ST SAVIOUR
WAR MEMORIAL
Wolrd War
1 & 2 Detailed information
Compiled
and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2014
Stone
cross on stepped base, in the churchyard of the parish church of St
Saviour.
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Photograph
Copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2014 |
Morts
Pour La Patrie
1914 – 1918
| BIBBY |
Arthur
Hilgrove |
Captain,
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Died
15 August 1917. Aged 33. Born 5 August 1884 in Pilton, Barnstable,
Devon. Son of the Rev. Isaac and Mary Bibby, of St. Saviour's Rectory,
Guernsey, Channel Islands; husband of Avis Emily Bibby, of Lloydminster,
Saskatchewan, resident whe he enlisted at St Saviours Rectory, Guernsey
, Channel Islands. Farmer by trade. Attested 1 February 1916 in
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 36
inches. dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair. religious denomination
Church of England. Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 7. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 714 - 59. See also St
Peter Port |
| BLONDEL,
DCM, MM and Bar |
Morton
Le M |
Battery
Sergeant Major 6894, 1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
Died 10 August 1918. Born 25 July 1891 in St Saviour's. Guernsey.
Son of Thomas and Jane Blondel, of St Saviour's, Guernsey. Labourer
by trade. Attested and passed fit 22 September 1914 at Valcartier,
Quebec, Canada, aged 23 years 2 months, height 5 feet 6inches, girth
38 inches, complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair drak brown, religious
denomination Church of England. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal (D.C.M.), Millitary Medal (M.M.) and Bar. In the 1901 census
he was aged 9, son of Thomas and Jane Blondel, born St Savour, Guernsey,
resident La Neuve Maison, St Saviour, Guernsey. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot IIIA. Row BB. Grave 7. National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 824 - 55. See
also St Peter Port |
| BLONDEL |
Clifford
de Garis |
Corporal
773, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died 9 December 1918. Born and enlisted Guernsey.
Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot
II. Row D. Grave 8. See also St Peter
Port |
| DE
GARIS |
Harold |
Private
2362, 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died of wounds
15 August 1916. Aged 20. Resident Leeton, New South Wales, Australia.
Born Guernsey. Son of Mr. J de Garis, of Rouvets, St Saviour, Guernsey.
Educated the States Intermediate School. Emigrated aged 16. Embarked
France 5 June 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born St Peter's
in the Wood, Guernsey, son of John and Louise de Garis, resident
Rue Poudrenre, Elm Road, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born St Peters in the Wood, Guernsey,
at school, son of John and Louise de Garis, resident Les Arguets
Guernsey, St Peter in the Wood, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Buried
in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row V. Grave 25. Australian
Roll of Honour Circular. See
also St Peter Port |
| DE
GARIS |
Alfred
John |
Gunner
8, 253rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
22 July 1917. Aged 25. Born St. Saviours, Guernsey, C.I., enlisted
Guernsey. Son of Alfred Naftel De Garis and Julia De Garis (nee
Le Provost); husband of Elise May De Garis (nee Torode), of Le Moulin,
St. Saviour's, Guernsey. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born
Forest, Channel Islands, a scholar, son of Alfred N and Julia M
de Garis, resident Sea View, St Saviours, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Forest, Guernsey, working
on farm, son of Alfred N and Julia M de Garis, resident Sea View,
St Saviours, Guernsey, Channel Islands. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
9. See also St Peter Port |
| DOREY |
Arthur
[James] |
Private
877, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died 20 December 1918. Born and enlisted Guernsey.
Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot
II. Row D. Grave 1. See also St Peter
Port |
| DUPEYRON |
Charles
Louis |
Rifleman
24/1033, 2nd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Killed in
action 12 October 1917. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Dupeyron, of St.
Saviour's, Guernsey, Channel Islands. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. N.Z. Apse, Panel
7. See
also St Peter Port |
| DUQUEMIN |
Reginald |
Private
820, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 28. Born Winchester,
Hampshire, and enlisted Guernsey. Husband of Louise Duquemin, of
La Tablette, St. Saviour S, Guernsey, C. I. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 161. See also
St Peter Port |
| FLEURY |
Ernest |
Serjeant
3132, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action 17 August
1916. Born St Saviour's, Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey. Buried in
ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
A. Grave 13. See also St Peter Port |
| GAVEY |
Alfred
James |
Private
3219, 6th Battalion, Royal irish Regiment. Killed in action 6 June
1916. Aged 23. Born St Saviour's, Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey. Son
of Abraham and Amelia Gavey. Buried in DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 15. See also St
Peter Port |
| JEHAN |
Alfred |
Private
776, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died of wounds 7 January 1918. Born and enlisted
Guernsey. Husband of Beatrice Jane Jehan, of Les Islet Arsenal,
St. Peter-in-the-Wood, Guernsey. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXXI. Row E. Grave 1. See also St
Peter Port |
| JEHAN |
Amos |
Private
1474, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Born and enlisted
Guernsey. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 161. See also St Peter
Port |
| LE
NOURY |
Wilfred
|
Lance
Corporal 3477, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action
7 June 1917. Born St Saviour's, Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 33. See also St Peter
Port |
| LE
PAGE |
Harold |
Lance
Corporal 3267, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action
3 September 1916. Born St Saviour's, Guernsey, enlisted Guernsey.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAl, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 3 A. See also St Peter
Port |
| NORMAN |
Thomas
Walter |
Private
999, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died 8 March 1918. Born Jersey and enlisted Guernsey.
Husband of Ada Norman, of Les Jenemies, St. Saviour's, Guernsey,
Channel Islands. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row G. See also St
Peter Port |
| OZANNE |
Peter
John |
Corporal
553, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Killed in action 1 December 1917. Born and enlisted
Guernsey. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL,
Nord, France. Panel 13. See also St Peter
Port |
| OZANNE |
John |
Corporal
221, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Killed in action 25 November 1917. Aged 20. Born
and enlisted Guernsey. Son of Thomas Ozanne, of Springfield, Long
Rue, St. Saviours, Guernsey. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI
MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13. See also St
Peter Port |
| SARRE |
Edmund |
Private
983, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died of wounds 24 April 1918. Born and enlisted
Guernsey. Buried in LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
III. Row C. Grave 15. See also St Peter
Port |
| TORODE |
William |
Private
1091, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 1st (Service) Battalion, Channel
Islands Militia. Died 2 May 1918. Born and enlisted Guernsey. Buried
in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot VIII.
Row C. Grave 5. See also St Peter Port |
| VIDAMOUR |
Thomas
[Walter ] |
Sergeant
139199 87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 1 October 1918. Born
30 June 1892 in St. Peter's in the Wood, Guernsey. Son of Elsie
Gerard, of Bellair, Forest Road, Guernsey, C.I. Labourer by trade.
Unmarried. Passed fit 17 July 1915, attested 21 July 1915 in Toronto,
Canada, aged 23 years 1 month, height 5 feet 4½ inches, chest
36 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination
Church of England. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born St Peter
in the Wood, Guernsey, son of Thomas and Elise Vidamour, resident
Les Paas, St Peter in the Wood, Guernsey. In the 1911 census he
is listed as Walter Thomas Vidamour, aged 18,born St Peter in the
Wood, Guernsey, a servant, Cowman On Farm, resident Saints Farm
Guernsey, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Buried in RAMILLIES
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row D. Grave 14. Natinal Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9946 - 31. See also St
Peter Port |
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| BLONDEL |
Leonard
Maurice |
Leading
Seaman P/JX 137444, H.M. Submarine Triad, Royal Navy. Died 20 October
1940. Aged 24. Son of Osmond and Doris Amelia Blondel; husband of
Edith May Blondel, of Walthamstow, Essex; brother of Osmond Laurence
Blondel (below). No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 33, Column 1. See also St
Peter Port |
| BLONDEL,
D.S.M. |
[Osmond]
Laurence (Laurie) |
Petty
Officer Stoker P/KX 81386, H.M.S. Laforey, Royal Navy. Died 30 March
1944. Aged 31. Son of Osmond and Doris Amelia Blondel; husband of
Ann P. G. Blondel, of Southsea, Hampshire; brother of Leonard Maurice
Blondel (above). Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.).
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 85, Column 1. See also St Peter
Port |
| NELSON |
Donald
Cecil |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1553494, 29 O.T.U., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 15 January 1943. Aged 29. Son of Reginald V. Nelson and of
Minnie Nelson (nee Hotton), of St. Saviour, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Buried in DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER, Seine-Maritime,
France. Plot/Row/Section H. Grave 11. See also St
Peter Port |
| ROBERT |
Arthur
Thomas |
Private
4204969, 1st Battalion, Hampshire regiment. Died 19 June 1944. Aged
26. Born Gusernsey, resident Stockport. Son of Nicholas and Marie
Robert; husband of Helene Lenfesty Robert, of Torteval, Guernsey,
Channel Islands. No known grave. Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL,
Calvados, France. Panel 15, Column 2. See also St
Peter Port and Torteval |
| ROSE,
DSC, DFM |
Charles
Frank |
Squadron
leader 45276. 248 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 4 November 1943.
Aged 28. Son of Charles Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Rose; husband
of Beryl Catherine Rose, of L'Eree, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Awarded
Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Distinguished Flying Medal
(D.F.M.); memorial states he was also awarded the Air Force Cross
(A.F.C.) but no record found. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 119. See also St
Peter Port |
| TORODE |
Cecil
John |
[Transcribed
as Cecil T] Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist P/J 45543, H.M.S. Barham,
Royal Navy. Died 25 November 1941. Aged 41. Son of Abraham and Ann
Marie Torode; husband of Emily Florence Augusta Torode, of Plumstead,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 52, Column 2. See also St
Peter Port |
CIVILIANS |
| BREHAUT |
George
Edward |
Civilian.
Died at White Rock 28 June 1940. Aged 19, of La Girouette, St. Saviour's.
Son of George and Ethel M. Brehaut. Recorded Guernsey. |
| BROUARD |
Ernest
A |
No
further information currently |
| JEHAN |
Bertie |
No
further information currently |
| NORMAN |
Cecil
Gaudoin |
[Transcribed
as C J Norman] Civilian. Died at White Rock 28 June 1940. Aged 26.
Son of Frank Robert and Clara May Norman, of La Ruette, St. Saviour's.
Recorded Guernsey. |
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updated:
8 May, 2018
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