This church was in Banchory Road, Blackheath and was replaced in 2009. There was no war memorial as the members are recorded as having contributed to the cost of a war memorial outside St. John’s Church in Blackheath. Apparently there is a roll of honour inside that church listing 134 names.
There are sixty names on this list sent, as we can see, at the end of 1929. In this transcript full details are provided of those who died, as far as can be ascertained by comparing the typed list with information held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on casualties from Blackheath. As nearly half the names on the Sunfields list appear to be of casualties – a remarkable percentage – we can safely assume that all the war dead from this chapel are accounted for. Those men whose name alone is given are believed to have survived
Pte. Herbert Andrews 6th Bn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) died 13 October 1915 aged 23
Pte. George Asquith 20th Bn. London Regt. died 26 April 1915 aged 21
Pte. Archie Barrett 6th Bn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) died 13 September 1916 aged 21
William Beauchamp
John S. Bishop
George Bryant
Cpl. Arthur Chappell 5th Bn. London Regt. died 28 September 1917 aged 21
Sydney Clark
Pte. Albert Colbery Honourable Artillery Company died 12 August 1916 aged 24
Norman Cowell
Henry C. Clarke
William Davies
Pte. Thomas Devonshire 4th Bn. London Regt. died 26 October 1917 aged 25
William Dew
Pte. James Durbridge 15th Bn. London Regt. died 14 November 1916 aged 19
Sapper Mark Eldered Royal Engineers died 20 July 1917 aged 21
Albert E. Enticknap
Frederick Entwistle
Pte. Arthur Fincham 1/20th Bn. London Regt. died 20 October 1915
2nd Lieut. Norman Fowler 1st Bn. Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt. died 23 April 1917 aged 20
Thomas Fraser
Pte. William Fraser 12th (Reserve) Bn. Canadian Infantry Bn. died 3 March 1916 aged 35
Rifleman Arthur Galley 5th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps died 5 June 1917 aged 19
Bugler Ethelbert Garton 5th Bn. London Regt. died 9 March 1915 aged 20
Pte. Percy Gomer 16th Bn. Worcestershire Regt. died 30 October 1918 aged 24
Capt. Frederick Griffiths 20th Bn. London Regt. died 1 September 1918 aged 23
Pte. William Hamer 4th Bn. London Regt. died 9 April 1918 aged 19
Frederick Handisyde
Pte. George Hesketh 1/20th Bn. London Regt. died 20 October 1915 aged 19
Gunner William Hipsey Royal Field Artillery died 1 October 1916 aged 21
Gordon Hitchings
Victor Jameson
Walter Janes
Basil Johnson
Lieut. John Jones Royal Field Artillery died 21 February 1916 aged 45
Frank Lancaster
Frederick Laycock
Cyrill Levett
Gunner George Lines Royal Garrison Artillery died 3 September 1917 aged 37
Pte. Thomas Lines 20th Bn. London Regt. died 17 September 1916
Percy Longstaff
Albert Marwick
Sidney Mullis
Rifleman William Murton 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade died 20 January 1918 aged 25
Robert Pearce
Lawrence Perry
Lieut. John H. Pickersgill 1/6th Bn. Cheshire Regt. died 28 August 1918 aged 27
Rifleman Samuel Pilbrow 9th Bn. Rifle Brigade died 24 March 1918 aged 20
George Raymond
Rifleman Alfred Salter-Gibson 16th Bn. London Regt. died 14 April 1917 aged 21
Harold Sarfras
Alfred Smith
Herbert Thackray
Rifleman Alfred Walder 1/9th Bn. London Regt. died 26 January 1917 aged 22
Albert Watkinson
John Wells
Robert Willerton
Cecil Williams
Pte. Charles York 1/20th Bn. London Regt. died 10 January 1916 aged 20
Pte. Harold York 7th Bn. London Regt. died 25 February 1917 aged 18
Herbert Andrews, Thomas Devonshire and Basil Johnson can also be linked to the church in that members of their families are recorded as having contributed to the Million Guinea Fund.
Additional source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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