The following is an alphabetical list of WWl casualties inscribed on the Banstead War Memorial.
Each item is headed by the man's full name if known, followed by his rank and service number where applicable, details of the date of death and any known relatives. Finally each record shows the location of the memorial or cemetery. These basic details are shown by permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, as are the pictures of memorials and cemeteries from across the World.
In addition to the basic details, more personal information has been added where available as well as some background to the circumstances in which the casualty was lost.
Wherever possible, details published have been cross checked with different sources. This has not always been possible and in some cases, the casualty is still unidentified.
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Major
Royal Field Artillery 5th Bde.
Died 10-August-1916 aged 36 killed in Action.
Son of John Raynor Arthur and Aileen Rice of Normandy Park, Guildford, Surrey, England. John Raynor Arthur was born on 20 November 1830 and died on 19 November 1903 at age 72. Previously was in the Bombay Civil Service.
Henry Bartle Compton Arthur was born on 14 October 1879 and his birth was registered in Kensington. He had an older brother, Edmond J Arthur born in India c1873.
In the 1881 census, the family (no mother in evidence) was at High St, Hartley Wintney, Hants, probably back from India c 1875.
In 1891 they were at 11 Queen's Gate, Kensington, this time the mother is there but no father, and 7 servants.
In 1901 they were at Normandy Park, Ash, Surrey,but neither Edmund nor Henry is recorded presumably because they were away in India.
Indian Army records show that HBC Arthur was commissioned on th 28th July 1900 and attained the rank of Captain on the 21st August 1911. At that time he was with the Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery in India.
He later gained the rank of Major whilst still in the service of the Royal Field Artillery.
Henry was killed at the Somme but it appears that Edmund survived the war as he is listed in the telephone directory for 1926-7 as Major E.J. Arthur at 'Utterstone', Beacon Way, Banstead. It is very likely that Major H.B.C. Arthur's name came to be inscribed on the Banstead War Memorial as a result of his brother's residency in the Village.
A visitor to the Gordon Dump cemetery noticed 4 men were all killed on the same day from the same RFA Bde. and this seemed unusual to him. They are all buried together and one is Major HBC Arthur. The other three are
Lieut. J. V. O'Brien RAMC Attached 5th Bde. RFA
Lieut. N. MacIver 5th Bde. RFA
2nd Lieut. H. B. C. MacPherson 5th Bde. RFA
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 23.
GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE Somme, France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 150.
Family history research by Barbara Rough.
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( Shown as Bailey, John David on CWGC records )
Serjeant 23854
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Bn (Headstone) 3rd Bn (CWGC)
Awarded the MM
Died 9-January-1918 aged 26 (Note Garton Memorial see RHS shows 12 January)
Son of John and Emmiline Bailey, of 10, Ferndale Rd., Banstead.
John Edmund Bailey's birth was registered in the March quarter of 1891 in Croydon. His birthplace was given as Thornton Heath.
In 1901 the family lived at the Police station in Banstead High Street where the father, also John Edmund, was a police constable.
CWGC Grave/Memorial Reference: Old ground.
BANSTEAD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Digitally enhanced for clarity.
John Edmund (father) and Emmiline (mother) Bailey are also included on this headstone.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Discrepancy on Middle name and Battalion.
Family Headstone All Saints Church Churchyard Banstead Surrey.
family research by Barbara Rough. 1901 Census. Unable to find a death registration for either Dec 1917 or January 1918 which is curious.
TO BE RESOLVED Second name and discrepancy over date of death. memorial.)
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Rifleman 306035
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)5th Bn.
Posted to Secondary Regiment: London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Died 14-October-1918 aged 19
Son of Aubrey Maurice and Alice Maud Balchin, of "Homeland," Court Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: II. A. 11.
LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
Private 231043
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)2nd Bn.
Secondary Regiment: London Regiment (The Rangers) attd. 12th Bn.
Died 28-February-1917 aged 24
Son of Harry and Anna Bella Baldwin, of 3, Devonshire Cottages, Banstead, Surrey.
The following account is taken from one surviving page of the All Saints Banstead Parish Magazine which was retained by a relative :
PTE. JOHN HENRY BALDWIN joined the London Regiment soon after war broke out. He had from the outset a strenuous experience. He served three months at the Dardanelles, and saw much terrible fighting, but came through all safely, being one of the force which took part in that skillful but melancholy evacuation.
He spent a short time in Egypt,and then was sent to France, where he was soon in the thick of it again. In the Battle of the Somme last July he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans.
A letter from a fellow prisoner, an Australian, has just been received, reporting the sad news of his death at the camp of the prisoners-of-war at Langensabya, in Turingia, in Germany. It says that the German doctor did all that was possible to relieve his sufferings but he died of disease which evidently he contracted in camp. He has done his duty manfully and has now joined many another hero in the unseen spiritual world, where fighting is no more. May the Risen Prince of Peace give him eternal rest.
Grave Reference: VI. G. 11.
NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Private G/5193
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 1-July-1916 age Unknown
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 42270
Royal Fusiliers 6th Bn.(4th City of London Regiment)
Died 3-August-1917 aged 35
Son of Mr. William and Mrs. Annie Blunt, of Banstead, Surrey;
Husband of Nellie G. Blunt, of 63, Fishponds Rd., Tooting Bec Rd., London.
Prior to enlisting, George was a decorator who lived at 4 Lyme Regis Road, Banstead.
It seems likely that Private George Blunt was lost during one of the worst battles of WWl, the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres.
Ground conditions during the whole Ypres-Passendale action were atrocious. Continuous shelling destroyed drainage canals in the area, and unseasonable heavy rain turned the whole area into a sea of mud and water-filled shell-craters. The troops walked up to the front over paths made of duckboards laid across the mud, often carrying up to one hundred pounds (45 kg) of equipment. It was possible for them to slip off the path into the craters and drown before they could be rescued. The trees were reduced to blunted trunks, the branches and leaves torn away, and the bodies of men buried after previous actions were often uncovered by the rain or later shelling.
The image below shows the record of George's recruitment in December 1915.
NOTE FROM WEBMASTER The Surrey History Trust have been asked for their permission to include the records below. They are images and the following variations are temporarily included so the Trust can see the outcomes of the restrictions imposed.
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Memorial Reference: Panel 6 and 8.
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1901 Census
Surrey recruitment registers CD produced by The Surrey History Trust.
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Private S4/218557
Army Service Corps 1002nd HT Coy
Died 17-October-1918 aged 28
Son of William and Annie Blunt, of Gowdhurst, Kent.
Husband of Edith Alice Nellie Blunt, of "Balgary," Bute Rd., Wallington, Surrey.
Grave Reference: 36
BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY El Horj district, Lebanon.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 9750
East Surrey Regiment 1st Bn.
Died 15-August-1916 age 25
Grave Reference: B. 27. 8.
ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial Banstead.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
A local policeman, PC Boobier, was mentioned in Geoff's Banstead Page 83 as living in Ferndale Road Banstead at about 1912.
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Inscribed as V. Brown on the Banstead War memorial.
Gunner L/5036
Royal Field Artillery
Died 10-August-1917 aged 32
Grave Reference: V. E. 1.
BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Brigadier General
Royal Artillery 17th Division.
Died 18-August-1916 aged 47
Son of Archibald Lewis Buckle (Capt., Royal Engineers).
Husband of the late Mildred Louisa Buckle.
Archie Stewart Buckle was commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 17 February 1888. He spent much of his pre-war career serving with the Royal Field Artillery in India, but he also acquired experience and expertise in the handling and issuing of explosives. Major Buckle went to war with the BEF and was wounded in the face in October 1914 and invalided home.
Following his recovery, in January 1915, he was appointed GSO1 19th (Western) Division, a New Army formation. Buckle deployed to France with 19th Division in July 1915 and helped plan its costly and abortive baptism of fire on 25 September in the Action at Piètre, part of the battle of Loos. 19th Division was employed three times on the Somme in July 1916, each time as a holding division.
On 9 August Buckle was promoted brigadier-general and posted to 17th (Northern) Division as its CRA. Buckle arrived in the middle of the battle of Delville Wood. A week after his appointment he was suddenly taken ill and died two days later of meningitis.
Grave Reference: II. F. 23.
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Edited personal history from Centre for 1st WW studies. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Second Lieutenant
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) "A" Coy. 6th Bn.
Died 3-July-1916 aged 24
Son of Cuthbert Edward Buckle of Ames Plantation, Grand Junction, Tennessee, U.S.A., and Muriel Buckle, of Wynewood, Philadelphia.
Grave Reference: XX. B. 7.
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2 Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 13191
Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Died 3-September-1916 aged 28
Son of Jesse Richard and Mary Ann Burberry, of 13, Clifton Avenue, Belmont, Sutton, Surrey.
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 32167
Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Bn.
Died 22-October-1917 aged 34
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Butler, of 7, Diceland Rd.Banstead.
Husband of Sarah A. Blunden (formerly Butler), of 7, Pound Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Memorial Reference: Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
( Spelled CASTLETON on CWGC records ).
Corporal 4816
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 8th Bn.
Died 17-April-1916 aged 16
Son of Walston and Louise Caselton, of 30, Diceland Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Native of Norwich.
Grave Reference: V. B. 5A.
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Churchyard, Banstead, Surrey.
The second step on the family memorial remembers young Coporal Caselton buried in France.
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Caselton family memorial.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 2813
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
Died 26-September-1917 aged 36
Grave Reference: IV. B. 21.
COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial Banstead (shows 25th September 1917).
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private M2/101835
Army Service Corps 341st M.T. Coy.
Died 8-March-1916 age unknown
Grave Reference: New ground.
ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD Banstead, Surrey.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Private G/11379
Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
Died 24-April-1917 aged 29
Memorial Reference: Bay 3.
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Gunner 39636
Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12-August-1916 aged 22
Son of Obed and Sarah Daniels, of Godstone.
Husband of Alice Amelia Skelton (formerly Daniels), of 44, Diceland Rd., Banstead.
Grave location: New ground.
ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD BANSTEAD Surrey, England.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Last name inscribed on the Wood panel in ALL Saints Banstead ie appears out of order.
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Private 2768
London Regiment 15th Bn.(Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2-September-1915 aged 21
Son of Frederick and Eleanor Davis, of "Dehra Doon," Lyme Regis Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Fred Davis attended Sutton Grammer School from 1905 to 1911.
Soon after the outbreak of war he joined the 15th Co of London Civil Service Rifles. In March 1915 he went to France and became batman to an officer. On the morning of September 2nd he was killed by a German shell and lies buried in the little churchyard of Bully Grenay, just behind the firing line at the time. During the greater part of the war it was a front-line cemetery used by fighting units and field ambulances, and protected from German observation by a slight rise in the ground.
Fred Davis is one of the eighty-one men listed on the Old Suttonians' War Memorial which still hangs proudly at the School.
Grave Reference: III. D. 13.
Cemetery: MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Suttonian magazine from Sutton Grammer School's archives. Issue no. 33-34 dated November 1915.
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Last update 5 July 2007 (Details from THE SUTTONIAN magazine)
Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Sutton Grammer School
WWI Roll of Honour
MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY
Private 2452
East Surrey Regiment 9th Bn.
Died 21-April-1916 aged Unknown
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 7.
DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
'George H A ' per National archives WWl Medal records.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Family to Banstead area not yet established. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
Serjeant 4725
Royal Fusiliers 13th Bn.
Died 13-October-1918 aged 26
Grave Reference: XIII. D. 15.
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Second Lieutenant
Rifle Brigade
Died 2-September-1918 aged 19
Son of Charles H. and Juliet Garton, of Banstead Wood, Surrey.
Grave Reference: VI. F. 17.
FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Captain
Rifle Brigade 9th Bn.
Died 15-September-1916 aged 24
Son of Charles Henry and Juliet Garton, of Banstead Wood, Surrey.
The Banstead Parish Council Minute Book 1909 -1921 records the following on October 10th 1916;-
"That the Council desires to express its very condolence with its Chairman and his family in the sad loss they have experienced in the death of Capt Herbert Garton in the service of his country and places on records the great sympathy felt by the Parish and this Council."
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 54082
Royal Fusiliers 33rd Bn.
Died 27-October-1917 aged 37
Son of John William and Eliza Gatland, of 17, Diceland Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: I. F. 7.
ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead
Lance Corporal G/14297
Royal Fusiliers 4th Bn.
Died 13-April-1917 aged 23
Son of John and Frances Guest, of 10, Diceland Rd., Banstead;
husband of Kate Evelyn Emery (formerly Guest), of 69, Ferndale Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
The following account is taken from the one surviving page of All Saints Banstead Parish magazine.
Lce Corpl. ALAN GUEST, Royal Fusiliers must be remembered amongst the Brave Banstead lads who have fallen in the fight for freedom and Fatherland. He was killed in the Great Arras battle apparently on the 13th of April. His officer writes:- "He was in the Company I am commanding. He got wounded in the attack but wouldn't go back, but continued to fight bravely. He was afterwards wounded again, mortally. I spoke to him before his death, and his last words were ; ' promise me you will tell my wife that I died like a good soldier, and I shall die happy.' Your husband was one of the bravest and most reliable men in my Company, and but for his death, I should have recommended him for the Military medal. I can assure you his death is a great loss to everyone, and I must express my deepest sympathy with you in your great loss."
Alan joined up at the very beginning. He did not wait to be fetched! He was one of the force despatched to the Dardanelles, but shortly after landing he had a bad attack of Dysentry, and was sent to hospital at Malta. Returning home to England, he remained in hospital for about seven months. A year ago he went over with his battalion to France, where he........unfortunately, this text is all that survives of the Banstead Parish magazine's Roll of Honour. If you know of any copies please contact the Webmaster.
Memorial Reference: Bay 3.
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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All Saints Church
Banstead
Private 773
Royal Fusiliers 8th Bn.
Died 7-July-1916 aged 22
Son of Mary Ann Gurney, of 26, Diceland Rd., Banstead, Surrey, and the late Henry Charles Gurney.
Grave Reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead
Gunner 60931
Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 19-June-1917 aged 29
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Harden, of 4, Salisbury Rd., Banstead, Surrey;
husband of Louisa A. Harden, of 77, Lansdowne Rd., Walthamstow, London.
Grave Reference: XIV. E. 20.
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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All Saints Church
Banstead
Private G/4383
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn.
Died 1-November-1915 aged 29
Husband of A. M. Champion (formerly Harding), of 12, Mint Cottages, Banstead, Epsom.
Grave/Memorial Reference: H. 33.
Cemetery: CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private G/82083
Royal Fusiliers 26th Bn.
Died 14-July-1918 aged 19
Son of Alfred and Helen Hillman, of Park Farm, Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: IV. F. 12.
LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 3950
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 19-February-1916 aged 32
Grave Reference: F. 7.
CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
All Saints WWl Memorial Banstead Surrey.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private 2879
Royal Fusiliers
Died 27-September-1915 aged 30
Memorial Reference: Panel 25 to 27.
LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
( Insrcibed as King-Stevens on the Banstead War memorial.).
Second Lieutenant
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 8th Bn.
Died 20-December-1916 aged 37
Son of Robilliard and Frances Annette King-Stephens, of Teddington, Middx.
Grave Reference: IV. E. 2.
WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead
Lieutenant
Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Bde.
Died 12-July-1915 aged 22
Son of Mr. C. S. Knight, of 68/70, Fenchurch St., London.
Grave Reference: 798 Bis.
Cemetery: ADINKERKE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION De Panne West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Gunner 276904
Royal Garrison Artillery 114th Heavy Bty.
Died 29-December-1917 aged 34
Grave Reference: IV. C. 13.
TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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All Saints Church
Banstead.
Rifleman R/1088
King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Bn.
Died 12-September-1915 aged 19
Son of George Henry and Lydia Amelia Low, of 4, Pound Cottages, Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: II. C. 6.
RUE-DU-BACQUEROT No.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead.
Private PO/11648
Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. Bulwark.
Died 26-November-1914 aged 30
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Muggeridge, of 65, High St., Cosham, Hants. Native of Banstead, Surrey.
HMS Bulwark, a battleship of 15,000 tons, was moored to No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach on the River Medway, almost opposite the town of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppy, Kent. It was one of the ships forming the 5th Battle Squadron.
On the 26th November 1914, the usual ship's routine was taking place when a roaring and rumbling sound was heard and a huge sheet of flame and debris shot upwards. The ship lifted out of the water and fell back. There was a thick cloud of grey smoke and further explosions. When the smoke eventually cleared, the Bulwark had sunk without trace.
Only 14 men survived from the ship's compliment of approximately 760 men.
The full article including the statement by Winston Churchill can be found at HMS Bulwark - NHCRA
Memorial Reference: 6.
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Hampshire, England.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Naval Historical Collectors and Research Association
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Wood panel
All Saints Church
Banstead
Telegraphist London Z/6563
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 13-November-1918 aged 19
Son of George and Letitia Nash, of Witley, Surrey.
Grave Reference: E. 37. 17.
HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY Hampshire, England.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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All Saints Church
Banstead
Private 200869
East Surrey Regiment 1st Bn.
Died 13-April-1917 aged 35
Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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All Saints Church
Banstead
Private 31863
Northumberland Fusiliers 12/13th Bn.
Died 27-May-1918 aged 21 in Aisne, France.
Previously worked as a grocer's assistant at Geoff Pushman's shop in Banstead.
Willie is remembered in a book called Geoff's Banstead.
We had a young man working for us in the shop called Willie Nash. I took to him at once, and he was very fond of me. Most fellows of his age wouldn't have wanted to be seen with a child, but he often wheeled me up the road in my pushchair.
Willie used to sing the songs of the day while weighing up sugar, and taught me all the words. "Weigh up the yellow crystals this afternoon, Willie," I'd say,"and we'll sing."
One day Willie came to work very excited. He'd bought a gramophone and asked if I'd come round to his house and see it. How thrilled we both were.
Willie was my first friend and partner in singing comic songs. Two of our speciality numbers were 'Hold your hand out, naughty boy' and 'Hello hello who's your lady friend?'
When the war broke out in 1914, Willie was one of the first to volunteer.(Being only seventeen, he put his age on by twelve months). On leave he stood against the door as we scratched his height on it - so we could check whether he'd grown next time we saw him. He never came back."
On the 27 May 1918, Private 61863 William John Nash would have been under the command of the Major-General D G M Campbell 21st Division, Brigadier-General G H Gater of the 62nd Brigade, whilst serving with the 12/13th Northumberland Fusiliers. That day was the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne (river)which was a German offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Force could arrive in France.
On the morning of 27 May 1918, the Germans began a bombardment of the Allied front lines with over 4,000 artillery pieces. The British suffered heavy losses, as they had been ordered to mass together in the front trenches which made the easy artillery targets. There was worse to come as the bombardment was followed by a poison gas drop. A short edited extract from 8th Division 1914 - 1918, by Lt.-Colonel J.H. Boraston & Bax graphically describes the events of the day that Private W Nash was killed.
It was one o'clock in the morning of the 27th May, punctual to the predicted time, that the German bombardment was loosed. The whole of IX Corps front and many back areas - railheads, ammunition dumps and the like - were drenched with gas shell. Outpost lines were assailed in addition by trench mortars of every calibre, and the Battle Zone received the terrible bombardment from artillery of all natures.
Our artillery positions were also violently attacked with gas shell and H.E. and had area shoots carried out upon them, with the result that by 6am most of our guns North of the river were out of action. A mist which rose into being with the opening of the bombardment, as though evoked at the will of the German Higher Command and in fact accentuated by the enemy's gas and smoke shells, grew steadily thicker as the night proceeded and made the task of defence additionally difficult. It was indeed, almost uncanny how in this spring of 1918 the luck of the weather favoured the Germans in attack. On each preceding night spent on the new front the weather had been clear and when, for the third time, the troops of the division found their defence hampered by a dense blanket of fog, men and officers began firmly to believe that the enemy had discovered means to put down a mist whenever it was wanted.
Once the gas had lifted the main infantry assault by 17 German Sturmtruppen divisions commenced, led by Crown Prince Wilhelm, the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Taken completely by surprise and with their defences spread thin, the Allies were unable to stop the attack and the German army advanced through a 40 km gap in the Allied lines. Reaching the Aisne in under six hours, the Germans smashed through eight Allied divisions on a line between Reims and Soissons, pushing the Allies back to the river Vesle and gaining an extra 15 km of territory by nightfall.
Willie Nash is remembered on the Soissons Memorial, along with almost 4000 officers and men who died during the battles of the Aisne and the Marne.
Memorial Reference: Names are listed on the memorial by Regiments in order of precedence, under the title of each Regiment by rank, and under each rank alphabetically.
SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
A book of poems by Cherrie Almond called "With Best Wishes".
Records of the battle from Invisionzone.com
The third battle of the Aisne from Wikipedia .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
Last update 18 March 2007 (Geoff Pushman's story and battle details)
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Private 3919
Royal Fusiliers
Died 17-October-1915 aged 20
Son of Frederick and Florence Oliver, of 3, Diceland Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Memorial Reference: Panel 25 to 27.
LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Lieutenant (Number not recorded)
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8th Bn.
Died 2-October-1918 aged 29
Son of Arthur and Kate Paterson of Banstead, Surrey.
Husband of Ethel Paterson, of 8, Beach Rd., Newquay, Cornwall.
Assistant Master at Cathedral School, Truro.
Grave Reference: D. 838.
KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY Polikastron, Greece.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
Enquiry sent to Truro Cathedral 6 Dec 2006.
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Private 245188
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)2nd Bn.
Died 26-October-1917 aged 29
Memorial Reference: Panel 148 to 150.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Private 35993
East Surrey Regiment 1st Bn.
Died 21-May-1918 aged 19
Son of George Hillier Powell and Lucy Powell, of Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row D. Grave 8.
TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES, Nord France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Private 58216
Middlesex Regiment 20th Bn.
Died 28-September-1918 aged 38
Husband of R. Reygate, of 22, Belmont Rd., Belmont, Surrey.
Grave Reference: III. B. 22.
BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1901 Census
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Private 183686
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 49th Bn.
Died 30-October-1917 aged 32
Son of George and Emily Reygate, of Sutton Lane, Banstead, Surrey.
Memorial Reference: Panel 24 - 28 - 30.
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Private 275240
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)3rd Bn.
Died 26-October-1918 aged 25
Son of James and Annie Sharman, of Salisbury Rd., Banstead.
Grave Reference: I. E. 12.
HAMBURG CEMETERY Hamburg, Germany.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
Note: Date of Death Discrepancy of 11 days requires investigation.
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Private C/60448
Royal Fusiliers 8th Bn.
Died 13-April-1917 aged 30
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Rosa Skelton, of 10, Pound Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Husband of Edith Mary Smewing of 15 Ferndale Road Banstead
Alfred Skelton initially joined the East Surrey Regiment (21990) prior to moving to the Royal Fusiliers.
The following account is taken from the one surviving page of the All Saints Banstead Parish magazine:
ALFRED SKELTON, Royal Fusiliers, has given his life for his country, and for the cause of justice and liberty. He fell in the Great Battle of Arras, which commenced on Easter Monday,the 9th of April (1917). A kind and considerate letter from the Chaplain dated 12th April brought the bad news that he was brought into hospital that morning dangerously wounded in the head, and unconscious, and that there was scarcely any hope. This letter was immediately followed by a second letter reporting that he had died the next morning.
He was reverently buried in a British soldier's cemetery at Rouen. Poor fellow, he had only been six months at the Front, having gone across to France last October. A Brother, Thomas Skelton, was killed quite early in the war and another brother Stanley, is at present lying in hospital badly wounded. ( Stanley died of his wounds on the 9th of December 1919 and is the only one of the three Skelton brothers who died as a result of the war, not remembered on the Banstead War Memorial.)
A fourth brother, Gordon Skelton lied about his age and was recruited in the Devonshire Regiment. He was sent to France, but his mother wrote to the War office telling them he was only 14 years old. He was returned from France and released into the care of his parents at 10 Pound Road Banstead. A fifth brother, Norman Percy Skelton, was two years younger than Gordon and did not take part in the war although he joined up on the 14th April 1920.
Grave Reference: O. VIII. H. 12.
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
Source: family research including 1901 census data from Mavis Jarvis
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Lance Corporal 9720
Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Died 26-January-1915 aged 19
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Rosa Skelton, of 10, Pound Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Thomas was not married.
Thomas skelton was killed in action in France, Flanders.
Memorial Reference: Panel 21.
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Private 41805
Hertfordshire Regiment 1stBn.
Died 11-April-1918 aged 19
Son of Jason and Fanny Sopp, of 3, Dicelands Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
CWGC Grave Reference: Div. 62. III. C. 7.
STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE Seine-Maritime,France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Sapper 20213
Royal Engineers
Died 21-June-1917 aged 27
Son of Arthur and Mary Sturt, of 65, Ivy Cottage, Burgh Heath Rd., Epsom.
Grave Reference: D. 312.
EPSOM CEMETERY Surrey, England.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Private G/30972 (Shown as Lnce. Cprl. on All Saints memorial)
East Surrey Regiment 12th Bn.
Died 20-January-1917 aged 31
CWGC Grave Reference: I. B. 16.
HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Private M/225505
Army Service Corps, 884th M.T. Coy.
Died 19-August-1917 aged 20
Son of Walter and Mary Ann Taylor, of "Corbridge", Lyme Regis Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: I. A. 24.
WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Private G/16458
Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.
Died 24-September-1918 aged 25
Son of Thomas G. and Clara Taylor, of "Winkworth," High St., Banstead, Surrey.
Memorial Reference: Panel 86 to 88.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.(Alfred)
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
ALL Saints Church Wood Panel.(Albert)
1901 census; Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 578; Folio: 15; Page: 22. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. back to panel
TO BE RESOLVED : FIRST NAME DISCREPANCY.
Resolved via 1901 census. Correct name is Albert.
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(Insrcibed as G Tickener on the Banstead War memorial.)
Private 14548
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
Died 11-April-1917 age unknown
Memorial Reference: Bay 1.
ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Private 7164
London Regiment (London Scottish) 14th Bn.
Died 20-October-1916 aged 30
Son of James and Betsy Ann Tonge, of the Post Office, High Street, Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: III. J. 5.
MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Private 24704
Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn.
Died 31-July-1917 aged 36
Son of Francis and Eliza Wallis.
Memorial Reference: Panel 9 and 11.
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Corporal 42301
Royal Fusiliers
Died 22-September-1917 aged 33 (All Saints Memorial shows 20-September-1917)
Memorial Reference: Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.(2 day discrepancy on Date of Death.)
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
IDENTIFICATION ISSUES - Link to Banstead area not yet established.
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Gunner 78808
Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 73rd Bde.
Died 31-October-1916 aged 24
Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Weller, of Sutton, Surrey;
husband of Jessie Minnie Weller, of 9, Firtree Cottages, Pound Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: IV. B. 38.
DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Leading Aircraftman 1262262 (Pilot U/T)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 16-April-1941 age Unknown
Grave/Memorial Reference: S.W. of Church.
BANSTEAD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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No picture available.
So far, unable to find the gravestone at All Saints but will look again.
15 Dec 2006
Corporal 41313
Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Bn.
Died 22-August-1918 aged 36
Husband of Ethel Wigglesworth, of "Strathnavis," Ferndale Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 7.
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church Memorial, Banstead, Surrey.
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Midshipman H.M.S. "Formidable."
Royal Navy
Died 1-January-1915 aged 16
Son of Stephen and Eleanor Sarah Wingrove, of Buff House, Banstead, Surrey.
Born at Banstead.
HMS Formidable was built at Portsmouth Dockyard, laid down March 1898, completed September 1901, and cost £1,097,245. The battleship was sunk by the Germans in the English Channel on 1 January 1915.
The battleship was with the 5th Battle Squadron serving with the Channel Fleet. She left Sheerness 30th December 1914 to take part in a firing exercise off Portland. HMS Formidable was struck by a torpedo on the starboard side abreast of her foremost funnel and sank with the loss of 547 lives.
For the full report, visit HMS Formidable - Lyme Regis Philpot Museum
Memorial Reference: 8.
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Burton and Bradstock village web site.
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Private 29623
Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Died 8-May-1918 aged 41
Husband of Elizabeth Wiscombe, of 13, Shrubland Rd., Banstead, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. G. 18.
KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Gunner 70867
Royal Field Artillery 112th Bty.
Died 4-March-1915 aged 20
Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wright, of "The Pound," Banstead, Surrey.
The small wooden cross pictured on the right was laid at the All Saints Memorial in November 2006.
Grave Reference: VI. M. 2.
RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Gnr A J Wright
70867 R.F.A.
We Will Remember.
November 2006
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