Names of the men from this Parish on Active Service for their King and Country.
NAME REGIMENT COMMENTS
Baker, Frank 3rd Devonshire Discharged medically unfit Batstone, Walter Edmund 4th Devonshire Dead Blamey, John Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Blamey, William Army Service Corps (M.T.) Blight, William Alfred French Red Cross Bowden, John Air Officer Commanding Bowden, William 4th Devonshires Brewer, Frank 6th Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Brice, Francis James H.M.S. “Doris” Killed Nov 9(?) 1917 Brice, Herbert Arthur 3/4 Dorsets Brice, John 9th Devonshires Discharged unfit; working on land Brice, Thomas 4th Devonshires Broom, Francis John Coldstream Guards Discharged medically unfit Broom, Thomas Henry Army Veterinary Corps Bryant, William Charles Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Budd, George 90th Canadian Infantry Budd, James Royal Garrison Artillery Budd, William 1st Devonshires Wounded Budd, Charles 90th Canadian Infantry Burnell, George 6th Devonshires Burnett, William Henry - Yeomanry Burnett, Herbert Lawrence 1/4 Devonshires Killed Burnett, Thomas Nathaniel 2/4 Devonshires Killed Burnett, James Royal Field Artillery Burnett, Richard John Royal Engineers Burnett, William John Royal Defence Corps Burnett, Ernest George Indian Army Burnett, Archibald Victor 2nd Somersetshires Burnett, Richard 3rd Devonshires Killed March 10 1915 Burrow, Victor John 1/4 Devonshires Burston, Albert Coastguard Patrol Reserve Butler, Arnold 8th Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Butler, Herbert 3rd Dragoon Guards Burrow, Fred Machine Gun Corps Coren, Herbert Royal Engineers Chidgey, Sidney Army Service Corps Clark, Edwin Ivanhoe Royal Fleet Auxiliary Chown, Richard Queen Victoria Rifles Collard, Sidney 13th Devonshires Collard, Charles Rifle Brigade Cottrell, Samuel James 2/4 Devonshires Cottrell, James Royal Engineers Cottrell, Charles James Royal Garrison Artillery Cottrell, Felix H.M.S. “Magnolia” Cottrell, James (Bowdens) Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cottrell, Charles (Bowdens) - Cottrell, Francis Royal Engineers Cottrell, William (Bowdens) Royal Navy ...... , Frank 8th Somerset Light Infantry ...... , Charles 8th Somerset Light Infantry ...... , Harry Training Reserve ...... , William 2nd Devonshires Davey, William Henry 2/4 Devonshires Davey, Arthur John 3/4 Devonshires Drowned March 6 1919 Davey, Richard Royal Defence Corps Denscombe, James H.M.S. “Erin” Dinham, Jack - Durman, Sam Army Service Corps Davey, Percival Royal Flying Corps Davey, Herbert William 4th Devonshires Earl, Henry Robert 9th Devonshires Killed Sept 26 1915 Escott, Thomas 2/4 Devonshires Escott, William Lanes(?) Regiment Killed Gibbings, Percy Machine Gun Corps Fisher, Thomas Albert (Dr.) Royal Army Medical Corps Gibbings, Mervin Royal Engineers Frost, William Royal Defence Corps Gibbings, Victor 6th Wiltshires Gadd, William 2/4 Devonshires Gage, John 1st Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Gardner, William 1/4 Devonshires Killed Gibbings, James 1st Devonshires Gibbings, William John 1st Devonshires Gibbings, Hubert Royal 2/1 Devon Yeomanry Killed Gibbings, Thomas Escott 3rd City of LondonYeomanry: Rough Riders Wounded Gibbings, Henry Thomas 3rd Devonshires Gillard, Ernest 23rd Canadian Regiment MILITARY MEDAL Gillard, Arthur 2nd Devonshires Killed ? 1914 Gould, William Henry 1st Devonshires Gould, Ernest Devonshire Transport Discharged medically unfit Gooding, Robert - Grant, Richard 2/4 Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Gratton, Reuben - Greenslade, Cecil 9th Devonshires Lost a leg Greenslade, William Charles Somerset Light Infantry Missing presumed dead Greenslade, George West Somerset Yeomanry Greenslade, John Thomas 1/4 Devonshires Killed ? 1915 Greenslade, Bert Somerset Light Infantry Wounded July 6 1916 Greenslade, Reginald James Somerset Light Infantry Killed Aug 28 1915 Gibbons, Frank Army Service Corps Gibbons, Ernest William Royal Engineers Hagley, Ernest 10th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Wounded July 9 1916 Hagley, Walter Royal Engineers Hancock, Thomas Egbert Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Hancock, Charles Royal Naval Air Service Hancock, William Henry 8th Devonshires Hancock, William R.O.D. Royal Engineers Hancock, Ernest 22nd Rifle Brigade Hancock, Donald Siege Gun Artillery Hancock, Thomas Royal Defence Corps Hancock, William (Silver St.) - Hancock, Edmund 8th Devonshires Killed July ? 1916 Harper, Edward Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Discharged medically unfit Harper, Lewis Army Service Corps (M.T.) Hawkins, Francis Somerset Light Infantry Heale, Francis Wallace 11th Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Hellier, Edward John Army Service Corps (M.T.) Herniman, Francis John junior 4th Devonshires Herniman, Francis John 4th Devonshires Hulland, John - Hutchings, Frederick 9th Devonshires Killed Hutter, Alfred Ernest 1st Devonshires Killed Irish, William Egbert 7th Somerset Light Infantry Wounded Sept 4 1916 Irish, Clifford George Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry MILITARY MEDAL Irish, Percy Henry Royal Garrison Artillery MILITARY MEDAL James, George Francis 4th Devonshires Jones, Stanley 2/4 Devonshires Jones, Henry 1st Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Jones, Montague Samuel 1/4 Devonshires Jones, Albert Victor Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Jones, Sidney John Provisional Batt: Devonshire Regiment Jones, Ernest Royal Navy James, Richard Henry Royal Fleet Auxiliary Kerslake, William Royal Horse Artillery Kerslake, Ernest 9th Devonshires Discharged medically unfit Kerslake, Arthur 1st Devonshires Killed Kerslake, Henry 22nd Rifles Brigade Kerslake, Charles Hubert Royal Field Artillery Kerslake, Samuel 11th Devonshires Kerslake, Victor 11th Devonshires King, Fred William Royal Navy Kingdom, William Llewellyn Army Service Corps (M.T.) Kingdom, Percy - Kingdom, Horace Donald Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Killed May 6 1917 Knight, Francis George 6th Dragoon Guards Knight, John Leonard Royal Flying Corps Land, Frederick 10th Devonshires Land, Richard George 3rd Devonshires Lazarus, Frank 2/4 Devonshires Lazarus, James Army Service Corps Lazarus, Thomas Henry H.M.S. “Canada” Lazarus, Frederick 4th Devonshires; Dorsets Prisoner of War Lazarus, Thomas 6th Devonshires Lazarus, Harry Royal Defence Corps Lazarus, William Royal Engineers Lazarus, Ernest Victor Cheshire Regiment Langdon, Sidney Royal Navy Air Service Langdon, Arthur West Surrey Discharged medically unfit Lugg, Richard George 2/4 Royal Berkshire Killed June 7 1918 Napper, Montague Royal Navy Miles, Fred 4th Reserves, Hampshire Neithercott, John H.M.S. “Larkspur” Neithercott, Arthur James 9th Devonshires Nott, Charles - Devonshires Nott, Gilbert Charles 2/4 Devonshires Died May 3 1916 Nott, Horace 9th Devonshires Oxenham, James Royal Defence Corps Discharged medically unfit Oxenham, Henry James 10th Devonshires Oxenham, Ernest Henry Army Service Corps Palfrey, Frank - Parsons, Sydney 2nd Devonshires Wounded July ? 1916; died Parsons, John Machine Gun Corps Wounded; Prisoner of War Penney, Edgar 23rd Infantry Brigade Penney, Charles Edward 15th Welsh Regiment Wounded July 1916 Penney, Alfred 1/7 Devonshires Wounded Penny, William Henry 2/4 Devonshires Penney, Frank 2/4 Devonshires Penwarden, William John Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Wounded August 22nd 1918 Parsons, James - Ridler, Francis Henry 8th Devonshires Wounded Oct 1915 Rabjohns, Fred 2/4 Devonshires Killed Rabjohns, George 4th Devonshire Reserves Rooks, Alfred 1st Devonshires Rooks, Sidney 8th Devonshires Wounded July 20 1916 Rogers, William Machine Gun Corps Wounded Nov 6 1918 Salisbury, Henry 3rd Devonshires Salisbury, John 1/4 Devonshires Scorce, Albert 1/1 Royal N. Devon Hussars Serenger, Ernest 1st Devonshires Killed Seward, Frederick Thomas 2/1 W Somerset Yeomanry Wounded Staddon, Frank 6th Devonshires Staddon, Frank (Castle Street) - Staddon, Harold Lewis Naval Air Service Staddon, Reginald Lennox Royal Flying Corps Stevens, James Charles Machine Gun Corps Stevens, Frederick George Royal Engineers Stevens, Albert Henry 3rd Devonshires Sprague, Albert - Todd, Gilbert - Warwickshire Thorne, Arthur 2/4 Devonshires Thorne, William 2/4 Devonshires Thorne, Isaac 2/4 Devonshires Died Aug 10 1915 Thorne, Percy Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Tooze, Edward George Royal Engineers Tooze, Fred - Devonshires Tooze, Francis 8th Somerset Light Infantry Died of wounds Nov 20 1917 Toze, William - Toze, Cecil - Devonshire Regiment Venn, John Parminter Army Service Corps Vicary, Donald James 2/4 Devonshires Vickery, Thomas William Royal Field Artillery Killed Vickery, Tom 1st Somerset Light Infantry Watts, George - Ware, William 13th Devonshires Ware, Frederick 3rd Devonshires Webber, Harry Royal Defence Corps Webber, George H.M.S. “Albion” Webber, Albert 1/5 Somerset Light Infantry Wensley, Francis Royal Engineers Wounded July 10 1916 Wensley, Victor John Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Wood, John Royal Marine Light Infantry MILITARY MEDAL Yeo, W James 53rd Hampshire Yandle, Albert 3rd West Somerset Yeomanry Yeo, Samuel John 1/4 Devonshires Yeo, Arthur 36th Canadian Regiment Yeo, Thomas 6th Devonshires Yeo, Frank Royal Navy
Brethren, pray for us.
Transcribed from the damaged original by Tom McManamon.