Devon-born casualties from the 9th Battalion in the Devonshire Cemetery

DEVON - BORN CASUALTIES OF THE 9th BATTALION IN THE DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY

The headstones placed in the Devonshire Cemetery at Mametz by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission do not mark actual graves. These men were buried where they had fallen late on in the evening of July 1st 1916 by a working party led by the Padre; the headstones were added later.

153 men of all ranks are commemorated in the Devonshire Cemetery, all but two being members of the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. Driver Fred Lambert and Sergeant D. Wright, both of the Royal Field Artillery, were interred here later.

21 of the men from the 8th Battalion who lie here are believed to have been born in Devon. A further 44 Devon-born men from the 9th Battalion are also buried in the Mametz Cemetery.

BIRTHPLACE	RANK	FORENAMES		SURNAME	AGE	DIED

Appledore	Private	Frank	George	GRIFFITHS	26	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Charles		THURLOW	27	1 Jul 1916
Bideford	Private	Robert	Henry	DARK	25	1 Jul 1916
Chawleigh	Private	Henry	George	WEBBER	26	1 Jul 1916
Chudleigh	Private	Ernest		KNIGHT	20	1 Jul 1916
Cullompton	Private	John		DENNER	23	1 Jul 1916
Dalwood	Private	William	James	GLADE	34	1 Jul 1916
Devonport	Private	John	William	BULLOCK	20	1 Jul 1916
Exeter	L/Sgt	Henry		BUTLAND	37	1 Jul 1916
	Private	John	Charles	MILFORD	18	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Albert	John	REED	19	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Marshall		WILLIAMS	22	1 Jul 1916
Exmouth	Private	Frederick	John	MATTHEWS	21	1 Jul 1916
Hartland	Private	George		COOK*	26	1 Jul 1916
Kenton	Private	Ernest		STABB	26	13 Jul 1916
Kingsbridge	Private	Thomas		LETHBRIDGE	31	1 Jul 1916
Merton	Private	George		BALCH	22	1 Jul 1916
Oakford	Private	Albert		CARPENTER	26	1 Jul 1916
Paignton	Private	Harry		PARKHOUSE	28	1 Jul 1916
Parkham	Private	Thomas	T	JENNINGS	26	1 Jul 1916
Plympton	Private	Thomas		COLLINGS	?	1 Jul 1916
Plymouth	Private	Harry		BROWN	28	1 Jul 1916
	Private	William	George	LEE	17	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Sidney		ROGERS	24	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Thomas	Frank	STONEMAN	19	1 Jul 1916
Rattery	Private	Wallace		TOZER	22	1 Jul 1916
Seaton	Private	Reginald	Percy	GIGG	19	1 Jul 1916
Shillingford	Private	John	Henry	BRADFORD	20	1 Jul 1916
Simonsbath	Private	Henry		GRANT	22	1 Jul 1916
Spreyton	Private	John	Thomas	DOWN	24	1 Jul 1916
Talaton	Private	John		ASH	18	1 Jul 1916
Tiverton	Private	Harry		PARKHOUSE	22	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Henry		VENN	?	1 Jul 1916
	L/Cpl	Cecil	Howard	VINEY	20	1 Jul 1916
Totnes	Private	William	Henry	POTTER	20	1 Jul 1916
Torquay	L/Cpl	William	Owen	MAYERS	37	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Reginald		ORSMAN	19	1 Jul 1916
Trusham	Private	Sydney	James	DYER	21	1 Jul 1916
Willand	Private	Harry		DUNN	24	1 Jul 1916
Witheridge	Private	Francis	George	CROOKE	34	1 Jul 1916
	Private	John	William	STILLWELL	21	1 Jul 1916
Woodbury	Private	William	Henry	DAVEY	22	1 Jul 1916
	Private	Albert		ROSE	37	1 Jul 1916

*Private George Cook was brought back to a military hospital in the UK. He died of his wounds 13 Jul 1916 and was buried in the churchyard at Clovelly.

Officers of the 9th Battalion who lie here are

Captain Duncan Lenox Martin aged 30

2nd Lieutenant Cyril Harry Shepard aged 39

2nd Lieutenant Raymond Boycott Holcroft aged 20

2nd Lieutenant H. L. Rayner, age unknown

2nd Lieutenant Travers Farrant Adamson aged 20

2nd Lieutenant William Riddell aged 29*

*2nd Lieutenant William Riddell was on attachment from the 11th Division. He married Hilda Burrows of Torquay in the Autumn of 1915 and they made their home in Babbacombe.