Pile Family

Legal Right to Village Life

Sheep Stealing

Swing Riots

Flour List

Terrier Survey

George Pile Died

Murder at The Cricketers

Local Affairs

19th Century Ends


Catchlove Family

Edmund


Scott Family

Mary


Westbourne Family

History

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Kelly's Directory 1911
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COOPER Charles Samuel
Private 1547, 3/1st Hampshire, Carabiniers. Died of sickness 3rd September 1915. Aged 16. Son of Charles George & Annis Eliza Cooper of Rose Cottage, Southbourne. Buried in Westbourne Cemetery

HENDERSON A G
Deck Hand 701/SD, H.M. Transport 'Sarepta', Royal Naval Reserve. Died at home 17th February 1921. Aged 26. Buried in Westbourne Cemetery

REDMAN Oliver S
Lance Cpl 6156, 4th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. Died at home 12th August 1919. Buried in Westbourne Cemetery

1939-1945

ATKINSON R
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AYLWARD Albert Percy
Sapper 1453743, 922nd Transportation (Stores) Company, The Royal Engineers. Died in Italy 16th December 1944. Aged 23. Son of Ernest Percy & Edith Aylward of Westbourne. Buried in Naples Cemetery, Italy

BADCOCK Charles Davis Edgar
Midshipman, HMS 'Neptune', Royal Navy. One of 766 lost when the cruiser was mined off Tripoli 19th December 1941. Son of Captain (S) K E Badcock DSO DSC Royal Navy and Mrs Badcock of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Plymouth Naval Memorial

BAILEY George Leonard
Private 5513077, 1/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action near Cassino in Italy 12th October 1943. Aged 21. Son of
George Albert & Beatrice Bailey of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Cassino Memorial Italy

BEARDSLEY Geoffrey [Vivian]
Joiner 4th Class P/MX 58969, H.M.S. hood, Royal Navy. Died 24 May 1941. Husband of Peggy V. Beardsley, of Westbourne, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 56, Column 3. Also listed on Southbourne Memorial

BOYNS Arthur
Gunner 1461069, 80th Anti Tank Regiment. The Royal Artillery. Taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore. One of over 13,000 who died from the effects of disease and forced labour on the Burma/Siam railway. Died on 24 July 1943. Aged 23. Son of
Arthur & Florence Mary Boyns of Southbourne. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

CONSTABLE Frederick
Stoker 2nd Class P/KX/111322, H.M. Submarine 'Union', Royal Navy. Lost when the submarine was sunk in the Mediterranean by the Italian Torpedo Boat 'Circe' 25 miles south west of Pantelleria 22nd July 1941. Aged 21. Son of George & Ethel Constable of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea

 DENHAM Claude
Leading Stoker P/KX/85732, HMS 'Mohawk', Royal Navy. Lost when the Italian destroyer 'Luca Tarigo', which also sank off Tripoli, torpedoed the destroyer 17th April 1941. Son of Eliza Denham Husband of Rosa Denham of Westbourne  He was 46. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea

FARNDEN Ernest William
Private 14603000, 2/5th Battalion, The Royal West Surrey Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action near Riccione on the Adriatic Coast, Italy 14 September 1944. Aged 34. Son of William & Louisa Farnden Husband of Edith May Farnden of Westbourne. Buried in Cariano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy

FARMER A
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FOSSEY Charles Alfred William
Stoker Petty Officer P/KX/94627, HMS 'Tweed', Royal Navy. Drowned when the River Class Frigate was torpedoed in the Noth Atlantic south west of Ireland 7th January 1944. Aged 26. Son of George William & Alice Jane Fossey of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial

GARDNER W
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GODWIN Thomas George
Leading Telegraphist D/JX 133888, HMS 'Royal Oak', Royal Navy. One of 833 lost when the Battleship was torpedoed at anchor in Scapa Flow by U47 (Gunter Prein) 14th October 1938. Son of Alfred Hugh & Sarah Ann Godwin of Westbourne He was 26. No known grave. Commemorated on The Plymouth Naval Memorial

GREGORY Dennis Philip
Private 1439731, 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed in action in Italy 26th September 1944. Aged 25. Son of Alfred John & Mary Emma Gregory of Westbourne. Buried in Coriano Risge War Cemetery, Italy

GORDON -SMITH, DSC Russell Claude
Lieutenant Commander, HMS 'Hardy', Royal Navy. Wounded when the flotilla Leader was lost in action with German destroyers during the first battle of Narvik 10th April 1940 Evacuated to the United Kingdom where he died on the 17th April 1940. Aged 31. Son of Vice Admiral Gordon-Smith CMG & Ethel Gordon -Smith of Emsworth Husband of Anne Cunita Gordon-Smith of Westbourne. Buried in Havant & Waterlooville Cemetery,Warblington,Hampshire,

HILLARD Eustace Arthur Peter
Second Lieutenant, Royal Marines. Died at home 26 August 1940. Aged 30. Son of Frederick Arthur & Mary Loraine Hillard of Lustleigh Devon BA, (Cantab) Trinity Hall Included on Funtington Churchyard Memorial. Buried in Funtington St Mary Churchyard

HARRISON F
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KNIGHT A
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LASHLY Peter Alec
Sergeant Flight Engineer 1208560, No 61 Squadron (Lancasters attached to
Coastal Command), Royal Air Force. Killed in action over Germany 10 September 1942. Aged 22. Son of Charles Frederick Harry & Nellie May Lashly of Westbourne. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

MCCRAE John Arthur
Corporal 749131, Royal Air Force. Volunteer Reserve. Died at home 14th September 1941. Aged 36. Son of John Burns & Miriam Ellen McCrae of Westbourne. Buried in Westbourne Cemetery

PHILLIPS K
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PRYKE William Arthur James
Motor Mechanic P/MX/68681, HMS 'Tamar', Royal Navy. Royal Naval Base Hong Kong. Died in captivity 2nd October 1942. Taken prisoner by the Japanese at Hong Kong. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea

ROBINSON Alfred [Henry]
Leading Telegraphist C/JX 133890, H.M. Submarine P.38, Royal Navy. Died 25th February 1942. Born 4th July 1914. Enlisted Royal Navy 4th July 1932 and transferred to submarines 3rd July 1936. Based at Chatham. Brother of Cyril and Ronald listed below. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 59, Column 2.

ROBINSON Cyril Raymond
Leading Signalman P/JX/136377, HMS 'Kashmir', Royal Navy. Lost when the destroyer was sunk by German dive bombers off Crete 23 May 1941. Aged 26. Son of Frederick James & Iva Maude Bertha Robinson of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea

 ROBINSON, DSM  Ronald Norman
Leading Stoker P/KX/88052, H.M. Submarine 'Trooper', Royal Navy. Submarine lost with all hands off the Island of Kos in the Aegean Sea 17 October 1943. Aged 25. Son of Frederick James & Iva Maude Bertha Robinson of Westbourne Brother of Cyril Robinson. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea

SOLE William Primrose
Leading Seaman P/J 32760, HMS 'Manistee', Royal Navy. Lost when the armed boarding vessel was torpedoed by U107 south of Iceland 24 February 1941. Aged 41 Husband of Dorothy Marie Sole of Westbourne. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea

SYLVESTER William
Trooper 4618355, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action in Germany 16 April 1945 Aged 27. Buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany

TUTT Leslie Irwin Charles
Stoker 1st Class P/KX/97431, HMS 'Acheron', Royal Navy. 1st Destroyer Flotilla Mined off St Catherines Point, Isle of Wight. Son of Leslie Edwin John & Amy Louisa Tutt of Portsea, Portsmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial Southsea

WEST Richard [William]
Staff Sergeant 926508, 2nd Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C. Died 6 October 1944. Aged 21. Son of Elisebeth Ethel West, of Westbourne, Sussex. Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 24. Row A. Grave 9.

BURIALS IN WESTBOURNE CEMETERY
Not included on the War memorial

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