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BROADCLYST - THE WAR MEMORIAL - WORLD WAR 2

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(The complete War Memorial can be seen on the World War 1 page)

©Richard J. Brine

Most World War 1 Memorials list names in alphabetical order, death being the great leveller. On the Memorial tablet inside the Church of St. John the Baptist in Broadclyst, the men are strictly segregated according to rank - officers, non-commissioned officers and men - each have their separate listings.

To the original rectangular panel on which the First World War dead are remembered, a smaller, shaped panel was added below, after World War 2, to form a unified monument. The upper part is headed with the words:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND AND FOR FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919.

The later, curved panel below contains an alphabetical listing and is headed by these words:

IN MEMORY OF THESE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM 1939 - 1945.

1939 - 1945
EDWARD BRIDGMAN	Not yet confirmed
ALBERT BRIMILCOMBE	Lance Sergeant Albert William John Brimilcombe of the 3rd Battalion, the Grenadier Guards. Son of Albert and Ethel Brimilcombe of Broadclyst. Born in 1918. Died 19 May 1940 aged 22.
SAMUEL COAKER	Warrant Officer Samuel Henry Coaker of 53 Medium Regiment, the Royal Artillery. Son of Frank and Alice Coaker and husband of Ivy Coaker of Broadclyst. Born in Devonport in the March Quarter of 1905. Died 1 October 1944 aged 40.
FREDERICK COPP	Information kindly donated by his Gt. Nephew: Fred Copp - my great uncle on my mother's side - was killed in action on 31st Jan 1944. He was born 19 September 1919, the son of George and Rose Ellen Copp of Broadclyst. Aged 24 at the time of his loss he was a Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) on Sunderland DW110, 228 Squadron RAF. (Frederick Thomas Copp died 31 January 1944.)
PHILIP J. CROUCHER	Sergeant Philip John Croucher of 19 Field Regiment, the Royal Artillery. Son of William and Edith Croucher and husband of Alice Croucher of Pinhoe. Born in 1901. Died 2 February 1944 aged 43.
IVOR ELLIOTT	Not yet confirmed
ALBERT FARLEY	Sergeant Albert Walter Verdun Farley of 101 Squadron, the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Son of Albert and Jessie Farley and husband of Winifred Ethel Farley of Broadclyst. Born in 1918. Died 31 March 1944 aged 26.
WILLIAM HANNIFORD*	Warrant officer William Albert Hannaford of 149 Squadron, the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of William Albert and Rose Hannaford of Lower Williard and husband of Marion Hannaford of Exeter. Born in 1917. Died 6 June 1944 aged 27.
REGINALD HOLLAND	Leading Aircraftman Reginald Alfred Holland of 73 Squadron, the Royal Air Force. Son of William and Minnie Holland of Exeter and husband of Winifred Holland of Exeter. Born in the June Quarter of 1900 in Exeter. Died 17 June 1940 aged 40.
FREDERICK JONES	Not yet confirmed
WILLIAM GORDON LANG	Gunner William Gordon Lang of the Royal Artillery. Son of William and Alice Lang and husband of Florence Emma Lang of Broadclyst. Born in 1912. Died 29 August 1945 aged 33.
ERNEST LEE	Not yet confirmed
GEORGE LONG	Not yet confirmed
LEO MANLEY	Private Leo Arthur Manley of the 6th Battalion, the South Wales Borderers. Son of Thomas and Sarah Manley of Clyst Hydon and husband of Joan Manley of Hexthorpe, Yorks. Born 1914. Died 29 April 1945 aged 31.
HARRY MILLER	Lance Sergeant Harry Miller of 10 Field Regiment, the Royal Artillery. Son of William and Jessica Miller and husband of Gwendoline May Miller of Broadclyst. Born in 1912. Died 11 April 1944 aged 32.
FRANCIS PILTON	Able Seaman Francis John Pilton of HMS Submarine Splendid. Son of William and Dora Pilton of Budlake. Born 1921. Died 2 May 1943 aged 22.
SIAM RANJAN**	Captain Sian Ranjan of the 3rd Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles. Died 15 November 1944 aged 29 at Cassino. Connection with Broadclyst not yet known.
PETER SALTER	Not yet confirmed
PERCY TUCKWELL	Not yet confirmed
JOSEPH WILLS	Sergeant Joseph Wills of the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of William and Hannah Wills and husband of Marie Elizabeth Wills of Broadclyst. Born in Broadclyst in the March Quarter of 1903. Died 25 April 1944 aged 41.

* A possible mis-spelling for "Hannaford"

** A possible mis-spelling for "Sian"