PLUCKLEY - Kent Fallen

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BRYANT C Private 327937 Charles Ernest BRYANT. 1 st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Formerly (31357) Suffolk Regiment. Died Sunday 8 th July 1917 aged 23 years. Born Pluckley. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of George and Charlotte Bryant of Providence Place, Goudhurst, Kent. Formerly Victoria Cottages, Lambden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent. Buried in the Mendighem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. Grave reference I.F.16. Charles name also appears on the Sutton Valence civic war memorial near Maidstone. The 1901 census gives – Victoria Cottages, Lambden Road, Pluckley George BRYANT 36 Wagoner on Farm Rolvenden Charlotte 36 Rolvenden Edith 14 Great Chart George 10 Pluckley Charles 8 Pluckley Ethel 4 Pluckley Bertha 2 Pluckley 4
CHECKSFIELD F Sergeant T/240552 Frederick Horace CHECKSFIELD. 1 st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Wednesday 8 th May 1918 aged 21 years. Born Throwley. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Pluckley. Son of Alfred and Susan Checksfield of Pluckley, Ashford, Kent. Born Throwley Kent. Buried in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. Grave reference XIV.E.13. Frederick was a professional soldier and was serving in the Buffs before the outbreak of war. On 23 April 1918 the 1 st Buffs moved into Ramparts at Ypres. The Germans responded by firing masses of gas shells at the ramparts. 22 men were caught in the open and received terrible internal wounds from gassing. On 26 April 1918 the 1 st Buffs withdrew from the frontline leaving the Yorks & Lancs Regiment on outpost duty. After the withdrawal the enemy advanced very quickly but were stopped at the ramparts by the Yorks & Lancs men. The month of May 1918 was a terrible one for the 1 st Buffs with many men dying from gas poisoning. 119 casualties were gassed in the area of Ypres and many died of their injuries in the most appalling way. Men literally drowned in their own body fluids! It seems very likely that poor Frederick was one of these casualties. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Monday Bois, Little Chart Sergeant T/240552 Frederick Horace CHECKSFIELD. 1 st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 5
Page 1 and 2: PLUCKLEY The Great War 1914 - 1919
Page 3: The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters Li
Page 7 and 8: GOODWIN E Private G/9372 Ernest Eli
Page 9 and 10: KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN M.A Lieutenant
Page 11 and 12: PILE E (brother) Private T/1060 Edw
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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