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WAR MEMORIAL WINDOW St. James, Heyshott In Honoured memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918 14 local men lost in WW1 are recorded on a stained glass window in St. James's Church There are 5 men buried in the Churchyard. Sapper Richard Nutley is not included on the window, but is buried in the churchyard. see headstone The names of those recorded on the window are listed below 
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Private Ernest BOSWELL Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of illness 2nd Aug 1920. Aged 37. Son of Harry & Sarah Boswell. Husband of Rose Elizabeth Boswell of Newells Cottage, Heyshot. Born Cocking Buried Heyshott Churchyard Private Basil DAUGHTRY Royal Sussex Regiment. India. Died of Influenza India 21st Oct 1918. Aged 33. Son of Mr & Mrs James Daughtry Copse Cottage, Heyshott. Born Heyshott. Private Frank William DAUGHTRY Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of enteric fever returning from Gallipoli on hospital ship, buried at sea 15th Oct 1915. Son of Mr & Mrs William Daughtry. Gardener to Mr Fisher-Unwin of "Oatscroft" Heyshott. Born Heyshott. Private Isaac ELLCOME Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 3rd May 1915. Born Sutton, W. Sussex Officers Cook William E LOCKYEAR H. M. Monitor No.15, RN. Died on active service Egypt 17th Feb 1917. Aged 22. Son of William & Madelaine Lockyear The Cottage, School Lane, Heyshott. Staff/Sgt. Walter MILES Royal Army Service Corps. Died 25th Mar 1920. Aged 36. Son of John & Alice Miles. Buried Heyshott Churchyard Driver Frank SIMKIN Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 3rd Dec 1917. Aged 42. Enlisted Midhurst. |
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Rifleman Gilbert E. SMITH London Regiment (Surrey Rifles). Killed in action near Arras 10th Dec 1917. Aged 34. Son of Charles William & Mary Faith Smith of Heyshott. Born Heyshott Private Jethro WEST Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of Gas 14th Feb 1919. Aged 41. Son of James & Jane West. Husband of Mabel West of Heyshott. Born Heyshott. Buried Heyshott Churchyard Rifleman Herbert George WRAPSON The Rifle Brigade. Died 14th Jul 1917. Son of Mr & Mrs George Wrapson 132, Coldharbour Lane, Heyshott. Buried Heyshott Churchyard Rifleman George HONEYBUN Rifle Brigade. 4th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 13th Oct 1917. Private Edmund BATCHELOR Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds Egypt 10th Nov 1917. Aged 22. Son of Edmund & Fanny Batchelor Brickyard Cottage, Ebernoe Private Hugh Frank BEER Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action on the Somme 17th Aug 1916. Regular soldier. Born Felpham Sapper Richard NUTLEY Royal Engineers. Died at home 7th Jul 1919. Aged 36. Son of Richard & Elizabeth Nutley of Hoyle Lane, Heyshott. Not on Memorial Window Buried Heyshott Churchyard |
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Missing from the above list, Ralph Daughtry
In the village hall there is an illuminated Roll of Honour of all those from the village that served in the armed forces in the First World War. It includes the names of 75 men and women, of whom 13 served in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines, 56 in the army, 3 in the RAF and 3 in the Womens Services. 14 of them were killed or died of their wounds, including the 3 Daughtry brothers, Basil, Frank and Ralph. It is an impressive list for such a small community and the majority were volunteers.
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WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 List of those who fell:
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