Below is a list of Folkestone men who gave their lives during World War One. It is by no means complete. Many thanks to Shelley Haiggar for contributing to the list. If you would like to add to it also please email me.
NAME | AGE | REGIMENT | RANK | PARENTS | SPOUSE | ADDRESS | DATE OF DEATH |
AMOS Edward Harry | 36 | The Buffs | Pte | Edward H B and Mary ANN AMOS | Alice Rebecca AMOS | 1 Bradstone Ave | Nov 18 1916 |
APPLETON Thomas Edward | 27 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | George and E APPLETON | 45 Marshall Street | July 3 1916 | |
BAILEY Charles Vincent | 18 | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | Seg Major W R BAILEY | Sydneham (Native of Folkestone) | Aug 17 1916 | |
BAILEY Cyril Edward | 19 | The Buffs | Pte | Rowland and Emma Matilda BAILEY | Cowgate Farm Hawkinge | Sept 26 1915 | |
BAILEY Edward William | Royal Engineers | Lance Corp. | William E J and Amelia BAILEY | Daisy BAILEY | 42 Rossendale Road | Dec 21 1918 | |
BAILEY Percy Thomas | 22 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Rowland and Emma Matilda BAILEY | Cowgate Farm Hawkinge | Sept 3 1916 | |
BAILEY Rowland George | 24 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Rowland and Emma Matilda BAILEY | Cowgate Farm Hawkinge | April 30 1916 | |
CLOKE Sidney Daniel | 19 | London Regt | Pte | Daniel CLOKE | 21 Penfold Road | Oct 07 1916 | |
CLOKE Stephen James Henry | 19 | Kings Own Hussars | Pte | Stephen and Annie CLOKE | 9 Foord Road | Oct 30 1914 | |
CORK William James | 25 | The Buffs | Pte | Thomas and Mary Ann CORK | 87 Ashley Ave Cheriton | Oct 09 1916 | |
CORNISH Zachariah | 30 | Mercantile Marine Reserve | Boat Hand | Zachariah P and Elizabeth CORNISH | Rose CORNISH | 2 Dunn's Alley, Radnor Street | Oct 31 1918 |
COURT Frank Dale | 24 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Fanny COURT | 7 Osmonde Road | Oct 7 1916 | |
DE SATGE Frederick Gordon | Kings Royal Rifle Corps | Capt. | late Oscar DE SATGE and Mrs DE SATGE | Sept 15 1916 | |||
DILNOT Lewis Harold | 20 | Mercantile Marine | Cook | Timothy and Emily Mary DILNOT | 18 Alexandra Street Folkestone (born Mongeham) | Oct 27 1916 | |
DRAYNER William Bruce | 30 | Royal Navy | Able Seaman | James William and Charlotte DRAYNER | Agnes Clara DRAYNER (Woolwich London) | Sandgate | Oct 22 1914 |
ELGAR E W E | 17 | The Buffs | Pte | Edward G and Mary Ann ELGAR | 3 Garden Road | Jan 7 1916 | |
ELGAR Ernest James | 30 | Royal Fusiliers | Lance Corp. | Lousia E C ELGAR | 60 Marshall Street | May 5 1917 | |
FEIST Arthur Gordon | 26 | The Buffs | Pte | Arthur Thomas and Nellie FEIST | July 17 1917 | ||
FRAY Percy Ernest | 20 | The Buffs 1st Btn | Lance Corporal | Walter and Jane FRAY nee GOBLE | 61 Bridge Street | Oct 14 1915 | |
HALL Thomas Crosser | 19 | London Regt | Rifleman | Thomas C and C A HALL | 11 Limes Road | April 08 1917 | |
HARRIS William James | 27 | Royal Naval Reserve | Deck Hand | James and Mary Ann HARRIS | 5 Cambridge Terrace | Feb 15 1918 | |
HARRISSON George James | 53 | Mercantile Marines | Snd Mate | Fanny Charlotte HARRISSON (Deptford) | born Folkestone | June 10 1920? | |
HAYDON Thomas | RAMC | Pte | Mrs Emily J HAYDON | 6 St Johns Road | |||
HEYDON George William Cyril | 21 | RNAS | Air Mechanic | late George Gulliver and Susannah HEYDON | 46 Grove Road | July 28 1915 | |
HILLS Harry William | The Buffs | Pte | S G HILLS (relative) | 4 Cherry Garden Lane | Oct 04 1916 | ||
HOGBEN John Owen | 25 | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | William Castle and Elizabeth Jane HOGBEN | 1 Wellington Terrace Sandgate | Aug 27 1918 | |
HOGBEN Robert | 56 | Bedforshire Regt. | Pte | James and E HOGBEN of Folkestone | Fanny HOGBEN | 11 Sussex Street Preston | Dec 30 1918 |
HOGBEN Theophilus | 37 | Royal Garrison Artillery | Serg | Walter Stephen and Harriet HOGBEN | 121 Cheriton Road | Dec 20 1917 | |
HOGBEN Thomas | 41 | Royal Field Artillery | Gunner | Charles and Sarah Jane HOGBEN | Reinden Cottage Hawkinge | Feb 3 1917 | |
HOGBEN William Willis | 30 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | Lance Serg. | George and Sarah HOGBEN Copnor Portsmouth | born Sandgate | Oct 15 1917 | |
KENNETT Thomas | 21 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Stephen and Elizabeth KENNETT | 12 Darlington Street | Aug 9 1915 | |
LAMBERT Gilbert | 17 | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | Telegraphist | Mr and Mrs LAMBERT | 23 St Francis Road Morehall | Feb 15 1918 | |
MARSH William Henry | 31 | Royal West Kent | Pte | William and Mary Ann MARSH | Mildred Emma MARSH | 3 Bonsor Road | Sept 30 1916 |
MEATH William | 25 | Gloucester Regiment 2nd Btn | Lance Corporal | Laurence and Ellen MEATH | 12 Thanet Gardens | Aug 20 1915 | |
MILTON Frederick | 19 | The Buffs | Pte | William David Smith and Elizabeth MILTON | Sept 12 1917 | ||
MILTON H T | Lance Corp. | Jan 22 1918 | |||||
MORFORD Eric James William | 21 | Royal West Kent | Pte | late John Atwood MORFORD and Harriet MORFORD | 31 Foord Road | Aug 3 1917 | |
OVENDEN Arthur | 38 | East Surrey Regiment | Private | Charles and Rose OVENDEN | 19 Darby Road | August 19 1917 | |
OVENDEN Frederick | 23 | Royal Field Artillery | Gunner | Stephen and Elizabeth OVENDEN | 20 Bellevue Street | May 11 1917 | |
PENFOLD Jeffrey Bradley | 28 | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Lieut | Sir Stephen and Lady PENFOLD | 70 Cheriton Road | Jan 28 1916 | |
PENNY Francis | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | Mrs E PENNY (Relative) | 22 Geraldine Road | |||
PHILPOTT James | 24 | Queens | Pte | Albert and Elizabeth PHILPOTT | Nov 18 1917 | ||
PHILPOTT R W | 18 | The Buffs | Pte | Mrs E PHILPOTT | Belmont House 120 High Street Sandgate (born Shorncliffe) | July 03 1916 | |
QUAIFE Henry | 23 | The Buffs | Pte | Jane QUAIFE and late Thomas James QUAIFE | 14 St Hilda Road Morehall | June 14 1917 | |
QUAIFE Robert Walter | 32 | The Buffs | Pte | Grace QUAIFE | 14 St Hilda Road Morehall | June 15 1917 | |
QUINN W J | Machine-Gun Corps | Pte | brother of Mrs SCAMP | 53 Bridge Street | Sept 22 1916 | ||
READER Horace William | 25 | The Buffs | Pte | Ada READER | 40 Mead Road | May 24 1915 | |
REED Thomas George | 27 | The Buffs | Pte | Mrs Oliver 3 Martello Cottages Sandgate | Teresa REED | 9 Leigh Street Russell Square London | Oct 14 1917 |
REEVE Harry | 19 | The King's Liverpool Regiment | Snd Lieut | late Mr Harry REEVE and Mrs REEVE | May 18 1916 | ||
REYNOLDS-PEYTON John | 22 | Royal Navy | Lieut | James and Alice REYNOLDS-PEYTON | 37 Augusta gardens | Nov 14 1918 | |
RICHARDSON Henry | 32 | Royal Naval Reserve | Sub Lieut. | John RICHARDSON | Feb 15 1918 | ||
RICHARDSON Henry David | 25 | East Surrey | Pte | Mrs F C Richardson | Sept 1 1918 | ||
ROBERTS Cyril | 22 | The Buffs | Pte | Abram and Annie Elizabeth ROBERTS | 24 Geraldine Road | July 14 1916 | |
ROBUS Frederick James | 37 | Royal Naval Reserve | Deck Hand | William and Matilda ROBUS | Martha Amelia ROBUS nee MEATH | 9 Sidney Street | March 26 1917 |
ROSE John | 23 | Middlesex Regiment | Pte | Frederick and Lizzie ROSE | Feb 17 1917 | ||
RUMNEY Charles | 27 | The Buffs | Pte | G W and Charlotte RUMNEY | 3 Cambridge Gardens | April 28 1916 | |
RYE Edward | 25 | The Buffs | Pte | Charles Gilbert and Sarah Ann RYE | 18 Athelstan Road | May 3 1915 | |
RYE James | 20 | Royal West Surrey | Pte | Charles Gilbert and Sarah Ann RYE | 18 Athelstan Road | Aug 8 1917 | |
SALTER Charles Henry | 18 | The Buffs | Pte | William and Isabel Jane SALTER | 33 Sidney Street | Oct 12 1915 | |
SCOTT George Frederick | 21 | The Buffs | Pte | Frederick and Alice SCOTT | 49 Walton Road | Sept 28 1915 | |
SEYMOUR Vere | 37 | Royal Naval Reserve | Lieut | Alfred and Jessie Madeline SEYMOUR | 17 Castle Hill Avenue | March 7 1916 | |
SHOPLAND Edward John | 28 | Royal West Kent | Pte | E J SHOPLAND | 3 Spring Gardens Peter Street Charlton Dover. Native of Folkestone | Oct 14 1917 | |
SIDEY Ernest Radford | 19 | Royal Irish Rifles | Rifleman | Walter George and Ada Louise SIDEY | Broadmead Manor House | Oct 13 1918 | |
SILVESTER William Henry | 26 | Royal Naval Reserve | Wireless Telegrapher | Mr and Mrs G F SILVESTER | 10 Charlotte Street | May 1 1915 | |
SIMPSON Ernest Knott | 23 | Royal Navy | Stoker 2nd class | Thomas and Mary Ann SIMPSON | March 28 1916 | ||
SIMPSON William Ernest | 22 | The Buffs | Pte | Mary Ann SIMPSON and the late William Ernest SIMPSON | 25 St Michael Street | July 11 1916 | |
SKEET George Victor | 10th Bn Royal West Surrey (The Queens) | Pte | Samuel STAPLETON and Jessie SKEET | Maud Violet SKEET | posthumously awarded the MM | Aug 18 1917 | |
SKERRITT Edward John | 36 | Australian Infantry | Pte | John Thomas and Elizabeth SKERRITT | March 26 1917 | ||
SMITH Mark Sidney | 23 | The King's Liverpool Regiment | Rifleman | Jane SMITH | 41 Marshall Street | Sept 12 1918 | |
SPEARPOINT William | 34 | The Buffs | Pte | Hannah Ovenden SPEARPOINT | 41 Thanet Gardens | July 3 1916 | |
STANDING G Thomas | Royal Naval Reserve | Quartermaster | Mrs STANDING | 33 Invicta Road | Oct 18 1916 | ||
STANDING Thomas Richard | 36 | Royal West Kent | Serg | Edith STANDING | 7 Bouverie Road West | June 28 1918 | |
STOKES Fred | 32 | London Regt | Rifleman | Margaret B A WILSON formerly STOKES | 8 Cambridge Terrace | Oct 14 1918 | |
STROOD Percy Samson | 34 | 1st Canadian Rifles (Saskatchewan) | Lieut | William and Elizabeth STROOD | Maud STROOD of Winnipeg Manitoba | 7 Rossendale Road | Oct 8 1915 |
SUMMERFIELD Jack | 25 | Royal West Surrey | Pte | late George and Mrs H SUMMERFIELD | 90 Black Bull Road | Aug 23 1916 | |
SUMMERS Frederick James | 23 | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | Pte | William and Elizabeth SUMMERS | 12 Mead Road | Feb 13 1919 | |
SWAIN Leslie Harry | 31 | Canadian Infantry (British Columbia) | Corpl. | Harry SWAIN | 73 Foord Road | May 5 1917 | |
TAYLOR Frederick John | 16 | Royal Navy | Boy Snd Class | George William and Matilda TAYLOR | 61 Peter Street | July 1 1918 | |
TAYLOR Frederick John | The Buffs | Pte | Mrs E TAYLOR | 2a Sussex Road | March 13 1916 | ||
TAYLOR John William Thomas | 18 | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | George and Annie TAYLOR | 20 Sidney Street | Sept 18 1918 | |
TAYLOR Thomas Henry | 19 | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Pte | Thomas and Annie TAYLOR | 29 Mead Road | Sept 6 1917 | |
THOMPSON Alfred | 21 | The Buffs | Pte | Mr Alfred THOMPSON | 1b Ethelbert Road | June 08 1917 | |
THOMPSON Frederick Alfred | 22 | Kent Cyclist Btn | Corporal | Mrs Patience Elizabeth RICHARDSON | 6 Bossom Square Hastings | July 31 1917 | |
THORNBEE Cecil | 29 | Machine-Gun Corps | Pte | Thomas and Fanny Alice THORNBEE | Mrs M E THORNBEE | 182 Dover Road | Aug 12 1918 |
THURLOW John Wilson | 17 | London Regt | Pte | late Henry and Margaret THURLOW | 9 Alexandra Mews | Sept 29 1916 | |
TIDDY John | 29 | Grenadier Guards | Pte | James and Susannah Beer TIDDY | 29 East Street | March 23 1918 | |
TOOTH S John | RFA | Corpl. | Mrs Edith Alice TOOTH | 11 East Cliff | Aug 25 1916 | ||
TRIBE Ernest Henry | 32 | Middlesex Regiment | Pte | Ellen Rhoda TRIBE | 21 Pavillion Road | Dec 12 1916 | |
TRICE F R | 19 | Royal Fusiliers | Serg | Edith S and George P McKERNAN (stefather) | June 20 1917 | ||
TRITTON Cecil John | 25 | The Buffs | Pte | James TRITTON | 130 Dover Road | Nov 18 1916 | |
TUFFE Charles James | 22 | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | Able Seaman | late Robert TUFFE and Annie TUFFE | 102 Dover Road | March 24 1918 | |
TUMBER Victor John | 22 | Royal Naval Reserve | Deck Hand | Arthur John TUMBER | 23 Radnor Street | Sept 1 1917 | |
TUPPER Ernest | 30 | Royal Navy | Petty Officer Sotker | Minnie Beatrice TUPPER | 41 Princess Street | Sept 22 1914 | |
TUTT George William | 23 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Mrs TUTT | 29 Ethelbert Road | May 25 1915 | |
UPTON Phillip Charles | The Buffs | Serg | Mabel UPTON | 33 Manor Road | June 13 1916 | ||
UPTON William George | Machine-Gun Corps | Serg | June 29 1918 | ||||
VARNEY John William Lewis | 21 | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | Signalman | Mr and Mrs W VARNEY | 5 Darby Place Guildhall Street | April 7 1918 | |
VINNICOMBE Harry Verrier | Australian Infantry | Pte | Nov 5 1916 | ||||
VINNICOMBE Leslie | 30 | Devonshire Regt. | Lieut | Thomas Hedger and Lizzie Frances VINNICOMBE | The Leas Hotel | Oct 25 1918 | |
WADDELL William George | 30 | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | Mr and Mrs H WADDELL | Cecilia WADDELL | 105 Morehall Avenue (born Lydd) | Dec 1 1917 |
WALTER Frank | 34 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | Ada Alice WALTER | 59 Chart Road Morehall Folkestone | Oct 28 1915 | |
WALTER William Frederick | 52 | Lancashire Fusiliers | Major | late Gen. John McNeill WALTER and Mrs Claudine WALTER | Kate Agnes WALTER | 12 Clifton Mansions | Aug 11 1915 |
WAMPACH Cyril Constant Julian | 22 | Royal Field Artillery | Driver | Charles Constant and Julie C WAMPACH | 24 Castle Hill Avenue | Jan 29 1918 | |
WARD William Henry | 40 | Royal Field Artillery | Corpl. | John and Eliza WARD (Sussex) | Kate WARD | 8 Rossendale Road | Oct 10 1917 |
WARMAN William R H | 38 | The Buffs | Pte | A L WARMAN | 20 Denmark Street | March 12 1917 | |
WEBSTER Clement Clair | 21 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Clement John and Clara WEBSTER | 33 Ethelbert Street (born London) | April 1 1917 | |
WHITEHEAD Archibald | 26 | Army Services Corp | Corpl. | Mrs E WHITEHEAD | 33 Rossendale Road | Dec 28 1917 | |
WILKINSON Robert Bruce | 30 | Loyal North Lancashire Regt. | Snd Lieut | Thomas and Sarah WILKINSON | Amy Maud WILKINSON (Surrey) | Dec 12 1917 | |
WILLIAMS Arthur Irvine | 22 | Royal Army Medical Corps | Corpl. | Arthur Harvey and Florence WILLIAMS | 38 St Michael's Street (born Hythe) | Jan 24 1919 | |
WILLIAMS Henry Gorge | 35 | Canadian Infantry (Ontario) | Pte | George and Jane WILLIAMS (Burton-onTrent) | Rose Ann WILLIAMS | 95 Black Bull Road | Oct 8 1916 |
WILLIS Frank Elgar | 32 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | Mr and Mrs E WILLIS | Mrs WILLIS (Middlesex) | Nov 19 1918 | |
WILLIS Thomas James | 26 | Royal Field Artillery | Serg | William Henry and Mary WILLIS | July 22 1916 | ||
WILLIS William Henry | 34 | Royal Field Artillery | Driver | George WILLIS 20 Marshall Street | Ellen Eliza WILLIS | 23 Sidney Street | May 2 1917 |
WILLS John Edwin B | Royal Fusiliers | Pte | Mr W WILLS | 42 Bradstone Avenue | Aug 23 1918 | ||
WILLSON Major Percy | 33 | Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan) | Lieut | Mr and Mrs John WILSON | June WILLSON (Alberta Canada) | 81 Dover Road | Sept 30 1916 |
WILSON Alfred | 31 | Kings Royal Rifle Corps | Serg | Alfred Hydes and Nellie WILSON (Sheffield) | N M J WILSON | 6 Marine Crescent | July 23 1916 |
WINDER Cecil | 21 | The Buffs | Pte | George and Kate WINDER | Nov 9 1915 | ||
WINTON Albert Edward | 33 | Royal Navy | Able Seaman | Thomas WINTON | Daisy Ellen Fanny KNIGHT (formerly WINTON) (Southampton) | 3 Ingles Mews Christ Church Road | Oct 15 1914 |
WISE Frederick Samuel | 21 | Royal Navy | Able Seaman | James Frederick and Annie E WISE | 7 Ethelbert Road (born Dover) | July 9 1917 | |
WOLSEY Philip | 29 | The Buffs | Quartermaster | William Edward and Margaret Ethel WOLSEY | 19 Limes Road (born South Shields) | Nov 8 1918 | |
WOOD Alfred | 25 | The Buffs | Serg | J WOOD | 55 Sidney Street | July 11 1917 | |
WOOD Regimental Ewart | 20 | The Buffs | Snd Lieut | Reginald G and E R WOOD | "Roquebrune" Julian Road | Aug 3 1918 | |
WOOLLETT George Alfred | 23 | Royal West Surrey | Pte | Henry and Sarah Ann WOOLLETT | 77 Dover Road | Sept 25 1915 | |
WOOLLETT Walter | Grenadier Guards | Pte | Henry and Sarah Ann WOOLLETT | 77 Dover Road | Sept 25 1916 | ||
WRAIGHT Horace | 21 | Royal Field Artillery | Gunner | Austin John and Judith Sarah WRAIGHT | 12 Albion Road | Sept 12 1916 | |
WRAIGHT Leslie Cecil | Royal Air Force | Snd Lieut | June 17 1918 | ||||
WRIGHT Charles Stephen | 27 | Kings Royal Rifle Corps | Rifleman | Charles and Hannah WRIGHT | Alice E WRIGHT | 12 Church Street | April 4 1917 |
WRIGHT William Leslie | 24 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | Albert WRIGHT | Dorothy WRIGHT (Tunbridge Wells) | 48 Dover Road | Nov 27 1917 |
WYATT George Alexander | 23 | The Buffs | Lance Corp. | Mr G A WYATT and the late Mrs WYATT | 17 Great Fenchurch Street | May 3 1915 | |
WYBORN Norman William Alfred | 21 | Royal West Kent | Pte | Alfred Joseph and Fanny Jessie WYBORN | 6 Trimworth Road | June 28 1918 | |
YOUNG William George | 21 | Royal Garrison Artillery | Gunner | E YOUNG | 36 Warren Road | Oct 17 1918 |