Budleigh War Memorial 1939 to 1945

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON WAR MEMORIAL - 1939 TO 1945

Budleigh Salterton War Memorial

The names of the dead from World War 1 are engraved on the shaft of the cross; World War 2 names, including those of civilians killed, are engraved on the plinth. The Memorial stands at a high point on the sea shore facing out over Lyme Bay.

P. R. ANSTEY	D/JX 164040 Boy 1st Class Peter Robert Anstey of the Royal Navy, HMS Repulse. Son of Robert and Louisa Anstey (née Stuart) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the June Quarter of 1924. Died 10 December 1941 aged 17.
H. R. BARTLETT	Lieutenant Harry Royston Bartlett of the Royal Marines, HMS Copra. Son of Brigadier Harry Bartlett CBE and his wife Hilda (née Hodder). Born in Andover in the March Quarter of 1924. He was badly wounded during 1943 and this contributed to his death from illness 1 November 1944 aged 20. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
F. A. BEDFORD	14334686 Lance Corporal Fred Alexis Bedford of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Tank Regiment. Son of Fred and Galy of Exmouth. Born in 1924. Died 2 July 1944 aged 20.
F. W. BRISTOW	D/JX 213706 Able Seaman Franklin William Bristow of the Royal Navy, HMS Neptune. Son of Joseph William and Alice Bristow of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the March Quarter of 1913. Died 19 December 1941 aged 29.
H. BUCKNELL	354090 Aircraftsman 1st Class Horace Bucknell of the Royal Air Force. Son of William Thomas and Annie (née Sage); husband of Lily Bucknell (née Harvey). Born in Budleigh Salterton in the March Quarter of 1905. Died 26 August 1941 aged 36.
A. E. BURCH	1783265 Gunner Alfred Edmund Burch of 83 Heavy Ack Ack Regiment, the Royal Artillery. Son of Percy and Louisa Burch of Knowle, Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the September Quarter of 1920. Died 8 December 1942 aged 22.
W. E. CARTER	657954 Leading Aircraftsman (Observer under training) William Edwin Carter of the Royal Air Force. Son of Harry and Bessie Carter. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the December Quarter of 1919. Died 12 February 1942 aged 22. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
R. L. CRITCHARD	5629071 Private Reginald Leonard Critchard of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James Jethro and Mary Ann Critchard (née Ford) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the September Quarter of 1920. Died 29 April 1944 aged 23.
J. W. COOPER	Not yet confirmed
J. H. V. DALE	2325762 Signalman Joseph Harry V. Dale of the 1st Division Signals, the Royal Corps of Signals. Son of Joseph and Ada Amelia Dale (née Buckley). Born in Budleigh Salterton in the March Quarter of 1921. Died at Dunkirk between 27 May 1940 and 2 June 1940 aged 19.
A. E. DAVEY	416939 Flight Sergeant Allan Edward Dearlove Davey of the Royal Australian Air Force serving with 90 Squadron, the RAF. Son of Horace Edward Dearlove and Floradora Stephen Mechan Davey; husband of Doris Lilian Davey (née Sedgemore). Born in 1922. Died in an accident 26 February 1944 aged 22.
L. E. DENNYS	Major General Lancelot Ernest Dennys of Special Forces. Born in India, he served at first with the 1st Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army. He won the Military Cross in World War 1 while serving in Egypt with the 54th Sikh Regiment of the Indian Army. His citation (published in the London Gazette 4 October 1919) reads: "At Shejarhar Bridge, on the 20th September 1918, he led his company through an intense cross machine-gun barrage and took his objective with the utmost determination and dash. His personal gallantry and disregard of danger greatly inspired all ranks. Although severely wounded, he endeavoured to crawl and continue commanding, but finally had to be carried back by his orderly." He went on to serve with 204 Mission as Head of the British Military Mission with the Chinese having been a former Military Attaché in Chungking. Major Dennys was the father of Joyce Dennys, Author and Artist, who lived in Budleigh Salterton. He was killed in a plane crash in China on 14 March 1942.
J. L. ENDICOTT	562265 Sergeant John Lake Endicott of 30 Light Ack Ack Regiment. Son of Ernest William and Alma Elizabeth Endicott (née Lake). Born in Newton Abbot in the December Quarter of 1921. Died 10 June 1941 aged 19. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
A. F. P. EVANS	Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian Fortescue Penrhys Evans of the Green Howards, attached as commander to the 2nd Battalion the Royal Fusiliers. Son of Major George Alfred Penrhys Evans and his wife Cecilia Camilla (née Fortescue); husband of Renee. Born in Dublin in 1903 but came to live in West Hill, Budleigh Salterton. Died 21 May 1944 at Casino. Awarded the DSO.
H. H. GRAY	Not yet confirmed
J. S. HARRIS	Not yet confirmed
S. G. HAYWARD	Not yet confirmed
P. J. R. KITCHIN	Believed to be 39539 Squadron leader Peter James Robert Kitchin DFO of 75 ( Royal New Zealand Air Force) Squadron, RAF. Not yet confirmed.
J. B. LEAHY	2nd Lieutenant John Barham Leahy of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Son of Engineer Rear Admiral James Palmer Leahy, CB; OBE; and his wife Agnes. Born in 1920. Died 1 February 1942 aged 22.
L. T. LEY	5616064 Private Leonard Thomas Ley of the 1st Battalion, the King's Own Royal Regiment (the Lancaster Regiment). Son of Thomas and Ellen Ley (née Powlesland) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the December Quarter of 1913. Died 5 October 1944 aged 31.
C. J. LOCKYEAR	2004851 Driver Cyril John Lockyear of 143 Field Park Squadron, the Royal Engineers. Son of William John and Eliza Rachel Lockyear (née Dew) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the December Quarter of 1917. Died 26 August 1944 aged 26.
F. E. NEWCOMBE	Not yet confirmed
G. H. PALAIRET	Lieutenant Cyril Hamilton Palairet of the Royal Navy, HMS Perth. Son of Robert Cameron North and Emily Katherine Palairet (née Scobell) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the March Quarter of 1915. Died 1 March 1942 aged 27.
C. T. PALMER	Not yet confirmed
W. F. PANNELL	D/J 111241 Petty Officer William Frederick Pannell of the Royal Navy, HMS Gloucester. Son of Wallace and Alice Kate Pannell (Née Selway); husband of Violet Lilie Pannell (née Brook). Born in Budleigh Salterton in the June Quarter of 1909. Died 26 May 1941 aged 32.
A. S. PENGILLY	211354 Sapper Arthur Stanley Pengilley of 244 Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Arthur Charley and Ellen Augusta Pengilley (née Bickley); husband of Dorothy Sophie Pengilley. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the December Quarter of 1913. Died 6 November 1942 aged 28. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
P. PRITCHARD	Not yet confirmed
F. W. RICHARDS	D/K 57749 Leading Stoker Frederick William Richards of the Royal Navy, HMS Hunter. Son of Robert Edwin and Ellen Richards; husband of Marjorie D. S. Richards of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Ottery St. Mary 29 July 1901. Died 10 April 1940 aged 38.
D. V. SAUNDERS	914592 Sergeant Deryk Vaughan Saunders of 62 Squadron, RAF Volunteer Reserve. Son of Cyril and Gwynedd Lilias Saunders of Budleigh Salterton. Born in 1920. Died 26 January 1942 aged 22.
H. J. SKINNER	972868 Gunner Herbert James Skinner of 113 Field Regiment, the Royal Artillery. Son of Mr. and Mrs Archibald Skinner; husband of Rosina Skinner. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the September Quarter of 1916. Died 31 August 1944 aged 28.
F. E. STEWARD	7888718 Sergeant Francis Edward Steward of the 8th Battalion, the Royal Tank Regiment, the Royal Armoured Corps. Son of Samuel William and Mary Steward (née Hunter); husband of Phyllis Margaret (née Pyne) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Wangford, Suffolk in the September Quarter of 1918. Died 18 April 1945 aged 26.
C. P. SOUTHCOTT	921349 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Charles Philp Southcott of 61 Squadron, the RAF Volunteer Reserve, Son of Private George Southcott of the Devonshire Regiment who was killed in action in Belgium 21 June 1917) and his wife Jean Southcott (née McKay) of Budleigh Salterton; husband of Katherine Southcott of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the June Quarter of 1914. Died 8 August 1943 aged 29.
H. TANNER	Not yet confirmed
R. V. WARREN	Lieutenant Richard Vivian Warren of the 1st Battalion the 15th Punjab Regiment. Son of George Bodley and Edith Florence Warren of Budleigh Salterton. Born in 1914. Died 10 September 1939 aged 25. Buried at Yatung, Tibet.
A. G. WATKINS	Not yet confirmed
F. J. WATTS	Not yet confirmed
R. H. D. WATSON	1339833 Sergeant (Navigator) Robert Hugh Davis, RAF Volunteer Reserve. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Watson, OBE of the Royal Engineers and Ethel Douglas Watson (née Lace) of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Medway, Kent in the December Quarter of 1923. Died 9 January 1944 aged 20.
R. YEATS	5626446 Private Ronald Yeats of 1/5th Battalion, the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Son of Walter and Florence Yeats; husband of Margaret Ethel Yeats of Colyton. Born in Budleigh Salterton in the March Quarter of 1916. Died 8 August 1944 aged 28.

BURIED IN BUDLEIGH SALTERTON CHURCH CEMETERY BUT NOT NAMED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL
H. J. BALE	Captain Hubert John Bale (86125) of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bale; husband of Alice Kathleen Bale of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Lambeth in the March Quarter of 1898. Died 27 March 1947 aged 49. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
J. A. BAYLEY	Lieutenant James Ayres Bayley of the Royal Marines. Son of Captain Lawrence Bayley of the Royal Navy and Isa R. Bayley (née Ayres); husband of Elizabeth Bailey of Exmouth. Born in 1918. Died 25 September 1942 aged 24. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
H. GOUTY	5876089 Corporal Harry Gouty of the 9th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 20 October 1940. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery. Nothing more yet confirmed.
S. J. HOLLOWAY	5627659 Private Stanley John Holloway of the 12th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs George Holloway. Born in 1914. Died 3 July 1941 aged 27. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
J. P. RICHARDS	PLY/X112593 Marine John Philip Richards of the Royal Marines. Son of Louis Philip and Elizabeth Scott Richards of Cornwall. Born in 1924. Died 6 September 1943 aged 19. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
E. ROTHERHAM	Commander Eustace Rotherham of the Royal Navy, HMS Royal Arthur. Son of Kenneth and Frances Elizabeth Rotherham; husband of Hope Rotherham of Budleigh Salterton. Born in Meriden, Warks, in the June Quarter of 1892. Died 10 July 1947 aged 55. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
A. J. WILSON	PLY/X113327 Marine Arthur John Wilson of the Royal Marines. Died 1 November 1943. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery. Nothing more yet confirmed.
C. E. WOOLACOTT	5619427 Private Clifton Ernest Woolacott of the 12 Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James Thomas and Elsie Jane Woolacott (née Arscott). Born in 1921. Died 3 July 1931 aged 20. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.