3 March 2015

Please note: this news article is in our archive. Articles were correct at time of publication, but should not be relied on for accuracy after the passage of time.

IN a regular feature on the Town Council website, we will be remembering, on the anniversary of their deaths, the East Grinstead soldiers who died during WWI,  and who are named on the High Street War Memorial.

This month we recall (as recorded on The Roll of Honour website):

John Bonny

Sapper. 9261 56th Field Company The Royal Engineers.

Killed in action 12. 3.15. Aged 34.

Son of George and Esther Bonney of 21, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead. Husband of Grace Bonney (remarried) of 39, Copyhold Road, East Grinstead.

Born and enlisted in East Grinstead.

Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. MR. 29

Morden Edward Laws

Rifleman 9775 4th Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 27th Division.

Died of wounds 18. 3.15. Aged 23.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E.Laws of 28, Chequers Road, East Grinstead. Born in Croydon and enlisted in Gosport, Hants.

Buried Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium

Photo credit B. Hamill