COVENEY WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Cliff Brown & Dave Edwards
These
First World War names are carved on the gate to the churchyard. There
is no sign of any Second World War memorial anywhere inside or outside
the church. Supplementary information has been extracted from the CWGC
records where possible.
In
hallowed memory
of the men of this parish
who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
to keep their country free
from the chains of a foreign yoke.
BOWGEN |
Reginald
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Sapper, 263rd Railway Coy., Royal Engineers. who died
20th May 1918 buried: Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, Somme,
France. Son of Arthur & Ellen Bowgen, Coveney |
COULSON |
George Frank Stanley |
Private, 11th Bt. Suffolk Reg. who died 1st July 1916.
Buried: NKG |
COX |
Walter |
Pte. W.W. Cox, 3rd Bt. Rifle Brigade, d 2/2/1916, buried: Menin
Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Age
20, son of Fred Cox of Coveney. |
DING |
John |
Private, 1st Bt. Northamptonshire Reg. who died 14th
September 1914, buried NKG. Son of Mr & Mrs J. Ding of Coveney.
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DING |
Thomas |
Private, 4th Bt. Suffolk Reg. who died 26th September
1917, buried NKG |
FERRIS |
James |
No information |
HARRISON |
Ernest Charles |
Pte. 5th Bt. Dorsetshire Reg., died on 21st August 1915. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
HARRISON |
Albert William |
L/Cpl. 9th Bt. Norfolk Reg., d 15/9/1916. Buried: Guillemont Road
Cemetery, Guillemont, Somme, France. |
HOUGHTON |
Ernest |
Gunner, "X" 18th Trench Mortar Bty., Royal Field Artillery.
who died 3rd July 1918 Buried: Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg,
Germany. Son of Charles and Clara Houghton, of Lodge Farm, Cratfield,
Halesworth, Suffolk. Native of Coveney, Ely, Cambs. |
KING |
George |
Probably: Private 2nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., who died 28th
March 1918 age 32, buried: NKG. Son of John and Jane King, of 62,
Silver St., Ely, Cambs - see also Witcham. |
PARSON |
George William |
Private, 11th Bt. Suffolk Reg. who died 17th May 1915
age 20 buried: Coveney churchyard. Son of George and Emily Parson,
of Wardy Hill, Coveney. |
PEDLEY |
Albert Edward |
Pte. 2nd Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 22/9/1916, buried: NKG. Son of
Mr & Mrs A Pedley, Wardy Hill. |
POOLE |
John Frederick Victor |
Died 25th February 1920 age 22, buried: Coveney Wesleyan Methodist
chapelyard. Not a CWGC grave. Son of William and Emma Poole. |
WALKER |
Herbert W. |
Private, 4th/6th Bt. Yorkshire Reg. who died
23rd December 1918 age 37. Buried: Coveney Wesleyan Methodist chapelyard.
Not a CWGC grave. Son of Joseph and Sarah Walker of Coveney. |
Last updated 20 January, 2012
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