J49195 Able Seaman David William Christopher Jenner, HMS Constance
David William Christopher Jenner was born at Framfield, Sussexon 23rd August 1899. He appears on the 1901 census of England and Wales living at Black Boys, Framfield with his family. The household...
View Article111031 Private William Ernest Jenner, Royal Army Medical Corps
The W E Jenner first mentioned by Chailey’s parish magazine in January 1918 is William Ernest Jenner of Chailey. He was born there in January 1884, his birth registered at Lewes in the March quarter...
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136676 Driver William Norman Jenner, Royal Engineers
William Norman Jenner was born at Newick on 25th March, 1893. He and his sister, Susan (born 3rd April, 1891) were the two children of Norman Jenner's second marriage to Ellen Maria Braysher, who was...
View ArticleGunner George Arthur Kemp, Royal Garrison Artillery
George Arthur Kemp was born around 1881 in Hamsey, Sussex. He appears on the 1901 census of England& Wales, living at Horns Lodge public house with his father, sisters and maternal grandfather....
View Article284813 Private George Kenward, Royal Air Force
Chailey Parish Magazine mentions G Kenward only briefly. He appears for the first time in October 1918 as Pte G Kenward of the RAF and this information is then repeated monthly up to and including the...
View Article241360 Private John Walter Kenward, 1/5th Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt)
John Walter Kenward was born at Chailey in 1894, his birth registered at Lewes in the December quarter of that year. He appears on the 1901 census of Englandand Walesas a six year old living at...
View ArticleCecil Ernest Ireland
The 1901 census of Englandand Walesnotes Cecil Ireland’s father, 36 year old Ernest Ireland, running the post office at Junction Road, Keymer, Sussex. At the time, the family comprised Ernest Ireland...
View ArticleG/8195 Private Percy Raymond Ireland, 10th Royal Sussex Regt
Percy Raymond Ireland was born at Handcross, Sussex about 1st April 1880, the oldest of six children. He appears on the 1881 census as a one year old living with his parents Raymond Ireland (aged 29)...
View ArticleGunner J Izzard, Royal Horse Artillery
Gunner J Izzard, RHA is first referred to in Chailey Parish Magazine’s June 1917 issue. This is the only information that the magazine yields about this man although it is repeated in every subsequent...
View ArticleHarry E Jackson
Chailey Parish Magazine lists a Harry E Jackson in its January 1916 list of specially attested men, this man also appearing in the March and April 1916 lists. There is no further mention of this man...
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Corporal Harry Jeffreys, British Red Cross Society
Chailey Parish Magazine first notes Harry Jeffreys in April 1917 as a corporal with the British Red Cross Society, recording also that he has been twice mentioned in despatches and has been awarded the...
View ArticleRifleman W Pateman, 24th Rifle Brigade & 1/5th RW Kent Regt
Chailey Parish Magazine first mentions Walter Pateman in August 1916 noting, Pateman, Rif W, C/Co Rifle Brigade, India. In October 1916 it reports that he is serving with the 24th Rifle Brigade in...
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23610 Private Frank Peacock, 3rd Grenadier Guards
Chailey Parish Magazine first notes Frank Peacock in October 1915 listing him as, Peacock, Pte F, Grenadier Guards, England. In December, it notes that he is in France. Then, in February 1916, in its...
View Article22754 Corporal John Peckham, Royal Field Artillery
In March 1915, Chailey Parish Magazine notes that John Peckham is serving his King and Country. In October that year it adds:Peckham, Gunner J, RFA and the following month includes the additional...
View ArticleLewis J Penn
Lewis J Penn appears in a special list of attested men published in Chailey’s Parish Magazine in January, March and April 1916. I know nothing else about this man.
View Article6020 Flight Sergeant Frank Pointing, RAF
The Frank Pointing noted by Chailey Parish Magazine in July 1915 as serving his King and Country was one of four brothers who served during the First World War. He was born at Lewes on 27th February...
View ArticleM2/105174 Private James Pointing, MT Army Service Corps
The James Pointing noted by Chailey Parish Magazine in September 1915 as serving his King and Country was one of four brothers who served during the First World War. He was born at Lewes around May...
View Article85523 Driver William Pomfrey, 5th DAC, Royal Field Artillery
William Pomfrey was born on 25th February 1893 in Chailey. He enlisted in The Royal Field Artillery at Guildford on 22nd August 1914, giving his trade or calling as Cowman and his next of kin as his...
View ArticleCaptain John Cecil Glossop Pownall, Royal Field Artillery
John Cecil Glossop Pownall was born in Kensington, London in 1891, his birth registered there in June that year. He was the oldest son of Henry Harrison and Blanch Pownall and he appears on the 1901...
View ArticlePrivate H Wilson, Army Service Corps
Little is known about this man; only what was published in Chailey’s parish magazine. In February 1916 Pte H Wilson of the Army Service Corps is reported to be in England. In June 1916 he is reported...
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