SS103893 Stoker Albert Beard, HMS Greenwich
Albert Beard enlisted in the Royal Navy on 22nd October 1906 for a period of five years with the colours and seven on the reserve. He gave his date of birth as 5th August 1887, his place of birth as...
View ArticleL7572 Officer's Steward Alfred Beard, HMS Zaria
Alfred Beard appears in Chailey Parish Magazine in January 1916 in a special list of attested men. He is possibly the same A Beard who is listed separately as an Officer’s Steward with the Royal Navy....
View ArticlePrivate Charles Beard, 3rd Royal Sussex Regt
Chailey Parish Magazine mentions Pte C Beard serving with the 3rd Royal Sussex in August 1918 and this information is repeated monthly up to and including the final published roll call in July 1918....
View ArticleG/21063 Private Charles Day Beard, 10th Royal West Kent Regt
Charles Day Beard’s badly burned papers exist as a burnt document at the National Archives in London and although critical information has been destroyed, it is possible to surmise his date of birth....
View ArticleJohn A Beard
Chailey Parish Magazine mentions John A Beard twice in its special list of attested men published in March and April 1916 but nothing further is known of this man. He is possibly the same John Beard...
View ArticleLt Henry Douglas Bessemer, 4th Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Henry Douglas Bessemer was born at Taunton, Somerset on 12th November 1894 and his birth was registered at Taunton in the December quarter of that year. He appears on the 1901 census of England and...
View ArticleMT/322426 Private Sidney Best, Army Service Corps
Sidney Best was born in Hamsey, Sussex but living in Chailey when he attested with the Army Service Corps under the Derby Scheme on 4th December 1915. He gave his address as the 5 Bells, Chailey, his...
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L8067 Trooper Alfred Bird, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Alfred Bird was born at Heacham, Norfolk, around 1896. He appears on the 1901 census of Englandand Wales, living with his family at Heacham. John Bird, born at Shouldham, Norfolk, was the 40 year old...
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GS/10396 and L10156 Trooper Harry Bird,16th Lancers
Harry Bird was the brother of Alfred Bird and was born at Heacham, near King’s Lynn, Norfolkon 12th February 1886. He was the second child and eldest son of John and Mary Bird and appears on the 1901...
View ArticleThomas Divall, Royal Engineers
Thomas David Divall was born in Ringmer, Sussex in late 1878 or early 1879, his birth being registered at Lewes in the March quarter of 1879. He appears on the 1881 census of England and Wales living...
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25752 Private Henry Stephen Daniel Downing, 1st East Surrey Regt
Henry Stephen Daniel Downing was born in the county of Berkshirein 1884, his birth recorded at Newbury in the September quarter of that year. He appears on the 1891 census as a six year old living at...
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241664 Pte Charles Dudman, 8th Middx Regt
C Dudman first appears in Chailey Parish Magazine in June 1916 where he is noted as: Dudman, Pte C, 3/8th Royal Sussex, England. In August 1918 he appears as Private C Dudman, 8th Middlesex and it is...
View ArticleL6372 Officer's Steward Arthur Ernest Emery, HMS Verulam
According to Arthur Emery’s surviving service papers, he was born on 24th March 1896 at Crawley in Sussex (although his birth wasn’t registered until the March quarter the following year at Cuckfield)....
View Article101822 Gunner George Masters Emery, Royal Horse Artillery
George Masters Emery was born in Crawley in 1894, his birth recorded at Horsham in the June quarter of that year. He appears on the 1901 census of England and Wales living at Fay Gate Road, Rusper,...
View ArticlePte G Evans
Chailey Parish Magazine mentions Private Evans briefly. Between February and December 1917 he is noted simply as Evans, Private G, 148 BEF. I know nothing else about this man.
View Article28249 Private Frank Farnden, 15th Hampshire Regt
Chailey Parish Magazine first notes that Frank Farnden is serving his King and Country in its October 1914 issue. A year later, that information is updated to note that he is a private serving with the...
View ArticleWilliam Faulkner
Chailey resident Reg Philpott remembers that William Faulkner used to be “a tailor down on the Green. He used to sit there with his legs crossed and do all his sewing. Mary Izzard worked for him.”...
View ArticleErnest James Fenn
Chailey Parish Magazine lists Ernest James Fenn only once and this is in a special list of attested men published in January 1916. Ernest was born at Fletching, Sussex around 1868, his birth registered...
View ArticlePrivate P Fermor, Bedfordshire Regiment
Chailey Parish Magazine notesFermor, Private P, 53rd Bedfordshire Regiment in its July 1918 issue and his information is then repeated up to and including the final published roll call in July 1919....
View Article240819 Cpl Frank Ford, 5th Royal Sussex Regiment
Chailey Parish Magazine notes in March 1915 that Frank Ford is serving his King and Country. In October 1915 it reports, Ford, Private F, 5th Royal Sussex, Englandfollowing this up in November with...
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