.
WHITE	John Cecil	Rifleman S/36603, Rifle Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) posted to 1st/8th, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) formerly TR/9/25023, 10th Training Reserve Battalion. Killed in action 8 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Lymington, Hampshire, resident Kennington, Surrey, enlisted London. Son of John and Albertina Matilda White, of 44, De Laune Street, Kennington Park, London. Buried in EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 12.
IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR
BRAN	Sidney John	Private 5509977, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 30 January 1944. Aged 31. Son of Jack and Eva May Bran; husband of M. J. Bran, of Millbrook, Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated on CASSINO MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel 7.
BYGOTT	Robert Hugh	Lieutenant, H.M. Submarine P.33, Royal Navy. Died 20 August 1941. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 45, Column 1.
CHAMBERLAIN	J E M	No further information currently available
CHARLES	Geoffrey Howard	Ordinary Seaman P/JX 165586, R.N. H.M.S. Daring, Royal Navy. Died 18 February 1940. Aged 24. Son of Walter J. Charles, and of Emily Charles, of Lymington, Hampshire. o known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 39, Column 3.
COLE	Arthur George	Sergeant 1311910, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 December 1943. Aged 21. Son of Arthur and Annie T. Cole, of Pennington, Hampshire. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 8. Row K. Grave 9.
CROSTHWAIT	Anthony Edward Leland	Major 50838, Royal Engineers. Died 12 April 1947. Aged 35. Son of Leland George Crosthwait and of Catherine Rosa Crosthwait (nee Man); husband of Amy Burdett Crosthwait (nee Morony), of Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire. B.A. (Cantab). Awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.). Buried in OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY, Oxfordshire. Plot I/1. Grave 227.
CROUCHER	Leslie Roy	Corporal 2158427, Royal Engineers. Died 30 October 1944. Aged 23. Son of Herbert and Lydia Croucher, of Christchurch, Hampshire; husband of M. Croucher. Buried in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 6. Row C. Grave 3.
DASHWOOD	Robert John	Ordinary Seaman P/JX 192481, H.M.S. Esk, Royal Navy. Died 1 September 1940. Aged 20. Son of Charles Henry and Annie Frances Dashwood, of Pennington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 39, Column 3.
HAYTER	George	Private 7648481, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 11 July 1943. Aged 32. Son of William and Nellie Hayter, of Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire; husband of Phyllis May Hayter, of Pennington, Lymington. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 44.
HUDDART	George Pepys	Lieutenant-Commander, H.M.S. Forester, Royal Navy. Died 2 May 1942. Aged 33. Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 61, Column 3.
HURST	W C	No further information currently available
JEANS	John Douglas Frank	Apprentice, S.S. Chulmleigh (London), Merchant Navy. Died 9 November 1942. Aged 19. Son of Maj. Frank Jeans and Violet Ethel Jeans, of Pennington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 28.
THOMAS	[Francis] Garfield	Air Mechanic 2nd Class FAA/FX. 86270, H.M.S. Hermes, Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. Died 9 April 1942. Aged 20. Son of Mrs. A. E. Thomas, of Pennington, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 3, Panel 6.
WALSH	Frederick John Robert	Engineman LT/KX 116075, H.M. Fishing Patrol Vessel 2013, Royal Naval Patrol Service. Died 16 November 1944. Aged 32. Son of William Robert and Ada Walsh; husband of Corona Walsh, of Pennington, Hampshire. Buried in FALMOUTH CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section K. Row A. Grave 24.
WELSH	John Richard	Squadron Leader 35012, Royal Air Force. Died 27 September 1940. Aged 41. Son of Thomas James Welsh, M.B.E., and Kate Welsh; husband of Edith E. Welsh, of Pennington, Hampshire. Awarded the Air Force Medal (A.F.M.). Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot P. Grave 258.

Last updated 21 March, 2025

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