Lance Serjeant 3363 Gilbert Harriott, of the 13th Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment, was born in 1893, the son of Gilbert Harriott and Alice Howell, of Little Wales Cottage, Plumpton.

The 1901 census records him living with his family at 2, Mill Cottages, Plumpton. Gilbert, aged 40, was born at Barcombe and was employed as a mill loader. Alice, aged 41, was born at East Chiltington.

Children recorded were Alice, aged 12, Henry, aged 11 and Gilbert, aged 8, all born at Plumpton.

In the 1911 census, the family were living at Wales Farm, Plumpton. Gilbert was now a head cowman; he and Alice had been married for twenty four years and had produced the three children previously mentioned, all of which were still alive. Alice (Junior) was now a dairy maid and Gilbert was a gardener at a nursery; Henry was not included in the census.

Gilbert was killed in action in France, on the 13th of May 1916 and is buried in the Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg L'Avoue . He is remembered on the grave of his parents in Plumpton Green Churchyard..