PENSHURST HOME GUARD
Photograph taken outside the main entrance to Penshurst Place.
Back row (L to R)
1. ?
2. Percy Hallett. Worked at Well Place farm
3. ?
4. A.G.’Guy’ Pawson. Lived at Saints Hill
later in a flat in Penshurst Place. Worked in London; before the war played
cricket for Oxford University and Somerset. Champion fly fisherman.
5. S.A.Merriman. Butler/cook at for Viscount
Hardinge at South Park. Notable footballer for Penshurst Park FC.
6. Walter Coleman.
7. ?
8. ?
9. Bill
Davey who worked at Salmans farm
10. W.Gordon Goodwin. Farmer at Elliotts farm. Had a herd of
Guernsey cows and a retail milk round, also hop grower.
11. Frank Mannering (Snr). Lived at Doubleton
Farm cottages, worked at Beggars Barn farm.
12. A Hazeldine. Lived Smarts Hill.
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. ?
Second row.
17. A. Snell
18. ?
19. ?
20. Jim Lambert. Gardener at Redleaf House
21. ?
22.
Reginald
“Reggie” Frank Abrams. Worked in London as manager for Coutts & Co. Joined
the army and obtained a commission with the RASC. Landed in Normandy with a
tank landing ship on D+5.
23.
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24.
F.Ball
25.
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26.
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27.
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28.
Leslie
Letts. Publisher Letts & Co. Farmer Swaylands home farm.
29.
(Possibly)
Bert Chandler who worked at Penshurst Place on buildings maintenance or Jack
Divall?
30.
Jack
Kench
31.
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32.
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Middle row (seated)
33. A Towner
34. ?
35. Gerald Willcocks Farmer at Well Place
36. D.G.’Dick’ Goodwin. Farmer at Nash’s Farm. Hop grower.
37. ?
38. Sidney S. Stacey. Head gardener Penshurst
Place. Notable cricketer for Penshurst Park CC
39. (Captain) Dr W.Charrington Wood. MO. Appt
21st July 1941 The village doctor.
40. (Captain) J.M.’Jim’Dubuisson. Lived Saints
Hill House, worked in London. 2 i/c
41. (Major) Richard ‘Dick’ Douglas Hoblyn
Commanding Officer. Lived at The Yews. Senior partner Hoblyn & King, London
EC2.
42. ?
43. Reverend Peveril Turnbull. Padre and Penshurst Rector.
44. Dick Mercer. Quartermaster
45. ?
46. A.G. Branch. Worked at Swaylands
47. ?
48. Edward ‘Ted’ Sands. Chauffeur for Lord DeLisle at Penshurst Place
Front row (seated on
the ground)
49. Sid Fenner.
Worked at Well Place farm
50. ?
51. S.Coulstock (son of Ivo)
52. ?
53. ?
54. ?
55. ?
56. Dennis Peter Hallett. Called up and killed in action.
57. Mark Ball.
Lived in New Road
58. Jack KIrby
59. Sidney Lane. Called up and joined the Royal Navy
60. Leslie Hazeldine.
61. ?
62. ?
