Bigbury War Memorial 1914

BIGBURY 1914 - 1918 WAR MEMORIAL

The War Memorial in St Laurence Churchyard, Bigbury

Bigbury - the War Memorial

A.L.RADFORD	k 23340 Stoker 2nd Class Albert Louis Radford of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Son of Louis and Margaret Radford of Bigbury. Born in Poltimore, Nr. Exeter in 1894. Died of illness 24 December 1914 aged 20. Buried in Bigbury churchyard.
T. WOODMASON	345325 Joiner Thomas Woodmason of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Son of Mary Woodmason of Kingsbridge. Born 27 April 1883. Died of illness aged 31 11 January 1915.
N. E. TALL	10564 Private Norman Edward Tall of "C" Coy, 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Tall of Modbury. Born in Aveton Gifford in 1897. Died 25 September 1915 aged 20.
L. H. CHUBB	9732 Lance Corporal Leopold Chubb of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.l Son of Henry and Annie Chubb. Born in Plymouth in 1896. Died of wounds 6 June 1916 aged 20. Buried in Bigbury churchyard.
G. UNDERHILL	Lieutenant George Underhill of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Emily Underhill. Born at Marldon in 1889. Died 6 September 1916 aged 27.
J.T.TAYLOR	15332 Private John Thomas Taylor of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Born in Aveton Gifford in 1883. Died 6 September 1916 aged 33.
H. B. COKER	45670 Private Harold Bertrand Coker of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Jane Coker. Born in Bigbury in 1893. Died 2 April 1917 aged 24.
T. H. J. STEER	241032 Private Thomas ("Tom") Henry J. Steer of the 1st/5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Clara Steer of Plymouth. Born in Bigbury in the June Quarter of 1892. Died 29 November 1917 aged 25.
C. V. MASTERS	140541 Private Cecil Victor Masters of the 8th Battalion, the Machine Gun Corps; formerly 19151 of the Devonshire Regiment. . Son of Mrs Sarah Masters of Rose Cottage, Bigbury. Born in Ugborough in 1896. Died 25 March 1918 aged 22.
C. J. T. HANNAFORD	203241 Private Cecil John Toms Hannaford of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshirre Regiment. Son of James Ryder Hannaford of rectory Cottage, Bigbury and Jane, his late wife. Born in Bigbury in 1883. Died 2 April 1918 aged 35.
W. A. WROTH	Lieutenant Walter Adam Wroth of the 4th Battalion, (the Special List), the King's South African Rifles. Son of John and Ellen Wroth of Coombe, Bigbury. Born in Bigbury in 1894. Died 31 May 1918 aged 25.

OMITTED FROM THE WAR MEMORIAL
S. S. SOUTHWOOD	797 Private Stanley Seymour Southwood of the 1st/7th Battalion, the Devonshire regiment. Son of Samuel and Annie Southwood of Bradninch. Born in Tiverton in 1898. Died 14 August 1915 aged 17.