WEMBURY - THE 1939 to 1945 MEMORIAL BELL |
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© Richard J. Brine Fixed to the wall at the base of the Bell Tower is a tablet made from local stone engraved with the names of people connected with the Wembury area who died between 1939 and 1945 in the Second War. The names are given as: |
ANTHONY C. E. AYRE |
Lieutenant Anthony Charles Edward Ayre of the Royal Navy, HMS Condor. Son of Paymaster Captain Leslie Ayre and his wife Dorothy (née Vallings) of Wembury. Born in Wandsworth in the September Quarter of 1918. Died 8 December 1941 aged 23. |
FLORENCE M. L. EASTERBROOK |
W/128718 Private Florence Maggie Louise Easterbrook (née Lyndon) of the Royal Artillery Auxiliary Territorial Service, attached to 160 (M) Heavy Ack Ack Battery. Daughter of Stephen and Maggie Lyndon (née Murphy); wife of William S. Easterbrook of Down Thomas. Born in 1915. Died 28 July 1944 aged 25. Buried in Wembury Churchyard. |
JAMES H. GEATER (?) JAMES L. F. GEATER |
(Believed to be an error. James Herbert Geater, who is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial was born in Manchester in 1901. No connection with Wembury has yet been found for him. However, James Leonard Frederick Geater was born in nearby Plympton and it is his details which are included below.)
Steward James Leonard Frederick Geater of the Merchant Navy, MV Empire Steel (Liverpool). Son of James and Mabel Geater (née Rimmer). Born in Plympton in the September Quarter of 1923. Died 24 March 1942 aged 18. |
FREDERICK T. F. HINGSTON |
D/MX 51883 Shipwright 4th Class Frederick Thomas Frank Hingston of the Royal Navy HMS Galatea. Son of Frederick Thomas and Lilian May Hingston (née Betts). (It is believed that his father also served in the Royal Navy). Born in Wembury in the June Quarter of 1920. Died 15 December 1941 aged 21. |
FREDERICK W. HINGSTON |
T/63347 Driver Frederick William Hingston of the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of William Frederick and Elizabeth Hingston (née Crossing) of Plymstock. Born in Wembury in the September Quarter of 1912. Died 16 September 1939 aged 27. Buried in Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth. |
WILLIAM J. KEAST |
D/M 34980 Shipwright 1st Class William John Keast of the Royal Navy, HMS Repulse. Son of John and Clara Keast (née Libby); husband of Vera Maud Keast. Born in Wembury in the June Quarter of 1903. Died 10 December 1941 aged 39. |
DONALD C. LORAM |
D/DX 50 Petty Officer Writer Donald Charles Loram of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Anking. Son of Charles and Hilda Loram (née Roadley). Born in Wembury in the June Quarter of 1920. Died 4 March 1942 aged 21 |
JAMES S. MATHER |
D/KX 87182 Petty Officer Stoker James Stanley Mather of the Royal Navy, HMS Mahratta, Son of James and Rhoda Mather (née Stott); husband of Vera Grace Elizabeth Mather of Wembury. Born in Prescot, Lancs, in the March Quarter of 1914. Died 25 February 1944 aged 30. |
SIDNEY* McKAY |
(*This spelling of his first name appears in the GRO and in his Army records.) 5443372 Private Sidney McKay of the 2nd Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Son of Mr and Mrs S. McKay of Plymstock. Born in the Wembury area in the September Quarter of 1914. Died 28 March 1945 aged 30. |
FRANK MILDEN |
5627557 Private Frank Milden of the 1st Battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Ann Milden (née Sandy) of Wembury; husband of Florence A. Lilian Milden of Wembury. Born in Plympton in the June Quarter of 1914. Died 25 April 1944 aged 30. |
ALBERT NEWTON |
1868795 Sapper Albert William Newton of 38 Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of James William and Bertha Newton (née Taylor) of Down Thomas. Born in 1914. Died 18 February 1944 aged 30. |
WALTER W.A. RUSHBROOK |
D/MX 53340 Shipwright 4th Class Walter William Albert Rushbrook of the Royal Navy, HMS Hermione. Son of Fred and Edith Rushbrook; husband of Beatrice Maud Rushbrook of Wembury. Believed to have been born in 1905. Died 16 June 1942 aged 37. |
GEORGE SLY |
835235 Gunner George Sly of 16 Battery, No.2 Heavy Ack Ack Regiment. Son of George Henry and Lily Sly (née Steer); husband of Maud Ethel Sly. Born in the Wembury area in the May Quarter of 1916. Died between 26 April and 27 April 1941 aged 25. |
ARTHUR C. SPREAT |
D/JX 130162 Petty Officer Arthur Charles Spreat of the Royal Navy, HMS Jupiter. Son of Ernest and Florinda (née Mumford); husband of Edna Gordon Spreat of Heybrook Bay, Plymstock. Born in the Wembury area in the March Quarter of 1912. Died 1 March 1945 aged 33. |
EDWARD WILLCOX |
D/JX 134546 Leading Seaman Edward George Willcox of the Royal Navy, HM Submarine Grampus. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Willcox; husband of S. A. Willcox of Down Thomas. Born in 1910. Died 24 June 1940 aged 30. |
ALBERT WILLINGHAM |
254551 Lieutenant Quartermaster Albert Willingham of the 1st Regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery. Son of Albert and Edith Emily Willingham (née James) of Plymstock. Born in Wembury in the December Quarter of 1914. Died 28 July 1944 aged 29. |
From the Reverend Tagg's "The Story of Wembury Church":
All the bells were recast in the spring of 1909 and with the addition of fresh bell metal, converted into a ring of five. The old inscriptions were reproduced on the corresponding new bells and the whole hung with modern fitting by Aggett, the well-known Chagford firm who acted for Messrs Mears and Stainbank but who are no longer in business.
In 1948, as a a memorial to parishioners who fell in the Second Great War 1939-45, a sixth bell was cast and hung by Messrs Mears and Stainbank, becoming the Treble.
The ring is tuned to the major scale and now comprises:
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© M.E. Brine. This page last updated
31 July, 2009
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