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ST. AUSTELL WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2021

Extract from Western Morning News -
Friday 20 May 1921, page 8

The memorial is located adjacent to Holy Trinity Church, St Austell, Cornwall. It takes the form of a Celtic cross facing east, standing on a tapering column that has ornate celtic carvings, the whole rests on a square plinth with a two-stepped square base, set on a paved area with an iron fence on three sides; the inscription and names are in black lettering. First unveiled 21 May 1921. There are 200 names for World War 1 and 57 for World War 2. The memorial includes men from the whole of the St. Austell parish, which includes the Mount Charles and Charlestown district, Porthpean. Pentewan, Gover, Greensplat, Cashew, Stenalees, Bugle, Treverbyn, Trethurgy, Carclaze, Tregonissey, Slades, Bethel, Tregrehan, and Holmbush. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order where possible for ease of reading and research.

Extract from Cornish Guardian - Friday 18 February 1921, page 2:

ST. AUSTELL PARISH WAR MEMORIAL.

COMPLETING THE LIST OF NAMES.

Preparations are now being made for the erection of the St. Austell Parish War Memorial to all who made the supreme sacrifice in or as a result of the Great War. Plans of the memorial are now exhibited in Singer's shop window in Market Street, opposite the memorial site in the Churchyard for the inspection of all interested.

The memorial—a replica of the old Cornish cross—will be an imposurg structure 15 feet high, on the base of which the names of the fallen will be inscribed. The committee are very desirous that the names to be inscribed on the memorial shall be complete and that only those who died while serving their country or as a result of service are included. The complete printed list of the names is being exhibited in the window of the Parish Offices at St. Austell. and any omissions detected or names incorrectly included should be notified to Mr. W. H, Bettison, the joint hon. secretary of the Memorial Committee. Relatives or friends of all men known to have died through the war are earnestly requested to inspect the list.

The memorial applies to the whole of the St. Austell parish, which includes the Mount Charles and Charlestown district, Porthpean. Pentewan, Gover, Greensplat, Cashew, Stenalees, Bugle, Treverbyn, Trethurgy, Carclaze, Tregonissey, Slades, Bethel, Tregrehan, and Holmbush. The memorial is being constructed by Messrs. Williams and Giles, St. Austell.

[TO THE EDITOR]

Sir—On behalf of the Committee who are charged with the task of erectng this Memorial, may I appeal to your readers carefully to examine the list of names to be inscribed on the Memorial Cross, which is being exhibited in the window of the Parish Offices, High Cross Street, St. Austell.

Should thew be any error, or any name omitted from, or inadvertently included, in the list, the public are particularly requested to notify the hon. secretary, Mr. Bettison, at the Parish Offices.

The Committee are very desirous that the Memorial shall bear an everlasting tribute to all those who gave their lives for their country's sake, and in order to secure this, the co-operation and assistance of the public generally is invited.

The list will be exhibited until the 28th February, after this date no further revision can take place.

NOEL F. BELLAMY,
Chairman of the Committee.

Extract from Cornish Guardian - Friday 27 May 1921, page 2:

ST. AUSTELL WAR MEMORIAL.
A MEMORABLE CEREMONY.
TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN.

The arrangements for the unveiling of the St. Austell Parish Memorial to its 200 sons, under the shadow of the Parish Church, and the ceremony itself on Saturday, were worthy of a great and memorable occasion. The event was heralded by muffled peals on the church bells. The trades-people closed their premises during the solemn hour. while one and all vied with one another to emphasise the significance of the tribute to be paid to the memory of the mem who sacrificed all for home.

Spaces were reserved within the precincts of the churchyard and in close proximity to the memorial for the relatives of the deceased and the processionists—representative of local bodies and the mixed church and Nonconformists choir under Mr. Brennand Smith and Mr. Morley Richards. In front of the memorial, under Major J. A. Cumberledge, were the Comrades of the Great War forming a guard of honour, and Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. On Market Hill and the approaches thereto, and vantage points round about was assembled a large company.

Prior to the ceremory various members and officers of local bodies, representatives of the Comrades. members of the War Memorial Committee, some lady friends of councillors, magistrates and others assembled in the Urban Council offices and formed a procession to the church as follows: Police under Inspr. Trythall, Buglers under Sergt. Sharpe. Mr. Hodge (chairman of the War Memorial Committee). and Mr. Petherick, Messrs. W. H. Bettison and G. B. Dobell (hon. secretaries, War Memorial Committee), Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Bellamy, Mrs. Bettiton, Mrs. Luke, Mr. N. F. Bellamy (vice-chairman of the Urban Council), and Mr. D. .J. Stanaway (chairman of the Parish Council), Capt. McWilliam and Mr. A. Hugh. and other representatives of ex-service men, magistrates: Messrs. J. W. Higman, J. Lovering, F. W. Jenkin (chairman of the Rural Council), C. J. Richards (chairman of Guardians), St. Austell parish representatives and officers of the Rural aid Urban Councils and Guardians, and members of the Parish Council and members of the War Memorial Committee. On arriving at the church gates at the Bull Ring, the procession was met by the Vicar (the Rev. Dr. T. H Lea), Revs A. E. Butler (Wesleyan)l, G. F. Triplett (curate) and C. S. Fleet, M.C. (vicar of Charlestown) in their chaplains uniforms, Revs. J. M. Casey (vicar of Trererhyn), D. D. Dibble (U.M., Bugle), A. H. Hicks and F. A. Page (St. Austell U.M.), and H. Lawson (St. Austell Primitive)s.

The procession was then headed by the by the serpliced members of the church choir and members of the mixed choir and led to the scene of the memorial.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.

The Vicar opened a never-to-be-forgotten service by announcing the hymn "O God, our help in ages past," effectively led by the choir and impressively sung. The Rev. Dr. Lea followed with the prayer of thanksgiving: "O Almightly God. . . We bless and magnify Thy great and glorious Name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to Thee, who art the only Giver of victory. . . ."

The Rev. A. E. Butler then recited the Psalm of Thanksgiving: "If the Lord had not been on our side. . . . They had swallowed us up quick. . . The Lord hath overthown our enemies, dashed in pieces those that rose up against us . . . The Lord hath done great things for us for which he rejoice. . . Then followed the Lord's Prayer.

THE MEMORIAL

As the chairman of the War Wemorial Committee, Mr. H. Hedge, with commendable conciseness, then asked Mr. Oetherick to unveil the memorial. With a slight jerk of the rope the draperies of the Union jack fell away disclosing to view the finely executed specimen of the monumental mason's art. It is a replica of the old Cardynham cross executed in Cornish granite from Constantine and is the wrok of the local firm of Messrs. Williams and Giles. It stands 15ft. 6ins. high on the base are inscribed the names of exactly two hundred men of the parish who fell in the war. It occupies an imposing position in the churchyard to the north of the church tower and faces Fore street.

THE LESSONS OF THE WAR.

In a choice speech, Mr. G. T. Petherick said the monument which it was his privilege to unveil had been erected as a memorial of the Great War and in honour of those brave men who had made the great sacrifice in giving their lives for their country. The 200 names on that memorial afforded eloquent testimony to the support that had been given from that parish to the forces of the country in its time of need. Those who had fallen and their wives and families must be first and foremost in their thoughts that day; yet they felt appreciation of those others who went through the same dangers and privations and were happily spared to them. The memorial had bee placed in the most central and prominent position where it would be constantly before the eyes of men, women and children of that parish to remind them of the spirit in which those men fought and of the principles for whjich they gave their lives. They had learn many lessons from the war and among those lessons they had learnt that the star of patriotism far from being obscured shone more brightly than ever and that when engaged in a just and righteous cause the call upon the people of this country for their help did not fall on deaf ears. It also reminded them that it was possible for all classes to sink their differences and come together and subordinate all their interests to one great national object. Two and a half yars had elapsed since hostilities ceased but could theyhonestly and and truly say they had peace? On all sides throughout the country they heard of unreset and industrial strife resulting in partial paralysis of trade accompanied by unemployment and privation. They were able during the war to co-operate in helping allies to defeat the common enemy from without; could they not now co-operate to defeat the common enemy from within? He firmly believed it could be accomplished if only they had the will, but it could onlybe done by continuing to cultivate abd foster those qualities of bravery, devotion, comradeship, brotherhood and consideration for others which were of such inestimable value during the program of the war. Let them then as they looked on that memorial realise what it said and meant to them all and register in their hearts the firm resolve that they would by example to those who came after show not only that they had learnty the lessons of war but had profited by them.

The Rev. Dr. Lea then recited the dedicatory prayer dedicating "this memorial in memory of Thy servants who gave their lives to defend us, that they who shall look upon it maqy be mindful of the price which was paid for their redemption. . . ."

Then followed the hymn "The King of Love my Shepherd is," and prayers recited by the Rev. C .S. Fleet, M.C. (vicar of Charlestown): "Let us with thankfulness before Almighty God, remember those who laid down their lives for us. . . ."

Mr. Fleet was followed by the Rev. Douglas D. Dibble (U.M., Bugle) who delivered an impressive extempore prayer.

The concluding hymn was Kipling's famous Recessional: "God of our Fathers, known of old. . . .Lest we forget."

The Vicar closed the service with the Benediction after which the buglers, under Sergt. Sharpe, from Bodmin Depot, sounded "Last Post" and "Reveille."

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Photograph Copyright © John Evans 2014

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE
ANCIENT PARISH OF ST. AUSTELL
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.

ANSTISS John
[Listed as ANSTESS on SDGW and CWGC] Sergeant 201084, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 22 November 1917. Aged 41. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Par Station, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Husband of Mary E. Anstess, of 164 Peverell Park Rd., Peverell, Plymouth. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 49.
ASH William John
Private 201003, "A" Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action in Palestine 9 April 1918. Aged 23. Born Crediton, Devon, resident St. Austell, enlisted Perham Down, Wiltshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ash, of Polventon, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section N. Grave 13.
BANFIELD Harry
Gunner 98609, 94th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 27 May 1918. Aged 21. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Cardinham, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin. Son of Richard Charles and Mary Grace Banfield, of Carn Grey, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 10.
BARTLETT George
Private 61016, 13th (Works) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment transferred to Private 91101, 152nd Company, Labour Corps. Killed in action 19 November 1917. Aged 40. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Torpoint, Cornwall, enlisted Saltash, Cornwall. Son of John and Jane Bartlett, of Bethel, St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Bertha Bartlett, of 4, Neath Rd., St. Jude's, Plymouth. Buried in SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 4.
BATE William James
Private 202067, 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment formerly 6100, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 6 March 1917. Aged 20. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Truro, Cornwall. Son of William and Edith Bate, of Penwithick, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, India. Face D.
BENNETT Arthur Cyril
Private 41221, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action 3 December 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 5.
BENNETTS F H
No further information currently available
BENNETTS Herbert
[Listed as BENNETT on CWGC] Trooper 2511, Household Battalion, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (Incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps). Died of wounds 19 October 1917. Aged 19. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Windsor, Berkshire. Son of John and Zeruiah Bennett, of Bojea Cottage, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 4A.
BENNETTS H
No further information currently available
BLAKE Harry
Private 29651, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry formerly 8/17539, Training Reserve Battalion. Died of wounds 24 March 1918. Born Treverlyn, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Oise, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 5.
BONE Tom
Private 22270, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 18 August 1916. Aged 19. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Swindon, Wiltshire. Son of John and Jane Bone, of Boscoppa Downs, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B.
BORLASE William
Private 240531, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William and Mary Borlase, of Stenalees, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
BRANT E H
Private PO/10511, Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 3 December 1914. Buried in GENT CITY CEMETERY, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row A. Grave 19.
BRAY John Borlase
Private 10195, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 23 January 1915. Aged 22. Son of Sampson Bray, of 19, Goverseth Hill, Foxhole, St. Austell. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 41.
BRAY William Edgar
Private 26949, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 29 April 1917. Born Roche, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 15.
BROWN William
Lance Corporal 114107, 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 5020, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 22 August 1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William and Ellen Brown, of West Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row S. Grave 8.
BUNT Thomas John
Private 30934, 13th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) transferred to Private 98496, 165th Company, Labour Corps. Killed in action 10 July 1917. Aged 33. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Bunt of Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 58.
CARNE William Richard
Petty Officer 130625, H.M.S. "Goliath," Royal Navy. Killed as a direct result of enemy action at sea 13 May 1915. Aged 40. Reservist RFR/DEV/A/3717. Born 29 November 1868 in Plymouth, Devon. Son of William Carne, of Morley Place, Plymouth; husband of M. Carne, of Fernleigh House, Ranelagh Road, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 43, born Plymouth, Devon, a Dockyard labourer chief contractors department, single, son of William and Kate Louisa Carne, resident 10 Providence Street, Plymouth, Devon. Buried at sea. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 5.
CHAPMAN George Bardon
Corporal 352919, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment formerly 24384, 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 19 April 1918. Born Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted and resident St. Austell. Buried in VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 16.
CHAPMAN Norman Cyril
Private 4564, 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment formerly 4116, 3rd/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 26 January 1917. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 21 and 63.
CHAPMAN R J
possibly CHAPMAN, Robert John, Private 10439, 6th Battalion, Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 September 1916. Born Perrancoombe, Perranporth, Cornwall, resident St. Agnes, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B.
CODLING William Alfred Inch
Able Seaman 219051, H.M.S. "Good Hope," Royal Navy. Died 1 November 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 1.
COLE Wesley Grant or Wesley Garnet
[Welsey Grant on SDGW or Welsye Garnet CWC] Lance Corporal 4531, 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion., Hampshire Regiment formerly 4048, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 23 February 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of the late William and Melvina Cole. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 21 and 63.
COLLACOTT J H
probably COLLACOTT, John Henry, Corporal 7627, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 October 1917. Born Tavistock, enlisted Exeter. Son of Mrs. Collacott, of 1 Batholomew Place, Exeter. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38 to 40.
COOK Walter Henry Reginald
Lance Corporal 33711, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 16 July 1917. Aged 20. Only son of Walter Joseph and Emma Louise Cook, of "Belmont," Watering Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ALBUERA CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT, Pas de Calais, France. South Row D. Grave 8.
COOMBE Reginals [Sydney]
Corporal 3668, 4th M.T. Company, Australian Army Service Corps. Died 24 April 1921. Son of Mrs. M. H. Beswarick, of 85, Charlestown Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in CAMPDOWNS CEMETERY, CHARLESTOWN, Cornwall. Plot A. Row II. Grave 4.
COON Reginald Montague
Private 30458, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died on service 5 May 1917. Aged 19. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Teignmouth, Devon. Son of Frederick Augustus and Mary Louisa Coon, of Ledrah House, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot I. Row D. Grave 12A.
COUTANCHE W
possibly COUTANCHE, William [Spelt Coutauche on SDGW], Gunner 30913, 32nd Battery, 33rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 18 July 1916. Born St. Heliers, Jersey, enlisted Jersey. Buried in LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 2.
CRABB Joseph
Private 23856, "B" Company, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in actin 3 August 1916. Aged 31. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Par Station, Cornwall. Son of Sam and Maria Crabb, of Three Doors, Holmbush, Par Station, Cornwall; husband of Martha Louisa Crabb, of The Fields, Union Rd., Mount Charles, St. Austell, Cornwall. buried in BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 19.
CREBA William
Private 15571, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 14 March 1915. Aged 32. Born and resident Tregonissey, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mary Elizabeth Hamley (formerly Creba), of 2, Rhind St., Bodmin, Cornwall, and the late Fredrick Creba. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20.
CROWLE Edward John
Private 43634, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 36884, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 24 April 1918 [SDGW states 27 April 1918]. Aged 32. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Rosa Jane Crowle, of Carclaze, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, Somme, France. Plot II. Row N. Grave 11.
CROWLE John
Private M2/182163, 706th M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in the Balkans 10 ovember 1918, Born St. Blazey, Cornwall, resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in CHELA KULA MILITARY CEMETERY, NIS, Serbia. Section F. Grave 7.
CUDDEFORD William
Able Seaman J/7908, H.M.S. "Indefatigable," Royal Navy. Killed in action at sea at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 23. Born 12 September 1892 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Baptised 4 December 1895 in St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Robert Samuel and Jane Cuddeford, resident St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Robert Samuel and Jane Cuddeford, of Boscoppa Downs, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Jane Cuddeford, resident Sydney Place, Boscoppa Downs, St Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall. Enlisted 12 September 1910 for 12 years, height 5 feet 5½ inches,chest 34 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 11.
DALE R
possibly DALE, Richard, Petty Officer 2nd Class 133488, H.M.S. "Canopus," Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action. 28 April 1915. Aged 49. Born 2 March 1866 in Padstow, Cornwall. Son of William and Mary Dale, of Padstow; husband of Mary H. Dale, of Barry's Lane, Padstow, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 1 and 2.
DALE William [R]
Driver 1068, Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's). [RGA - (TF)], Royal Garrison Artillery attached to 1st/2nd Lancshire Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 18 March 1916. Aged 20. Born Treverbyn, St. Austell, Comwall, enlisted Charlestown, Cornwall. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Dale, of Padstow. Father killed in the Dardanelles. Buried in LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot 1. Row M. Grave 6B.
DAWE Henry aka Harry
Petty Officer 187537, H.M.S. "Vivid," Royal Navy. Died from disease 15 April 1917. Aged 40. Born 24 October 1878 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, of Reading Room Terrace, Pentewan, Cornwall. In the 1881 census he was aged 3, born St. Austell, Cornwall, grandson of Richard and Ann Dawe, son of Elizabeth Dawe, resident Blowing House Hill, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1891 census he was aged 13, born St. Austell, Cornwall, an Errand boy, son of Stephen and Elizabeth Allen, resident Blowing House Hill, St Austell, Cornwall,. Buried in PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY, Plymouth. Church ground. Plot S. Row 5. Grave 9.
DEAN William John
Private 15207, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) formerly 16064, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 12 April 1917. Born Veryan, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de calais, France. Bay 4.
DENNIS Morris [Henry]
Private 3333, 1st/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment formerly 3606, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in India 1 November 1916. Aged 19. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Luxulyan, Cornwall. Son of Richard Henry and Emily Dennis, of 33, Tregonissey Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, India. Face D.
DREW William John
Gunner 321062, 2nd/4th Company (Cornwall RGA - T.F.), Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 5 November 1918. Aged 26. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Clay labourer, son of William and Ellen Drew, resident Union Road, Mount Charles, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Husband of Louisa (nee Cobeldick) Drew married April to June Quarter 1914 in St. Austell Registration District. Attested 30 March 1914 at Charlestown, Cornwall, aged 21 years 10 months, born St. Austell, Cornwall, Clat labourer employed by St. Austell Clay Company, resident Union Road, St. Austell, married. Discharged from active service 1 May 1917, at Dover, being no longer physically fit for War Service, para. 392 (xvi), King's Regulations, Sickness, aged 24 years 11 months, height 5 feet 11 inches, chest 37½-40 inches, blue eyes, brown hair, Clay labourer by trade, intended place of residence Union Road, Mount Charles, Saint Austell, Cornwall. Awarded Silver War badge 171298 3 May 1917. Served in the Mesopotamian (Iraq) Theatre 17 October 1915 to 22 November 1915 and Salonica (Greece) 15 December 1916 to 14 December 1916. Suffered from dysentery in Salonica 12 September 1916, asthma in Malta 31 October 1916, returned toEngland with bronchitis 13 December 1916. Buried in CAMPDOWNS CEMETERY, CHARLESTOWN, Cornwall. Grave reference "U" C. 15. 11.
DUNN Thomas William
Private 23524, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 October 1917. Aged 20. Born Megavissey, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of T. W. and Martha Dunn, of Slades Mill, Tregonissey, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row G. Grave 4.
DUNN William Henry
Private 34012, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 14 April 1917. Born Gunnislake, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de calais, France. Bay 6.
DYER John
Gunner 153157, "D" Battery, 82nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 30 October 1917. Aged 31. Resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Kate Dyer, of Ruddle Moor, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row E. Grave 27.
EDEN Alfred
Private SS/13926, 18th Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Aged 45. Born Deal, Kent, resident Pentewan, Cornwall, enlisted London. Husband of Harriet Bond Eden, of Pentewan, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
EDYVEAN Ernest John
Private 8184, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 28 March 1918. Aged 32. Son of William and Mary Jane Edyvean, of St. Austell, Cornwall. His brother died in service on same day (see below). Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 31. See also the South African War Graves Project
EDYVEAN Joseph Edward
Lance Corporal 8502, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 28 March 1918. Son of William and Mary Jane Edyvean, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Ella Thomas Edyvean. His brother died in service on same day (see above). No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panels 95-98. See also the South African War Graves Project
FERRIDAY E
No further information currently available
FURSE Arthur
Stoker 1st Class 285032, H.M.S. "Canopus," Royal Navy. Died 28 March 1915. Aged 36. Born at Mevagissey, Cornwall. Son of John and Charity Furse. In the 1881 census he was aged 2, born Cornwall, a scholar, son of John and Carity Furse, resident River Street, Mevagissey, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1891 census he was aged 12, born Mevagissey, Cornwall, a scholar, son of Charity Furse (a widow), resident Old Walls, Trewollack, Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall. Joined H.M.S. Repulse as a Caroeneter 29 October 1895. Buried in MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant grave 237.
GEACH, MM William Arthur
Corporal 15203, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) formerly 16049, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 28 April 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de calais, France. Bay 4.
GERRY Leonard
Private 203018, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) formerly 202809, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service 29 July 1918. Born and resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in SISSONNE BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Row H. Grave 10.
GILBERT Martin Henry
Sergeant 87877, "A" Battery, 161st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 4 September 1918. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section Q. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 12.
GOLLEY James [Belling]
[Listed as James Billing GOLLEY on CWGC] Lance Corporal 20490 then 267468. 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 12 September 1918. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Pupil teacher, son of George and Ann Golley, resident High Cross Street, St Austell Urban, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born St. Austell, Cornwall, an Assistant teacher elementary school, son of George and Ann Golley, resident South Street, St Austell, St Austell Urban, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 7.
GRAVES-SAWLE Richard Charles

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 2 November 1914. Aged 26. Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Graves-Sawle, 4th Bart, and Lady Graves-Sawle, of 60, Queen's Gate, London; husband of Muriel Heaton-Ellis (now Mrs. A. L. C. Cavendish). No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, pages 349-350:

LIEUTENANT RICHARD CHARLES GRAVES-SAWLE, 2nd BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS, was the only son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Graves-Sawle, Bart., M.V.O., and Lady Graves - Sawle. of Penrice, Cornwall, and Barley, Exeter. He was a nephew of Colonel Sir Francis Graves-Sawle, Bart., M.V.O., who at one time commanded the Coldstream Guards.

Lieutenant Graves-Sawle was educated at Harrow and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, receiving his commission in the Coldstream Guards in 1908, getting his promotion in 1910. From 1913 to the outbreak of the war with Germany he was Assistant Adjutant of his battalion. He left for France on the 12th August, and fought all through the retirement from Mons, and was in every action up to the day he was killed at Ypres on the 2nd November, 1914.

Lieutenant Graves-Sawle, who was a member of the Guards' Club, was a keen yachtsman and big-game hunter. His marriage with Muriel, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Heaton-Ellis, J.P., D.L., of Wyddiall Hall, Hertfordshire, which had been arranged to take place in October, took place, owing to the outbreak of war, on the 6th August, 1914.
GROSE William
Private 17942, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 12 February 1918. Aged 24. Born Roche, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Grose, of 7, Council House, Ruddle Moor, St. Austell. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 80 to 82.
GROSE William Arthur
Private 15484, 8th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in the Balkans 12 October 1918. Aged 27. Born Rosevean, Cornwall, resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of the late William Henry and Elizabeth Grose, of Rosevear, Bugle, Cornwall. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 612.
GROSE William John
Private 352941, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment formerly 24790, 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 35. Resident and enlisted St. Austell, born Tregonvey, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. Ann Grose, of Claremont Terrace, Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 86 and 87.
HAMBLY William Henry
Private 28548, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 29 April 1917. Aged 32. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Bessie Hambly, of "Tregonissey," Lane End, St. Austell. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row J. Grave 30.
HANCOCK John
Corporal (Wheeler) 33307, "A" Battery, 82nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died on service 30 September 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 8.
HANNAFORD Edward
Private 22433, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 22 March 1918. Aged 44. Born Sherford, Devon, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Lydia Hannaford, of Bray's Row, Mount Charles, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
HARPER T J
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HARPER William Henry
Private 33679, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 6 November 1918. Aged 38. Born St. Mewan, Cornwall, resident Carthew, St. Austell, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Harper; husband of Elizabeth Harper, of Greensplate, Carthew. St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in PONT-SUR-SAMBRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row A. Grave 3.
HARRIS Joseph Harry Dolor
Lance Corporal 39015, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment formerly 2380, North Somersetshire Yeomanry. Killed in action 7 November 1917. Aged 20. Born St. Austell's, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Grandson of Mrs. Jemima Harris, of Tregrehan Mills, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75.
HERBERT Francis [Charles]
Private 3/4384, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 October 1914. Born St. Neot, Bodmin, Cornwall, resident Par Station, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 19.
HICKS Edwin Charles
Lance Corporal 8554, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 October 1916. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Plymouth. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 35 to 37.
HICKS W C
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HICKS W J
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HICKS Walter Stewart
Private 15031, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died 16 December 1915. Aged 20. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hicks, of Grove Cottage, Charlestown, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row F. Grave 1.
HIGMAN Charles Edward
Private 29201, 1st/6th Battalion [CWGC] or 2nd Battalion [SDGW], Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 24789, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 27 August 1917. Aged 22. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William C. and Hettie A. Higman, of 12, Ranelagh Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLV. Row F. Grave 1.
HILL James [Henry]
Gunner 185521, 152nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 30 October 1917. Born Wadebridge, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 12.
HILL Sidney [Thomas]
Private 25109, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 25 March 1918. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Truro, enlisted Bodmin. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 24 and 25.
HOLBERTON Orlando William
Gunner 120670, 19th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 28 June 1918. Aged 30. Born Plymouth, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Woolwich, Kent. Son of Mrs. Holberton, of Plymouth; husband of Lillian Violet Holberton, of Bridge Lane, West Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row C. Grave 2.
HOLDSWORTH William [Edward]
Able Seaman J/11470, H.M.S. "Defence," Royal Navy. Killed in action at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Born 9 February 1894 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Baptised 18 March 1894 in St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Thomas and Ann Holdsworth, of St. Austell, Cornwall. A Cooper before enlistment. Enlisted 9 February 1912 for 12 years, height 5 feet 7 inches, chyest 36¾ inches, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 12.
HOOPER A H
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HOOPER Reginald John
Leading Seaman 229738, H.M.S. "Vivid," Royal Navy. Died in Royal naval Hospital, Great yarmouth, of general paralysis of insane (classed as a dangerous lunatic) and tuberculosis of lungs 27 January 1919. Born 7 February 1888 in Wadebridge, Cornwall. Son of Mr. M. Hooper, resident Balmoral Terrace, Tregonissey, St. Austell, Cornwall. Before enliting he was a scholar. Enlisted 7 february 1906 for 12 years, height 5 feet 7½ inches, dark brown hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 12. Grave 9.
HOOPER Sydney
Private 25537, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry formerly 28672, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 30 September 1917. Aged 22. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William Hooper, of Ruddlemoor, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.
HORE Cecil William

Second Lieutenant, "A" Battery, 47th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 26 August 1917. Aged 23. Son of William and Hannah Stick Hore, of Hillcrest, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Wiliam and Hannah Hore, resident Gewans, St Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Bank Clerk, boardng at 18, Valletort Place, Devonport, Devon. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 22.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

HORE Cecil William of Gewans St. Austell Cornwall second-lieutenant R.F.A. died 26 August 1917 in France Probate Bodmin 22 December to Hannah. Stick Hore (wife of William Hore). Effects £236 16s. 10d.
HORE Luther
Private 15215, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) formerly 16083, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 April 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de calais, France. Bay 4.
HORE Phillip
Corporal 4595, 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment formerly 4125, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in Mesopotamia 11 June 1916. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VIII. Row F. Grave 12.
HOSKIN J
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HOSKIN Thomas Dunn
Gunner 312, Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's). [RGA - (TF)], Royal Garrison Artillery. Accidentally killed on the London Underground 23 August 1916. Aged 33. Born Charlestown, Cornwall, enlisted Falmouth. Son of William and Hannah Hoskin; husband of Elsie M. (nee beard) Hoskin, of 128, Tregonissey Rd., St. Austell, married April to June Quarter 1912 in St. Asutell Registration District. In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a scholar, son of William and Hannah Hoskin, resident Duporth Lane, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Charlestown, Cornwall, a Cooper. son of William and Hannah Hoskin, resident Charlestown, St Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Cooper. son of William and Hannah Hoskin, resident Carclaze, St. Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Buried in CAMPDOWNS CEMETERY, CHARLESTOWN, Cornwall. Plot C. Row 14. Grave 6.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

HOSKIN Thomas Dunn of Holmbush St. Austell Cornwall cooper a gunner R.G.A. died 23 August 1916 at or near the Edgware-road Station Metropolitan Railway London Administration Bodmin 15 November to Elsie Melina Hoskin widow. Effects £34.

Extract from West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Monday 28 August 1916, page 3, and Cornish Guardian - Friday 1 September 1916, page 2:

ST. AUSTELL SOLDIER’S DEATH

An inquest was held at Marylebone Saturday on Thomas Dunn Hoskin, aged 23, a gunner in the R.G.A., who was killed falling from an electric train just before it entered Edgware-road Station.

The widow stated that deceased had been home near St. Austell for six days’ leave, and left on Wednesday well and cheerful at the prospect of going to France.

Corpl. Grinwell, of the same regiment, said he travelled from Cornwall with deceased, and on arriving at Paddington proceeded from Praed-street on the Underground. The train was full, and the door of the car was open when they left the station. Deceased, witness, and three others were standing talking when there was a sudden jerk, justas deceased was in act of lighting a cigarette, and he was pitched clean out of the car. They were perfectly sober.

In reply to a juror that witness or one of the others might have closed the door, witness said deceased and himself were unaccustomed to travelling in such trains, and knew nothing about the doors.

An inspector of the railway company, who was among the witnesses called on behalf of the railway company, said he closed the doors of the first coaches of the train by which the men travelled, and left the other, as usual, to the guard to attend to.

The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death,” and added a rider that they were of opinion that the aeeident was caused by neglect of officials of the Metropolitan Railway Company in not taking sufficient measures in closing the carriage doors.

HUGO Gordon
Gunner 321995, 121st Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service in Egypt 27 September 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted St. Austell. Son of Mr. E. G. and Mrs. K. A. Hugo, of St. Hilary, Tregonissey, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section CC. Grave 32.
HUSBAND William Henry
Private 3030081 [3030681 on CWGC], 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He was killed whilst taking part in the attack and capture of the town of Le Quesnel, in front of Amiens, 9 August 1918. Aged 25. Born 24 November 1892 in Cornwall. Son of William Henry and Ellen Husband, of Waterbrook Cottage, Union Rd., Mount Charles, St. Austell, Cornwall. Attested 18 August 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, aged 24 years 9 months, single, a Miner by trade, previously served in Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry for 5 years, height 5 feet 7½ inches, chest 37-42 inches,dark complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Methodist. Buried in CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 14. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4650 - 38
INCH Edward George
[Listed as G E INCH on memorial] Private 19348, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment attached to Machine Gun Corps formerly 130117, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 29 July 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Portsmouth, Hants. Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Inch, of School Ope, Mount Charles, St. Austell. Buried in GWALIA CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row E. Grave 18.
JACOBS Edward John
Sergeant 240237, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 17 December 1920. Aged 35. Born St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of C. J. King (formerly Jacobs) of 47, Tuname Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall. Attested and medically examined at Bodmin 8 December 1914, as Private 2131, 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, aged 29 years 72 days, a Clay Worker by trade, height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 150lbs, chest 37½-39½ inches. Admitted to Horton War Hospital, Epsom 14 June 1918 suffering from Papilama of Larynx causing his discharge from the Army 2 August 1919 being no longer physically fit for war service . Buried in OLD CHURCH CEMETERY, ISLES OF SCILLY, Cornwall.
JARRATT Frederick George
Gunner (Signller) 190892, 139th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 15 October 1918. Aged 26. Born Wembley, Middlesex, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Truro. Son of John and Emma Jane Jarratt, of Tregrehan, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Alperton, Middlesex, son of Emma J Jarratt (a widow), resident Brent Cottages, 1, Alperton, Wembley, Hendon, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Alperton, Middlesex, a Cooper, son of Emma Jane Jarratt (a widow), resident Tregrehan, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Buried in MAUROIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave 16.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

JARRATT Frederick George of Tregrehan Mills St. Austell Cornwall gunner R.G.A.. died 15 October 1918 in France Administration Bodmin 11 March to Emma Jane Jarratt widow. Effects £270 2s. 6d.
JARRATT T
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JENKINS Ernest
Second Lieutenant, 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 2 September 1918. Aged 22. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Jenkins, of Lower Sticker Farm, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 19.
JOHNS Charles Job
Private 16661, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 31 August 1918. Born and resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6.
JONAS Frederick
Private 27445, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 26 August 1917. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Stenalees, St. Austell. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row B. Grave 36.
JONES William Leonard Vigus
Private 201382, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in Egypt 1 August 1918. Aged 27. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Rosevean, Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Son of William and Isabella Jones, of 2, Albert Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Elizabeth Olive Jones, of Rosevean Bugle, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section F. Grave 187.
JULEFF William John
Private SS/13951, 18th Labour Company, Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Aged 36. Born Ladock, Carnwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Son of John and Susan Juleff; husband of Henrietta Juleff, of Penwithick, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
KEAN William T
[Listed as KEAM on CWGC] Private M2/131577, 596th M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in Mesopotamia 16 July 1917. Born, resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XV. Row D. Grave 8.
KESTLE Charles
Private 27671, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry formerly 23884, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 22 August 1917. Born and resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 80 to 82.
KEVETH Samuel
Private SS/13952, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Born Launceston, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
LARCOMBE Archie
Gunner 321161, Cornwall Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service in East Africa 4 April 1917. Born Watchet, St. Decuman's, Somerset, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of James and Edith Larcombe, of 1, Hotel Rd., Charlestown, St. Austell, Cornwall. Born at Watchet, Somerset. Buried in DURBAN (ORDNANCE ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, South Africa. Row B. Grave 13.
LARKE Adolphus
[Spelt LARK on CWGC and SDGW] Driver 20599, 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on service 30 October 1918. Aged 32. Born Port Isaacs, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Husband of J. J. Lark, of Priory Row, St. Austell. Buried in STAGLIENO CEMETERY, GENOA, Italy. Plot I. Row D. Grave 18.
LAWRY William James
Private 204347, 4th (Reserve) Battalion (Territorials), Devonshire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 8 May 1917. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 23. Grave 7.
LEAN Frederick aka Fred
Private 21439, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 29 June 1918. Aged 36. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of John and Ellen Lean, of St. Austell; husband of Mary Ellen Lean, of The Row, Pentewan, St. Austell. Buried in ST. POL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. POL-SUR-TERNOISE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 8.
LEE J H
Private 201008, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 28 December 1918. Aged 27. Native of Pentewan, Cornwall. Son of Joseph and Bessie Lee, of Trenarren, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section E. Grave 415.
LUKE John Vivyan

Private 3138, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry). Killed in action in Gadrelle 21 May 1917. Resident 29, Arngask Road, Catford, London S.E., enlisted Armoury House. H.A.C. personnel card gives address as Dower House, St. Austell. In France from August 1915 until his death. In the 1881 census he was aged 1, born St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Luke, resident Rescorla, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 22, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Mason's labourer, son of Elizabeth Pearce, resident Slades, St Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born St. Austell, Cornwall. a Clay labourer, married to Julia Luke with one daughter, resident Slades, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Buried in POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 23.

MARCH Alick
Private 2344, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in India 7 February 1915. Aged 19. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Son of Mary Sophia Welsh (formerly March), of 59, Eastbourne Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall, and John Henry Welsh (stepfather). Buried Karachi Cemetery. Grave refeence A/D. M. 26. Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India. Face 1.
MARSHALL Leonard James [Champion]
Ordinary Seaman J/43271, H.M.S. "Berwick," Royal Navy. Died of exposure related to the sinking of S.S. "Almanac" 5 February 1918. Aged 20. Born 25 August 1899 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. Bessie Rickard, of Greenwood's Row, East Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Farm labourer prior to enlisting. Enlisted 25 August 1917 for 12 years, height 5 feet 2½ inches, chest 32 inches, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Buried in LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Screen Wall (South). V. C. 58.
MARTIN Howard
Private SP/3125, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 31 July 1916. Born St. Breze, Cornwall, resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
MARTIN James
Private SS/14111, 18th Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Aged 36. Born Trewen, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Son of the late Richard Martin, of Launceston; husband of Emma Jane Martin, of 7, Council Houses, New Rd., Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
MARTYN William Frederick
Private 39152, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 41807, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 25 August 1918. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Plot Iv. Row B. Grave 12.
MATTA Frank
Private 207265, 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 28 May 1918. Aged 27. Born Pentewan, Cornwall, resident Mevagissey, Cornwall, enlisted Charlestown, Cornwall. Son of Stephen and Minnie Matta, of Haye Farm, Pentewan, Cornwall; husband of Hester Marion Golly (formerly Matta), of Church St., Mevagissey, Cornwall. Buried in CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot VII. Row B. Collective grave 1-4.
McNEIL E J
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MERRIFIELD William
Private 4548, 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached to 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 28 September 1915. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 20 and 63.
MEWTON Archibald Hugh
Private 34072, 6th Battalion, Duke oKilled in actionf Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 August 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 10.
MILLS Cyrenious Jack
Corporal 13042, 12th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 5 February 1915. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 11. Grave 7.
MITCHELL Walter
Acting Bombardier 132829, 233rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery formerly 3084, Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 15 September 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, of Trevarrick Mill, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 to 7.
MOORE George H
Private 240840, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 31 March 1918. Aged 25. Born Mevagissey, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Peter and Emma Moore, of Mevagissey, Cornwall; husband of Elizabeth May Lawson (formerly Moore), of Rock Cottage, London. Apprentice, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot IX. Row E. Grave 9B.
MOORE Thomas John
Private 14330, Royal Army Service Corps transferred to Corporal 307363, 871st Company, Labour Corps. Died 15 October 1919. Aged 46. Son of Edwin and Sarah Moore, of Porthpean, St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Edith Moore, of 51, Cotehele Avenue, Prince Rock, Plymouth. Buried in PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY, Devon. Church Plot/Row/Section/Area C. Grave 7625.
MORCOM Arthur
Private 202523, 2nd/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in India 29 October 1918. Born Luxulyan, Cornwall, resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in DELHI WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 9. Row A. Grave 10.
MORTON William T
Lance Sergeant S/14861, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 22 August 1917. Aged 21. Son of Annie Morton, of Poltair, St. Austell, Cornwall, and the late Thomas Richard Morton. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 132 to 135.
NANCARROW Thomas Henry
Private 24037, 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England)., Regiment Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 4 March 1916. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 1.
NILE Percy
Private 15269, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 2 April 1918. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
NOAD P H

possibly NOAD, Percy, Captain, Royal Engineers. Died on service 3 July 1918. Aged 39. Buried in North-West corner of SWALLOWCLIFFE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Wiltshire.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 133:

NOAD, PERCIVAL HENRY, Capt., Royal Engineers (T.F.), s. of the late William John Noad, of Radcliffe House, Peckham Rye, S.E., by his wife, Mary Ann (—); b. Peckham Rye, London, S.E , 11 May, 1879 ; educ. St. Peter's College, Brockley, S.E.; served in the South African War, 1890-1902 (Queen's and King's Medal with two clasps), and obtained a commission in the Imperial Yeomanry in 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 ; was gazetted Capt. Cornwall Engineers (T.F.) In March, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Jan. to Aug. 1918, when he was invalided home, being appointed Divisional Officer at Favant Camp, Salisbury Plain, in June, 1917, and died at Cliffe House, Swallow-cliffe, Salisbury, 3 July, 1918, of disease, aggravated by active service. Buried in Swallowcliffe Churchyard. He m. at Redruth, co. Cornwall, 15 Jan. 1912, Clarissa Mabel, dau. of Edwin Craze, of Johannesburg, and had two children : Oscar Percival, b. 14 Oct. 1914, and Joan Mary, b. 2 June, 1917.

another possibility is NOAD, Percival Henry. In the 1911 census he was a aged 31, born Camberwell, London, a widower with a newborn daughter, a Chauffeur domestic, resident Trehiddle Cottage S Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall.
OKE William
Private 2925, 2nd/5th Battalion. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died in United Kingdom 10 July 1916. Aged 54. Born St. Columb, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of B. Oke, of 95, Trenance Rd., St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 14. Grave 14.
OLIVER Courtney
Sapper 155324, 229th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 28 November 1917. Born Gorran, Cornwall, resident Gorran Haven, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Edward and Jane Oliver, of Gorran Haven, Gorran, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 1 and 2.
OSBORN Ernest John
Captain, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) attached to 5th Trench Mortar Battery. Died of wounds 13 April 1918. Aged 28. Son of Christopher and Christine Osborn, of St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of A. Margaret Osborn, of 14, Baker St., Marylebone, London. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Clerk in flour mill,son of Christopher and Elizabeth Osborn, resident Trenowah, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Officers, Plot B. Row 10. Grave 10.
OSBORNE Frederick [Marshall] aka Fred
Private 15241, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident St. Stephens, St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell. Son of the late Richard and Helena Osborne, of 2, Council Buildings, Foxhole, Cornwall; husband of Susan Osborne, of 9, Central Rd., Newquay, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
OXENHAM Tom
Private 28210, No. 2 Company, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 19 November 1918. Aged 30. Son of Noah Lewis Oxenham and Annie Oxenham, of New Carlyon, Carclaze, St. Austell; husband of Edith Hancock (formerly Oxenham), of 21, Carclaze Rd., St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section G. Row 20. Grave 6.
PARSONS Nathaniel
Private 48581, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 40610, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 15 October 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. Mary Parsons, of Victoria Rd., Mount Charles, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 11.
PARSONS Preston John
Rifleman R/45011, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 14 August 1918. Born and resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. H. Parsons, of Bugle, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. AMAND BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 13.
PASCOE Claude
Private 4637, 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment formerly 4798, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in Mesopotamia 27 May 1916. Aged 18. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Newquay, Cornwall. Son of Tom and Eliza Pascoe, of Cleaves Stenalees St. Austell. Cornwall. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VI. Row O. Grave 11.
PASCOE Henry James
Gunner 137397, 266th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery formerly 1311, Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 27 December 1917. Aged 33. Born Penzance, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of John and Louisa Pascoe, of 17, St. Francis St., Penzance, Cornwall. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXXI. Row E. Grave 18.
PASCOE Thomas Bonython
Private 307364, Labour Corps. Died 2 May 1918. Labour Centre Husband of Louisa Pascoe, of 14, East Hill, St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section C. Row 20. Grave 10.
PASCOE William Robert
Corporal 106329, 2nd Battalion, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21 April 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Tom and Eliza Pascoe, of Cleaves, Stenalees, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 4.
PEARN Charles Henry
Private 05694, 20th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 5 November 1919. Aged 32. Son of Robert and Edith Pearn, of Tregorrick, St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Lillian Maud Pearn, of 16, Church St., St. Blazey, Cornwall. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 5.
PEARNE Charlie
[Spelt PEARN on CWGC] Private 200490, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action in Palestine 22 November 1917. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section G. Grave 49.
PEARCE Edward Sydney Charles
[Transcribed as PEARSE] Lieutenant (Pilot), 57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action near Bapaume while on a bombing mission in a De Havilland D.H.4 serial number A2161 31 March 1918 with Second Lieutenant C. B. Coleman who was taken Prisoner of War. Born 1898 in South Stoneham, Hampshire. Son of Mrs. A. Gilbert, of Westbourne Villas, Truro Road, St. Astell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Transvaal, South Africa, son of Ann Pearce (a widow), resident Westbourne Villa Road, St Austell, St Austell Urban, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
PEDLAR A
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PEDLAR Ernest Albert
Private 36315, Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 24382, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 23 April 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of James and Annie Pedlar, of Belmont, Bugle, Cornwall. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 11.
PEDRICK Thoms James B
Private 17420, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 22. Born Plympton, Devon, resident Carleddon, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William John Webb Pedrick, of Carclaze Downs, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Addenda Panel 58.
PELLYMOUNTER William [James]
Lance Corporal Spts/1864, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment). Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 30. Born, resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of James I. and Caroline Pellymounter, of Trenowah Villa, Tregrehan Mills, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 33.
PENHALL Lewis
Private 2136436, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action during the attack from South of Caix to South West of Meharicourt, on the afternoon of 9 August 1918; his Battalion advanced in the face of stout opposition from the enemy who placed a heavy barrage at the "jumping off" place, and from hidden nests poured machine gun fire into the ranks of the advancing troops. Aged 32. Born 5 July 1886 in Cornwall. Resident 313½ East Bonnie Street, Ironwood, Michigan, U.S.A. Son of Isaac and Hannah Penhall, of Tregrehan Mills, St Austell, Cornwall. Enlisted 8 September 1917 at Ironwood, Michigan, U.S.A., attested 19 September 1917 at Camp St. Charles, Ontario, Canada, single, a Miner, aged 31 years 2 months, height 5 feet 7¾ inches, weight 147 lbs, chest 37-39 inches, medium complexion, brown eyes, brow hair, religious denomination Church of England. Embarked halifax, Nova Scotia, 4 October 1917 aboard R.M.S. Metagama, disembarked Liverpool 17 October 1917. Transferred to 18th Reserve 24 October 1917, drafted to 8th Battalion 18 January 1918. Buried in MANITOBA CEMETERY, CAIX, Somme, France. Row E. Grave 30. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7717 - 4
PENROSE Frederick
Private SS/13916, 18th Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Aged 58. Born Truro, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Husband of Mary Penrose, of Tregonissey, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
PHILLIPS E
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PHILLIPS James
Private SS/13955 18th Labour Company, Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Aged 40. Born Larkhall, Lanarkshire, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Son of the late James and Martha Phillips; husband of Annie Linear (formerly Phillips), of Stenalees, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
PIDWELL Albert Edward
Driver T/38761, 4th Cavalry Division Train, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 15 December 1918. Aged 28. Son of John Charles and Mary Jane Pidwell, of Paul's Square, East Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY, Lebanese Republic. Grave 239.
PINCH, MM Reginald
Lance Sergeant 3/4798, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 25 March 1918. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall, resident St. Tudy, Cornwall. Son of Alfred Harry Pinch, of St. Kew, Cornwall. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Member of the Worker's Union. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 13.
POAD William Oliver
Stoker 1st Class K/31007, H.M.S. "Bittern," Royal Navy. Drowned on duty 4 April 1918. Aged 27. Born 11 November 1890 in Treverbym, Cornwall. Husband of Lily Poad, of Chenoweth, Stenalees, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Andrew and Alma Merind Kent Poad, resident Ninestones Farm, Ruddle Moor, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Andrew and Alma Poad, resident Nine Stones, St Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall. Prior to enlistment he was a Clay Labourer. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Cay Labourer, grandson of Walter and Alice A R Mellow, resident Higher Ninestones, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall. Enlisted 28 February 1916 forthe duration of hostilities, height 5 feet 7½ inches, chest 36½ inches, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 28.
POCKETT Daniel E
Rifleman 573008, 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action in the Egytian Theatre 8 December 1917. BAged 30. orn Prestbury, resident Aston-On-Clun, enlisted St. Austell. Son of Samuel and Matilda Pockett, of Gayton Cottage, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section U. Grave 118.
POWELL Edward John
Electrical Artificer 3rd Class 320501, H.M.S. "Monmouth," Royal Navy. Killed in action at sea 1 November 1914. Aged 39. Born 17 December 1875 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, of St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Lily Powell, of 112, Townshend Avenue, Keyham Barton, Devonport. In the 1891 census he was aged 16, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Blacksmiths apprentice, son of John and Elizabeth Powell, resident Bridge Road, St Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 4.
RAYMOND William
Private 201018, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action in Palestine 9 April 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Perham Down, Wiltshire. Son of Richard and Georgia Raymond, of 105, Exeter St., Salisbury. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section N. Grave 15.
REED John C
Lance Corporal 4542, 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment formerly 4082, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in Mesopotamia 31 July 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted St. Austell Cornwall. Son of Alfred and Olive Reed, of 11, Church St., St. Austell. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XIV. Row G. Grave 12.
RICHARDS Howard
Private SS/13931, 18th Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 13 August 1915. Born Treverbyn, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 200 to 201 or 233 to 236 and 331.
RICHARDS John
Private 12315, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C.
RICHARDS Thomas Henry
Private 4653, 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 27 May 1916. Aged 20. Brother of Mr. W. J. Richards, of Higher Stenalees, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 21 and 63.
RICKARD Joseph Henry
Private 28497, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 August 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderenj, Belgium. Plot LVIII. Row A. Grave 22.
RICKARD Wilfred
Acting Corporal 19113, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers formerly 18617, 3rd Battalion, Scottish Rifles. Killed in action 3 May 1917. Born Coldmeath, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall.
ROACH J
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ROBERTS, DCM Arthur Edward
Sergeant 201220, 2nd/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached to 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died on service in Mesopotamia 31 March 1916. Aged 45. Enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of Edith Roberts, of 30, Wesley Place, St. Austell, Cornwall. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 20 and 63.
ROBERTS George
Gunner 91399, No. 2 Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 13 March 1917. Aged 34. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Lewis and Emma Roberts, of Porthpean; husband of Annie Roberts, of Porthpean, St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section C. Row 19. Grave 2.
ROBINS George
Private 56121, Devonshire Regiment transferred to Private 245835, Labour Corps. Died 25 February 1919. Aged 38. Husband of Annie Robins, of 10, Treverbyn Rd., St. Austell. Buried in CAMPDOWNS CEMETERY, CHARLESTOWN, Cornwall. Plot C. Row 16. Grave 3.
ROGERS Shedwell
Gunner 46853, 2nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 9 May 1917. Aged 27. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Brighton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rogers, of Eddystone View, Tregonissey, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 2.
ROWE Albert Henry
Private 0329 [CWGC] or 6329 [SDGW], 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in United Kingdom 8 November 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Truro, Cornwall. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Rowe, of 65, Robartes Place, St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section G. Row 1. Grave 8.
ROWE Harold Martin
Private 34755, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died on service in Salonika (Balkans) 28 October 1918. Aged 27. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Husband of A. Freeman (formerly Rowe), of 2, Vivian Terrace, Polkyth, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 696.
RUNDELL, MM William John Tretheway
Private 24199, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 16 December 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Rundell; husband of Clementina Augusta Rundell, of Tregrehan Mills, St. Austell, Cornwall. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, Somme, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 16.
SANDERCOCK Leonard
Corporal 16690, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 18 April 1917. Born and resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
SANDERCOCK Samuel
Private 24897, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 31 July 1916. Born Luxulyan, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B.
SEWARD Albert
Gunner 321190, Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's). [RGA - (TF)], Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 22 July 1918. Born St. Ewe, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 2.
SILVESTER William Edwin
Stoker 1st Class K/4986, H.M.S. "Bergamot," Royal Navy. Died at sea 13 August 1917. Aged 31. Son of Dan Silvester; husband of Mary Ann Silvester, of Silver Hill, Helston, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Panel 22.
SLEEP Ernest
Private 21904, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 4 September 1916. Born and enlisted Fowey, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, Somme, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 8.
SLUMAN John Vine
Bombardier 73776, 184th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 4 June 1917. Aged 30. Born Blisland, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Eastbourne. Son of John Watkins Sluman and Julia Dennis Sluman, of Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 20.
SMEE William Josiah
Private 33718, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 38. Born Stoke Newington, London, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Francis and Amelia Smee of Tottenham, London, husband of Mabel Julia Smee, of Hill Croft, Pentewan, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 18.
SMITH A H
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SMITH Charles Edgar
Gunner 115226, 240th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 23 July 1917. Born Brixham, Devon, resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted Woolwich. Husband of Mrs. B. M. Smith, of Fore St., Bugle, Cornwall. Buried in HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row A. Grave 13.
SOLOMON Joseph Henry
Private 28930, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 17 March 1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Brother of Minnie Lee, of Pencarro, Trenarren, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 28.
STEVENS J G
possibly STEVENS, James Garfield, Private 30775, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 27 July 1917. Aged 19. Born and resident Camborne, Cornwall, enlisted Redruth, Cornwall. Son of J. and Annie Stevens, of 31, Redbrooke Rd., Stray Park, Camborne, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.
STOCKER Thomas Fuller

Second Lieutenant, 171st Company, Royal Engineers. Shot through the heart by a German sniper 19 May 1915. Aged 20. Son of Maj. Edward Gaved Stocker (R.A.M.C., T.F.) and Ethel Fuller Stocker, of Calartha, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 8.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume 2, page 452:

2nd LIEUTENANT (temp.) THOMAS FULLER STOCKER, 171st (MINING) COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, born at Weedon, Northamptonshire, on the 12th March, 1895, was the elder son of Surgeon-Major Edward (laved Stocker, Royal (Wessex) Engineers, T.F., on active service as Medical Officer in charge 27th Divisional R.E., British Expeditionary Force, and Ethel Fuller Stocker, of Cam Brea, Cornwall.

He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, where he was a member of the O.T.C., matriculated at London and Bristol Universities, and passed through the Cornwall School of Mines ; at the latter he obtained several first class certificates, and two bronze medals, twice being first in all England for Surveying. When the War broke out he was on the staff of the West of England China Clay Co. He was Assistant Scout Master of the St. Austell Troop of Boy Scouts, and was fond of golf and motoring.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted as a sapper in the Wessex Field Company, R.E., his father's corps, and in six weeks was promoted Lance-Corporal, and was gazetted temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the R.E. in April, 1915.

He was shot through the heart on the 19th May, 1915, in the trenches near Ypres, by a German sniper, and was buried at Vlamertinghe in the British Officers' annexe.

In writing to Surgeon-Major Stocker, Captain E. W. Wellesley, R.E., says: "I was most grieved to hear this evening of your son's death in the trenches. He was so full of interest and enjoyment in his work, and I could not have wished for a better Subaltern. He was always ready to do everything to help me ho could, and was, I know, most popular with the men under him."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

STOCKER Thomas Fuller of Carn Brea Cornwall second-lieutenant R.E died 19 May 1915 near Ypres Belgium Administration (limited) London. 8 July to Ethel Fuller Stocker (wife of Edward Gaved Stocker) attorney of the said Edward Gaved Stocker. Effects £1100 11s. 6d.

STOCKS G
In the 1911 census George STOCKS was aged 20, born Plymouth, Devon, a Labourer dock out of work, son of George and Elizabeth Stocks, resident Polkyth, St Austell, St Austell Rural, Cornwall.
STONE Fredrick J aka Fred
Driver 321038, 132nd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service in East Africa 22 June 1917. Aged 23. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Charlestown, Cornwall. Son of John and Jane Stone, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in MOROGORO CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot III. Row C. Grave 11.
STONE James
Private 21768, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 10 February 1917. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Pentewan, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B.
STONE John
Private 26983, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 2 April 1918. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
STURTRIDGE Willian S
Private 240282, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 31 March 1918. Born and enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall, resident Pentewan, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
SWEET William
Private 33680, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds in United Kingdom 3 April 1917. Aged 33. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of James Henry Sweet; husband of Bertha Sweet, of 30, Quay Rd., Charlestown, St. Austell. Born at Bethel, St. Austell. Buried in CAMPDOWNS CEMETERY, CHARLESTOWN, Cornwall. Plot A. Row 21. Grave 1.
SYMONS Albert Henry
Private 7393, 15th (The King's) Hussars. Died 4 January 1919. Aged 27. Husband of Florence Mildred Symons, of 5. Council House, Rescorla, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot I. Row A. Grave 17.
TABB Alfred
Stoker 1st Class 282746, H.M.S. "Orion," Royal Navy. Died on service 10 March 1920. Aged 46. Husband of Annie Louise Tabb, of 28, Tewington, St. Austell. In the 1891 census he was aged 17, born St. Austell, Cornwall, a Farm Labourer, son of Simon and Elizabeth Tabb, resident Trethurgy, St Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 36, born Tregonissey, Cornwall, single, Stoker 1st Class (Engineer), aboard H.M.S. Thistle, anchored off Auking, Yangtse River, China. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section G. Row 2. Grave 16.
THOMAS Roderick Conrad

Private 6040, 4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died 24 November 1918. Aged 24. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Luke and Sarah D. Thomas, of Bugle. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Bugle, St. Austell, Cornwall, a Postman, son of Luke Thomas, resident Post Office Bugle St Austell Cornwall. Attested 10 December 1915 in St. Austell, Cornwall, as 6040, Reserve 4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), aged 21 years, Postman by trade, single. Discharged 1 September 1916 at Windmill Hill, Andover, aged 21 years 5 months, as not being likely to become an efficient soldier (Medically unfit) Para 392 III (CC) King's Regulations. Height 5 feet 5½ inches, weight 112 lbs, chest 34-36 inches, sallow complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Postman by trade, intended place of residence Post Office, Bugle, Cornwall. Awarded Silver War Badge 215794 on 25 July 1917 due to sickness, King's Regulation para 392 iii c on medical grounds. Buried in TREVERBYN CEMETERY, Cornwall. Plot D. Row 16. Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

THOMAS Roderick Conrad of Bugle St. Austell Cornwall postman died 24 November 1918 Administration Bodmin 25 February to Luke Thomas grocer.
Effects £131 175.11d.
THOMAS Reginald Ewart
Lance Corporal 2195, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died in United Kingdom 11 December 1916. Aged 21. Born Roche, Cornwall, resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Son of Mr. G. J. Thomas, of Trenance Cottage, St. Austell, and the late Mrs. Thomas (who is buried in the same grave). Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 15. Grave 7.
TOVEY Alfred Henry
Gunner 44244, "Z" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 27 November 1918 death recorded in the St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall. Aged 30. Born 4 December 1887 in Mhow, India, baptised 21 December 1887 in Trimulgherry, Madras, India, son of William and Kate Tovery; three brothers also served in the Army. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Tovey. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born India, son of William and Kate Tovey, resident Castle Dyke Lane, Plymouth, Devon. Admitted to St. John's School, Plymouth, Devon, 20 February 1896, son of William Tovey, resident 15, South Milton Street, Plymouth. Discharged 16 July 1918 at Ripon, aged 30 years 7 months, as physically unfit Para 392 (xvi) King's Regulations, suffering from Phthisis. Admitted to 2nd London Chelsea Hospital 20 July 1917 then transferred to Ripon C.W. 7 April 1918. Height 6 feet 0 inches, pale complexion, brown eyes, black hair, intended place of residence Stenleys Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall. Attested as a boy soldier 4 March 1902, joined at Plymouth, assigned 3 Dept Royal garrison Artillery, appointed Trumpeter 17 April 1903, transferred to 'X' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery as Gunner 31 July 1906, posted 'Z' Battery R.H.A. 20 November 1909. Re-engaged at Ambala to complete 21 years service 18 June 1913. Having served through various posts he was discharged as physically unfit Para 392 (xvi) King's Regulations 16 July 1918; had served in South Africa, India and France. Awarded a Silver War Badge 9 July 1918 under Sickness 2 (a) (i) Para 392 (xvi) King's Regulation. Buried in PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY, Devon. Church Plot P. Row 11. Grave 33.
TRELOAR Percy Bennetto
[Either Bennetto [CWGC] or Bennetts [Sdgw]] Private 203015, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) formerly 202816, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 24 March 1918. Aged 29. Born St. Stephen's, Cornwall, resident and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mr. J. H. and Mrs. S. Treloar, of Penare Terrace, St. Austell; husband of Hilda G. Treloar, of West End, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
TREMBETH William J
Private S/43387, 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs) formerly G/92181, London Regiment. Killed in action 17 October 1918. Aged 28. Born Twyardreath, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. M. Burley, of West Hill, St. Austell; husband of Rhoda J. Hocking (formerly Trembeth), of 2, Park Villas, Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10.
TRUDGEON William
Gunner 309075, 1st/2nd Lancashire Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 29 October 1918. Aged 32. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin. Son of Simon and Elizabeth Trudgeon; husband of Gertrude Ellen Trudgeon, of 61, Slades, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 34.
TRUSCOTT Frederick [Herbert]
Private 17451, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 23 August 1918. Aged 40.Born St. Austell, resident Bedford Park, Middlesex, enlisted Acton, Middlesex. Son of Charles and Fanny Truscott, of 14, Woodland Avenue, Tywardreath, Par Station, Cornwall. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 9.
TUCKER R J
No further information currently available
UNDERHILL Mervyn
Private 4869, 3rd/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in United Kigdom 7 May 1916. Aged 36. Resident St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. Son of Mrs. Underhill, of 19, South St., St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section D. Row 14. Grave 7.
VARCOE Albert
Private TF/235040, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 31 July 1917. Aged 23. Son of Albert and May Ann Varcoe, of Carpalla, Foxhole, St. Austell; husband of Millicent Trudgian (formerly Varcoe), of Tregonissey Lane End, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.
VIBERT Percy Herbert S
Leading Seaman 203532, S.S. "Aragon" (Belfast), Royal Navy. Drowned at sea when his ship was sunk by an enemey submarine 30 December 1917, he was serving onboard as a member of gun's crew. Reservist (RFR/PO/B/6047). Born 10 May 1883 in St. Helier, Jersey. Last place of abode St. Austell, Cornwall from shipping log. Husband of Rose Vibert, of 3, Bedhampton Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Coaqchpainter prior to enlistment. Enlisted May 1902 for 12 years, height 5 feet 5½ inches, dark hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. Joined Royal Fleet Reserve Portsmouth 10 May 1913, remobilized 3 August 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hamsphire. Panel 24.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1923:

VIBERT Percy Herbert of 31 Compton Walk Southampton died 3o December 1917 at sea Administration Winchester 18 December -to Rose Vibert widow. Effects £229 8s.
VIVIAN Reginald
Sapper 127175, Base Signal Depot, Royal Engineers. Died 2 November 1917. Aged 36. Native of St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Matthew Henry and A. Maynard Vivian; husband of Ellen Zenobia Vivian, of 12, Bedford St., Plymouth. Buried in DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section D. Grave 65.
WELLINGTON Henry Horace
Private 28715, 13th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment formerly 10220, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9 April 1918. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Bugle, Cornwall, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Pael 6.
WELSH F P
There was a Frederick Percy WELSH who was baptised 23 June 1897 in St. Austell, Cornwall, son of Richard James and Frances Etty Welsh, resident St. Austell, Cornwall.
WERRY Sydney
Private 28897, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 2 April 1918. Aged 28. Born and enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of William Thomas Roach Werry, of Charlestown, St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 45.
WHELL, DCM Richard John
Sergeant 52692, 43rd Briagde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 21 September 1918. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted London. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal (D.C.M.). Buried in CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 16.
WHELL William Garfield

10450, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died in United Kingdom 11 October 1918. Born and enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Bodmin, Cornwall, son of John and jane Whell, resident 4, St Leonards, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 16,, born Bodmin, a Farm labourer, living on the farm, resident Tremorland Cardinham Bodmin, Cardinham, Cornwall. Buried in TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Row D. Grave 16.
WICKETT Daniel
Private 23638, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds between 4 and 5 September 1917. Born Altarnum, Cornwall, enlisted St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot H. Row 4. Grave 18.
WILLIAMS Melville
Private 6114, 112th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 22267, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 24 November 1916. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, enlisted Swindon. Buried in ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 12.
WILSON W H
No further information currently available
WOOLASS Arthur Sidney

[Listed on memorial as WOOLAS] Leading Seaman J/1284, H.M.S. "Vivid," Royal Navy. Died from pneumonia in Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, 29 August 1918. Aged 27. Born 24 September 1891 in Leeds. Son of Joseph and Mary Woolass; husband of Lily Woolass, of St. John's Vicarage, Penzance. Prior to enlistment he was a Packer of Confectionery. Enlisted 24 September 1909 for 12 years, height 5 feet 7 inches, chest 33 inches, light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section A. Row 2. Grave 1.

Extract from National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918, Volume VIII - Leeds, page 406:

WOOLASS, A. S., Gunner, Royal Navy.
Having already served in the Navy for nine years, he was sent to sea at the outbreak of war, and saw much service there. He fought in the Battle of Jutland, during which he was wounded, and unhappily succumbed to his injuries. He was buried in Cornwall, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.

"His life for his Country."
3, Back Burton Row, Hunslet, Leeds.
8190
AND IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS AREA
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF
1939 - 1945.
ASSHETON-SALTON Arthur
Lance Corporal 1111785, 261 Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps formerly Royal Artillery. Died on service in Sudan 9 September 1942. Aged 21. Buried in ASMARA WAR CEMETERY, Eritrea. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 10.
BASSETT [Joseph] Peter
Pilot Officer 161250, 245 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 January 1944. Aged 23. Born and resident Cornwall. Son of Joseph John and Katie Camille Bassett, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Oise, France. Grave 207.
BEEVER George Harry
[Listed as H G BEEVER on memorial] Painter 1st Class D/MX 47077, H.M.S. "Courageous," Royal Navy. Died at sea 17 September 1939. Aged 35. Born 26 July 1904 in Ashton, Lancashire. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Beever; husband of Evelyn Mary Beever, of Porthpean, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 6, born Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, at school, son of Harry and Elizabeth Beever, resident 42, Buxton Street, Hanley, Stoke-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. Prior to enlistment he was a Coal Miner. Enlisted 26 July 1922 for 12 years, height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 35½ inches, flaxen hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 34, Column 3.
BENNETTS Robert John
Leading Aircraftman 1408521, 2821 Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 January 1944. Aged 27. Son of Robert John and Selina Bennetts, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 20. Grave 3.
BRADFIELD Peter John
Coder D/JX 580197, H.M.S. "Whitaker," Royal Navy. Died at sea 1 November 1944. Aged 18. Born 17 April 1926 in Camborne, Cornwall. Son of Leonard B. and Amy Bradfield, of St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 89, Column 1.
BRAY Douglas John Howard
Able Seaman D/JX 178592, H.M.S. "Charybdis," Royal Navy. Died at sea 23 October 1943. Born 11 October 1917 in St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 79, Column 1.
BRENTON [Earle] Stanley

Convoy Signalman C/JX 269235, S.S. "Brigitte," Royal Navy (Part of H.M.S. President III). Died at sea 19 November 1942. Aged 32. Born 11 January 1910 in Colorado, U.S.A. Son of Frederick William and Minnie Brenton; husband of Clara Gladys (nee Webber) Brenton, of St. Austell, Cornwall, married January to March Quarter 1936 in the St. Austell Registration District. In the 1931 Electoral Register he appears in the St Austell District, Cornwall, resident 7, Rashleigh Place, St. Austell Urban, Eastern Ward. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 59, Column 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

BRENTON Earle Stanley of 29 Clifton-road St. Austell Cornwall died on or since 19 November 1942 on war service Administration Bodmin 16 October to Clara Gladys Brenton widow.
Effects £428 1s. 4d.
BROAD Leonard [George]
Petty Officer D/SSX 22464, H.M.S. "Karanja," Royal Navy. Died at sea 12 November 1942. Aged 22. Born 25 November 1919 in St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 63, Column 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

BROAD Leonard George of 8 North-street St. Austell Cornwall died on or since 12 November 1942 on war service Administration Bodmin 1 January to Adena Broad (wife of William George Broad). Effects £124 0s. 2d.

BURT Archibald William
Private 5440072, 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 July 1944. Aged 26. Born 6 August 1917. Born and resident Cornwall. Husband of Dorothy M. Burt, of St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1939 Register he was a Clerk At Cornwall County Council Asphalt Work, single, resident with his parents, Frederick and Bessie Burt, at 30, Tremayne Place, St Austell, St Austell U.D., Cornwall. Buried in PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY, Czech Republic. Plot I. Row D. Grave 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

BURT Archibald William of 85 Tremayne-place St. Austell Cornwall died 21 July 1044 on war service Administration Bodmin 11 January to Dorothy Mazy Burt widow.
Effects £293 3s. 4d.
CHAPMAN William [Charles]
Lance Corporal 5434524, 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 8 November 1944. Aged 35. Son of William and Annie Chapman; husband of Doris Alfreda Chapman, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 8.
CLARKE P E
No further information currently available
COLLETT Robert George
Private 14519019, 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 27 August 1944. Aged 20. Son of John Percy and Lillian Violet Collett, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 9.
CONBEER Harold
Private 5437709, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action in Italy 12 July 1944. Aged 30. Born St. Austell, Cornwall, resident Cornwall. Son of William Henry and Alfreda Conbeer; husband of Nancy Nankivell Conbeer, of Truro, Cornwall. Middleweight Champion of Cornwall. Buried in AREZZO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row C. Grave 7.
COOMBE Christopher Albert Edward
Able Seaman D/J 91825, H.M.S. "Penelope," Royal Navy. Died 18 February 1944. Born 28 February 1901 in Plymouth, Devon. In the 1911 census he was aged 10, born Plymouth, Devon, at school, gradson of George and Amelia jane Williams, resident Bridge Street, St Blazey, Cornwall. Enlisted 28 February 1919 for 12 years, a Clay labourer prior to enlistment, height 5 feet 1 inch, chest ½ inches, light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 86, Column 1.
CROCKER Arnold [James]
Private 5191240, 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 21 August 1944. Aged 31. Son of Pascoe James Crocker and Beatrice Jane Crocker, of Pentewan, Cornwall. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar I(Burma). Plot 6. Row G. Grave 21.
CROSSMAN W
No further information currently available
DUNGEY Francis James
Gunner 859926, 202 Battery, 56 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 11 January 1940. Aged 30. Son of Edgar and Edith Dungey; husband of Gladys A. Dungey, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section H. Row 27. Grave 14.
DURRANT J H
No further information currently available
GAVELL S E
there is on one GAVELL listed, no obvious connection - GAVELL, Stanley Edward, Able Seaman D/JX 151596, H.M.S. "Glorious," Royal Navy. Died at sea 8 June 1940. Aged 19. Born 4 April 1921. Son of Joseph and Cecilia Gavell. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 37, Column 3.
GOLLEY Frederick Charles
Petty Officer D/JX 136882, H.M.S. "Hermes," Royal Navy. Died at sea 9 April 1942. Aged 26. Born 2 August 1916 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Frederick Charles and Amy Grace Golley, of St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 63, Column 2.
GRIBBLE John Christopher
Second Lieutenant 307040, 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Accidentally killed in United Kigdom 14 May 1944. Aged 22. Born and resident Cornwall. Son of Leslie E. C. Gribble and Phyllis Gribble, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 9. Grave 11.
HALEY Ernest Claud, Junior

Bombardier 791731, 9 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Beri Beri as a Japanese Prisoner of War 2 March 1943; captured 15 February 1942 in Singapore. Aged 28. Born 21 September 1914 in Gravesend, Kent, resident Bodmin, Cornwall. Baptised 19 November 1914, son of Ernst Claude and Alice Elizabeth Haley, resident 77, Rural Vale, Rosherville, St Mark, Kent. Son of W.O. II (C.S.M.) Ernest Claude Haley, M.M., The Gloucestershire Regt. (died on active service, 23 January, 1941 - see below), and of Alice Elizabeth Haley, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 53.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

HALEY Ernest Claude of 14 West Hill St. Austell Cornwall died 2 March 1943 on war service Administration Bodmin 25 April to Alice Elizabeth Haley widow. Effects £121 1s. 11d.
HALEY, MM Ernest Claud
Warrant officer Class II D/26627, 70th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 23 January 1941. Aged 51. Born Surrey, resident Cornwall. Husband of Alice Elizabeth Haley, of St. Austell; father of Ernest Claud Haley who also died (see above). Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Norwood, London, single, Private 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, billetted in Gravesend Barracks including Military Hospital. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 11. Grave 11.
HANCOCK William John
Supernumery, Passenger Air Mechanic (A) 2nd Class, S.S. Almeda Star, Merchant Navy. Drowned at sea when his ship was torpedoed by U-96 at 0745hrs 17 January 1941 about 35 nautical miles (65 km?) north of Rockall in heavy seas. Aged 20. Born 25 December 1920, birth registered in the January to March Quarter 1921 in St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall. Resident 15, Lewington Road, St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Clay labourer, resident No 6 Karslake, Trewoon, St Austell R.D., Cornwall.
HIBBERD J
No further information currently available
KELLY A
No further information currently available
KENDALL Gordon Edward
Lance Corporal 5621247, 1/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 16 January 1942. Aged 24. Born Cornwall, resident Plymouth. Son of Henry and Anna Kendall of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 14. Grave 8.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

KENDALL Gordon Edward of 56 South-street St. Austell Cornwall died 16 January 1942 on war service Administration Bodmin 7 May to Anna Kendall (wife of Henry Kendall)
Effects £200 16s.
KENT C
No further information currently available
KENT William Henry

Private 5621546, Devonshire Regiment and No. 6 Commando. Killed in action in North Africa 22 November 1942. Aged 25. Born Cornwall, resident Devon. Son of John Henry and Nocissa Kent, of Carthew, Cornwall. Buried in BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA, Algeria. Plot III. Row A. Grave 6.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

KENT William Henry of Greensplatt Carthew St. Austell Cornwall died 22 November 1942 on war service Administration (with Will) Bodmin 18 May to Dorothy Kent spinster.
Effects £158 4s. 8d.
KERNICK Reginald John
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1338395, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from Linton-on-Ouse on night operations flying in Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JB845, and was killed when his aircraft crashed north-east of Weert, Holland, 3 April 1943. Aged 20. Son of Frederick John and Amy J. Kernick, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY, Netherlands. Plot JJB. Grave 57.
LAWRENCE William John
Leading Aircraftman 958829, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30 May 1944. Husband of Nancy L. Lawrence, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 22. Grave 3.
LIBBY Frederick
Able Seaman P/JX 127456, H.M.S. "Barham," Royal Navy. Died at sea 25 November 1941. Aged 31. Born 14 July 1910 in Liskeard, Cornwall. Son of Samuel John and Clara Libby, of St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was newborn, born Polruan, Cornwall, son of Clara Libby, resident Newquay Terrace, Polruan, Lanteglos-By-Fowey, Lanteglos, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 48, Column 2.
LOBB Leonard
Sergeant (Navigator) 1265566, 14 OTU, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off in a Handley Page Hampden I, serial number N9062, from R.A.F. Cottesmore on night operations to Dusseldorf when his aircraft was Shot down by a night fighter, crashing near Tilburg in Holland, 1 August 1942. Aged 29. Son of Albert and Annie Lobb, of St. Austell, Cornwall. A Schoolmaster. Buried in TILBURG (GILZERBAAN) GENERAL CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot A. Row 1. Grave 24.
LODGE Stanley Perry
Pilot Officer 77308, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20 July 1940. Aged 22. Son of Harry Livingston Lodge and Emily Maud Lodge, of St. Austell. B.A. Hons. (Cantab.). Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section H. Row 29. Grave 6.
MOORE, DFM James Gilhulme
Flight Lieutenant (Air Gunner) 131881, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Took off from Spilsby in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND513, on night operations over Clermont-Ferrand, crashed in target area 10 March 1944. Aged 22. Son of Geoffrey Franklyn Moore and Kathleen Bithiah Moore, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Buried in CLERMONT-FERRAND (DES CARMES-DECHAUX) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Puy-de-Dome, France. Row A. Grave 11.
MOYSE William May

Able Seaman, Cable Ship S.S. Lady of the Isles (Penzance), Merchant Navy. Supposed drowned when his ship was sunk by an enemy vessel 3 October 1940. Aged 28. Son of William May Moyse and Louis E. Moyse; husband of Elin Mary (nee Coslett) Moyse, of St. Austell, Cornwall, married April to June Quarter 1936 in St. Austell Registration District. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 63.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941:

MOYSE William May of 70 Porthpean-road St. Austell Cornwall died 3 October 1940 at sea Administration Bodmin 21 March to Elin Mary Moyse widow. Effects £323 3s. 9d.
NORTHAM Ernest Thomas Rowe
Driver T/282060, Royal Army Service Corps. Died as a result of an accident in Italy 6 August 1944. Aged 33. Born and resident Cornwall. Son of John Frederick Northam, and of Mary Maud Northam, of St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was newborn, born Falmouth, son of John Frederick and Maud Mary Northam, resident 16 Vernon Place Falmouth, Falmouth Borough, Cornwall. Buried in ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row A. Grave 12.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

NORTHAM Ernest Thomas Rowe of South-street St. Austell Cornwall died 6 August 1944 on war service Probate Bodmin December to Ethel Lilian Blackburn (wife of William Blackburn). Effects £1154 5s. 8d.
OLIVER Stanley Frederick
Private 5437102, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 31 December 1946. Aged 36. Son of Harry and Nellie Oliver; husband of Nellie Oliver, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section J. Row 12. Grave 16.
OSBOURN Harold
Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) 56456, 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Took off from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on daytime operation flying in a Handley Page Halifax III, serial number LL579, and crashed in the target area 27 February 1945. Aged 34. Son of Herbert Osbourn, and of Annie Osbourn, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 8. Row A. Collective grave 1-5.
PAPWORTH H
No further information currently available
PARSONS Francis Roy
Leading Aircraftman 1353424, 2950 Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17 November 1947. Aged 27. Son of Frank and Gladys Laureen Parsons, of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section G. Row 6. Grave 2.
PERRY James Lawry

Temporary Acting Captain, No. 48 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines. Died 6 June 1944. Aged 22. Son of Sydney Beecher Perry and Evelyn Perry, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 18.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

PERRY James Lawry of Woodside Trevone Crescent St. Austell Cornwall died 6 June 1944 on war service Administration Bodmin 21 November to Sydney Beecher Petty retired china clay merchant. Effects £756 11s. 6d.

PHILLIPS S Arthur
Seaman LT/JX 283089, H.M. Trawler "Red Gauntlet," Royal Naval Patrol Service. Died at sea 5 August 1943. Aged 37. Born 21 February 1906 in St. Austell. Son of Richard Henry and Edith Phillips, of St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Annie Louisa Phillips, of St. Austell. In the 1939 Register he was a Boatman Fireman, married to Annie L Phillips with three children, resident 115 Charlestown Road, Charlestown, St Austell U.D., Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 5, born St. Austell, Cornwall, at school, resident with his aunt, Eliza Rooke, at Tregrehan Mills St Austell, St Blazey, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk. Panel 12, Column 1.
PUGH Evan Gilbert

Lieutenant 229885, 76 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Reported dangerously ill in North Africa 17 November 19143, died 23 November 1943. Aged 24. Born and resident Cornwall. Son of Evan Gilbert Pugh and Mary Elizabeth Pugh, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 24.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

PUGH Evan Gilbert of Velindre Cromwell-road St. Austell Cornwall died 23 November 1943 on war service Probate Bodmin 12 February to Mary Elizabeth Pugh (wife of Evan Gilbert Pugh). Effects £1383 9s. 2d.

SAGE Charles
Cooper 1st Class D/345169, H.M.S. "Rawalpindi," H.M.S. Rawalpindi. Died 23 November 1939. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 35, Column 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1940:

SAGE Charles of 4 St. Judes-place Plymouth died 23 November 1939 on war service Administration Bodmin 23 May to Gwendoline Vera Sage spinster and Lilian Christina May Wright (wife of Arthur Fletcher Wright). Effects £390 16s. 4d.
SEARLEY James Henry

Civilian. Died 19 March 1941. Aged 30. Fireman, St. Austell A.F.S. Husband of Sarah (nee Brown) Searley, of 8 South Street, St. Austell, Cornwall, married July to September Quarter 1934 in St. Austell egistration District, Cornwall. Injured 13 March 1941, at Portsmouth; died at R.N. Hospital, Haslar. Recorded by GOSPORT, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH, Hampshire.

Extract from Portsmouth Evening News - Friday 21 March 1941, page 3:

Fire-Fighter
Raid Victims

The German practice of causing fires by icendiary bombs and using these fires as targets for the dropping of high-explosives, has recently led to the death of seven fire-fighters in Portsmouth and the injury of several others.

These casualties were occasioned by two raids.

On the first dat Auxiliary Firemen John Charles Mullane, of 6, Alverstone Road, Milton, and Donald McLean, whose home address was at 164A, London Road, Workingham, both of th Portsmouth Auxiliary Fire Service, were killed, and Auxiliary Fireman Hames Searley, of the same party, whose home address was 8, South Street, St. Austell, Cornwall, was so seriously injured that he died on Wednesday.
. . . . . .

Extract from Cornish Guardian - Thursday 27 March 1941, page 1:

DEATHS.
ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

SEARLEY.—James Henry Searley, aged 29 years, beloved husband of Sara Searley (nee Brown), died on active service in March, 1941. Killed in action in Portsmouth. Deeply mourned by his Wife and Daughter.

Extract from Cornish Guardian - Thursday 03 April 1941, page 1:

Mrs. J. H. SEARLEY, 8, South Street, St. Austell, wishes to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for kind letters of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes, and also Canon Roberts and Messrs. Nile and Sons for funeral arrangements in her recent sad - bereavement.

The MOTHER and FATHER and FAMILY of the late Mr. James Henry Searley wish to return thanks to all who attended the funeral, for beautiful flowers sent. and letters of sympathy.
SNELL [William] John
Civilian. Died 29 April 1941. Aged 48. Born 29 October 1892. Resident of Carpalla Farm, Foxhole, St. Stephen-in-Brannel. Son of Andrew Snell, of Beacon View, Foxhole, and of the late Frances Ann Snell; husband of Edith Snell. Injured 28 April 1941, at Carpalla Farm, Foxhole; died at St. Austell and District Hospital. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Newgate, St Stephens, Cornwall, a Cooper's apprentice, son of Andrew and Frances Ann Snell, resident New Gate, High Street, St. Austell, St. Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall. In the 1939 Register he was a Small Holder Clay Special & Drying China, married to Edith with two daughters, resident Carfalla, Foxhole, St Austell R.D., Cornwall. Recorded by ST. AUSTELL, RURAL DISTRICT, Cornwall and also ST. AUSTELL U.D., Cornwall.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1947:

SNELL William John of Carpalla Foxhole St. Austell Cornwall died 29 April 1941 Administration Bodmin 2 October to Fred Snell retired farmer. Effects £142 12s. 3d.

Extract from Cornish Guardian - Thursday 1 May 1941, page 4 - please note he is recorded in the article as as Robert John Snell but was in fact William John Snell:

S.W. VILLAGE BOMBED
PEOPLE KILLED AND S
EVERAL INJURED
MANY HOUSES DAMAGED

Thought to have been damaged, a low-flying German bomber which, in the words of one man, "rattled like a tin basket," straddled a south-west village with 15 bombs on Monday night and killed a family of four, whose cottage was wrecked by a direct hit.

The four dead are: Robert John Snell. aged about 47; his wife, Edith Snell, and their two daughters, Mary (aged 13) and Nancy (aged about 11). Mrs. Snell and the two girls were killed outright, the mother being blown out of the house into an adjoining field. Mr. Snell, who was critically injured, was taken to hospital where he died on Tuesday morning. Miss Mary Lakeman, a school teacher, who lodged with Mr. and Mrs. Snell, was slightly injured, but not badly enough to need hospital treatment. Messrs. Andrew Snell, father of the dead man, and Frederick Snell, uncle, one aged about 81 and the other 78, who were in the house at the time, were injured and taken to hospital, but were sent home again after treatment.

"The aircraft came over the village twice," said the manager of a local works whose house was damaged, chiefly by blast, "and it dropped a line of bombs along the whole length of the main road."

Four houses received direct hits and several others were damaged by near misses. In all four houses were completely demolished, seven were badly damaged, and 37 others, less badly damaged, need " first aid " repairs.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPES

Many people had miraculous escapes. The chairman of a local Bench of magistrates, whose windows were shattered, but whose two sons and their families had even more marvellous escapes, their bungalow homes being extensively damaged, said it was amazing that there were not many more fatal casualties. A little grandchild of this gentleman was sleeping in a bedroom immediately outside which a bomb fell. The side of the room was ripped out, but the child was uninjured, as also was another child in the next room.

Even more miraculous was the escape from serious injury of an evacuee woman —an expectant mother—who was blown by blast through the wall of the cottage in which she lived and found herself m the next door cottage which had a direct hit. A local Home Guard was sleeping in this cottage and though he lost almost everything, including his Home Guard uniform, he was unhurt although shaken. In the next cottage but one was an old lady of 88, and she was got out safely but suffering from a shaking up.

Yet another bomb fell just outside the back of another cottage, which was much damaged at back and front, while further away a low concrete poultry house had almost a direct hit. Not a single fowl was hurt, however, and the hens were busy laying eggs among the debris on the Tuesday!

The bomber was flying so low that the noise of its engines drowned the sound of the exploding bombs. "We scarcely heard the bombs explode," said an eye-witness, "but the whole place rocked with the explosions."

PROMPT WORK BY A.R.P.

The house where the people were killed was the last house to be hit by bombs during the attack. Before the sound of the aircraft's engines had died away in the distance people were out rendering first aid and getting their neighbours out of their wrecked homes. The A.R.P. and first-aid parties were soon on the scene and they and the local people themselves did fine work. "The help one another spirit was magnificent," said a local resident.

A little earlier bombs were dropped and a considerable number of incendiaries on a farm near a village, but except for windows shattered at the farmhouse they did no damage and caused no casualties.

SOLOMON H
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TOWNSON William Harry
Second Lieutenant 247481, North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps. Died on service in United Kingdom 20 December 1942. Aged 26. Born U.S.A., resident London W. Son of Harry Walls Townson and Frederica Daisy Townson, of St. Austell. Educated Bromsgrove School. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 16. Grave 9.
TRAHAIR Roy
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1586008, 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from Woodhall Spa in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number EE109, on night operations over Hanover, and crashed into the centre of Hanover 18 October 1943. Aged 21. Son of Richard Treeve Trahair and Emily Linna Trahair, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 7.
TRUDGEON Reginald Bernard [Oswald]
Ordinary Seaman D/SSX 32307, H.M.S. "Mallard," Royal Navy. Died at sea 30 September 1940. Born 27 December 1917 in St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 39, Column 2.
TRUSCOTT Charles Edwin
Stoker 2nd Class D/KX 118204, H.M.S. "Prince of Wales," Royal Navy. Died at sea 10 December 1941. Aged 19. Born 22 September 1922 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Son of Charles Edwin and Lilian Mary Truscott, of St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 54, Column 1.
TUCKER Albert Adolphus
Private 14619984, 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 5 October 1944. Aged 34. Son of William Samuel and Emma Jane Tucker, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 1.
TUCKER E A E
possibly Tucker, Alfred, Warrant Officer 1st Class T/16050, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 20 September 1945. Aged 42. Son of David and Emma Tucker; husband of Charlotte Emma Tucker, of Porthpean, Cornwall. Buried in BELFAST CITY CEMETERY, County Antrim, Northern ireland. Glenalina Extension. Section Y. Grave 328.
UDY Ronald George
Private 14315972, Pioneer Corps. Died 12 May 1945. Son of Frederick Charles and Winifred Doris Udy of St. Austell. Buried in ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY, Cornwall. Section F. Row 26. Grave 1.
VEITCH Reginald James
Sergeant 1316602, 172 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 6 December 1943. Aged 22. Son of Reginald James Veitch and Maud Mary Veitch, of St. Austell, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 168.
WEBB D
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