Commemorating and remembering the lives of the men and women of Chailey, Sussex during the Great War 1914-1918 and remembering too the sick and wounded soldiers nursed by Sussex 54 VAD. This is their story.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Rifleman W Pateman, 24th Rifle Brigade & 1/5th RW Kent Regt
Chailey Parish Magazine first mentions Walter
Pateman in August 1916 noting, Pateman, Rif W, C/Co Rifle Brigade ,
India . In October 1916 it reports that he is serving
with the 24th Rifle Brigade in India
and in January 1917 that he is with the 1/5th Royal West Kent Regiment. His name appears for the final time in the
parish magazine in December 1917 as: Pateman,
Rif W, C/Co, 1/5 R W Kent .
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