HIGH HALDEN - Kent Fallen

HOOKER G
Private G/21441 George HOOKER. 6 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 30 th
November 1917. Born Charing, Kent. Resided Pope House Farm, High Halden, Ashford, Kent.
Enlisted Canterbury. George has no known grave. His name appears on the Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval, France. Panel reference 3.
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –
Pope House Farm, High Halden
Private G/21441 George HOOKER. 6 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
George was killed in the Battle of Cambrai of 1917.
On the 30 th November 1917 a great German counter attack was launched. The 1 st battalion was
in reserve. It is recorded that 6 men were wounded or killed on this day. The next day the
battalion went into action all day in a line around Gonnelieu and La Vacquerie. George was one
of the 6 men who were killed or wounded on the first day of the German counter attack. The
Battle of Cambrai was a major sub-battle of the Battle of Arras of 1917.
LEDGER E.J
Sapper 112311 Ebenezer John LEDGER. 32 nd Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers (RE).
Died Sunday 10 th February 1918 aged 22 years. Resided High Halden. Son of James Pearson
Ledger of “Sunnyside”, High Halden, Kent. Buried locally in the St Michael’s (Jireh) Baptist
Chapel Yard, Tenterden, Kent. Grave reference – North West of Chapel.
Ebenezer was obviously a non-conformist and was buried accordingly in the Baptist Chapel in
nearby St Michael’s.
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –
Strawlands Cottage, High Halden
Driver 4517 Alfred LEDGER. Royal Field Artillery.
Oak Grove, High Halden
Private 38244 John LEDGER. 10 th Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
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