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HESSENFORD WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006

This memorial is outside the public rooms, beside the main road, through the centre of Hessenford. Three steps lead to the memorial which is in the form of a tapered square plinth mounted on which is a granite wheel cross.

Photograph Copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006

IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE FROM
HESSENFORD
WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES
IN THE WAR
1914-1918

BALL

[Albert] Harold

Stoker 1st Class K/32707, H.M.S. Vanguard, Royal Navy. Died 9th July 1917. Aged 26. Son of Joseph and Rhoda Ball, of Trerule Hill Head, St. Germans, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 22.

BANFIELD

Charles

Army Service Corps - No further information currently available

CLARK

Stanley

Private 42309, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died 2nd April 1917. Aged 26. Son of Mrs. E. J. Clark, of Bladders Pool, St. Germans Cornwall, and the late Mr. J. Clark. Buried in HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D., Grave 6.

DAVIS

Richard

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - No further information currently available

DUKE

George

Rifleman 59101, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Died 31st August 1918. Aged 30. Son of Richard and Jane Duke, of Trerule Foot, St. Germans, Cornwall. Buried in VAULX HILL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 26.

KELLOW

Alfred

Private 6038, 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 9th April 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia. Son of William Charles and Emily Kellow, of Trequite Farm, Menheniot, Liskeard, Cornwall. Buried in BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 6.

MIDDLETON

John

Sergeant 6506, 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 22nd March 1916. Aged 38. Son of James and Sarah Middleton, of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire; husband of Rhoda Maria Middleton, of Hessenford, Cornwall. Served in the South African Campaign. Buried in DRYFESDALE CEMETERY, LOCKERBIE, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Grave Reference 2. 1727.

MOON

Ernest [Albert]

Corporal 266254, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 26th August 1918. Aged 22. Commemorated in MAGNABOSCHI BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Special Memorial 3. D. 4-6 and 8.

Note: The cemetery contains 183 burials of the First World War. This includes Special Memorials to 4 burials in Plot 3. Row D. Graves 4, 5, 6 and 8, of which the burials cannot be individually identified.

NICHOLLS

Ernest

Private 45771, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 20th January 1917. Aged 27. Son of T. J. and J. A. Nicholls. Buried in ST. ANNE CHURCHYARD, HESSENFORD, Cornwall.

SMITH

Arthur

Stoker 1st Class K/23444, H.M.S. Defence, Royal Navy. Died 31st May 1916. Aged 22. Son of John and Mary Smith, of Hessenford, St. Germans, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 16.

VINCENT

William

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - probably William Vincent, Private 8534, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 14th September 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.

WEBB

Charles

Royal Engineers - probably C WEBB, Sapper 18164, 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 4th February 1915. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot XI. Row E. Grave 14.

WEBBER

Stanley

Royal Navy - probably William Stanley WEBBER, Able Seaman J/7335, H.M.S. Bittern, Royal Navy. Died 4th April 1918. Aged 25. Son of William and Mary Webber, of Lanreath, Duloe, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 27.

HANCOCK

Edwin

Royal Berkshire Regiment - No further information currently available

Make them to be numbered with thy saints – in glory everlasting

Last updated 10 March, 2006

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