Roll of Honour - Sussex

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BLACKHAM WAR MEMORIAL AND ROLL OF HONOUR

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2024

At the entrance to All Saints Church, Sussex Lane, Blackham, East Sussex, is a wooden lychgate with dedication engraved in the arch. There are 13 names for World War 1 and two for World War 2. Within All Saints Church, Sussex Lane, Blackham, East Sussex, is a hand drawn roll of honour in coloured ink, mounted in a glazed wooden frame; the roll has an ornate multi-coloured border with a group of seven flags above the Royal cypher at the centre top; there are dates at the centre sides and the Sussex shield in the centre of the lower border. The inscription is in multi-coloured ink with a green border around ‘Blackham – Sussex’ and below this are two columns. The names and service are written in black ink with red initial letters. Any award is in blue ink, and any casualty is in brown ink with blue initials. There are 54 names listed for World War 1 only. The names for both memorials have been merged, those who died are anotated with a . Where a name appears on the lychgate but not the Roll of Honour then a note exists, for World War 2 the names only appear on the lychgate.

Blackham Lychgate © Susan Featherstone (WMR-17279)

List of Names
of the Officers and Men from
Blackham – Sussex
who served in
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

ALLEN	A	East Surrey Regiment
ATHERAL	W	Royal Sussex Regiment
BALDWIN	[Percy] Charles	Corporal 6296, 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 1464, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 19 July 1916, Born Withyham, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, resident Blackham, Langton Wells, Kent, enlisted Withyham. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 22 to 25.
BALDWIN	W	Royal Sussex Regiment
BARKER	W H T	Royal Navy
BASHFORD	G	Royal Sussex Regiment
BOOKER	A	Royal Field Artillery
BUCKWELL	W	7th Northumberland Fusiliers. Wounded
CASSON	T	Royal Sussex Regiment. Wounded
CHILDS	Francis [Thomas]	Private 202222, 1st/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and De4rbyshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1917. Aged 37. Resident Chiddingstone, Kent, enlisted Derby. Son of Walter and Amelia Childs, of Blackham, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells; husband of Lilian Mary Childs, of Keepers' Cottage, Bough Beech, Eden Bridge, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
COLLINS	I	Royal Sussex Regiment
COLLINS	J	Royal Sussex Regiment. Wounded
COLLINS	Nelson	Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
COTTENHAM	J	Royal Sussex Regiment
COTTENHAM	T	Royal Sussex Regiment
CROSS	W	Royal Navy
CROWHURST	J	Royal Navy
CROWHURST	W R	Royal Navy
DAUGHTREY	J	Royal Engineers
DIVALL	F T	[On lychgate but not RoH] Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
FARNES	W	Royal Sussex Regiment
FLOYD	T	5th East Kent Regiment
FORD	W L	Motor Transport
FRENCH	F	Royal Sussex Regiment
FRENCH	H	23rd Cheshire Regiment
GILL, DCM	J	[Listed as W GILL on lychgate gut J GILL on RoH] Killed
GROOMBRIDGE	J T	Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
HADDON	H	Kings Royal Rifles
HADDON	J	Motor Transport
HAIG	R P	Lt 5th Cameron Highlanders. Wounded
HAIG, OBE	D P	Lt Col Garrison Bn Scottish Rifles
HARDING	E	Royal Sussex Regiment
KEITH	J	Lt Seaforth Highlanders. Wounded
LEWIS	J F	3rd Welch Regiment
LUDLOW	J C	Capt Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed
LUDLOW	L C	Major 5th Bn Royal Sussex Regiment
MANNA		Royal Navy Drowned
MAPLESDEN	J	Royal Sussex Regiment
MCMASTER	J	Royal Sussex Regiment
MILES	H	East Surrey Regiment
MILES	J	[On lychgate but not RoH] Royal Engineers. Killed
MUNNS	F	Royal Engineers
PEERLESS	H	Royal Navy
PEERLESS	H	Kings Royal Rifles
PEERLESS	J	Royal West Kent Regiment. Wounded
PEERLESS, MM	G	Royal West Kent Regiment. Wounded
REED	P	Royal Fusiliers. Wounded
REED	R G	[On lychgate but not RoH] Australian Imperial Force. Killed
SALES	A H	[On lychgate but not RoH] Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
STONLEY	Frederick William	[On lychgate but not RoH] Lance Corporal 3880, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars. Died of wounds 9 August 1915. Born Blackham, Tunbridge Wells, enlisted Tunbridge Wells.
TESTER	H	East Surrey Regiment
THOMAS	F	Royal Sussex Regiment
TOWNER	I	RN Vol Reserve Died in Service
TOWNER, jun	F	Royal Navy
TOWNER, sen	F	Royal Garrison Artillery
WALLACE	H	8th Royal Sussex Regiment
WICKHAM, jun	W	Royal Sussex Regiment
WICKHAM, sen	W	Royal Sussex Regiment
WOOD	M	Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed
1939-1945
HAMMOND	J	No further details currently
SMITH	W	No further details currently

Last updated 13 November, 2024

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