War Memorial
Sergeant Arthur Edward Warner, who served with the 7th Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment under the service number G/1855, is commemorated on three local memorials: those at Chiddingstone Causeway, at Penshurst, and at Edenbridge Hospital.
Born in Blockley, Worcestershire, around 1888, Arthur was the son of Lewis and Celia Warner. By the time he enlisted at Tonbridge in Kent he was living in Penshurst, and his wife Ethel E. Warner made her home at The Nook on Swan Street in Sible Hedingham, Essex.
His service earned him two campaign medals, a curious detail of which is that one was awarded in the rank of Private while the other recognised his status as Sergeant, reflecting his progression through the ranks.
Arthur was killed in action on 24th August 1917 at the age of 29. Rather than being listed among the missing, he has a known grave at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground near Ieper in Belgium, where he rests among many fellow soldiers of the Great War.
This profile was published by the village's local history society and was last updated on 7 November 2008.