Image Surname Forename 1 Forename 2 Forename 3 D.O.B. Occupation Address Award Rank Unit Service No. Parish Mag. In Service POW Casualty Information
  Aggis W R       Lyndon Hall, Lyminge     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Allison Robert                   Feb-42      
  Allnut F         Palmsted Hill, Canterbury     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Ames Archie       Bricklayer 2, Lime Villas, Elham     Special Constable          
  Ames Harold       Rate & Tax Collector Retired Avalon, Elham     Billeting Office, District Council          
  Ames Douglas       Master Carpenter & Wheelwright Mar-Lu, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 96438        
  Ames Reginald R     Bricklayer The Butts, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 9?        
  Ames Jack       Builder (Master) Vale View, Elham     Special Constable          
  Andrews Edward                   Jul-41      
  Andrews Aliwal                   Jul-41      
  Andrews Ethel B     Unpaid Domestic Duties North Elham     Nurse British Red Cross          
  Andrews Peggy       Governess, Private North Elham     Nurse British Red Cross   Feb-42      
  Arnold Arthur F     Part time Postman & Jobbing Gardener 1, New Road, Elham     Special Constable          
  Austin Charles William             Anti-Aircraft   Nov-39      
  Austin George         North Elham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit         Gave Auxilliary Unit Diaries to Dave Johnson, now in the EHS Digital Archive
  Backhouse Douglas F     Poultry Farmer Wayfaring, Elham     ARP Warden, Elham RDC          
  Bailey P             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Baker Alfred John             R.A.F.   Dec-39      
  Baker F S       Denmark House, Elham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
 
Baldock Harry Tyre (Jim)           R.A.F. 636881 Nov-39     Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Baldock, of Elham; husband of Eileen Baldock, of Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
  Barber John H     Postman Ivy House, Wingmore     ARP Warden, Elham RDC          
  Barnes Leonard                   Nov-39      
  Barraclough Clifford                   Jul-41      
  Barraclough Oswald       Grocers Assistant Little Friend, Elham     ARP Ambulance Man, Full Time. Member of St.John's Ambulance Brigade 9416 Jul-41      
  Barraclough Bernard L     Electrical Fitter - Enrolled RAF Little Friend, Elham     Borough of Folkestone ARP?          
  Bax William G     Farm Labourer, General Acrise Court Cottages     Special Constable          
  Bax John T     Agricultural Traction Engine Driver Acrise Court Cottages     Special Constable          
 
Benefield William       Agricultural Worker. Feeder of Thrashing Machines 2, Villa Nova Cottages, Elham   Pte Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Bennett Ernest Stanley                        
  Bicker Alfred                   Sep-40      
  Bicker John                   Sep-40      
  Bicker Charles                   Sep-40      
  Bicker Victor                   Sep-40      
  Bicker Albert                   Sep-40      
  Bicker Queenie                   Feb-42      
  Bingham Edwin                   Sep-40      
  Blundell Leonard                   Sep-40      
  Boughton Frederick George   19-Feb-09 Foreman Builder Oak Cottage, Elham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Boughton George       Undertaker & Master Builder  Chichester House, Elham     ARP Warden, Elham RDC          
  Bryan J             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Butcher Edward       Motor Haulage Contractor & Coal Merchant Orchard Villa, Duck St. Elham     Special Constable          
  Butcher George       Painter & Decorator. WD Civilian Staff Orchard Villa, Duck St. Elham     ARP, Dispatch Rider          
  Butcher Ethel       Unpaid Domestic Duties The Triangle, Elham     First Aid ARP, Elham RDC          
  Caister R P       Derringstone Poultry Farm, Barham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Carr Robert R             R.A.F.   Dec-39      
  Carr Sonia                   Sep-40      
  Carr Nancy C B   Unpaid Domestic Duties Jacques Court, Elham     ARP          
  Carr Sonia A S   Unpaid Domestic Duties Jacques Court, Elham     ARP          
  Castle Raymond D           AB HMS Exeter PJX236193   Yes. Mar 1942   Parish Mag. Nov 1945: It is with great regret, however, that we have to report that Mr and Mrs Douglas Castle have received official intimation through the Admiralty  of the death of their elder son, Raymond D. Castle, in March last (22nd March1945) , while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.  He was an A.B. Seaman in H.M.S. Exeter when she was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean in March 1942.   It is particularly sad therefore that he did not survive another six months to be restored to his family. Further Info: HMS Exeter was engagement in the Battle of the Java Sea later in the month as the Allies attempted to intercept several Imperial Japanese Navy invasion convoys. Exeter was crippled early in the battle, and she did not play much of a role as she withdrew. Two days later, she attempted to escape approaching Japanese forces, but she was intercepted and sunk by Japanese ships at the beginning of March in the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
Most of her crewmen survived the sinking and were rescued by the Japanese. 152 of them died during Japanese captivity. Her wreck was discovered in early 2007, and it was declared a war grave, but by 2016 her remains had been destroyed by illegal salvagers. AMBON WAR CEMETERY - Most of the 800 British casualties belonged to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; nearly all the naval dead were originally buried at Makassar. The cemetery is laid out in a series of terraces approached by short flights of steps on the central axis. The Ambon Memorial, which is in the form of a shelter, stands on the first terrace. 
  Champion Cyril                   Sep-40      
  Champion J             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Cinca? A         Yew Tree Farm, Stelling Minnis     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Clayson Eric               R.A.F.   Nov-39      
  Clayson W             L/Cpl Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Clout Victor                   Nov-39      
  Codrey G H                 Sep-40      
  Constant Mark E             R.E.   Nov-39 Yes   June 1945 - We are delighted to welcome back again to the Parish Mark Constant, who says that he was fairly well treated
  Constant Derrick               Derbyshire Yeomanry?/RAF Pilot? 45063 Nov-39   Y [Listed as Derrick on CWGC] Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 45063 Derrick CONSTAN. 615 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). Died 30th March 1944. Son of Martin and Violet de Vagnes Constant of Elham, Kent. Buried Gauhati War Cemetery. India. Grave reference 4.D.11.
  Constant Creina Jemima             A.T.S.   Dec-39      
  Constant Martin         Lower Court, Ottinge     Home Guard          
  Cook Olive R     Unpaid Domestic Duties The Bakery, The Square, Elham     ARP, First Aid          
 
Cork Frederick Leonard             H.M. Drifter Receptive LT/KX 109889     Y Aug 1941 - The whole parish mourns the loss of Frederick Cork, who is the first Elham man to be killed in the war.   He served in the Royal Navy in the last war, and though he afterwards left the Service and took to farm work, he soon found the call of the Navy too strong when the country needed his services again; for the call of the sea was in his blood and many members of his family were sailors. Stoker LT/KX 109889, H.M. (Drifter) Receptive. Died 3rd July 1941. Commemorated on the Lowestoft Memorial, Suffolk. Panel reference 7. Column 1. Like a good sailor, he was always cheery, and as he was engaged in Home waters he frequently had short leave, when we used t see him in his navy blue and always exchanged a friendly greeting.   A good husband and excellent father, he will be greatly missed in his home circle, to whom we express our respectful sympathy, and especially to Mrs Cork, who for the secnfd time is left a widow, having lost her first husband – who was a soldier – in the last war. A Memorial Service was held for Frederick Cork on Sunday, July 13th at the Church, when the British Legion were present on parade  and flowers were placed in silence on the Village War Memorial.   May he rest in peace.
  Cork Elsie                   Jul-41      
  Cork Beatrice                   Feb-42      
  Cork Vera                   Feb-42      
  Cornes Leonard A     Agricultural Food Stuff Salesman Wingmore Court     Special Constable          
  Crouch Sydney                       Y Driver T/14696052, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). Attached Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Died 13th October 1945. Son of Frederick and Emma Crouch of Elham, Canterbury, Kent. Buried Brussels Town Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference X.28.30.
  Denman A L                 Sep-40      
  Dingle Leslie                   Jul-41      
  Dixon Gordon                   Sep-40 Yes   May 1945 - Gordon Dixon is in Japanese hands.
  Downing Robert               Buffs   Nov-39      
  Dykes David                    Sep-40      
  Dykes Kingsley         Ottinge Court Farm Elham     Home Guard          
  Eade Fred                   Jul-41      
  Eade Eric                   Jul-41      
  Ellen Eric Hedley             XI Hussars   Dec-39     Mr and Mrs Ellen, of High Street, had a most pleasant and thrilling surprise at Christmas, when their son Eric of the Hussars presented himself at home unheralded after eight years foreign military service.   He has served in the Middle East since the outbreak of war.
  Elliot Henry William             Buffs   Nov-39 Yes   ?? We are glad to report that the son of Mr and Mrs Elliott of Bladbean who has been reported “missing” for a year, is now known to be a prisoner of war in Italy
  Elliott Stanley E     Service Manager, Motor Engineer Hillcroft, Collards Lane, Elham     ARP, Canterbury Corporation          
  Fagg George                    Sep-40      
  Fagg Charles                   Jul-41      
  Ferrell A             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy         http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Elham.html
  File Donald Raymond                 Sep-40   Y Private 5625486, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 8th May 1944 aged 28 years. Son of Mr and Mrs L.J. File, of Elham, Canterbury, Kent. Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (formerly Burma) Face 6.
  File Guy                   Jul-41      
  Flack Bill                          
  Fletcher Maurice                   Dec-40      
  Fletcher Alan                   Jul-41      
  Fletcher Cynthia                   Jul-41      
 
Fletcher Albert       Chaufer to Mr Constant Lower Court     Home Guard          
  Ford Thomas                   Jul-41      
  Fox Joseph                   Sep-40      
  Fox L?                          
  French F J       Heartsdelight Farm, Kingston     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Gammidge Henry               Merchant Service   Nov-39      
  Gammidge Ian               Buffs   Nov-39      
                               
  Gammon John B     Farmer Assisting Father Bridge House     Civil Air Guard, Canterbury          
  Golder Frederick       Receiving (?) Officer Public (?) Assisatnce Dept. KCC The Limes, Elham     ARP Warden, Elham RDC          
  Goldup Dora                   Sep-40      
  Goldup Mervyn G     Wood Machinest Woodside, Exted     Air Raid Warden Elham RDC          
  Goldup George E     Gardener The Gleanings, Elham     ARP Service, Elham RDC          
  Goldup Herbert       Carpenter, Joiner & Undertaker Concha?, Mill Hill, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 96427        
  Goodearl H             Sgt Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Guy Terry                          
  Harling Gerald               H.M.S. Malaya   Nov-39      
  Harris Percy               Buffs   Nov-39      
  Harris P             L/Cpl            
  Harrowing Wilkinson Wilberforce       Boyke Manor   Col.           1898-1967 IWM - Have personal papers written by him covering his initial experiences of the trenches at Passchendaele as a young officer (September 1917); together with memos (2pp) on the issue of ATS woollen underwear issued by 160th Infantry Brigade, Crickhowell (January 1942), and a detailed account (6pp, author unidentified) of marching with a gun column in India (probably during the First World War). London Gazz 20th Aug. 1940: Distinguished Service Order - Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Wilkinson Wilberforce Harrowing, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 
  Harrowing Ruth Elspeth       Boyke Manor     Ambulance Driver         1904-2002 Nee' Moubray
 
Hawkes William E       The Cottage, Selsted     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Hawkins Walter L     Retired Baker, Now Poultry Farmer Sunny Lodge, Elham     First Aid & Head Warden ARP, Elham District Council          
  Hedley Phillip       Barman & General Farm Work Palmtree Inn, Wingmore     Special Constable, Police Reserve SA 283          
  Helbling F J       Oakleigh, Bekesbourne     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Henley Robert                   Jul-41      
  Higgs H G       South Barham Farm     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Hills Christopher                   Sep-40      
  Hobbs E W       Shelvin Lane, Wotton     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Hobbs K A       Woodland Cottage, Selsted     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Hobbs R W       Stone Cottage, Swingfield     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Hogben G                          
  Holden Leslie George             R.A.S.C.   Nov-39      
  Holmans Sydney       Head Working Gardener. Heavy Worker Paddock Cottage, Lower Court, Ottinge     Observer Corps.         Worked at Lower Court. Daughter Audrey was a friend of Audrey Ruston Hepburn
  Horne Frederick                   Jul-41      
  Horne Frederick J G   Builders Labourer Chichester House, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 9642?        
  Hoskins Peter                   Sep-40      
  Hoskins Jack Hubert         DFC       Sep-40     We congratulate them, however, upon their other son, Squadron Leader Jack Hubert Hoskins , being awarded the D.F.C.   The Citation states “This Officer has shown the very highest degree of devotion to duty, skill and determination”.
 
Hoskins Eric           DSM   HMS C/SSX 15125 Sep-40 Yes   We offer our sympathy to Mr and Mrs Hoskins of Standard Hill on the loss of their son Temp. Leading Seaman Eric Leonard Hoskins, H.M.S. Martin, who was drowned on 10th November 1942 in the Western Mediterranean.  He was awarded the D.S.M. after the Battle of Matapan in January 1942 for “Bravery and enterprise”. Leading Seaman C/SSX 15125, “H.M.S. Martin,” Royal Navy. Died 10th November 1942. Son of Percy and Margaret Hoskins, of Elham, Kent. Commemorated on the Chatham Memorial. Panel 52,2. Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M) for bravery. 
  Hubble Kenneth L     Proprietor of Grocery & General Store High Street, Elham     Lieutenant Commanding Elham Valley Sea Cadets          
  Hutchence John Stephen                 Dec-40      
  Hutchence Dorothy K     Housekeeping Elham's End     St.John's Ambulance 11221        
  Jessup David                    Sep-40      
  Johnson Jack Bernard             Buffs   Nov-39 Yes   May 1945 - Jack Johnson is being nursed up in Hospital in England. June 1945 - Jack Johnson  went through a great ordeal but who is now making a good recovery.
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Johnson Albert             L/Cpl Buffs and Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy   Nov-39      
  Johnson P             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Johnson Dennis       Bricklayer, Heavy Worker 7, Cherry Gardens, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 9643        
  Judges P W       Yew Tree Farm, Stelling Minnis     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Kennelly Robert       Independent Means Yew Tree House, Vicarage Lane, Elham     ARP Warden, Elham RDC         British Union of Fascists - Organised a meeting in Elham Square.
  Kentenius? William E     Butcher, Shopkeeper Vithrew?, Rhodes Minnis     ARP Motorcycle Messenger          
  Kervin Stanley               Buffs   Nov-39      
  Killick Elsie M     Private Means Briar Gate, Rhodhes Minnis     Nursing Aux.Service British Red Cross          
  Kine Ernest                   Sep-40      
  Laker W                          
  Law Jim               Navy   Jul-41      
  Law Ken                          
  Lea A G                 Sep-40      
  Lines Cecil G       Wootton     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Lovell Albert               R.A.F.   Nov-39      
  Macdonald Donald                   Aug-41      
  Macdonald Naomi                   Aug-41      
  MacDonald Donald R     Poultry Farmer (Own Account). Heavy Worker Colinwood, Elham     First Aid ARP, Elham RDC          
  Masters Reginald       Carpenter & Joiner Mar-Lu, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 9643?        
  Messenger W               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Millen Ashley       Licensee The Rose & Crown, Elham     Special Constable          
  Morgan Walter                   Jul-41      
  Mostyn Scott Stella                   Feb-42      
  Mount J W S     Hode Farm, Canterbury     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Newing Oliver                   Sep-40 Yes   May 1945 - we are also looking forward to the liberation and return of Oliver Newing
  Newing John                   Jul-41      
  Newing Ena                   Jul-41      
  Newing John       General Farm Labourer Whitehall, Wingmore     Special Constable          
  Newport Fred                   Jul-41      
  Nicholson Richard F C   Chemist & Vetenary Ch? Usan, Canterbury Rd, Elham     Special Constable (SGT) & Deputy Head Special          
  Osborne Peter                          
  Owens Patrick                     Yes Y June 1945 - Rejoice to hear encouraging news of Patrick Owens who was so seriously wounded.
  Packham Howard                   Jul-41      
  Palmer Peter George             R.A.F.   Nov-39      
 
Palmer Herbert       Farmer Pierceley, North Elham   2/Lt Home Guard          
  Palmer Frank       Dairy Farm Worker North Elham Diary     ARP Warden, Elham RDC          
  Palmer Fred       General Labourer, Groundsman Air Ministry 1, Lime Villas, Elham     Special Constable          
  Parker George                    Sep-40      
  Patterson-Brown Alan                   Sep-40      
  Patterson-Brown Winifred A     Unpaid Domestic Duties, Assisting her husband (Poultry Farmer) Mount Bottom Farm, Elham     Parttime First Aid, Local ARP?          
 
Peary James W             R.A. 929657       JamesW.Peary 929657 Gunner Royal Artillery 2nd January 1943 aged 23. James was a minor from Cudworth in Yorkshire. He joined up in 1939 and trained with the 21st Medium & Heavy Training Regiment at Larkhill. He was posted to the 3rd Super Heavy Weight Battery in 1940. This resulted in him being sent to Elham attached to the railway mounted guns. Here he met and married Peggy Ellender. Sadly he became unwell in the November of 1942 and was "Taken Off Strength" on the 28/11/1942 and registered as "Unfit For Service". He sadly died of TB on the 2/1/1943, his Death Certificate records him as living at Bereforstal Farm, Elham. Buried in Elham Cemetery 16/1/1943.
  Pegden A               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Pegden William R     Carpenter & Joiner Beledene, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 964?        
  Pellett C G       Hode Farm, Bekesbourne     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Phillips C             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Philpott W P       Newlands Cottage, Selsted     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Plowman Douglas W     Carpenter's Labourer, Previously Butler ? 1, Park Gate Cottages, Elham     Partly Trained AFS, Elham          
  Pomfrett Virgil       Private Means Park Gate, Elham     Applied For RNVR   Jul-41      
  Pomfrett Desiree D     Unpaid Domestic Duties Park Gate, Elham     Civil Nursing Reserve          
  Punnett Cecil                   Feb-42      
  Quale? Alfred       Journeyman Butcher (Mr. Slade's Butcher's Shop), High Street, Elham     Civil Air Defence          
  Quested R             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Revell T             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Rice Douglas                   Jul-41      
  Ridley William       Farmer, Poultry Wingmore Poultry Farm     Divisional Warden          
  Ritchie Helena M     Private Means Bladbean Stud Farm     ARP Vol.Transport          
  Rootes P             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Rowan W             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Russell Sydney                    Sep-40      
  Sample Edward       Pedigree Poultry Farmer & Breeder Lynngarth, Elham     Head Special Constable          
  Scott Ralph L     Poultry Farmer Hillside, Rhodes Minnis     ARP Control Room Staff Elham RDC          
  Seymour H W C       DSM   H.M.S. Sikh   Jun-41 Yes   In charge of two guns at the Second Battle of Narvik in October last year, when he sank two enemy ships.father and mother live at Elham.   Mr Seymour, who was formerly a Sergeant in the Buffs, has four other sons, who are all serving in the Army.   Three are Sergeants in their father’s old regiment, The Buffs, and the youngest is a Corporal in the R.A.S.C.  1943 ? Taken prisoner of war off Tobruk and is now in Italy
  Seymour Arthur                   Feb-42      
  Seymour James Bertie             Buffs   Feb-42   Y We are sorry that Sergt James Seymour, The Buffs, son of Mr and Mrs Seymour of Elham, has been reported “missing” from Patrol in the Middle East since mid September. Sergeant 6283834, 5th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 4th September 1942 aged 29 years. Commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Panel reference - Column 65.
  Seymour John                   Feb-42      
 
Shackleton ?                          
  Shackleton Henry                         Jan 1943? Mrs  Shackleton’s son of Rhodes Minnis, who was reported “missing” after the Dieppe Raid, is now stated to be prisoner of war in Germany. May 1945 - We trust that the two Shackleton brothers of Rhodes Minnis have been freed from Germany, but they are on the Lyminge list.  June 1945 - We are glad to hear of the safe return from German prison camps of the Shackleton brothers of Rhodes Minnis
  Shields C             Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Slade A S           Pte Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Smith Frank                   Jul-41      
  Southern Frank Edward     Grocer's Shop Assistant 2, Park Lane, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC the Oxford & Bucks.   Sep-40   Y Lance Sergeant 5386951, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (O.B.L.I). Died 16th February 1944 aged 29 years. Son of George and Emma Southern. Husband of Jessie Southern of Elham, Canterbury, Kent. Commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel reference - 8.
  Southern Henry L     General Labourer Fellowship Hall, Elham     Special Constable          
  Standen J               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Stupple S V                 Sep-40      
  Sturmey Frederick     1 Feb 1891 Huntsman East Kent Hunt The Kennels, Elham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Swaffer S               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Swain George                    Dec-40      
  Swain Doris  M     Hairdresser Sunny Lodge, Elham     First Aid & ARP Local          
  Taylor W               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Terry George H       Great Exted Farm, Elham     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Thorpe Eric                   Jul-41      
  Thorpe P               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Tideswell James E     Colliery Labourer & Repaired Wheel Greaser? Woodlans, Bladbean     ARP (Colliery Work)          
  Tilley ?               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Tilly Frank       District ? Road ? KCC Hill View, Vicarage Lane, Elham     ARP, Dispatch Rider & Road Gang          
  Tupper Sydney                    Sep-40      
  Verney I               R.A.F.   Nov-39      
  Verney Bernard                   Nov-39      
 
Verney Edgar Bernell             R.A.F 349802     Y It is with genuine sorrow that we record the death of Edgar Verney, R.A. – elder brother of our late Churchwarden who is now serving with the R.A.F. – at Malta on 9th January.   He was a veteran of the late war, and although for some years he had not lived at Elham, he is well remembered here.  He was un-married, but we tender our deep sympathy to his widowed mother.    R.I.P. Corporal 349802, Royal Air Force (R.A.F). Died 3rd January 1942 aged 53 years. Son of Edgar F.R. and Harriet Verney, of Redditch, Worcestershire. Buried Protestant Section (Men’s), Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta. Grave reference - Plot F. Joint Grave 74.
  Verney John H     Carpenter & Joiner Gran….?, Elham     AFS, Elham          
  Wall Thomas Leetham             Hussars   Dec-39      
  Wallis W M       Oakleigh, Bekesbourne     Auxilliary Unit - Home Guard Employed with 12 Corps Observation Unit          
  Walts S               Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Want Albert               Buffs   Nov-39 Yes    
  Want Ernest                   Feb-42      
  Want Arthur                   Feb-42      
  Ward William                   Sep-40      
  Watson William       Gardener, Heavy Worker 6, Cherry Gardens, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 9642        
  Watts Bill                          
  Wellsted Lucy       Housekeeper The Square, Elham     ARP, First Aid         Smith's Housekeeper
  West John       Gardener 1, St. Mary's Cottages, Elham     Special Constable          
  West Edward       Chauffeur Gardener 2, St. Mary's Cottages, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC Badge No. 964?        
  Westacott John       Chartered Structural & Civil Engineer Rosemont, Elham     On pension since last war, Canadian Engineers. Enrolled 4th Sept 1939 for military service if required with Canadian army.          
  Wilcox Edgbert                   Feb-42      
  Wilcox Herbert J     Schoolmaster Longacre, Elham     Billeting Office, District Council   Jul-41      
  Wilkinson Robert Walker                     Y Private 14443853, 5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 19th February 1945 aged 19 years. Buried Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, Kleeve, Germany. Grave 60.A.15. Robert probably lost his life during the well documented advance through the forest in February 1945.
  Wilkinson Marshall                       Y Info from Kent Roll of Honor. No further info available.
  William Want       Contractors Labourer 3, Lime Villas, Elham     Special Constable 7002        
  Williams Jack                   Sep-40      
  Williams Kenneth P W   Builders Labourer St.Katherine's Cottage, Elham     The Buffs 6288 Nov-39 Yes    
  Williams Henry  J     Company Director The Triangle, Elham     Air Raid Warden Elham RDC          
  Willoughby George                    Sep-40      
  Wincote Reginald       Grocers Assistant Bathurst, Vicarage Lane, Elham     AFS, Elham RDC   Sep-40      
  Wood Frederick G W   Bricklayer 5, St. Mary's Cottages, Elham     ARP, First Aid          
  Woodland Leonard                   Sep-40      
  Woodland John                   Jul-41      
  Woods Eddie                          
  Wooten Arthur F             Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy          
  Wren Leslie Mons                     Y Corporal 5385916 Leslie Mons WREN. 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (O.B.L.I). Died 13th June 1944 aged 29 years. Son of James and Susane Lavinia Wren. Husband of Elsie Vera Wren, of Barnsbury, London. Buried Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Grave reference I.F.19. Leslie was probably one of the wounded that died in the successful attack on “Pegasus Bridge” by the battalion led by Major John Howard early on D-Day. He is one of several that lie in Ranville.   
  Wren/Wainwright? Molly A     Managing Poultry Farm       ARP First Aid          
  Young E F             Home Guard No.8 Pl C Coy