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Horace Martin
I received an intriguing e-mail - and photograph - from Canada recently.Is the Horace Martin in this photograph, the same Horace Raymond Martin from Newick who served his King and Country with Princess...
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Stan Collins - Ockham War Memorial
I was in Surrey recently on a very wet and somewhat chilly day, and I took the opportunity to drive over to Ockham and photograph the war memorial there. Rifleman Stan Collins is commemorated on it,...
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John Thomson Allen - Wounded at Houdge
Private John Thomson Allan was a patient at Hickwells in 1915 and 1916 having arrived there after being wounded at The Battle of Loos in September 1915. His entry in Nurse Oliver’s album reads:Chailey...
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J Andrew, 2/4th Northants Regt
J Andrew's entry in Nurse Oliver’s album obviously dates him as a patient at Beechlands (although it is conceivable that he could have transferred from Hickwells). His entry, written underneath a...
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23331 Pte William H Baddock, 3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards
Private Baddock is the most prolific entrant in Nurse Oliver’s album with five entries. Unfortunately he never elaborates on his own designation, simply recording himself as “W Baddock” or “Private...
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L/10314 Pte Charles Banks, 1st Bn, Royal Fusiliers
The entry in Nurse Oliver’s album reads: 1st June 1915C. Banks1st Royal FusiliersC Banks is probably L/10314 Private Charles Banks of the 1st Royal Fusiliers; a regular soldier who enlisted in the army...
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2767 Pte William Barbin, AIF
2767 Private William Barbin of the Australian Imperial Force was a patient at Beechlands between October 1917 and January 1918. His entry in Nurse Oliver’s album reads: When days are dark and friends...
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3962 Pte Christopher Barclay, 2/10th King's
3962 Private Christopher Barclay was a patient at Beechland House, Newick in July 1916. His entry in Nurse Oliver’s album is a drawing of a rural idyll framed by a maple leaf. The wording reads:Wishing...
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43009 Pte Herbert R Barnes, 13th Essex Regt
43009 Private Herbert Richard Barnes was severely wounded in the latter stages of the 1916 Somme battles and left his entry in Nurse Oliver’s album in March 1918. It reads:43009 Pte H.R. Barnes13th...
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National Library of Australia - Australia Trove
I was searching for something else on-line earlier when I stumbled across Australia Trove. There's some great information on here and I've only just started to scratch the surface. I did however, find...
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St Peter's School - Honour List
Again, I am grateful to Ian Seccombe for drawing my attention to the photo above which appears on flickr and was taken by Jem Stone. I hope the link will be sufficient acknowledgement.A number of the...
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Rainald Parker
My entry for Rainald Parker on the Chailey site reads:Chailey Parish Magazine notes in October 1914 that Rainald Parker is serving his King and Country. In October 1915 he is noted as Parker, Pte R,...
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Arthur Harry Snelling
I've just discovered that Arthur Snelling has a badly water-damaged service record which survives in WO 363. This puzzles me because I'd checked all the Chailey men by going through records in WO 363...
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William Albert Foord
As a result of correspondence from Chris Green, I am happy to include another Chailey man on the roll of honour for the village. Chris writes:"While carrying out family research I have visited Chailey...
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William J Butters
It's always a real treat when I hear from a relative of one of the men or women I've spent so many years researching; even more so when there's a photo to put to that name.I recently received an email...
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George Martin & Albert Setford
I am grateful to Richard Senior who writes:For information, George Martin, who you refer to, was the brother of my great grandfather, William Martin. There was a connection between George Martin and...
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Chailey Roll-Call: The Nurses
The following list of Sussex 54 VAD personnel has largely been compiled from a single 1914 source and is certainly incomplete. It is ironic that although VAD Probationer Edith Oliver inspired the...
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Chailey Roll-Call: The Patients
Surviving British Red Cross records tell us that between August 1914 and November 1918, the ladies of Sussex 54 VAD nursed a total of 958 soldier patients at Hickwells and Beechlands. That means that...
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Chailey Roll-call: Chailey's Men
An alphabetical listing of men from Chailey parish in Sussex who are known to have served in some capacity during the First World War:8531 Driver Alfred Albert AGATE CXII Bde, RFA4956 Private Albert...
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A tale of two namesakes - Thomas Avery
I am grateful to Lesley Fisher for contacting me and correcting the biography I had written for Thomas Avery. It appears that I have mixed up two men of the same name and I will now attempt to unravel...
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