World War 1 sailors

Wateringbury has had a close association with the Royal Navy until quite recently: William Latter served at Trafalgar as a boy; Matthias Lucas organised the sea fencibles; arranged Nelson's funeral and was on the committee which had Nelson's column erected; as recently as the second half of the 20^th century there were two admirals living in the village.

Deaths in WWI included Alfred Gunner, Arthur Hodge, George Hearn, and Thomas Bowles but many more served and a selection of short bios is attached.