War Memorial St Agnes
War Memorial St Agnes
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These names were taken from the war memorial that is located near the parish church in St Agnes.

The additional information about rank, serial number, age, family etc. is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on line database.

Abbreviations

Bn. - Battalion

Coy. - Company

DCLI - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

MC - Military Cross

RAMC - Royal Army Medical Corps

RE - Royal Engineers

Regt. - Regiment

RNR - Royal Naval Reserve

RNVR - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

World War One

William Henry Bennetts

Seaman, RNR  HMS Goliath   No. 2094D

13th May 1915

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Charles John Colbran

James Cortis

Corporal, 29th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery   No. 57993

14th August 1917

Husband of Mrs Cortis, Blackwater Hill, Blackwater, Cornwall

Buried at Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension

Stephen Cortis

John Cowling

Chief Stoker, RN   HMS Vivid

18th January 1917

Pensioner

Buried at St Agnes Cemetery

Stephen Davey

Sapper,183rd Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers   No. 121844

1st December 1915  Age 42

Husband of Bessie Davey of British Road, St Agnes, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Robert Gilpin

Lieutenant,  63rd Battery  Royal Field Artillery

3rd July 1915  Age 25

Son of Major George and Mrs R M Gilpin of Goonown House, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq

Bernard Gribben

Private,  B Coy.   8th Regt. South African Infantry  No. 2267

31st July 1917  Age 28

South African national   Son of Harry and Bessie Gribben of 1 Goonbell Terrace, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Dar es Salaam Cemetery, Tanzania

Stephen Clarence Harris

Gunner,  C Battery 87th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery   No. 148789

3rd February 1917  Age 20

Son of Stephen and Louisa Jane Harris of Water Lane, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery

Harold Alfred Hoare

Private,  2nd Bn. Devonshire Regt.   No. 30958

25th March 1918   Age 19

Son of Kate Hoare of Rose Mundy, St Agnes, Cornwall and the late John Hoare

Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial

Edwin Lewis Jones

Private,  17th Bn.Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)  No. 131868.

26th May 1918   Age 19

Son of Arthur W and Annie Jones of Peterville, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

John Langdon

Arthur John Lobb

Private,  Labour Corps  Devonshire Regt, no. 55269, transferred to 168th Labour Company with service no. 100456

17th November 1918  Age 27

Son of John Henry and Mary Lobb of St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

William John Mills

Corporal,  7th Bn, DCLI  No. 16611

24th June 1917  Age 20

Son of Mrs Kate Carveth of British Road, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Noreuil Australian Cemetery

Henry Nankivell

Lance Corporal,  251st Tunnelling Coy. R.E.   No. 132361

20th February 1916  Age 32

Son of Henry and Frances Nankivell, husband of Annie Gladys Nankivell of Goonown, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery

Harold Gordon Menabue?

Thomas John W…?

Alfred Quick Noall

Private,  4th Bn.  Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Reg.)    No. 739138

12th September 1917   Age 22

Canadian    Son of A Q and G W Noall of Chapel St, St Ives, Cornwall

Buried at Aix - Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension

Matthew Charles Parkin

Private,  1st Bn., DCLI,    No. 17123

1st October 1917

Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial

John Parkin

Reginald Spencer Pearce

Private,  31st Bn. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Reg.)    No. 79294

27th December 1915

Canadian

Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery

Samuel Radcliffe

Alfred Rickard

George Roberts

Martin James Roberts

Private,   Army Pay Corps    No. 22974

4th November 1918  Age 27

Son of Martin George and Clara Roberts of St Agnes Cornwall, husband of Enid Roberts of The Firs, 22 Gladys Avenue, North End, Portsmouth

Buried at Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery, Hampshire

Harold John Rogers

Ernest Strike

Ordinary Seaman  RNVR,   4th Bn., Royal Naval Division   No. BristolZ/621

12th February 1915  Age 19

Son of the late John and Elizabeth Strike of Quay, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, Kent

Sydney Strike

Private   2nd Bn., DCLI,    No. 240626

27th September 1918   Age 23

Son of John and Elizabeth Strike of Cornwall

Buried at Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece

William Thomas Trounce

Private, 1st Bn, DCLI,    No. 29064

31st August 1918   Age 21

Son of Mrs Bessie Trounce of Peterville, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France

Harold Llewellyn Twite

Lieutenant,9th Battery 1st/3rd (London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, attached 183rd Tunnelling Coy., R.E.

1st December 1915  Age 36

Son of Charles Septimus Hedley Twite and Anna Twite of St Agnes, Cornwall, husband of Lucy Muriel Twite of 7 Gyllyngvase Terrace, Falmouth. Mining and Consulting Engineer of 65 London Wall ARSM MIMM

Buried at Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt

William Albert Whitfield

Sergeant,  24th Bn.,Royal Fusiliers   No. 2468

1st July 1916

Buried at Zouave Valley Cemetery, Souchez

Henry Parks Whitworth

Captain  RAMC, attached 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

29th October 1918  Age 29

Son of Dr W Whitworth of St Agnes, Cornwall   Awarded MC

Buried at Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium

Leonard James Gowling

William Stanley Harris

Private   3rd Regt.,South African Infantry.   No. 9101

20th September 1917  Age 27

South African   Son of the late Thomas Henry and Louisa Harris, husband of Charlotte Jane Webber (formerly Harris) of Alma Cottages, Higher Town, Truro, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Henry Wilson Thomas

Sapper   251st Tunnelling Coy. R E    No. 132352

25th December 1917   Age 23

Son of Ellen James Thomas of Atlantic View, Trevellas, St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Bethune Town Cemetery

World War Two

Frank Beard

Charles Ewart Butson

Trooper     HQ Sqdn. Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps  No. 5443136

 23.3.1945  Age 31

Son of Arthur and Eliza Dunstan Butson of St Agnes, husband of Gwendolin Ethel Butson of St Agnes

Buried at Reichwald Forest War Cemetery  Germany

Richard Henry Bennallack

Private  2nd Bn.   South Wales Borderers,    No. 14585051

8.7.1944   Age 19

Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, France

Dennis Donahue

Leading Aircraftsman  RAF Volunteer Reserve    No. 1269423

13.11.1941  Age 30

Son of Dennis and Ada Elizabeth Donohue of St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at Mount Hope (St Paul's Anglican) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada

L/A/man Donahue died whilst training at No.33 Air Navigation School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Thomas John Dyer

Sapper   Royal Engineers     No. 1990866

4.6.1946  Age 33

Son of Thomas and Margaret Dyer, husband of Doris May Dyer of Cubert, Cornwall

 Buried at Cubert Cemetery, Cornwall

 Reginald Ellis

Sergeant   RAF Volunteer Reserve    775 Squadron   No. 1153272

1.6.1942    Age 29

Son of Edward and Annie Maud Mary Ellis, husband of Doreen G Ellis of St Agnes, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial,Surrey

William Henry Fiddock

Aircraftsman 2nd Class    RAF   204 Squadron    No. 619855 1

5.10.1939    Age 18

Son of Henry James Fiddock and Mary Fiddock (nee Jenkin) of St Agnes, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey

Edward Foote

Thomas Henry Geake

Major    10th Bn.,     Punjab Regt.      No. A/1/701

6.6.1942    Age 43

Indian.   Son of William and Irene M Geake, husband of Jessie Eveline Geake of Killara, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Burma)

Francis Lewis Hancock

Private    2nd Bn., Royal Sussex Regt.      No. 5626312

25.10.1942   Age 22

Son of John Herbert and Emily Blanche Hancock of Kingsand, Cornwall

Buried at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

William Edward Johnson

Chief Stoker   RN   HMS Courageous   No. D/K/61710

17.9.1939   Age 39

Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Johnson, husband of Edith Kathleen Johnson of Churchtown St Agnes, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial

William Cecil Luke

Private    2/5th Bn.,Leicestershire Regt.    No. 319502

6.12.1943   Age 29

Son of William and Frances Ann Luke, husband of Dorothy Alberta Luke of Handsworth, Birmingham

Buried at Minturno War Cemetery, Italy

Eric L Mitchell

Frank Stanton Newman

George Edgar Pascoe

Sergeant (Air Gunner)   RAF Volunteer Reserve, 100 Squadron    No. 1585869

15.4.1943    Age 20

Son of Mr and Mrs B G Pascoe of Mingoose House, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Cornwall

Buried at Bohain Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France

William Henry Peskitt

Stoker 1st Class   RN    HMS Courageous   No. D/K/26020

17.9.1939  Age 45

Also Peskett  Husband of Florence Maud Peskett of St Agnes, Cornwall

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial

William Austin Richards

Lance Corporal  8th Bn.,Worcestershire Regt.   No. 5252387

Died between 29.5.1940 - 5.6.1940

Son of Walter Austin Richards and Katrine Clarice James Richards of Mount Hawke, husband of P M Richards

Buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery

John C/G Smith

James Henry Solomon

Gunner 141 (The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery  No. 14377772

1.11.1943   Age 19

Son of Mr and Mrs A E Solomon of St Agnes, Cornwall

Buried at St Agnes Cemetery, Cornwall

Thomas Harold Thomas

Stoker 1st Class  RN   HMS Bonaventure   No. D/K/66439

31.3.1941   Age 44

Son of William Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Thomas, husband of Ellen Elizabeth Thomas of Devonport

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial

Albert Lewis Treloar

Lieutenant    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

17.2.1945

Buried at St Agnes Cemetery, Cornwall

Frowyse Trotter

   
Last updated 26th June 2004