While riding the Petworth Start of Summertime 100k Audax yesterday I paused at this memorial on the A283 Stopham Road just outside Pulborough.
On October 4th 1940 the Reverend William Masefield, Rector of Stopham, was cycling along this road when he was attacked by a passing enemy fighter aircraft and killed. Apparently, he was trying to get a group of children to shelter in the ditch, but did not manage to save himself.
The memorial is quite well preserved, but there used to be an explanatory leaflet too, now disappeared, which is a pity as the story should not be forgotten.
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