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Snodland Casualties in World War I

 

Members of Snodland Historical Society have begun researching the impact of World War I on the village, and especially the men named on the War Memorial. We would be grateful for any supplementary information on the following. Names in normal type appear on the War Memorial in Snodland Cemetery, or on the one in Christ Church, Lower Birling (now part of Snodland). Names in italic are known to have had Snodland connections (i.e. were born here), but are presumed to be commemorated on other War Memorials. Information will be welcomed by Tony Grant at tony@freelands.fsnet.co.uk, or Andrew Ashbee at aa0060962@blueyonder.co.uk .

 

 

Saturday 5 September 1914

 

ALBERT EDWARD GOBLE; Stoker 2nd Class; K/22061; H.M.S. "Pathfinder", Royal Navy, aged 18. Son of Frederick and Margaret Goble, of 2, Crayford Terrace, Ham Hill. No known grave; memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 6; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Monday, 14 September 1914

 

HORACE HOOK, Private L/6501, 1^st Bn., Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action. No known grave. Memorials: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial , Seine-et-Marne, France; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday 22 September 1914

 

WILLIAM RICHARD MAY, Stoker 1st Class SS/108083 (RFR/CH/B/10340). H.M.S. "Hogue.", Royal Navy. No known grave; memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 5; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

BERT CHARLES POTTER, Stoker 1st Class 284614 (RFR/CH/B/2622). R.N. H.M.S. "Aboukir.", Royal Navy. Age 38. Son of Mr. C. and Mrs. F. Potter, of Sandling Road, Maidstone, Kent; husband of Florence Potter, of 4, Pearsons Cottages, Constitution Hill, Snodland, Kent. No known grave; memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 5; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

FRANK ALBERT TERRY, Stoker 1st Class K/15464 H.M.S. "Aboukir.", Royal Navy, Age 20. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Rosina Terry, of 1, Drivers Cottages, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent Born at Boro' Green, Kent. No known grave; memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 5; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Saturday, 26^th September 1914

 

HAROLD BOUNDS, Serjeant 8886, 2nd Bn., Welsh Regiment. Killed in action. Born: Fulham; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. No known grave; memorials: La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Thursday, 15^th October 1914

 

WALTER TOLHURST, Chief Stoker 157015 (RFR/CH/A/1852). H.M.S. "Hawke.", Royal Navy. Memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 4; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 23^rdOctober 1914

WILLIAM ERNEST HUCKS, Rifleman 5171, 3rd Bn., Rifle Brigade. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Killed in action, aged 21. Son of Mr. George Frederick Hucks (cement labourer; born c. 1860, Halling; bur. 16-11-1940, aged 80, Snodland Cemetery, grave 1373) and Mrs. Caroline Ansley Hucks (born c. 1863; bur. 27-10-1936, aged 73, Snodland Cemetery, grave 1373), of Alma Villa, Bramley Rd., Snodland, Kent. No known grave; memorials: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Panel 10; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Wednesday, 28^th October 1914

WILLIAM HENRY PENNEY DCM, Company Serjeant Major L/4558, 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), who died on Wednesday 28th October 1914. Age 40. Husband of Elizabeth Sarah Penney, of 77, Lower Boxley Rd., Maidstone. Served in the South African Campaign. No known grave. Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 30 and 31.

[Not on Snodland Memorials, but his death is recorded in the Parish Magazine. Snodland connection still to be traced.]

 

Saturday, 31^st October 1914

 

ERNEST WILLIAM BRATTLE, Private L/7734, 1st Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds, aged 28. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Canterbury; residence: South Farnborough; son of [William, a plumber, born c.1862, Maidstone: residence: 3 May Cottages (1891) and] Emma Brattle, [born c.1864, East Peckham;] of 26, York Rd., South Farnborough, Hants. No known grave; memorial: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Panel III.B.18.

 

Monday, 8^thFebruary 1915

 

WILLIAM HERBERT GILES, Private L/9531, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action, aged 20. Born Frindsbury; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Mrs. E. Giles, of 4, Victoria Cottages, Rainham Mark, Rainham, Kent. No known grave; memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 12 and 14.

 

Monday, 22^nd February 1915

 

WALTER M. MAYATT, Private 8315, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action, aged 29. Son of [Edward Phillip Mayatt, paper mill machine man, born c.1848, St Mary Cray; bur. Snodland Cemetery 16-08-1913, aged 66; grave 594; and] Mrs. Ellen Mayatt, born Snodland, c.1852; bur. Snodland Cemetery 20-11-1946, aged 93; grave 594; of 3, East St., Snodland, Kent. Baptised, All Saints, Snodland, 13-01-1886; enlisted Chatham; residence: Snodland. No known grave; memorials: Le Touquet-Paris Plage Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 1. A. 32; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 14^th March 1915

 

OWEN STEVENS, Private 1193, 6th Field Amb., Royal Army Medical Corps, Age 23. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; son of John (born c.1852, Strood, fitter’s labourer) and Elizabeth A. Stevens, born c.1852, Hoo, of 2, Bell Lane, Ditton, Maidstone (formerly of 10 Mill Row, Snodland). Died. Buried: Longueness (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. A. 58.

 

18^thApril 1915

ALFRED GEORGE HART, Private G/4984, 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Age 45. Husband of Edna Hart, of Friezeland Cottage, Upper Halling, Rochester. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 45 and 47; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 23^rd April 1915

 

ERNEST BERTRAM TROWELL, Royal Army Ordinance Corps, Sub-Conductor S/4634, killed in action, aged 32. Born Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; son of Charles Trowell [a bricklayer, born c.1866, Thurnham] and Emily Trowell [born c.1859, Birling], of Cranbrook, Kent [formerly of 2 Alma Place, Snodland (1891); husband of Annie Janet Harriet Trowell, of "Aldesthel", Old Top Rd., Ore, Hastings, Sussex. Buried: Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II. L. 23.

 

Wednesday, 28^th   April 1915

 

LEE HADLER, Corporal 52103, attd. 15th General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps; died in Egypt. Born: Tovil; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, grave C. 169. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 3^rdMay 1915

 

JAMES HENRY FREMLIN, Private L/9651, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Holborough. Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 12 and 14; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

FREDERICK WILLIAM FOWLER, Private L/9653, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action. Born: Boro’ Green; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 12 and 14; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Monday, 10^th May 1915

CHARLES COLESTON ATTWOOD, Rifleman Y/1679, 4th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds, aged 23. Born: St Mary’s, Bristol; enlisted: Chatham, son of Richard John and Ellen Attwood, of 32, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 51 and 53; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

Wednesday, 12^th May 1915

JOSEPH FREDERICK ROBBINS, Private 14503, 4th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. Age 20. Son of Wilson John and Sarah Jane Robbins, of Culliter's Cottage, Lower Broadheath, Worcester. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Panel A. 144 All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 13^th May 1915

FREDERICK THOMAS WIMSETT, Private 2280, 83rd Field Amb, Royal Army Medical Corps, died of wounds, aged 18. Born: Snodland; residence: Snodland, son of William and Emma Wimsett, of 2, Hilda Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent. Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave VIII. C. 31. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Tuesday, 25^th May 1915

JACK KEMSLEY, Rifleman 2200, 4th Bn., Rifle Brigade, died of wounds, London Hospital, Whitechapel, aged 26. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Mill Hill; residence: Ightham, son of John Kemsley, [founder member of Parish Council (1894), carter at chalk works (1961); labourer (1871); stationary engine driver (1881-91); retired licensed victualler, of Constitution Hill; baptised All Saints, 12-12-1847; buried Snodland Cemetery, 4-8-1917, aged 69; and Mary Ann Kemsley of same; born c.1853, Maidstone; buried Snodland Cemetery 5-6-1929, from Addison Villas, aged 77] of Snodland; husband of Florence Emily Teideman (formerly Kemsley), of 18, Lennox Buildings, Wandsworth Rd., Vauxhall, London. Buried Snodland Cemetery, 28 May 1915, grave 95. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Friday, 28^th May 1915

HENRY JOHN VEITCH, Private 14962, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), killed in action

. Age 34. Born: Loose; enlisted Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Husband of Cecilia Veitch, of 3, Tomlin Cottages, Birling Rd., Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panels 12 and 14; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

Monday, 28^th June 1915

GEORGE MOYSE, Private 17433, 2nd Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, died of wounds. Born: Snodland; enlisted: East Ham. Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave VIII. B. 50.

 

Monday, 5^th July 1915

CHARLES EDWARD MAYNARD, Private 9243, 1st Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers
who died on Monday 5th July 1915. Killed in action, Gallipoli, aged 23. Born: St John’s, Chatham; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Son of John and Ada Martha Maynard, of 5, Crayford Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 185 to 190; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Saturday, 17^th July 1915

 

ALBERT VICTOR ERNEST PRESTON, Gunner 55130, 64th Bty. 5th Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action, aged 21. Born: Bangalore, India; enlisted: Chatham, son of John Stephen and Mary Preston, of 4, Queens Avenue, Snodland, Kent. Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France, grave I. A. I. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 17^th August 1915

 

JOHN WILLIAM MILLER, Private L/9359, 2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died, aged 22. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Chatham; son of John Frank and Ada Miller, of 187, New Rd., Chatham, Kent. Formerly employed in H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Nord, France, grave I. C. 54.

Monday, 23^rd August 1915

WALTER EDWARD QUARRINGTON, Rifleman R/3398, 3rd Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, Killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Buried: Chapelle-d'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, Nord, France, grave D. I.; memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

11^thSeptember 1915

 

WILLIAM ALBERT PANKHURST, Private 10333, 5^th Bn., Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died at home, invalided soldier, buried at Snodland Cemetery, 11 September, aged 26, from Bramley Road: grave 666. Husband of Winifred Clifford (formerly Pankhurst), of 5, Church Field, Snodland.

 

Saturday, 25^th September 1915

 

TOM EARL [‘R EARL’ according to Commonwealth War Graves Commission], Private S/593, 7th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment, British Expeditionary Force, killed in action. Born: West Malling; enlisted: Chatham; buried: St. Mary’s A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, Pas de Calais, France, grave VI. B. 3. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

WILLIAM JOHN STATE, Rifleman R/3399, 12th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
who died on Saturday, 25th September 1915. Age 27. Born Fareham; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Charles John and Emma State, of 1, Queen's Avenue, Snodland. Buried: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, grave XXIII. D. 5. Memorials: All, Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

REGINALD GEORGE VICKERY, Private G/4872, 2nd Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) killed in action, aged 16. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Gravesend; residence: Gravesend; son of Charles and Caroline Vickery, of 62, Darnley Rd., Gravesend, Kent. Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 13 to 15.

 

Monday, 27^th September 1915

 

STANLEY GEORGE FULLMAN, Private 20093, 4th Bn., Grenadier Guards,
killed in action, aged 19. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; son of William James and Mary Ann Fullman, of 99, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 5 to 7; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

 

Wednesday, 29^th September 1915

 

HARRY WOODGER, Lance Corporal 18793, 13th Bn., Welsh Regiment,
who died in England. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Bargoed; residence: Snodland. Buried: Winchester (West Hill) Old Cemetery, Hampshire, grave 16134.

 

Monday, 8^thNovember 1915

JOSEPH HENRY TAYLOR, Private 34, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died, aged 24;   son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Taylor, of 13, Poynder Terrace, Lower Halling, Rochester. Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. M. 12. Memorial: War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Wednesday, 22^nd December 1915

 

HARRY SHEPPARD, Private 2349, 7th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) attd. 178th Coy. , Royal Engineers, killed in action. Born: Greenwich; enlisted: New Cross; residence: Snodland; buried: Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France, grave I. C. 33.

 

Monday, 28^th February 1916

CHARLES HENRY BEVEN, Private G/1175, 8th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment),. Killed in action, aged 30. Born: Northfleet; enlisted: Bournmouth; residence: Watford; son of the late William Henry Beven [of Malling Road, Cement Miller; buried Snodland Cemetery, 8 April 1899, aged 42, grave 79] and Annie Elizabeth Beven [of Malling Road; buried Snodland Cemetery 14-11-1903, aged 46, grave 232] of Snodland, Kent; husband of Florence Marian Beven, of 105, Brett Place, Harebreaks, Watford, Herts. Buried: White House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave III. R. 27. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Monday, 6^th March 1916

WILLIAM EDWARD BOAKES, Private G/20924, 5th Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London), died in England, aged 24. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Finsbury; residence: Thornton Heath; son of Edward Prebble Boakes [born c.1862, Aylesford, grocer; residence in 1891: Hilda Terrace] and Ellen Frances Boakes [born c.1866, Maidstone], of 64, Parchmore Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey. Buried: Dover (St. James’s) Cemetery, Kent, grave M. H. 31.

 

Friday, 24^th March 1916

E W GODDEN, Private 7126, 8th Bn., Royal Fusiliers, who died on Friday, 24th March 1916. Age 24. Son of Alfred and Jane Godden, of 12, Mersham St., Ashford, Kent. Buried Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave II. N. 23. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 9^thApril 1916

 

ROBERT NEIL ALFRED LANGRIDGE, Rifleman R/729, 11th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action. Born: Tunbridge Wells; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Folkestone. ?Son of Robert, builder, and Alice Ann of Ham Hill, Birling. Buried: Essex Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II. E. 2. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Saturday, 22^nd April 1916

GEORGE DAVIS, Private G/4977, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) died. Born: Notting Hill; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave II. H. 23. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

Sunday, 14th May 1916

ALBERT ERNEST B. DALE, Private 3417, 1st/5th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), M. E. F.   died, aged 17. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Mr. A. E. and Mrs. A. Dale, of 7, Bramley Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, grave VIII. H. 1. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 21^st May 1916

 

ARCHIBALD THOMAS BISHOP, Rifleman 2023, 1st/8th Bn., London Regt (Post Office Rifles), killed in action, aged 21. Son of Thomas Edwin and Phoebe Bishop, of 3, Hope Terrace, Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 10; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, June 26th 1916

 

OSWALD THOMAS HARNOR, Lance Corporal 10086, 8th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders, killed in action, aged 26. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Shepherds Bush; son of Mrs. Elizabeth Harnor, of 58, Netherwood Rd., West Kensington, London. No known grave. Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 112 to 115.

 

Monday, 3^rdJuly 1916

 

ARTHUR ROBERT BURT, Private G/9518, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, aged 30. Born: Strood; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of Mrs. Emma Sarah Norwood, of 3, Dykes Cottages, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Friday, 7^thJuly 1916

GEORGE HARRY TOMLIN, Private 24355, 16th Bn., Welsh Regiment, killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Bargoed; residence: New Tredegar. Buried: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France, grave X. E. 8. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Tuesday, 11^th July 1916

 

CHARLES WILLIAM PRESCOTT, Corporal Y/1370, 11th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds, aged 22. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Tooting; son of George Edward and Frances Prescott; husband of Eva Alice Prescott, of 2, Wells Terrace, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VIII. C. 14. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 27^th July 1916

JESSE MOOREY, Rifleman R/12896, 1st Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds. Born: Strood; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. No known grave. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 30^th July 1916

 

HERBERT HENRY ROOTS, Serjeant 10668, 19th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment), killed in action. Born: West Malling; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Sunday, 6^thAugust 1916

 

GEORGE EDWARD FEVER/FEAVER, Rifleman R/3837, 13th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds, aged 31. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of George and Amelia Feaver, of Pleasant View, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave I. M. 35. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 8^th August 1916

FREDERICK GEORGE WISDOM, Private G/5012, 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Born: Larkfield; enlisted: Maidstone. Died. Buried: Caudry Old Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave C. 3. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 17^th August 1916

 

ALBERT PETER CHANTLER, Private 24511, 1^stBn., Northamptonshire Regiment.

Killed in action, aged c.23. B

orn: Snodland; bap. All Saints, Snodland, 30-08-1893, son of Alfred and Sarah Amelia; enlisted Chatham. Memorial: Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, Sp. Mem.

                       

OLIVER STANLEY DACK, Lance Corporal 1564, attd. Machine Gun Sect., Royal Horse Guards (Household Cavalry, The Blues), killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Gravesend; buried: Authuile Military Cemetery, Somme, France, grave I. 4.

 

Friday, 18^th August 1916

 

JAMES EDWARD CHART, Serjeant G/1990, 13th Bn., Middlesex Regiment, killed in action. Born: Snodland. No known grave. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France: Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.

 

Saturday, 26^th August 1916

           

WILLIAM THOMAS or THOMAS WILLIAM BROOKS, Private L/8330, 2^nd Bn., Royal West Kent Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia, aged 31. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone. Son of William and Isabella E. Brooks, of 234A, Norah St., Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Buried: Bagdad War Cemetery, Iraq grave XXI. R. 25.

 

Friday, 1^stSeptember 1916

 

PERCY JACK SWEETSER, Private G/12246, 8th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, aged 27. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; son of Ann Sweetser, of 3, Clifton Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent (buried Christ Church, 25 May 1935, aged 86, and the late James Sweetser (buried Christ Church, 27 January 1906, aged 58). No known grave. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France: Pier and Face 11 C; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Monday, 4^thSeptember 1916

 

EDWARD HODGES, Private 166799, 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion., Canadian Pioneers, Died at Epsom Hospital, aged 20. Buried: Snodland Cemetery, grave 703. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery

 

Saturday, 16^th September 1916

 

EDWARD BERTIE [‘HERBERT’ on Christ Church memorial] GOODCHILD, Private G/10499, 10th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, aged 25. Born: Gravesend; enlisted Maidstone; residence: Snodland; Son of John Edward Goodchild, of 28, Queen St., Gravesend, Kent. Native of Northfleet, Kent. Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France, grave IV. C. 3. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Monday, 18^th September 1916

LOUIS THOMAS JEFFERYS MM, Rifleman R/3396, 12th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action. Memorial: Born: Maidstone; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. No known grave. Memorials: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial: Snodland Cemetery.

 

25^thSeptember 1916

 

WALTER CLEMENTS, Private 14363, 2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards, who died, killed in action on Monday 25th September 1916. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham. Guard’s Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France, Sp. Mem. 67.

 

Saturday, 7^th October 1916

 

JAMES REYNOLD FEATHERSTONE, Serjeant L/9221, "B" Coy. 6th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), killed in action, aged 28. Born: Wouldham; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of James David and Amelia Jane Featherstone, of 15, Hilton Terrace, Lower Halling, Rochester, Kent. Buried: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave V. G. 5. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 10^th October 1916

 

GEORGE WELLS, Lance Corporal S/10416, 1st Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland. Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France, Sp. Mem. 58. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

           

Tuesday, 31^st October 1916

WILLIAM EDWARD GLOVER, Driver 54072, 10th Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Horse/Field Artillery, died, aged 33. Born: Snodland; enlisted: London; son of Mr. and Mrs. Glover, of 6, Bramley Rd., Snodland, Kent. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece, grave 646. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 30^th November 1916

 

SAMUEL HENRY CLAXTON, Private 6799, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry), killed in action, aged 26. Enlisted: Armoury House; residence: Snodland; son of William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Rd., Forest Gate, London. Buried: Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France, grave VI. F. 49. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 21^st December 1916

                       

FREDERICK GOBLE, Stoker 2nd Class K/31374, H.M.S. "Negro.", Royal Navy
who died on Thursday 21st December 1916. Age 26. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Goble, of 2, Rayfields Cottages, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 17; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Wednesday, 24^th January 1917

 

WILLIAM JOHN MOODY, Private 16086, 7th Bn., East Surrey Regiment, killed in action, aged 25. Born: Snodland; enlisted Kingston-upon-Thames; residence: Merton; son of William and Agnes Moody, of Snodland, Kent; husband of Maud Moody. Buried: Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France, grave II. C. 18. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 5^thFebruary 1917

WILLIAM GEORGE JOHNSON , Private 9674, 8th Bn., Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales) Regiment, died in England, aged 19. Son of Elizabeth Excell, of Fernland Cottage, South Ascot, Berks. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Shirebrook, Derby. Buried: Newcastle-upon-Tyne (St. Andrew’s and Jesmond) Cemetery, Northumberland, grave W. U. 453.

 

Saturday, 17^th February 1917

 

WALTER JOHN BANKS, Private 61530, 22^nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London), killed in action. Born: Snodland, c.1874 or 1884 [check], s. of William, a labourer at the paper mill (buried Snodland Cemetery   from Malling Union 30-03-1921, aged 74; grave 664) and Elizabeth Ann (buried Snodland Cemetery from Railway Place 11-08-1915, aged 69; grave 664); enlisted Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 18^th February 1917

 

RUPERT ARTHUR ANDREWS, Private 46422, 99th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf), (formerly 8036 Buffs), killed in action, aged 18. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; son of Christopher and Mary Andrews, of 2, Vine Cottages, East St., Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Thiepval   Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 12^th March 1917

 

CHARLES THOMAS FORD, Private 13000, 7th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died of wounds, aged 27. Born: Mereworth; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Son of Mathew Thomas and Mary Ann Ford, of Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent; husband of Annie May Ford, of 8, Cascade Avenue, West Malling, Kent. Buried: Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France, grave VII. D. 4.

 

Saturday, 7^th April 1917

 

ROBERT FLINT, Private 43158, 13th Bn., Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge) Regiment (formerly 2403, West Kent Imperial Yeomanry), killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Mrs. S. Flint, of 4, Magnolia Place, Holborough Rd., Snodland. Buried: Fosse No.10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. B. 8. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 9^thApril 1917

 

WILLIAM JAMES SHAW, Serjeant 52055, 19th . Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment), who died on Monday 9th April 1917. Husband of Edith Mary Shaw, of 1, Roman Villas. Church Fields, Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 3; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Wednesday, 11^th April 1917

 

THOMAS WILLIAM BURTON, Rifleman R/3836, 13th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action, aged 20. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Thomas William and Jessie Burton, of 3, Covey Hall Place, Holboro' Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. D. 6. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 19^th April 1917

 

ALBERT HENRY BISHOP, Private 205051, 2nd/4th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, Egypt, aged 19. Son of Charles and Ann Willard Bishop of 3, Brook, Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 41; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

JOHN LIPSCOMBE, Serjeant 200999, 2nd/4th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, Egypt, aged 34. Husband of Annie Harriet Lipscombe, of 21, Birling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Enlisted: Tonbridge; residence: Snodland. No known grave. Memorials: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 41; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 28^th April 1917

 

STEPHEN THOMAS RAGGATT, Gunner 93460, 213th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action, aged 33. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; husband of Clara Elizabeth Raggatt, of 9, Hope St., Maidstone. Buried: Henin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. A. 9.

 

Friday, 4^thMay 1917

 

WALTER JAMES RANDELL, Private 27160, 2nd Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment, (formerly 5347, Linconshire Regiment), killed in action, aged 34. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of William Charles [buried Snodland Cemetery, 13 July 1921, aged 69, paper maker, from Normanhurst, Holborough Road] and Drusilla Randell. Memorials: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 3; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 14^th May 1917

 

ABRAHAM BURGE, Private G/42549, (formerly G/25192, Royal West Kent Regt.) 11^th Bn., Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge) Regiment, killed in action. Born Meopham, c.1884, son of Henry (born c.1837; a saddler - in High St in 1899; died 31-08-1900, aged 63; buried Christ Church, Lower Birling 04-09-1900; memorial stone extant) and Sarah (born c.1843; died 02-02-1921, aged 78; buried 07-02-1921 from 59a Kenbury Street, Camberwell); enlisted Chatham; residence Chatham (formerly Snodland: in 1905 was a saddler in Malling Road). Memorials: Christ Church, Lower Birling, and on parents’ gravestone in Christ Church churchyard.

 

Tuesday, 15^th May 1917

 

JOHN HENRY BATES, Private G/22231, 6th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.), died of wounds on Tuesday 15th May 1917. born: Snodland; enlisted: Godalming; residence: Farncombe; Husband of Annie Maria Bates, of 8, Church Rd., Farncombe, Surrey. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave XVIII. N. 10.

 

Wednesday, 16^th May 1917

 

FREDERICK JOHN WINGATE, Private 23157, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died of wounds Wednesday, 16th May 1917. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; husband of M. Wingate of Beaconsfield Terrace, Holborough, Snodland, Kent. Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France, grave IV. G. 49. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 15^th June 1917

 

JOHN JAMES SAUNDERS, Lance Corporal 232315, 2nd/2nd Bn., London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), killed in action, aged 22. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Southwark; residence: Southwark; son of Stephen and Charlotte Saunders, of 5, Oxford St., Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 9; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 16^th June 1917

 

CHARLES DALEY, Private 233774, 2nd/2nd Bn., London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), killed in action on Saturday 16th June 1917. Age 30. Born Snodland; enlisted Whitehall; residence: Walworth. Son of Mr. And Mrs. J. Daley, of 34, Crofton Rd., Peckham, London. No known grave. Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 9.

 

Friday, 6^thJuly 1917

 

HENRY WILLIAM MAYATT, Private 903, 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died of wounds, aged 40. Born Snodland, baptised: All Saints, 30 September 1877; paper cutter in 1891; enlisted: Maidstone; son of Edward Phillip Mayatt [labourer, buried Snodland Cemetery 16 August 1913, aged 66, grave 594], and Ellen Mayatt, of 3, East St., Snodland, Kent [buried Snodland Cemetery 20 November 1946, aged 93; grave 594]. Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France, grave IV. N. 53. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 9^thJuly 1917

 

HARRY EDWIN STYLES, Private CH/16499, H.M.S. "Vanguard.", Royal Marine Light Infantry, who died on Monday 9th July 1917. Age 25. Son of Mrs. E. Austin (formerly Styles), of 47, Lower Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent; and the late G. Styles. Memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 25; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

LEONARD CHARLES WEST, Stoker 1st Class K/21112, H.M.S. "Vanguard.", Royal Navy, who died on Monday, 9th July 1917. Memorials: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 24; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 10^th July 1917

 

D'ARCY VALENTINE SEYMOUR STONE, Private G/21248, 2nd Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment, who died on Tuesday, 10th July 1917. Age 29. Husband of E. A. Stone, of Bramley Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave III. D. 20. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 31^st July 1917

 

JOHN HUCKS, Private G/14501, 8th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey?Kent Regt.), killed in action, aged 41. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; [son of John and Mary Ann]; husband of the late Mrs. A. E. Hucks. Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 11 -13 and 14; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 7^th August 1917

WILLIAM HENRY BOLTON, Gunner 105306, 185th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Buried: Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave IV. A. 38. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 10^th August 1917

 

LEONARD ARTHUR GUYATT, Private 17338, 10th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died of wounds, aged 19. Only son of Frederick Thomas and Eleanor Maria Guyatt, of 44, Hill's Terrace, Ordnance Place, Chatham. Buried: Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave I. C. 47. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Wednesday, 15^th August 1917

BERTRAM CHARLES BELLINGHAM, Private 33686, 7th Bn., East Surrey Regiment, killed in action, aged 19. Born: Aldershot; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of Charles and Annie Bellingham, of Station House, Snodland, Kent. Buried: Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. J. 14. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 16^th August 1917

 

WILLIAM RICHARD BRIGGS, Corporal 16708, "D" Coy. 7th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action, aged 25. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Taunton; Son of Albert Harry and Mary Ann Briggs, of "The Ship," Wilmington, Dartford. Buried: Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave V. D. 9.

 

Friday, 24^th August 1917

 

ARCHIBALD HENMAN, Private G/43177, 13th Bn., Middlesex Regiment, (formerly 2219 West Kent Imperial Yeomanry), killed in action. Enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Son of David, a paper maker’s labourer; husband of Nellie Elizabeth Mary, nee Hodges, married at New Jerusalem Church, Snodland, on 28 May 1917, his address then given as Shoreham-on-Sea; hers as Packstone Terrace, Bramley Road. No known grave. Memorials: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 113 to 115; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 9^thSeptember 1917

 

GEORGE EDWARD LAMBETH, Flight Serjeant 88285, 22nd Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps, died, aged 22. Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. C. E. Lambeth, of Snodland, Kent. Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France, grave IV. G. 5. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 4th October 1917

MELBOURNE HERRINGTON, Private G/6138, 1st Bn ., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, aged 41. Born: Birling; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Husband of E. M. G. Herrington, of 17, Birling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Memorials: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 106 to 108; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 14^th October 1917

HAROLD FREDERICK CHAMBERS, MM, Corporal G/4928, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action. Born: Maidstone; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. No known grave. Memorials: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Bay 7; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 21^st October 1917

PERCY CHARLES MAYTUM, Rifleman 392896, 9th Bn., London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles), (formerly 4909, Essex Regiment), killed in action, aged 19. Born: Snodland; enlisted: West Ham; residence: Chatham; son of Joseph and Fanny Maytum, of Dykes Cottages, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent. Buried: Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, grave I. E. 10. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Friday, 2^ndNovember 1917

FRANK REGINALD HOLMAN, Rifleman 574950, 17th Bn., London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), killed in action, aged 27. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Woolwich; residence: Belvedere; son of Thomas and Agnes Holman, of Maidstone; husband of Edith C. M. Harvey (formerly Holman), of 12, Nelson Rd., Belvedere, Kent. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel, grave XIV. D. 1.

 

Saturday, 3^rd November 1917

BERNARD THOMAS HOR, Private T/270955, 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), died of wounds, Palestine. Born: Stangate; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of Mr. Hor, of 1, Covey Hall Place, Holborough Rd., Snodland. Buried: Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel, grave P. 59. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 4^thNovember 1917

WILLIAM HERBERT POWELL, Serjeant 203251, 2nd/4th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action, Palestine, ‘fighting against the Turks’. Born Harbourne, Birmingham; enlisted Sept.-Oct. 1914: Bromley. [Assistant Master at National Schools, Boys, from 26 Sept., 1910.] Memorials: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 41; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 20^th November 1917

WILLIAM JOHN ALDERMAN DSO, Acting Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action. Buried: Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France, grave III. B. 10. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland cemetery.

Sunday, 25^th November 1917

 

THOMAS HENRY WAGHORN, Serjeant S/9139, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died, aged 21. Son of William and Emma Waghorn, of 6, Woodland Terrace, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France, grave III. B. 17.

 

Thursday, 29^th November 1917

BERTIE JAMES JOHNSON, Gunner 154063, 286th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Tunbridge Wells; residence: Snodland. Buried: Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave V. A. 7. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 30^th November 1917

WALTER HUBERT PETERS GOODING MM, Lance Corporal 32933, 1st Bn., Essex Regiment, killed in action, aged 33. Son of William and Ellen Elizabeth; born at Snodland on 1 February 1884; married Florence Elizabeth Scholey at Halling in 1908; residence: 5 Church Fields in 1891 (scholar); enlisted: Warley; residence: 16 Water Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford; children: Alan, Eileen, Sybil. Memorials: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 7 and 8; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

FRANCIS ALFRED [Also Alfred J.] JUDGES, Lance Corporal 19089 [or 69089], 37th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf), (formerly Royal West Kent Regiment 120), killed in action, aged 21. Son of Francis and Alice Judges, of 32, Churchill Rd., Gravesend. Enlisted 18th Aug., 1914. No known grave. Memorials: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 12 and 13; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Wednesday, 5^th December 1917

 

HENRY ALBERT WOODCOCK, Private 25210, 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards, died. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham. Memorial: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France, Hordain Com. Cem. German Extn. Mem. 10.

                       

Sunday, 23^rd December 1917

 

JOSEPH HENRY MAYATT, Rifleman 592953, 2nd/18th Bn., London Regt (London Irish Rifles), killed in action, Egypt, aged 22. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Sittingbourne; residence: Sittingbourne; son of Joseph Charles and Sarah Ann Mayatt, of 257, Park Rd., Sittingbourne, Kent. Memorial: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 51.

 

LEONARD H. FINN, Stoker 2nd Class K/43204, H.M.S. "Surprise.", Royal Navy,
died, aged 26. Son of Edith E. Penny, of Snodland, Kent. Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 24; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 29^th December 1917

 

WILLIAM WELLS,   Private 24557, 14th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action. Born: Rochester; enlisted: Menai Bridge; residence: Snodland. Buried: Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France, grave I. D. 3.

 

Friday, 11^th January 1918

 

ERNEST WALTER ALBERT WILMSHURST, Rifleman 593457, 1st/18th Bn., London Regt (London Irish Rifles), killed in action, aged 32. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Sittingbourne; residence: Grays, Essex. Husband of Elizabeth Wilmshurst, of 67, William St., Sittingbourne, Kent. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 13 C.

 

Wednesday, 20^th February 1918

GEORGE EDWARD GOLDING, Private G/43166, 2nd Bn., Middlesex Regiment, (formerly 2218 West Kent Imperial Yeomanry), died of wounds. Enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Buried: Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave XIII. D. 3. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 1^stMarch 1918

 

RUPERT MAYATT, Trimmer 947238, M.M.R. H, Mercantile Marine Reserve,   died, aged 17. Grandson of Mrs. E. E. Mayatt, of No. 4 Flat, Waghorn Rd., Snodland, Rochester, Kent. Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, Panel 31; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 21^st March 1918

 

FREDERICK WALLIE ROOTS,   Private 119827, 21st Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf), killed in action, aged 19. Born: Marden; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Roots, of Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. No known grave. Memorials: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 90 to 93 All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

ALBERT EDWIN STEVENS, Private L/9469, 7th Rn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), killed in action. Born: Burham; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. No known grave. Memorials: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 16; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

WILLIAM GEORGE BISHOP, Private 205835, 8th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), who died on Thursday, 21st March 1918. Memorials: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 58 and 59; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 11^th April 1918

 

CECIL HARRY PERCY COOK, Private 34453, 12th Bn., Yorkshire (Alexandra Princess of Wales) Regiment, killed in action, aged 20. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Gravesend; residence: Northfleet. Son of Arthur and Mary Cook, of 13, Wood St., Northfleet. Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France. Sp. Mem. F. 18.

 

Saturday, 13^th April 1918

 

ALFRED RICHARD BAILEY, Private 4419, Household Cavalry (9^thLancers), killed in action. Born: Lyminge; enlisted: Chatham; residence: East Malling. Memorials: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France; Christ Church, Lower Birling.

 

Tuesday, 30^th April 1918

 

ALEXANDER WILLIAM FOREMAN, Private 99328, 5^th Bn., King’s Liverpool Regiment, (formerly             291130, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Bn.), killed in action, aged 29. Son of Mrs. Jesse Foreman, of "Bowness", Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent; husband of Kate Foreman, of 36, Upper Dumpton Park Rd., Ramsgate, Kent. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Memorials: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 27 to 30; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 10^th May 1918

 

GEORGE LONGHURST, Private 42826, 1st Bn., Worcestershire Regiment, died of wounds at convalescent centre, Tourgeville, aged 25. Born: Chatham; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of George [buried Christ Church, 14 September 1931, aged 64] and E. Longhurst, of 8, Woodland Terrace, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave IV. A. 2.

 

Monday, 1^stJuly 1918

BERT E. BATES, Private G/11173, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham. Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France, grave I. F. 24. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Tuesday, 16^th July 1918

THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS, Private 36287, 10th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, who died on Tuesday 16th July 1918. Age 31. Son of Thomas John and Ellen Edwards; husband of Beatrice Edwards, of 5, Malling Rd., Snodland, Kent. Native of Hawkhurst, Kent. Buried: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave XVIII. C. 8. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 9^thAugust 1918

ARTHUR BOAKES, Serjeant 21043, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action. Born Tonbridge; enlisted: Tonbridge. Buried: Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave B. 14. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 10^th August 1918

 

ALBERT WILLIAM HARRIS, Private 360, 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died of wounds, aged 28. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; son of M. A. Wells, of Snodland, Kent. Buried: Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, Somme, France, grave IV. A. 1.

                       

Friday, 23^rd August 1918

 

LEONARD PARKINSON, Corporal G/19124, "D" Coy. 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), (formerly 2097, W. Kent Yeomanry), killed in action. Born: Maidstone; enlisted: Maidstone. Buried: Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France, grave IV. C. 38. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 25^th August 1918

 

AMOS ALFRED LANGRIDGE, Lance Corporal 64031, 10th Bn., Royal Fusiliers, killed in action, aged 34. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of John Langridge of West Malling, Kent; husband of Winifred Annie Fisher (formerly Langridge), of 98, Carr Rd., Walthamstow, Essex. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, grave III. B. 3.           

 

Tuesday, 27^th August 1918

REGINALD ARTHUR BATCHELOR, Private 22139, 2nd Bn., Coldstream Guards, killed in action, aged 21. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Snodland; residence: Snodland; son of Thomas and Frances Batchelor, of Constitution Hill, Snodland. Buried: Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave IV. A. 18. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 5^th September 1918

 

ARTHUR HERBERT SELL, Private G/78663, 2nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers, died of wounds, aged 18. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of Albert Henry and Edith Sell, of 2, Temperance Terrace, Constitution Hill, Snodland, Kent. Buried: Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave V. E. 13. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 15^th September 1918

 

ALFRED JOHN MAYATT, Private G/13088, transf. to (137986), Labour Corps, died in a London hospital, aged 29. Son of Mrs. E. Mayatt, of 3, East St., Snodland; husband of Elsie Kate Mayatt, of 1, May St., Snodland. Buried: Snodland Cemetery, grave 787. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 21^st September 1918

 

ARCHIBALD WILLIAM A. WELLS, Corporal T/270838, 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), (formerly 1756, 1/1st Royal West Kent R egiment), killed in action, aged 23. Enlisted: Tonbridge; residence: Snodland; son of Mrs. S. A. Wells, of 4, Vine Terrace, Holborough Rd., Snodland, Kent, and the late James Wells. No known grave. Memorials: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 3; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Friday, 27th September 1918

 

THOMAS WENHAM, Private 104618, 47th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regt.), died, aged 32. Son of Elizabeth Wenham, of 6, Covey Hall Place, Holborough Rd., Snodland, Kent, England, and the late James Wenham. Buried: Triangle Cemetery, Inchy-en-Artois, Pas de Calais, France, grave D. 5. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 10^th October 1918

 

ALBERT WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, Rifleman R/2455, 2nd Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds. Born: Maidstone; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; buried: Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, Aisne, France, grave B. 15. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 28^th October 1918

PERCY VICTOR ABNETT, Private 33118, 4^th Bn., Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Regiment), died, aged c.30. Born: Snodland (Birling), c.1888; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland; son of William Frederick and Kate/Kathleen Abnett of Ham Hill; enlisted: Maidstone; residence: Snodland. Buried: Cemetery: Cologne Southern Cemetery: XVI.A.61. Memorial: Christ Church, Lower Birling.   

 

Sunday, 3^rdNovember 1918

 

WILLIAM THOMAS STILL, Private 59541, 6th Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment,
died [of wounds?], aged 29. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Maidstone; brother of Ralph Henry Still, of 2, Jessamine Cottages, Holborough Rd., Snodland, Kent. Buried: Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave IV. F. 20. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 7^th November 1918

 

HAROLD ROBERT SMITH MC, Captain, 8th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), who died on Thursday 7th November 1918. Age 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Smith, of Woodcroft, Snodland, Kent; husband of Bessie Mary Smith, of 111, Fernside Rd., Balham, London. Memorials: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Tuesday, 9^th November 1918

 

HERBERT EDWARD HAWKS, Rifleman R/732, 11th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps, died, aged 28. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of Henry and Emma Hawks, of "Mount Pleasant," Holborough Rd., Snodland, Kent. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave S. III. O. 18. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Sunday, 10^th November 1918

 

ARCHIE WHITE, Gunner 33277, 17th Heavy Bde. H.Q., Royal Garrison Artillery,
(formerly 60785., R. F. A.), died, aged 30. Born: Snodland; enlisted: Chatham; residence: Snodland; son of George and Mary White, of Birling, Kent. Buried: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave V. B. 49.

 

Monday, 25^th November 1918

 

ALBERT EDWARD RAYMOND TONG, Private 027635, who died on Monday 25th November 1918, aged 24. Son of Albert and Louisa Tong, of "Delhi," Malling Rd., Snodland. Buried 30 November 1918 ‘ex-soldier’: Snodland Cemetery, grave 782. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Saturday, 21^st December 1918

 

ALLAN HUGGETT, Serjeant 493148, 2nd/1st Home Counties Field Amb, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died on Saturday 21st December 1918. Age 32. Son of Clara Ruth Huggett, of 5, Victoria Terrace, Snodland, Kent, and the late Henry Huggett. Buried: Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, grave IV. B. 37. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Monday, 6^thJanuary 1919

CECIL WILLIAM DYKE, Private 43154, Middlesex Regiment, died, aged 21. Son of Mrs. Mary Teresa Dyke, of 1, Brook Gate, Snodland. Buried 13 January 1919: Snodland Cemetery, grave 792. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

Monday, 14^th July 1919

 

THOMAS VICTOR FREMLIN, Gunner 178850, who died on Monday 14th July 1919. Age 21. Son of Lewis and Rose Fremlin, of 3, Gerda Villas, Malling Rd., Snodland. Buried: Snodland Cemetery, from Leeds, 18 July 1919, grave 804. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

Thursday, 26^th February 1920

 

ALBERT JOHN THOMAS WEST, Private [No.?], 20^th Bn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, demobilised soldier, aged 33, from Birling Road, Son of William and Betsy West, of Stangate [Birling]; husband of Kathleen Bertha Povis (formerly West). Buried at Snodland Cemetery, grave 821. Memorials: All Saints, Snodland; War Memorial, Snodland Cemetery.

 

The following men listed on Snodland War Memorial have not yet been identified from cwgc records or the ‘Soldiers Died in the Great War’ CD - or there is some doubt about our identification.

 

A. BAILEY, Private.

F. J. BENNETT, Stoker

H. J. CHAMBERS, Private [May be a mistake for H. F. Chambers]

F. DUNCAN, Private

WALTER H. FINCH, Gunner

S. H. HART, Private

A. J. JUDGES, Private

J. SA(U)NDERS, Private

J. F. SANDERS, Stoker

J. WELLS, Stoker

A. H. H. WELLS, Private