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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Captain H. G. Waghorn

Date of Birth: 7th May 1864

Son of: Alfred George Waghorn

Rank: Captain

Regiment: North Staffordshire Regiment

Unit: 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment

Sub-Unit: 2nd/6th Battalion

Date of Death: 24th April 1917

Burial Location: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension

Grave Reference: 1, B, 5

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

William Coombs

Son of: A. Coombe of Fulham

Husband of: Caroline Barker (Formerly Coombs), of 223 Lewis Truct Buildings, Fulham London

Regiment/Corps: London regiment

Secondary Unit: 13th Kensington Battalion

Date of Death: 2nd February 1915

Age: 24 yrs

Location: Yarrow Home V.A.D. Hospital

Burial Location: Kensal Green (All Soul’s) Cemetery

Grave Ref: 71, 3.44560

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Brigadier General George Bull D. S. C.

Date of Death: 11th December 1916

Burried at: Varennes Military Cemetry, France

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private George Wicks

Service Number: 21897

Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

Date of Death: 7th October 1918

Place of burial: St Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Reference: 20, 24

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sapper William Turner

Service Number: 6298

Unit: Royal Engineers, 2nd Seige Company, Royal Anglesey

Date of death: 7th May, 1915

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 17, 54

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Harry Turner

Son of: Tom Cyrus Turner & Mary Jane Turner of Altringham, Cheshire

Service Number: 9808

Battalion: 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

Date of death: 21st December, 1914

Age: 19 yrs

Burial Location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 17, 15

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Aircraftman 1st Class A. G. Sharp

Service Number: F/14252

Unit: Royal Naval Air Service

Name of Vessel: H.M.S President

Date of death: 22nd April, 1919

Burial Location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 9

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private H. Saxby

Service Number: 46089

Unit: Royal Defence Corps

Date of death: 23rd April, 1919

Place of burial: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 99

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private James Murphy

Service Number: 3058

Battalion: The King's Regiment (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/9th Battalion

Date of death: 5th September, 1915

Place of burial: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Walter Thomas Horsford

Son of: William John and Harriet Horsford of 26 Vera Road, Fulharn, London

Service Number: 9593

Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, 18th Sanitary Section

Date of death: 30th May, 1916

Age: 21 yrs

Burial Location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 1

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Robert Harrison

Service Number: GS/SR/21

Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Date of death: 28th September, 1915

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 17, 66

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private George Henry Percy Harris

Son of: George and Mary Harris of 11 Walford road,Stoke Newington, London

Service Number: 54151

Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of death: 30th October, 1918

Age: 26 yrs

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 20, 37

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Gunner William Hall

Husband of: Alice Hall of 106 Clacton Road, Walthamstow, Essex, Ken

Service Number: 96592

Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery, No 2 depot

Date of death: 8th April, 1919

Age: 36 yrs

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private C. Geraghty

Service Number: 5435

Battalion: 7th Battalion, Lanchester Regiment

Date of death: 8th August, 1916

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 4

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance-Corporal Patrick Dowd

Service Number: 5102

Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Battalion

Date of death: 29th July, 1916

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 3

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William Dagnell

Service Number: 17115

Battalion: Leicestershire Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Date of death: 19th May, 1919

Burial Location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 68

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Henry Collings

Service Number: 10925

Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment

Date of death: 23rd March, 1919

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 9

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private W. Butchchart

Son of: Mrs. M. A. Lawson of 29 Victoria Street, Southmuir, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Kent

Service Number: 352

Battalion: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), B Company, 1st Battalion

Date of death: 11th April 1916

Age: 27 yrs

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 18, 22

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private J. Barker

Son of: James & Mary Laffey of 73 Mary Ann Street, Blackburn, Lancashire

Real Name: Michael Laffey

Alias: Served as James Barker

Service Number: 7557

Battalion: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Date of death: 18th December, 1915

Age: 36 yrs

Burial Location: St. Peter’s Churchyard

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Able Seaman George Trice Hammond

Son of: John and Harriet Jane Priscilla Hammond of Ivydene, Beacon Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Husband to: Elizabeth Jane Hammond (29.06.1953)

Service Number: 235905(CH)

Unit: H.M.S. Pembroke Barracks, Chatham, Kent

Date of death: 22nd July, 1916

Age: 26 yrs

Cause of death: Trying to save a small boy from drowning at Joss Bay

Burial location: St Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Reference: 19, 2

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Percy James Nash

Son of: Samuel Nash of 34 Albion Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: G/37295

Unit: 11th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of death: 1st August, 1917

Age: 19 yrs

Memorial Location: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Ref: Panel 11-13 and 14

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Ernest Wood

Son of: Thomas Wood of Molash, Canterbury, Kent

Service Number: G/5068

Unit: 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 5th May, 1915

Age: 36 yrs

Burial location: Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery

Grave Ref: VIII, H, 16

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Second Lieutenant Leslie John Wood

Occupation: Assistant Surveyor to Broadstairs & St Peter's District Council 'Chulmeley, Granville Road, Broadstairs

Address: 'Elmshurst', St Peter's Park Road, Broadstairs

Unit: 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Burial location: Tyne Cot Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 23 to 28 and 163A

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sergeant C. E. Wish

Next-of-kin: Edward R. Wish of ‘Blagdon' House, Edge End Road, Broadstairs

Service Number: 11906

Unit: 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

Date of death: 17th May, 1915

Burial location: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy

Grave Ref: IV, K, 18

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Petty Officer Stoker John Charles Wiggington

Son of: Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wigginton of Church Street, St Peter's

Branch of Service: Royal Navy - for 14 years

Service Number: 304978

Unit: H. M. S. Laforey

Class: Laforey Class Destroyer

Date launched: 23rd March, 1917

Voyage: Mined in the English Channel

Date Lost: 23rd March, 1917

Date of death: 23rd March, 1917

Casualties: No survivors

Memorial location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Reference: Panel, 23

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Captain Nigel John Latham Wickham

Son of: Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Wickham, of Seapoint Lodge, Broadstairs

Unit: Connaught Rangers 6th Battalion

Date of death: 18th April, 1916

Age: 25 yrs

Burial location: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery

Grave Ref: I, K, 33

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Bertram Henry Watler

Home address: 5 Afghan Road, Broadstairs

Service Number: 2545

Unit: 7th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 5th April, 1917

Age: 22 yrs

Burial location: Margate Cemetery

Grave Ref:

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William Alfred Vassey

Service Number: 81151

Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Date of death: 28th November, 1917

Memorial location: Cambrai Memorial, Louveral

Reference: Panel 3 & 4

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Corporal Leslie Van Ryn Berning Van de Ven

Born: Cape Town, Union of South Africa

Next of Kin: William Francis Frederick Van de Ven of 35 Gladstone Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 17905

Unit: Army Pay Corps

Unit: Ex Corporal Civil Service Rifles, Ex Gloucestershire Regiment

Date of death: 3rd February, 1919

Age: 23 yrs

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

The Rev E. W. Trevor

Birth Location: Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire

Son of: Rev. G.W. Trevor & Mrs. A. F. Trevor of 3 Bloomfield Place, Bath

Unit: Army Chaplain's Department - Chaplain 4th Class

Secondary Unit: Rifle Brigade, attached 13th Battalian

Date of death: 14th November, 1916

Age: 30 yrs

Grave Ref: II, D, 21

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private M. Tannertbaum

Son of: Nathan & Kate Tannenbaum of 7 Belvedere Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Brother of: Private James Montague Tannenbaum (SN: 93282, 112th Field Ambulance, RAMC)

Service Number: 93282

Branch of Service: Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of death: 26th May, 1920

Age: 25 yrs

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 21, 60

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Farrier Sergeant F. Swain

Service Number: 910188

Unit: 421st Battery, Royal Field Artillery

Date of date: 1st December, 1918 (North Russia)

Burial location: Archangel Allied Cemetery

Grave Ref: B, 10

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Able Seaman W. Sutton

Service Number: J/1441 (CH)

Unit: H.M.S. Mantua

Date of death: 20th August, 1918

Burial Location: Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery

Grave Ref: 1, F, 14

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Pioneer C. J. Sutton

Service Number: 165903

Unit: 3rd Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers

Date of death: 31st March, 1917

Burial Location: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty

Grave Ref: VI, F, 10

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Second Lieutenant N.H. Stockdale

Unit: Lincolnshire Regiment

Date of death: 18th September, 1916 - Orvillers

Burial Location: Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

Grave Ref: J, 31

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Corporal Henry John Springett

Husband of: Lilian Ruth Springett of 3 Albion Villas, Sowell Street, St Peter’s Broadstairs

Service Number: 548425

Unit: 255th Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers

Date of death: 31st May, 1918

Age: 26 yrs

Memorial location: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: XXVII, F, 10A

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William Henry Spice

Son of: Mrs. W. Spice of Gasometer House, Broadstairs, Kent

Service No: 33549

Age: 19 yrs

Unit: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Date of death: 18th July, 1917

Memorial Location: Arras Memorial

Grave ref: Bay 6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant Harcourt John Snowden

Son of: Rev H. C. V. Snowden & Mrs. Snowden of Hildersham House, St Peter's Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Formerly: School master at Hemel Hempstead

Prior to joining Territorial’s, attached to Officers Training Corps, Oxford

Unit: 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment

Date of death: 11th January 1915

Age: 27 yrs

Burial location: Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg L’Avoue

Grave Ref: I, B, 13

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Ernest Albert Friend

Nationality: New Zealand

Service Number: 20436

Unit: 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Date of death: 8th June, 1917

Memorial Location: Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Captain Kenneth Shelton Royal Flying Corps

5th Son of: Mr. & Mrs. T. Shelton of 'Alleen’ Percy Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Commissioned: 17 yrs

Secondary Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Buffs

Posted to: Salonika 1916

Date transferred to R.F.C.: 1916

Unit: No.54 Squadron

Aircraft type: Sopwith Camel F.1.

Aircraft Serial Number: B5416

Base/Station: Flez

Date of death: 14th February, 1918

Cause of death: Injuries sustained in crash to trees due to low cloud and mist near Marchelepot

Burial location: Roye New British Cemetery

Grave Ref: III, A, 9

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Gunner William Scott

Service Number: L/9674

Unit: 126th Battery, 29th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Date of death: 29th October, 1918

Burial location: Verchain British Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre

Grave Ref: D.11

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Second Lieutenant G. B. Saunders

Unit: 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment (Buffs)

Date of death: 15th April, 1917

Location: Loos

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private James Henry Reader

Born: Broadstairs, Kent

Address: 1 Hazel Villas Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: November 1914, Ramsgate

Service Number: S/10156

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Posted to France: November 1914

Age: 19 yrs

Memorial Location: Ploegsteert Memorial

Ref: Panel, 2

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Walter Price

Son of: Richard and Mary Jane Price, of Broadstairs

Husband of: Eliza Price of 'Summer Ville’, Albion Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

Date of death: 2nd November, 1917

Age: 38 yrs

Burial location: Gaza War Cemetery

Grave Ref: XV, A, 12

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Frederick Stephen Prett

Son of: Frederick and Martha Prett of North Foreland Cottages, Reading Street Northwood, Kent

Employed by: Elmwood Farm, St Peter's

Service Number: 203192

Unit: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) - Labour Corps transfer to (547816)

Date of death: 22nd May, 1918

Age: 38 yrs

Cause of Deat: Drowned in a river at Petworth, Sussex

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 17, 68

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Robert Charles Pitcher

Born: Gravesend, Kent

Connections: Great Yarmouth

Brother: Thomas Pitcher (Served with the Royal Engineers)

Father: Crew member of a Trinty House Light Ship on the East Coast

Son in law of: Superintendant of Broadstairs and St Peter's Fire Brigade (Mr.T.Farrier)

Employed: As a waiter at The Balmoral Hotel, Broadstairs

Enlisted: December 1914, Ramsgate

Service Number: G/4979

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) - Posted to France, April 1915 - Wounded 28th September 1915 - Posted back to France, April 1915 - Wounded again 13th January, 1916

Date of death: 11th September, 1916

Cause of Death: Killed accidently by a bomb (grenade)

Age: 27yrs

Burial location: Carnoy Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: B, 3

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Bombardier G. Pilbeam

Home Address: Albion Inn, St Peter's, Broadstairs

Service Number: 64145

Unit: 216th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Date of death: 24th April, 1918

Burial location: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension

Grave Ref: III, C, 7

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Arthur Pilbeam

Born: Ashford, Kent

Enlisted: Worthing Sussex

Service Number: 1021

Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 27th July, 1916

Location of Death: Middle East Forces

Burial location: Amara War Cemetery

Grave Ref: IX, B, 3

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Warrant Officer Class 1 (S.S.M.) Frederick Edward Piggott

Son of: John Drew Piggott and Harriett Piggott of Broadstairs

Service Number: 6

Unit: The Australian infantry AIF 5th Battalion

Awarded: Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Date of death: 26th Apri1, 1915

Age: 38

Cause of Death: Wounds at sea

Memorial Location: Lone Pine Memorial, Eceabat, Turkey

Ref: Panel 24

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Rifleman F.N. Philpott

Home address: 3 Richborough Villas, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed by: The Automobile Association

Service Number: Z/2927

Unit: 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

Date of death: 26th June, 1915

Age 19 yrs

Burial location: Talana Farm Cemetery

Grave Ref: II, B, 7

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant Joseph Douglas Philips

Home address: Rosecourt, Gladstone Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Unit: East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)

Commissioned: 20th March, 1907 - Became Lieutenant, September 1910 - Joined West African Frontier Force, March 1910

Date of death: 20th October, 1914

Cause of death: Killed in action - battle of Armentieres - Action at Radingham)

Memorial Location: Ploegsteert Memorial

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Percy William Pantony

Son of: Alfred (died 5th June, 1930) and Emma Pantony (died 15th July, 1928 aged 71) of 1 Chandos Villas, Dundonald Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Son: Frank James Pantony (died 20th December, 1925 aged 32)

Service Number: 2855

Unit: 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Age: 27 yrs

Cause of Death: Killed in action at Ypres

Memorial Location: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Ref: Panel 46-48 and 50

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Charles William Pantony

Home Address: 13 Chaucer Road, Broadstairs

Service Number: G/1135

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of death: 25th September, 1915

Memorial Location: Laos Memorial

Ref: Panel 13 to 15

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Second Lieutenant Mervyn Noott

Son of: W. M. Noott, M.R. C.S. L.R. C.P. & Louisa Noott of Upton Lodge, Broadstairs, Kent

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 20th October, 1914

Age: 24 yrs

Cause of Death: Killed by enemy shell-fire - Battle of Armentieres, Action at Radingham

Memorial location: Window within St. Peter's Church

Memorial Location 2: Ploegsteert Memorial

Ref: Panel 2

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Percy J. Neale

Husband of: Annie M. J. Neale, 2 Shanklin Terrace, Broadstairs

Enlisted: December 1914

Service Number: 5018

Unit: The Buffs East Kent Regiment - Posted to France June 1915

Awarded: Diploma by Bethune Fire Brigade / Croix de Guerre (France)

Age: 31 yrs

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 20, II

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Arthur Burkley Neale

Son of: William and Adelaide Neale of Broadstairs, Kent

Brother to: Sgt. Major. W. A. Neale, 16th Laneers (served in South Africa)

Brother to: Percy J Neale, Buffs (died 11th July, 1918)

Husband of: Eliza Neale of 39 Albany Road, Norwich, Norfolk

Service Number: 1568

Unit: 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

Date of death: 13th January, 1918

Age: 29 yrs

Served: 7 years - posted to France, August 1914

Burial location: Hargicourt British Cemetery

Grave Ref: I. H. 2

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private A. S. Nash

Son of: Samuel Nash of 'St Quentin', WestCliff Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 3594

Unit: 'C' Company 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

Date of death: 25th August, 1918

Age: 19 yrs

Burial location: Adanac Military Cemetery Miraumont

Grave Ref: III. F, 14

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Petty Officer John Murphy

Husband of: Daisy Murphy of 'Rosemary' Beacon Road, Reading Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 191306

Unit: H. M. S Pembroke Chatham (Barracks)

Date of death: 6th November, 1918

Age: 38 yrs

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Leading Seaman Charles Muggleton

Service Number: J/1787(Ch)

Unit: H. M. S. Racoon Beagle. Class Destroyer

Date launched: 15th February, 1910

Commanding Officer: Lt. George Napier (RN)

Cause of incident: Grounded in storm off North coast of Ireland, 9th January, 1918

Casualties: 91

Survivors: 9

Date of death: 9th January, 1918

Age: 27 yrs

Burial location: Rathmullan (St.Columb) Church of Ireland Churchyard

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Able Seaman Reginald Sam Muggleton

Son of: Samuel James and Jane Muggleton, of 28 Upton' Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: J/16169

Unit: H.M.S. Mary Rose - M. Class Destroyer

Commanding Officer: Lt Cdr C, L, Fox (RN)

Date launched: 8th October, 1915

Date of incident: 17th October, 1917

Location: North Sea, 75 miles East of Lerwick

Date of death: 17th October, 1917

Age: 23 yrs

Memorial Location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Ref: Panel 22

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Reginald Morton

Service Number: 2087

Unit: 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Date of death: 26th September, 1915

Memorial Location: Loos Memorial

Ref: Panel 65 to 67

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Able Seaman Walter Ernest Moore

Son of: Walter Moore of Cranbrook

Husband of: Elizabeth E. Moore of 5 Fort Cottages, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: R/6241

Unit: Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Date of death: 16th February, 1919

Age: 37 yrs

Burial location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 8

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant L. J. Moon

Unit: 10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

Date of death: 23rd November, 1916

Burial location: Karasouli Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: A. 189

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Stoker 1st Class Thomas James Miller

Son of: J. & C. B. Miller, of ‘Queenville’, Reading Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: K/686

Name of vessel: H. M. S. Cressy

Commanding Officer: R. W. Johnson RN

Date launched: 4th December, 1899

Date of incident: 22nd September, 1914

Location: North Sea off the Dutch coast

Cause: Sunk by U.9

Age: 24 yrs

Memorial Location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Ref: Panel 5

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Leonard Alfred Miller

Born: St. Peter's

Son of: Mrs. Cooper of St. Peter's

Husband of: M. N. Miller of 7 Northdown Road, St. Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed as: Gardener to Mr. Norman Craig MP, Lord Northcliffe & Mr. H. H. Marks

Enlisted: Canterbury, Kent

Service Number: G/4577

Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Buffs(East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 29th September, 1917

Age: 32 yrs

Cause of Death: Killed in action, Salonika

Burial location: Struma Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: IV, H, 3

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private John Thomas Miller

Born St. Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: Ramsgate

Service Number: G/2525

Unit: 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 3rd May, 1917

Burial location: Arras Memorial

Grave Ref: Bay, 2

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sergeant Herbert Robert Gladstone Miller

Service Number: 8994

Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderes

Date of death: 18th September, 1918 (Macedonia)

Burial Location: Tyne Cot Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 65 to 66

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Arthur John Miller

Born: Reading Street, Broadstairs
Husband of: Ina Miller of 121 Cranbury Road, Eastleigh, Hants
Employed by: Mr. Locke
Member of: Amalgamated Societies Hospital Committee
Past Grand Master of: the Perseverance Lodge, Broadstairs, Kent
Service Number: G/685
Unit: 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 22nd July, 1915

Age: 34 yrs

Cause of death: Wounds

Burial location: Pont-De-Nieppe Communal Cemetery

Grave Ref: I, A, 15

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Rifleman Albert Victor Measday

Homes address: Sowell Street Farm, St Peter’s

Educated at: St Peter’s School

Employed by: Mr. Lanes of the high Street

Employed by: Mrs. Harrison of the ‘Broadway’, Broadstairs

Enlisted: 9th November 1918

Service Number: 60210

Unit: 53rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Date of death: 30th May, 1919 (No 44 Clearing Casualty Station, The Rhine Army, Cologne)

Cause of death: Influenza

Burial Location: Cologne Southern Cemetery

Grave Ref: IV, B, 3

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Stewart Gordon McGavin

Son of: James William & Edith Rebecca McGavin, of 7, Harbour Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 12863

Branch of service: Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of death: 23rd September, 1917

Age: 32 yrs

Cause of death: Wounds inflicted by Gas

Died at: London Hospital

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 30

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Stoker 1st Class Harry Maxted

Son of: The late Mrs. Mary Ann Maxted of St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: K/18376 (PO)

Branch of Service: Royal Navy

Unit: H.M.S. Hampshire Devonshire Cuiser

Date launched: 4th September, 1903

Commanding Officer: Capt. H.J. Savill RN

Voyage: Scapa Flow to Russia

Date lost: 5th June, 1916

Location: Off Hoxa Gate near the Orkneys

Cause: Sunk by mine

Casualties: 650

Survivors: 12

Date of death: 5th June, 1916

Age: 21 yrs

Burial Location: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery

Grave Ref: F, 91A

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Albert Masters

Son of: Aden Masters of New Cottages, Westwood, South-fleet, Kent

Husband of: Kate A Masters of 2 Laurel Cottages Camden Road, Reading Street

Service Number: G/6968

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 20th October, 1914

Age: 27 yrs

Memorial location: Ploegstreet Memorial

Ref: Panel 2

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private S.C. Marsh

Service Number: G/9057

Date of death: 14th July, 1916

Son of: J .H. H. Marsh

Burial location: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval

Grave Ref: XVI. K, 5

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Albert James Manuel

Address: 2 Lime Kiln Cottages, Victoria Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs

Employed by: Mr. T Pemble

Service Number: 20780

Unit: Supernumerary Company, 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Served in the South African War and in the Yeomanry

Date of death: 6th February, 1916

Cause of death: Pneumonia

Died at: Woolwich Hospital

Burial location: Greenwich Cemetery Screen Watl

Grave ref: 3 C A, 44

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Collyer Loyd

Son of: E.O. and Margaret Lloyd, 7 Bryanston Square, London W.1.

Unit: 1st Batta1ion, Scots Guards

Date of death: 31st July, 1917

Age: 27 yrs

Burial Location: Artillery Wood Cemetery

Grave Ref: 11, E, 3

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Bertram Peter Lindsay

Employed by Mr. A Whiting of ‘The Railway Tavern, Broadstairs, Kent

Survived the explosion at Faversham munitions site

Service Number: 517204

Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)

Date of death: 28th March, 1918

Age: 22 yrs

Burial Location: Canadian Cemetery, No 2 Neuville, St Vaast

Grave Ref: 15, D, 8

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Corporal Robert William Lewis

Son of: George and Jane Lewis of Reading Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: S/6480

Regiments: 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Date of death: 1st July, 1915

Age: 28 yrs

Burial location: Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery

Grave Ref: 1, B, 11

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private J.H. Knott

Son of: Henry John and Mary Knott of 22 Chaucer Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 30138

Unit: 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards

Date of death: 22nd August, 1918

Age: 19 yrs

Burial Location: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux

Grave Ref: IV, K, J

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Charles John Thomas Knight

Service Number: G/13592

Unit: 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 3rd May, 1917

Memorial Location: Arras Memorial

Ref: Bay, 2

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Charles James Kirby

Son of: James and Jane Kirby of Hampstead, London

Husband of: Lilly Kirby of 17 Howard Road, The Vale, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: G/4548

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 26th May, 1915

Age: 31 yrs

Burial location: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-Darmentiers

Grave Ref: V1, C, 5

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private H. G. P. Kennett

Service Number: G/18842

Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Date of death: 31st May, 1918

Burial location: Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension

Grave Ref: V, C, 15

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Frank Kemp

Service Number: L/8110

Unit: 1st Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Kemp of 3 Sacketts Hill Cottages, St Peter’s Broadstairs Kent

Date of Death: 1917

Cause of Death: Killed in action 1917

Burial Location: Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery

Grave Reference: Screen Wall, W, 429

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sick Berth Attendant John Archibald William Jenkins

Son of: William Jenkins (Chief Officer of Coast Guards,Kingsgate) and Maria Jenkins of 'Shannonville' Dundonald Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 351211

Service Unit: B. M. S. Natal

Date of death: 30th December, 1915

Age: 30 yrs

Memorial Location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Grave Ref: R Panel 12

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Stanley Jarman

Service Number: 3050

Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 11th July, 1916 (Persian Gulf)

Age: 22 yrs

Burial Location: Basra War Cemetery

Grave Ref: V1. P, 16

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private A Jarmann

Son of: Alice Jane Jarman of 25 Clarendon Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 6590

Unit: 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Age: 18 yrs

Date of death: 7th November, 1915

Burial Location: Menin Road South Cemetery

Grave Ref: III, E, 33

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private George Henry James

Son of: George and Fanny James, 24 Livingstone Road, St. Peter's Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 292034

Unit: Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion

Date of death: 26th October, 1917

Age: 19 yrs

Memorial Location: Tyne Cot Memorial

Ref: Panel 38 to 40

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Charles Edgar Isitt

Son of: George and Ellen Isitt of 'Rosenele', St.Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Nephew of: Cllr Pemble of St Peter’s and of Corporal Edgar Stevens

Enlisted in: 1914

Service Number: 492009

Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, 230th Field Ambulance

Served in: The Dardanelles, Egypt and France

Date of death: 7th November, 1918

Age: 25 yrs

Cause of death: Bronchial pneumonia following influenza

Burial location: Don Communal Cemetery, Annoevlln

Grave Ref: 1, B, 50

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Driver Frederick William Hymers

Son of: Mrs. Susannah Hymers of 3 Buckingham Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 1063

Unit: 'C' Battery, 222nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Date of death: 9th July, 1916

Age: 19 yrs

Burial Location: Amara Cemetery

Grave Ref: IX, H, 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Petty Officer 1st Class James Frderick Horn

Son of: Charlie and Mary Horn of Rose Cottage, Reading Street, Broadstairs

Husband of: Fanny Elizabeth Horn of Mentor, Ohio, U.S.A.

Service Number: 181049

Date of death: 22nd September, 1914

Age: 35yrs

Stationed on: H.M.S. Cressy

Memorial location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Ref: Panel 1

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private W. A. Holliday

Address: Northdown St Peter’s

Service Number: G/35497

Unit: 10th Battalion, The Buffs (Roya1 East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry)

Date of death: 10th October, 1918

Burial location: Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix

Grave Ref: 11, G, 42,/p>

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William Steven Hogben

Son of: William and Emily Hogben of Bromstone Cottage, St Peter's

Service Number: 31243

Unit: 111th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Date of death: 11th April, 1917

Age: 21 yrs

Memorial location: Arras Memorial

Ref: Bay, 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Alfred Sidney Hobday

Son of: Alfred Edward and Julia Hobday, of 55 Albion Street, Broadstairs

Service Number: G/8559

Unit: A Company, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal, West Kent Regiment

Date of death: 19th October, 1916

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 18, 55

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sergeant H.W. Hills

Husband of: Mrs. M. C. Hills of 40 Warside Road, Lewisham, London

Service Number: 9402

Unit: Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Awarded: DCM and Russian Order of St George

Date of death: 31st May, 1918

Age: 25 yrs

Burial location: Nine Elms British Cemetery

Grave Ref: X1, D, 9

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Leading Seaman Henry James Hills

Service Number: 239488

Stationed: H.M.S. Europa

Date of death: 14th October, 1915

Age: 24 yrs

Cause of death: Fever in Malta

Burial Location: Pieta Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: A, XV, 5

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sapper Henry J. M. Hiller

Address: 51 St George's Road, Broadstairs

Employed by: J. T. May & Son, Builders as a bricklayer

Service Number: 155280

Regiment: 87th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Date of death: 8th May, 1917

Age: 38 yrs

Burial Location: Feuchy British Cemetery

Grave Ref: II, B, 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Able Seaman William Thomas Hewett

Service Number: London 2/1551

Unit: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division

Date of death: 20th July, 1917

Memorial Location: Arras Memorial

Reference: Bay 1

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Corporal John Viviene Hesse

Son of: Emma E. Hesse of 7 Leslie Cottages, Harbour Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 2867

Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Queen Is Royal West Surrey Regiment

Date of death: 21st November, 1918

Age: 23 yrs

Cause of Death: Died of wounds

Burial location: St. Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 7

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Gunner R. H. Harty

Husband of: Maud A. G. Harty of 57 Albion Street, Broadstairs

Service Number: 130215

Unit: 319th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Age: 41 yrs

Burial location: Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery

Grave Ref: 111, F, 12

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private R Harrison

Service Number: 17524

Unit: 3rd Hussars

Date of death: 19th December, 1917

Burial location: Bishops Wilton (St Edith) Churchyard

Grave Ref: Near West wall of Churchyard

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Albert Edward Harris

Son of: William and Ann Harris

Husband of: Maria Isabel Harris of 12 Mayvilie Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed as: Postman in Broadstairs

Service Number: 4169

Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Date of death: 21st May, 1916

Age: 28 yrs

Memorial Location: Arras Memorial

Reference: Bay, 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Ernest Edward Harding

Born: Milford, Surrey

Next of kin: Joseph James Harding of Northumberland House, Granville Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: Ramsgate

Service Number: G/5559

Unit: 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 22nd August, 1916

Memorial Location: Delville Wood Cemtery, Longueval

Grave Ref: XIII, K, 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Second Lieutenant John Maurice Hancock

Next of Kin: Mrs. Stapleton Hancock of 76 Percy Avenue, George Hill, Kingsgate, Broadstairs

Unit: Royal Flying Corps. No 65 Squadron RFC

Base: Poperinghe, France

Aircraft type: Sopwith Camel F.1.

Serial Number: B4631

Date of death: 7th March,1918

Cause of death: Air accident, aircraft spun in on a practice flight

Burial location: Mendinghem Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: IX, D.35

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sergeant Henry John Hammond

(Observer)

Address: Albion Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed by: Mr. W. L. Nash & Mr. W. Hemsted of Broadstairs

Service Number: 121816

Enlisted: Royal Garrison Artillery, Served in Egypt, the Dardanelles and France

Unit: No.18 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Date of death: 14th August, 1918

Cause of death: Killed in air-operation whilst flying in D.H.4, serial A7856

Pilot (also killed): Lieutenant Thomas E Kearney, U.S. Army, Signal Corps

Memorial Location: Arras Flying Services Memorial

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant Arthur Louis Gullick

Son of: Harry Timbs Gullick and Eva Maria Gullick of 'Uplands' Pirbright, Surrey (The Banks, Bairds Hill, St. Peter's)

Unit: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 3rd October, 1915

Age: 30 yrs
Burial location: Bois-Carr Military Cemetery Haisnes

Grave Ref: A, 21

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal J. H. Greenwood

Service Number: 265387

Unit: 19th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of death: 4th May, 1918

Burial Location: Margate Cemetery

Grave Ref: 4845

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Petty Officer Henry James Greenwood

Service Number: J/2034

Unit: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Otranto, Armed Merchant Cruiser

Cause: Collided with P&O Liner Kashmir in fog

Location: West of Scotland, off the Isle of Islay

Casualties: 351

Survivors: 367

Date of death: 6th October, 1918

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Sergeant J.B. Green

Service Number: 24129

Date of Death: 12th February, 1917

Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 12th February, 1917 (Mesopotamia)

Burial Location: Amara War Cemetery

Grave Ref: XX, J, 2

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private John Alexander Granger

Born: Broadstairs

Address: 'Regent Cottages' Stone Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed by: J.T. May, Builder

Enlisted: Broadstairs, 1916 (March)

Service Number: 203530

Unit: 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 6th December, 1917

Location of death: Le Cateau, France

Burial Location: Le Cateau Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: V, E, 11

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private G.W. Gosney

Son of: Mr. & Mrs. Gosney of Port Regis, Kingsgate, Broadstairs, Kent

Educated at: St Peter’s School

Employed by: Mr. R. I. Sims of Sowell Street, St Peter’s Broadstairs, Kent as a baker

Unit: royal Sussex Regiment

Served in: France (March 1918)

Date of death: 26th April 1918

Cause of death: Killed in Action

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William James Gorham

Son of: Mr. and Mrs. P. Gorham of 27 Grosvenor Road, Broadstairs Kent

Service Number: L/16336

Unit: 3rd/10th Middlesex Regiment

Date of death: 5th October, 1917 (Western Front)

Age: 19 yrs

Burial Location: New Irish Farm Cemetery

Grave Reference: XX, E, 15

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Rifleman Jesse John Goodey

Home address: 9 Balliol Road, Reading Street, St Peters, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 414

Unit: 3rd Rifle Brigade – ‘B’ Company 3rd Battalion

Date of death: 2nd January, 1915

Age: 19 yrs

Location: Chapelle d'Armentieres

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Robert Sydney Goodburn

Home address: Hazel Villa, Clarendon Road, Broadstairs

Educated at: St George's Commercial School, Ramsgate, Kent

Member of: the 'Church of England Men's Society’, chorister, cross bearer and sidesman at Holy Trinity Church,Broadstairs

Employed: At father's firm as a builder and decorator

Enlisted: January 1917

Service Number: 228612

Unit: 1st Battalion attached 2nd/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Serving with the Kent Cyclist Battalion, served as 'Special Constable' and worked for the V.A.D.

Date of death: 21st March, 1918

Burial location: Pozieres Memorial

Memorial located in: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: Panel 85 and 86

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private H.E. Gilbert

Service Number: 7135,

Unit: The Buffs and 1st/9th London Regiment

Date of death: 27th March, 1917 (Zillebeke)

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private David Gifford

Son of: Alfred James and Clara Adelaide Gifford of 17 Afghan Road, Reading Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: RMA/16104

Unit: Royal Marine Artillery

Date of death: 20th July, 1918

Age: 17 yrs

Cause of death: Wounds

Burial Location: St Peter’s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 19, 5

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal L. N. Garstin

Son of: William Evans Garstin & Emily Garstin

Service Number: 513923

Unit: 1st/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)

Date of death: 30th November, 1917

Age: 40 yrs

Burial Location: Cambrai Memorial

Grave reference: Panel 11, 12

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Walter Ernest Gardner

Born: St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: Ramsgate

Service Number: 2713

Unit: 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of death: 1st May, 1918

Cause of death: Wounds

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

2nd Lieutenant Michael Stapleton Frayling

Son of: Rev E. J. Frayling (Vicar of Harwich) & Mrs. Frayling of Kingsgate, Broadstairs

Educated at: St Edmunds School, Canterbury

Unit: Royal Field Artillery (C) Battery, 183rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Date of death: 16th September, 1916

Age: 18 yrs

Burial Location: Thiepval Memorial

Grave Refrence: Pier and Face 1A and 8A

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private A.H. Fagg

Service Number: 29012

Unit: 1st Essex Regiment

Date of death: 24th April, 1917

Location: Arras

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Trooper C. E. Emptage

Service Number: 10329

Unit: 3rd Troop, 16th Lancers

Date of death: 28th October, 1917

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Charles Edwin Emptage

Service Number: 33192

Unit: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 15th Battalion

Date of death: 26th October, 1917

Memorial location: Tyne Cot Memorial

Reference: Panel 23 to 28 and 163A

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Ordinary Seaman Stanley James Attwell Drayson

Next of Kin: Mr. & Mrs. Drayson of 53 Aldion Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: J/20654 Royal Navy

Unit: H.M.S. Natal

Date of death: 30th December, 1915

Age: 17 yrs

Cause of Death: Vessel destroyed by internal explosion

Burial Location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 10

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Captain Lesley Reginald Coventry Douglas-Hamilton

Son of: A. R. & L. Douglas Hamilton of Broadlands, Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Unit: 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders

Secondary Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers

Date of death: 24th July, 1916

Age: 34 yrs

Burial Location: Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt

Grave Ref: III, F, 18

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

2nd Lieutenant W A Dixon

Next of kin: Mr. W Dixon of Gordon House School, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: September, 1914

Service Number: G/40031

Unit: Surrey Yeomanry and Queen's Royal West Surrey's

Awards: Military Medal – Awarded on 31st July, 1917 (Gallantry at Battle Wood)

Date of death: 29th September, 1918 at Kortenwilde, Flanders

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Alfred Leonard Denmee

Place of birth: St Peter's, Broadstairs

Next of kin: Mrs. Denmee, 3 Ranelagh Grove, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: Broadstairs

Service Number: T/201627

Unit: 2nd/4th Battalion Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Secondary Unit: Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

Date of death: 1st December, 1917

Age: 23 yrs

Cause of Death: Killed in action – In France

Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval

Grave Ref: Panel 3

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Edward John Croom

Son of: Elizabeth Croom of Chapel Place, Albion Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 2853

Unit: 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Date of death: 14th May, 1915

Age: 24 yrs

Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate)Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 46 - 48 and 50

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Gunner S H Clewer

Son of: Mr. & Mrs. Clewer, of 42 High Street, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Educated at: St Peter’s School

Employed by: Mr. E. J. Warren, butcher of 32 High Street, St Peter’s

Service Number: 168940

Unit: 46th Battery, 39th Brigade, Royal Artillery

Secondary Unit: Royal Field Artillery (October 1915)

Served in: France in September 1916

Date of death: 19th October, 1918

Age: 22 yrs

Cause of death: Wounds

Burial location: Vadencourt British, Cemetery, Maissemy

Grave Ref: II, C, 29

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Major Wandril Maurice Churchill

Next of kin: William Henry Churchill, Stone House School, Broadstairs

Served: With Bengal Lancers and Cavalry Corps – Grievously wounded at Gallipoli

Date of death: 4th November, 1918

Cause of Death: Pneumonia, following influenza

Age: 36 yrs

Died: In Gloucestershire

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Wilfrid Chappell

Birth location: Margate, Kent

Son of: Marianne Chappell and the late Henry Chappell of 7 Walmsley Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: London

Service Number: DM2/151403

Unit: 622nd Company, Army Service Corps

Date of death: 3rd October, 1916 (In East Africa

Age: 31 yrs

Burial location: Taveta Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: II, A, 3

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private John Leslie Castle

Birth Location: Broadstairs – Rev. John Thomas Castle Baptist ‘Langdale’ Walmsley Road, St Peter's Broadstairs, Kent

Son of: John Thomas & Edith Castle of The Manse, Cadborough Hill, Rye, Sussex

Service Number: M2/183637

Unit: Army Service Corps

Date of death: 29th July, 1918 (at home)

Age: 20 yrs

Burial location: St Peter‘s Churchyard

Grave Ref: 20.21

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private George James Butcher

Husband of: Maud Jane Butcher of Ethelville, 4 Belvedere Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 15073

Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers

Date of death: 10th November, 1917

Age: 38 yrs

Burial location: Tyne Cot Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 143 - 144

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Job Bunce

Date of birth: 1882

Birth location: Chichester, Hants

Son of: Henry and Alice Bunce

Husband of: Florence Emily Bunce

Service Number: 03850

Unit: Army Ordnance Corps

Date of death: 27th July, 1916

Age: 34 yrs

Cause of death: Diabetes

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 4, 16

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lieutenant Percy Harold Budds

Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent

Unit: 12 Squadron (6th Buffs)

Died: 29th October, 1918

Age: 26 yrs

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Burial location: Etaples France

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Captain L Browne

Service Number: 6115

Unit: 5th Battalion, Suffolks

Date of Death: 14th February, 1916

Cause of Death: Wounds

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Frederick Arthur Brown

Place of birth: Westminster, London

Son of: Mr Moses Brown (1857 - 1913) and Emma Brown (1870 - 1958) of 2 Gordon Villas, Beacon Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: Margate

Service Number: 505

Unit: 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of Death: 12th September, 1916

Age: 24 yrs

Cause of death: Died after an operation at the Nethercourt V.A.D. Hospital

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 17, 67

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

2nd Corporal Henry James Brockman

Son of: Stephen and Elizabeth Brockman of 1 Upton Cottages, Upton, Broadstairs

Husband of: Mary Ann Brockman of 58A, Longridge Road, Earls Court, London

Service Number: 541387

Unit: 10th Field Troops (Imperial Camel Brigade) Royal Engineers

Age: 35 yrs

Date of Death: 2nd April, 1918

Memorial: Jerusalem Memorial

Grave Ref: Addenda Panel

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Edward Charles Britton

Birth location: Ramsgate

Son of: Henry William and Louisa Britton of Broadstairs

Enlisted: Grove Park (Broadstairs, Kent)

Service Number: TR9/9623 – Training Reserve

Unit: 27th Battalion, Army Service Corps (formerly (M/273811) M.T.)

Date of Death: 7th June 1917 – At home

Age: 39

Burial location: St Peter's Churchyard

Grave Ref: 10, 28

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Leslie Charles Brisley

Son of: Alfred Edward and Mary Ann Brisley, of 15 Chaucer Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Enlisted: 1915

Service Number: 15583

Unit: 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards

Date of Death: 27th November, 1917

Age: 23 yrs

Burial location: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval

Grave Ref: Panel 2

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Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Blacksmith Robert Henry Brenchley

Son of: Henry and Elizabeth Brenchley of Broadstairs, Kent

Husband of: Louisa J. Brenchley of 6 Richborough Villas St Peter's Park Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 156247 - Royal Navy

Unit: H.M.S.Cressy

Date launched 4th December, 1899

Commanding Officer: Capt. R.W. Johnson RN

Date of incident: 22nd September, 1914

Location: North Sea off the Dutch Coast

Cause: Sunk by torpedo from U.9 (Kapitanleutnant Otto Weddigen)

Age: 46yrs

Burial location: Chatham Naval Memorial

Grave Ref: 6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private John Edward Brenchley

Place of birth: St Peter’s, Broadstairs, Kent

Place of enlistment: Ramsgate, Kent

Service Number: G/4948

Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of Death: 29th July, 1915 - In France

Cause of Death: Wounds - Injured in legs by a rifle-grenade

Age: 23 yrs

Burial location: Dranouter Churchyard

Grave Ref: VI, 9

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Hoarce Edwin Bowyer

Son of: Horace William and Jane Bowyer of 39 St George's Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Service Number: 2813

Unit: 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of Death: 19th June, 1916

Age: 22

Burial Location: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)

Grave Ref: II, E, 230

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private Edward John Bowles

Place of enlistment: Ramsgate, Kent

Service Number: G/8534

Unit: 9th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of Death: 25th January, 1916 - at home

Cause of Death: Wounds

Burial location: Shoreham-by-Sea Cemetery

Grave Ref: B, 18, 24

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Percy John Bones

Son of: John T Bones and the late Annie Bones of 5 Leslie Cottages, Harbour Street, Broadstairs

Service Number: 15920

Unit: 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Date of Death: 25th September, 1915

Age: 17 yrs

Burial location: Loos Memorial

Grave Ref: Panel 99 to 101

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private P L Bloy

Next of kin: Rev Charles Bloy of 1 Park Villas, St Peter's Park Road, Broadstairs

Service Number: 512838

Unit: 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)

Date of Death: 9th February, 1917

Burial location: St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue

Grave Ref: IV, C, 8

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private S H Blight

Place of birth: Tottenham, Middlesex

Son of: William and Harriet Blight of 2 Serene Place, Sowell Street, St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Husband of: Elsie Maud Blight of 77 High Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth

Service Number: L/13800

Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Date of Death: 24th August, 1914

Age: 21 yrs

Burial location: St Symphorien Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: III, A, 23

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William George Bishop

Son of: Thomas Edwin and Phoebe Bishop of 3 Hope Terrace, High Street, Snodland, Kent

Service Number: 32042

Unit: 'B' Company, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Date of Death: 24th September, 1917

Age: 21 yrs

His brother Archibald also fell (21st May, 1916)

Burial location: Liencourt Communal Cemetery

Grave Ref: In North-East corner

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Rifleman Archibald Thomas Bishop

Son of: Thomas Edwin and Phoebe Bishop, of 3 Hope Terrace, Snodland, Kent

Service Number: 2023

Unit: 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment

Date of Death: 21st May, 1916

Age: 21 yrs

Memorial: Arras Memorial

Grave Ref: Bay 10

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Leading Stoker Frederick Frank Bean

Service Number: K/6026

Branch of Service: Royal Navy

Unit: ‘H.M.S. Hampshire’ Devonshire Class Cruiser

Date launched: 4th September, 1903

Commanding Officer: Capt. H.J. Savill RN

Voyage: Scapa Flow to Russia

Date lost: 5th June, 1916

Location: Off Hoxa Gate near the Orkneys

Cause: Sunk by mine

Casualties: 650

Survivors: 12

Date of Death: 5th June, 1916

Age: 25 yrs

Burial Location: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Grave Ref: 1, 6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Private William Baker

Place of birth: St Peter's, Broadstairs, Kent

Place of enlistment: Margate, Kent

Service Number: 3947

Unit: The Buffs, 6th Battalion

Date of Death: 24th June 1917

Cause of Death: K.I.A. – France

Burial Location: Doullens Communal Cemetery, Extension No.1

Grave Ref: V, D, 60

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Sapper Edward Jeffrey Austen

Possibly known as 'Harry'

Next of kin: Mrs. Austen of 14 Afghan Road, Reading Street, Broadstairs, Kent

Employed by: the Broadstairs & St Peter's Council

Service Number: 3022

Unit: Royal Engineers 1st Home Counties Field Company

Date of death: 23rd October 1916

Age: 49 yrs

Burial Location: Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face

Grave Ref: 8A and 8D

Research courtesy of John T Williams

Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

Lance Corporal Lawrence Warrington Arnold

Son of: John & Clara Arnold of 37 Broadhinton Road, Clapham, London

Service Number: G/6688

Unit: ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Date of Death: 27th March, 1917

Age: 21 yrs

Burial location: Struma Military Cemetery

Grave Ref: IX, C6

Research courtesy of John T Williams

The Broadstairs War Memorial WWI Casualty list:

George William Appleton

Birth Location: Hurst Castle, Lymington, Hants

Son of: Lizzie Caroline Appleton, and the late George Gershoin Appleton of "Gable End", 19 Rectory Road, Broadstairs, Kent

Unit: H.M.Fleet Messenger 'Susetta'- (Second Officer Mercantile Marine Reserve) 'Susetta’ built in 1904 for William Rowland, of Runcorn. July 1915. Requisitioned by the Government for use in the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign

Date of Death: 14th December, 1918

Research courtesy of John T Williams

From our ‘Family histories’ section: The Taylor Family: ‘Sydney Taylor’: Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

Sydney can be seen in the picture below with his brothers Frank and Percy.

Sid served in the Royal Horse Artillery as can be seen below:

Sid also wrote a postcard to his friend 'Dusty' Miller in 1919 (See 360RAM)

Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

From our ‘Family histories’ section: The Taylor Family: ‘Charles Taylor’: Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

Charles Taylor was the youngest of the brothers. He enlisted in 1917, to serve in France with the Dragoon Guards. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and then the Tank Corps.

He too was to see service in India before leaving the service in 1926.

Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

From our ‘Family histories’ section: The Taylor Family: ‘Frank Taylor 1895 – 1980 and his wife Irene Taylor’: Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

Frank Taylor was Ken Taylor’s father. He was born in 1895 and lived with his family in St David’s Road, Ramsgate. At the age of 18 he was working as an apprentice butcher in the London Central Meat Company in Broadstairs High Street (which is still trading today) when he joined the Royal Artillery in 1914.

Below is a picture of three of the brothers, Frank in the middle with Syd and Percy.

He is also pictured here on horseback aged 19.

Frank saw active service during the Gallipoli Campaign (also known as the Dardanelles Campaign) against the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and in Mesopotamia. He recalled incidents of the Gurkha soldiers sneaking up during the night to cut the ligaments of the Turk’s horses to hamper their progress.

Frank returned home and went on to raise three children with his wife Irene. He went on to become manager of the same butcher’s shop where he had worked before the war (see below: Frank is on the right closest to the window) and he was later able to open his own shop in St Peter’s in 1934. Frank died in 1980

Ken’s mother Irene worked as a dressmaker in Margate and, aged 15 remembered Zeppelins coming in over the town.

Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

From our ‘Family histories’ section: The Taylor Family: ‘Percy Taylor’: Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

Percy can be seen in the picture below with his brothers Frank and Sydney.

He served with the Kent Cyclists in Europe as well as on the North West Frontier in India.

Percy returned home from the war but later died from wounds inflicted during the war. He was buried with his father in St Lawrence Churchyard.

Courtesy of Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Memory Book – Memories recalled by Mr Ken Taylor

A postcard showing the entrance to the Smugglers Cave, Kingsgate in Broadstairs. The card was sent to London simply stating the day of the week to let a loved one know Winifred was well. The card was sent 16th august 1915

The transcribed text reads:

‘Monday Yours Sincerely Winifred’

‘J. Andrews Steward Esq, 83 Highbry New Place, London, N.’

Courtesy of D Price

This is a postcard picture of Sgt. F Rogers on horseback pictured in 1917.

*We have since had new information regarding the location of this picture. Maggie Cook has contacted Kent in WW1 to say she believes this picture may be along Broadstairs beach as in the background 'Eagle House' can be seen. Thanks also to James Brazier, whose research has confirmed to us that this picture was taken at Viking Bay in Broadstairs.

All we know about Sgt. Rogers is what we have concluded; His Army record shows he was serving in the cavalry arm of the Royal Artillery (See below).

Courtesy of D Price

At the outbreak of the war HMS Vanguard was in the battle squadron in Scappa Flow and took part in the Battle of Jutland from beginning to end and did not suffer any damage or casualties.

Just before midnight on Monday 9^th July 1917 the ship blew up, killing more than 840 men – 3 men were thrown into the sea one of whom later died. The whole incident took just 25 seconds. The casualty list is bad but could have been worse by over 150 as some crew members were off the ship at the time.The loss of HMS Vangaurd is believed to have been caused by an explosion in one of the two munition magazines which served the midships turrets. Although no formal cause for the cordite explosion was ever found by the Court of Inquiry, the most likely explanation is that a fire in a coal bunker or neighbouring area smouldered away undetected long enough to heat the cordite stored at an adjoining bulkhead to dangerous levels, eventually triggering an explosive reaction.

Eye witness accounts of the incident described seeing a bright flash or flame followed by two heavy explosions and then a third, smaller one. Heather on a nearby hillside was set on fire. Because of the press censorship, the general public had to wait 18 months beofre the full details of the event could be printed.

Thomas Austin lived with his parents Charles and Kate at 52, Church Street, St Peter’s and he is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

Image courtesy of Ronnie Cox & Maggie Cook. Text by B.Sleightholm

Mervyn Noott was born in 1890 and lived with his family at Upton Lodge where he became a professional soldier. The London Gazette, on the 23^rd May 1913 lists his move from the 3^rd Battalion to Lieutenant in the 1^st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Just a few weeks later, as 2^nd Lieutenant Mervyn Noott, he was awarded an Aviator’s Certificate by the Royal Aero Club on the 20^th June 1913, flying a Bristol bi-plane at the Bristol School at Brooklands.

On June 28^th 1914 was the assassination that heralded the beginning of the First World War as country after country became involved. On August 4^th 1914, Britain Declared War.

The Buffs were stationed at Fermoy in County Cork, Ireland, the then major British Army Barracks outside England at the time of the declaration of war, and they were sent to Cambridge to guard against a feared invasion. Later they were sent to France, arriving on 11^th September 1914 and were soon in the thick of the fighting.  Mervyn Noott was killed in action on 20^th October 1914 aged just 24. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial which commemorates more than 1100 service men who died in that area during the conflict and who have no known grave.

Mr Noott has another memorial which many pass every day without realising it – the East Window of St Peter’s-in-Thanet Church, which was installed in 1921. His name lived on through his niece, Joy Mervyn Noott MRCP, MRCS, JP, daughter of his brother, Geoffrey, and through the television comedy Programme “All Gas and Gaiters” written by another local man, Frank Muir from Ramsgate, who was much taken with the name. Derek Nimo played the part of Reverend Mervyn Noott in the series which ran from 1966 – 1971.

Image courtesy of Ronnie Cox & Maggie Cook. Text by B.Sleightholm

Private Percy Neale 5018 Buffs East Kent Regiment was 31 when he died on 11th July 1918. He had enlisted in December 1914 and proceeded to active service in 1915. He was wounded by gunshot in both legs in the same year and he also suffered from the effects of gas poisoning. Back in France in August 1915 he, and a group of British soldiers, helped the French to rescue the inhabitants of a house which had taken a direct hit. Under shell bombardment he was wounded and 3 British soldiers died. For this act of, “. . . great courage and splendid valour . . .” he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and received the medal whilst in Edmonton Military Hospital.

Private Neale was discharged due to his injuries and died of influenza in July 1918.

He was a member of Broadstairs Court Ancient Order of Foresters and lived with his wife, Annie and three children at 6, Crofts Place Broadstairs.

Image courtesy of Ronnie Cox & Maggie Cook. Text by B.Sleightholm