NewtonStCyresWarMemorial

NEWTON ST. CYRES - THE WAR MEMORIAL

The War Memorial in Newton St. Cyres Parish Church

Outlined in gold at the top of the memorial is a quotation from Horace: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ("It is sweet and right to die for your country") The entries on this memorial are grouped so that the dead of the Senior Service - the Royal Navy - appear at the beginning. An unusual story is attached to William Hewitt, the first man named; to read it go to WilliamJohnHewitt
ROYAL NAVY
WILLIAM JOHN HEWITT	122205 Chief Petty Officer William John Hewitt of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. SEE ABOVE
CHARLES H C FARR	204611 Able Seaman Charles Henry Coombes Farr of the Royal Navy, HMS Majestic. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Farr. Born in East Budleigh 23 July 1882. Died 27 May 1915 aged 32.
HEDLEY THOMAS CRUMP	J/1272 Able Seaman Hedley Thomas Crump of the Royal Navy, HMS Cumberland. Son of William and Sarah Crump (née Brooke) who were both born in Newton St Cyres. Born in Portsea, Hampshire 6 October 1892. Died 3 October 1918 aged 25. Buried in Newton St Cyres churchyard.
MILITARY AND AIR FORCES After the Reforms of 1881, the various regiments forming the British Army were placed in a "pecking order" listing. The Devonshire Regiment was 11th on this list and ranked ahead of all other regiments named on this memorial - hence the names of that Regiment's fallen appear first.
EDWARD QUICKE	Captain Edward Owen St Cyres Godolphin Quicke of the 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of the late Ernest Henry Quicke and Adelaide Mary Quicke of Newton House, Newton St Cyres. Born in Kaikoura, New Zealand in 1887. Died 25 October 1914 aged 27.
ERNEST RICHARDS	11250 Private Ernest Lee Richards of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire regiment. Son of the late William Lee Richards and Frances Richards (née Howard). Born in Stockleigh Pomeroy in the March Quarter of 1890. Died 3 April 1915 aged 26.
ROBERT GEORGE HEAMAN	15510 Private Robert George Heaman of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Heaman; husband of Francis Jane Heaman. Born in Burrington in 1877 (enlisted in Crediton). Died of wounds 28 August 1915 aged 38.
FRANCIS THOMAS NICHOLLS	21815 Private Francis William Thomas Nicholls of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Stephen and Bessie Annie Nicholls of Newton St Cyres; husband of Hester Nicholls (née Westcott). Born in Newton St Cyres in the March Quarter of 1889. Died 13 November 1918 aged 29.
FREDERICK TEMPLEMAN	113450 Private Frederick George Templeman of the Machine Gun Corps, Infantry Division. (The memorial describes him as a member of the Devonshire Regiment so this may have been an attachment). Son of the late Samuel Templeman and Emma Amanda Stanbury (formerly Templeman) of Bidwell Barton, Newton St Cyres. Born in Upton Pyne in the June Quarter of 1897. Died 21 October 1918 aged 21. Buried in the churchyard of Our Lady in Upton Pyne.
JOHN FREDERICK REW	2nd Lieutenant (Temporary) John Frederick George Rew of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Lina (Cordine Elizabeth) Rew of Hampton Hill, Middlesex (his father was born in Newton St. Cyres). Born in Brentford, Essex, in the March Quarter of 1892. Died 1 July 1916 aged 24.
NOEL HENRY BOLES	Lieutenant Noel Henry Boles of the 2nd Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment, attached to the Royal Naval Air Service. Son of the Rev. Canon Richard Henry Boles, Vicar of Newton St. Cyres and his wife Florence Lucy Boles (née Charlwood). Born in Camelford, Cornwall 6 December 1892, Died 11 January 1916 at Gallipoli aged 23
ALFRED JOHN LUXTON	49475 Lance Sergeant Alfred John Luxton of the 73rd Field Ambulance, the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of Alfred and Anna Luxton; husband of Ethel E Luxton (née Wreford). Born in Thelbridge in the March Quarter of 1890. Died 14 August 1916 aged 26.
WALTER HENRY MEARS	1727 Sergeant Walter Henry Mears of the 8th Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Son of William and Thirza Mears (née Farley), Born in Newton St Cyres in the December Quarter of 1892. Died 15 November 1916 aged 24.
WALTER KNOWLES	24327 Driver Walter Knowles of the 23 Brigade Headquarters, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of the late James and Maria Knowles (née Coad); husband of Lily Knowles (née Evans). Born in Newton St Cyres in the June Quarter of 1877. Died 24 February 1917 aged 39.
LESLIE KNOWLES	18984 Private Leslie James Knowles of the 8th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry, attached to the 1st Battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment. Grandson of the late James and Maria Knowles (née Coad) (see above); husband of Evelyn May Knowles (née Shattock). Born in Newton St Cyres in the March Quarter of 1893. Died 3 October 1916 aged 24.
HERBERT BOWDEN	26040 Private Herbert Bowden of the 2nd/4th Battalion, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. Son of John and Sarah Bowden; husband of Eva Bowden (née Gadd) of Higher Washford, Taunton. Born in Newton St Cyres in the June Quarter of 1891. Died 9 September 1917 aged 26.
FRANK BOND	76618 Acting Bombardier Frank Bond of the 128th Battery, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of John Bond of Lower Living, Shobrooke. Born in Newton St Cyres. Died 15 September 1917 aged 21.
FRANK STEVENS	45035 Rifleman Frank Stevens of the 1st Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Edwin and Catherine Stevens of West Town, Newton St Cyres. Born in Newton St Cyres in the March Quarter of 1899. Died 8 October 1918 aged 19.
HENRY HARDING	Formerly 68165 Private Harding of the Devonshire Regiment; 44373 Private Henry Harding of the 12th (Service) Bristol Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of William and Grace Harding (née Tancock) of Guerins, Newton St Cyres. Born in Newton St Cyres in the June Quarter of 1899. Died 30 June 1918 aged 19.
FREDERICK L J SAUNDERS (SANDERS on the Memorial)	1053 Private Frederick Lewis John Saunders of the 8th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Son of the late Arthur Saunders and Lydia Saunders of the Village, Newton St Cyres. Born in Sandford 28 February 1895. Died 11 September 1916 aged 21. Commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
GILBERT HALSE	463237 Sapper Gilbert Harry Halse of the 50th (Northumberland) Signal Company of the Royal Engineers. Son of the late Abraham Halse and Caroline Halse of Exeter Road, Newton St Cyres. Born in Otterton in the December Quarter of 1887. Died 23 August 1918 aged 30. Awarded the Military Medal.
WILLIAM HENRY BREALY	14389 Private William Henry John Brealy of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Jessie Brealy (née Andrews) of Broadgate Court, Newton St Cyres. Born in Copplestone, Crediton, in 1896. Died 25 September 1915 aged 19.

OMITTED FROM THE MEMORIAL
ALFRED WYATT	8710 Acting Corporal Alfred John Wyatt of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John A and Mary Jane Wyatt of Eastlands, Exeter Road, Newton St Cyres. Born in Newton St Cyres in 1890. Died 9 December 1914 aged 24.

©Richard J Brine

1939 - 1945

WILFRED JACKSON

(Described as Wilfred Henry Jackson on the Memorial)

T/14708483 Driver Wilfred Harold Jackson of 25 General Transport Company, the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of Wilfred and Vera Jackson. Born in Devonport in the March Quarter of 1926. Died 21 January 1945 aged 19.

There follows the following inscription:

THE NAMES ABOVE ARE THOSE OF THE MEN BELONGING TO THE PARISH

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

AND ALSO 1939 - 1945

R.I.P