Churston Ferrers 1914 - 1918 War Memorial

CHURSTON FERRERS 1914 - 1918 WAR MEMORIAL

Churston Ferrers War Memorial -Winter 2011

Situated adjacent to the main Toquay to Brixham road on which the traffic never stops - even at this time of year!

H.A.BREWER	TR8/21608 Private Harold Alan Brewer of the 53rd Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Eliza Brewer of St Marychurch. Born in 1900. Died 20 November 1916 aged 16. Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Brixham.
T.B.BREWIN	2500 Thomas Blakesley Brewin of the 1st/23rd Battalion, the London Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Brewin. Born in Galmpton in 1891. Died 26 May 1915 aged 24.
J.DOBLE	11412 Private James Henry Doble of "A" Coy, the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs F. Doble of Churston Ferrers. Born in Tiverton (lived in Brixham) in 1896. Died 21 April 1915 aged 19.
H.E.HARVEY	236446 Able Seaman Herman Edward Harvey of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid (shore base). Son of John and Sarah Harvey. Born in Noss Mayo 6 April 1890. Died 29 June 1915 aged 25. Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Brixham.
S.F.HOCKING	3/6277 Private Samuel Ernest Hockings of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Jane Hockings. Born in Galmpton in 1894. Died 1 August 1916 aged 22.
W.A.LANGWORTHY	PLY 16568 Private Walter Alfred Langworthy of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, stationed on HMS Snaefel. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Langworthy. Born in Marldon in 1894. Died 5 June 1918 aged 24.
W.MARTIN	6106 Corporal William George Martin of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of Robert and Agnes Martin. Born in Brixham in 1898. Died 18 January 1917 aged 22. Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Brixham.
A.MASSEY	31287 Private Alexander Massey of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Massey. Born in East Stonehouse in 1887. Died 6 November 1917 aged 30. This man worked his way from garden boy to Head Gardener to Lord Leith of Fievie, Aberdeenshire at Lupton Gardens in Churston. For reasons best known to himself, Alexander signed up for service spelling his surname in the Scottish way (Massie) and giving Fievie as his place of birth. Consequently he has been hard to find!
F.R.PARNELL	R/164 Able Seaman Frederick Robert Parnell of the Royal Navy, the Howe Battalion, Son of Arthur and Mary Parnell. Born in Churston Ferrers in 1898. Died 30 December 1917 aged 19.
J. H. ROCKEY	15321 Private John Henry Rockey of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire. Son of Thomas Rockey of the Bungalow, Berry Head, late of Churston Ferrers. Born in Churston in 1894. Died between 4th and 6th September 1916 aged 22.
C.E.H.SELLICK	11405 Lance Corporal Charles Edwin Sellick of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Hannah Sellick of Exeter. Born in Exeter in 1895. Died 28 July 1916 aged 21.
W.A. SIMPSON	108535 Private Walter Anthony Simpson if the 3rd Regiment of the Canadian Mounted Rifles. Son of Francis and Marion Simpson of Maypool, Churston Ferrers. Born in Churston Ferrers 13 January 1886. Died 1 December 1915 aged 29.