Rye, East Sussex - WW1

England

Image Right - St. Mary the Virgin and the Rye War Memorial

Please link any Geni profiles of WW1 participants from Rye, East Sussex, to this project, regardless of rank. The object of the project is to build trees for those not yet on GENi and to link any existing profiles to the project.

See also

World War One: Servicemen and Women from Sussex

Royal Sussex Regiment

Rye is the home of the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield who was responsible for three significant designs that commemorated WW1: The local hospital, the Cross of Sacrifice and The Menin Gate in Ypres. A bronze sword which hung in the hall of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s home in Rye became the inspiration for the town’s wartime memorial - the Cross of Sacrifice. The design was adopted by the Imperial War Graves Commission and widely used in Britain and abroad.

The main memorial cross in Rye stands in the Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin overlooking the sea. It lists the names and initials of 145 men from the First War and 48 from the Second plus one from the Gulf War

The Sussex Imperial Yeomanry was formed in 1901 and a Troop was raised in Rye and district. It maintained very close connections with Rye until 1904 and some men saw service in the First World War. It then became the Surrey Yeomanry and was converted to the Field Artillery and served in the Second World War.

The Veteran Reserve was created early in 1911. It was later known as the National Reserve. A Rye Company was established and forty men served in the First World War.

When war broke out in 1914, 300 men from Rye had volunteered out of a population of 4,000; conscription was introduced in 1916.

Decorated people with Rye Connections

● Frederick Charles Humphreys Military Cross

● Maurice Charles Humphrey Lloyd, Distinguished Service Cross and Bar

● Sydney Frederick Hawke Sergeant. Military Medal

● Erskine Magniac Lieutenant Colonel. Mentioned in Despatches.

● Meredith Magniac Lieutenant Colonel. Distinguished Service Order.

● Hardy Falconer Parsons VC - grandson of Isaac Parsons of Rye. WIKI Harold Falconet Parsons

Casualties with Rye connections

Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles or projects. Other links take you to external biographical web pages. Please copy and paste the bullet used - ● - instead of * when adding items to the list. This list has been compiled from a number of sources and is not final or definite. WIP.

A

● Joseph Adams - Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action on the Somme 23 July 1916. Son of Mr & Mrs J. Adams of Rye. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.

● Alfred Ades - Private 14805, DOD 21 March 1918. Aged 39.

● Not on Memorial list Frank Ernest Aers Leading Boatswain PO/142921. Date of Death: 08/08/1915. Age: 43. [See § below]

● James Samuel Aitken Private G/562, KIA 3 May 1917.

● Herbert Mortley Allen - Sapper 140856, DOD 14 February 1916. Aged 31.

● Percy Allen - Second Lieutenant, KIA 4 October 1917. Aged 21.

● Not on Memorial list George Reginald Chester Almond Sapper, 112499. DOD 28-03-1918, age 37. [See § below]

● Frank Ashenden - Private G/16494 DOD 8 June 1917. Aged 41.

● Gilbert Charles Axell - Private 41489, No CWGC or SDGW details.

● Sydney Axtell - Private G/4638, DOD 9 May 1915 Aged 20.

● William Henry Axell - Private TF/240646, KIA 7 August 1917. Aged 20.

B

● Not on Memorial list Charles Bailey Private G/13955, age 38 DOD 301/01/1917 [See § below]

● Frederick Spencer Wellesley Bagot - Private G/18180, KIA 21 October 1916. Aged 26.

● John William Henry Baker - Private G/6950, KIA 4 October 1917. Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial list Albert George Ball Private G/50642. DOD 28/04/1917 age 33. [See § below]

● Alfred Barnes - Gunner 102145, KIA 26 September 1918.

● Thomas William Bayley - Corporal G/84, Died of wounds suffered at Loos 16 October 1915.

● Not on Memorial list George Augustus Beeching Private 28090 DOD 25/04/1918 age 18. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial list William Thomas Beeching Private 16732 DOD 3/3/1916 age 24. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial list James Edward Bell Private 2284 DOD 6/10/1915 [See § below]

● William Bennett - Lance Corporal TF/240402, Died of wounds near Ypres 12 October 1917 Aged 29.

● Hugh Bertie Blackhall - Engineman 3790/ES, DOD 4 November 1918. Aged 29. FLU

● John Stephen George Blackman - Private TF/240116, Wounded at Ypres and died on the 7 August 1917. Aged 22.

● David Bone - Lance Corporal L/7608, KIA 28 September 1915. Aged 31.

● George Thomas Boreham - Second Hand, H. M. Trawler "Margaret" of Rye, Mercantile Marine. Lost on the 17th December 1916 Aged 51.

● William Bourne - Private G/2142, KIA 9 May 1915. Aged 26.

● Alfred George Brackpool - Private SD/1007, KIA 30 June 1916 Aged 26.

● Not on Memorial List Walter George Brann Sapper 448726. DOD 17/11/1918 age 37. [See § below]

● Jack Bray - Rifleman 4294, KIA 10 March 1915.

● George Thomas Brazil - Private L/10159 Wounded at Richebourg L’Avoue and died the following day 10 May 1915. Aged 21.

● John Henry Brazil - Private TF/3743, KIA 14 November 1916. Aged 19.

● Alfred Breeds - Carpenter, S.S. "Baku Standard" (Swansea), Mercantile Marine Lost when the steamer was torpedoed by a U-boat off Tod Head, Scotland 11 February 1918. Aged 34.

● Albert Britt - Private TF/1337,KIA 9 May 1915. Aged 21.

● Ward Britt - Sapper 783, Died of wounds in base hospital at Boulogne 26 April 1915. aged 21.

● Horace Brooman - Corporal G/7418, KIA 26 July 1917 Aged 31.

● Not on Memorial List Ernest Bryant Private SD/1872. DOD 30/3/1918 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frank Buckland Private 13575. DOD 12/8/1917 aged 37. [See § below]

● William Alfred Bull - Stoker 1st Class CH/280624 Royal Navy HMS "Hogue". Lost when the armoured cruiser was torpedoed by U 9 off the Dutch Coast 22 September 1914. Regular Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial

● Not on Memorial List William A Burns Gunner 67976 DOD 26/11/1918 age 37 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James Burr (Rye Harbour)

● Harry Buss - Private, 22531, KIA 13 April 1918.

● John Alfred Buss [Alfred John?] - Private L/10934, KIA 20 August 1916.

● Ernest Butchers - Rifleman S/37684, KIA 23 August 1918. Aged 39.

● Not on Memorial List Albert Butler Private. Service No: 14850. DOD: 28/10/1916. Age: 24. [See § below]

C

● Not on Memorial List Leonard John Caister Private. Service No: 39071. DOD 24/06/1918. Age: 19. [See § below]

● Albert William Care - Private G/14487, Died of wounds 30 April 1918 Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial List Frank Carey Private. Service No: 1397. DOD: 13/03/1915. Age: 19..[See § below]

● Not on Memorial List John Leslie Castle Private. Service No: M2/183637. DOD 29/07/1918. Age: 20. [See § below]

● Godfrey Chantler - Private G/40302, Died of wounds 24 July 1918.

● Not on Memorial List Montague Gerald Herbert Chapman Lieutenant. Age: 21. DOD: 14/08/1917.

● Frederick James Chilton - Company Sergeant Major 9561 KIA 24 May 1915.

● Charles Cecil Clark/Clarke - Private TF/201914, Died in military hospital in Egypt 18 May 1917.

● Not on Memorial List John William Clark Private. Service No: 26396. Age: 40. DOD: 23/03/1918. [See § below]

● Philip George Clarke - First Engineer, Steam Trawler "Cassiopeia" Grimsby, Mercantile Marine Died on the 6 November 1915. Aged 42.

● Not on Memorial List William Arthur Clark Private. Service No: 2176. Age: 21. DOD: 20/08/1916. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List George Clayden Rifleman. Service No: A/287. Age: 21. DOD: 24/08/1916. [See § below]

● Humphrey Theodore Shuldham Cole - Second Lieutenant, KIA 12 February 1917.

● William Henry Kent Colebrook] Private 247, Died of wounds on the Somme 16 August 1916. Aged 29.

● Not on Memorial List Dick Coleman Private. Service No: 3576. DOD: 07/07/1916. Age: 20. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Fred Coleman Gunner 81456. DOD: 31/05/1917. Age: 27. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Thomas Cook Lance Corporal. Service No: G/5390. DOD: 24/08/1916. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Stanley Cooke Private. Service No: G/4916. Age: 20. DOD: 25/09/1915. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frank Cooper Private. Service No: G/1867. DOD: 05/02/1917. [See § below]

● Walter William Couldrey ?William Watkins?- Private 8767, 2nd Battalion, KIA 25 September 1915.

● Not on Memorial List William Watkins Couldrey : Private. Service No: 474028. DOD: 26/08/1916. Age: 27. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Henry Crouch Private. Service No: 9923. DOD: 23/11/1914. [See § below]

● Horace Curd - Sergeant L/8500, 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Indian Army. Died of disease in India Aged 30.

● W Curd - Possibly Sapper 614242, DOD 24 October 1919.

● Not on Memorial List William Fairhall Curd Stoker 1st Class. Service No: K/17857. DOD: 31/01/1918. Age: 24. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Archie Clement Curtis Private. Service No: 15751. DOD: 06/01/1916.. [See § below]

D

● Not on Memorial List Fred Deacon Private. Service No: 15751. DOD: 6/1/1916. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List John William Dickerson Private. Service No: 6651. DOD: 26/6/1918. Age: 27. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Harry George Albert Downey Rifleman. Service No: A/204114. DOD: 25/8/1918. Age: 19. [See § below]

● Thomas Edward Dungate Thomas Edward Pullinger at birth - Private L/9757. Died of wounds in captivity suffered during the siege of Kut El Amara 22 March 1917.

● Alfred James Dunk - Sapper 140244, KIA 14 November 1916.

● J Dunk - Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 15th Coy. 36223, died 15/05/1917.

● Not on Memorial List Philip William Dunk Sergeant. Service No: 9332. DOD 29/12/1917. Age: 29. [See § below]

● Archibald Frank Dunster - Private TF/2070. Died of wounds 21 March 1915. Aged 25.

E

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Edmed Private. Service No: 466543. DOD: 21/8/1917. Age: 31. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List George Benjamin Edwards Able Seaman. Service No: 195104. DOD: 23/10/1916. Age: 35. [See § below]

● William Henry Eldridge - Fireman, Steam Trawler "Margaret" (Rye), Mercantile Marine. Lost 17 December 1916. Aged 46.

● Ernest William Elliott - Private SD/5055. KIA 3 September 1916. +BR

● Frank Alfred Richard Elliott - Private TF/3261189, KIA 4 August 1917. Aged 21. +BR

● Not on Memorial List Frank Elliott Private. Service No: 270263. DOD: 13/9/1918. Age: 23. [See § below]

● George Elliott - Private G/55331. Died of wounds 9 October 1918. +BR

● Not on Memorial List Harry George Ernest Elliott Private. Service No: G/18020. DOD: [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Thomas Frederick Ennis Able Seaman. DOD: 13/12/1916. Age: 22. [See § below]

F

● George Fellows - Private 2030, KIA 5 April 1918 Aged 21.

● Not on Memorial List Albert Edward Filmer Sapper. Service No: 1519. DOD: 20/4/1915. Age: 37. [See § below]

● William John Foord - Skipper, H.M. Trawler "Margaret" (Rye), Mercantile Marine Lost when the trawler struck a mine in Rye Bay 17 December 1916. Aged 40.

● Not on Memorial List Carey Forward Rifleman. Service No: 39791. DOD: 12/10/1917. Age: 28. [See § below]

● George Fowle - Private L/7956, Died of wounds 2 September 1916. Aged 25.

● Richard Fowle - Australian Expeditionary Force. Reported locally as killed in action in France late in 1917. Son of George & Laura Fowle of 2, Landgate Square Rye. Husband of Mrs Richard Fowle of Australia. Left one child. Born in Lydd, Kent. Aged 31 and brother of George Fowle. No record with CWGC or of an R. Fowle in Australian Records. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List (George) William Fuller Gunnere. Service No: 39215. DOD: 17/5/1917. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frederick Furminger Private. Service No: 11660. DOD: 234/9/1917. Age: 27. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James Levie Furner Private. Service No: 45632. DOD: 12/9/1916. Age: 41. [See § below]

G

● Not on Memorial List Herbert Charles Gatehouse Sergeant. Service No: 31237. DOD: 6/11/1918. Age: 30. [See § below]

● Arthur Hugh Clare Gladwish - Sapper 534247, Died at home 18 October 1918.

● Alfred William Golden - Second Lieutenant, KIA 25 March 1918.

● Not on Memorial List Charles Ernest Goldsmith Private. Service No: L/10205. DOD: 9/5/1915. Age: 23. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James Goodsell Gunner. Service No: 103496. DOD: 31/5/1918. Age: 23. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List William Arthur Goodsell Private. Service No: 3/4742. DOD: 1/7/1916. Age: 37. [See § below]

● Herbert William Goodwin - Private G/40308, Died of wounds 6 February 1917. Aged 32.

H

● Not on Memorial List Arthur William Hallett Private. Service No: 30541. DOD: 11/12/1917. [See § below]

● Alfred James Harman - Rifleman 48750, KIA 9 August 1918. Aged 18.

● Not on Memorial List Sydney Frederick Hawke Sergeant. Service No: 33369. DOD: 31/5/1918. Age: 20. [See § below]

● Albert Arthur Heasman - Corporal TF/204464, KIA 25 October 1918 Aged 21.

● Frederick Bertram Heasman - Guardsman 16215, KIA 21 October 1914. Aged 24. [See § below]

● James Thomas William Hicks - Private TF/1849, Wounded at Richebourg on the 9 May 1915 and died on the 24 May 1915 Aged 20.

● James Hilder - Cook, H.M. Trawler "Margaret" (Rye), Mercantile Marine. Lost when the Trawler was mined in Rye Bay 17 December 1916. Aged 37.

● John Hilder - Fisherman, H. M. Trawler "Margaret" (Rye), Mercantile Marine. Lost when the Trawler was mined in Rye Bay 17 December 1916. Aged 33.

● Percy Ewart Hoad - Private TF/2196, KIA 28 July 1915. Aged 17.

● Frank Holdstock - Private G/2098, KIA 25 September 1915. Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial List Robert Brian Holmes 2nd Lieutenant. DOD: 1/7/1916. Age: 29. [See § below]

● Frederick Hook - Private G/11839, died in captivity in Germany 10 July 1918.

● Not on Memorial List Frederick Valentine Hook Private. Service No: SD/1053. DOD: 3/9/1916. [See § below]

● Frederick Victor Hook - Private SD/1953, KIA 3 September 1916. Aged 27.

● Not on Memorial List William Hook Private. Service No: G/116431. DOD: 2/8/1917. Age: 24. [See § below]

● William George Hook - Private G/16431, KIA 2 August 1917. Aged 24.

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Robert Hoult Private. Service No: G/53615. DOD: 1/9/1918. Age: 19. [See § below]

● Alfred Huggett - Private 47933, KIA 19 November 1917.

● George Huggett - Private TF/2811, KIA 9 May 1915. Aged 25

● Frederick Charles Humphreys, MC - Second Lieutenant, KIA 4 October 1917. Aged 37.

● Guy Harratt Humphreys - Private TF/252124, KIA 8 March 1918. Aged 34.

I

● Not on Memorial List John Archibald Ingram Private. Service No: 442405. DOD: 26/08/1916. [See § below]

J

● Anthony Mildmay Jameson - Second Lieutenant, KIA 1 September 1916 Aged 28.

● James Bruce Jameson - Lieutenant, KIA 24 August 1918. Aged 24.

● Charles Jarrett - Private TF/2185, KIA 29 April 1915. Aged 18.

● Frederick Henry Jarrett - Private TF/1439, Wounded at Richebourg on the 9 May 1915 and died at St. Omer 11 May 1915. Aged 20.

● William Jarrett - Private G/15448, KIA 27 Mrach 1918. Aged 33.

● William Henry Jempson - Gunner 168846, KIA 13 April 1918. Aged 22.

● Alfred Wiliiam Jewhurst - Private L/9705, KIA during the siege of Kut el Amara 1 January 1917. Aged 26.

● Not on Memorial List Evan Lawrence Jones Captain. DOD: 30/9/1918. Age: 30. [See § below]

● Charles James Jordan - Private 24916. Died of wounds 20 July 1917. Aged 33.

● George Henry Jordan - Lance Corporal TF/1791, KIA 7 January 1916. Aged 25.

● Arthur Joy - Private TF/1771, Died 12 February 1916. Aged 22.

● Henry Thomas Judge - Private SD/5134, Died of wounds 5 September 1916. Aged 25.

K

● Henry Edwin James Kennard - Private 3553, KIA 24 July 1916. Aged 18.

● Frank Kimpton - possibly Captain, Royal Engineers. Died in Mesopotamia 14 March 1919. Local knowledge needed. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.

● Not on Memorial List Albert King Private. Service No: 48202. DOD: 23/10/1918. Age: 19. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frederick George Kitchener Private. Service No: 550. DOD: 2/5/1915. Age: 18. [See § below]

L

● Percy Larkin - Sergeant 8346, KIA 23 April 1917. Aged 30.

● Herbert Harry Lawrence - Private 27400, KIA 9 April 1917. Aged 36.

● Frederick George Leadbetter - Private TF/240780 KIA 3 May 1917. Enlisted in South Kirby, Yorkshire Connection with Rye unknown Commemorated on Arras Memorial.

● Not on Memorial List Frederick George Leadbetter Private. Service No: TF/240780. DOD: 3/5/1917. Enlisted in South Kirby, Yorkshire Connection with Rye unknown, but presumably linked to Alfred William Dewhurst, mother Eliza Leadbetter. Commemorated on Arras Memorial. Perhaps incorrectly identified the wrong man, hence no trace of Rye connection. Probably:-

● George Henry Charles Leeds Private. Service No: 28127. Age: 30. DOD: 19/11/1916.

● Not on Memorial List Frederick Paul Lewis Driver. Service No: 5937.
DOD: 31/10/1918. Age: 22. [See § below]

● Maurice Charles Humphrey Lloyd, DSC and Bar - Sub Lieutenant, HMS "Hindustan", Royal Navy. Died on active service (Zeebruge Raid?) 24 April 1918. Aged 20.

● Not on Memorial List George Edward Locke Rifleman. Service No: 593431. DOD: 7/4/1917. Age: 24. [See § below]

● Percy Luck - Company Quarter Master Sergeant 5534,KIA 5 July 1917.

M

● Not on Memorial List Erskine Magniac Lieutenant Colonel. DOD: 28/04/1917. Age: 34. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Meredith Magniac Lieutenant Colonel. Age: 36. Awards: D S O. Date of Death: 25/04/1917. [See § below]

● Sidney Magrath - Private G/24402, KIA 23 March 1918.

● Not on Memorial List Walter Mansfield Sargeant. Service No: Reg 269. Age: 29.
DOD: 21/10/1918. Regiment/Service: Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 203rd Bty. Anti-Aircraft Sect. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Albert Markwick MM Private. Service No: 11861. DOD: 23/04/1917. Age: 26.[See § below]

● William James Marsh - Private SD/3387, KIA 21 March 1918. Aged 34.

● Not on Memorial List Robert Marshall Private. Service No: 1851. DOD: 10/10/1915. Age: 20. [See § below]

● Alfred Martin - Engineer, H.M. Trawler "Margaret" (Rye), Mercantile Marine. Lost when the trawler was mined in Rye Bay 17 December 1916. Aged 37.

● Not on Memorial List Leonard Norris Martin Rank: Cook's Mate. Service No: M/7701. DOD: 22/10/1916. Died from disease. [See § below]

● Thomas Martin - Gunner 772003. Died of wounds in base hospital at Etaples 24 March 1918. Aged 26.

● Not on Memorial List John Mawle Private. Service No: 25896. DOD: 11/10/1915. Age: 52. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List William May Private. Service No: 29614. DOD: 30/08/1918. Age: 38. [See § below]

● Gordon William McKenzie - Second Lieutenant, No 7 Artillery Observation Squadron (RE 8’s), Royal Flying Corps. Shot down and killed in action 20 September 1918 Aged 19.

● Not on Memorial List Gordon Merricks Private. Service No: G/3726. DOD: 30/10/1915. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James Walter Mesher Gunner. Service No: 32291. Age: 25. DOD: 08/05/1915. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James or T Miller Lance Corporal. Service No: 13573. DOD: 15/09/1919. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List William James Mills Private. Service No: G/5896. DOD: 27/09/1915. Age: 31. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Robert Edward Milton Corporal. Service No: 14353. DOD: 23/04/1917. [See § below] Born Rye

● Not on Memorial List Charles Richard Gerald Mitchell Lieutenant. Age: 33. DOD: 01/04/1918. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Ronald Walter Mitchell Lieutenant. DOD: 19/11/1917. Age: 41. [See § below]

● Walter John Mittell - Sergeant KIA 18 August 1916. Aged 38.

● Not on Memorial List Henry (Harry) Monk Private. Service No: G/1390. Age: 18. DOD: 26/01/1915. Died of wounds. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frederick Charles Moore Driver. Service No: 90333. DOD: 26/04/1915. Age: 25. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Cyril Murrant Sergeant. Service No: PO/15654. Age: 27. DOD: 13/11/1916. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Murrell Acting Bombardier. Service No: 93888. Age: 21. DOD: 21/03/1917. [See § below]

● Frank Mushett - Private TF/1730 Wounded near Bethune and died in base hospital at Boulogne on the 17 April 1915 Aged 21.

N

● Not on Memorial List George Joseph Nash Private. Service No: M/321444. DOD: 30/08/1918. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Gordon Ewart Neaves Birth Place: Rye, Sussex. KIA 17 Sep 1918: Gunner. Number: 105919. [See § below]

● William John Neve - Sergeant TF/344, KIA 9 May 1915. Aged 28.

● Not on Memorial List James Henry Noakes KIA 10.10.17. Aged 21 [See § below]

P

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Padgham Private. Service No: G/3770. Age: 28. DOD: 03/09/1916.[See § below]

● Richard Frank Page - Private TF/2848, KIA 21 August 1916 Aged 18.

● William Henry Page - Private TF/3196. Died of wounds in base hospital at Etaples 17 August 1916. Aged 16.

● Harold George Payne - Private TF/1753, KIA 14 January 1916. Aged 23.

● Not on Memorial List Percy James Penfold Birth Place: Rye, Sussex. Death Date: 25 Oct 1917 [See § below]

● Walter Edward Westwood Peplow - Private 35463, KIA 11 April 1917. Aged 39.

● George Perrin - Corporal 98259, KIA 23 March 1918.

● Frederick K Phillips - Gunner 1251001, KIA 12 November 1917 Aged 36.

● William George Phillips - Private TF/240718, KIA 7 July 1917. Aged 27.

● Not on Memorial List Edwoin Benjamin Phipps Private. Service No: SD/1434. DOD: 03/07/1916. Age: 18. [See § below]

● Alfred George Pierce - Private G/19523.Wounded near Ypres and died 25 November 1917.

● Not on Memorial List Edward Playford Birth Place: Rye, Sussex. Death Date: 5 Sep 1914. Killed in action. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List George Horace Pointer Rank: Engineer Sub-Lieutenant. Age: 30. DOD: 22/02/1919. [See § below]

● George Thomas Pope - Private 44089, KIA 4 October 1917. Aged 29.

● Henry Pope - Corporal 42434. Died of wounds in captivity in Germany 8 August 1918. Aged 24.

● Albert Pullinger - Able Seaman 232136, HMS "Victory" (Portsmouth), Royal Navy. Died of influenza at home 12 October 1918. Aged 30.

● Robert Relf - Sergeant. SD/1152, KIA 4 June 1916.

● Bertie Relf - Lance Corporal 682742. Died of disease in Egypt after hostilities 28 November 1918 Aged 32.

● Not on Memorial List Robert Relf Sergeant. SD/1152, KIA 4 June 1916. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Bert Rhodes Lance Corporal. Service No: 682742. DOD: 28/11/1918. Age: 32. [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List George Rhodes Private. Service No: 242032. Age: 27.
DOD: 05/04/1918. [See § below]

● George L Rhodes - Private 27577. KIA 23 October 1916.

● Herbert James Riddle - Private TF/3672; Died of wounds 14 July 1916.

S

● Not on Memorial List William Howard Sanderson Lieutenant. DOD 28/9/1918. [See § below]

● Charles Sargeant - Private 47658. Died of wounds during the March retreat 28 March 1918. Grave lost.

● Not on Memorial List John Sargeant Private. Service No: G/7932. KIA 23/2/1916 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Harold George Saunders Private. Service No: SD/2120. DOD 30/8/1916 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Douglas Albert Edward Saxby Boy 2nd Class. Age 17 Service No: J/94174. DOD 4/3/1919 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Herbert Selmes Private. Service No: L/10260. DOD 9/5/1915 Age 18 [See § below]

● Frederick William Sexton - Private SD/5123, KIA 30 June 1916.

● William Percy Sherwood - Private 228027. KIA 3 May 1917. Aged 17.

● Victor Albert Sims - Private G/7475, KIA 17 December 1916 Aged 19.

● Not on Memorial List Charles Robert Sinden Private. Service No: 33359, formerly 287193 DOD 9/10/1917 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frank Mitchell Small Private. Service No: G/12924 KIA 3/5/1917 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Albert Lewis Smith Boy 1st Class. Service No: J/32429. DOD 31/05/1916 Age 17 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Arthur Thomas Smith Private. Service No: L/10556 KIA 1/7/1916 [See § below]

● Douglas Albert Smith - Rifleman 11252, KIA 14 September 1914.

● Eric Morley Smith - Gunner 3112, KIA 26 October 1917 Aged 25.

● Frank Charles Smith - Corporal 2194, KIA 15 September 1916 Aged 21.

● Not on Memorial List George Smith Private. Service No:G/8706. DOD 16/8/1916 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Frederick Southerden Driver. Service No: 130280. DOD 1/12/1917 Age 33 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Bertram Cecil Keith Snagg Captain. DOD. 27/2/1919. Rye Cemetery[See § below]

● Not on Memorial List William George Standen Private. Service No: SE/6904 DOD 19/12/1915 [See § below]

● Alan Stoakes-Jones - Corporal 19970, KIA 6 May 1917. Aged 28

● Basil Victor Stoakes-Jones - Private 190, Died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 February 1915. Aged 27.

● Thomas Hallaway Stocks - Private 49978, Died in military hospital at Abbeville after hostilities 28 November 1918. Aged 31.

● Not on Memorial List James Stone Private. Service No: G/3772 DOD 26/09/1915 Age 34 [See § below]

● Herbert George Sutton - Lance Corporal SD/112, KIA 3 September 1916. Aged 27.

● Thomas Swaine - Private L/6991, KIA 13 September 1914.

T

● Leslie Welfare Taylor - Private 3246, KIA 8 November 1916. Aged 18.

● William Robert Temple - Private 60543, KIA 19 September 1917.

● Norman John Thorpe - Second Lieutenant, KIA 12 May 1917. Aged 19.

● Charles Tiltman - Private 24901, KIA 1 November 1916. Aged 30.

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Reginald Tiltman Sapper. Service No: 265726 DOD 3/4/1917 Age 19 [See § below]

● Edward Tiltman - Private G/5528, KIA 24 September 1918. Aged 21.

● Not on Memorial List Harold Allan Tiltman Private. Service No: 65421. DOD 15/5/1917 Age 23 [See § below]

● Harry Tiltman - Lance Corporal TF/240870, KIA 25 August 1917. Aged 22.

● Walter Thomas Tiltman - Able Seaman Z/438, KIA 24 April 1917. Aged 26.

● William E Tiltman - Leading Stoker K/9997, H.M.S. "Derwent", Royal Navy. Killed in action when the destroyer struck a mine in the English Channel 2 May 1917. Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial List William Tiltman Private. Service No: 140134. DOD 11/3/1915 Age 49 [See § below]

● James Tomsett - Sapper 212702, Died at home 18 May 1918 Aged 35. Carpenter. Buried in Rye Cemetery

● James Percival Trotter - Private TF/260486, KIA 1 October 1918.

● Arthur Thomas Twort - Regimental Number: G/10841. Son of Edwin & Annie Twort of Rye. Born in Rye. No further information currently available in CWGC records or SDGW with these initials.[More information at § below]

U

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Underdown Private. Service No: 43127. DOB 29/9/1918 Age 34 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List William James Upton Private. Service No: L/7996 DOD 18/4/1916 [See § below]

V

● Not on Memorial List Douglas Weston Vidler Private. Service No: 44461. DOD 19/3/1918 Age 18 [See § below]

W

● Frank Albert Walker - Rifleman 43801, KIA 29 August 1918.

● Not on Memorial List George William Warren Private. Service No: 204414. DOD 22/9/1914 Age 31 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Herbert Ney Warren Sergeant. 214 NZ Died of wounds 12/10/1916 Age 37 [See § below]

● Harold George Waters - Lance Corporal SD/2002, KIA, 31 July 1917. Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial List Harold Edwin Watson Private. Service No: 18391 DOD 1/5/1917 Age 20 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Watson Harry Watson Lance Corporal. Service No: 320045. DOD 16/9/1918 Age 24 [See § below]

● Frederick Arthur Webb - Airmechanic 2nd Class 87713, Shot down and killed while flying over the German lines as an observer/gunner 29 July 1917. Aged 19.

● Charles James Weeks - Private G/62195, KIA Italy 16 May 1918 Aged 39.

● Frederick Welfare - Lance Corporal M2/050089, Died in military hospital in Paris after hostilities 24 November 1918 Aged 44.

● Albert Edward Weller - Private SD/1108, Died of wounds 4 September 1916.

● Charles Henry Weller - Sapper 177071, KIA 21 March 1918 Aged 25.

● Henry Thomas Wickersham - Lance Sergeant GS/599, KIA 25 September 1915 Aged 47 Special reservist

● Not on Memorial List Edward Alick Wilson Able Seaman. DOD 28/3/1917 Age 61 Mercantile Marine. S.S. "Oakwell" (Stockton)[See § below]

● Not on Memorial List Alfred Wiseman Sergeant. Service No: 139008. DOD 12/4/1916 [See § below]

● Alexander Wood - Private 28127, KIA 21 September 1917. Aged 25.

● Not on Memorial List Harry Wood Private. Service No: 295034. DOD 15/2/1918 [See § below]

● Not on Memorial List James Wood Private. Service No: G/3718. DOB 18/8/1916 [See § below]

● S Wood - No further information found

● Not on Memorial List Amos Wright Private 35958. DOD 12/08/1917 age 26. Machine Gun Corps. 48th Coy. Grave Reference: V. C. 1. Cemetery: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of David and Alice Wright, of Tottenham, London. [See § below]

Rye WW1 Veterans

References, Sources and Further Reading

• § IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN FROM RYE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR MCMXIV – MCMXIX (1914-1919)
• Roll of Honour, Rye
• Great War Forum
• Rye castle Museum - Rye's Military History
• Traces of WW1 East Sussex
• Monuments to Memory The Story of Rye's War Memorials, by Peter and Lynne Ewart. 1988

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