"TOPSHAM MEN SACRIFICED IN WAR" - NOVEMBER 1917 |
The photographs on this page appeared under the above heading in the Western Times on Friday November 9th 1917. |
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241951 Private Harry James Rowe of the 2nd Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of John and Lucy Rowe of 6 Monmouth Hill, Topsham. Born in Cadeleigh nr. Tiverton in the June Quarter of 1895. Died 26 September 1917 aged 22. |
29197 Private Herbert Henry Kentisbeer of the 7th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Henry and Emma Kentisbeer of Topsham. Born in Topsham in the December Quarter if 1881. Died of wounds 15 October 1917 aged 36.
His brother, Corporal Cecil Charles Kentisbeer of the 1st Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action 11 April 1917 aged 25. |
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290541 Private Wallace Anstey of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Emma Anstey of Topsham. Born in Topsham in the March Quarter of 1897. Died 4 October 1917 aged 20. |
290199 Corporal Reginald George Pike of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Pike of Topsham. Born in Topsham in the June Quarter of 1898. Died 4 October 1917 aged 19. |
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31 July, 2009
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