St
JOHN WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - detailed information
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.
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Photograph
Copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006
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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
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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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