SUSSEX

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF : SUSSEX

TABLE-1 : EAST SUSSEX

Name Frederick Charles,
BOOTH Clifford,
COFFIN Edmond William,
COSTELLO John James,
CROWE

Rank Captain Major-General Brigadier-General Captain

Force British South African Police
attached Rhodesia Native Infantry Corps of Royal Engineers
comd 25th Infantry Brigade 22nd Punjab Infantry, Indian Army 2nd Bn The Worcestershire Regiment

VC won Songea, German East Africa,
12 February 1917 Belgium,
31 July 1917 Malakand Campaign, India,
26 July 1897 Belgium,
14 April 1918

London Gaz 8 June 1917 14 September 1917 9 November 1897 26 June 1918

Born Upper Holloway, N London,
6 March 1890 Blackheath, London,
10 February 1870 Sheikhbudin, Punjab, India,
7 August 1873 Devonport, Devon,
28 December 1876

Died 14 September 1960,
Brighton 4 February 1959,
Torquay, Devon 7 June 1949,
Eastbourne 27 February 1965,
Brighton

Grave Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton Holy Trinity Churchyard, Colemans Hatch St Mark's Churchyard, Hadlow Down Downs Crematorium, Brighton

Location
of VC Not publicly held Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham National Army Museum, Chelsea Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester

Remarks DCM CB DSO & Bar CMG CVO DSO None

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TABLE-2 : EAST SUSSEX

Name James Lennox,
DAWSON Philip John,
GARDNER George,
GRISTOCK Henry Mitchell,
JONES

Rank Colonel Captain Company Sergeant-Major Captain

Force 187th Field Company
Corps of Royal Engineers 4th Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment 7th Regiment
(later The Royal Fusiliers)

VC won France,
10 October 1915 Tobruk, Libya,
23 November 1941 South of Tournai, France,
21 May 1940 Crimea,
7 June 1855

London Gaz 7 December 1915 10 February 1942 23 August 1940 25 September 1857

Born Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire,
25 December 1891 Sydenham, London,
25 December 1914 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa,
14 January 1905 Dublin,
11 February 1831

Died 15 February 1967,
Eastbourne 15th February 2003,
Hove 16 June 1940,
Brighton 18 December 1916,
Eastbourne

Grave Eastbourne Crematorium Hove Crematorium Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton Ocklynge Old Cemetery, Eastbourne

Location
of VC Glasgow University Not publicly held Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum, Norwich Victoria Barracks, Sydney, Australia

Remarks None MC None None

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TABLE-3 : EAST SUSSEX

Name Sir Wilbraham Oates,
LENNOX George Burdon,
MCKEAN George,
MONGER William George,
WALKER

Rank General Captain Private Major-General

Force Corps of Royal Engineers 14th Bn Quebec Regiment
Canadian Expeditionary Force 23rd Regiment
(later The Royal Welch Fusiliers) 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army

VC won Crimea,
20 November 1854 France,
27-28 April 1918 Indian Mutiny,
18 November 1857 Daratoleh, Somaliland,
22 April 1903

London Gaz 24 February 1857 28 June 1918 12 April 1859 7 August 1903

Born Goodwood,
4 August 1830 Willington, Co Durham,
4 July 1888 Woodmancott, Hampshire,
3 March 1840 Naini Tal, India,
29 May 1863

Died 7 February 1897,
Chester Square, London 26 November 1926,
Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire 9 August 1887,
St Leonards-on-Sea 16 February 1936,
Seaford

Grave Lewes Road Cemetery, Brighton Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery Hastings Borough Cemetery
(Common - headstone erected by local residents) Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton

Location
of VC Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon National Army Museum, Chelsea

Remarks KCB MC MM None CB

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TABLE-4 : WEST SUSSEX

Name William Barnsley,
ALLEN Henry Robert Bowreman,
FOOTE Lord Edric Frederick,
GIFFORD Reginald Leonard,
HAINE

Rank Major Major-General Major Lieutenant-Colonel

Force Royal Army Medical Corps
attd 246th Bde Royal Field Artillery Comd 7th Royal Tank Regiment 24th Regiment
(later The South Wales Borderers) 1st Bn Honourable Artillery Company

VC won France,
3 September 1916 Battle of Knightsbridge, Libya,
27 May to 15 June 1942 Ashanti War, West Africa,
1873-1874 France,
28-29 April 1917

London Gaz 26 October 1916 18 May 1944 26 March 1874 12 June 1917

Born Sheffield,
8 June 1882 Ishapur, Bengal, India,
5 December 1904 Cirencester, Wiltshire,
5 July 1849 Wandsworth, SW London,
10 July 1896

Died 27 August 1933,
Bracklesham 22 November 1993,
Pulborough 5 June 1911,
Chichester 12 June 1982,
Lambeth, South London

Grave Earnley Churchyard, Bracklesham Bay St Mary's Churchyard, West Chillington Fairfield Road Cemetery, Bosham Chichester Crematorium

Location
of VC Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot Royal Tank Regiment Museum Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks DSO MC & Bar CB DSO Later 3rd Baron Gifford MC & Bar

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TABLE-5 : WEST SUSSEX

Name Norman Douglas,
HOLBROOK Richard Harte,
KEATINGE Roderick Alastair Brook,
LEAROYD Patrick Anthony,
PORTEOUS

Rank Commander Lieutenant-General Wing Commander Colonel

Force Royal Navy * Bombay Artillery, Indian Army 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Royal Regiment of Artillery

VC won Dardanelles, Turkey,
13 December 1914 Indian Mutiny,
17 March 1858 North of Munster, Germany,
12 August 1940 Dieppe, France,
19 Aaugust 1942

London Gaz 22 December 1914 25 February 1862 20 August 1940 2 October 1942

Born Southsea, Hampshire,
9 July 1888 Dublin,
17 June 1825 Folkestone, Kent,
5 February 1913 Abbotabad, NW Frontier, India,
1 January 1918

Died 3 July 1976,
Stedham Mill 24 May 1904,
Horsham 24 January 1996,
Rustington 10 October 2000,
Funtington

Grave St James Old Churchyard, Stedham Hills Street Cemetery, Horsham Worthing Crematorium St Mary's Churchyard, Funtington

Location
of VC Holbrook Shire Council, NSW, Australia Not publicly held Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks * HM Submarine B.11
Germanton, NSW, Australia, renamed Holbrook in 1915 CB None None

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TABLE-6 : WEST SUSSEX

Name Christopher Charles,
TEESDALE George,
WALLER Geoffrey Harold,
WOOLLEY

Rank Major General Colour-Sergeant Captain

Force Royal Regiment of Artillery 1st Bn 60th Rifles
(later The King's Royal Rifle Corps) 9th (County of London) Bn
The London Regiment

VC won Crimea,
29 September 1855 Indian Mutiny,
14 September 1857 * Belgium,
20-21 April 1915

London Gaz 25 September 1857 20 January 1860 22 May 1915

Born Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa,
1 June 1833 West Horsley, Surrey,
June 1827 Bethnal Green, E London,
14 May 1892

Died 1 November 1893,
South Berstead 10 January 1877,
Cuckfield 10 December 1968,
West Chiltington

Grave St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Berstead Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hurstpierpoint
(Grave not marked) St Mary's Churchyard, West Chiltington

Location
of VC Not publicly held Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Not publicly held

Remarks KCMG, CB * Elected by the regiment OBE, MC

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