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SELSEY WAR MEMORIAL

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The Selsey War Memorial stands outside the perimeter wall of the parish church of St. Peter in the High Street. There are 57 Names on the Memorial for World War 1 listed by Surnames and Christian Name(s); there are also three burials in the Churchyard, of which two are not included on the Memorial. There are 48 names for World War 2 some listed by nickname rather than real name. There is also 1 name for Korea.

Extract from West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 19 May 1921, page 9:

SELSEY WAR MEMORIAL

It was a simple yet impressive ceremony with which the Selsey War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large reverent gathering. The war memorial itself is beautiful, and in harmony with its surroundings—a tall tapering Celtic cross, with the names of the fallen inscribed upon its base. It stands under the dark firs at the entrance to the churchyard at the back of a marked out semi-circle. It is 18ft high, and is believed to be the largest of its kind in Sussex. The architect is Mr. F. Forbes Glennie. A unique feature of the monument is that into the modern stones of its base are inserted four ancient carved stones of Saxon work, believed to have formed part of the old Selsey “Palm Cross,” which is mentioned in the will of Geoffrey Thompson dated 1545, who directs his body to be buried by the Palm Cross in Selsey. The Palm Cross was reputed to be raised by or in memory St. Wilfrid. The unveiling ceremony was performed by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the large congregation who had gathered for the service extending right across the road in front of the memorial. Indeed, several boys had actually got high up on the long roof of one of the cottages opposite, to view the proceedings. Service men and ex-Service men of all branches, who had paraded some time previously and marched through the village were formed up in front of the memorial, which was draped with the Union Jack and White Ensign. At the base of the cross stood a sailor and soldier, in uniform with arms reversed. The Rector (Rev. K. H. MacDermott), who conducted the service with the Rev F. Dennis, wore his uniform of an Army chaplain, and led the singing, which was unaccompanied, the church chair standing at the foot of the memorial. The service opened with the singing of "O God, our help in ages past," and then the passage from Revelations was read, beginning at "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.” The Lord's Prayer followed, and then the prayer of dedication of the memorial, and as the Duke declared it open, and the folds of the flag and of the two White Ensigns on either side, were drawn aside, the troops gave the general salute, and the buglers sounded their instruments. The Rector pronounced the dedication “to the glory of God, and in ever grateful memory of the men of Selsey who laid down their lives for their country.” The Duke of Richmond, in a short address, emphasised what the memorial stood for ? that we had fought “for the maintenance of truth and aII that is best in civilisation,” that he had come successfully through a war that had upheld our country’s name and position in the world, “and it remains for us to accomplish a great peace." It may have been inevitable, said the Duke, that a wave of unrest should sweep the country as the aftermath of the war, but it was not, surely, inevitable that that wave should continue. "Don’t let us waste victory by falling to achieve such a peace as will maintain the name of England as it should be.” Turning to speak particularly to the children present, the Duke said that that memorial was to keep green the memory of those who had died for them, to remind them as they grew up that as their forbears were not afraid when the call came to fight and die for England, so they, too, if duty called must never fear to obey. The Duke closed by quoting the words of the great Athenian who in a funeral oration over good warriors, said, “These men are worthy of their country. And you who are alive may pray for a more peaceful end, but must be just as bold in the face of the enemy. Day by day complete your country’s power, till you grow full of passionate love for her, and when you realise her greatness, remember it was these men’s death that won it for her.” The Rector read aloud the full list of the names commemorated on the memorial, and then offered further prayers, after which the first verse of the National Anthem was sung, and the “Last Post” was sounded. Then the congregation joined in singing “Abide with me.” Finally the Reveille was sounded on the bugles, and with a march past and salute by the troops a ceremony ended which will be long remembered by the participants.

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AYLING	Bernard	Private 406467, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). 1st Canadian Division. Killed in action near Ypres 26 April 1916. Aged 23. Son of Ewan and Jesse Ayling of Selsey. Husband of Mrs. Nellie Ayling of 42, St. Clair Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Zillebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row F. Grave 11.
BARNES	Frederick	Deck Hand 20505/DA, H.M. Trawler "Elise", Royal Naval Reserve. Lost at sea 22 September 1918. Aged 19. Son of Frederick and Annie Barnes of "The White Cottage", Coast Guard Lane, Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hamshire. Panel 31.
BELCHER	Percival John	Private SD/3734, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30th June 1916. Aged 18. Son of John and Janet Belcher of 7, Station Road, Southwold, Suffolk. Born in St. Neots and enlisted in Brighton. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73.
BERTHON, MiD	Leonard Tinné	Captain, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 13th Division. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 25 January 1917. Aged 41. Son of Captain Charles Harrison and Mrs. Anna Berthon of Paignton, Devonshire. Husband of Mrs. Anna Ethel Berthon of Selsey. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Paignton, Devon, husband of Anna E Berthon, a gentleman farmer in the British colony, boarding with his wife at South East Villas, 1, The Lane, Selsey, Westhampnett, Sussex. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XIX. Row H. Grave 15. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917: BERTHON Leonard Tinné of Selsey Sussex captain 9th battalion Royal Warwickshire regiment died 25 January 1917 Mesopotamia on active service Probate London 21 April to Anna Ethel Berthon widow and Raymond Tinné Berthon gentleman. Effects £2112 16s. 3d.
BRANSBY-WILLIAMS	W E	Could be W E Bransby WILLIAMS - No further information currently available
CHAPMAN	Reginald George	Private G/817, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Wounded near Armentieres when the enemy shelled rest billets behind the lines and died of wounds on the 27 September 1915. Aged 22. Born and enlisted in Chichester. Resident , Selsey. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 18.
COTTEN	Cecil John	Private G/1159, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division Killed in action during the fighting at Cuinchy 8 February 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cotton of "The Shrubbery", East Road, Selsey. Born in Birdham and enlisted in Bognor. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 20 and 21.
CREES	William	Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 7th Division. Killed in action on the Somme 1 July 1916. Aged 34. Born Selsey. Son of Charles and Harriett Crees. Husband of Mrs. Lucy Crees of 6, South View, East Road, Selsey. Had seen 16 years service. Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Grave lost. Special Memorial Row B. Grave 7.
DAY	John	No further information currently available
DIBLEY	Charles Glew	Private 612032, 1/19th Battalion, London Regiment. Died of wounds 2 December 1917. Aged 32. Adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Glew of Gosport. Brother of Mrs. Edith Pennicott of Chalcroft Cottage, North Berstead, Bognor. Born in Birdham and enlisted in Woolwich. Included on Sidlesham War Memorial. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 23.
FOSTER	Herbert Knollys	Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action near Ypres 30 October 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22. Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916 - Volume 1 - August-December 1914, page 139: 2nd LIEUTENANT HERBERT KNOLLYS FOSTER, 1st BATTN. GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, born at All Saints' Vicarage, Gloucester, on the 18th October, 1895, was the son of the Rev. Canon and Edith Susan Foster, St.Thomas' Vicarage, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells. He was educated at Marlborough College and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Army in August, 1914. 2nd Lieutenant Foster is believed to have been killed at Gheluvelt, in Flanders, on the 29th October, 1914.
FOWLER	William Michael	Driver 43549, "B" Battery, 74th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 30 March 1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Chichester, Sussex. Son of William and Caroline Fowler, of Selsey, Sussex; husband of Lilian Eliza Fowler, of "Mentone," Tennyson Rd., Bognor. Buried in BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 10.
FULLICK	Ernest George	Leading Seaman 2878/C/PO, S.S. Jargoon (H.M.S. President III - shore establishment), Royal Naval Reserve. Drowned at sea 20 November 1917. Aged 38. Born 7 May 1877 in Selsey, Sussex. Son of George and Frances Fullick, of East Rd., Selsey; husband of Eleanor Fullick, of Albion Rd., Selsey, Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 27.
GRIGG	Charles	Chief Petty Officer 187895, H.M.S. Onslaught, Royal Navy. Killed in action during the Battle of Jutland night action 1 June 1916. Aged 38. Born 28 March 1878 in Selsey, Sussex. Husband of Ellen Grigg, of 51, Eastfield Rd., Southsea, Hampshire. Buried in SOUTH QUEENSFERRY CEMETERY, West Lothian, Scotland. Grave 632. Extract from Portsmouth Evening News - 9 June 1916, page 3: GRIGG —In ever loving memory of my dear husband, Charles Grigg, C.P.O., of 51, Eastfield-road, killed in action, H.M.S. Onslaught, June 1st, aged 38 years. Deeply mourned
GROVES	Bertram Charles	Civilian, Canteen Server, H.M.S. "Malaya", Mercantile Marine. Killed in action during the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Husband of Mrs. Langford, of East Street, Selsey, Chichester, Sussex. Buried in LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, Scotland. Block B. Grave 48. Extract from Portsmouth Evening News - 1 June 1920, page 4: GROVES—In loving memory of my dear husband Bertram Charles Groves, who was killed in action on H.M.S. Malaya, at the Jutland Battle, May 31st, 1916.—From his loving wife.
HAMILTON	George Edward Archibald Fitz-George	Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Guards Division. Killed in action 18 May 1918. Birth registered in January to March Quarter 1899 in the St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row B. Grave 6.
HARDING	Cecil Charles	Private 41524, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in action 21 September 1918. Baptised 13 December 1898 in Selsey, Sussex, son of Charles and Mary Harding. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester, resident Selsey. In the 1911 census he was the son of Charles and Mary Harding, aged 12, born Selsey, Sussex, a scholar, resident Manor Road, Selsey, Sussex. Buried in UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, Aisne, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 12.
HARDING	William James	Lance Sergeant SD/3129, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 23. Resident Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV. Row O. Grave 35.
HARRIS	Ernest Charles	Private SD/4216, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Aged 24. Son of Albert and Mary Harris of West Street, Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester. In the 1911 census he was the son of Albert James and Mary Agnes Harris, aged 19, born Selsey, Sussex, a Labourer on farm, two male siblings, resident West Street, Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73.
HARRIS	Maurice Maybee	Private TF/241237, "A" Company, 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of influenza in India 29 October 1918. Aged 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harris; husband of Mrs. Alice Maud Harris of 74, Sunbury Lane, Walton on Thames, Surrey. Born in Sidlesham and enlisted in Kingston on Thames, Surrey. Buried 30 October 1918 in AGRA CANTONMENT CEMETERY, India. Plot S. Grave 43.
HOGG	Leslie Arthur	Private 3267, 15th Battalion, London Regiment. Died of wounds 11 February 1916. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hogg of 42, Holland Park Avenue, Brondesbury. Enlisted in London Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 15. Possibility, as this is the only L. A. Hogg with CWGC records but no connection with Selsey found.
HOMER	Percy	Corporal SD/2928, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 39th Division. Killed in action 29 July 1916. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester. Resident Selsey. Baptised 5 September 1880. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row K. Grave 11.
HOMER	Walter James	Private 106, 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Australian Division. Killed in action at Tincourt 6 September 1918. Aged 24. Born Selsey on Sea, Sussex. Son of Charles Job and Ellen Homer of 2, Richmond Villas, Selsey. Farmer by trade. Emigated aged 20. In the 1911 census he was the son of Charles and Ellen Homer, aged 17, born Selsey, Sussex, a Messenger, resident 103 Kings Road Camden Town N.W., St Pancras, London & Middlesex. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot X. Row D. Grave 10. Australian Circular
HONYWOOD	Oliver	[Spelt HONEYWOOD on memorial] Sapper 139240, 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers formerly 654, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 11 April 1916. Aged 27. Born Fishbourne, enlisted Chichester. Son of Thomas and Ellen Honywood, of 4, Station Rd., Selsey, Chichester. Buried in RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row S. Grave 10.
HUMPHREY	William Walter	Private 24775, 6th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). 14th Light Division. Died of pneumonia 23 January 1917. Aged 36. Son of Charles and Emma Humphrey. Born in Chiddingfold, Surrey. Enlisted in Matlock, Derbyshire. Connection with Selsey unknown. Possibility only. This is the only W. W. Humphrey with CWGC records. Buried in BARLY FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 9.
IRELAND	Henry Amos	Boy 1st Class J/36441, H.M.S. "Tipperary", Royal Navy. Lost with the Flotilla Leader during the night action of the Battle of Jutland 1 June 1916. Aged 17. Born 19 February 1899 in Banstead, Surrey. Son of Albert and Anne Ireland of "Glen Roy" High Street, Selsey. Enlisted 19 February 1917. Civil occupation Errand Boy. Height 5 feet 6 inches, chest 35 inches, brow hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Banstead, Surrey, son of Albert James and Ann Ireland, at school, resident 3 Asylum Cottages, Banstead Downs, Belmont, Banstead, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 14.
JAMES	Stanley Prewett	Private 28042, 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment. 1st Canadian Division. Wounded 1 June 1915, seriously ill in hospital 14 June 1915, died of wounds in King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, 24 September 1915. Aged 22. Born 15 July 1893 in Bramshot. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles James of 4, Uxbridge Road, Kingston on Thames formerly of Selsey. Born in Selsey. Mechanic by trade. Single. Attested 22 September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, aged 21 years 1 month, height 5 feet 10¼ inches, chest 32¼-35½ inches, fresh compleion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of Engand. Buried in NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY, London. Grave reference 52. 33789. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4778 - 12
JENNER	Reginald	Private TF/1858 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 53rd Division. Killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 11 August 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson Jenner of "Firlecote" 14, Station Road, Selsey. Born in Lewes and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 126.
JEWELL	Dudley Mark Hayward	Second Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers attached to Royal Engineers. Killed in action 20 January 1916. Aged 22. Son of Ada Margaret Pugh Cook (formerly Jewell), of Warnercroft, Selsey, Sussex, and the late Maurice Jewell. Brother of Edward Herbert Jewell (below). No Cricinfo details. Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 13. See also Kennington, The Oval, Surrey County Cricket Club Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2, page 184: JEWELL, DUDLEY MARK HAYWARD, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Service) Battn. (1st Public Schools) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), 5th out of six sons of the late Maurice Jewell, of Hall Place, Bexley, and of Chile, South America, by his wife, Ada Margaret (now widow of G. E. Pugh Cook), dau. of Francis C. Brown, of Valparaiso, Chile; and brother to 2nd Lieut. E. H. Jewell (q.v.); b. Bexley, co. Kent, 23 Nov. 1893; edue. Felsted School, co. Essex; was a good all-round athlete, winning his cricket and football colours at Felsted; a member of the Worcestershire Gentlemen's Cricket Club; at the time of the outbreak of war in 1914 was engaged in Farming in Worcestershire; joined the 18th Royal Fusiliers on its formation Sept. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the same battalion 27 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Nov. 1915, and was killed in action near Givenchy 20 Jan. 1916. Buried at Windy Corner there. At the time of his death he was attached to the R.E. for duty at listening posts in the trenches, and in an endeavour to rescue some of his men who had been overcome by mine gas, he himself was gassed with fatal results. His Colonel wrote to his mother: "I cannot tell you how much we all feel his death. He had got an extraordinary hold over his men, and they would follow him anywhere." His Company Commander also wrote : ". . . His end was most noble. He gave his life in an endeavour to save a comrade, knowing full well the risk he was taking. You must be very proud of him, just as we are." One of his men: " This was the second time he had gone in the mine to rescue men." Unm. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916: JEWELL Dudley Mark Hayward of Hall-place Selsey Sussex lieutenant 18th battalion Royal Fusiliers died 20 January 1916 in France Administration London 30 March to Ada Margaret Pugh Cook widow. Effects £3308 2s. 11d.
JEWELL	Edward Herbert aka Teddie	Second Lieutenant, ‘B’ Company, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. 25th Division. Killed in action 15 May 1916. Aged 21. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Son of Ada Margaret and the late Maurice Jewell. Brother of Dudley Jewell (above) above. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave 11. Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2, page 184: JEWELL, EDWARD HERBERT, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. of six sons of the late Maurice Jewell, of Hall Place, Bexley, and Chile, South America, by his wife, Ada Margaret (now widow of G. E. Pugh Cook), of Hall Place, Selsey, co. Sussex, dau. of Francis Charles Brown, of Valparaiso; and brother to 2nd Lieut. D. M. H. Jewell (q.v.); b. Valparaiso, 21 Feb. 1895; educ. Felsted School, co. Essex, and Training Ship Conway; was a well-known athlete, and member of the Worcestershire Gentlemen's Cricket Club; articled to a well-known Sussex firm of Auctioneers and Surveyors; joined the 18th (Service) Battn. (1st Public Schools) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) on its formation at the outbreak of war in 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, May, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Sept. 1915, and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge 15 May, 1916, by a German sniper while consolidating newly-taken positions, which his men had attacked and taken. Buried at St. Eloi, near Ypres. His Company Commander wrote: "Teddie carried out the work assigned to him, maintained and consolidated his position; was a constant example to his men, continually and cheerfully carrying on with his job, heedless of risks, and was killed with his face to the enemy in the execution of his duty." His Colonel wrote: "The whole regiment mourns this bright, fearless and brilliant officer, whose example and influence were just ideal." Unm. Extract from South Eastern Gazette - 30 May 1916, page 8: JEWELL-May 16th, killed in action; Second Lieut.Edward Herbert Jewell ("Teddie"), Lancashire Fusiliers, youngest son of the late Maurice Jewell, of Bexley, and of Mrs. Pugh-Cook, Selsey, Sussex, aged 21.
JINMAN	Augustus	Able Seaman, H.M. Armed Yacht "Conqueror II", Mechantile Marine Reserve. Lost when the ship was torpedoed by a U-Boat, in the Fair Isle Channel, off Scotland, 26 September 1916. Aged 35. Born 1880 in St Johns Margate. Son of Lambert and Rosina Jinman of Selsey. Next of kin Miss K. Jinman, of Rock House, East Road, Selsey, Chichester, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born Selsey, Sussex, a Fisherman, son of Lambert Jinman (a widower), resident Fishshop Lane, Selsey, Sussex. a No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 20.
LAMBERT	George	Private SD/1387, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action on the Somme 30 August 1916. Born and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.
LAWRENCE	Charles	Able Seaman, H.M. Yacht "Sanda", Mercantile Marine Reserve. Lost when the armed yacht was sunk by shore batteries off Zeebrugge 25 September 1915. Aged 45. Son of James and Susan Lawrence of Selsey. Husband of Mrs. Ellen Lawrence of 6, The Row, Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 9.
LEGG	Harold	Private G/12969, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 24th Division. Died of wounds 8 June 1917. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Legg of Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Warley, Essex. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row D. Grave 7A.
LELLIOTT	Ernest Charles	Private G/4587, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Kingston on Thames, Surrey. Resident Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73.
MARTIN	Bruce	Lieutenant, 105th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died of Pneumonia 1 March 1919. Aged 26. Son of The Rev J. J. and Mrs. M. E. Martin of ‘The Hut', North Road, Selsey. Enlisted in August 1914. Buried in North-East corner of North-West plot of SELSEY (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Sussex.
MILFORD	John	Petty Officer 1st Class 167342, H.M.S. "Queen Mary", Royal Navy. 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, The Grand Fleet. Lost with the ship at Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 38. Son William and Eliza Jane Milford of Portland, Dorset. Husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Milford of Laburnham Villas, South View, Selsey. Included on Portland War Memorial Dorset, and St. Peters Parish Church, Portland. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 11.
MOORE	Alfred George	Lance Corporal F/3097, 23rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 41st Division. Died of wounds in Italy 16 January 1918. Aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore of Portsmouth. Born in Portsmouth and enlisted in Chichester. Resident of Selsey. Included on Portsmouth War Memorial. Buried in STAGLIENO CEMETERY, GENOA, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 22.
NICHOLLS	Herbert	No further information currently. Possibly Herbert E Nicholls married Emma E Myall July-September Quarter in Westhampnett Registration District, Sussex.
NORRIS	Herbert Edward	Sergeant 3909, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). 24th Division. Killed in action 17 June 1915. Born in Bognor and enlisted in Chichester. Resident Selsey. Buried in LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row L. Grave 28.
PATTEN	Frederick John	Private 355937, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917 in Flanders, France. Aged 21. Born Hendford, Yeovil, Somerset, resident Arnford, Somerset, enlisted Southampton. Son of Maurice John Patten and Sarah Patten (nee Oram); husband of Laura May Patten (nee Cotten), who lived in Sealsea and they were married in Selsea Parish church in July 1917; she remarried and became aura May Woolman, of 9, Broke Rd., Queen's Rd., Dalston, London. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIV. Row E. Grave 8.
PENFOLD	Bernard Hugh	Second Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters). 15th Division. Killed in action 20-23 October 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102.
ROWLAND	Edward Charles	Private G/15963, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action at Polygon Wood near Ypres 27 September 1917. Born in Aldingbourne and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row F. Grave 3.
SAYERS	John	No further information currently available.
SCUTT	Alfred	Private G/1036, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Born in Canning Town and enlisted in Chichester. Resident Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 69 to 73.
SMITH	Edward Henry	Corporal TF/200558, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 34th Division. Killed in action on the Marne 1 August 1918. Aged 26. Son of Walter Arnell and Alice Smith of "The New Inn" the High Street, Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester Buried in RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE, Aisne, France. Plot IIA. Row B. Grave 4.
SMITH	Frederick Cliffford	Private 206140, ‘C’ Battalion, The Tank Corps formerly with the Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch). Killed in action 11 April 1917. Aged 20. Son of Walter Arnell and Alice Smith of "Ashurst", East Road, Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.
STEEL	Edward	Private G/8062, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Division. Wounded on the Somme and died in base hospital at Rouen on the 24 August 1916. Aged 21. Son of George and Mary Anne Steel of 21, Norman Road, Southsea, Hampshire. Born in Sidlesham and enlisted in Chichester. Selsey resident. Included on Portsmouth City War Memorial. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row 26. Grave 42.
STUBBS	Frank	Able Seaman, H.M. Yacht "Conqueror II", Mechantile Marine Reserve. Lost when the armed Yacht was torpedoed by a U-Boat in the Fair Isle Channel, off Scotland 26 September 1916. Aged 24. Son of William and Mary Stubbs of Albion Road, Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 20.
TADD	Frederick Harry	Private SD/1474, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Died of wounds 4 September 1916. Aged 29. Son of Stephen and Eliza Tadd of "Ferncliffe", Manor Road, Selsey. Born in Selsey and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. PLot I. Row D. Grave 5.
TADD	Richard	Able Seaman 10257, H.M. Yacht "Sanda", Mercantile Marine Reserve.Lost when the ship was sunk by shore batteries off Zeebrugge, Belgium, 25 September 1915. Son of Richard and Harriett Tadd, of The High Street, Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 9.
WALLS	James	Private G/820, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action 28 March 1916. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Walls of 3, South View, East Road, Selsey. Born in Sunbury, Middlesex and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row N. Grave 1.
WALLS	John	Private G/586, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action at Ovillers on the Somme 7 July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Walls of 3, South View, East Road, Selsey. Born in Harrow, Middlesex and enlisted in Chichester. Buried in OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave lost Mash Valley Memorial 5.
WARDLE	Edgar	Private 34920, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Indian Army. Died in India 30 January 1918. Aged 35. Son of Florence Louisa Wardle 21, Conley Road, Church Road, Willesden. Formerly with the Royal Sussex Regiment. Born in Nottingham and enlisted in Chichester. Resident of Selsey. Buried in Karachi Cemetery. No known grave. Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India. Face 1.
WHITENSTALL	Albert aka Bertie	Lance Corporal G/1062, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in action at Ovillers 7 July 1916. Born in Dymchurch, Kent and enlisted in Chichester. Resident of Selsey. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.
WOOLLVEN	Albert Henry	[CWGC spelling WOOLVEN.] Stoker 1st Class 302856, H.M.S. "Amethyst", Royal Navy. Killed in action when the light cruiser was damaged by Turkish shore batteries in Sari Siglar Bay in the Dardanelles 14 March 1915. Born 9 June 1881 in Sidlesham, Sussex. Son of Eliza Woollven, residet Upper Norton, Selsey, Sussex. Labourer by trade. Enlisted 7 January 1903 for 12 years, height 5 feet 8½ inches, dark brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. Included on Sidlesham War Memorial. Buried at sea. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 8.
WYATT	Frederick Henry	Private 132655 8th Battalion. The Machine Gun Corps(Infantry) Formerly with the Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1918. Aged 19 Son of Henry and Lucy Wyatt of 20, The High Street, Selsey. Born in Chichester and enlisted in Bournemouth Former Sea Scout on duty for two years locally. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 7.
NOT INCLUDED ON W.M. - Buried in the Churchyard
SMITH	H	Rifleman 26167, Royal Irish Rifles. Died after the war 16 July 1920. Buried in North-West part of Selsey (St. Peter) Church Cemetery.
SOLOMON	Percy Edward	Seaman 7085A, H.M. Drifter "Star of Buchan", Royal Naval Reserve. Died 20 October 1915. Aged 20. Son of Albert and Alice Solomon of Highlands Farm, Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk. Buried in Selsey Cemetery
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ABERY	Alan [Douglas]	[Liste as Alan Dennis ARBERY on naval casualty record] Stoker 3nd Class P/KX 97837, H.M.S. Cossack, Royal Navy. Died at sea 13 April 1940 when HMS Cossack was part of a squadron led by the battleship Warspite when she engaged a German destroyer, Z17, and was hit seven times in two minutes. The damage broke her steering gear and she ran aground. Cossack was scuttled when her opponent ran out of ammunition. Cossack was temporarily repaired and refloated at high tide, and was able to limp home. Aged 18. Born 24 June 1921 in Croydon, Surrey. Son of Arthur James Abery and Annie Abery, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 42, Column 3.
BAKER	Eric [Gordon Fay Beaumont]	Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 578114, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action flying out of East Wretham, Norfolk, in an Avro Lancaster II, serial number DS655, when the aircraft was shot down by flak over the target during a raid on Essen, the pilot survived and was captured, 28 May 1943. Aged 19. Native, of Selsey-on-Sea, Sussex. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Ivy Gladys Baker, of Selsey-on-Sea, Sussex. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 19. Row F. Grave 14.
BARKER	David [Conquest]	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 42043, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action based out of Waddington, Lincolnshire, in a Handley Page Hampden I, serial number L4171, when the aircraft was shot down by flak near Aachen during a raid on rail targets 24 May 1940. Aged 19. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Son of Alan Oscar Barker, and of Norah Stancomb Barker, of Selsey, Sussex. Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 22.
BROWN	Fred	Petty Officer C/JX 126889, H.M. Submarine Tetrarch, Royal Navy. Died at sea 2 November 1941. Aged 31. Born 22 May 1910 in Lough, Birmingham. Son of Frederick William and Hannah Rebecca Brown; husband of Gertrude Brown, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 41, Column 2.
CHARRETT	Charles [James]	Leading Telegraphist P/JX 135626, H.M.S. Barham, Royal Navy. Died at sea 25 November 1941. Aged 27. Born 13 November 1914 in Petersfield, Hampshire. Son of Frederick William and Clara Louisa Charrett. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 52, Column 2.
COOK	James	No further information currently available
COX	George	Leading Seaman P/JX 128371, H.M.S. Barham, Royal Navy. Died at sea 25 November 1941. Aged 30. Born 26 April 1911 in Lambeth, London. Son of Harry Thomas Cox, and of Amy Cox, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 46, Column 3.
DONALDSON	Jack	No further information currently available
EARLE	Peter	No further information currently available
EDWARDS	George [James]	Shipwright 3rd Class P/MX 67084, H.M.S. Hydra, Royal Navy. Died at sea 10 November 1944. Aged 34. Born 8 January 1910 in Leatherhead, Surrey. Son of George and Sarah Ann Edwards; husband of Ivy Frances Edwards, of Selsey, Sussex. Buried in OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 9. Row 7. Grave 30.
EDWARDS	Kenneth	No further information currently available
EGBERS	Leslie [Alan]	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1389052, 151 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed while flying based at Risalpur, India, in a Hawker Hurricane X, serial number AG161, when the aircraft crashed 8 miles west of Risalpur due to an engine fire during a training flight 11 November 1942. Aged 24. Born 11 February 1918. Native of St Marylebone, London. Son of William and Thirza Egbers; husband of Marjorie Edith Egbers, of St. Marylebone, London, married October to December Quarter 1941 in Surrey Mid Eastern Registration District, Surrey. In 1939 he was a Student at St Lukes Teachers Training College, Heavitree Road, Exeter. Buried in KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 4. Extract from Western Morning News - Saturday 9 December 1939, page 6: Another St. Luke's, Exeter, student, evacuated from St. Mark and St. John College, Chelsea, was Leslie Alan Egbers, who applied for his exemption from any kind military service. He did not, he said, consider it his duty as a Christian and a member of the Church of England to undertake a task which was entirely destructive. "I could not give my heart to any work outside the scope of education," he added. He was retained on the register on condition that he continued to follow the teaching profession for the duration the war.
EGBERS	Peter [Richard]	Trooper 6351288, 45th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died as the result of an accident in India 6 December 1943. Aged 22. Born 1 June 1921 in London N., resident London S.W. Son of William Victor and Thirza Egbers, of Selsey-on-Sea, Sussex. In 1939 he was a Bank Clerk, resident 10 Church Lane, Merton, Merton and Morden U.D., Surrey. Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, INdia. PLot 3. Row H. Grave 11. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944: EGBERS Peter Richard of 10 Church-lane Merton Park London S.W.19 died 6 December 1943 on war service Administration Llandudno 16 May to William Victor Egbers civil servant. Effects £339 1s. 8d.
FINDLAY	Reginald [Charles]	Petty Officer P/JX 126895, H.M.S. Acheron, Royal Navy. Died at sea 17 December 1940. Aged 30. Born 2 October 1910 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Son of Albert and Clara Findlay; husband of Alice M. Findlay, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 37, Column 2.
FULLICK	Frederick [Roy]	Able Seaman P/JX 152369, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Killed in action 24 May 1941 when H.M.S. Hood was sunk during the pursuit of the German Battleship, Bismarck. Aged 20. Son of Arthur Leslie and Mabel Fullick, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 48, Column 1.
FULLICK	Jack	No further information currently available
FULLICK	[Albert] Percy	Able Seaman, H.M.S. Wilna, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy). Died on board H.M.S. Wilna 8 August 1940. Aged 24. Son of Arthur Leslie and Mabel Fullick, of Selsey, Sussex. Buried 12 August 1940 in HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Hampshire. Plot E. Row 53. Grave 21. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941: FULLICK Alfred Percy of 58 Windsor-road Selsey Sussex died 8 August 1940 on war service Administration Winchester 31 March to Mabel Fullick (wife of Arthur Leslie Fullick). Effects £159 3s. 6d.
GEAREY	Paul	No further information currently available
HACKING	Alan	No further information currently available
HAINES	Geoffrey	No further information currently available
HARRIS	Harold [William Alfred]	Acting Lance Corporal 1574542, 7 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers. Accidentally killed 28 May 1943. Aged 25. Born and resident Sussex. Son of Harold William and Grace Harris; husband of Annie Harris, of Selsey, Sussex. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 3. Row H. Grave 9.
HENDERSON	Brian	No further information currently available
HUMPHRY	Bert	No further information currently available
HUNNISETT	Dick	No further information currently available
HUNNISETT	Donald [Harry Woodhouse] aka Don	Leading Seaman LT/JX241630, H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet, Royal Naval Patrol Service. Died, possibly of wounds, in United Kingdom 5 August 1943. Aged 32. Son of Harry Stuart Hunnisett and Alice Woodhouse Hunnisett, of Selsey Bill; husband of Sheila Emily Hunnisett, of Selsey Bill. In the 1911 census he was a baby, born Selsey, Sussex, son of Harry Stuart and Alice Woodhouse, resident East Road, Selsey, Sussex. Buried in SELSEY (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Sussex. Plot D. Row 11. Grave 27. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944: HUNNISETT Donald Harry Woodhouse of The Hive Seal-road Selsey Sussex died 5 August 1943 on war service Probate Llandudno 7 April to Sheila Emily Hunnisett widow. Effects £2220 8s. 4d.
KELLY	Ralph	No further information currently available
KENNARD-DAVIS	Peter [Frank]	Pilot (Pilot) Officer 42348, 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died of wounds based at Kenley, Surrey, while flying a Supermarine Spitfire, seril numbner L1039, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 at West Langdon, Kent during a patrol on 8 August 1940 and died of burns in the Royal Victoria Hospital 10 August 1940. Aged 19. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Son of Frank Edward and Frances Amelia Kennard-Davis, of Selsey, Sussex; nephew of Mr. F. G. Howe, of Esher, Surrey. Buried in BROOKWOOD CEMETERY, Surrey. St. Cyprian's Avenue, Grave 202344. Extract from Sussex Chronicle and Observer - Friday 11 August 1939, page 1: SELSEY AIR FORCE COMMISSION Mr. Peter Frank Kennard-Davis. of East Beach, Selsey, who was educated at the 'Thames Nautical Training College, Greenhithe, Kent, has been granted a commission as acting pilot officer in the Royal Air Force.
LAMBERT	Jack	No further information currently available
MANT	William [Charles Henry] aka Billy	Troooper 7937112, 'C' Squadron, 24th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action 8 June 1944. Aged 28. Biorn and resident Sussex. Son of Charles and Eleanor Annie Mant. In the 1921 census he was the son of Charles and Eleanor Annie Mant, aged 5, born Sel;sey, Sussex, resident 1, Alex Terrace, Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 8, Column 2.
McEACHERN	Robert	No further information currently available
McNEILLE	[Malcolm] Stuart	Trooper 13048387, 43rd (2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Killed in action at sea 24 June 1944. Aged 28. Born 6 March 1916. Son of Malcolm and Clematis McNeille, of Selsey, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was a Photographic Assistant, single, son of Malcolm and Clematis McNeillie, resident Selsey, Chichester R.D., Sussex. Buried in HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot 2. Row L. Grave 9.
MITCHELL	Ernest [Sydney]	Lance Corporal 2622002, 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 10 September 1943. Aged 34. Born and resident Sussex. Son of Richard and Mary Mitchell, of Selsey, Sussex; husband of Kathleen Mitchell, of Selsey, married October-December Quarter 1932 in Chihester Registration District, Sussex. Buried in SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 43.
MITCHELL	Louis	No further information currently available
OWENS	Jack	No further information currently available
PENNYCORD	Albert [Douglas] aka Bert	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1187020, 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in Action flyout of Leconfield, Yorkshire, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE155, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Duisburg in severe icing conditions and low cloud 8 April 1943. Aged 22. Born 20 January 1921. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Son of Albert E. and Lilian Pennycord, of Selsey, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was an Auctioneer Clerk, single, son of Albert E and Lilian Pennycord, resident 1 Vine Cottage, Albion Road, Selsey, Chichester R.D., Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 161.
PENNYCORD	John [Alfred] aka Jack	Leading Stoker P/K 66257, H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy. Killed at sea when Uboat U-47, under the command of Günther Prien, penetrated Scapa Flow and sank the old battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak anchored in Scapa Bay 14 October 1939. Aged 32. Born 13 May 1907 in Westhampnett, Sussex. Son of William Thomas Pennycord and Alice Pennycord; husband of Lily Pennycord, of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 35, Column 1.
PERRY	Gordon [Hardy]	Bombardier 1485584, 48 Battery, 21 Light A.A. Regt, Royal Artillery. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War, at Sandakan, Borneo, of Malaria 24 March 1945. Aged 38. Born 18 January 1907 in Enfield, Middlesex, resident Enfield, Middlesex. Son of William Lynton Perry and Emma Louise Perry, of 4 Harcourt Villas, Highfield Road, Selsey, Sussex; brother of Lionel (below). Civilian occupation Nurseryman. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 8.
PERRY	Lionel [Frederick]	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 934086, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying out of m Snaith, Yorkshire, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number X3797. when the aircraft crashed at Tannington, Suffolk when control was lost due to icing while returning from a raid on Duisburg, three of the crew survived, 14 July 1942. Aged 30. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Son of William and Emma Louise Perry, of Selsey, Sussex; brother of Gordon (above). Buried in IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY, Suffolk. Section C. Division 31. Grave 37. Extract from England and Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946: PERRY Lionel Frederick of 4 Harcourt Villas Hillfield-road Selsey Sussex died 14 July 1942 on war service Administration (limited) London 19 December to Dennis Lomas Perry advertising manager. Effects £36 11s. 2d.
RICHARDSON	Peter	Flying Officer (Pilot) 145046, 682 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of San Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX, serial number RM645, when the aircraft ditched 16 miles off Manfredonia after running out of fuel when returning from a photo reconnaissance sortie to Vienna 21 January 1945. Native of Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 18, Column 1. See also Malta Memorial
SCAMMELS	Frederick [Henry George] aka Micky	[Listed as SCAMMELLS on CWGC] Able Seaman P/SSX 30905, H.M.S. Halsted, Royal Navy. Killed in action at sea 11 June 1944. Aged 24. Born 21 September 1920 in Westbourne, Sussex. Husband of Betty (nee Hardy) Scammells, of Selsey, Sussex, married October to December Quarter 1941 in Chichester Registration District, Sussex. In the 1921 census he was a baby, born Hampshire, a Nurse Child, resident with Ernest Laurence and Eunice Mary Hall at High Street, Selsey, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 83, Column 1. Extract from Chichester Observer - 9 September 1944, page 6: SCAMMELS.—Frederick "Micky," died at his gun on June 11th, 1944, on H.M.S. Halsted ; his life not given in vain, his ship survived ; important convoy reached its destination ; loved by all ; he was our sunshine ; good-night, my dear, until we meet again.—From Mum and Dad at Selsey. P.22.
SHACKLE	[Francis] Mark	Captain 71327, 70 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as the result of an accident in United Kingdom 21 January 1943. Aged 25. Born London N.W., resident London N. Son of Guy and Georgina Shackle; husband of Diana Margaret Shackle, of Moor Park, Hertfordshire, married October to December Quarter 1939 in Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex.. In the 1921 census he was the son of Georgina Florence Shackle, aged 3, born London, resident 6, Stn Road, Selsey, Sussex. Buried in HEXHAM (ST. ANDREWS) CEMETERY, Northumberland. Section G. Grave 59. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943: SHACKLE Francis Mark of Red Dormers Heathside-close Moor Park Hertfordshire died 21 January 1943 on war service Probate Llandudno 17 June to Diana Margaret Shackle widow. Effects £1047 3s. 7d. Extract from Newcastle Journal and North Mail - 22 January 1943, page 4: GRENADE KILLED SEVEN Two officers, four N.C.Os and one other soldier have been killed as the result of a grenade firing fatality during a military exercise near Coanwood, Northumberland. on Wednesday night. Eighteen others were injured and in hospital in a critical condition. The dead were Captain Francis Mark Shackle (25), who came from Northwood, Middlesex; Lieut. James Ball, R.S.M. Revel-Burroughs, Battery Q.M.S. Wilks. Sergt. Porrett. R.A.M.C.; Bombardier Wright and Gunner Weston. Mr. P. M. Dodds, coroner for South Northumberland, opened an inquest at Haltwhistle last night for evidence of identification only. MEN INJURED The five soldiers killed at the time of the explosion were taken to the mortuary of Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital. Captain F. M. Shackle died in Hexham Emergency Hospital yesterday. The 16 soldiers lying injured in Hexham emergency Hospital are :— Sergeant Edward Leeming West, B.S.M. Frederick John Jenkins, Gunner George Joseph Cunningham, Gunner James Walter Sped-ding, Gunner Francis Wm. Bird. Gunner Robert Brann, Gunner Harold Deacon-Billington, Gunner Herbert H. Sear. Gunner Arthur Roe. Gunner A. W. Ayres, Gunner Collinson, Driver D. Doc.,ds, Gunner R. Barnes. Lance-Sergeant Arthur L. Evans, Gunner Frederick Arthur Davies, Bombardier Leslie Harold Carr. Extract from Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 23 January 1943, page 5: Military burial at Hexham Military honours were accorded the funeral at Hexham to-day of Capt. Francis Mark Shackle I 25). of Northwood. Middlesex. who was one of seven victims of the grenade fatality at Coanwood on Wednesday. Captain. Shackle died in Hexham Hospital on Thursday. A memorial service in Hexham Abbey before the interment was conducted by the Rector of Hexham (Canon Farquhar), assisted by the Rev. R. W. Watson. Vicar of Haltwhistle, and the Rev. J. Lance. The coffin, covered with the Union Jack and bearing the dead officer's cap and sword belt, had lain in the Abbey overnight. The mourners included Capt. Shackle's widow and mother and his Commanding Officer and eight other fellow officers. The bearer and escort party comprised nine sergeants of Capt. Shackle's regiment. A guard of honour was formed at the Abbey and a volley fired over the grave in Hexham Cemetery.
SMITH	Bernard [Charles]	Sergeant (Pilot) 1293165, 418 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed while flying out of Debden, Essex, in a Douglas Boston III (Intruder), serial number W8335, 24 February 1942. Aged 21. Born 14 November 1920. Native of Selsey, Sussex. Husband of Lillian M (nee Mould) Smith, of Selsey, married July to September Quarter 1941 in Chichester Registration District, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was a Public Works Labourer, single, resident with his widowed father, Joseph, and his brother, Ronald, at 56 Windsor Road, Selsey, Chichester R.D., Sussex. Buried in SELSEY (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Sussex. Plot B. Row 5. Grave 15.
TADD	Eric [Henry]	Sapper 1906851, 264 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action between 21 May 1940 and 9 June 1940. Aged 22. Born 14 November 1917, and resident, Sussex. Enlisted 18 January 1940 for the duration of the war. In the 1921 census he was the son of Henry and Florence Tadd, aged 3, born Selsey, Sussex, resident East Road, Selsey, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was son of Henry and Florence Tadd, a Gardener, resident 22 Victoria Park, Selsey, Chichester R.D., Sussex. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSIOn, Somme, France. Plot 9. Row G. Grave 7.
TWYCROSS-RAINES	Hugh	No further information currently available
WARNOCK	John	No further information currently available
WARREN	Desmond [James]	Lieutenant 233251, 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 13 January 1943. Born 16 Novemeber 1921 in Eire (Ireland), resident Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was seeking work, son of Lionel E and Ellen Warren, resident Grey Friars Seal Street, Selsey, Chichester R.D., Sussex. Buried in MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 6. Extract from Bognor Regis Observer - 27 February 1943, page 6: WARREN.—January, 1943, killed in action North Africa, Lieutenant Desmond James Warren, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, younger son of Lieut.-Colonel L. E. Warren, D.S.O. (late R.A.) and Mrs. Warren, of Greyfriars, Selsey, Sussex, aged 21 years. P.179.
WILKINS	George	No further information currently available
WILLIAM	Jack	No further information currently available
KOREA - 1953
GUTHRIE	Peter McCombie	Second Lieutenant P/423566, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Killed in action 29 May 1953. Aged 20. Buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea. Plot 39. Row 10. Grave 3427. Details in The Times 13 June 1953

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