Edmonstone
Below we list of all those from Edmonstone House who were killed in action or died from wounds on Active Service in the Great War of 1914-18 and the Second World War, 1939-45. The fallen are listed alphabetically by surname in the year of their death. Where known, the month of death is also included.
Links to further information are given where that information is known or provided by the family.
1914-18 War
Nearly 50 OHs from Edmonstone died during the Great War. The roll includes 3 MCs and 4 DSOs.
One of the casualties was Charles Grindling (E 1910). Charles was a lieutenant in the Chatham Battalion Royal Naval Division, Royal Marines.
During the Gallipoli landings, his company commander was killed so he took charge of the company’s advance up the slopes where he too was killed on 3rd May 1915, aged 19.
1914
Lt. G D Abbott (1905.3) Nov 1914
Cpl. S J Fabian (1904.3) Dec 1914
Maj. A W Ingles (1883.1) Sep 1914
Capt. F H Jackson (1897.3) Oct 1914
Lt. E H Owen (1900.3) Dec 1914
Capt. C J Paterson (1901.3) Nov 1914
1915
2nd. Lt. A R K Aitkens (1899.1) May 1915
Pte. H Burrington (1898.1) Jul 1915
Lt. A E Devas (1891.2) Feb 1915
Lt .C S Grinling, RM (1910.3) May 1915
2nd. Lt. G M F Hewat (1909.3) 1915
Pte. G M Hodgson (1906.2) Oct 1915
Lt. Col. F G Howard, DSO, MVO (1885.2) Oct 1915
2nd. Lt. C D N Lawson (1910.1) Sep 1915
Lt. C R Lydekker (1903.3) Aug 1915
Capt. N Mosley (1896.1) Aug 1915
2nd. Lt. R H Powell (1899.1) May 1915
Capt. G U Robins (1892.3) May 1915
Pte. H J Sandle (1910.2) Feb 1915
2nd. Lt. E C H Webb (1908.1) Mar 1915
Maj. A G N Wood, DSO (1893.2) Oct 1915
1916
Capt. J A Andrews (1905.3) Jul 1916
Lt. T B Coultas (1909.1) Sep 1916
Lt. J T C Fallowes (1907.1) Sep 1916
2nd. Lt. W G Fletcher (1909.3) Oct 1916
Lt. R J B Frank (1901.3) Jun 1916
Lt. R H Lawson, MC (1907.1) Aug 1916
Capt. F H M Lewes (1901.2) Jul 1916
C M Sing (1903.1) Jul 1916
Capt. B S Smith-Masters, MC (1906.1) Jul 1916
2nd. Lt. G A Smith-Masters (1909.1) Aug 1916
Maj. F St.G Tucker (1896.3) Jul 1916
1917
2nd. Lt. E L Bostock (1900.1) Apr 1917
2nd. Lt. N S Bostock (1901.3) Apr 1917
Maj. S Conway, DSO (1891.3) Jun 1917
Lt. G O Lydekker (1902.3) Jun 1917
Capt. E H Moore, MC (1907.2) Apr 1917
Capt. C Norman (1891.3) Feb 1917
2nd. Lt. J B Paige (1912.3) Jun 1917
2nd. Lt. P C Stearns (1910.2) Dec 1917
Lt. G Williams, MVO (1905.2) Oct 1917
1918
2nd. Lt. E Evans (1897.2) Sep 1918
2nd. Lt. J H Fletcher (1912.1) Oct 1918
Pte. C L Hayes (1912.3) Sep 1918
Lt. Col. H D Hirst (1879.1) May 1918
Chap. Rev. C I S Hood (1900.3) Apr 1918
Lt. G A Lamburn (1913.3) Aug 1918
Maj. C J Mitchell, DSO (1894.1) Nov 1918
1939-45 War
Over 20 OHs from Edmonstone died in the service of their country during WW2.
One of the Roll is Flying Officer John Jannings (E 36). Flying from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on the night of 28th June 1944, his Handley-Page Halifax bomber was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Lesges (Aisne) in France, where he and his fellow crewmen are all buried.
1939
Lt. W G L Peters, RN (1933.1) Nov 1941
1942
L/Cpl. A W Barton (1928.3) Jan 1942
Lt. J A Cantlay (1932.3) Nov 1942
Capt. J D Girling (1922.3) Apr1942
2nd. Lt. P H N Matthews (1935.1) Mar 1942
Plt./Off. J R P Taylor (1935.2) Nov 1942
1943
L/Bdr. W J Battersby (1925.3) May 1943
Cft/Man. H Bigsby-Chamberlin (1902.3) Nov 1943
Plt./Off. H J H Jones (1935.1) Oct 1943
Sgt. J H Mastin (1937.2) May 1943
Cdr. E D Michell, RN DSC (1922.2) Mar 1943
Capt. F M Shackle (1931.3) Jan 1943
Flg/Off. R P Wissler (1928.3) 1943
1944
Capt. F A S Austen (1922.3) Nov 1944
Capt. T P Bailey (1929.2) Sep 1944
Cpl. J L Bowden (1920.2) Nov 1944
Capt. J H S Campbell (1933.2) Jul 1944
Sgt. G Hodder-Williams (1938.3) Jun 1944
Flg/Off. J G Jannings (1936.3) Jun 1944
1945
Flt/Sgt. G J C Grant (1938.3) Mar 1945
Col. E K Steward (1924.3) Jul 1945
Lt. J L Stride (1925.2) Mar 1945
Maj. H N Whitmee, MC, TD (1919.2) Oct 1945
Postwar Service
Lt. B E Hall (1935.3) Mar 1947
Lt. R J Palmer (1992.3) Apr 2006
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