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Lieutenant Quartermaster William Ellis, attached Royal Flying Corps
William Ellis first makes an appearance in Chailey’s Parish Magazine in March 1915 when it is noted that he is serving his King and Country. In October 1915 he is noted as Ellis, Quarter Master...
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Durrants, Chailey c1905
My thanks to Hannah Dennison, a former inhabitant of Durrants on Chailey Green, for sending me this superb photo of Durrants which dates to around 1905. The house behind Durrants has long since...
View ArticleAmbrose Gorringe
Ambrose Gorringe appears in a special list of attested men in January 1916 and appears for the last time in the same list in April 1916. He appears on the 1901 census as a 21 year old brick yard...
View ArticleGeorge Graham
Next to nothing is known about this man. He appears once in Chailey Parish Magazine in a report on the village’s peace celebrations in August 1919 where he came first in the 200 yards’ race for...
View Article204321 Private Charles Godward, South Staffordshire Regt
According to his surviving Territorial Force attestation papers (Army Form E.501), Charles Godward was born at Southwater, Horsham, Sussexin about January 1893. I could however, find no evidence of...
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108423 RSM Oliver Godley, Royal Engineers
Oliver Godley first makes an appearance in Chailey Parish Magazine in October 1915 as Godley, Corporal O, RE, England. By March 1916 it is noted that he is in France and by the following month, that...
View ArticleMajor William Wilson Grantham, 1/6th (Cyclist) Royal Sussex Regt
William Wilson Grantham was born on 7th January 1866 in South Norwood, Surrey. He was the eldest son of William and Emma Grantham and appears on the 1871 census living with his family in Croydon. The...
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Lieutenant William Ivor Grantham, 1/5th Royal Sussex Regt
William Ivor Grantham was born on 14th May 1898 at Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London; his birth registered in the district of Chelsea on 22nd June that year. His birth certificate notes that his father,...
View ArticleGSSR/887 Private Frederick Ernest Sweetman, 3rd Royal Sussex Regt
According to his attestation papers, Frederick Ernest Sweetman was born in August 1879 in Wivelsfield, near Chailey, Sussex. He enlisted for one year with the Royal Sussex Regiment Special Reserve on...
View ArticlePrivate F Swift, 52nd Bedfordshire Regt
Chailey Parish Magazine first notes Private F Swift serving with the 52nd Bedfordshire Regiment in June 1918. This information is repeated up to and including July 1919. The 52nd (Graduated) Battalion...
View Article102755 Gunner Peter Symons, Royal Garrison Artillery
Little is known about this man. Chailey Parish Magazine notes Symons, Gunner P, RFA, France, in October 1915 and then adds the following July that he is in Salonica. By November 1916 the magazine is...
View ArticleK10617 Stoker Archie Tapp, HMS Dolphin
Archibald Richard Tapp was born in 1885. In October 1914, Chailey Parish Magazine notes that he is serving his King and Country. In October 1915, further detail is given: Tapp, Stoker A, HMS Euryalus....
View ArticleK54708 Stoker 2nd Class Ashley Robert Tapp, HMS Pembroke
Ashley Robert Tapp was born on 21st September 1900. His service record states his place of birth as Lewes although the 1901 census states Chailey. He appears on the census as the youngest member of a...
View ArticleSS11770 Leading Stoker Aubrey Lorenzo Russell Tapp, HMS Marmeluke
Aubrey Lorenzo Russell Tapp was born on at Chailey on 19th February 1897. He appears on the 1901 census as the second youngest member of a nine-strong household. The family was living at South...
View ArticleR/986 Sergeant Harry Tapp, AVC
Harry Tapp was born around 1884 in Chailey. He appears on the 1901 census as the second oldest child in a nine-strong household. The family was living at South Common, Chailey and was headed by...
View ArticleCorporal Charles W Taylor, AVC
Chailey Parish Magazine notes in January 1918 that Corporal C W Taylor is serving with the Army Veterinary Corps. This information (omitting his second initial) is then repeated monthly up to and...
View ArticlePrivate George Taylor, 2nd Manchester Regt
The George Taylor mentioned in Chailey Parish Magazine in October 1914 as serving his King and Country may be the same 18 year old George Taylor who appears on the 1901 census living at South Street,...
View ArticleDriver E Tester, Indian Cavalry
Little is known about this man and no convincing connection to Chailey has been established to date. He is possibly Alfred Edward Tester, born at Ringmer in 1890 and whose birth was registered at Lewes...
View Article106651 Corporal Shoeing-smith Ebenezer Walder, RFA
Ebenezer Walder was born in Chailey around 19th January 1896. He is noted as a four year old on the 1901 census of Englandand Walesand is living with his family at Heath View, North Common, Chailey....
View ArticlePioneer J Walder, Royal Engineers
Chailey Parish Magazine notes that a J Walder was serving with the Royal Engineers from January 1918 until the end of the war. This could be Jesse Walder (born 1886 in Hove) or James Walder (born 1891...
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