War Memorials

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World War I (1914-1918) Casualties List.
Combining details for the names on the memorial cross & in the churches + others.

[Sources: family tree research, National Archives [PRO]online records www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

& the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website database www.cwgc.org]

Click on the        Poppy next to the name to reveal their biographic details :

Segeant - Frederick William BANBURY

Private - Harry Percy BURCHETT

Private - William Stanley BUSHELL

Lance Sergeant - Allen Thomas CROUCHER

Corporal - AlfredHenry ELSE

Private - George Henry HAYWARD

Private - Stephen HOPKINS

Sapper Pioneer - Frederick Thomas KENNETT

2nd Lieutenant - Herbert LLOYD

Private - Burton Henry LUCAS

Gunner - Arthur William PLUNKETT

Private - William Frederick READ

Lance Corporal - John SHRUBSOLE

2nd Lieutenant - Frank William TAPPENDEN

Private - Albert Frank THORNBY

Private - Henry George THORNBY

Sergeant - Thomas WARD





         WW II (1939-1945) Casualty List

Private - George Frederick BARTLETT

Lance Corporal - Reginald Charles WRAIGHT

Gunner - Albert William NORRINGTON

[Albert Norrington is not on the war memorial or church plaque]

2nd Lieutenant - Patrick Finlay ROBINS

[Patrick Robins is not on the war memorial or church plaque]





               Roll of Honour           - a list of the men who served in World War One, that were connected with the village:

                             [some of the names listed are in addition to the men listed on the Hastingleigh Church Official Roll of Honour.]

               NK = Rank Not Known - it is possible they served in the Navy or RFC/RAF - I have only checked army records so far.)

[NK] George William Baker    (Click for Details)

[Gunner] Alfred Edward Begent    (Clickfor Details)

[Private] Benjamin Thomas Begent    (Clickfor Details)

[Private] William George Begent    (Click for Details)

[Private] Wyndham Henry Begent    (Click for Details)

[Private] Christopher Clifford Seagrave Benskin   (Click for Details)

[Private] Walter William Edward Boulding    (Click for Details)

[Private] Harry Burt    (Click for Details)

[Private] George Frank Bushell    (Click for Details)

[Private] William Richard Cook    (Click for Details)

[Groom] William George Coombes   (Click for Details)

[Private] George Herbert Curd    (Click for Details)

[Driver] Cecil Harry Deal    (Click for Details)

[Driver] Lewis Percy Deal    (Click for Details)

[Private] Bertie George Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Private] Edwin Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Private] Frank Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Private] Herbert Thomas Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Private] William Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Private] William Frank Hayward    (Click for Details)

[Sergeant] William Naylor Horrox    (Click for Details)

[Corporal] Owen Theodore Janes    (Click for Details)

[Sergeant] Robert Kerr    (Click for Details)

[NK] Frederick George Laws    (Click for Details)

[Private] James George Lindridge    (Click for Details)

[NK] John Gynn Lloyd    (Click for Details)

[NK] Frederick James Marsh   (Click for Details)

[Guardsman] Robert William Marsh    (Click for Details)

[NK] Albert Mills    (Click for Details)

[NK] Arthur Mills    (Click for Details)

[2nd Lieutenant] John Edward Mills    (Click for Details)

[Corporal] Philip W Mills    (Click for Details)

[Gunner] William Henry Neame    (Click for Details)

[Bombadier] Shirley Arthur Thomas John Norrington    (Click for Details)          // click photo to view it on a new page and click again to enlarge

[NK] John Edward Norris    (Click for Details)

[Lance Corporal] William Thomas Norris   (Click for Details)

[NK] Charles Edward Packham    (Click for Details)

[RAF Sergeant] William Legh Broughton Palmer    (Click for Details)

[Lieutenant Colonel] William Legh Palmer    (Click for Details)

[NK] Alfred Sidney Prebble    (Click for Details)

[NK] Edward Prebble    (Click for Details)

[NK] Albert George Ross    (Click for Details)

[NK] Alfred Edward Ross    (Click for Details)

[NK] Walter John Ross   (Click for Details)

[RAF] William Wyley Rushbrook    (Click for Details)

[Private] Alfred William Southen    (Clickfor Details)

[Lieutenant] Frederick Albert Taylor    (ClickforDetails)

[Driver] William Henry Taylor (Click for Details) NB: This man is missed off the church Roll of Honour.

[NK] Charles Wallis    (Click for Details)

[Shoeing Smith / Driver] Alfred William Young   (Click for Details)

[NK] James Albert Young   (Click for Details)

Note: Several amendments to the spellings of the names from the Roll of Honour, to match each individual's birth registration name, and the list has been put in surname alphabetical order.

There are a few chaps with very little biographical detail, and if you can identify them or help to add to what is recorded here for these men, please contact the website. I would also like to add a Roll of Honour for World Ward Two, if you know the names of any villagers who served in the forces in WWII then please let me know.

Several of the 'Family Connections' in the list of the men who served in WW1 & WW2.
Harry Percy Burchett is the uncle of William Frank Hayward and Bertie George Hayward. Also the uncle of Albert William Norrington who was killed in WW2
Shirley Norrington is the brother in law of Harry Percy Burchett, and father of Albert William Norrington.
William Stanley Bushell is the brother of George Frank Bushell
Herbert Lloyd is the brother of John Gynn (or Gwynn) Lloyd
Alfred William Young & James Albert Young are brothers
Albert, Alfred & Walter Ross are brothers
William Frank Hayward & Bertie George Hayward are brothers
Frederick James Marsh is the uncle of Robert William Marsh, and Robert is Bertie George Haywards brother in law.
John Edward Mills & Philip William Mills are brothers
William Legh Palmer is the father of William Broughton Legh Palmer
Edward Prebble & Alfred Stephen Prebble are brothers AND William Frederick Read is their half brother
Reginald Charles Wraight (WW2 casualty) is the nephew of the above Prebble brothers
Cecil Harry Deal & Lewis Percy Deal are brothers
Walter Boulding and William Richard Cook are cousins
All 7 Haywards are cousins
Likewise the 4 Begents are all also cousins from 3 families
There will be numerous other family connections, as the majority of men who went to war, from Hastingleigh village came from families
who had lived in the parish or neighbouring parishes for several generations.

Earlier Military Deaths:

Born Albert William Coombes in Hastingleigh 1878 son of Alfred Coombes and Emma (nee Tappenden), he enlisted in the Buffs in 1897, then after 3 years service, he transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery on 27th March 1900 at Canterbury. After just 135 days service with the RGA, he died of pneumonia on Sheerness 8th August 1900. At the time of his death, his parents were living at Herne Hill, Kent.

For his military service he was known as Alfred William Coombes. He was however named Albert on his birth registration AND his baptism record in the church at Hastingleigh. His death is registered as Alfred William Coombs. He was 22 years old.

On an upright headstone in the churchyard is:

SERGEANT
ARTHUR WILLIAM KIRBY
NO.3643 OF THE BUFFS EAST KENT REGIMENT
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
AT THE BATTLE OF DRIEFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
MARCH 10TH 1900
BORN AT LITTLECOMBE, HASTINGLEIGH 1869
YOUNGER SON OF JOHN HAMMOND KIRBY
OF SALTHURST, ROBERTSBRIDGE
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A SOLDIERS DUTY BIDS HIM SHED HIS BLOOD
AND BRAVE ALL DANGERS FOR HIS COUNTRY·S GOOD

Inside the church:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE DEARLY LOVED MEMORY OF LIEUT° GRAHAM G.J.SANKEY 35TH SIKHS, YOUNGER SON OF RICHARD J. SANKEY, OF SOUTH HILL IN THIS PARISH, WHO DIED AT NOWSHERA IN THE PUNJAB, INDIA. SEPT 8TH 1902 AGED 23. THIS WINDOW IS DEDICATED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS.

also

   IN MEMORY OF
   LIEUTENANT G.G.J.SANKEY
   XXXV TH SIKHS
   WHO DIED AT NOWSHERA PUNJAB INDIA
   ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1902
   DEEPLY REGRETTED BY ALL RANKS OF HIS REGIMENT
    ---
   ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS