Private Ernest Harding, 315387, 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was born in Danehill or Maresfield in 1877. He lived at 1 Marsh Green Cottages, Hartfield and enlisted in Colemans Hatch. He was killed in action on 6th November 1917 near Beersheeba, Israel, age 42 and has is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery: Grave M 18.
He was married to Ellen Susanna (Brand) Harding (1882 – 1967) and had the following children; John Ernest (April 1903), Edith Nellie (March 1904) and Gladys Evelyn (14th December 1913 to 27th December 1913). His pre-war occupation was a Gardener.
Listed on the War Memorials in Colemans Hatch and Hartfield. There is also a memorial plaque in St John’s Church, Felbridge.
