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St JOHN WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006

The memorial is located opposite the St. John-by-Antony churchyard which is west of the village at the junction of five roads. The memoprial is in the form of a wheel cross on a square plinth with two steps leading to it.

Photograph Copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006

ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS
OF ST.JOHN IN MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

DALLEN

Albert James

Shipwright 2bd Class 344578, H.M.S. Monmouth, Royal Navy. Died 1st November 1914. Aged 30. Son of Albert and Emily Dallen; husband of Florence Maud Moodie (formerly Dallen), of 15, New St., Millbrook, Plymouth. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 4.

STARK

Alfred [John]

Abel Seaman (Comm. Boatman C.G.) 128000, H.M.S. Laurentic, Royal Navy. Died 25th January 1917. Aged 49. Husband of Brenda Elizabeth Stark, of 18, Park St., Mumbles, Swansea. Native of St. John's, Torpoint, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 21.

WHITE

Walter Henry Holmes

Private 12/3192, 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died 3rd July 1916. Aged 27. Son of the late George and Eleanor White, of St. John's, Torpoint, Cornwall. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 22.

STEVENS

Alfred John

Private 45657, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 5th october 1917. Aged 32. Son of Mr. T. H. Stevens, of St. John's, Torpoint, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38 to 40.

DENNIS

Sydney A

Private 33674, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 28th December 1917. Buried in RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section H. Grave 10.

FINNAMORE

Ernest

Private 25386, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 25th September 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 D.

O'CONNOR

John D

M F - probably John O'Connor, Private 6137, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Died 27th August 1914. Aged 29. Buried in ETREUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section I. Grave 13.

AND OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945

PAUL

William John

Sailmaker D237666, H.M.S. Raleigh, Royal Navy. Died 19th February 1943. Aged 53. Son of William and Annie Paul, of St. John; husband of Edna Paul, of Antony. Buried in ST. JOHN-BY-ANTONY CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Cornwall. Grave C.3.

STANTON

Leslie

Royal Navy - No further information currently available

CUDMORE

Charles Edwin

Petty Officer Stoker D/K 66841, H.M.S. Lapwing, Royal Navy. Died 20th March 1945. Husband of Charlotte Cudmore, of St. John's, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon. Panel 94, Column 2.

CARTER

Richard Patrick

Lance Corproal 5179573, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 19th May 1940. Aged 28. Son of Richard Patrick and Annie Carter; husband of Jessie Winifred Carter, of St. John's, Cornwall. Buried in GAURAIN-RAMECROIX WAR CEMETERY, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 5.

HITCHENS

James

Able Seaman, S.S. Bolbec (Greenock), Merchant Navy. Died 9th January 1943. Aged 27. Son of Edwin Charles and Geraldine Blanch Claudia Hitchins, of Bristol. Buried in ST. JOHN-BY-ANTONY CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Cornwall. Grave C.2.

God Bless them All

Last updated 19 June, 2021

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