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MARCHANT P Private G/18129 Phillip Henry MARCHANT. 7 th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (RSR). Died Tuesday 9 th April 1918. Born Woodchurch. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Pluckley. Buried in the Senlis Communal Cemetery, Senlis-Le-Sec, France. Grave reference I.B.3. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Pinnock, Pluckley Sapper 269774 Ernest Edward MARCHANT. Royal Engineers. MILES S Private L/10020 Sidney C MILES. 2 nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died as a POW Thursday 24 th October 1918. Born Pluckley. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Pluckley. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Miles of 9 Dering Terrace, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent. Buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Grave reference X.B.3. It looks like Sidney died whilst a Prisoner of War in German custody. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Dering Terrace, Pluckley Private 13956 Frank MILES. 2 nd Grenadier Guards. Sergeant 47417 Ernest William MILES. 4 th Machine Gun Corps. Rifleman A/205365 George Robert MILES. 8 th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Private 10020 Sidney MILES. 2 nd Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Brickworks, Pluckley Pioneer WR/21161 William Daniel MILES. Royal Engineers. The 1901 census gives – 9, Dering Terrace, Pluckley Alfred MILES 46 Brickworks Labourer Ashford Elizabeth 44 Alfred 20 Brickworks Labourer Pluckley Percy C.H 17 Pluckley Edward W 14 Pluckley Charles 12 Pluckley Frank 10 Pluckley Herbert 8 Pluckley Sydney C 3 Pluckley George R 2 Pluckley 10
PILE E (brother) Private T/1060 Edwin Thomas PILE. 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Friday 7 th January 1916 age 23 years. Resided East View, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent. Son of Jesse and Frances Pile of 1, Thorn Cottage, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent. Later of 8 Churchyard, Ashford, Kent. Buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Amara, Iraq. Grave reference XXXI.D.5. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Thorne Cottage, Pluckley Private 203593 Harry PILE. 4 th Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Corporal 8497 Stephen Charles PILE. 3 rd Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Private 39648 William John PILE. 1 st S.N Hussars. The 1901 census gives – 1, Thorne Cottage, Pluckley Edwin PILE 55 Farm Labourer Lenham Jesse 48 Pluckley Frances 46 Wife Pluckley Jesse 20 Gardener Pluckley Frances 16 Pluckley George 14 General Labourer Pluckley Annie 11 Pluckley Edwin 9 Pluckley Walter 7 Pluckley Stephen 4 Pluckley Harry 2 Pluckley He was one of a band of local men who, at the suggestion of Doctor Waite and the Rector, joined the Territorial Force in the neighborhood. After joining Edwin went to Kamptee in India with the 5 th Buffs. He regularly wrote to the Rector of Pluckley about his war experiences. His last letter read - “The men are very determined to give a good show to Johnny Turk. We feel no fear and we are going onwards with a brave heart leaving the issue to God”. On the 6 th January 1916 a signal came from Kut saying that large numbers of Turkish troops were moving downstream of the River Tigris towards Sheikh Saad. An aircraft spotted the troops entrenching both sides of the river. The Tigris Corps of which the Buffs was part of moved to meet the enemy. The 5 th battalion attacked the Turk positions head on and by nightfall it became obvious the attack could not succeed. The next day 7 th January the Buffs alongside The Black Watch and The Seaforth Highlanders were again ordered to attack in strength. As the British moved forward under heavy fire the Turks attempted to encircle the Tigris Corps. By nightfall the position remained stalemate. It was later discovered that the Turks had withdrawn upstream. British Army casualties at Sheikh Saad were over 4,000 men. 11
Page 1 and 2: PLUCKLEY The Great War 1914 - 1919
Page 3 and 4: The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters Li
Page 5 and 6: CHECKSFIELD F Sergeant T/240552 Fre
Page 7 and 8: GOODWIN E Private G/9372 Ernest Eli
Page 9: KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN M.A Lieutenant
Page 13 and 14: SKINNER W Dover Marine Gunner 17832
Page 15: UNDERDOWN H Private G/10475 Harry H
Page 18 and 19: WOOD E.C Lance Corporal G/20566 Ern
Page 20 and 21: LOST MEN BAKER A.J Pluckley Remount
Page 22 and 23: UK REMOUNT DEPOT’s Dublin Woolwic
Page 24 and 25: DUNSTER W Private 27066 William DUN
Page 26 and 27: HILLS G.E Private G/43717 George Er
Page 28 and 29: HOLDSTOCK E Pluckley Remount Depot
Page 30 and 31: The 1901 census gives - Tolney, Bet
Page 32 and 33: PILE E.L Private 32210 Edward Lewis
Page 34 and 35: SKEER G.W Stoker 2 nd Class K/45813
Page 36 and 37: SKINNER F Private G/10243 Frederick
Page 38 and 39: WHYBOURN J Lance Corporal G/8841 Jo
Page 40 and 41: WOOLLEY R Private 12428 Robert WOOL
Page 42 and 43: The undermentioned parish men serve
Page 44: WILLCOCK T Private T WILLCOCK. Mach

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