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EAST SUSSEX
EAST SUSSEX
EAST SUSSEX
Name
Frederick Charles,
BOOTHClifford,
COFFINEdmond William,
COSTELLOJohn James,
CROWERank
Captain
Major General
Brigadier General
Captain Force
British South African Police
att'd Rhodesia Native RegimentCorps of Royal Engineers
comd 25th Infantry Brigade22nd ( Punjab ) Regiment, Bengal Infantry
2nd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment VC won
Songea, German East Africa,
12 February 1917Westhoek, Belgium,
31 July 1917Malakand Campaign, India,
26 July 1897Neuve Eglise, Belgium,
14 April 1918London Gaz
8 June 1917
14 September 1917
9 November 1897
26 June 1918 Born
Upper Holloway, N London,
6 March 1890Blackheath, London,
10 February 1870Sheikhbudin, Punjab, India,
7 August 1873Devonport, Devon,
28 December 1876Died
14 September 1960,
Brighton4 February 1959,
Torquay, Devon7 June 1949,
Eastbourne27 February 1965,
BrightonGrave
Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Holy Trinity Churchyard, Coleman's Hatch
( image courtesy Steve Davies )St Mark's Churchyard, Hadlow Down
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Downs Crematorium, Brighton Location
of VCLocation unknown - last seen:
Regimental Depot, British South Africa Police, Salisbury ( Harare )Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
National Army Museum, London
Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester Remarks
DCM
CB DSO & Bar
CMG CVO DSO
None
Name
James Lennox,
DAWSONPhilip John,
GARDNERGeorge,
GRISTOCKHenry Mitchell,
JONESRank
Colonel
Captain
Company Sergeant-Major
Captain Force
187th Field Company
Corps of Royal Engineers4th Royal Tank Regiment
2nd Bn, Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Regiment
( Royal Fusiliers )VC won
Hohenzollern Redoubt, France,
10 October 1915Tobruk, Libya,
23 November 1941South of Tournai, France,
21 May 1940Sebastopol, Crimea,
7 June 1855London Gaz
7 December 1915
10 February 1942
23 August 1940
25 September 1857 Born
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire,
25 December 1891Sydenham, London,
25 December 1914Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa,
14 January 1905Dublin,
11 February 1831Died
15 February 1967,
Eastbourne15 February 2003,
Hove16 June 1940,
Brighton18 December 1916,
EastbourneGrave
Eastbourne Crematorium
Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton
Plaque: St Andrew's Church, Hove Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton
Ocklynge Old Cemetery, Eastbourne
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Location
of VCUniversity of Glasgow
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRoyal Norfolk Regiment Museum, Norwich
Army Museum of New South Wales at Victoria Barracks, Sydney Remarks
None
MC
None
None
Name
Sir Wilbraham Oates,
LENNOXGeorge Burdon,
MCKEANGeorge,
MONGERWilliam George,
WALKERRank
General
Captain
Private
Major General Force
Corps of Royal Engineers
14th Bn ( Royal Montreal Regiment ), CEF
23rd Regiment
( Royal Welch Fusiliers )1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles
( sec'd Bikanir Camel Corps )VC won
Sebastopol, Crimea,
20 November 1854Gavrelle, France,
27-28 April 1918Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
18 November 1857Daratoleh, Somaliland,
22 April 1903London Gaz
24 February 1857
28 June 1918
12 April 1859
7 August 1903 Born
Goodwood, West Sussex,
4 August 1830Willington, Co Durham,
4 July 1888Woodmancott, Hampshire,
3 March 1840Naini Tal, India,
29 May 1863Died
7 February 1897,
Chester Square, London26 November 1926,
Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire9 August 1887,
St Leonards-on-Sea16 February 1936,
SeafordGrave
Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery
Hastings Borough Cemetery
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton Location
of VCRoyal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon
National Army Museum, London Remarks
KCB
MC MM
None
CB