
BISHOPS HULL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © David Greig 2006
The
memorial stands on a wide bend in the village street opposite the church
of St Peter and St Paul outside the Cavalier Inn. It takes the form
of a plain cross with a square, chamfered shaft and a square, two-stepped,
base. The rear quadrant is cut-off by a wall, the insctiption are written
on bronze plaques affixed to the memorial. There are 34 names for World
War 1 and 12 for World War 2. The memorial was first unveiled 6 November
1921. The memorial was re-dedicated on 9th February 1993.
THIS
CROSS WAS ERECTED IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
BISHOP'S HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR COUNTRY
ALLAN |
Harry
aka Henry |
Private
28738, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 10
March 1917. Aged 22. Born West Htach, Somerset, enlisted Taunton,
resident Bishops Hull. Son of William and Sarah Ann Allen, of West
Wood, Crowcombe, Taunton, Somerset. Native of Bishop's Hull, Taunton.
Formerly 1135, West Somerset Yeomanry. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY,
MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 4. |
ALLAN |
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
BASTARD |
Charles
Stafford |
Private
31914, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 19 March 1918. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Taunton.
Son of Charles Henry and Constance Sarah Bastard, of Taunton. Buried
in LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 32. |
BATTEN |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
31886, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 12 March
1919. Aged 19. Born and resident Bishops Hull, enlisted Taunton.
Batten, of 3, Netherelay Terrace, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, and the
late Alice Batten. Buried in TAUNTON (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY, Somerset.
Plot II. Row B. Grave 139. |
CARPENTER |
Henry
aka Harry |
Private
43721, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died from pneumonia 5 November 1918. Aged 22. Born and
resident Bishops Hull, enlisted Taunton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Carpenter, of 3, Mountway Lane, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset.
Buried in ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot III. Row D. Grave 2. |
CAVILL |
Alfred
James |
Private
3/7264, 6th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 17 September 1915. Aged 34. Born Preston, Yeovil,
enlisted Yeovil. Son of William and Elizabeth Cavill, of Bishop's
Hull, Tallnton, Somerset; husband of Bessie Timbrell (formerly Cavill),
of 34, Coronation Rd., Gilfach Goch, Bridgend. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XI. Row C. Grave 27. |
CRIDGE |
Henry
William George aka Harry |
Sapper
94255, 130th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21
May 1916. Aged 27. Born Taunton, enlisted Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex.
Husband of Lucy Cridge, of 8, The Row, Galmington, nr. Taunton,
Somerset. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 24. |
GILL |
William
|
Lance
Corporal 8613, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 22 November 1916. Aged 27. Born Bishops Hull, enlisted
Taunton, resident Norton Heath. Son of Mrs. A. Daly (formerly Gill),
of Galmington, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section O. Plot II. Row J. Grave
10. |
GRAY |
Percy
John |
[GREY,
Private on the memorial] Air Mechanic 1st Class 219793, Royal Naval
Air Service from 24 August 1916 then transferred 1 April 1918 to
214th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in enemy bomb raid 6 June
1918. Born 8 November 1897 in Bishop;s Hull, Taunton, Somerset.
Son of Henry Gray, of Bishop's Hull, Taunton. Coil Winder by trade.
Height 5 feet 8½ inches, chest 36 inches, hair fair, eyes
blue, complexion fresh. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Plot IV. Row B. Grave 27.
Percy
John GRAY birth was registered in the October to December Quarter
1897 in the Taunton Registration District. In the 1901 census
Percy GREY was the son of Henry and Sarah GRAY, aged 3, born Bishop's
Hull, resident Bishop's Hull. In the 1911 a Percy GRAY was the
son of Henry and Sarah GRAY, a Newspaper Boy, aged 13, born Bishop's
Hull, resident 4 Hamwood Terrace, Bishop's Hull, Taunton. Percy
John GRAY, born 8 November 1897 in Taunton, attested for the Royal
Flying Corps 24 August 1916, and enetered the service with a service
numner of 219793. At the time of enlistment he his occupation
was Coil Winder. In 1917 Percy J GRAY married Gladys S Evans in
the April to June Quarter in the Taunton Registration District.
|
KING |
Edgar
|
Private
11129, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
1 July 1916. Born and enlisted Minehead. Son of Mrs. M. J. Winsborough,
of 17, Summerland Avenue, Minehead, Somerset. In the 1901 census
Edgar KING was the 5 year old son of Mary King, a widow, born Somerset,
resident Shute Water, Bishop's Hull. In the 1911 census Edgar Henry
KING was unmarried, a boarder, aged 15, an Errand Boy, born Bishop's
Hull, resident Hamwood Cottages, Bishop's Hull. Buried in DEVONSHIRE
CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 4. |
MATTRAVERS |
Frederick
aka Fred |
Private
PLY/8256, H.M.S. Indefatigable, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed
in action at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 38. Born 29
March 1878 in Bradford, Somerset. Son of Mark and Elizabeth Mattravers,
of Longaller, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 18. |
MELHUISH |
Ian
Vaughan Brembridge |
[Listed
as Jan Vaughan Brenridge Melhuish on SDGW] Second Lieutenant, 7th
Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in
action 27 October 1915. Aged 23. Son of Ada Constance Melhuish,
of Taunton, Somerset, and the late John Bremridge, Melhuish. Listed
on the Bromsgrove
School Roll of Honour. Buried in RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13TH LONDON)
GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section A.
Row 4. |
PATON |
Bassett
|
No
further information currently available |
PERRY |
Walter
|
Private
27703, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 22 January 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted Taunton. Son
of Job and Emily Perry, of 6, Court, Shuttern, Taunton. Formerly
1209, West Somerset Yeomanry. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY,
MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 19. |
PETERS |
Sidney
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 410, 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry. Died in United Kingdom
15 August 1915. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Taunton, resident Bishops
Hull. Son of Edward Partridge Peters and Annie Chamberlain Peters,
of The Cottage, Wellington Rd., Taunton. Born at Bishop's Hull.
Buried in TAUNTON (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY, Somerset. Old ground. Grave
6324. |
PRATT |
Edgar
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 7941, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
Killed in action 12 May 1915. Aged 27. Born and resident Bishops
Hull, enlisted Taunton. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20. |
PUGSLEY |
Albert
Thomas |
Driver
620099, 18th Brigade (Territorial Force), Royal Horse Artillery.
Died in Egypt 7 June 1918. Aged 22. Born Bishops Hull, enlisted
Taunton. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Annie Pugsley, of Woodlands,
Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Section O. Grave 185. |
RABAN |
Richard
Bassett Cockburn |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse), Indian Army
attached 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 11 May 1916. Aged 35.
Son of the late Rev. R. C. W. Raban (Vicar of Bishop's Hull, Taunton),
and Mrs. Raban. Aide-de-Camp to the King at the Delhi Durbar. Buried
in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III.
Row F. Grave 22. |
ROBINSON |
Arthur
John Henry |
Second
Corporal 505916, 54th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers.
Died 12 June 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Taunton. Formerly 1026, West
Somerset Yeomanry. Son of John and Annie Robinson, of Bishop's Hull;
husband of Millicent May Robinson, of 7, Shutewater Hill, Bishop's
Hull, Taunton. Buried in BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 3 |
SMERDON |
John
Geoffrey |
Second
Lieutenant, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) attached to
2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 20 September
1917. Aged 24. Son of W. R. and Marienne E. Smerdon, of Bishop's
Hull, Taunton, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 41 to 42 and 163A. |
SMITH |
Charles
Edgar Holton |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 10th/11th Battalion, Highland
Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 September 1916. Aged 32. Awarded
the Order of St. Sava 5th Class (Serbia). Son of Charles and Ellen
Smith; husband of Ethel Bertha Smith (nee Terry), of 5, Evelyn Court,
Cheltenham. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme,
France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 15.
Extract
from British
Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918:
SMITH,
CHARLES EDGAR HOLTON,
L.R.C.P.S. (Edin.), L.F.P.S. (Glas.), Captain. attd. to the Highland
Light Infantry, eldest s. of the late Charles Smith,
of Hall. Taunton, co. Somerset, by his wife, Ellen (Rose Cottage.
Wellington, co. Somerset), dau. of John Holton, of Lincoln ; b.
Banbridge, co. Down, 5 June, 1884 ; educ. Lausanne ; Neuwied,
and Chigwell School, co. Essex, also at the Edinburgh University,
and qualifiedfor Medicine in 1911. After filling the pasts of
House Surgeon and House Physician at the East Suffolk Hospital
at Ipswich, and acting in 1912 as Second Surgeon of the British
Red Crescent Hospital in Tripoli in the late Italo-Turkish War,
he went into practice at High Green, Cannock, co Stafford ; gazetted
Lieut. R.A.M.C. 1 Nov. 1914, and Capt. a year later ; was a member
of the British Medical Mission to Serbia in 1915, and was awarded
the Order of St. Sava, 5th class : served with the Expeditionary
Force in France front 3 April, 1916, and was killed in action
at Martinpuich 16 Sept. following. Buried in the Villa Wood Cemetery,
Contalmaison. Colonel Pollock, A. D.M.S. 15th Division, wrote
: " He was a keen and gallant officer, who did his duty thoroughly
and nobly without thinking of his own safety or sparing himself
in any way. His death is a great loss to this division,"
and Lieut.-Col. R. F. Forbes : "I can assure you his loss
is keenly felt by the regiment, for since he joined us at Le Biset
he has always worked hard, for any man shot came under his care,
and by his attention has saved many badly wounded." Another
officer wrote : " Capt.. Smith was an exceptionally gallant
and efficient officer, and was extremely popular with all ranks,
and his loss is very deeply felt by the battalion," and the
Chaplaln : " The sad occurrence has occasioned universal
regret amongst all ranks here. He was a universal favourite—for
his personal qualities and for his medical skill." He was
awarded the Order of St. Sava, 5th Class, by His Majesty the King
of Serbia [London Gazette, 16 May, 19161, for distinguished services
during tile campaign of 1915. He m. at Prestbury Parish
Church, 30 Dec. 1912, Ethel Bertha (High Green, Cannock, co. Stafford),
dau. of Henry Warwick Terry, and had two children: Charles .Warwick
Bowman, b. 2 May, 1915 and Yvonne Muriel, b.
12 Oct. 1913.
|
STRICKLAND |
Charles
|
Private
15590, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 2 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Bishops Hull, enlisted
Taunton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, of Victoria Place, High
St., Taunton. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
SWAIN |
Christopher
Edward |
Gunner
109721, 105th Battery, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 28 October 1917. Born and enlisted Taunton. Buried in
THE HUTS CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XII. Row D. Grave
2. |
SWAIN |
Richard
John |
Private
8612, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of
wounds 17 May 1915. Aged 29. Born Stoke St Mary, enlisted Portsmouth,
resident Taunton. Son of Sarah Ann and the late Richard John Swain,
of Bradford-on-Tone. Taunton, Somerset. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 10. |
TROTT,
MM |
Arthur
Sholto |
Private
1002, 2nd Battalion, Rhodesia Regiment. Died of disease 19 February
1917. Aged 28. Son of William Henry and Emily Trott, of 2, South
View, Trulle, Taunton. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried
in CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY, South Africa. Section 1. Grave
14286C. |
WALSH |
Archibald
Charles Mark |
Second
Lieutenant, "X" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died of
wounds 18 March 1915. Aged 23. Born at Hillmore Taunton. Son of
the late Col. H. A. Walsh, C.B., and Mrs. Ann Pollexfen Walsh, of
Bishop's Hull, Taunton. Buried in TAUNTON (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY,
Somerset. Old ground. Grave 6420. |
WEAVER |
Reginald
|
Gunner
14792, "X" 51st Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 26 July 1916. Born and elinsted Taunton. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme. France. Pier and
Face 1 A and 8 A |
WEBBER |
Reginald |
See
below under his real name Harry Webber |
WEBBER |
Henry
George aka Harry |
Private
24192, 2/5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in India 22 January 1919. Aged 32. Buried in CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE)
CEMETERY, KOLKATA, India. Section H. Grave 325. |
WILKINS |
Herbert
George |
Private
16890, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born and enlisted Taunton, resident
Bishops Hull. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 A. |
WINN |
Clarence
|
Private
16618, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 22. Born Bishops Hull, enlisted
Taunton. Son of Kerslake and Blanche Winn, of Somerset Place, Taunton,
Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 A. |
WOOD |
Stanley
|
Private
25887, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 19 May 1916. Aged 20. Born Bishops Hull, enlisted
Taunton. Son of William and Alice Wood, of 7, Florence Terrace,
Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 10. |
IN
REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF BISHOPS HULL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914
-1918
AND
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945
LET
THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945 |
BARKER |
Arthur
Robert Checkley |
Major
96431, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died 5 June 1943.
Formerly Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). |
BOND |
Francis
Lewis |
Leading
Aircraftman 1221522, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Diedm 5
May 1944. Aged 25. Son of Francis Walter and Florence Elizebeth
Bond, of Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in DELHI WAR CEMETERY,
India. Plot 7. Row K. Grave 14. |
CHAMBERS |
Terrence
Frederick Thomas |
Captain
IA/1013, 1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, Indian Army
and Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.. Died 4 December 1942.
Aged 27. Son of Thomas Smith Chambers and Edythe Chambers, of Bishop's
Hull, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in FAYID WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot
1. Row C. Grave 2. |
CLEMENTS |
William
David |
Captain
P/63476, 55th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 27 March 1940. Aged 29. Son of Percy A. Clements and E. Mabel
Clements, of Stone Gallows Hill, Taunton. Buried in TAUNTON (ST.
MARY'S) CEMETERY, Somerset. Grave 2/2000. |
FARRANT |
Peter
Geoffrey |
Lieutenant
179766, Somerset Light Infantry attached to 9th Battalion, Durham
Light Infantry. Died 12 August 1944. Aged 24. Son of Geoffrey Upcott
Farrant and Georgina Milne Farrant, of Taunton, Somerset. Buried
in ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX, , France. Plot IX. Row G. Grave
10. |
HOBBS |
Dennis
John |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1321379, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 2 December 1943. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY,
Berlin, Germany. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 10. |
LEGGE |
Albert
George |
Able
Seaman D/J 43823, H.M.S. Matabele, Royal Navy. Died when his ship
was torpedoed by U-454 17 January 1942. Aged 41. Son of Charlie
and Mary Legge; husband of Florence Elsie Legge, of Bishop's Hull
Within, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 18.
Note
- extract from uboat.net:
At 22.21 hours on 17 January 1942 HMS Matabele (G 26) (Cdr A.C.
Stanford, DSC, RN), escorting convoy PQ-8, was hit by one torpedo
from U-454 in the stern, which caused her magazines to blow up
and the ship sank within two minutes off Kola Inlet. The survivors
were unable to release the Carley floats because they were frozen
in their lashings and had to jump overboard. Some of them were
killed when the depth charges of the sinking destroyer detonated,
but the most died of hypothermia in the icy water before they
could be rescued. Only two of the four men picked up by HMS Harrier
(J 71) (Capt E.P. Hinton, DSO, RN) survived.
The
U-boat had reported an earlier hit on a destroyer at 18.54 hours
and a previous shot that missed. All attacks were probably against
the same destroyer.
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MALLALIEU |
Geoffrey
Norman Anthony William |
Major
77616, 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 20 February
1945. Aged 26. Son of Lt.-Col. William Mallalieu and Dorothy Maud
Mary Greenwell Mallalieu, of Taunton, Somerset; husband of Patricia
Mallalieu. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 57. Row B. Grave 15. |
SIBLEY |
Paul |
Sapper
2074593, 672 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers. Died 19 July
1943. Aged 38. Son of Ernest Edward and Annie Elizabeth Sibley,
of Taunton. Buried North of the church in NORTON FITZWARREN (ALL
SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Somerset. |
STARK |
Charles
|
Lance
Corporal 5676775, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 12
May 1944. Aged 27. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XI.
Row D. Grave 1. |
WEBBER |
Gerald
[Henry] |
Lance
Corporal 2662584, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died between
29 and 30 January 1944. Aged 31. Son of Henry George and Bessie
Webber, of Bishop's Hull, Somerset. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 15. |
Last updated
29 December, 2015
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