Seaford's War Memorials

Smaller Monuments

Along with Seaford's War Memorial, the Great War Memorial in St Leonard's church, the Cross of Sacrifice and CWGC headstones in the Cemetery, and the King's Mead Memorial,
there are less well-known memorials dedicated to the memory of those who died in war as soldiers and civilians.

St Leonard's (Sussex RE)	St Peter's Church	Women's Institute	Bowden House School	Baptist Church	Chesterton School	St Peter's School
The Foresters	36th (Ulster) Division		British West Indies Regt		Canadian Memorial, Cuckmere

Seaford World War II Civilian Casualties

Below, in date order, is the Seaford Urban District Council list of 20 civilian casualties.
Eighteen died as a result of two German air raids, on 25 October (13 killed) and 5 November 1942 (5 killed).

Surname	Forename	Killed	Age	Place of death	Address	Other details
Braddick	Robert Sangster Northfield	23/09/1940	72	Moorfield, Headland Avenue	Moorfield, Headland Avenue	H of Ellen Braddick
Boswell	Alfred William	01/04/1941	54	41 Church Road	37 Alfriston Road.

Andrew	Jessie Gamon	25/10/1942	67	39 Sutton Road	39 Sutton Road	W of Frank RG Andrew
Borissow	George Bernard	25/10/1942	68	39 Sutton Road	39 Sutton Road
Borissow	Kathleen Mary	25/10/1942	34	39 Sutton Road	39 Sutton Road	D of George Bernard Borissow.
Buck	Fanny	25/10/1942	77	39 Vicarage Walk	Stoneleigh, Cornford Road	D of the late Mr & Mrs Hart Buck of Alton House, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leics
Buck	Mary	25/10/1942	71	39 Vicarage Walk	Stoneleigh, Cornford Road	D of the late Mr & Mrs Hart Buck of Alton House, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leics
Farnes	George	25/10/1942	68	41 Sutton Road	41 Sutton Road	H of Catherine Farnes
Gale	Fanny Elizabeth	25/10/1942	53	20 Broad Street	20 Broad Street	D of James & Fanny Susanna Gale
Gale	James	25/10/1942	85	20 Broad Street	20 Broad Street	H of Fanny Susanna Gale. S of the late Daniel & Elizabeth Gale of Oving
Holcombe	Kate	25/10/1942	68	37 Sutton Road	37 Sutton Road	D of the late James Hyde Holcombe of Dartmouth Park, Highgate, London
Meeson	Catherine Alice Rose	25/10/1942	78	41 Vicarage Walk	41 Vicarage Walk	W of Paymaster Commander Charles Mortimore Meeson RN. D of Benjamin Goodwin & Alice Rose Davis of 5 St Albans Road, Kentish Town, London
Smith	Clara Elizabeth	25/10/1942	56	39 Vicarage Walk	Dorcas Cottage, Saxon Lane
Tomley	William Pryce	25/10/1942	54	Fairholme, Sutton Park Road	44 Salisbury Road	H of Ada Emily Tomley of 44 Salisbury Road. S of WH Pryce & Emma Mary Tomley. Air Raid Warden
Willis	Mary Elizabeth	25/10/1942	67	39 Sutton Road	101 High Street, Hampton, Middlesex	W of Judge William Willis KC. D of the late Thomas Moody

Cook	Annie Louisa	05/11/1942	79	14 Pelham Road	Central Building, Sutton Park Road	W of Albert Edwin Cook.
Fort	Gilda Daphne	05/11/1942	26	14 Pelham Road	Blatchington Hill Flats	D of the late Capt Ralph Fort & Mrs CG Hall (formerly Fort). MRAD LISTD
Martin	Harriett	05/11/1942	68	Pelham Road	4 Pelham Rise, Pelham Road
Perkins	Florence Margaret	05/11/1942	29	14 Pelham Place	Burton House, Lenham Avenue, Saltdean	Wife of Vivian Richard Perkins. D of Herbert & Harriet Chapman of Saltdean
Todd	Flora Ellen	05/11/1942	81	11 Pelham Place	11 Pelham Place	W of Harry Edward Todd. D of the late Mr & Mrs French of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Vicarage Walk was that part of Sutton Road between the junction with Sutton Park Road (adjacent to The Vicarage) and Place Lane (by St Leonard's Church).
D = Daughter, S = Son, H = Husband, W = Widow

The majority are commemorated on the WI and Baptist Church memorials, Seaford War Memorial, and/or gravestones in Seaford Cemetery, most in Section E.

British West Indies Regiment

BWIR WWI Memorial

Nubian Jak Community Trust
in partnership with Lewes District Council

In remembrance of the soldiers who served in WWI as part of
the British West Indies Regiment. The 1st of 11 Battalions was
formed at Seaford, Sussex, in 1915 and went on to serve in
Egypt and Palestine. 19 of these brave men are laid to rest here.
In Memory
British Guyana -- A Company
Trinidad & Tobago -- B Company
Trinidad & St Vincent -- C Company
Grenada & Barbados -- D Company
Over 20,000 volunteers served in the British West Indies Regiment.
Two-thirds came from Jamaica, while others came from Trinidad
& Tobago, Barbados, Bermuda, the Bahamas, British Honduras
(now Belize), Grenada, British Guiana (now Guyana), the
Leeward Islands, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent.

Supported by Seaford Town Council & East Sussex County Council

Memorial Plaque erected in the porch of the Cemetery Chapel, 10 November 2015; a memorial tree was also planted.

36TH (Ulster) Division Memorial

In tribute to
The 36th (Ulster) Division
encamped at Seaford
July & August 1915
and in appreciation
for the kindness shown to the Division
by the people of Seaford

Lord Kitchener inspected the Division at Seaford 27 July 1915
Cuckmere Haven was also used as a training ground by the Division
This plaque was placed here by the 36th (Ulster) Division Memorial
LOL 977 on 3rd October 2025. Formed in Seaford as a Military Lodge 862

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15 : 13.

The memorial includes the Division's badge and Red Hand of Ulster. It is mounted
on the sea wall at Bönningstedt Promenade, overlooking Seaford Bay.
Two Ulstermen are buried in Seaford Cemetery.

The Plaque and its Unveiling.

St Leonard's Church
Alongside the WWI memorial in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit is a commemorative plaque for the men of the 210 (Sussex) Field Company of the Royal Engineers who gave their lives in the 1939-1945 conflict.

These included John Charles Lower, Dennis Thomas Harriott, Leslie Ransom Parks, William Donald Weller and John James Whitters from Seaford.

St Peter's, Blatchington - World War I

	THOMAS RICHARD BARBER WILLIAM HENRY BROAD HERBERT BURTON DONALD THRALKELD COUSINS LIONEL DENNIS GEORGE LEVITT CHARLES VICTOR MACEY	JOHN RALPH THEODORE MARSHAM ERNEST FRANK MUGGERIDGE ROBERT SWAIN SALMON JOHN CLAVELL SALTER MONTAGUE STEVENS MEDWIN SEYMOUR VARDEN
	[ The church organ is officially the St Peter's War Memorial. These names are on a framed list of Parishioners who died in WWI ]

Seaford Women's Institute WWII Memorial

In Memory Of
J ANDREWS B BORRISOW F HART BUCK C SMITH M HART BUCK Killed by enemy action at Seaford on Oct 25th 1942. [ Housed at the WI Hall, Brooklyn Road. Jessie Andrews, (George) Bernard Borrisow (& daughter Kathleen Mary), Fanny & Mary Hart-Buck and Clara Elizabeth Smith were killed in an air raid in which Vicarage Walk & Sutton Road were bombed. Mrs Andrews, the Borissows and others were buried together in Seaford Cemetery (Section E), the Hart-Buck sisters in Section B. ]

Seaford Baptist Church WWII Memorial
Vale Road Sunday School was erected in memory of JA ELDRIDGE. WP TOMLEY, Deacon J GALE, Deacon. SP TOMLEY. ELIZABETH GALE. MJ TOMLEY. 1939 - 1945 [ Wooden plaque with gold lettering On display in the Baptist Church ]

Bowden House School WWI Memorial

Bowden House WWI Memorial
To the Glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of the old boys of Bowden House since 1903 who fell in the Great War.
Lt F W McDONALD MILLER	Grenadier Guards, Oct 1914	Cpt CHARLES E BLAND	Hamps Regt, Sept 1916
Pte RICHARD COLLINS	Ldn Scottish, Oct 1914	2ndLt F StV. MORRIS	Sherwd For attd RAF, Apl 1917
Cpt BOYCE A COMBE	Royal Fus, Nov 1914	2ndLt WILLIAM F COOPER	Royal Fus, July 1917
Lt CYRIL K CHAMER	Yorks & Lancs Rgt, May 1915	Prob FtOfficer WARWICK H TURNER	RAF
Lt JOHN H FOSDICK	Rifle Bde, July 1915	Lt S HAMILTON BEGBIE	RFC, Apl 1918
Lt A LESLIE H JACOB	Ldn Irish Rfls, Sept 1915	Lt E ROY PALLETT	Royal Fus, Apl 1918
Lt GRANT M MICHAELIS	Ryl Enginrs, Sept 1915	Mjr R CUTHBERT ROWDEN	RAF, Apl 1918
2ndLt AUBREY N HUTCHINSON	London Rgt, July 1916	2ndLt THOMAS F H WAKE	N Staffs Rgt, Apl 1918
Pte HERBERT W BURROWS	KRRC, Sept 1916	Lt G BENEDICT BELL	RAF, June 1918
2ndLt A LYNN COOPER	London Rgt, Sept 1916	Lt CYRIL JACKSON	RAF, Aug 1918
[ KRRC: King's Royal Rifle Corps. On display at Bowden House, Firle Road, Seaford ] Click for larger version

Chesterton School WWI Memorial
	CHESTERTON Roll of Honour Pro Patria
	P GRAHAM T SYNGE OBE R H CARTER J HIGGINS A FITZWILLIAMS HYDE M HIGGINS D SMYTH DFC W DOLPHIN SMITH L LANG R R URE D SIMPSON R DUNCAN D CONSTANT L MEAD	P STEEVENS J A HOUGHTON G F R JACKSON P WYKES H T deB BROWN-GREAVES J GILFILLAN J MACKILLIGAN C WALKER C WALES E BRAND
[ Housed in Seaford Museum ]

St Peter's School WWII Memorial
	1939 - 1945
	P C G ACWORTH	J C KENT
	D BACKHOUSE	U E LARSEN
	H A BARKLEY	J M LOOKER
	P H C BASTABLE	J M LUCAS
	D R L BEVAN	D MARSHALL
	M S T BROADWOOD	W M MASON
	R A S C CALTHORPE	T J MORTON
	N C COOK	T D PICKARD- CAMBRIDGE
	R B C COOK	T D PICKARD- CAMBRIDGE
	P N DAVIES-COLLEY	R M POLLOCK
	R S W DARVELL	H R ROSS
	L O FILLITER	R G L SAUNDERS
	A E HACKING	H B SAYER
	S H HARDY	R O SCLATER
	G P HUDDART	G L STEER
	A P G INCE	R G WALLACE
	G H JOLLYE	R de W K WINLAW
	On lower frame edge:
	H JONES VC, OBE - FALKLANDS 1982
[ Housed in Seaford Museum ]

Seaford Foresters War Memorial
	No 7169 COURT CINQUE PORTS A.O.F. Seaford.
	In Memory of the Brethren of this Court Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War, 1914-1918.
	Bro. C J BURGESS N Fls Bro. A LARKINS RNVR Bro. F ELWIN RAMC Bro. W L MATTHEWS RFA Bro. A F GREEN RBge Bro. E GATES RWKRegt Bro. T WINTER Sfk Regt Bro. G A BANKS Bed Regt Bro. A MUSSELLE Leistr Regt Bro. G SIMMONS RWSy Regt Bro. G N BRIGGS DLI Bro. H JUPP RNVR Bro. D EARL Sx FRE & H J HARDEN RFA Bro. O C DENNIS RFA & A N EARL RHS
	And 1939 - 1945.
	Bro. G SIMPSON RAF Bro. H C DOBSON Royal Sussex Regt Bro. J A MORGAN STC
[ Housed in Seaford Museum ]

Canadian WWII Memorial, Cuckmere Haven
The Memorial at Cuckmere to Unknown Canadians	In 2006 a cairn with plaque was erected in the open field to the left of the path approaching Cuckmere Haven. The origin is explained by the text, below. British & Canadian researchers have subsequently found no evidence to substantiate Edwards' tragic tale. Several Canadian companies were stationed at Cuckmere (one of several possible South Coast invasion sites) for various periods in WWII. There was an air attack in July 1942, but all survived. The memorial's inclusion here acknowledges its existence only, therefore. The view (left) shows the Cuckmere valley towards Alfriston.
This plaque commemorates the soldiers who died in this area and specifically in this field during World War II. Their numbers are unknown but their memory lives on. The following is a personal testimony from Corporal LESLIE EDWARDS 1920-2004, a local man who served in the area and laid poppies on this spot every Remembrance Day until his death. "I will never forget the day in 1940 when a Canadian company came to Cuckmere and pitched their tents in this field. I was stationed here and knew that bombers regularly used this valley for navigation purposes. I tried to tell the commanding officer but he was not interested in what I had to say. Two mornings later the Messerschmitts arrived. Just as the sun was rising they came skimming over the water and up the valley. Around Alfriston they banked hard and came back. Bearing down on the tents they opened fire. Steam, soil and grass rose in front of them as bullets and bombs entered the ground. All the young men in the marquees and bell tents were killed. The commanding officer, who was shaving at the time in the middle coastguard cottage, died instantly when a shell went through the wall that held his mirror" Remember me when I am gone away. Gone far away into the silent land. Christina Rossetti
Seaford Artisans Golf Club
Seaford Museum houses a board which looks very like a war memorial board, with S A G C at the top. It was in fact a friends' memorial board, the "SAGC" being members of the Seaford GC, whose records include the members and functions of this society.

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