Shalfleet Roll of Honour  

Prepared by Ian Broad  3/11/03

World War I

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Name

Rank

Regt etc

Died

Age

Notes

Theatre

Born/Lived

 

Astley

Aston Clifford               

Major

Royal Fusiliers

1st October 1916

26

M.C.

Killed in action

Somme

(France)

Born India

 

Baker

John William

Rifleman Corporal

Hampshire

Regt

12th August 1915

21

Killed in Action

Gallipoli

(Turkey)

Born/Lived Churchills Farm, Shalfleet

 

Barton

Charles James               

Private    

Hampshire

Regt                        

25th August 1915

23

Died of Wounds.

Buried at sea

Gallipoli

(Turkey)

Born/Lived at 1 Mill Lane (The Malthouse), Shalfleet

Wesleyan hence not listed in Shalfleet church window memorial

*

Bradley

William Charles

Private

Wiltshire

Regt

18th July 1917

40

Died of wounds received in France

Home Theatre

(Northwood)

Born Wellow

When died home was in Newport

 

Brett

Henry Milton

Leading Seaman.

H.M.S. “Bulwark”

26th Nov 1914

28

Killed when ship exploded

Home Theatre

(Medway)

Born/Lived Ningwood Common

*

Buckett

Amos Arthur.

Rifleman

Hampshire Regt

28th May 1917

38

Died of wounds

Alexandria (Egypt)  

Born Clay Lane Newbridge

*

Buckett

Richard Henry

Assistant Steward

H.M.S. “Stephen Furness”

13th Dec 1917

51

D.S.M.

Killed in action

Home Waters

(Irish Sea)

Native of Ningwood.

Married and lived Stockbridge Hants.

 

Budden

Maurice Stanley   

Gunner   

Royal Field Artillery.

31st December 1916               

23

 

 Basra

(Iraq)

Born/Lived Bay Cottage Wellow

*

Cleveland

William Harold               

Private

Dorsetshire Regt        

26th Jan 1917

22

Died of Wounds

Rouen (France)

Ivy Cottage, Ningwood.

When died his home address was Brockenhurst Hants

 

Cobb

 Frank

O.S.

 Royal Navy

 

Naval pensioner

17th March  1917

23

Died of T.B.

Home Theatre

(Wroxall Isle of Wight)

T.B. for 19 months pre death. R.N. Pensioner.

Married.

Not on CWGC lists.

 

Davidson William

Skipper

 

“Great Heart”

24th Sept 1915

33

Killed in action

Zeebrugge

(Belgium)

Born/Gosport

 

Harvey

Archibald                John

Lieutenant

British Columbian Regt Canadian Infantry.

12th Nov 1917               

32                  

Died of wounds

Passchendale

(Belgium)

Born/Lived Green Farm Ningwood

 

Lambert

 Francis William

Lance Corporal

Cameron Highlanders

9th Oct 1915               

29

 

Nr Arras

(France)  

Born London

 

Nicholson

 Victor

Flight Lieutenant               

Royal Naval Air Service 2nd Wing

10th July 1916

30

Assume crashed post evacuation

Gallipoli 

(Turkey)

Born/Lived Yarmouth area.

 

 

Richardson

 Harry Sydney

Corporal

Australian Infantry

9th March 1917

 

28

Died of wounds

Somme

(France)

Born West Cowes. Parents moved to Crane Lodge, Cranmore

 

Saunders

 Albert William

Corporal

Royal Garrison Artillery

15th April 1917

23

Died of wounds

Nr Arras

(France)

Born Carisbrooke

In 1917 parents living in the parish of Shalfleet.

*

Sawyer

William.

Corporal

Lincolnshire Regiment

12th April 1917

24

 

Near St Quinten

(France)

Born Parish of Shalfleet probably Newbridge.

In 1917 home was in Newport

 

Sheaff

Frederick James

A.B.

Royal Navy (Ex Coast Guard) Naval Pensioner

4th July 1917

41

Died Lunatic Asylum.

General Paralysis at least 8 months pre death

Home Theatre

(I.O.Wight)

Born Kent.

Lived Newbridge.

Married

Name on both Shalfleet and Yarmouth Rolls of Honour

Not on CWGC lists

 

Temple

Arthur Hilliard William

Captain

Suffolk Regiment

14th Dec 1914

39

Killed in action

Shalfleet Church-

Warden.

1st Ypres

(Belgium)

Born Kent.

In 1914 parents were living at Albert Lodge Shanklin. Father a vicar

Lived in Shalfleet

 

Treloar

 Benjamin Page

Private

 

Hampshire Regiment

11th Nov 1917

36

Killed in action

Jerusalem               

(Palestine)

Born Portsmouth/Lived Newbridge

*

Wardroper

James Marsh

Major

Royal West Surrey Regt

27th March 1920

45

Died of pneumonia

Home Theatre

(London)

Son of Shalfleet's vicar.

Died “post” war and not on Roll of Honour. However is listed by CWGC.

Memorial inscription in Shalfleet Churchyard

 

Woodford

 Horace Victor

Private

Wiltshire Regiment

13th Oct 1916

28

Killed in action.

 

Somme

(France)  

Born/Lived Shalfleet

In 1916 lived in Bruton Somerset

   *      Not on original Roll of Honour. No known reason why they were left off.

World War II

 

Name

Rank

Force

Died

Age

Theatre

Notes

 

Allen

Leslie Bruce

Aircraftsman

Paiforce,  R.A.F.

7th June1942

19

Iraq (Mosul)

 

*

Ambrose

Geoffrey William  

Commander

H.M.S. “Spartan”

29th Jan 1944

40

Italy

(Tyrrhenian Sea off Anzio)

Killed in action

 

Baldwin

Walter Valson

Private

Royal Norfolk Regt

15th May 1943

24

Thailand

(Burma Railway)

Died as P.O.W.

 

Barham

Geoffrey Cornelius Arthur  

Corporal

R.A.F.

27th May 1941

41

Home Theatre

(Thorley)

Died of illness

 

Baxter

Walter Reginald  

Lance Corporal

Dorset Regt

19th July

1943

30

Italy

(Sicily)

 

 

Butler

Aubrey Ernest  

Private

West Riding Regt

1st March 1944

34

Italy

(Anzio)

Also on Newtown Roll of Honour

 

Cooke  

Andrew Stuart

Bombardier

Royal Artillery

13th Dec 1941

26

Egypt

(Alamein)

Married just a few months

 

Cunningham

David Crofton  

Lieutenant

H.M.S. “Neptune”

19th Dec 1941

28

Mediterranean

(Near Tripoli)

Held the D.S.O.

 

Hodges

Frederick Austin  

Private

Hampshire Regt

26th Feb 1943

39

Tunisia

 

 

Hodges

Geoffrey Charles Richard  

Driver

Royal Army Service Corps

14th Nov 1942

26

Egypt

(Alamein)

 

 

Kindersley

Alistair Thomas James  

Lieutenant

H.M.S. “Ark Royal” Fleet Air Arm

25th July 1941

26

Mediterranean

(Near Gibraltar)

 

 

Lock

Robert Walter George  

Lance Corporal

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

25th April 1942

31

Home Theatre

(Northwood)

 

 

Pitman 

Henry Frank  

Private

Hampshire Regt

25th July 1944

30

Italy

(Near Rome)

 

 

Reynolds

Andrew Stewart  

Stoker

H.M. “Motor Minesweeper 117” R.N. Patrol Service

1st September 1944

20

Italy

(Tyrrhenian Sea

Near Rome)

 

 

Smith

Charles Sidney  

Bombardier

Royal Artillery

16th June 1944

23

Home Theatre

(Eastleigh)

 

 

Smith

George Henry  

Stoker

H.M.S. “Formidable”

26th May 1941

28

Mediterranean

(Off Crete)

Killed in action.

 

Strachan

Antony Peyton Ventris  

Flight Lieutenant

R.A.F 208 Squadron

20th Sept 1942

(Presumed)

24

Egypt

(El Daba area)

Killed in action.

 

Taplin

Harold Fredrick  

Corporal

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

10th June 1940

31

France

(Dunkirk)

 

*         Was on the original Roll of Honour, dated August 13th 1950. For some unknown reason the name was left off later lists.

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