War Memorial - Bodle Street Green, East Sussex, England

Malcolm Baker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private PW/5650 abt. 1885, Marden, Kent bapt. 11 January 1887, Margate, Kent 03 May 1917 32 12th Bn. Middlesex Regiment Arras Memorial, France Son of William and Ada Cora Baker, of Bank Cottage, Stunt's Green, Herstmonceux, Sussex. Resident of Heathfield, Sussex.

England Census 1911 about Malcolm Baker and family Residence: Vines Cross, Horthay Road, Warbleton, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Baker Cora Baker Malcolm Baker Herbert Baker Earnest Baker Dolly Baker Thomas Baker Ruby Baker	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	44 46 26 22 16 14 12 7	abt. 1867 abt. 1865 abt. 1885 abt. 1889 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1904	Waldron, Sussex Killarney Cranbrook Hereford, Herefordshire Uckfield, Sussex Uckfield, Sussex Uckfield, Sussex Uckfield, Sussex

William W. Baker (No CWGC record)
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Probably:
England Census

William W. Baker, b. abt. 1875, Newhaven, Sussex, England. Death: 3rd quarter 1915, Brighton, Sussex. Wife: Alice Baker.
William W. Baker, b. abt 1882, North Chapel, Sussex, England. Parents: Edwin Baker, Rhoda Baker
William W. Baker, b. abt 1898, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. Parents: Streeter W. Baker, Flarance M. Baker

Francis Bennett (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private SD/3735 25 July 1917 11th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

Probably:
Francis Bennett was born in Marbleton, Sussex, England abt. 1881. His mother was Sarah Bennett. They lived in the household of Obed Austin, the father of Sarah Bennett, in 1881.

James Croft
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 59861 abt. 1890 30 October 1918 28 3rd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment Bodle Street Green (St. John) Churchyard, UK Son of James and Jessie Croft, nee Lovekin, of London House, Bodle Street Green, Sussex.

England Census 1911 about James Croft and family Residence: Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Croft Jessie Croft James Croft Charlie Croft William Croft Edith Croft Annie Croft Harry Croft Elsie Croft Walter Croft	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	47 40 21 17 13 11 9 7 5 2	abt. 1864 abt. 1871 abt. 1890 abt. 1894 abt. 1898 abt. 1900 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1909	Brightling, Sussex Wartling, Sussex Brightling, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex

John Daniels
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/15805 01 April 1881, Mayfield, Sussex 01 October 1916 35 11th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, France Son of Walter and Ann Daniels, of Chilthurst, Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex.

England Census 1911 about John Daniels and family Residence: Crock Kilns, Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Walter Daniels Ann Daniels John Daniels	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	57 51 23	abt. 1854 abt. 1860 abt. 1881	Mayfield, Sussex Mayfield, Sussex Mayfield, Sussex
To the family also belongs: Maria Daniels, born abt. 1881 in Mayfield, Sussex (1891 England Census). Kate Daniels, born abt. 1885 in Mayfield, Sussex (1901 England Census).

George Dawe
© wallaby33	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/36825 abt. 1894, Herstmonceux, Sussex 04 November 1918 24 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) posted to 2nd/20th Bn. London Regiment St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of Jabez and Esther Dawe, nee Winchester, of Cowbeach, Hailsham, Sussex.

England Census 1901 about George Dawe and family Residence: Cowbeech Hill, Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Jabez Dawe Esther Dawe Albert Dawe Elizabeth Dawe George Dawe Anne Dawe Cecil Dawe	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	34 31 12 9 6 4 2	abt. 1867 abt. 1870 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1899	Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex

George Henry Fairall
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 30227 abt. 1896 23 September 1917 21 246th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of George H. and Elizabeth Fairall, nee Hide.

George Henry Fairall was married to Emma Phoebe Bridger in Guestling, Sussex, England on 05 May 1915. Their daughter Hilda Elizabeth Fairall was baptised in Guestling, Sussex, England on 22 October 1916.

England Census 1901 about George H. Fairall and family Residence: Lower Mill Cottage, Mark Cross, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George H. Fairall Elizabeth Fairall Elizabeth M. Fairall George H. Fairall Charles Fairall Ethel Fairall	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single	32 27 7 5 2 1	abt. 1869 abt. 1874 abt. 1894 abt. 1896 abt. 1899 abt. 1900	Herstmonceux, Sussex Hillingby, Sussex Hillingby, Sussex Rotherfield, Sussex Rotherfield, Sussex Rotherfield, Sussex

Henry Mepham
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Rifleman 44832 abt. 1898, Heathfield, Sussex 22 November 1917 19 15th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles formerly (4909), Royal Sussex Regiment Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France Son of Frederick and Caroline Mepham, nee Mitchell, of Bemzells Cottage, Herstmonceux, Hailsham, Sussex.

England Census 1901 about Henry Mepham and family Residence: Sandy Cross, Heathfield, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frederick Mepham Caroline Mepham Fred Mepham Kate Mepham Grace Mepham Carrie Mepham Henry Mepham Vinnie(?) Mepham	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	42 37 14 11 9 6 3 10 mo.	abt. 1859 abt. 1864 abt. 1887 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1895 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Heathfield, Sussex Waldron, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex Heathfield, Sussex

Ernest Jesse Message
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 58686 abt. 1892 10 October 1918 26 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France Son of Jesse and Mary A. Message, nee Pallet, husband of Mabel Hannah Message, nee King (Marriage 05 June 1915, Bodle Street Green).

England Census 1901 about Ernest J. Message and family Residence: Cowbeech Hill, Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Jesse Message Mary Message Ernest J. Message Alfred Message Stanley Message	Head Wife Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	35 33 9 8 5	abt. 1866 abt. 1868 abt. 1892 abt. 1893 abt. 1896	Hooe, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex Herstmonceux, Sussex

Wilfred Roberts
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 74194 abt. 1898, Warbleton, Sussex 27 September 1918 20 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment La Tragette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France Son of Frank and Mary Elizabeth Roberts, nee Pankhurst, of The Stores, Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex.

England Census 1911 about Wilfred Roberts and family Residence: Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frank Roberts Mary Elizabeth Roberts Wilfred Roberts Mable Roberts Elsie Roberts Gladys Roberts	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single	35 33 13 4 5 8 mo.	abt. 1876 abt. 1878 abt. 1898 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1910	Herstmonceaux, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex Warbleton, Sussex

Frederick William Veness (Probably)
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/2127 18 October 1894, Mountfield, Sussex 08 September 1916 22 8th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France Son of William James and Alice Maria Veness, nee Tassell.

England Census 1901 about Frederick Veness and family Residence: Vinehall Street, Robertsbridge, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Veness Alice Veness Frederick Veness Thomas Veness Ella Louise Veness John Alexander Veness Alice May Veness	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	51 48 16 16 14 10 5	abt. 1860 abt. 1863 abt. 1895 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1901 abt. 1906	Mountfield, Sussex Bayswater, Middlesex Mountfield, Sussex Mountfield, Sussex Mountfield, Sussex Whatlington, Sussex Whatlington, Sussex

John Hincks
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Second Lieutenant 79908 abt. 1913 between 27.05. and 29.05.1940 27 5th Cinque Ports Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Caestre Communal Cemetery, France Son of Thomas Ernest and Laura Louise Stewart Hincks, of Bexhill, Sussex. His brother Thomas Stewart Hincks also died on service.

Gus Harding (Information couldn't be found)
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Gilbert Lawrence Croft
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6402123 abt. 1919 29 October 1942 23 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt Son of Jessie Croft, of Hailsham, Sussex.

The birth of Gilbert Lawrence Croft was registered in Hailsham, Sussex, England during the first quarter of 1919. His mother's maiden name was Lovekin.

Cyril Francis Green
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Squadron Leader 64377 22 September 1892, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 07 August 1943 51 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve El Alia Cemetery, Algeria Son of Frederick Charles and Emily Green, nee Pickering, husband of Cecilia Violet Gordon Green, nee Douglas, of Cowbeech, Sussex.

Wills and Administrations, 1943
Green, Cyril Francis, of Old Court, Cowbeech, Hailsham, Sussex, died 07 August 1943 on war service.
Probate Llandudno 09 December to Cecilia Violet Gordeon Green, widow.
Effects £6881 6s. 2d.

England Census 1901 about Cyril F. Green and family Residence: Watling Street, Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frederick C. Green Emily Green Frederick H. T. Green Cyril F. Green Ada Reed	Head Wife Son Son Servant	Married Married Single Single Single	36 42 10 8 14	abt. 1865 abt. 1859 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1887	Woodstock, Oxfordshire Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Hockcliffe, Bedfordshire

Wallace Howard Gibb (No CWGC index)
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Wallace Howard Gibb was born on 08 October 1917, his mother was a born Powell, and resided in Hailsham, Sussex, England in 1939. He was buried in the Churchyard of St. John the Evangelist in Bodle Street Green, Hailsham, Sussex, England on 04 November 1943.

Eric Victor Brett (Probably)
© GulfportBob	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5772703 abt. 1916 21 May 1943 27 5th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Probably:
The birth of Eric V. Brett was registered in Erpingham, Norfolk, England during thge third quarter of 1916. The maiden name of his mother was Bircham. He resided at 1, Friars Gate in Guildford, Surrey, England in 1934. His marriage to Molly Patrick was registered in North Walsham, Norfolk, England during the fourth quarter of 1939.

Richard Paul Howard
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Rifleman 14512178 abt. 1924 24 February 1945 21 1st Bn. The London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles Forli War Cemetery, Italy Only child of George Edward and Edith Howard, of Cowbeech, Sussex

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