John Spandley
Royal Sussex Regiment on leave 1916
WWI
Ninfield Nibs. R.F.A Royal Field Artillery
On active service in India 1914-1918
Back row Les Munn, Jack Carey, Lewes Early
Front row Ernie Munn, Fred Lovett
BALLARD, THOMAS HAROLD. Rank: Private. Service No: 14320.
Age: 21. Death: 17/10/1918. Regiment: Royal Fusiliers. 3rd Bn.
Information: Son of Thomas & Eliza Ballard, White House, Ninfield.
Grave Reference: III. E. 19. Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau.
BARDEN, URIAH ALFRED. Rank: Private. Death: 03/09/1918.
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Unit: 61st Coy.
Service No: 28520. Memorial: Panel 11. Ploegsteert Memorial.
BLACKMAN, CHARLES WILLIAM. Rank: Serjeant. Age: 34.
Date of Death: 04/08/1916. Rifle Brigade. 2nd Bn. Service No: 8455.
Additional information: Son of Thomas W. and Ann Blackman, of St. Leonards-on-Sea; husband of Harriett Elizabeth Blackman, of Sprays Cottages, Church Path, Ninfield, Battle, Sussex.
Grave Reference: III. L. 9. Cemetery: Vermelles British Cemetery
BROOK, JOHN BENJAMIN. Rank: Private. Date of Death: 07/03/1917.
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 10th Bn. Service No: 4938.
Grave Reference: I. D. 10. Cemetery: Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery.
The cemetery was begun in January 1917 and Plots I to III were made by
Field Ambulances and fighting units before the middle of January 1918.
CAREY, FREDERICK HENRY. Rank: Petty Officer. Age: 39.
Date of Death: 24/07/1917. Service: Royal Navy.
Unit Text: H.M.S. "Achilles". Service No: 185060.
Additional information: Son of George and Mary Carey, of Lower St., Ninfield; usband of Alice Mary Carey, of Lower St., Ninfield, Sussex.
Grave Reference: B. 209. Cemetery: Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery.
CHEAL, WILLIAM GEORGE. Rank: Private. Age: 20.
Service No: G/8605. Date of Death: 20/08/1916.
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment. 2nd Bn.
Additional information: Son of Mr. W. Cheal, of Pashley Farm, Ninfield.
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 C. Thiepval Memorial
COLLINS, JOHN CHARLES. Rank: Corporal.
Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment. Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 33. Date of Death: 13/04/1917. Service No: G/16476.
Additional information: Son of John Collins, of 95, Bohemia Rd., Hastings;
husband of Alice C. Collins, (nee Cheal? see above) of Pashley Farm, Ninfield, Sussex.
Memorial Reference: Panel 20. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
CREASEY, HORACE. Rank: Private. Age: 35. Service No: 23110.
Date of Death: 19/10/1917. East Surrey Regiment. 2nd Bn.
Additional information: Son of Horace and Emily Creasey, of Ninfield,
husband of Lena Creasey, of The Green, Ninfield.
Memorial Reference: 24. Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Miltary Cemetery
DEEPROSE, JESSE. Rank: Serjeant. Date of Death: 31/08/1918.
East Surrey Regiment. 1st Bn. Age: 27. Service No: 27147.
Additional information: Son of Jesse Deeprose, of Ninfield, Sussex;
husband of Annie R. Campbell Deeprose, of "Bearside," Stirling.
Grave Reference: I. B. 6. Cemetery: Favreuil British Cemetery
DIVALL, FRANK. Rank: Private. Date of Death: 09/08/1916.
Age: 21. Service No: 21139. Hampshire Regiment. 2nd Bn.
Additional information: Son of George and Clara Divall, of The Green, Ninfield.
Gravel Reference: T. 1. Cemetery: Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery.
ELPHICK, ALFRED CHARLES. Rank: Private. Age: 23.
Date of Death: 15/11/1916. Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers.
9th Bn. Service No: PS/6390.
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Charlotte Jane Elphick, of Lower St., Ninfield.
Grave: West boundary. Ninfield (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension
HADDRILL, HARRY CHARLES. Rank: Private. Age: 29.
Date of Death: 31/10/1914. Service No: L/8268.
Regiment: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 1st Bn.
Additional information: Son of George and Lucy Haddrill;
husband of Sophie Nancy Haddrill, of Lower St. Ninfield, Sussex.
Memorial Panel 11 - 13 and 14. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
ISTED, GEORGE. Rank: Private. Date of Death: 13/10/1916.
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment. 2nd Bn. Service No: 40398.
Grave: IV. A. 64. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.
LEMMON, HORACE ALBERT. Rank: Private. Service No: 39124.
Death: 13/11/1917.Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers. 2nd/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. B. 29. Passchendaele New British Cemetery
LEVITT, GEORGE. Rank: Company Serjeant Major. Age: 26.
Service No: 8569. Date of Death: 31/07/1917. Awards: M. M.
Regiment: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 11th Bn.
Additional information: Son of John and Charlotte Levitt, of Ninfield;
husband of Mary Isabel Levitt, of 4, Brooklyn Rd., Seaford, Sussex.
Grave Reference: I. A. 32. Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.
MORRIS, GEORGE CYRIL. Rank: Sapper. Service No: 534373.
Date of Death: 20/11/1917. Age: 21. Regiment: Royal Engineers.
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Lucy Morris,
of 3, Arnside Rd., St. Leonards-on-Sea. Born at Ninfield, Sussex.
Grave Reference: L. D. L22. Cemetery: Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
MUNN, STEPHEN HENRY. Rank: Private. Age: 34.
Service No: G/15847.Date of Death: 31/07/1917.
Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment. Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Ann Munn, of Lower St., Ninfield,
husband of Annie Elizabeth Evernden (formerly Munn),
of 2, Crowmere Avenue, The Honies, Bexhill-on-Sea.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 9. New Irish Farm Cemetery
PONT, GEORGE WILLIAM. Rank: Rifleman.
Date of Death: 20/09/1917. Service No: A/200728.
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps. Unit Text: 21st Bn.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial.
POOK, GEORGE DOUGLAS. Rank: Sapper. Service No: 179402.
Date of Death: 11/04/1918. Royal Engineers. 210th Field Coy.
Panel Reference: Panel 1. Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial.
REED, HERBERT. Rank: Private. Date of Death: 10/08/1917.
Age: 26. Service No: G/15762.
Regiment: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 7th Bn.
Additional information: Son of George and Eleanor Reed, of Church Path, Ninfield.
Memorial: Panel 11 - 13 and 14. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
REVITT, ARTHUR EDWARD. Rank: Private. Age: 40.
Date of Death: 01/05/1918. Regiment/Service: Coldstream Guards.
Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Service No: 20389.
Additional information: Son of William and Elizabeth Revitt,
of 3, Cheapside, Shifnal, Salop; husband of Edith Mary Revitt,
of Church Farm, Ninfield, Battle, Sussex.
Grave Reference: IX. B. 18. Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
ST. JOHN, BARBARA ESMEE. Voluntary Aid Detachment. Age: 31.
Rank: Member. Date of Death: 12/10/1916. Service No: Sussex/112.
Additional information: Daughter of the Rev. Henry Beauchamp and Emily Anne St. John, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and (since 1914) Vicar at St Mary’s, Ninfield, Sussex.
Grave Reference: III. I. 4. Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery
WINCHESTER, WILLIAM FRANK. (brother of Hubert (2) and COUSIN of Hubert (1), see above). Rank: Private. Age: 23. Date of Death: 30/06/1916 Service No: SD/5021
Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment. Unit Text: 13th Bn.
Additional information: Son of William and Grace Winchester,
of Oakland, Ninfield, Battle, Sussex.
Memorial Reference: Panel 69 to 73. Loos Memorial
Memorial Board to the fallen in WWI
in Ninfield Church of
St. Mary the Virgin