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WEST SUSSEX
WEST SUSSEX
WEST SUSSEX
Name
William Barnsley,
ALLENHenry Robert Bowreman,
FOOTELord Edric Frederick,
GIFFORDReginald Leonard,
HAINERank
Major
Major General
Major
Lieutenant Colonel Force
Royal Army Medical Corps
att'd 246th Bde, Royal Field ArtilleryComd 7th Royal Tank Regiment
24th Regiment
( South Wales Borderers )1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company VC won
Mesnil, Somme, France,
3 September 1916Battle of Knightsbridge, Libya,
27 May to 15 June 1942Ashantee War, West Africa,
1873-1874Gavrelle, France,
28-29 April 1917London Gaz
26 October 1916
18 May 1944
26 March 1874
12 June 1917 Born
Sheffield,
8 June 1882Ishapur, Bengal, India,
5 December 1904Cirencester, Wiltshire,
5 July 1849Wandsworth, SW London,
10 July 1896Died
27 August 1933,
Bracklesham22 November 1993,
Pulborough5 June 1911,
Chichester12 June 1982,
Lambeth, South LondonGrave
Earnley Churchyard, Bracklesham Bay
St Mary's Churchyard, West Chiltington
( image courtesy Steve Davis )Fairfield Road Cemetery, Bosham
Chichester Crematorium Location
of VCMuseum of Military Medicine, Mytchett
Royal Tank Regiment Museum, Bovington
Not publicly held
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRemarks
DSO MC & Bar
CB DSO
Later 3rd Baron Gifford
MC
Name
Norman Douglas,
HOLBROOKRichard Harte,
KEATINGERoderick Alastair Brook,
LEAROYDPatrick Anthony,
PORTEOUSRank
Commander
Lieutenant General
Wing Commander
Colonel Force
Royal Navy
( HM Submarine B.11 )Bombay Artillery ( Civil, Political Department )
49 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Royal Artillery & No. 4 Commando VC won
Dardanelles, Turkey,
13 December 1914Chundairee, Indian Mutiny,
17 March 1858North of Munster, Germany,
12 August 1940Dieppe, France,
19 Aaugust 1942London Gaz
22 December 1914
25 February 1862
20 August 1940
2 October 1942 Born
Southsea, Hampshire,
9 July 1888Dublin,
17 June 1825Folkestone, Kent,
5 February 1913Abbotabad, NW Frontier, India,
1 January 1918Died
3 July 1976,
Stedham Mill24 May 1904,
Horsham24 January 1996,
Rustington10 October 2000,
FuntingtonGrave
St James Old Churchyard, Stedham
( image courtesy Graham Parsons )Horsham ( Hills ) Cemetery
( image courtesy Steve Davies )Worthing Crematorium
St Mary's Churchyard, Funtington Location
of VCAustralian War Memorial, Canberra
Not publicly held
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonNot publicly held Remarks
None
CSI
None
None
Name
Christopher Charles,
TEESDALEGeorge,
WALLERGeoffrey Harold,
WOOLLEYRank
Major General
Colour Sergeant
Captain
Force
Royal Regiment of Artillery
1st Bn, 60th Rifles
( King's Royal Rifle Corps )9th ( County of London ) Bn
The London RegimentVC won
Kars, Crimea,
29 September 1855Kabul Gate, Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
14 September 1857 *Zwarteleen, Belgium,
20-21 April 1915London Gaz
25 September 1857
20 January 1860
22 May 1915
Born
Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa,
1 June 1833West Horsley, Surrey,
12 December 1827Bethnal Green, E London,
14 May 1892Died
1 November 1893,
South Berstead10 January 1877,
Hurstpierpoint10 December 1968,
West ChiltingtonGrave
St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Berstead
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hurstpierpoint
( headstone erected December 2014 )St Mary's Churchyard, West Chiltington
( image courtesy Steve Davis )Location
of VCLord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War MuseumRoyal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester ( loan )
Remarks
KCMG, CB, KH
* Elected by the regiment
OBE, MC