Doddington & Newnham War Memorial
1914-1918
The Memorial Was build between the two Villages, with the name of each man facing the village he was from.
Newnham
Leslie Jack Field | 8th Royal Berks Regt | Died 04/11/18 Age 23 | Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery |
Ernest Bolton Atkins | Royal Navy | Died 09/07/17 Age 21 | Ivy Cottage Newnham Chatham Naval Memorial |
Walter George Smith | 1st The Buffs | Died 25/12/14 | |
H Filmer | 1st The Buffs | Died 03/05/17 Age 30 | Philosphe British Cemetery, France |
Hubert Harold Hayesmore | 7th The Buffs | Died 01/07/16 Age 22 | Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Somme France |
Frank Knight | 7th The Buffs | Died 09/12/16 Age 20 | Stuppington Cotts, Buried Etaples Military Cemetery |
G Raines | 2nd The Buffs | Died 24/10/18 | Parents Lived Ontario Canada Niederzwehren Cemetery Germany |
W W R Sears | 1st The Buffs | Died 20/12/15 Age 28 | Duhallow ADS Cemetery Ypres |
W T Mann | 7th RWKR | Died 23/01/17 Age 18 | Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extn |
A E Piles | 1st/7th Middx regt | Died 28/03/18 | Maroeuil British Cemetery |
Henry Mercer Chapman | 2nd Royal Munster | Died 07/03/17 Age 25 | Fouquescourt British Cemetery |
F Butler | MGC (INF) | Died 05/05/18 Age 34 | Niederzwehren Cemetery Germany |
A E Slingsby | 1st/19th London Regt | Died 21/08/17 | Remembered Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium |
George Tappenden Hills | 29th Canadian Infantry | Died 06/11/17 Age 26 | Passchendaele New British Cemetery Belgium |
Doddington
Guy Christopher Ottley Oldfield | Royal West Surrey's | Died 05/09/14 | Doddington Place. Remembered Nirobi British & Indian Memorial Kenya |
Sidney Frances Kite | Royal West Surrey's | Died 07/01/15 | |
Wilfred Henry Caryer | 6th The Buffs | Died 06/03/16 Age 19 | Yew Tree Cottage. Remembered Loos Memorial |
J Davis | The Buffs | Died 12/08/18 | |
Percy Forster | 6th The Buffs | Died 13/10/15 Age 29 | Chequers Hill. Remembered Loos Memorial |
Harry Victor Higgins | 6th The Buffs | Died 13/10/15 Age 18 | Chequers Hill. Remembered Loos Memorial |
William Thomas Butcher | 1st Border Regt | Died 01/07/16 | Chequers Hill. Remembered Thiepval Memorial |
Frank Mills | 1st RWKR | Died 10/04/17 Age 33 | Rosemount Wychling Buried Bois-Carre Cemetery France |
Harry Philpott | 11th RWKR | Died 07/06/17 Age 19 | Remembered Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Belgium |
Sidney James Pullen | 11th KRRC | Died 04/04/17 | Remembered Thiepval Memorial |
Leonard Charles Jarvis | 17th Royal Dublin Fus | Died 18/08/17 Age 19 | Post Office Doddington Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery Belgium |
One name not on the above Memorial, for whatever reason, is that of Walter Gambell.
Walter died in 1920 after years of bravely fighting the affects of gas. He is buried in Doddington Churchyard. His
Gravestone reads :
In Memory of
Walter
4th Son of James & Eliza Gambell
Who Died Aug 25th 1920
Aged 28
Late The East
Kent Regt
His long suffering was borne with cheerfulness to the end.