Babbacombe War Memorial

BABBACOMBE 1914 - 1918 WAR MEMORIAL

This Memorial transcription was made with the active support of John Cannon of the Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Babbacombe in the form of information based on documents held by the parish.

We are most grateful for his input and would like to thank him for all the time he gave us.

Babbacombe War Memorial on the outer wall of Babbacombe Church

The 1939 names are on the slab below

W.H.BABBAGE	4974 Sapper William Henry Palmer Babbage of the 27th Wessex Division Signal Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of Thomas and Emma of Broadmead Road South, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay in 1862. Died 28 April 1915 aged 53.
H.P.BADCOTT	69717 Private Harry Prout Badcott of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of Harriet and the late Henry Badcott. Born in Babbacombe in 1893. Died 21 March 1918 aged 25.
G.BARRETT	051277 Private George Heath Barrett of the 8th Battalion, the King's Regiment (the Liverpool Regiment). Son of Mary Barret (w); husband of Johanna Barrett. Born in Torquay in 1879. Died 29 October 1918 aged 39.
E.M.BIGGS	2nd Lieutenant Eric Monat Biggs of the 2nd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment. Son of Mary and the late Dr. Charles Edward Forbes Monat Biggs. Born in Cheltenham in 1897. Died 3 May 1916. For some reason, his name is given as "Ernest" on the Torquay War Memorial.
J.R.CAME (W.J.CAME)	There may be an error in the naming of this man: 2262 Lance Corporal William James Came of the 1st/5th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Son of William and Harriet Came; husband of Edith Came of Pontypridd. Born in Torre 9 July 1887. Died 17 August 1915 aged 27.
M.CAPRON	L/5047 Officer's Steward 2nd Class Max Albert Capron of the Royal Navy, HMS Tarpon. Son of Albert and Emily Capron of Springfield Road, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe 1 September 1897. Died 15 July 1917 aged 19.
A.CRAIG	S/41251 Private Archibald ("Archie") Craig. of the 4th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders. Son of Archibald Craig; husband of Lillian Craig of 6 Victoria Cottages, Babbacombe. Born in Alexandria, Dumbartonshire in 1884 but lived in St Marychurch. Died 17 October 1915 aged 31.
F.G.CRIBBETT.	Gunner Frederick Gabriel Cribbett of the Royal Field and Horse Artillery Son of George and Hannah Cribbett. Born in Babbacombe 11 September 1889. Died in 1916 aged 22.
J.H.GRUTE	20608 Priv ate Joseph Charles Henry Grute of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Susan and the late Joseph Grute. Born in Torquay in the December Quarter of 1892. Died 4 october 1917 aged 25.
T.W.E.DIXON	Captain Thomas William Eric Dixon of the 4th Battalion, the Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Son of William and Grace Dixon of Devon Road, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay 8 January 1893. Died 3 August 1918 aged 25. Promoted on the battlefield at Ypres 2 June 1916. Awarded the Military Cross and the Military Medal.
A.E.DOMMETT	30017 Private Arthur Edward Dommett of the Transport Section, the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of John and Jane Dommett. Born in Babbacombe 30 March 1896. Died 30 November 1917 aged 21.
S.H. FEDRICK	20043 Private Sydney Hooper Fedrick of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Harry Fredrick of Babbacombe Road. Born in Ponypridd, Glamorgan in 1884. Died 1 July 1916 aged 32.
F.GILLBERT	8603 Private Frank Gillbert of the Highland Light Infantry. Son of Henry and Caroline Gillbert of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in St Marychurch in 1896. Died 20 September 1914 aged 18.
G.H.GOODING	72169 Private George Henry Gooding of the 9th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment; formerly 3820 of the Devonshire Yeomanry. Son of Thomas and Bessie Gooding. Born in Babbacombe 9 January 1899. Died 3rd \|May 1918 aged 19.
J.H.GOODING	14354 Private John Henry Gooding of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Emma Gooding. Born in Babbacombe 2 October 1891. Died 8 November 1915 aged 24.
W.GORDON	S 1057 Corporal Walter Gordon of the 1st Marine Battalion, serving in France. Son of Anna Gordon (w). Born in Hammerton, London in 1893. Died 17 February 1917 aged 24.
J.H.GREEN	29683 Private John Henry Green of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Green. Born in Torquay in the September Quarter of 1879. Died 23 March 1917 aged 38.
W.HAMMETT	L/7024 Officer's Steward 3rd Class William Francis Martin Hammett of the Royal Navy, HMS Defence. Son of Susan ( now Batten) and the late William Hammett; stepson of John H. Batten. Born in Plymouth in 1893. Died 31 May 1916 aged 23 at the Battle of Jutland.
J. HARPER	181426 John Harper served in the Royal Navy originally. Records show that he also served in the Mercantile Marine and may also have rejoined the Royal Navy at a later point. He was the son of Timothy and Eliza Harper of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe 9 July 1879. Died in Devonport in the December Quarter of 1916 aged 37.
G,HAYTER	203132 Private George Hayter of the 1st Battalion, the London Regiment. Husband of Gertrude Hayter of Ellacombe, Born in Ellacombe in 1885. Died 16 August 1917 aged 32.
J.HAYTER	31588 Private James Hayter of the 6th Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of the late James Hayter of Torquay; husband of Eva Hater of Taunton, Born in Torquay in the September Quarter of 1888. Died 10 October 1918 aged 29.
T.E.HIGGINBOTHAM	216468 private Thomas Edwards Higginbotham of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Mounted Rifles. Son of John and Alice Higginbotham. Born in Goran, Scotland in 1877. Died in Frances aged 40, between 7 April 1917 and 10th April 1917. his father was a butcher with premises in George Street, Babbacombe.
C.J.J.HOWARD	360117 Private Charles John Joseph Howard of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. Son of Kenneth Howard. Born in Torquay in the December Quarter of 1889. Died 3 May 1918 aged 29.
W.JENKINS	Two men of this name and similar ages lived in Babbacombe at this time. Both were born in Wales around the same time. We believe this is the man on the memorial. 11300 Gunner William Jenkins of the Royal Field and Horse Artillery. Son of Edward and Ella Jenkins of Princes Street, Babbacombe. Born in Pontypridd, Wales in 1898. Died 9 June 1916 aged 18.
W.H.LANG	514214 Corporal William Henry Lang of the 570th Devon Works Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Lang. Born in Tiverton 11 November 1886. Died 29 May 1918 aged 33.
W.A.H.MATHERS	7610 Acting Corporal William Albert Henry Mathers of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Jane Mathers. Born 7 July 1884. Died 24 June 1915 aged 30.
G.L.MAYO	508458 Sapper George L. Mayo of the 145th Army Troops Coy. Son of Harry and Hannah Mayo of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay in 1893. Died 24 January 1919 aged 26.
J.PENN-MILLER	K 14770 Midshipman Jphn Penn-Milton of the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Son of Alice and the late Dr. John Penn-Miller of Clifford Lodge, Babbacombe. Born in Penzance in 1901. Died 98 Jul 1917 aged 16.
A.E.MORTIMORE	6/1638 Sergeant Archer Ernest Mortimore of the 2nd Battalion, the Canterbury Infantry. Son of Henry and Ellen of 129 Warborough Road, Babbacombe. Born in New Zealand in 1888. Died 13 August 1915 aged 27. Commemorated on the Chunuk Blair Memorial in New Zealand and on the memorial in Torquay Grammar School.
A.G.NORMAN	229750 Chief Petty Officer Arthur George Norman of the Royal Navy, HMS Indefatigable. Son of Arthur and Anna Norman, Born 21 June 1888. Died 31 May 1916 aged 28 at the Battle of Jutland.
W.PARNELL	42694 Private Walter Parnell of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Parnell. Born in Boyton, Cornwall in 1885. Died 4 October 1917 aged 33.
E.J.PERRING	5745 Rifleman Ernest John Perring of the 1st Surrey Rifles, (1st/21st of the London Regiment). Son of Albert and Lydia Perring. Born in Babbacombe 15 October 1895. Died 15 October 1916 aged 20.
W.PERRING	266620 Private William John Perring of the 2nd/6th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of William and Harriet Perring. Born in Babbacombe in 1892. Died between 4/6 September 1916 aged 24.
S..P.POOLE	The Reverend Stanley Paul Poole, Chaplain to the Young Men's Christian Association. Son of Edward and Edith Poole. Born in Dawlish in the March Quarter of 1890. Died 14 February 1919 aged 30. 2nd Cousin to Lieut. W. Bevan of Babbacombe Vicarage.
H.PURFIELD	3/8355 Sergeant Henry Purfield of the 11th Battalion , the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Purfield.; husband of A.L. Purfield of Springfield Road, Babbacombe. Born in Camberwell in the June Quarter of 1858. Died 23 September 1915 aged 57 in Wareham, Dorset.
W.J.PYNE	J/25901 Ordinary Seaman William James Pyne of the Royal. Navy, HMS Invincible. Son of William and Florence Pyne. Born 16 February 1898 in St Marychurch, Torquay. Died 31 May 1916 aged 18 at the Battle of Jutland.
W.RAWLE	M2/335630 Private William Rawle of the 7th Coy, the Motor Transport Department, the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of George and Mary Rawle. Born in 1890. Died 27 June 1918 aged 28. Buried in the churchyard at St. Marychurch.
J.L.ROBBINS	Lieutenant John Lawrence Robbins of the 19th Battalion, the 25th Division (Staff), the Cheshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Alice Robbins; husband of Margaret Robbins. Born in 1886. Died 26 March 1918 aged 38.
J.SABBEN	qw/772 Private John Clement Friend Sabben of the 12th Battalion, the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment. Son of William and Julia Sabben of Wombridge. Born in Wellington, Shropshire in the September Quarter of 1885. Died 1 July 1916 aged 31. Also commemorated on the Oakengates Memorial in Shropshire.
W.C.SMITH	2nd Lieutenant William Charles Smith of No 1 Squadron, the Royal Flying Corps. Son of Frederick and Beatrice Smith of Babbacombe. Born 14 March 1898. Died 8 February 1918 aged 22.
F.SOPER	16437 Private Fred Soper of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Fred and Bessie Soper. Born in Torquay in 1892. Died 20 July 1916 aged 24.
H.SOUTHCOTT	33467 Private Herbert John Southcott of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Walter and Thirza Southcott. Born in St Marychurch 1 January 1881. Died 23 April 1917 aged 28.
H.W.SPEAR	553661 Rifleman Herbert Spear of the 16th Battalion, the Queen's Westminster Rifles; attached to the 2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Spear of Warborough Road, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe in 17 March 1898. Died 7 June 1918 aged 20.
F.L.SPRATT	Private Frederick Leonard Spratt of the 5th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of Edward and Jenny Spratt of 1018 Reddenhall Road Babbacombe. Born in the September Quarter of 1897 in Edmonton, London. Died 24 April 1916 aged 19.
A.W.STEPHENS	347457 Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class Alfred William Stephens of the Royal Navy, HMS Lion. Son of Thomas and Esther Stephens of Budleigh Salterton; husband of Ethel (née Sanders). Born in Brixham 16 January 1886. Died 31 May 1916 aged 30.
H.G.SUGDON	1st Engineer Harold Sugdon of the Mercantile Marine, SS Adriatic. Son of Mary and the late Osgerby (sic); husband of Ethel of Empire Road. Born in Hull in 1874. Died 31 October 1916 aged 42.
H.THOMAS	140997 Acting Corporal Henry Thomas of the 5th Foreway Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of Henry and Kathleen Thomas. Born 31 December 1896. Died 13 May 1918 aged 21.
W.H.C.THOMAS	6153 Private William Henry Cecil of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. Son of George and Anne Thomas. Born 31 December 1886. Died 16 August 1916 aged 30.
.E.TRUMAN	2831 Rifleman Edward John Truman of "D" Coy, the 1st/ 8th Battalion, the Post Office Rifles. Son of Walter and Clara Truman of Hornsey, London. Born in 1896 but lived in Hornsey. Died 28 May 1915 aged 19.
A.H.WAYMOUTH	81573 Private Archibald Henry Waymouth of the 1st/ 8th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry. Son of Henry and Ellen Waymouth. Born in Newton Abbot in October 1899. Died 11 April 1918 aged 18.
W.R.WEEKS	290208 Lance Corporal William Weeks of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Albert and Mary Weeks of Princess Street. Born in Babbacombe in 1897. Died 16 October 1918 aged 21.
F.J.H.WESTAWAY	A/200108 Rifleman Frederick James Henry Westaway of "D" Coy, the 2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Frederick and Florence Westaway of London. Born in Babbacombe in 1896. Died 16 October 1918 aged 22
H.C.WINDEATT	20717 Henry Charles Windeatt of the 1st/8the Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Emma Windeatt. Born in Babbacombe 9 June 1896. Died 30 August 1916 aged 20.
O.WOODFORD	19199 Private Charles Oswald Cyril Woodford of the 1st Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment; formerly 10625 of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Edmund and Emma Woodford of Redden Hill. Born in Babbacombe in April 1897. Died 22 March 1918 aged 21.
H.TURNER	14868 Private Harry Cresswell Turner of the 6th Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Turner. Born in Babbacombe in 1881. Died 16 November 1916 aged 35.

W.H.BABBAGE	4974 Sapper William Henry Palmer Babbage of the 27th Wessex Division Signal Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of Thomas and Emma of Broadmead Road South, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay in 1862. Died 28 April 1915 aged 53.
H.P.BADCOTT	69717 Private Harry Prout Badcott of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of Harriet and the late Henry Badcott. Born in Babbacombe in 1893. Died 21 March 1918 aged 25.
G.BARRETT	051277 Private George Heath Barrett of the 8th Battalion, the King's Regiment (the Liverpool Regiment). Son of Mary Barret (w); husband of Johanna Barrett. Born in Torquay in 1879. Died 29 october 1918 aged 39.
E.M.BIGGS	2nd Lieutenant Eric Monat Biggs of the 2nd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment. Son of Mary and the late Dr. Charles Edward Forbes Monat Biggs. Born in Cheltenham in 1897. Died 3 May 1916. For some reason, his name is given as "Ernest" on the Torquay War Memorial.
J.R.CAME (W.J.CAME)	There may be an error in the naming of this man: 2262 Lance Corporal William James Came of the 1st/5th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Son of William and Harriet Came; husband of Edith Came of Pontypridd. Born in Torre 9 July 1887. Died 17 August 1915 aged 27.
M.CAPRON	L/5047 Officer's Steward 2nd Class Max Albert Capron of the Royal Navy, HMS Tarpon. Son of Albert and Emily Capron of Springfield Road, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe 1 September 1897. Died 15 July 1917 aged 19.
A.CRAIG	S/41251 Private Archibald ("Archie") Craig of the 4th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders. Son of Archibald Craig; husband of Lilian Craig of 6 Victoria Cottages, Babbacombe. Born in Alexandria, Dumbartonshire in 1884 but lived in St Marychurch. Died 17 October 1915 aged 31.
F.G.CRIBBETT.	Gunner Frederick Gabriel Cribbett of the Royal Field and Horse Artillery Son of George and Hannah Cribbett. Born in Babbacombe 11 September 1889. Died in 1916 aged 22.
J.H.GRUTE	20608 Private Joseph Charles Henry Grute of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Susan and the late Joseph Grute. Born in Torquay in the December Quarter of 1892. Died 4 October 1917 aged 25.
T.W.E.DIXON	Captain Thomas William Eric Dixon of the 4th Battalion, the Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Son of William and Grace Dixon of Devon Road, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay 8 January 1893. Died 3 August 1918 aged 25. Promoted on the battlefield at Ypres 2 June 1916. Awarded the Military Cross and the Military Medal.
A.E.DOMMETT	30017 Private Arthur Edward Dommett of the Transport Section, the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of John and Jane Dommett. Born in Babbacombe 30 March 1896. Died 30 November 1917 aged 21.
S.H. FEDRICK	20043 Private Sydney Hooper Fedrick of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Harry Fedrick of Babbacombe Road. Born in Ponypridd, Glamorgan in 1884. Died 1 July 1916 aged 32.
F.GILLBERT	8603 Private Frank Gillbert of the Highland Light Infantry. Son of Henry and Caroline Gillbert of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in St Marychurch in 1896. Died 20 September 1914 aged 18.
G.H.GOODING	72169 Private George Henry Gooding of the 9th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment; formerly 3820 of the Devonshire Yeomanry. Son of Thomas and Bessie Gooding. Born in Babbacombe 9 January 1899. Died 31 May 1918 aged 19.
J.H.GOODING	14354 Private John Henry Gooding of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Emma Gooding. Born in Babbacombe 2 October 1891. Died 8 November 1915 aged 24.
W.GORDON	S 1057 Corporal Walter Gordon of the 1st Marine Battalion, serving in France. Son of Anna Gordon (w). Born in Hammerton, London in 1893. Died 17 February 1917 aged 24.
J.H.GREEN	29683 Private John Henry Green of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Green. Born in Torquay in the September Quarter of 1879. Died 23 March 1917 aged 38.
W.HAMMETT	L/7024 Officer's Steward 3rd Class William Francis Martin Hammett of the Royal Navy, HMS Defence. Son of Susan ( now Batten) and the late William Hammett; stepson of John H. Batten. Born in Plymouth in 1893. Died 31 May 1916 aged 23 at the Battle of Jutland.
J. HARPER	181426 John Harper served in the Royal Navy originally. Records show that he also served in the Mercantile Marine and may also have rejoined the Royal Navy. He was the son of Timothy and Eliza Harper of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe 9 July 1879. Died in Devonport in the December Quarter of 1916 aged 37.
G.HAYTER	203132 Private George Hayter of the 1st Battalion, the London Regiment. Husband of Gertrude Hayter of Ellacombe, Born in Ellacombe in 1885. Died 16 August 1917 aged 32.
J.HAYTER	31588 Private James Hayter of the 6th Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of the late James Hayter of Torquay; husband of Eva Hayter of Taunton, Born in Torquay in the September Quarter of 1888. Died 10 October 1918 aged 29.
T.E.HIGGINBOTHAM	216468 Private Thomas Edwards Higginbotham of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Mounted Rifles. Son of John and Alice Higginbotham. Born in Goran, Scotland in 1877. Died in Frances aged 40, between 7 April 1917 and 10th April 1917. his father was a butcher with premises in George Street, Babbacombe.
C.J.J.HOWARD	360117 Private Charles John Joseph Howard of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. Son of Kenneth Howard. Born in Torquay in the December Quarter of 1889. Died 3 May 1918 aged 29.
W.JENKINS	Two men of this name and similar ages lived in Babbacombe at this time both were born in Wales around the same time. We believe this is the man on the memorial. 11300 Gunner William Jenkins of the Royal Field and Horse Artillery. Son of Edward and Ella Jenkins of Princes Street, Babbacombe. Born in Pontypridd, Wales in 1898. Died 9 June 1916 aged 18.
W.H.LANG	514214 Corporal William Henry Lang of the 570th Devon Works Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Lang. Born in Tiverton 11 November 1886. Died 29 May 1918 aged 33.
W.A.H.MATHERS	7610 Acting Corporal William Albert Henry Mathers of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Jane Mathers. Born 7 July 1884. Died 24 June 1915 aged 30.
G.L.MAYO	508458 Sapper George L. Mayo of the 145th Army Troops Coy. Son of Harry and Hannah Mayo of Fore Street, Babbacombe. Born in Torquay in 1893. Died 24 January 1919 aged 26.
J.PENN-MILLER	K 14770 Midshipman John Penn-Milton of the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Son of Alice and the late Dr. John Penn-Miller of Clifford Lodge, Babbacombe. Born in Penzance in 1901. Died 9 Jul 1917 aged 16.
A.E.MORTIMORE	6/1638 Sergeant Archer Ernest Mortimore of the 2nd Battalion, the Canterbury Infantry. Son of Henry and Ellen of 129 Warborough Road, Babbacombe. Born in New Zealand in 1888. Died 13 August 1915 aged 27. Commemorated on the Chunuk Bair Memorial in New Zealand and on the memorial in Torquay Grammar School.
A.G.NORMAN	229750 Chief Petty Officer Arthur George Norman of the Royal Navy, HMS Indefatigable. Son of Arthur and Anna Norman, Born 21 June 1888. Died 31 May 1916 aged 28 at the Battle of Jutland.
W.PARNELL	42694 Private Walter Parnell of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Parnell. Born in Boyton, Cornwall in 1885. Died 4 October 1917 aged 33.
E.J.PERRING	5745 Rifleman Ernest John Perring of the 1st Surrey Rifles, (1st/21st of the London Regiment). Son of Albert and Lydia Perring. Born in Babbacombe 15 October 1895. Died 15 October 1916 aged 20.
W.PERRING	266620 Private William John Perring of the 2nd/6th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of William and Harriet Perring. Born in Babbacombe in 1892. Died between 4/6 September 1916 aged 24.
S..P.POOLE	The Reverend Stanley Paul Poole, Chaplain to the Young Men's Christian Association. Son of Edward and Edith Poole. Born in Dawlish in the march Quarter of 1890. Died 14 February 1919 aged 30. 2nd Cousin to Lieut. W. Bevan of Babbacombe Vicarage.
H.PURFIELD	3/8355 Sergeant Henry Purfield of the 11th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Purfield.; husband of A.L. Purfield of Springfield Road, Babbacombe. Born in Camberwell in the June Quarter of 1858. Died 23 September 1915 aged 57 in Wareham, Dorset.
W.J.PYNE	J/25901 Ordinary Seaman William James Pyne of the Royal. Navy, HMS Invincible. Son of William and Florence Pyne. Born 16 February 1898 in St Marychurch, Torquay. Died 31 May 1916 aged 18 at the Battle of Jutland.
W.RAWLE	M2/335630 Private William Rawle of the 7th Coy, the Motor Transport Department, the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of George and Mary Rawle. Born in 1890. Died 27 June 1918 aged 28. Buried in the churchyard at St. Marychurch.
J.L.ROBBINS	Lieutenant John Lawrence Robbins of the 19th Battalion, the 25th Division (Staff), the Cheshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Alice Robbins; husband of Margaret Robbins. Born in 1886. Died 26 March 1918 aged 38.
J. SABBEN	12/772 Private John Clement Friend Sabben of the 12th Battalion, the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment. Son of William and Julia Sabben of Wombridge. Born in Wellington, Shropshire in the September Quarter of 1885. Died 1 July 1916 aged 31. Also commemorated on the Oakengates Memorial in Shropshire.
W.C.SMITH	2nd Lieutenant William Charles Smith of No 1 Squadron, the Royal Flying Corps. Son of Frederick and Beatrice Smith of Babbacombe. Born 14 March 1898. Died 8 February 1918 aged 22.
F.SOPER	16437 Private Fred Soper of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Fred and Bessie Soper. Born in Torquay in 1892. Died 20 July 1916 aged 24.
H.SOUTHCOTT	33467 Private Herbert John Southcott of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Walter and Thirza Southcott. Born in St Marychurch 1 January 1881. Died 23 April 1917 aged 28.
H.W.SPEAR	553661 Rifleman Herbert Spear of the 16th battalion, the Queen's Westminster Rifles; attached to the 2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Spear of Warborough Road, Babbacombe. Born in Babbacombe in 17 March 1898. Died 7 June 1918 aged 20.
F.L.SPRATT	Private Frederick Leonard Spratt of the 5th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of Edward and Jenny Spratt of 108 Reddenhall Road Babbacombe. Born in the September Quarter of 1897 in Edmonton, London. Died 24 April 1916 aged 19.
A.W.STEPHENS	347457 Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class Alfred William Stephens of the Royal Navy, HMS Lion. Son of Thomas and Esther Stephens of Budleigh Salterton; husband of Ethel (née Sanders). Born in Brixham 16 January 1886. Died 31 May 1916 aged 30.
H.G.SUGDON	1st Engineer Harold Sugdon of the Mercantile Marine, SS Adriatic. Son of Mary and the late Osgerby (sic); husband of Ethel of Empire Road. Born in Hull in 1874. Died 31 October 1916 aged 42.
H.THOMAS	140997 Acting Corporal Henry Thomas of the 5th Foreway Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of Henry and Kathleen Thomas. Born 31 December 1896. Died 13 May 1918 aged 21.
W.H.C.THOMAS	6153 Private William Henry Cecil Thomas of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. Son of George and Anne Thomas. Born 31 December 1886. Died 16 August 1916 aged 30.
.E.TRUMAN	2831 Rifleman Edward John Truman of "D" Coy, the 1st/ 8th Battalion, the Post Office Rifles. Son of Walter and Clara Truman of Hornsey, London. Born in 1896 but lived in Hornsey. Died 28 May 1915 aged 19.
A.H.WAYMOUTH	81573 Private Archibald Henry Waymouth of the 1st/ 8th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry. Son of Henry and Ellen Waymouth. Born in Newton Abbot in October 1899. Died 11 April 1918 aged 18.
W.R.WEEKS	290208 Lance Corporal William Weeks of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Albert and Mary Weeks of Princess Street. Born in Babbacombe in 1897. Died 16 October 1918 aged 21.
F.J.H.WESTAWAY	A/200108 Rifleman Frederick James Henry Westaway of "D" Coy, the 2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Frederick and Florence Westaway of London. Born in Babbacombe in 1896. Died 16 October 1918 aged 22
H.C.WINDEATT	20717 Henry Charles Windeatt of the 1st/8the Batgtalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Emma Windeatt. Born in Babbacombe 9 June 1896. Died 30 August 1916 aged 20.
O.WOODFORD	19199 Private Charles Oswald Cyril Woodford of the 1st Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment; formerly 10625 of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Edmund and Emma Woodford of Redden Hill. Born in Babbacombe in April 1897. Died 22 March 1918 aged 21.
H.TURNER	14868 Private Harry Cresswell Turner of the 6th Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Turner. Born in Babbacombe in 1881. Died 16 November 1916 aged 35.