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The War Memorial for Tunbridge Wells
Photo © Copyright Nigel
Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
The War Memorial for Tunbridge Wells is situated on Mount Pleasant Road, and stands in front of the Town Hall, Librray and Museum.
801 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 170 names for the Second World War and later. The names are comemorated on a series of bronze plaques at the base of the memorial.
Photographs of the plaqueshave been taken by Susan
M S of the Find a Grave website. The Find A Grave website pages on which
the individuals below are commemorated are shown beneath their names.
The Roll
of Honour website provides details of the memorial itself, as well as
transcriptions of all of the names on the memorial.
5 soldiers who served with Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial, including three Officers.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Theodore Collett. 7th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Maude Collett, of 12, Garden Rd., Tunbridge
Wells, and the late Rev. Thomas Collett (Vicar of Scotby, Carlisle). Killed
15 February 1917. Aged 20.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
The following biographical details are provided in Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers Killed in the First World War;-
"Thomas Collett was born on January 29th 1897.
He was commissioned in January of 1916 and joined the 7th Battalion.
In early February of 1917 the battalion were preparing for an attack on the
village of Sailly-Saillisel. 2nd Lt Collett went into the advance at 6-30am
on February 8th and was wounded and brought back to battalion HQ where the
wounded were placed in the cellar. A short while later an enemy shell struck
the HQ and many of the wounded were killed. Thomas Collett survived this and
was taken to a field hospital but died from his wounds one week later on February
15th 1917 at the age of 20.
He was described as “An outstanding young officer.”"
Find
a Grave photo of commemorative panel.
Lieutenant George Ernest Lister Cressey. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George Henry and Mary Pelham Cressey,
of Fairoak, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 20.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
The following biographical details are provided in Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers Killed in the First World War;-
A doctor’s son George Cressey was born at Tunbridge Wells in 1895 and
entered Christs College, Cambridge, in 1914 just before the onset of war.
When war was declared he initially served with the Kent Cyclists Battalion
and was commissioned in May of 1915. He joined the 2nd Yorkshires just before
the opening of the Battle of Loos on September 25th 1915.
On the second day of the battle Lt Cressey and his men moved out south towards
the Hulluch road. They had not gone far when they were fired on by a party
of advancing Germans and had to fall back into a communication trench.
George Cressey was killed in this action on September 26th 1915 at the age
of 20.
One of his superiors was quoted as saying,
“He was a young officer of much promise whose loss is much to be deplored”.
Find
a Grave photo of commemorative panel.
Private Herbert Fowler. 33162. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 12669 Royal West Kent Regt. Killed 3 October 1918.
Born Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Enlisted Paris, Resided Eastbourne.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Find
a Grave photo of commemorative panel.
Lance Corporal George Hazelden, 24961. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Emily Hazelden, of 35, George St.,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Killed 19 July 1916. Aged 32.
Born Rasthall (Kent), Enlisted Tonbridge, Resided Tunbridge Wells.
Buried MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY.
Find
a Grave photo of commemorative panel.
Captain John Cecil Rix. Royal Army Medical Corps, attached
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William H. and Rosalie
J. Rix, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Killed 6 July 1916. Aged 40.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.
Find
a Grave photo of commemorative panel.
The
War Memorial for Tunbridge Wells
Photo © Copyright Nigel
Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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