FOREST
(STE MARGUERITE DE LA FORET) WAR MEMORIAL
Wolrd War
1 & 2 Detailed information
Compiled
and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2014
Two tablets,
set into the wall either side of the lych-gate leading through to
the churchyard of Ste Marguerite de la Foret [Forest] Church.
1914
– 1918
Pro Patria
| ALLEZ |
Hedley
Charles |
Private
315856, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 4 September 1918.
Born 26 November 1893 in Guernsey. Married to Gertrude Lawson Allez,
resident 137 Wellington Street North, Hamilton, Ontario. Spent 2
years with the Royal Guernsey Militia. Machinist by trade. Passed
fit 26 January 1916, attested 27 January 1916 at Hamilton, Ontario,
Cananda, aged 22 years 3 months, height 5 feet 7½ inches,
girth 35 inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark, teeth needing
attention; religious denomination Methodist. Buried in ST. SEVER
CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section Q. Plot
IV. Row G. Grave 16. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 118 - 28 See also St
Peter Port, Guernsey |
| BREHAUT |
James
E |
Leading
Seaman 211587, H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 26
November 1914. Aged 33. Born 21 November 1883 in St Peter's Port,
Guernsey. Draper by trade. Son of James Brehaut; husband of Florence
E. Beedie (formerly Brehaut), of 1, Byron Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth.
Native of Guernsey. Service started 10 September 1900. In the 1891
census James E Brehaut was aged 9, a scholar, son of James and Hannah
Brehaut, born St peter's Wood, Guernsey, resident Sages, St Peter
in the Wood. In the 1911 census he is aged 29, married to Florence,
born Gunersey, an Able Seaman, Royal Navy, resident 68 Fifth St,
Buckland, Portsmouth; he had a son James H Brehaut. aged 2. No known
grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel
1. See
also St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| COOPER |
Robert
Stanley |
Lance
Corporal 15529, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Mseopotamia 25 March 1917. Aged 18. Born Wimborne, Dorset, enlisted
Guernsey, resident Forest, Guernsey. Son of George Chester Cooper
and Elizabeth Cooper, of Hill Crest, Forest, Guernsey. No known
grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 22 and 63. See
also St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| DE
LA MARE |
Thomas |
Corporal
89301, "C" Battery, 53rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 19 December 1915. Aged 29. Born Les Messuners,
Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey. Son of Thomas H. and Nancy De La Mare,
of Les Messuriers Forest, Guernsey. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 58. See also St
Peter Port, Guernsey |
| DE
LA MARE |
Edmund
[James] |
[Edmond
on CWGC] Private 1880, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service)
Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Killed in action 14 April 1918.
Aged 19. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Son of James and Sainte De
La Mare. Born at Guernsey. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 21. See also St
Peter Port, Guernsey |
| GIBSON |
John
Stanley |
Private
183, "A" Company, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service)
Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Killed in action 12 April 1918.
Aged 17. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Son of William John Gibson,
of 28, Castle St., Reading, and the late Edith Augusta Gibson. No
known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium.
Panel 11. See also St Peter Port, Guernsey
|
| GOLDING |
Wallace
Thomas |
Corporal
25543 [CWGC] or 35543 [SDGW], 33rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 12 December 1915. Born Gillingham, Kent,
enlisted Guernsey. Husband of Mrs. Golding, of 16, Mansell St.,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Buried in GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. grave 9. |
| The
person below could be one of two from the St Peter Port memorial:
John
C JEHAN, Private 272, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service)
Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Killed in action 1 December
1917. Born and enlisted Guernsey. No known grave. Commemorated on
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13.
or
John
Wilfred JEHAN, Private 1606, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st
(Service) Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Killed in action 13
April 1918. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Son of John Jehan
and Ada Jehan; husband of Mabel L. Jehan. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 11 |
| JEHAN |
J
|
No
further information currently available |
| JÉGU |
Stephen
John |
Private
138, "B" Company, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service)
Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Killed in action 25 November
1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Son of Francis George
and Mary Jegu, of Les Blicqs, St. Andrews, Guernsey. No known grave.
Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel
13. See also St Peter Port, Guernsey
|
| LANGLOIS |
George
[Edmund] |
Private
24233, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11 June
1918. Born St Peter in the Wood, Guernsey, enlisted Jersey, resident
Georgetwon, Jersey. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Section Q. Plot III. Row G. Grave 15. See
also St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| LE
CHEMINANT |
Frederick
James |
[Transcribed
as F J LE CHEMINANT] Private 86, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry,
1st (Service) Battalion, Channel Islands Militia. Died 25 May 1918.
Aged 21. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Son of Frederick James Le-Cheminant
and his wife, Amy Eliza Le Sauvage. Buried in CONDE-SUR-L'ESCAUT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 43. See
also St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| NICHOLSON |
Eustace
[I] |
Serjeant
22054, 7th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).
Killed in action 9 September 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Forest,
Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey. Son of John R. Nicholson, M.A., and
Mary Nicholson, of "La Concordia," Forest, Guernsey. In
the 1911 census he is listed as Eustace J Nicholson, son of Mary,
aged 15, born Forest, Guernsey, at school, resident Guernsey.Buried
in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
E. Grave 2. See also St Peter Port, Guernsey
|
| PRIAULX,
DSO |
George
[Kendall] |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 24 March
1918. Aged 40. Son of O. de L. Priaulx. Served in the South African
War. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) No known grave.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 61 to 64.
Extract
from 'Distinguised Service Order 1916-1923':
PRIAULX,
G. K. (D.S.O. L.G. 18.6.17); b. 15.9.77; 2nd s. of O. de L. Priaulx
; educ. at Harrow and Sandhurst; commissioned 60th Rifles 23.2.98;
Lt. 51.10.99; Capt. 22.1.02. He fought through the S. African
War, 1899-1002 (Despatches twice ; Queen's Medal, 6 clasps ; King's
Medal, 2 clasps). He went to France in Aug. 1914, and was dangerously
wounded in Sept. of that year, and again in Sept. 1915, at Loos,
when he was in command of his battalion. After his recovery he
was appointed to the command of another battalion, and in March,
1917, won the D.S.O. Lt.-Col. Priaulx was killed in action on
25.3.18.
See
also St Peter Port, Guernsey See
also Forest, Guernsey and
St Martin's, Guernsey |
| ROBINSON |
John
W |
Private
2460, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 23 May
1915. Aged 20. Born St Peter Port, Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey.
Son of Nicholas and Sophie Robinson, of Vue de L'Eglise Forest,
Guernsey. Buried in CHESTER FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 7. See also St Peter
Port, Guernsey |
FRENCH
ARMY |
| BELOEIL |
V
|
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| BAMEUL |
Victor
[F L] |
In
the 1911 census he was aged 30, a boarder with Agnes veuve, born
St brieus, a Labourer, resident 3 Back Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey.
No further information available. See also St
Peter Port, Guernsey |
1939-1945
|
| BIHAN |
J
|
No
further information currently available |
| BRÉBAN |
Henry
A |
|
| BREHAUT |
Harold
George |
Private
3972483, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 3 February 1945. Aged
33. Son of Thomas Brehaut, and of Ellen Lucy Brehaut (nee Torode),
of St. Andrew's, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR
CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot 19. Row E. Grave 11. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| BREHAUT |
John
Philip |
Fusilier
5732222, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died 20 August 1944.
Aged 23. Son of Alice Brehaut, and stepson of Mr. W. Le Page, of
St. Martins, Guemsey, Channel Islands. Buried at SALERNO WAR CEMETERY,
Italoy. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 4. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| BRETEL |
Sylvester
L H |
Fusilier
4204937, 13th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Died 7 September
1943. Aged 33. Son of Francis Emile Eugene and Ada Bretel of Guernsey,
Channel Islands. Buried in SOUTHOWRAM (ST. ANNE-IN-THE-GROVE) CHURCHYARD,
Yorkshire. Section 1818. Row 1. Grave 18. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| DE
LA RUE |
Gerald
Le P |
Seaman
LT/JX 199095, H.M. Fishing Patrol Vessel 2013, Royal Naval Patrol
Service. Died 16 November 1944. Aged 27. Son of John Alfred and
Minnie Florence De La Rue. Buried in FALMOUTH CEMETERY, Cornwall.
Section K. Row C. Grave 23. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| DODD |
Edwin
Lawson |
Driver
T/14264073, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 3 August 1943. Aged 19.
Born Guernsey and resident Plymouth. Son of Edwin and Mary Dodd;
husband of Hazel Dodd, of Plymouth. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR
CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 13. Row E. Grave 11. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| FALLAIZE |
Berie
[Nicholas] |
Gunner
1470310, 76 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
2 April 1942. Aged 21. Son of Amos and Ellen Fallaize, of St. Peter,
Guernsey, Channel Islands. Buried in PORTSDOWN (CHRIST CHURCH) MILITARY
CEMETERY, Hampshire. Row N. Grave 199. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| |
or
Bernard [Charles] |
Private 4204946, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died in Italy
9 September 1943. Aged 31. Born Guernsey and resident Manchester.
Son of Nicholas John and Mary Louise Fallaize, of Forest, Guernsey,
Channel Islands. Buried in SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II.
Row E. Grave 27. See also St Peter Port
memorial |
| HOLLAND |
Victor
[Louis] |
First
Radio Officer, S.S. Teano (Hull) , Merchant Navy. Died 8 November
1943. Aged 31. Husband of Iris Holland. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 106. See also St
Peter Port memorial |
| RATCLIFFE |
F
A |
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updated:
8 May, 2018
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