Goldhanger residents who
served in the armed forces
during World War Two
from the Essex Newsman of 26th February
1946...
those that have been identified to date are
listed below in alphabetic order
some
of these men moved to the village after the war and are marked *
Bill |
Appleton |
Army |
served
with the Essex Regiment & 14th Army in Burma, Maldon Rd. |
Ernest |
Appleton |
Army |
John, Pioneer Corps |
Harry |
Appleton |
Navy |
on Arctic convoys, Maldon Rd. |
Balter |
Army |
L/Cpl, Tunis |
|
Arthur |
Berry |
RAF |
Rector in 1938, became an RAF Chaplain |
Jack |
Blighton |
Navy |
|
Edward |
Bowring |
Army |
at Dunkirk |
Bob |
Brazier |
Army |
in the “Desert
Rats” in North Africa |
Dick |
Brazier |
Army |
|
Jack |
Brazier |
|
|
Walter |
Brewer |
Army |
Quarter Master Sergeant, Blind Lane |
Charles |
Briggs |
Army |
Head
St * |
Keith |
Bunting |
|
Highams Farm |
Pat |
Bunting |
|
Highams Farm |
Paul |
Crawley |
Army |
Officer in the Parachute
Regiment * |
Challis |
Army |
BAOR Germany |
|
Percy |
Chapman |
Army |
Guards Regiment |
Ted |
Edward |
||
Everitt |
Army |
gunner |
|
David |
Frost |
RAF |
DSO, Mosquito pilot, Swedish Cottages, Maldon Rd |
Charles |
Fuller |
Army |
Maldon Rd |
Len |
Golding |
|
|
Stan |
Harkness |
Army |
Served in India |
Army |
killed in Italy, married to Joan Campe nee Sweetland of
Falcons Hall |
||
John |
Hayne |
Army |
Major, Follyfaunts |
Charles |
Hockley |
Army |
served in
North Africa, badly burned |
Army |
Commando, later married Winsome Page
of The Old Rectory * |
||
Bill |
Ingle |
RAF |
RAF pilot, later lived in Head
St. * |
“Boots” |
Johnson |
RAF |
|
Sydney |
Johnson |
Navy |
|
Charles |
Jordan |
Army |
Royal Berks Regt, with 14th Army in
Burma |
Joe |
Kempen |
Army |
during the advance on Germany |
RNVR |
MC, Killed at
Sumatra, Corner Cottage,
Goldhanger/T-Major |
||
Jimmy |
Lane |
|
Family
owned the The Cricketers Inn |
Percy |
Lamb |
|
|
Thomas |
Lodge |
Army |
Church St. |
John |
McMullen |
Army |
Lt-Col. Royal
Engineers, France, Egypt, Germany, Follyfaunts |
John |
Moulton |
|
|
Ben |
Neville |
RAF |
Mill
House, Fish St |
Ted |
Neville |
RAF |
Mill
House, Fish St |
Robert |
Norton |
Navy |
Served on
Russian Arctic convoys, lived on the Maldon Rd |
Roy |
Philips |
Army |
Maldon
Road. |
Joe |
Pledger |
Navy |
Cobbs farm |
Barry |
Rose |
RNAS |
later
farmer at Hall Farm * |
Chris |
Ruffle |
RAF |
Served in
Africa, Bounds Gatehouse |
Alfred |
Scobell |
Navy |
at D-Day
landings, Fish St. |
Frank |
Smith |
Army |
stationed
at Goldhanger search light camp * |
Eric |
Southgate |
Army |
gunner |
Fred |
Southgate |
Navy |
and the
London Fire Brigade |
Ivan |
Southgate |
Army |
|
Herbert |
Stokes |
RAF |
in Italy |
John |
Wakeling |
Fleet Air
Arm Head St |
|
Ron |
Weaver |
|
|
Westwood |
Army |
Royal Artillery |
|
Alan |
White |
RAF |
Served in Austria, Maldon Rd |
Peter |
White |
Fleet Air Arm Japan 1945, Maldon Rd |
|
John |
Wilkin |
RAF |
Bounds Farm, served 1942-46, was at
Belson prison at end of the war |
Jack |
Willis |
Army |
5th
Essex Regt, PoW in Italy for four
years |
C |
Wright |
Army |
Gunner |
Total identified to date: 59 ( 6 of these came to the village after the war )
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A summary of
conscription regulations and the effects on the village is at... Memories of World War
Two - Conscription
Local Casualties
In contrast to Goldhanger’s involvement the Great War,
and to Maldon district’s involvement in WW-2, there are no recorded losses of
either service personnel or civilians from the village between 1939 and 1945.
Here is a summary of those who lost their lives nearby in the district during
WW-2... ( courtesy
of... www.roll-of-honour.com/Essex )
Althorne |
1
serving |
Maldon |
37 serving & 10 civilians |
Bradwell On Sea |
2
serving |
Southmister |
2
serving & 3 civilians |
Great Totham |
1 serving |
Tillingham |
4
serving |
Heybridge |
4 serving |
Tiptree |
27 serving
|
Heybridge Basin |
1 serving
& 6 civilians |
Tolleshunt Knights |
5
serving |
This same
website does not identify any casualties from Goldhanger, nor Lt. Totham or
Tolleshunt Major,
however, Eric Kempson and Henry
Hawkins who had strong local connections lost their lives.
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