The 1914 - 1918 War Memorial

UPTON PYNE WAR MEMORIAL 1914 - 1918

Upton Pyne - the War Memorial


C.A.BRADFORD	Captain Cecil Aubrey Bradford of the West African Frontier Force, attached to the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lt.Colonel and Mrs M. Bradford of Welparke, Lustleigh; husband of Grace Bradford. Born in Holsworthy 20 February 1886. Drowned 24 April 1917 aged 31. He was travelling to a new posting when the passenger ship he was on - SS Abosso - was torpedoed off Fastnet without warning by a German submarine.
R.BOARD	Fought as BOARD - his foster carers' name. 330451 Rifleman Reginald Board of the 1st/8th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Fostered out as a child as Reginald O'Brien. Fostered by George and Martha Board. Born in Taunton in 1898. Died 19 April 1917 aged 19.
W.P.BOWDEN	27825 Private Walter Percy Bowden of the 14th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Bowden; brother of Frederick (see below). Born in Upton Pyne in 1886. Died 29 July 1916 aged 30.
F.H.BOWDEN	PLY/352(S) Private Frederick Henry Bowden of the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, the Royal Naval Division. Son of William and Mary Bowden; brother of Walter Bowden (see above). Born in Upton Pyne in 1894. Died 17 November 1916 aged 22.
R.H.ELLIS	2437 Private Richard Henry Ellis of the 4th Regiment, the South African Infantry. Son of Richard and Emma Ellis of the Three Horse Shoes Public House; brother of Ben and Percival (see below).
B. ELLIS	682596 Private Ben Ellis of the 22nd (County of London) Battalion, the London Regiment; formerly the 5th Royal Fusiliers. Son of Richard and Emma Ellis of the Three Horse Shoes Public House; brother of Richard (see above) and Percival (see below). Born in Upton Pyne in 1890. Died 16 September 1916 aged 26.
P.ELLIS	51356 Acting Corporal Percival Ellis of the 16th Battalion, the Chshire Regiment; formerly 3/28320, the RASC. Son of Richard and Emma Ellis of the Three Horse Shoes Public House; brother of Ben and Richard (see above). Born in Upton Pyne in 1892. Died 6 April 1918 aged 26.
W.ELLIS	3162 Private Walter Ellis of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Emma Ellis of the Three Horse Shoes Public House; brother of Be, Percy and Richard (see above) Born in Upton Pyne in the June Quarter of 1887. Died 17 June 1916 aged 29.
W.H.CHALKER	79160 Lance Sergeant Wallace Hugh Chalker of "D" Coy, the 31st Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of James and Bessie Chalker of the Water Works, Upton Pyne. Born in 1882. Died 9 June 1916 aged 34.
T. FORWARD	Served as ROWDEN. Private Thomas Forward of the 1st Battalion, the Australian Infantry Force. Son of Thomas and the late Hannah Forward. Born in Shobrooke in 1885. Died 2 May 1915 aged 30.
W.C.HAWKINS	30456 Private William Cecil Hawkins of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Bertha Hawkins of Duriyard Wood Farm, Upton Pyne. Born in Upton Pyne in 1898. Died 3 April 1917 aged 19.
C.H.STONEMAN	14816 Lance Corporal Charles H. Stoneman of the 16th (Royal Devon and Royal North Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Charlotte Stoneman. Born in Upton Pyne in 1894. Died 6 October 1918 aged 24.
A.J.WYATT	8710 Lance Corporal (registered as John Alfred Wyatt) Alfred J. Wyatt of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Wyatt. Born in Newton St. Cyres in 1890. Died 9 December 1914 aged 24.
L.F.BAMSEY	1789 Private Lionel Francis Bamsey of the 2nd/7th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Ida Bamsey; husband of Florence Bamsey of Moel Cottage, Bow. Born in Upton Pyne in 1894. Died 5 February 1919 aged 25, in the UK.
A.PERKINS	56919 Gunner Alfred Eli Perkins of 129th Siege Battery, the Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of Elizabeth and the late Eli Leach Perkins. Born in the December Quarter of 1897. Died 30 July 1919 aged 21. Buried in Upton Pyne Churchyard.