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The 37 Names on the War Memorial

There are 37 names on the South Benfleet War Memorial. Until recently there was nothing known about some of the names. However we now know something about all of them.
Did you Know:

There were Army, navy, flyers and merchant marine people listed on it.
Not everybody on the memorial lived in Benfleet or even visited it. There were people from Canada, Australia and India. (7, 12, 29)
Two were the sons of vicars. (15, 37)
Two sets of brothers died. (3 & 33, 19 & 28)
Two of them died of pneumonia. (17, 35)
Four ships were sunk. (2, 9, 33, 34)
A plane was shot down by the Red Baron. (15)
The median age of their deaths was 24 years (half less than and half more than).
There were:

2 deaths in 1914.
6 deaths in 1915.
7 deaths in 1916.
12 deaths in 1917.
10 deaths in 1918.

  • ( 1) Sapper Stanley Ellison.  No. 22421

    ( 1) Sapper Stanley Ellison. No. 22421

    Benfleet's First WW1 Casualty.
  • ( 2) Stanley Moor Chiles

    ( 2) Stanley Moor Chiles

    Died on the Aboukir
  • ( 2a) Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen.  1882-1915.

    ( 2a) Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen. 1882-1915.

    H.M.S. Aboukir. H.M.S. Hogue. H.M.S. Cressy.
  • ( 3) Reginald Weller

    ( 3) Reginald Weller

    Killed in Trenches at Kemmel Chateau
  • ( 4) John Jennings

    ( 4) John Jennings

    Dies at Ypres
  • ( 5) George William Ross

    ( 5) George William Ross

    Killed at Gallipoli
  • ( 6) Rifleman Frank Smith

    ( 6) Rifleman Frank Smith

    First Use of Flamethrowers in Battle
  • ( 7) Private Harold Browne

    ( 7) Private Harold Browne

    Canadian Troops in France
  • ( 8) Trooper Stanley Smith Pilbrow

    ( 8) Trooper Stanley Smith Pilbrow

    Boer War Veteran
  • ( 9) James Anthony Gullett. Signal Boy.  Killed in Action.

    ( 9) James Anthony Gullett. Signal Boy. Killed in Action.

    H.M.S. Black Prince.
  • (10) Private Harry Henry Christie

    (10) Private Harry Henry Christie

    Died of Wounds - Ypres Salient
  • (11) Private William Martin

    (11) Private William Martin

    Died on the Somme
  • (12) Signaller William Charles Gladwin

    (12) Signaller William Charles Gladwin

    The Australian Contingent
  • (13) Able Seaman Stanley Gordon King

    (13) Able Seaman Stanley Gordon King

    Died aged 17 at the Battle of Ancre
  • (14) Private Charles Albert Pearce

    (14) Private Charles Albert Pearce

    LaClytte and Ridge Wood
  • (15) Sub-Lieutenant R. C. Whiteside is Missing.

    (15) Sub-Lieutenant R. C. Whiteside is Missing.

    Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen. The Red Baron.
  • (16) Ernest Albert Jennings

    (16) Ernest Albert Jennings

    Appealed against Conscription
  • (17) Alfred Owen Miles

    (17) Alfred Owen Miles

    Died of Pneumonia
  • (18) John Leslie Patrick Gifford

    (18) John Leslie Patrick Gifford

    Died from wounds received at Beaumont-Hamel
  • (19) Albert George Farr

    (19) Albert George Farr

    Died in the Arras Sector
  • (20) Albert William Peters

    (20) Albert William Peters

    Died of wounds on the Western Front
  • (21) Henry Gordon Kelsey

    (21) Henry Gordon Kelsey

    Died as a POW
  • (22) Ralf Hubert Robinson

    (22) Ralf Hubert Robinson

    Awarded a Military Medal
  • (23) Douglas Barker Wilkin

    (23) Douglas Barker Wilkin

    Steadfast Duty
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