Roll of Honour - Sussex - East Dean (East Sussex)

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

EAST DEAN, EAST SUSSEX, WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Janet Graves; Researched Martin Edwards 2004

East Dean is a picturesque village situated in a valley of the South Downs about 4 miles from Eastbourne. There is the village memorial standing on the green and another in the Parish Church of St Simon and St Jude, both contain the same names.



Photographs Copyright © Janet Graves 2004

Parish Church of St Simon and St Jude memorial:

IN HONOURED
MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS PARISH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THE WARS
1914 – 1918 & 1939 – 1945

Village memorial:

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
A PERPETUAL REMINDER OF
THOSE FROM EAST DEAN AND
FRISTON WHO DIED THAT RIGHT
SHOULD TRIUMPH OVER MIGHT
ERECTED 1920

1914 – 1918

GAY	Charles William		Killed in action at Gandiempre, France 21st April 1918. Age 26. Second son of John and Louisa Gay; husband of M. A. Gay. Buried in Gandiempre Military Cemetery.
HILLS	Claud	No further information currently
PENGELLY	James	No further information currently
HALL	Robert	No further information currently
MAYNARD	Alexander Thomas	No further information currently
WALKER	William	No further information currently
1939-1945
BROWN	William	No further information currently
CALDWELL	Robert Charles	No further information currently
CHEAL	Geoffrey Laurence		No further information currentlyNo further information currently 1159114 AIRCRAFTMAN 2ND CLASS G. L. CHEAL ROYAL AIR FORCE 15 NOVEMBER 1945 AGE 23
CONGREVE	Elizabeth Lucy	No further information currently
HOUSTOUN-BOSWALL	George Cleeton	No further information currently
JOWETT	Henry Arthur	No further information currently
MELLING	Herbert George	No further information currently
NORKETT	Alfred William James	No further information currently
SAVAGE	Michael	No further information currently
SCOTT	Robert Brian	No further information currently
WAY	Richard Carrington	No further information currently
Buried in the churchyard but not on the memorial
BOWYER	Frederick Hugh		No further information currently IN CONSTANT LOVING MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER FREDERICK HUGH BOWYER 1898 - 1982
KINLEY	W E		No further information currently W. E. KINLEY SEAMEN RNPS LT/JX 174488 H.M.S. OCEAN SUNLIGHT 13 JUNE 1940 AGE 19
THOMPSON	L E		No further information currently FLIGHT LIEUTENANT L. E. THOMPSON AIR BOMBER ROYAL AIRFORCE 5 OCTOBER 1943 AGE 34
TSHABANA	Willie Elijah		No further information currently 9555 PRIVATE WILLIE ELIJAH TSHABANA S.A. NATIVE LABOUR CORPS 21 FEBRUARY 1917
OTHER	A N		No further information currently A SAILOR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR MERCHANT NAVY BURIED 25 MAY 1943 KNOWN UNTO GOD
OTHER	A N		No further information currently A SAILOR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR MERCHANT NAVY BURIED 9 SEPTEMBER 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

22 May 2004

War Memorials Trust