Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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The memorial is located in the churchyard annexe at Sandpath Road Kingsteignton and was unveiled on 24th May 1921 (Empire Day). It was designed in the form of a Maltese Cross by Canon Mills of Truro and carved from Dartmoor granite. The cross measures some 104 ins high (its base is 16 ins wide x 10 ins deep) and stands on a granite base measuring 48 ins wide x 30 ins deep x 36 ins high. The base is set on a granite plinth measuring 72 ins wide x 54 ins deep x 10 ins high. Fifty six names of those who had fallen in the conflict were originally inscribed on the slate memorial tablet (42.5 ins x 30.5 ins), two more being added at a later date to make a total of fifty eight. The carved names were originally illuminated with white paint but this was removed in 1928. Now the lettering is painted black. The memorial was paid for by money raised by public subscription and handed over to the custody of the Vicar and Churchwardens, a fund being set up for its upkeep under the trusteeship of the British Legion. Two more slate panels, measuring 24 ins x 30.5 ins , were added to record the thirty nine names of those who perished from Kingsteignton in World War II. |
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The inscription, in upper case Roman script, reads:-
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1919
“THEY DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE”
| 1914-1919 |
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| ALMOND |
George Henry |
Aged 47. Corporal Royal Army Service Corps 1102nd H T Coy. Died 01/09/1919 during Archangel Expedition (buried Ust-Vaga Burial Ground Archangel Allied Cemetery Ref Sp. Mem. B3.). Service No TR/51966. Son of the late Thomas Almond; husband of Elizabeth Almond, of 2, Berry Cottages, Kingsteignton, Devon. Served in the South African Campaign. |
| BARTLETT |
Frederick Richard |
Aged 22. Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy Service No K/14896. HMS Indefatigable. Died 31.05.1916 at Battle of Jutland. Son of Thomas and Mary Bartlett of 17 York Terrace Kingsteignton. Plymouth Naval War Memorial ref 15. |
| BOVEY |
Frank Lewis |
Aged 24. Private Army Veterinary Corps 31st Vet Hospital. Service No SE/23329. Son of William and Selina Bovey, Kingsteignton. Buried at Deir El Balah War Cemetery Ref B.167. |
| BRAY |
James |
Aged 25. Private 2nd Battn Devonshire Regiment Service No 8883. Died 07/02/1915. Son of James and agnmes Bray of 2 Woolaton Terrace, Kingsteignton. Le Touret Memorial Panel 8 and 9. |
| BURT |
Frank |
Sergeant Canadian Infantry (13th Battn Quebec Regiment) Service No 46965. Husband of Mary Jane Burt, 2 Victoria Terrace, Kingsteignton. Vimy Memorial |
| COCKERHAM |
F |
No further information currently available |
| COOK |
A |
No further information currently available |
| COOK |
Henry James |
Aged 26 Second Lieutenant in 8th Battn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died from wounds on 06/10/1915. Son of William James and Eliza Cook, of Blindwell Farm Kingsteignton. Buried at Etaples War Cemetery ref I. A. 9 |
| CORNALL |
Harold William |
Aged 26. Bombardier A Battery 90th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Service No 1364. Died 20/08/1916. Husband of Hilda Kate Cornall. Memorial in Kingsteignton Churchyard. |
| COURTIER |
Frederick Thomas |
Aged 23 Driver of the 16th Battery, the Canadian Field Artillery. Husband of Edith O Courtier of Fore St. Kingsteignton. Died 04/09/1918 . He was a Canadian citizen. |
| DENNIS |
Frederick George |
Aged 28. Able Seaman on a 3 year loan from the Royal Navy to the Royal Australian Navy. Husband of Florence Dennis of Fore Street, Kingsteignton. Died 14/09/1914. He was an British citizen. Born Newton Abbot, enlisted Devonport. Born 11th February 1885;. |
| DIAMOND |
George John |
Aged 35. Stoker 1st Class of the Royal Navy, Service No 291542 Son of George and Catherine Diamond of Ideford and husband of May Diamond of Sand Path Road, Kingsteignton. Died 13 /05/1915 aboard HMS Goliath in The Dardanelles. Plymouth Naval Memorial |
| DOBBS |
William James |
Aged 18. Driver of the 13th Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery Serial No 94542 Died 22/05/1916 . Amara War Cemetery. |
| ELLIS |
W E |
No further information currently available |
| FARLEIGH |
J H |
No further information currently available |
| FORD |
E G |
No further information currently available |
| HARDING |
L |
No further information currently available |
| HEYWARD |
Thomas Alfred |
Aged 36. Petty Officer Stoker Royal Navy Service Ni 292724. HMS S/M E30. Son of John and Bessie Heyward of Greenhill Lodge, Kingsteignton and husband of Lucy Heyward of Laira, Plymouth. Died 22/11/1916. |
| HOLLAND |
Leonard Newton |
Aged 21. Able Seaman Royal Navy, HMS Indefatigable. Service No J/10836. Son of James and Mary Holland of "Woodside" Church Street Kingsteignton. Died 31/05/1916 at Battle of Jutland. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 12. |
| HOWARD |
Thomas Henry |
Aged 22. Gunner of the 312th Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Srevice No 786326. Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Howard of 13 Woolaton Terrace. Died 9 March 1917. Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy. |
| JONES |
Evelyn Llewellyn Hustler |
Aged 43. Second Lieutenant of the 12 Battalion, attached to the 1st/5th battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Son of the Rev. Owen Jones and Mrs. Jones. Died 26/03/1917. A Barrister at Law. Educated at Newton Abbot College, and Trinity College, Oxford. Jerusalem Memorial. |
| JORDAN |
Frederick John Charles |
Aged 23. Stoker 1st Class of the Royal Navy, HMS Warrior. Service No K/22983. Son of William and Margaret Jordan of Higher Sandygate, Kingsteignton. Died 31/05/1916 at Battle of Jutland. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 16. |
| KNAPMAN |
George Frederick |
Aged 32. Private 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Srvice No 3/6520. Son of William and Mary Ann Knapman. Died 18/ 12/1914. Le Touret Memorial |
| LANG |
Thomas |
Aged 33. Gunner 63rd Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Service No 651665. Son of Thomas and Martha Lang of Oak Dene, Kingsteignton. Died 24/10/1918. Arras Road Cemetery Roclincourt |
| LANG |
William Henry |
Leading Seaman Royal Navy, HMS Watchman. Died 10/07/1919. Service No 220690. Copenhagen Western Cemetery. |
| LETHBRIDGE |
Arthur Henry |
Aged 26. Lance Corporal 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Service No 8926. Son of John and Emma Lethbridge of Kingsteignton.. Died 21/07/1916 . Quarry Cemetery Montauban. |
| MANDER |
F R R |
No further information currently available |
| MASON |
Alfred |
Aged 32. Private 3rd/7th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of William and Selina Mason of 4 Woolaton Terrace, Kingsteignton. Died 28/11/1916. |
| MILLER |
Frederick Charles |
Private 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Died 31/07/1917. |
| MORTIMORE |
John |
Aged 21. Private 1st Battalion, the Coldstream Guards. Son of William and Ellen Mortimore. Died 22/12/1914. |
| MURRIN (1) |
Frederick Charles |
Aged 19. Gunner 92nd brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of Charles and Rebecca Murrin of 8 Fore Street, Kingsteignton. Died 7/10/1916. |
| MURRIN (2) |
Frederick Charles |
Aged 36. Private 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Murrin of Myrtle Cottage, Kingsteignton. Died 06/05/1917. |
| NEWLAND |
F W |
No further information currently available |
| NEWLAND |
George |
Aged 41. Chief Petty Officer Stoker Royal Navy, HMS Lion. Service No 171786. Son of John and Martha Newland and husband of Mary Ann Newland of 4, Blindwell Terrace, Vicarage Hill, Kingsteignton. Died 31 May 1916 at Battle of Jutland. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 14. |
| NEWTON |
John F |
Aged 23. Trooper 1st Regiment of Australian Horse. Son of John and Agnes Newton of Clapperland Lodge, Ugbrooke. Died 09/10/1915. |
| OSBORNE |
L J |
No further information currently available |
| PARTRIDGE |
Frederick George |
Rifleman. Aged 26. 10th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Service No R/17038. Son of George and Ann Partridge of Kingsteignton. Died 12/09/1916. Buried in the churchyard of St. Michael's Kingsteignton |
| PARTRIDGE |
Harold George |
Aged 28. Private 72nd Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Partridge of 3, Clifford Street, Kingsteignton. Died 01/03/1917. Canadian citizen. |
| PIKE |
Thomas |
Aged 43. Chief Petty Officer (Pensioner) Royal Navy, HMS Laurentic. Husband of Agatha Pike of 4 Yeoman Terrace, Gestridge Rd, Kingsteignton. Died 25 January 1917 aged 43. Served in the South African War and held Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. |
| PURCHASE |
Ernest John Charles |
Aged 19. Able Seaman Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Service No J/31910. Son of Ernest and Caroline Purchase of 7 Clifford Street, Kingsteignton. Died 09/07/1917. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 21. |
| ROLSTONE |
William |
Aged 44. Private 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Mary Rolston of Keyham, Devonport. Died 01/01/1915 . |
| SCOTT |
Frank |
Aged 21 Second Lt 5th Battn The King’s (Liverpool Regt). Son of Mr & Mrs Jack Scott of Canal House, Kingsteignton. Died 08/10/1918. Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beughny. |
| SCOTT |
Laurence Arthur |
Aged 30. Private. The Royal Berkshire Regiment Labour Corps. Service No 29467. Son of George and Louisa Scott of Kingsteignton and husband of Elizabeth Scott of 11 Fairfield, Kingsteignton. Died 31/03/1919 aged 30. Buried in St. Michael's Churchyard, Kingsteignton |
| SELLEY |
George Henry |
Aged 19. Private 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Service No 203486. Son of George and Mary Selley of Chudleigh Road, Kingsteignton. Died 04/10/1917. Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 38-40. |
| SPEARS |
Richard Henry |
Aged 32. Private 14th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment.Service No 44867. Son of and husband of Jessie Spears of Fore Street Kingsteignton. Died 29/10/1917. La Brique Military Cemetery. |
| STEVENS |
T |
No further information currently available |
| TOTHILL |
Edwin James |
Aged 23. Leading Stoker Royal Navy, HMS Resolution. Son of Edwin and Emma Tothill of 6 Golver's View, Gestridge Rd, Kingsteignton. Died 15/05/1920. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 32. |
| TOTHILL |
William Henry |
Aged 18. Private 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.Srvice No 5649. Son of Edwin and Emma Tothill of 6 Golver's View, Gestridge Rd, Kingsteignton. Died 03/02/1917 Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. |
| TOZER |
William Henry |
Aged 36. Private, the Somerset Light Infantry. Son of Elias and Thirza Tozer of 2 Pleasant View, Chudleigh Road, Kingsteignton. Died 22/02/1919. Buried in St. Michael's Churchyard. |
| VALLANCE |
George Henry |
Lance Corporal 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Service No 6647. Died 09/05/1917. Arras Memorial |
| VOGLER |
Reginald John |
Aged 19. Corporal 1st Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Service Bo 28082.Son of John and Bertha Vogler of Kingsteignton. Died 15/04/1918.Ploegsteert Memorial. |
| WALTERS |
Henry Bovey |
Aged 27. Rifleman 9th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. Service No B/203129. Son of Adonia and Elizabeth Walters of 27 York Terrace, Kingsteignton. Died 20/08/1917. Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| WAY |
Henry John Rattenbury |
Aged 40. Shipwright 1st Class Royal Navy, HMS Indefatigable. Son of William and Mary Ann Way of Kingsteignton and husband of Mary Way of 14, Ridgeway Terrace, Chudleigh Road. Died 31 May 1916 at Battle of Jutland. |
| WEEKS |
Frederick John |
Aged 19. Private 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Service No 10406. Son of Frederick and Grace Weeks of Fairlight, Kingsteignton. Died 02/10/1915. Loos Memorial. |
| WILLCOCKS |
Sidney H |
Aged 37. Private 619th Mechanical Transport Coy. Army Service Corps. Service No M2/104202. Son of Frederick and Harriet Willcocks. Died 10 /11/1917. Salonika (Lembet Rd) Military Cemetery. |
| YEA |
Harold William |
Aged 25. Private 7th Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Service No 41662. Son of Mr & Mrs Yea of East Ogwell and nephew of Mr & Mrs T Cook, Haroldene, Gestridge Rd. Died 16 /08/1917. Tyne Cot Cemetery |
| YEO |
John Henry |
Aged 21. Leading Seaman Royal Navy, HMS Tiger. Son of Henry and Alice Yeo of Gappah, Kingsteignton. Died 31/05/1916 at Battle of Jutland. Plymouth Naval Memorial ref 2. |
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| BARBER |
W J |
No further information currently available |
| BEARNE |
L W |
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| BICKHAM |
S |
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| BISHOP |
D R |
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| BLATCHFORD |
F J |
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| BOLT |
A J |
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| BOUCHER |
G E |
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| BOVEY |
F G |
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| BOWDEN |
W L |
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| BREALEY |
T |
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| BROWNING |
P L |
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| BYWAY |
M A |
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| CARNELL |
I F |
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| CASELY |
N L |
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| COTTON |
R G |
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| CUMBLEY |
R |
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| GLANFIELD |
W J |
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| HARVEY |
L J |
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| HEWINGS |
T H |
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| JOHNSON |
P M |
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| MEDLAND |
W G |
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| MONSON |
F N |
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| MUGRIDGE |
R H |
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| MURRAY |
H |
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| PALK |
C W |
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| PEARSON |
R |
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| PIPER |
A F |
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| PYNE |
H |
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| SAVAGE |
G |
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| SEAL |
L L |
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| SELLEY |
E |
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| SPEAR |
S J |
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| TARR |
R J |
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| TOMS |
P |
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| TURPIN |
A W |
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| WILLIS |
H |
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| WINSER |
B |
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