There is a stone cross in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist but it has no names on it.
The record of the Fallen is written on the interior walls of the Church of St John the Baptist.
Those who fell in WW1
BAILEY, Harry
Gunner, 19th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 70473.
He was killed in action on Saturday 6 July 1918. He was 30.
He was the son of Harry and Jane Bailey, 43 Brighton Road, Godalming.
He is buried in Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone is inscribed He gave his life that others might live.
BAILEY, William
Private, 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards. Army no 1954.
He died on active service on Friday 9 October 1914. The rest of his unit had already sailed for Europe so he probably died from natural causes.
He gave his home address as Godalming.
He is buried in Bolarum Cavalry Barracks Cemetery, India.
BARNES, John Edward Templeman
Captain, 7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 39 Brigade, 13th Division.
He was killed in action on Saturday 3 February 1917 at the capture of the Hai Salient. He was 21.
He was the son of Edward D and Lily E Barnes, Homefield, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Basra Memorial.
BEAGLEY, John
Able Seaman, HMS Black Prince, Royal Navy. RN no J/24066.
He died on active service on Wednesday 31 May 1916. He was 19.
He was the son of Albert John and Rose Beagley, 1 Latimer Road, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Additional information
HMS Black Prince was an armoured cruiser serving in the 1st Cruiser Squadron who participated in the Battle of Jutland, where she was sunk with a heavy loss of life. The circumstances are mystery.
During the battle, 1st First Cruiser Squadron was deployed ahead of the main Grand Fleet and Black Prince lost contact as the Squadron came into contact with German forces, at about 17.42 hours. HMS Defence and HMS Warrior were heavily engaged by German ships, with HMS Defence blowing up and HMS Warrior receiving heavy damage, which caused her to sink. There were no positive sightings of HMS Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal from her was received at 20.45 hours, reporting a submarine sighting.
During the night of 31 May/1 June, the British destroyer HMS Spitfire, badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau, sighted what appeared to be a German battlecruiser, with two widely-spaced funnels, described as being “…a mass of fire from foremast to mainmast, on deck and between decks. Flames were issuing out of her from every corner.” The mystery ship exploded at about midnight. It was later thought that the burning ship may have been HMS Black Prince.
The German account of the ship’s sinking was that HMS Black Prince briefly engaged the German battleship Rheinland at about 23:35 hours, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Then the German battleship Thüringen fixed HMS Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Other German ships, including battleships Nassau, Ostfriesland, and Friedrich der Grosse, joined in the bombardment. HMS Black Prince was hit by at least twelve heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes.
There were no survivors from HMS Black Prince’s crew, all 857 died.
BOIS, Dudley Gillespy
Lieutenant, 6th Howitzer Section, Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died at sea on active service on Monday 4 October 1915. He was 26.
He was the son of Percy and Margaret Bois, Northanger, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
BOYLE, Richard Bernard 7th Earl of Shannon
Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division.
He was killed in action on Friday 13 April 1917 in the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 19.
He was the son of Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon and Lady Nellie who had both died in 1910.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
BROPHY, Edward Henry
Private, 2nd Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry. CEF No 437824.
He died whilst on active military service on Thursday 14 September 1916. Based on where he was buried, a hospital centre, ne died from his wounds or from natural causes. He was 21.
He was the son of Michael and Alice Brophy, Killarney, Busbridge Lane, Godalming.
He is buried in Netley Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed When Duty Calls or Danger be never wanting there.
COLLIS-BROWNE, Alfred Ulick MiD
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 83 Brigade, 28th Division.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 13 April 1915. He was 25.
He was the son of Major and Mrs Collis Browne, Monteagle, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Additional Information
He had also served in South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.
COUSENS, Leonard Arthur
Rifleman, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no S/1229.
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 25 December 1917. Le Tréport was a major Hospital Centre. He was 21.
He was the son of George and Mary Cousens, 66 Brighton Road, Godalming.
He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Tréport.
DAVEY, Charles Leonard
Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in action on 17 October 1918. He was 39.
He was the son of Harry and Sarah Davey.
He is buried in Honnechy British Cemetery near Le Cateau and his headstone is inscribed Am I not hereby justified.
DUMMER, William
The Queen’s Regiment. There is no record linking anyone of this name to this Regiment.
The only hope is William Dummer, age 32, who died in Guildford Registration District in the last quarter of 1914. But I can find no further information.
EDWARDS, Frederick Arthur
Private, 6th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 54 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no 59299. He had also served as Private, Army no RX/4/210923 with The Royal Army Service Corps.
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 5 November 1918. He was 32.
He was the son of Arthur and Louisa Edwards, Shackleford and the husband of Alice M Edwards, 47 Town End Street, Godalming.
He is buried in Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension near Le Cateau and his headstone is inscribed Greater Love has no man than this.
EDWARDS, Herbert Alfred
Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Army no 33559. He also served with The Royal Flying Corps. Service no 18923.
He died on active service on Thursday 26 December 1918. He was 35. It is probable that he succumbed to the Spanish Flu pandemic.
He was the son of Alfred and Emma Edwards of Godalming.
He is buried in Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy and his headstone is inscribed
The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God. RIP.
ELLIS, Arthur
Private, C Company, 1st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 100 Brigade, 33rd Division. Army no S/531
He was killed in action on Friday 3 November 1916. He was 32
He was the son of F Ellis, 20 Rock Place, Godalming
He is buried in AIF Burial Ground, Flers, The Somme and his headstone is inscribed.
And at the same address
ELLIS, Thomas
Lance Sergeant, 6th Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 43 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 23115. He was formerly with The Reserve of Cavalry. Army no 3078.
He was killed in action on 10 April 1917. He was 34.
He was the son of William and Jemmima Ellis, 20 Rock Place, Godalming.
He is buried in Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt near Arras.
FISHER-ROWE, Laurence Rowe JP
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 20 Brigade, 7th Division.
He died of his wounds received at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on Tuesday 13 March 1915. He was 48.
He was the husband of Eveleen Fisher-Rowe, 49 Thurloe Square, South Kensington, London. The family lived at Thorncombe
He is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension and his headstone is inscribed Died of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. RIP. He also features on the Bramley Memorial
FISHER-ROWE, Seymour
Commander, HMS Falmouth, Royal Navy.
He died on Sunday 27 February 1916 from illness contracted whilst he was on active service. He was 39.
He was the son of the late Captain Edward R and Lady Victoria I Fisher-Rowe and the husband of Frances O Reinold, formerly Fisher-Rowe, Southbrook, Havant.
He is buried in All Saints Churchyard, Mundesley, Norfolk. His name also features on the Bramley Memorial.
GILBERT, John William
Company Sergeant Major, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48 Brigade, 16th Division. Army no 7750.
He was killed in action on Friday 1 June 1917. He was 29.
He was the son of the late John W and Mary Gilbert, Dublin and the husband of Nellie Gilbert, Crownpits Hill, Godalming.
He is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery near Ypres and his headstone is inscribed Faithful unto Death he did his duty Greater Love hath no man than this.
Additional Information
He had enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1902 when he was just 14.
GROVER, Albert
Private, 6th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no 69673.
He died on active service on Tuesday 17 December 1918. Étaples was a Hospital Centre. He was 23.
He was the son of Elizabeth and the late John Grover.
He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Sleep on Dear Son.
And his elder brother
GROVER, William Arthur
Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 12 Indian Brigade, 15th Indian Division. Army no 240750
He was killed in action in Iraq on Sunday 29 September 1917. He was 28.
He was the son of Elizabeth, 17 Town End Street, Godalming and the late John Grover.
He is buried in North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad and his headstone is inscribed Peace Perfect Peace.
HODSON, Hubert Bernard
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Army no 15265.
He died on active service on Monday 8 May 1915 at Frezenberg during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He was 22.
He was the son of the Rev. Thomas (Rector of Oddington, Gloucestershire) and Catherine A Hodson, The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton.
He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
HUGHES, William
Private, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Army no 904476.
He died on active service on Wednesday 15 August 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70. He was 40.
He was the son of William and Mary Hughes, Ivy Bank, Green Lane, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.
Additional Information
On his attestation, he gave his Mother as next of kin of Munstead Heath. He was born in Shamley Green.
JENKINSON, John
Captain, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’ (North Staffordshire Regiment), 137 Brigade, 46th Division.
He was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on Wednesday 13 October 1915.
He was the son of Sir Edward G, KCB, and Lady Annabella G Jenkinson, Thurlow, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial. He lived in Tamworth where there is a Memorial Plaque in the Church of St Editha.
JONES, Edward
Norfolk Regiment. I cannot identify this man
KNIGHT, William Thomas
Private, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, 142 Brigade, 47th Division. Army no 705638.
He died whilst on active service on Saturday 16 February 1919. He was 22.
He was the son of Dorcas A and the late Joseph Knight, 88 Brighton Road, Godalming.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge and his headstone is inscribed Thy Will be done.
LAKE, William Theophilus
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, HM Submarine E11, Royal Navy. RN no M/9379.
He died whilst on active service on Saturday 8 March 1919. He was 25. He probably died of Spanish Flu as there are tens of men who died in Malta around that time.
He was the son of William J and Elizabeth Ann Lake who was born in Godalming.
He is buried in Capuccini Naval Cemetery Malta.
LINEGAR, Alfred
Private, 6th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no 919.
He died from his wounds on Monday 14 August 1916. He was probably wounded at Pozières Ridge. He was 25.
He was the son of Charlotte and the late William Linegar, China Row, Hascombe.
He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Youngest son of Mrs Linegar of China Row Hascombe, Surrey, Killed in Action.
LIPSCOMBE, Henry known as Harry
Trooper, 1st Machine Gun Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Army no 41046. He was formerly with 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queens’s Bays). Army no 3016.
He died from his wounds on Friday 5 April 1918. He was 27.
He was the son of Josiah & Lucy Lipscombe, Cranford, Middlesex and husband of Daisy A Lipscombe, 108 Brighton Road, Godalming.
He is buried in Picquigny British Cemetery, The Somme and his headstone is inscribed If only I might be at rest Dear Heart with thee Daisy.
LOWMAN, Frederick Charles
Private, 7th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 190 Brigade, 63rd Division. Army no 75837. He also served as Private, Army no TR/10/6591 with the 22nd Training Battalion.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 3 April 1918 during the Battle of the Ancre. He was 18.
He was the son of Edward and Rose Lowman, Wisborough Green.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
And his brother
LOWMAN, Leonard Ashley
Private, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards attached to 172nd Brigade HQ. Army no 20406.
He was killed in action on Friday 4 October 1918. He was 25.
He was the son of Edward and Rose Lowman and the husband of Edith Lowman, Wisborough Green.
He is buried in Anneux British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed There is a link Death cannot sever Love and Remembrance Last for ever.
McLAREN, The Hon. Francis Walter Stafford
Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and General List.
He was killed on active service in a flying accident during training at RAF Montrose on Thursday 30 August 1917. He was 31.
He was the son of Sir Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Lady Aberconway and the husband of Barbara McLaren. He was the (Liberal) Member of Parliament for Spalding 1910-1917.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge.
PENNELL, Henry Lewin Lee
Commander, HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy
He died on active service at sea in the Battle of Jutland on Wednesday 31 May 1916. He was 34.
He was the son of the late Colonel Reginald and Jessie C Pennell, Auliscombe, Honiton and the husband of Catherine Pennell, The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Additional Information
He had served on the Terra Nova Expedition (the last South Pole expedition). He was the first to sight Oates Coast in 1911 and he named it after Captain Lawrence Oates. He spent short periods in Antarctica during this expedition and returned to Lyttleton, New Zealand to over-winter, returning twice to take fresh supplies back to Antarctica.
He was promoted Commander and assigned to HMS Queen Mary in the summer of 1914. He died in the Battle of Jutland, when the ship was sunk by the German ships SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger.
The Pennell Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, is named after him
POTTER, Robert John
Driver, Royal Engineers. Army no 38830.
He drowned whilst on active service on Wednesday 4 July 1917 whilst based at the Education Centre, Royal Engineers at Deganwy, Wales. He was 18.
He was the son of John Potter, Lodge Bottom, Busbridge.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church, Busbridge and his headstone is inscribed Thy Will be done.
RITCHIE, Henry Deacon
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2 Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
He died on Friday 27 September 1918 from the wounds he received fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 19.
He was the son of Ednee A and the late Henry A Ritchie, Catteshall Rough, Godalming and a Scholar at Kings College, Cambridge and features on their War Memorial in their Chapel.
He is buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz les Cambrai and his headstone is inscribed and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. Isaiah 55.11
RIXON, Robert James
Private, 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 11 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 18386.
He was killed in action on Thursday 4 October 1917 at Broodseinde. He was 29.
He was the son of James and Maria Rixon and the husband of Christine Rixon, 9 Latimer Road, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
SHAW, Alfred John
Private, D Company, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 10040.
He died on Saturday 19 September 1914 from the wounds he received fighting on the Aisne. He was 21.
He was the son of Alfred J and Sophia Shaw, 69 The Circle, Farncombe.
He is buried in Le Cateau Communal Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed In loving memory of dear Jack ever in our thoughts
SMITHERS, Thomas Charles
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 22 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no S/423.
He was killed in action on Saturday 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He was 38.
He was the nephew of Mrs. H. Sandford, 117 Brighton Road, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
STRUDWICK, Frederick William
Lance Bombardier, 16th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 93092.
He died from his wounds on 17 October 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of Frederick and Sarah E Strudwick and the husband of Dorothy Strudwick.
He is buried in Naves Communal Cemetery Extension near Cambrai.
STURGEON, Harold Victor
Private, 15th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no 26983
He was killed in action near Ypres on Saturday 13 January 1917. He was 19.
He was the son of Frederick J and Florence A Sturgeon, Edmundsbury, Busbridge Lane, Godalming.
He is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Father in Thy Gracious Keeping leave we now our Loved One sleeping.
TAYMAN, Albert James
Private, 10th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109 Brigade, 36th Division. Army no 43558. He had also served as Private, Army no 6974, with The London Regiment.
He was killed in action on Thursday 16 August 1917 in the Battle of Langemarck. He was 27.
He was the son of Frederick and Mary A Tayman, 165 Brighton Road, Godalming and the husband of Edith J Tayman.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
TISDALL, Charles Henry
Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 73 Brigade, 24th Division.
He was killed in action near Ypres on Sunday 13 February 1916. He was 18.
He was the son of Archibald W and Elizabeth A Tisdall, 26 Baskerville Road, Wandsworth Common, London
He is buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed I thank my God upon every Remembrance of you.
WHATELY, Percival Vivian Victor
Lieutenant, 179th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in action on Thursday 27 December 1917. He was 20.
He was the son of Thomas P and Agnes M Whately, Gorse Bank, Enton.
He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Blessed are the Pure in Heart for they shall see God S. Matt V 8.
WHITE, Geoffrey Stewart Augustus
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), 7 Brigade, 3rd Division.
He was killed in action on Friday 10 September 1914 at the battle of the Marne. He was 23.
He was the son of Colonel George Augustus White (The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) and the late Alice White, Clifton House, Godalming
He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial
Those who Fell in WW2
CROOKS, Reginald Herbert
Sergeant Air Bomber, 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1333929
He died on active service on Wednesday 1 September 1943. He was 22.
He was the son of Herbert A and Gertrude A Crook, Busbridge.
He is buried in 1939-1945 War Cemetery Berlin and his headstone is inscribed Our Son. A Treasured Memory. Until the Day breaks and we meet again.
Additional Information
Lancaster JA848 PG-R took off from RAF Woodhall Spa on an operation to Berlin when it was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Juterbog.
DASH, Edwin Charles
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Army no 6087803.
He died on active service on Saturday 14 November 1942 in the second Battle of El Alamein. It was on this day that the Vichy French forces in Algeria surrendered. He was 22.
He was the son of Charles Edward and Edith E Dash, Wanborough.
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial.
Additional Information
His name appears as Edward on the memorial plaque. In the CWGC database and his birth registration give his name as Edwin.
His Battalion fought in the 8th Army in the Western Desert and his Brigade, 131 Brigade became the Lorried Infantry brigade of 7 Armoured Division (the Desert Rats).
EVANS, Ernest Edward
Sergeant Air Gunner, 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1853237.
He died on active service on Tuesday 12 September 1944. He was 24.
He was the son of William and Mabel Evans.
He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Additional information
Halifax H328 NP-Y took off from RAF Lissett at 11.22 hours. It was hit by flack and exploded and crashed near Dorstein.
FORREST, Joseph Neville DSO, DFC
Squadron Leader, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 77913.
He died on active service on Tuesday 24 August 1943. He was 36.
He was the son of Joseph E and Jessie Forrest and the husband of Muriel A Forrest, Godalming.
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Additional Information
Lancaster ED950 OF-X took off at 20.38 hours from RAF Bourn and crashed in the vicinity of Doberitz.
HARWIN, Edward George Robert
Petty Officer, Airman, 801 Squadron, HMS Daedalus, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. RN no FX/80151.
He died on active service on Friday 13 September 1940. He was 22.
He was the son of Edward and Mary A Harwin, Hydon Heath, Surrey.
He is buried in Haugesund (Rossebo) Var Frelsers Cemetery, Norway and his headstone is inscribed His memory long will live alone in all our hearts. He was our only lad.
Additional Information
801 Squadron went ashore to operate from Hatston, along with 803 Squadron, flying missions to the Norwegian coast around Bergen and keeping up pressure on the Germans during the crucial summer and autumn of 1940. Shipping and numerous oil supplies were the most common target for the Squadron’s Skuas and they proved effective. On 13 September, two Skuas were lost to Messerschmitt 109s of JG5
HAYES, Jocelyn Granvill
Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps. Army no 115921.
He died on active service on Saturday 13 July 1940.
He was the son of George Robert and Mary Hayes.
I believe that his name is recorded on the Brookwood War Memorial although CWGC now refers to Busbridge CWGC records that he is buried in the churchyard of St. John The Baptist’ Church, Busbridge and that they are installing a headstone.
Additional Information
The Probate records give his address as Oldwicks Copse, Godalming and his Father as a retired Colonel Robert G Hayes.
In 1908 (London Gazette November 3 1908) Major Robert G Hayes was appointed to 15th Battalion, County of London Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service) Regiment from the Prince of Wales’s Own 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) Volunteer Rifle Corps. Thus we can be clear that the Father was a Civil Servant at the Admiralty as stated in the Census of 1911 and 1901 as well as a Territorial Officer.
UK Army states that Jocelyn was born in S E London.
In 1911 Census he was in Blackheath, London his Mother Mary had died.
All the records suggest that his name was Jocelyn George Reginald Hayes.
There is a birth recorded in Woolwich for Jocelyn George R Hayes in March quarter 1907.
There is a civilian Death recorded in Northampton September quarter 1940 for Jocelyn G Hayes age 33.
The point is that he died as a Civilian early in the War. The circumstances of his death are recorded elsewhere.
HIGSON, Kenneth Hesketh
Flying Officer Pilot, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Reserve of Air Force Officers). RAF no 70305.
He died on active service on Friday 16 August 1940. He was 29.
He was the son of the Revd. Arthur H Higson, MA, and Ada Higson and the husband of Jean Higson, Marlborough
He is buried in Milan War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Additional Information
On 8 July 1940, 10 Squadron moved to RAF Leeming. On 16 August 1940 his aircraft failed to return from an operation to Milan. Kenneth Higson was the co-pilot who was killed. The rest of the crew were taken prisoner.
JELLEY, Robert Edmund
Lance Corporal, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 5384342.
He died on active service on Tuesday 10 June 1941. He was 22.
He was the son of Margaret L Jelley and stepson of Eric D Day, Gurnard, Isle of Wight.
He is buried in Prague War Cemetery. His headstone is inscribed At the going down of the sum and in the morning We will remember him.
Additional Information
He died as a Prisoner of War. My presumption is that he had probably been captured when they were defending the hilltop town of Cassels at the time of the withdrawal to Dunkirk in May 1940. He was then transported as a PoW to Eastern Europe where he died.
LIPSCOMBE, Dyson Harry Neal
Driver, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 2591463.
He died as a Japanese PoW on Monday 23 August 1943. He was 28.
He was the son of Harry and Daisy A Lipscombe, Godalming and the husband of Violet M Lipscombe, Godalming.
He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Always in our thoughts.
Additional Information
He was working (as a slave labourer) on the Thailand-Burma railway when he died.
MOSS, William Francis MiD
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards. Army no 176781.
He died whilst on active service on Friday 30 June 1944. He was 31.
He was the son of Thomas and Ethel G Moss and the husband of Mary P Moss, Godalming.
He is remembered at St. John’s Crematorium, Woking
TAIT, Ian Mccail
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Army no 176765.
He died on active service on Tuesday 28 December 1943. He was 22.
He was the son of James A and Jean L Tait, Chiddingfold.
He is buried in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy.
Additional Information
He died as the Allied forces were trying to break through the German defensive position in Italy known as the Gustav Line.
WOODHOUSE, Henry de Clifford Antony DFC, AFC
Wing Commander, 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 34189.
He died on active service on Sunday 13 August 1944, shot down (by friendly fire) over the English Channel. He was 29.
He was the son of Henry d C and Rebecca d M Woodhouse and the husband of Ruth M Woodhouse. He was born in New York, his Mother, American and his Father, English.
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
On 1 May 1944, 85 Squadron, flying the de Havilland Mosquito, was transferred to 100 Group, supporting Bomber Command’s night bombing campaign. In this role the squadron were attacking German night-fighter airfields and intercepting enemy fighters. They were based at RAF West Malling, Kent.
He was awarded the Air Force Cross which was awarded to all ranks in recognition of exemplary gallantry in the air on non-active operations.
The Fallen in WW2 who are not on the memorial
READER, William Geoffrey
Captain, 321 Battery, 132 (The Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 164269.
He was killed in action on Friday 26 February 1943 in the fierce fighting that was raging in Tunisia at this time. He was probably defending Medjex which was a German objective on this date. He was 26.
He was the son of Francis E M and Sibyll A B Reader, Busbridge.
He is buried in Medjez el Bab War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Their Sacrifice Was Touched by The Finger of God.
WELLEN, Frederick Albert
Private, 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no 14828800.
He died on Friday 4 May 1945. The very day that the German Forces unconditionally surrendered to Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery on Luneburg Heath. He was 19.
He was the son of Frederick W and Ellen Wellen, Busbridge.
He is buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Walking Down Memory Lane with You. Mum and Dad.
The record of the Fallen is written on the interior walls of the Church of St John the Baptist.
1st Plaque
1914 -1919 REMEMBER THESE MEN
HARRY BAILEY ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
WILLIAM BAILEY 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS
JOHN EDWARD TEMPLEMAN BARNES GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
JOHN BEAGLEY HMS BLACK PRINCE
DUDLEY GILLESPY BOIS ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
ALFRED ULICK COLLIS BROWNE KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
LEONARD ARTHER COUSENS RIFLE BRIGADE
CHARLES LEONARD DAVEY MACHINE GUN CORPS
WILLIAM DUMMER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT
FREDERICK ARTHUR EDWARDS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT
HERBERT ALFRED EDWARDS ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT
ARTHUR ELLIS THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT
THOMAS ELLIS KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
LAWRENCE ROW FISHER-ROWE GRENADIER GUARDS
SEYMOUR FISHER-ROWE ROYAL NAVY
JOHN WILLIAM GILBERT ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILERS
ALBERT GROVER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT
WILLIAM ARTHUR GROVER THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT
HUBERT BERNARD HODSON PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN INFANTRY
WILLIAM HUGHES 10TH BATTALION CANADIAN INFANTRY
JOHN JENKINSON NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND 1914 – 1919
EDWARD JONES NORFOLK REGIMENT
WILLIAM THOMAS KNIGHT LONDON REGIMENT
WILLIAM THEOPILUS LAKE HM SUBMARINE E11
ALFRED LINTGAR (LINEGAR) THE QUEENS REGIMENT
HENRY LIPSCOMBE MACHINE GUN CORPS
CHARLES FREDERICK LOWMAN ROYAL FUSILIERS
LEONARD ASHLEY LOWMAN GRENADIER GUARDS
FRANCIS WALTER STAFFORD McLAREN ROYAL FLYING CORPS
HENRY LEWIN LEE PENNELL HMS QUEEN MARY
ROBERT JOHN POTTER ROYAL ENGINEERS
HENRY DEACON RITCHIE COLDSTREAM GUARDS
ROBERT JAMES RIXON HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
RICHARD BERNARD 7th EARL of SHANNON ROYAL FUSILIERS
ALFRED JOHN SHAW ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
THOMAS CHARLES SMITHERS THE QUEENS REGIMENT
FREDERICK STRUDWICK ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
HAROLD STURGEON HAMPSHIREREGIMENT
ALBERT JAMES TAYMAN ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS
CHARLES HENRY TISDALL ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT
PERVIVAL VIVIAN VICTOR WHATELY MACHINE GUN CORPS
GEOFFREY AUGUSTUS WHITE SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
The plaque for WW2
1939 REMEMBER THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND 1945
REGINALD HERBERT CROOKS ROYAL AIR FORCE
EDWARD CHARLES DASH ROYAL REGIMENT WEST SURREY
ERNEST EDWARD EVANS ROYAL AIR FORCE
JOSEPH NEVILLE FORREST ROYAL AIR FORCE
EDWARD GEORGE ROBERT HARWIN 801 SQUADRON FLEET AIR ARM
JOCELYN GRANVILL HAYES ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
KENNETH HESKETH HIGSON ROYAL AIR FORCE
ROBERT EDMUND JELLEY OXF. & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY
DYSON HARRY NEAL LIPSCOMBE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS
WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSS WELSH GUARDS
IAN McCAIL TAIT SCOTS GUARDS
HENRY de CLIFFORD ANTONY WOODHOUSE ROYAL AIR FORCE
Over Norton, Oxfordshire
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