Ashtead, Surrey War Memorials WWII - St George's Christian Centre, Barnett Wood Lane

Where a name is hyperlinked this is to what appears to be the relevant record in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
(CWGC) database or to a page about the person. The Regiment/Service has been added.
# see Notes for more detail or comment on the inscription.

Pte RC ARNOLD # 1st/5th Bn,The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Age 24 HARTLEY WINTNEY (ST. MARY) OLD CYARD	LAC C GILLESPIE	Gnr WP PRITCHARD # Royal Artillery: No 3 Commando Age 21 LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMY
AC2 DCP BARTON # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 27 buried St Giles	Sgt DC GIRDLER story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12 Operational Training Unit RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY/G	Pte WA REDMAN 1st Bn, Hampshire Regiment Age 29 BAYEUX WAR CEMY/F
L Cpl PJ BENJAFIELD 53 Divisional Provost Coy Corps of Military Police Age 33 BROUAY WAR CEMY/F	L/Sgt LHJ GOODFELLOW # 44th Div Sigs, Royal Corps of Signals Age 35 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMY/G	Maj JF RILEY # 24 Field Regt, Royal Artillery Age 23 buried St Giles
Gnr A BLUNT # 97 Coast Observer Det Royal Artillery Age unknown BARI WAR CEMY/I	Lt D GOODRICH # The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Age 26 SALERNO WAR CEMY/I	F/O DM ROBERTSON story Royal Air Force (RAFO) Age 27 MANBY (ST. MARY) CYD
PO R BONE RN	AB EF GRITT # Royal Navy HMS Lapwing Age 34 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL	Dvr JW ROBINSON # Royal Army Service Corps Age 21 EL ALIA CEMY/AL
Tpr AR BOXALL # 7th, Royal Tank Regiment, RAC Age 27 ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMY, CHEUX/F	Pte EA HAYNES story Royal Army Service Corps Age 39 buried St Giles	F/Sgt CD RUSSELL Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 122 Squadron Age unknown buried St Giles
Dvr P BRENNAN # 1st Armd Div Troops Coy Royal Army Service Corps Age 37 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL/L	Gnnr J HOYLE # 234 Bty, 89 HAA Regt Royal Artillery Age 20 ATHENS MEMORIAL/GR	AC2 CJ RUSSELL Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 20 buried St Giles
W/Cmndr REP BROOKER DSO* DFC* story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 485 Squadron Age 26 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	AB WA HUCKLE Merchant Navy SS Hartington (London) Age 39 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL	F/Sgt PG RUSSELL Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 21 RAWALPINDI WAR CEMY/IN
Pte S BULLOCK # 1st/5th Bn, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Age 25 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMY/L	Capt MOA HUMBERT 57 (1/5th Bn, The East Surrey Regt) Anti-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery Age 29 MINTURNO WAR CEMY/IT	P/O TR RUXTON # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 203 Squadron Age 26 KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMY/ISR
Sgt Pilot CR BURCH # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Squadron Age 22 SAGE WAR CEMY/G	CPO A ISAAC # Royal Navy HMS Drake Age 48 PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMY	Desp Rider MWG SAINSBURY Royal Army Service Corps Age 23 DURSLEY CEMY
W/Cmndr HF BURTON DSO DFC* story Royal Air Force Age 26 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	Chf Stkr HH KNIGHT # Royal Navy HMS Penelope Age 36 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMY	AB VF [sic] SAUNDERS story HMS Argus Age 23 EPSOM CEMY
F/Lt CF CHALK # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 29 HILLINGDON & UXBRIDGE CEMY	W/Cmdr KD KNOCKER story Royal Air Force 214 Squadron Age 35 WESTERNIELAND GENL CEMY DE MARNE/NL	Sgt D SHEPPERSON # Royal Air Force 51 Squadron Age unknown RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
AC2 CT CLINNICK Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 19 buried St Giles	Sgt SD LANE # Royal Air Force 57 Squadron Age unknown WOODGRANGE PARK CEMY, EAST HAM	Lt AD SINCLAIR DSC RN story Royal Navy HM Submarine Sickle Age 21 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Sgt GHG COLLINS Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 21 Squadron Age 20 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	P/O AAH LINDLEY story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 107 Squadron Age 22 FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) N CEMY/NL	W/Cmndr JH SLATER AFC story Royal Air Force 611 Squadron Age 27 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Lt MB CONNELL story Royal Irish Fusiliers/ Glider Pilot Regiment, AAC Age 24 CASSINO MEMORIAL/I	P/O KRH LINDLEY story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12 Squadron Age 20 LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMY	Pay Cmdr WSA STAPLEY Royal Navy HMS Bonaventure Age 42 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Cpl LE COURT HQ Squadron, 2nd The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps Age 30	Cpl KG MARCH 206 Rly Workshop Coy Royal Engineers Age 30 OOSTENDE NEW COMM CEMY/B	Cpl ECJ STREET story 1st/5th Bn, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Age 27 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMY/L
Pte M CREESE # 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment Age 30 SINGAPORE MEMORIAL	Maj PR MARRACK # 7 Survey Regt, Royal Artillery Age 27 ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMY	Capt AET TATE RN # Royal Navy HMS Wildfire Age 53 GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMY
Midshipman JDB DEEDES # Royal Navy HMS Intrepid Age 18 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL	AB BH MITCHELL Royal Navy HM Submarine Stratagem Age 20 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL	Sgt FWM TROWBRIDGE # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 432 Squadron RCAF Age 30 BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMY/NL
Sub Lt HO DOOYEWAARD story Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HM Tug Roode Zee Age 24 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL	Sgt H MOREN Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 249 Squadron Age 21 MALTA MEMORIAL	OS DS WAGER Royal Navy HMS Collingwood Age 18 buried St Giles
Lt JO EDGAR RN # Royal Navy HM Submarine Thunderbolt Age unknown PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL	Sgt AW MOUNT story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 9 Squadron Age 19 Son of Ronald Sydney and Kate Mount, of Ashtead, Surrey. AABENRAA CEMY/DK	WJ WAYLING M/Navy Merchant Navy SS Port Hunter (London) Age 17 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Ldg Airman IC FARQHAR # Royal Navy HMS Daedalus Age 26 NETHERAVON (ALL SAINTS) CYD	F/Sgt WE OLIVER # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 10 Squadron Age 20 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	Pte GSJ WHIFE # 5th Bn, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Age 20 Son of Archibald ET and Herta E Whife, of Ashtead, Surrey. ORVIETO WAR CEMY/I
S/Ldr MVP FOULIS DFC* story Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age 27 MALTA MEMORIAL	Sgt R PARNABY # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 150 Squadron Age unknown KLAGENFURT WAR CEMY/G	F/O H WILLIS Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: 942 Balloon Squadron Age 35 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMY/SA
PO RW FRAY # Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age unknown ALAMEIN MEMORIAL/L	Tpr GH PETO 5th (3rd Bn The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Regt Reconnaissance Corps, RAC Age 19 BEACH HEAD WAR CEMY, ANZIO/I	LAC WG YARDLEY Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) Age 31 buried St Giles
Pte WC GATHERCOLE # 1st/5th Bn, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Age 24 SALERNO WAR CEMY/I

NOTES

Name: ARNOLD, ROBERT CYRIL

Initials: R C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Unit Text: 1/5th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 08/09/1941
Service No: 6087504
Additional information: Son of James and Maria Arnold, of Hartley Wintney.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot G. Row T. Grave 8.
Cemetery: HARTLEY WINTNEY (ST. MARY) OLD CHURCHYARD
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438248/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident. He is the only Private RC Arnold in CWGC

BARTON, DCP

BLUNT, A

Name: BOXALL, ALBERT ROY LEONARD

Initials: A R L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Unit Text: 7th
Age: 27
Date of Death: 26/06/1944
Service No: 7904690
Additional information: Son of Albert William and Francis Daisy Boxall; husband of Hermy Boxall, of Brixton Hill, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIII. B. 6.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2060729/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident: just AR on memorial, not ARL

Name: BRENNAN, PETER

Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit Text: 1st Armd. Div. Troops Coy.
Age: 37
Date of Death: between 31/01/1942 and 20/05/1942
Service No: T/263573
Additional information: Husband of K. Brennan, of Leatherhead, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 74.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2119839/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident: wife lived in Leatherhead

BULLOCK, SIDNEY

Date of Death: 24/10/1942. Son of Henry and Alice Bullock, of Leatherhead, Surrey; husband of Winifred Bullock.
16 Feb 09: Ann Williams has established that Sidney's wife Winifred was Winifred Haynes, daughter of William Henry Haynes of Glebe Road, Ashtead. She re-married after the death of Sidney and after the war emigrated to Canada where all her descendants are.

Name: BURCH, CYRIL ROBERTSON

Initials: C R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 149 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 09/05/1941
Service No: 754234
Additional information: Son of Reginald Rout Burch and Sarah Catherine Burch, of West Worthing, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. C. 14.
Cemetery: SAGE WAR CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2073596/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident - rank on CWGC is F/Sgt, on memorial is Sgt

Name: CHALK, CHARLES FRANK

Initials: C F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 24/08/1944
Service No: 111202
Additional information: Son of Charles Frederick and Nellie Chalk; husband of Barbara Winifred Chalk, of Hampton.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row O.D. Grave 28.
Cemetery: HILLINGDON AND UXBRIDGE CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2433301/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident

Name: CREESE, MERVYN

Initials: M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 21/09/1944
Service No: 3526175
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 76.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4017430
connection with Ashtead not yet evident: he is the only Pte M Creese on CWGC

Name: DEEDES, JOHN DAVID BOUVERIE

Initials: J D B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Midshipman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Intrepid
Age: 18
Date of Death: 26/09/1943
Additional information: Son of Comdr. Hugh Bouverie Deedes, R.N. (Retd.), and Monica Mary Deedes, of Chislehurst, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 67, 3.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2466686/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident: he is the only JDB Deedes on CWGC

Name: EDGAR, JOHN

Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M. Submarine Thunderbolt
Date of Death: 28/03/1943
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 72, Column 8.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2669255/
The only Lt in the J Edgar listing on CWGC: connection with Ashtead not yet evident: JO on memorial, just J in CWGC

FARQUAR, IC

FRAY, RW

Name: GATHERCOLE, WALTER CHARLES

Initials: W C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Unit Text: 1/5th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 28/09/1943
Service No: 6140775
Additional information: Son of John Thomas Gathercole and Emily Florence Gathercole.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 6.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/208263/
the only CWGC entry for this name; link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record

GOODFELLOW, LHJ

The only CWGC entry for this name; link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record

Name: GOODRICH, DOUGLAS

Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Age: 26
Date of Death: 26/09/1943
Service No: 235653
Additional information: Son of George and Florence Goodrich; husband of Jeanne Ellen Goodrich, of Streatham, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 36.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/208295/
link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record

GRITT, EF

Name: HOYLE, JOHN

Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 234 Bty., 89 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 20/05/1941
Service No: 1441581
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 2.
Memorial: ATHENS MEMORIAL
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2106614/
link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record: John Hoyle is the only Gunner listed by CWGC

ISAAC, A

Name: KNIGHT, HERBERT

Initials: H H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Stoker
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Penelope.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 08/10/1943
Service No: P/KX 76430
Additional information: Son of Henry Richard and Ellen Maria Knight, of Epsom, Surrey; husband of B. M. Knight.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. F. 2.
Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2110831/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident; his parents lived in Epsom

Name: LANE, SYDNEY DAVID

Initials: S D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 57 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 16/07/1941
Service No: 627829
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Square 38. Grave 11810.
Cemetery: WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2833388/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident

MARRACK, PR

Major Philip Roland Marrack, RA, died at Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, following an accident. The address in Ashtead was Cullompton, Northfields.

OLIVER, WE

PARNABY, R

Only two Parnabys fell in WWII. Only one was a Sergeant, Roy Ernest George Parnaby, he was an Air Gunner on 150 Squadron.

Name: PRITCHARD, WILFRED PRESTLEY

Initials: W P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Secondary Regiment: Commando
Secondary Unit Text: and No. 3
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/01/1942
Service No: 1462653
Additional information: Son of Wilfrid P. Pritchard and Edith Annie Pritchard; husband of Betty Jane Matheson Pritchard, of Bedford.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot P. Row 7. Grave 5.
Cemetery: LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2460651/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident

RILEY, JF

His parents lived in Devon but he is buried in St Giles' churchyard: in CWGC his rank is Captain, on the memorial it is Major.
26 May 09 Brian Bouchard adds: Having picked up a reference in the Leatherhead Advertiser, 5/7/1940, to the death of "a local man, Captain J F Riley - of wounds in Belgium" I looked for an obit in The Times. On 1/7/1940 one finds "30/6/1940. As the result of wounds sustained in action in Belgium, Captain John Francis Riley, R. A., younger son of Captain G. Riley, R. N. and Mrs Riley, of Ituna, Ashtead, Surrey, aged 23." His father was Gerard B. Riley who reached the rank of Acting Commander in WWI. He married Margery E. Polwhele, registered Hardingstone, Northants., 6/1914. A first-born son, Paul B., arrived to be registered Brentford 9/1915 and John F.'s birth was reg. Hendon 9/1916. If the latter was invalided back to Ashtead it would explain burial at St Giles.

Apparently there was a proposal to move the St Georges War Memorial nearer to the recreation ground, beside the pond, but nothing came of it."

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN WILLIAM

Initials: J W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 21
Date of Death: 16/04/1943
Service No: T/268783
Additional information: Son of John William and Florence May Robinson, of Ilkley, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 12. J. 4.
Cemetery: EL ALIA CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2151641/
link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record; he is the only Driver in the JW Robinson listing

RUXTON, PR

September 1941. Missing on active service in the Middle East, Thomas Ross Ruxton, younger dearly loved son of the late A F Ruxton of Wallop House, Stockbridge, Hants and Mrs Ruxton, Ardlee, Ashtead, Surrey.

SAINSBURY, MWG

Name: SHEPPERSON, BERTRAM DAVID

Initials: B D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 51 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 19/03/1940
Service No: 561926
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 19.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807045/
He is the only Sgt Shepperson with an initial D listed by CWGC; note that they have his initials as BD, it is D only on the memorial; link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record.

Name: TATE, ALBAN EDWARD TREVOR

Initials: A E T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Wildfire.
Age: 53
Date of Death: 05/09/1943
Awards: D S C
Additional information: Son of Admiral Alban Giffard Tate and of Clara Tate (nee Trevor); husband of Millicent Helena Tate, of Burley, Hampshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Naval Reservation. Grave 1502.
Cemetery: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2361577/
link with Ashtead not evident from CWGC record

Name: TROWBRIDGE, FRANK WILLIAM NOEL

Initials: F W N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 432 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/06/1943
Service No: 658650
Additional information: Son of Harry and Emmaline Trowbridge; husband of Madeline Ivy Trowbridge, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. C. 4.
Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2034424/
connection with Ashtead not yet evident: FWM on memorial, FWM in CWGC

WHIFE, GSJ

His father, Archibald ET Whife is listed in the Kelly's Directory of 1950 at 3 Ashley Cottages, Crampshaw Lane, Ashtead.

If you can add further information such as good images of the war memorials in Ashtead, information about individual casualties or details that might help identification of more of these names in the CWGC records, please contact the editor of this page, Frank Haslam

Principal CWGC research and website editing by Frank Haslam of Leatherhead & District Local History Society.
Assistance provided by Brian Bouchard of the Leatherhead & District Local History Society (who provided the WW1 names to start this site) and Ann Williams (née Astridge) in Canada.

page last updated 11 Apr 2010: 18 Feb 14: CWGC links updated 6 Nov 17: 26 Mar 18: 28 Jul 20

ASHTEAD WAR MEMORIALS - WWII

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