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Doddington War Dead

Contributed by Peter Stuart
See also Doddington & Newnham war memorial

1914-1918

Surname	OLDFIELD
First names	Guy Christopher Ottley
Service / Regiment	The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Attached 4th Battalion King's African Rifles
Rank	Lieutenant
Service No
Died	Saturday 5th September
Year	1914
Age at Death	25
Monument	Remembered Nairobi British & Indian Memorial Kenya
Memorial Reference	Unknown
Next of Kin	Son of Col. C.G. OLDFIELD
Local Address	Doddington Place
Notes	The Memorial consists of eleven stone panels, carved with the names of over 1,200 British officers and men and the Indian officers. The central panel is inscribed with the words: "Here are recorded names of officers and men who fell in East Africa before the advance to the Rufiji in January, 1917, but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death."

Surname	KITE
First names	Sidney Francis
Service / Regiment	3rd Battalion. The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Attached to The Buffs East Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	G/3050
Died	Thursday 7th January
Year	1915
Age at Death	33
Monument	He is buried in Doddington Churchyard
Grave/Reference
Next of Kin	Son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos KITE; husband of Florence WOOD (formerly KITE)
Local Address	4, West End, Doddington.
Notes	August 1914: in Pretoria. Returned to England Sunday 19 September 1914. Joined 22nd Brigade, 7th Division.

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Surname	FORSTER
First names	Percy
Service / Regiment	"C" Company 6th Battalion. The Buffs East Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	G/692
Died	Wednesday 13th October
Year	1915
Age at Death	29
Monument	Remembered Loos Memorial
Memorial Reference	Panel 15 to 19
Next of Kin	Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. FORSTER
Local Address	Chequers Hill.
Notes	A member of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade for 12 years. Enlisted in Aug., 1914, proceeded to France, June, 1915

Surname	HIGGINS
First names	Harry Victor
Service / Regiment	"C" Company 6th Battalion. The Buffs East Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	G/773
Died	Wednesday 13th October
Year	1915
Age at Death	18
Monument	Remembered Loos Memorial
Memorial Reference	Panel 15 to 19
Next of Kin	Son of Harry and Louisa HIGGINS
Local Address	Chequers Hill
Notes	Formed at Canterbury in Aug 1914

Surname	CARYER
First names	Wilfred Henry
Service / Regiment	6th Battalion The Buffs East Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	G/768
Died	Monday 6th March
Year	1916
Age at Death	19
Monument	Remembered Loos Memorial
Memorial Reference	Panel 15 to 19
Next of Kin	Son of Henry Ralph and Mary CARYER
Local Address	Yew Tree Cottage Doddington
Notes	Formed at Canterbury in Aug 1914

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Surname	BUTCHER
First names	William Thomas
Service / Regiment	1st Battalion. Border Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	22564
Died	Saturday 1st July
Year	1916
Age at Death	Believed to be 19
Monument	Remembered Thiepval Memorial
Memorial Reference	Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C.
Next of Kin
Local Address	Chequers Hill
Notes	August 1914: in Maymyo, Burma. Returned to England, landing at Avonmouth Sunday 10 January 1915. January 1915 : attached to 87th Brigade, 29th Division

Surname	MILLS
First names	Frank
Service / Regiment	1st Battalion. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	15593
Died	Tuesday 10th April
Year	1917
Age at Death	33
Monument	Buried Bois-Carre Cemetery France
Grave/Memorial Reference	I. A. 8.
Next of Kin	Son of Alfred and Sarah MILLS; husband of Phoebe Lilian MILLS
Local Address	Rosemount Wychling
Notes	Native of Yalding, Maidstone.

Surname	PULLEN
First names	Sidney James
Service / Regiment	11th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rank	Rifleman
Service No	A/200294
Died	Wednesday 4th April
Year	1917
Age at Death	22
Monument	Remembered Thiepval Memorial
Memorial Reference	Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
Next of Kin	Believed to be the Son of Richard & Sarah PULLEN
Local Address	Believed Faversham
Notes	11th (Service) Battalion Formed at Winchester in September 1914, as part of K2. September 1914 : attached to 59th Brigade, 20th (Light) Division.

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Surname	PHILPOTT
First names	Harry
Service / Regiment	11th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	G/18481
Died	Thursday 7th June
Year	1917
Age at Death	19
Monument	Remembered Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Belgium
Memorial Reference	Panel 45 and 47.
Next of Kin	Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. PHILPOTT
Local Address	Brook Farm, Wingham, Canterbury
Notes	11th (Service) Battalion (Lewisham) Formed at Lewisham on Wednesday 5 May 1915, by the Mayor and a local Committee. July 1915 : attached to 118th Brigade, 39th Division. October 1915

Surname	JARVIS
First names	Leonard Charles
Service / Regiment	17th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Rank	Private
Service No	41022
Died	Saturday 18th August
Year	1917
Age at Death	19
Monument	Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery Belgium
Memorial Reference	IV. I. 6.
Next of Kin	Son of H. A. and L. R. JARVIS
Local Address	Post Office Doddington
Notes

Surname	DAVIS
First names	J
Service / Regiment	3rd Battalion The Buffs East Kent Regiment attached 302 Company Labour Corps
Rank	Private
Service No	70140
Died	Monday 12th August
Year	1918
Age at Death
Monument	Remembered Croydon (Queen's Road) Cemetery
Grave Reference	N. 4. 17446.
Next of Kin
Local Address
Notes	Formed March 1915. Guards Division Responsible for the supply of goods, equipment and ammunition from the Divisional railhead to the Divisional Refilling Point and, if conditions allowed, to the dumps and stores of the forward units. A Company initially comprised 5 officers and 337 other ranks of the Army Service Corps, looking after 45 3-ton Lorries, 16 30-cwt lorries, 7 motor cycles, 2 cars and 4 assorted trucks for the workshop and stores of the Supply Column itself.

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Surname	GAMBELL	Walter Gambells Grave Doddington church yard
First names	Walter
Service / Regiment	The Buffs East Kent Regiment
Rank	Private
Service No	9023
Died	Wednesday 25th August
Year	1920
Age at Death	28
Monument	He is buried in Doddington Churchyard
Grave Reference
Next of Kin	4th Son of James & Eliza GAMBELL
Local Address
Notes	Walter died after years of bravely fighting the affects of gas

1939 – 1945

Surname	SMITH	Donald Smiths Grave Doddington churchyard
First names	Donald Leonard Seager
Service / Regiment	Royal Armoured Corps
Rank	Trooper
Service No	7911612
Died	28th September
Year	1943
Age at Death	28
Monument
Grave Reference	East of Doddington church
Next of Kin	Son of Leonard Alfred and Hilda SMITH Husband of M. SMITH.
Local Address	of Doddington
Notes

All Information on Lance Bombardier Philip William Phillips supplied courtesy of James Campbell
"Please find attached apage from the w.g.c. which shows where my wifes uncles remains are . He was in a kent regiment and his mother Katheen lived at 7 Westend and is buried in Doddington churchyard. His sister Florrie lived at Palace Cottages and his other sister Phyllis sang in the church choir, "

Surname

Phillips

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