MANORBIER WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and copyright © Transcribed
Carolynn Langley; Researched Lynda Smith 2004
The
War memorial is in the form of a granite Celtic cross behind railings.
The First World War casualties are in year order on the memorial. The
Second World War casualties are listed under the dedication. Here we
have put them in alphabetical order, with World War I first for ease
of searching.
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Photographs
copyright © Jo
Stiven 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
1939 - 1945
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS"
1914
- 1919
ALLEN |
Charles |
Sapper
27915. 11th Field Company Royal Engineers. Died in France &
Flanders on 7th December 1914. Born and enlisted Pembroke.
Son of William and Frances Allen, of Milton Cottage, Manorbier,
Pembrokeshire.Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. III. B. 56. |
ALLEN |
William |
Shoeing
Smith 99221. "B" Battery, 177th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th July
1917. Aged 31. Lived Hampton. Enlisted Woolwich. Son of William
and Frances Allen, of Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Buried: Brandhoek
New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II.
A. 13. |
BARCLAY |
Fergusson |
Probaby:
Captain. Royal Air Force. Died on 7th December 1918.
Son of Mrs. A. Hermione Barclay of Manor Mead, Weston-super-Mare.
Buried: Weston-Super-Mare Cemetery, Somerset. Ref. 4067. |
BROWN |
George |
Royal
Engineers. Died 1916. No further information available at present.
|
BRYANT |
Frederick
James Mansell |
Second
Lieutenant. 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Killed in action
on 26th March 1917. Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial.
Panels 30 to 32. |
BUSH |
George
T |
Leading
Victualling Assistant M/2588. H.M.S. Lion , Royal Navy. Died on
18th October 1918. Buried: Manorbier (St. James) Churchyard.
In North part. |
DAVIES |
Thomas
Lloyd |
Third
Mate. S.S. Galgorm Castle (Belfast), Mercantile Marine. Died on
27th February 1917. Aged 19. Son of Thomas and Sarah
Janes Davies, of Glyder, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Commemorated:
Tower Hill Memorial, London. |
HARRINGTON |
William
Joseph |
Private
6525. 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died
of wounds while Prisoner of War, after being wounded and captured
near Armentieres, on 10th May 1917. Aged 33. Private
Harrington lived in the Wagin District of Western Australia where
he worked on the railways. He had previously been in the Yeomanry
Cavalry in the UK before he emigrated. Son of Joseph and Kezia Harrington,
of Tudor Lodge, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Brother of
Reginald (below). Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Ref. IV. G.
14. |
HARRINGTON |
Reginald
Humphrey |
Private
7020. 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died
of wounds received at Messines on 6th August 1917. Aged
23. Private Harrington emigrated to Australia aged 19 and lived
in the Wagin District of Western Australia where he was an agricultural
worker. Son of Joseph and K. Harrington, of Tudor Lodge, Manorbier,
Pembrokeshire, Wales. Brother of William (above). Buried: Kandahar
Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. G.
3. |
HUGHES |
Henry
Thomas |
Serjeant
371118. 114th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 11th May 1917. Aged 30. Born
Ludchurch, Narberth, Pembrokeshire. Enlisted Tenby. Husband of Annie
Hughes, of Lydstep Village, Penally, Pembrokeshire. Buried: Etaples
Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XVIII. L. 10. |
JOHNS |
Wilfred |
(William
on CWGC & CD). Private 8318. "B" Company, 2nd Battalion Welsh
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th
May 1915. Aged 31. Born Manorbier. Enlisted Cardiff. Son of William
and Emma Johns, of Ash Cottage, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Commemorated:
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 23 and 24. |
JOHNS |
Albert
Austin (Bertie) |
Shoeing
Smith 11429. 14th (King's) Hussars. Killed in action in Mesopotamia
on 15th December 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Pembroke.
Lived Manorbier. Son of William and Emma Johns, of Ash Cottage,
Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Buried: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref.
XXV. |
JONES |
W.
Basil |
Royal
Air Force. Died 1918. No further information available at present.
|
LEWIS |
Edgar |
Serjeant
597. (CD has number as 725073) 2nd (Glam.) Battery, 1st (Welch)
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died in Egypt on 23rd
March 1917. Aged 31. Born Monkton. Enlisted Neath. Son of John and
Margaret Lewis, of Rose Villa, Jameston, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire.
Native of Pembroke. Buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt. Ref. D. 93. |
MURRAY |
John
Claude |
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers. Killed
in action on 9th July 1916. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 A. |
PHILIPPS |
The Hon. Colwyn Erasmus Arnold
|
Captain.
Royal Horse Guards. Killed in action on 13th May 1915.
Aged 26. Son of the Rt. Hon. the 1st Viscount St. Davids, P.C.,
of 3, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 3. |
PHILIPPS |
Arthur
Owen |
Sergeant
117043. "B" Company, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.).
Died on 2nd June 1916. Aged 38. Sergeant Phillips was
born in Tenby on 26th June 1879, the son of Emma Philipps,
of Windrath, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the late Rev.
James J. Philipps. In Canada he worked as a rancher. He had previously
served 14 months with the 102nd Yeomanry in South Africa.
Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 18 - 26 – 28. |
PHILIPPS,
MC |
The
Hon Roland Erasmus |
Captain.
9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action on 7th
July 1916. Aged 26. Son of the Rt. Hon. the 1st Viscount St. Davids,
P.C., of 3, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London. Awarded the Military
Cross. Buried: Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Ref. H. 32. |
PHILLIPS |
William |
Private
27695. "C" Company 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 10th July 1916.
Aged 32. Born Pembroke. Enlisted Holborn. Son of William and Sarah
Phillips, of Manorbier, Pembrokeshire; husband of Mary Phillips,
of 220, Stanstead Rd., Forest Hill, London. Buried: Caterpillar
Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Ref. X. F. 18. |
RIXON |
George |
Private
37712. 8th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds at
sea on 4th December 1915. Born Tenby. Lived Manorbier.
Enlisted Pembroke. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel
140 to 144. |
RIXON |
Thomas |
Pioneer
26756. 334th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Formerly
R4/069178 Royal Army Service Corps (344th R.C.C.) Died
in France & Flanders on 5th November 1918. Aged 28.
Born Manorbier. Enlisted Pembroke. Son of William and Frances Rixon,
of Jameston, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Buried: St. Sever Cemetery
Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. S. II. Y. 28. |
SCOURFIELD |
Benjamin
David |
Private
320091. 24th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Formerly 445 Pembrokeshire
Yeomanry. Killed in action in Egypt on 6th November 1917.
Aged 22. Born and lived Manorbier. Enlisted Tenby. Son of William
Scourfield, of Gable Cottage, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. Buried:
Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. K. 56. |
SHIPLEY |
William |
Royal
Navy. Died 1914. No further information available at present. |
THOMAS |
Frederick
G. |
Sapper
159164. Royal Engineers. Died at home on 23rd December
1919. Buried: Manorbier (St. James) Churchyard. In North part. |
WHARTON |
Benjamin
G. |
Private
226088. 10th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
Formerly 56713 Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 2nd September 1918. Aged 33 Born Lamphey,
Pembrokeshire. Enlisted Llanelly. Son of William and Maria Wharton.
Buried: Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. II.
J. 9. |
WILLIAMS |
George |
Private
430860. 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regt.). Died on 6th June 1916. Aged 32. Private Williams
was born in Pembroke on 14th August 1883, the son of
George Williams, of Newton Crossing, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
In Canada he worked as a labourer. He had previously served in the
Royal Navy, and was an active member of the 88th Victoria
Fusiliers. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 18 - 26 – 28. |
WILLIAMS |
William |
Private
8195. 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds at
home on 14th September 1920. Aged 36. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Williams, husband of C. K. Glanville (formerly Williams), of I,
Bridge St., Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Born at Jameson, Manorbier. Buried:
Manorbier (St. James) Churchyard. In North part. |
1939
- 1945 |
JOHNS |
William
Charles Austin |
Leading
Stoker D/KX 92946. H.M.S. Neptune, Royal Navy. Died on 19th
December 1941. Commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel
52, Column 2.
Special
note: HMS Neptune was sunk by mines off the coast of Tripoli.
Of her complement of 757 Officers and Ratings, there was only one
survivor. |
KINHEY
? |
William
J |
No
further information available at present. |
WILLIAMS |
Morgan
J |
No
further information available at present. |
23 September 2004 |