3 August 2015

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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):

Frederick MARDEN

Private TF/ 1505 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.

Killed in action at Suvla Bay 29. 8.15.

Born in Lingfield, Surrey and enlisted in East Grinstead.

Included on Lingfield War Memorial Buried Green Hill Cemetery, Suvla.

Patrick Joseph O’DONNELL

Private TF/ 2111 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.

Killed in action at Suvla Bay , Gallipoli 17th August 1915. Age 24.

Son of John and Mary O’Donnell of 53, York Road, Aldershot. Born in Dublin and enlisted in East Grinstead.

Commemorated on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. MR.4.

Frederick PAVETT

Private TF/ 1523 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.

Killed in action at Suvla Bay 10. 8.15. age 32. Son of Henry and Mary Pavitt of 9, Nesbitt Road, Brighton.

Husband of Mrs. Daisy Pavett of East Grinstead. Born in Brighton and enlisted in East Grinstead.

Commemorated on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli MR. 4.

Leslie Douglas Harold RAVEN

Private TF/2112 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division.

Killed in action at Suvla Bay 10. 8.15.

Born in Brighton and enlisted in East Grinstead.

Commemorated on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli MR.4.