Find A Grave - West Sussex

Allen, Chesney b. April 5, 1893 d. November 13, 1982
Comedian. Born in Brighton, he first appeared on the variety stage in the 1920's, and was soon teamed with Bud Flanagan both on stage and on film. In 1931, they joined Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold to form the “Crazy Gang”. In addition to their hugely successful stage appearances, the six made five films together, the best regarded of which is probably "The Frozen Limits" (1939), which was described by Graham Greene as "the funniest English picture yet produced."...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Chichester Crematorium, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Allen, Maj. Willam b. June 8, 1882 d. August 27, 1933
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. From his London Gazette citation: "On 3 September 1916 near Mesnil, France, when gun detachments were unloading high explosive ammunition, the enemy suddenly began to shell the battery position. The first shell fell on one of the limbers, exploded the ammunition and caused several casualties. Captain Alien at once ran across under heavy shell fire and started attending to the wounded. He himself was hit four times by pieces of shell, but he went coolly on...[Read More] (Bio by: derrick unwin)
Earnley Parish Churchyard, Earnley, West Sussex, England
Belloc, Hilaire b. July 27, 1870 d. July 16, 1953
'Five yards East of this stone lies the body of Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), for 28 years a member of the congregation of this Church of Our Lady of Consolation, in whose memory this tower and spire were completed in 1964 in grateful recognition of his zealous and unwavering profession of our Holy faith which he defended in his writing and noble verse. "This is the Faith that I have and hold and This is That in which i mean to die."' Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Belloc was born in La Celle Saint...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Died of shock following burns
Our Lady Of Consolation and St Francis Churchyard, West Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Brennan, Michael b. September 25, 1912 d. June 29, 1982
British Actor. He was married to actress, Mary Hignett. His film and television credits include "Nicholas Nickleby," "Nothing But the Night," "Ivanhoe,"Thunderball," "The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders," "Tom Jones," "The 39 Steps," "A Tale of Two Cities," and "Tom Brown's Schooldays. On television, he made guest appearances on "All Creatures Great and Small" and "Dixon on Dock Green." (Bio by: Genet)
Chichester Crematorium, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Browne, Angela b. June 14, 1938 d. June 20, 2001
Actress. Her motion picture and television credits include "Till We Meet Again," "Chelworth," "Brat Farrar," "Tandoori Nights," "Breakaway," "Kizzy,""P. and O.," "The Yellow Pill," "Pere Goriot," "Just Like a Woman," "Court Martial,""Press for Time," "The Dark Island," "Dinner with the Family," "Ghost Squad," and "A Story of David. She made television guest appearances in "The Prisoner," "Upstairs, Downstairs," "The Avengers," and "The Saint." She was married to actor, Francis Matthews and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
Surrey and Sussex Crematorium, Crawley, West Sussex, England
Camoys, Thomas b. 1351 d. March 28, 1421
English Nobility, Army and Naval Commander. 1st Baron de Camoys. He fought in the Hundred Years' War and commanded the left flank of Henry V's army at the Battle of Agincourt (October 25, 1415). Camoys was born in Trotton. In 1372 he inherited his family's extensive lands in Sussex and France and in 1383 he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Camoys. By then he already had considerable military experience, having...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St George Churchyard, Trotton, West Sussex, England
Plot: Tomb in middle of chancel
Douglas, Alfred Bruce 'Bosie' b. October 22, 1870 d. March 20, 1945
Poet. The son of the Marquis of Queenberry, he was a sonneteer, writer, editor, and friend/lover of author Oscar Wilde.
Cause of death: Congestive Heart Failure
Friary Churchyard of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley, West Sussex, England
Dowson, Margaret Fairless b. May 7, 1869 d. August 24, 1910
English author, better known under her pseudonym Michael Fairless. She was born at her father's house, Castle Hill, Rastrick, Yorkshire, the youngest of three daughters. At first she was tutored at home by her mother and elder sisters, but after the death of her father in 1881, she was sent her to relatives in Torquay where she attended a local school. It was here that she became aware of a spinal condition that would affect the rest of her life. In 1884, she went to London to train as a nurse...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
St James Churchyard, Ashurst, West Sussex, England
Elphick, Michael b. September 19, 1946 d. September 7, 2002
Actor. He was born in Chichester, Sussex, England, his motion picture and television program credits include "EastEnders," "David Copperfield," "Let Him Have It," "The Krays," "Little Dorrit," "Withnail & I," "Boon," "Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Curse of the Pink Panther," "Smiley's People," "Masada," "A Pocketful of Dreams," "The Elephant Man," "Coronation Street," "Hamlet," and "The Bill." He was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
Chichester Crematorium, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Evill, Sir. Douglas Claude Strathern b. October 8, 1892 d. March 22, 1971
Royal Air Force Commander. During World War II he was instrumental in the setting up of decoy airfields and in the decision to bomb Dresden. Training first as a cadet at Osborne House Naval College, Isle of Wight, he went on to study at Britannia Naval College, Devon. He was encouraged to take up flying by his cousin, the aviation pioneer Arthur Longmore, and gained his Aero Club certificate in 1913, the same year in which he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1914 he...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cuckfield, West Sussex, England
Plot: Churchyard (extension).
Fiske, William b. June 11, 1911 d. August 18, 1940
Pilot Officer Fiske was an American pilot who joined the Royal Air Force. He became the first U.S. citizen to be killed in World War II. The son of William and Beulah Fiske, he was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a wealthy banking family whose ancestors had come from Suffolk, England in the seventeenth century. He attended school in Chicago, went to France with his family in 1924, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1928 where he studied Economics and History. He was well known on the Cresta...[Read More]
Cause of death: Casualty of war
St Mary and St Blaise Churchyard, Boxgrove, West Sussex, England
Hignett, Mary d. July 6, 1980
British Actress. She was best known for her final television as Mrs. Edna Hall, the housekeeper, in the British television series, "All Creatures Great and Small" from 1978 to her death in 1980. She was married to actor, Michael Brennan. Her other film and television credits include "Demons of the Mind," "The Venturers," "The Door of Opportunity," "The Corpse," "The Playground," "Prehistoric Women," "Value for Money," "The Rivals," "and "Dixon of Dock Green." (Bio by: Genet)
Chichester Crematorium, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Holbrook, Norman Douglas b. July 9, 1888 d. July 3, 1976
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient, the first from the Royal Navy and the first submariner.
St James Churchyard, Stedham, West Sussex, England
Plot: North East corner behind the church.
Holloway, Stanley b. October 1, 1890 d. January 30, 1982
British Entertainer. He appeared on stage, radio, film, and TV productions throughout his long 60 year career. His memorable films include "Hamlet" (1947), "My Fair Lady" (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), "The Lavender Hill Mob," "Nicholas Nickleby," "Alive and Kicking," "A Day to Remember," and "The Way Ahead."
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, East Preston, West Sussex, England
Holm, Sonia b. February 24, 1922 d. July 2, 1974
British Actress. She was born in Sutton, Surrey, England. Film and television creidts include "The Crowded Day," "Radio Cab Murder," "13 East Street," "The Bad Lord Byron," "Broken Journey," "Miranda," "The Calendar," "Warning to Wantons," "The Loves of Joanna Godden," and "When the Bough Breaks. She was married to actor, Patrick Holt from 1947 to 1953. (Bio by: Genet)
Surrey and Sussex Crematorium, Crawley, West Sussex, England
Holst, Gustav b. September 21, 1874 d. May 25, 1934
Composer. His symphonic suite "The Planets" (1916) is regarded as his masterpiece. A powerful, mystical work, it reflected the composer's fascination with the mythic and astrological aspects of the seven known planets beyond Earth (Pluto had not yet been discovered). Its best-known movements are "Mars, the Bringer of War," and "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity." The central melody of the latter was adapted into a popular English hymn, which was performed at the funeral of Princess...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Howard, Philip b. June 28, 1557 d. October 19, 1595
English nobility. Saint. He was the thirteenth Earl of Arundel. His father Thomas, IV Duke of Norfolk, was beheaded by Queen Elizabeth in 1572 for involvement in the affair of Mary, Queen of Scots. Philip, baptised by the Archbishop of York in the Chapel of Whitehall Palace, had Philip of Spain as one of his godfathers. He graduated at Cambridge, married and attended Queen Elizabeth's court. Handsome, high-born, quick-witted, he neglected his wife and God until 1581 when he was present at a...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Arundel Cathedral, Arundel, West Sussex, England
Hudson, William Henry b. August 4, 1841 d. August 18, 1922
British author, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born in Quilmes (Argentina) and died in London (England). He is best known for his books Green Mansions (1904), The Purple Land (1885), The Naturalist in La Plata (1892), A Shepherd's Life (1910), Far Away and Long Ago (1918), and A Hind in Richmond Park (1922). His epitaph reads: "He Loved Birds and Green Places and the Wind on the Heath, and Saw Brightness of the Skirts of God." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Broadwater Cemetery, Worthing, West Sussex, England
Ireland, John Nicholson b. August 13, 1879 d. May 12, 1962
English composer. Born in Bowden, near Manchester, England into the family of literary people, Ireland entered the newly-established Royal College of Music in London at the age of thirteen. He lost both of his parents shortly afterwards, and had to make his own way as an orphaned teenager, studying piano, organ and composition. Ireland emerged as a celebrated composer towards the end of World War I when his Second Violin Sonata brought him overnight fame. From then until his death he led an...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Shipley, West Sussex, England
Keatinge, Maj. Richard Harte b. June 17, 1825 d. May 24, 1904
Victoria Cross Recipient. He was a Major in the Bombay Artillery, Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny. His VC Citation reads: "On 17 March 1858 at the assault of Chundairee, India, Major Keatinge voluntarily led the column through the breach which was protected by heavy cross-fire. He was one of the first to enter and was severely wounded, but the column was saved from serious loss which would probably have resulted but for the Major's knowledge of the area. Having cleared the breach, he led...[Read More] (Bio by: derrick unwin)
Hills Cemetery, Horsham, Horsham, West Sussex, England

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