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The War Memorial for Eastbourne (Sussex)
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Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The War Memorial for Eastbourne (Sussex) is located in Devonshire Place. The main plaque on the front of the memorial reads THE TRIBUTE OF EASTBOURNE TO HER GALLANT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON OAK TABLETS IN THE TOWN HALL.
There are something of the order of 1258 names to be found on the Oak Tablets in the Town Hall, and these names are listed in the Roll of Honour website. The Oak Tablets have been photographed by Chris Comber (<chris@comber1.go-plus.net>), and he has generously allowed these photographs to be shown on the Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance website (below).
Amongst the names on the Eastbourne War Memorial are those of three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Ernest Jinman. 235307. 19th Battalion The King's (Liverpool
Regiment), formerly 242950 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Martha
Jinman, husband of Emily E. Jinman of 22, Greys Road, Old Town, Eastbourne.
Born at Eastbourne. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 33.
Born Eastbourne (Sussex), Enlisted Eastbourne, Resided Eastbourne.
Buried SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private William Marion. 34310. Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to
(1182) 198th Coy Labour Corps. Killed 23 March 1918.
Born Hailsham (Sussex), Enlisted Eastbourne (Sussex).
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Lumley Whatford, C M G, D S O
and Bar. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 8th Bn York &
Lancaster Regt.. Croix de Guerre with Palm (France), Croce di Guerra (Italy).
Son of Jack Henry Whatford and Emily Rose Whatford. Killed 30 September 1919.
Aged 40.
Buried ARQUATA SCRIVIA COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
The following notes are taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers in the First World War;-
"Stuart Whatford was born in Eastbourne on July 23rd 1879.
He was first commissioned on January 15th 1902 and saw service in the Boer
War with the 3rd Battalion, Mounted Infantry.
At the onset of the Great War Captain Whatford was adjutant to the 3rd Yorkshires
and in April of 1916 was appointed second in command of the 22nd Battalion
of the Durham Light Infantry. He saw action on the Somme with the DLI and
was then appointed to the command of the 8th Battalion of the York and Lancaster
regiment.
Major Whatford fought in France and Italy with the battalion and also had
a spell attached to the 22nd Machine Gun Battalion.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in January of 1919 he then returned to the
command of the York and Lancasters in February of 1919.
Lt Col Stuart Lumley Whatford was killed in a car accident between Cremona
and Mantua on August 30th 1919 aged 40.
A brother officer in the Yorkshire Regiment wrote, “His alluring personality
and inspiring influence will ever remain as a landmark in the annals of the
Yorkshires and every one of us were the better for coming into contact with
him”.
Six times mentioned in despatches, he was awarded the DSO and clasp, French
Croix du Guerre and Italian Croce di Guerra.
Lt Col Whatford was the third son of Jack Henry and Emily Rose Whatford.!
(Further information from the Roll
of Honour website;-
Killed in an accident in Fiume Northern Italy after the war 30 September 1919.
Aged 40. Enlisted in 1900. Son of Jack Henry Whatford (Dentist) and Emily
Rose Whatford of 12 Seaside Road, Eastbourne. Educated at St Lawrence College,
Ramsgate, Kent. Born in Eastbourne. )
The
Oak Tablets in Eastbourne's Town Hall, at the Head of the Staircase (1)
Photo © Copyright Chris Comber (<chris@comber1.go-plus.net>)
The
Oak Tablets in Eastbourne's Town Hall, at the Head of the Staircase (2)
Photo © Copyright Chris Comber (<chris@comber1.go-plus.net>)
The
Oak Tablets in Eastbourne's Town Hall, at the Head of the Staircase (3)
Photo © Copyright Chris Comber (<chris@comber1.go-plus.net>)
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