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R. BEDFORD |
Lieutenant Roland Bedford of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Ida Bedford of 32, Oxford Rd., Exeter. Born in 1898 in Exeter. Died 13 Sep 1918 aged 20. Awarded MC and Bar. Twice previously wounded. |
J. H. BEER |
Not yet confirmed |
C. A. BLAKEWAY |
Private Clinton Aubrey Blakeway of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Amy Blakeway of 6, Northernhay St., Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1889 in Plymouth. Died 1 May 1916 aged 26.
Additional information:
Clinton Blakeway went to India, and subsequently volunteered to serve in Mesopotamia. After going through the campaign with the Force, under General Townsend, he was finally beseiged in Kut, and was unofficially reported to have died two days after its fall." |
F. L. BOWDEN |
Private Frances Leopold Bowden of the 1st/8th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment. Son of Francis and Annie Bowden late of 3 Pinhoe Rd.,Exeter. Born in 1883 in Heavitree. Died 13 June 1917 aged 36. |
S. BOWDEN |
Not yet confirmed |
R. BOYCE |
Not yet confirmed but believed to be Reginald Boyce. |
A. H. BRADBEER |
Second Lieutenant Alfred Harold Bradbeer of the 3rd Battalion, the Manchester Regiment. Son of Alfred Bradbeer. Born 1896 in Exeter. Died 21 October 1916 aged 20. |
A. BREWER |
Not yet confirmed but believed to be Albert Brewer. |
G. B. BULLEN |
Lance Corporal George Brook Bullen of the 1st/6th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of John and Kate Brook Bullen of 45 Dawlish Rd., Teignmouth. Born in the September Quarter of 1893 in Teignmouth. Died 21 July 1916 aged 23. |
J. CAMBLE |
Lance Corporal James Ernest Camble of the 8th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Emily Camble of 4 Castle Street, Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1891 in Exeter. Died 17 February 1917 aged 25. |
R. J. CHALLICE |
Not yet confirmed |
V. H. CHAPMAN |
Not yet confirmed but believed to be Victor Harry Chapman. |
F. W. CHICK |
Lieutenant Francis William Chick of the 7th Battalion , the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Emily Chick of Park House, St. Thomas, Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1895 in Exeter. Died 4 October 1917 aged 22. |
W. L. CHOWN |
Second Lieutenant William Leonard Chown of the 3rd Battalion, the Dorset Regiment. Son of William and Lucy Chown of Pinehurst, Exton, Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1893. Died 30 July 1916 aged 22. |
G. S. B. CARTER |
Third Officer George Snaton Brand Carter of the Mercantile Marine. Son of the late William Carter and of Isabella Carter of 27, Polsloe Rd., Exeter. Born in Co. Durham in 1875. Died 7 December 1916 aged 41. |
A. R. COLE |
Lance Corporal Arthur Richard Cole of the 2nd/1sr West Sussex Field Ambulance, the Royal Army Medical Corp. Son of Arthur Cole of 31 Wonford Rd, Exeter. Born in 1895 in Exeter. Died 10 April 1918 aged 23. |
H. E. CRANE |
Private Henry Ernest Crane M.A (Cantab) of the 9th battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of John Crane of Stoke Newington and husband of Irene Crane of Woodford, Essex. Born in the December Quarter of 1884. Died 27 October 1916 aged 32. |
W. R. CRUDGE |
Lance Corporal William Robert Crudge of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Sarah Crudge of 17, Elmside, Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1894. Died 11 February 1916 aged 21. |
F. D. CUSENS |
Air Mechanic 1st Class Frederick Douglas Cusens of the 21st Squadron, the RAF. Son of H.D and Amy Cusens of Sterkstroom, Cape Colony. |
W. H. DANIEL |
Sergeant William Henry Daniel of the 52st Coy., the Machine Gun Corps. Son of James and Lucy Daniel of 21, St. Ann's Rd. Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1897 in St. Thomas, Exeter. Died 28th May 1917 aged 19. |
G. P. DENHAM |
Captain George Parsons Denham of the 10th Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Son of John and Harriet Denham of Exeter. Born in the March Quarter of 1880. Died 14 Apr 1917 aged 37.
"He was an artist with the degree of A.R.C.A, Kensington, London."
Additonal information:
Captain Denham was wounded in the battle of Arras on 10 April 1917 and died four days later. The Colonel of the Regiment wrote: "The Captain led his Company in the attack most gallantly and was shot by a German officer on reaching his objective." |
F. W. DOWN |
Gunner Francis William Down of 337 Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of William Down of 18 Regents Park Rd., Mont-le-Grand, Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1897 in Exeter. Died 14 Jun 1918 aged 20. |
A. J. EDWARDS |
Not yet confirmed |
R. H. ELLIS |
Private Richard Henry Ellis of the 4th Regiment, the South African Infantry. He was a South African citizen. Son of Richard and Emma Ellis of the Three Horseshoes, Upton Pyne. Born in the September Quarter of 1876. Died 24 July 1916 aged 40. "His brothers Ben and Walter also fell." |
E. W. EASTON |
Private Ernest W. Easton of the 4th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Ernest and Alice Easton of Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1889 in Exeter. Died 18 October 1916 aged 27. |
L. J. FINNING |
Sergeant Leonard John Finning of the 24th Battalion, the Australian infantry. Son of John and Lucy Finning of "Hazeldene", Pinhoe, Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1886. Died 4 October 1915 aged 29. |
W. J. FORD |
Private William John Ford of the 24th Field Ambulance, the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of John and Alice Ford of 70 Pinhoe Rd., Exeter. Born in 1897 in Exeter. Died 1 August 1917 aged 20. |
N. B. FOSTER |
Not yet confirmed |
W. FROST |
Able Seaman Wilfred Frost of the Royal Navy, HMS Vehement. Son of Edmund and Mary Frost of Lothar Villa, St. Thomas, Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1900 in Exeter, St.Thomas. Died 2 August 1918 aged 18. |
S. H. FULFORD |
Private Stafford Herbert Fulford of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Born in 1893 in Exeter. Died 3 May 1916 aged 23. Awarded the DCM. |
R. GAZZANA |
Private Ronald Gazzana of the Candian Infantry. Died 22 May 1915 aged 21. He was a Canadian National. |
W. S. GOFF |
Lieutenant William Setten Goff of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Son of James and Ann Goff of Exeter and brother of Charles Goff of Bloomsbury, London. Born in 1881 in Exeter. Died 22 April 1918 aged 36. Awarded the MC. |
W. E. HARRIS |
Second Lieutenant William Edward Harris of the 2nd Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry. Son of William and Eva Harris of 43, Monks Rd., Exeter. Born in the March Quarter of 1894 in Heavitree. Died 19 December 1915 aged 22. |
H. N. BASCOMB-HARRISON |
Captain H. N. Bascomb-Harrison of the 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Dr. H. Bascomb-Harrison. Born in 1879. Died 16 March 1915 aged 36. Awarded the MVO. |
S. T. J. HELMORE |
Second Lieutenant Stanley Thomas John Helmore of the 18th Squadron, the RAF, Son of William and Elizabeth Helmore of Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1896. Died 14 May 1918 aged 22. |
F. W. HOLLAND |
Rifleman Francis Walter Holland, of the 16th Battalion, the London Regiment. Son of John and Agnes Holland of Seven Stars, Kennford, Exeter. Born in 1893 in Exeter. Died 27 April 1916. |
G. J. F. HOOKWAY |
Private Gilbert John Frank Hookway of the 1st Battalion of the Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Kate Hookway of 5, Queens Crescent, Exeter. Born in 1877 in Exeter. Died 8 August 1918 aged 41. |
W. E. CHAPMAN |
Private W. E. Chapman of the 3rd Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of William and Alberta Chapman of 12 Cross Park Terrace, Heavitree. Born in 1899 in Exeter. Died 21 October 1918 aged 19. |
R. C. DEAN |
Private Reginald Charles Dean of the 57th Battalion, the Machine Gun Corps. Son of Charles and Florence Dean of 182, Pinhoe Rd, Exeter. Born in 1899 in Exeter. Died 2 September 1918 aged 19. |
H. F. EVANS |
Not yet confirmed |
T. L. PURNELL |
Private Thomas Leonard Purnell of the 13th Kensington Battalion, the London Regiment. Son of Frank and Annie Purnell of 40 Torrington Place, Plymouth. Born in Exeter in 1898. Died 29 August 1918 aged 20. |
RIGHT PANEL |
C. A. V. JEEVES |
Second Lieutenant Charles Anthony Victor Jeeves of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Anthony and Mary Lambert Jeeves of "Croyland", Albert Park Rd., Malvern, Worcs. Born in 1880 in Exeter. Died 20 September 1917 aged 37. Awarded the MM. |
F. H. JERRED |
Private Frank Horace Jerred of the 2nd Regiment, the South African Infantry. Son of Samuel and Annie (Joanna) Jerred of Exeter. Born in 1888 in Exeter. Died 12 October 1916 aged 29. |
P. J. KEMBLE |
Lance Corporal Philip James Kemble of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment and attached to the 2nd battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of William and Annie Kemble of Primrose Cottage, Ide. Born in 1894. Killed near Basra on 22 November 1915 aged 21. A student at St. Luke's College, Exeter. |
C. KERSLAKE |
Private Cornelius Kerslake of the 11th Battalion, the King's Regiment. Son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Kerslake of Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1876 in Exeter. Died 1 April 1917 aged 40. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Exeter. |
P. M. LABDON |
Second Lieutenant Percy Miller Labdon of the 469th Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Fred and Eunice Labdon of Glenthorne, Cullompton. Born in the March Quarter of 1896 in Cullompton. Died 26 September 1917 aged 21. |
A. L. LAVER |
Corporal Alfred Lionel Laver of B Squadron, the Middlesex Hussars. Son of Thomas and Kate Lavers of 21 Cross Park, Heavitree. Born in 1892 in Exeter. Died 1 September 1915 aged 23.
Additional information:
Killed at Gallipoli. It appears that his squadron held advanced trenches which were open to fire from snipers, and volunteers were called to locate them. Corporal Laver and another immediately stepped out and went on their dangerous errand. The former was hit, while the latter had a miraculous escape, as the Turks immediately opened with a hail of bullets from a machine gun. Search parties went out at night but failed to recover the missing Corporal."
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W. G. S. LEE |
Ship's Steward William George Ellis of the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Son of Samuel and Jane Lee of School House, Willand, Cullompton. Born in 1895. Died 9 July 1917 aged 22. |
F. J. LORAM |
Lance Corporal Frederick John Loram ("Fred") of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of E. T and A. M. Loram of Sobey's Farm, Alphington. Born in 1893 in Crediton. Died 4 October 1917 aged 24. |
H. F. MAUNDER |
Not yet confirmed |
A. MIDDLEMISS |
Not yet confirmed |
S. MILTON |
Private Stanley Milton of the 102nd Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of Thomas and Lena Milton of Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1891 in Exeter. Died 20 May 1917 aged 26. |
N. C. MONDY |
Private Neville Colin Mondy of the 1st Battalion, the Honourable Artillery Company. Son of John and Jessie Mondy of 7, Pinhoe Rd. Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1895 in Exeter. Died 15 November 1916 aged 21. |
G. P. MORTIMER |
Lance Corporal George Pearce Mortimer of the 3rd Company of London Yeomanry (The "Sharpshooters"). Son of the Rev. Reginald and Mrs. Mary Mortimer. Born in 1887 in Colyton. Died 26 September 1915 aged 28. |
J. V. McKENZIE |
Private John Victor McKenzie of the 2nd/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Bessie McKenzie of 37 Barnardo Rd. Exeter. Born at Kimberley, South Africa in 1898. Died 15 April 1917 aged 19. |
H. NORRINGTON |
Lance Corporal Henry Norrington of the 2nd Battalion, the Scots Guards. Eldest son of George and Harriet Norrington late of 17, New North Rd., Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1879 in Exeter. Died 1 Feb 1917 aged 38. |
R. PACKHAM |
Rifleman Reginald Packham of the 12th Battalion, the London Regiment. Son of William and Julia Packham of Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1881 in St. Thomas, Exeter. Died 17 July 1917 aged 37. |
F. T. PARKHOUSE |
Private Frederick Thomas Parkhouse of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Annie Parkhouse of 165 Monks Rd., Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1896 in Exeter. Died 5 October 1917 aged 21. |
W. I. PARTRIDGE |
Lieutenant Wilfred Issell Partridge of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Laura Partridge of 6, St. John's Rd., Exeter. Born in 1892. Died 24 April 1917 aged 25. |
J. G. PEDRICK |
Private James George Pedrick of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 24th Field Ambulance. Son of James and Alice Pedrick of London, formerly of Devon. Born in the March Quarter of 1894 at Teignmouth. Died 17 February 1915 aged 21. |
W. E. H. PERRY |
Fresh information kindly supplied by a family member:
2nd Lieut. William Everard Hill Perry of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Wallis Perry and Bessie Perry (née Hill). Born in Lostwithiel 3 March 1898. Died on 14 April 1917 aged 19.
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A. E. POWELL |
Not yet confirmed |
J. F. PUGSLEY |
Second Lieutenant John Frederick Pugsley of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Florence Pugsley of 10, Sydney Rd., St. Thomas. Born in the June Quarter of 1896 in St. Thomas. Died 30 August 1918 aged 22. |
W. L. RANDALL |
Rifleman William Littleton Randall of the 13th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of William and Mary Randall of St. Thomas, Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1886 in St. Thomas. Died 11 April 1917 aged 31. |
E. J. ROBERTS |
Not yet confirmed but believed to be Edward J. Roberts whose family farmed in Exwick. |
D. SALTER |
Lance Corporal Donald Salter of the 7th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of John and Emma Salter of 12, Gordon Rd., Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1882 in Exeter. Died 24 April 1915 aged 34. Became a Canadian Citizen. |
W. G. SANDERS |
Sergeant William George Sanders of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. Son of Frederick and Ellen Sanders, formerly of Cowick St., St. Thomas, Exeter. Born in 1875 at Starcross. Died 14 March 1915 aged 38.
Additional information:
"During a partial lull in the shelling of his position ( he being seated in the trench with his back to the parapet, as all were to escape the fragments of bursting shell overhead) he leaned forward to warn the look-outs to be on the qui vive, his last words were "Keep a sharp look-out". He buried in the cemetery of Neuve Chapelle."
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R. L. SARGEANT |
Second Lieutenant Ralph Leslie Sargeant of the 3rd Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Son of Christy and Virginia Sargeant of The Bungalow, Longdown. Born in the June Quarter of 1891 in Exeter. Died 25 March 1917 aged 26. Brother of Charles below. |
C. E. SARGEANT |
Sergeant Charles Ewart Sargeant of the 10th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Christy and Virginia Sargeant and brother of Ralph above. Husband of Winifred Sargeant of the Bungalow, Long's Hill, Lympstone. Born in the March Quarter of 1888 in Exeter. Died 18 October 1917 aged 28. |
E. K. SAWDYE |
Lance Corporal Edward Kenneth Sawdye of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Ellen Sawdye of 4, Lower Summerlands, Exeter. Born in the December Quarter of 1893 in Exeter. Died 15 September 1916 aged 22. |
M. H. SHORTO |
Lieutenant Martin Hubert Shorto of the Royal Engineers. Son of George and Jessy Shorto of Exeter. (George Shorto was the Town Clerk of Exeter). Born in the September Quarter of 1889 in Exeter. Died 27 Jul 1917 aged 28.
He was an A.M.I.C.E and had been Assistant Surveyor in the Public Works Dept of Shanghai. |
O. T. SLEEMAN |
Private O. T. Sleeman of the 1st/4th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Marwood and Matilda Sleeman of 62 Mount Pleasant Rd., Exeter. Born in 1896. Died 3 February 1917 aged 21. |
H .J. W SMITH-MARRIOTT |
Private 2nd Class Hugh John Wyldbore Smith-Marriott of the RAF Recruits' Depot. Son of George and Dorothy Smith-Marriott of 25, Mont-le-Grand, Heavitree. Born in Boverton, Cardiff in the September Quarter of 1898. Died 19 October 1918 aged 20. |
H. TILLMAN |
Bombardier Harry Tillman of the 1st Devon Battery, the Royal Field Artillery. Parents not yet confirmed but he was born in March Quarter of 1895, probably in Exmouth. Died 21 June 1915 aged 20. |
L. E. TUCKER |
Sergeant Leonard Edmund Tucker of the Army Veterinary Corps. Son of Edward and Mary Tucker of the Windsor Castle, North St. Heavitree. Born in the June Quarter of 1893. Died 7 October 1919 aged 26. |
H. V. WEBBER |
Private Harold Victor Webber of the 6th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment. Son of Thomas and Louisa Webber of Bournemouth, formerly of Exeter. Born in the September Quarter of 1897 in St. Thomas. Died 8 Jun 1918 aged 21. |
F. C. WHITE |
Private Frederick Cornelius White of B Coy., the Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles. Son of William and Elizabeth White of 21, Toronto Rd., Exeter. Born in the March Quarter of 1898 in Exeter. Died 21 December 1917 aged 19. |
G. WHITE |
Captain George White of the 1st Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment. Son of John and Harriet White of 95 Paris Street, Exeter. Born in 1887 in Exeter. Died 1 July 1916 aged 29.
Additonal information:
"It is reported that he, while leading his men in the "great push", was wounded in the side. He, however, rallied, but while calling his men to advance, was fatally shot."
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A. HARPER |
Not yet confirmed |
G. E. HAWKINS |
Ship's Steward George Edward Hawkins of the Royal Navy, HMS Bulwark. Son of George and Emily Hawkins of 55 Hoopern St., Exeter. Born in Exeter in the December Quarter of 1890. Died 26 November 1914 aged 25. |
C. MAYNE |
Able Seaman Charles Mayne of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, SS Polijames. Born in 1892 in Exeter. Died 2 October 1918 aged 27. |