AUSTIN, CHARLES ERNEST
United Kingdom
Flying Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 245 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 16/03/1944
Service No: 150079
Son of Charles Ernest and Ethel Austin, of Torquay, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 2.
Cemetery: GUILLERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
AYLING, WILFRED CHARLES STEPHEN
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 154 Bty., 52 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: between 26/04/1941 and 27/04/1941
Service No: 1532265
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ayling, of Newton Abbot, Devon
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 2.
Cemetery: ATHENS MEMORIAL
BAKER H.C.H.A/B. R.N.
BAKER, WILLIAM GEORGE ALBERT
United Kingdom
Lance Bombardier Royal Artillery 3 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 09/12/1943
Service No: 821899
Son of James Albert and Elizabeth Baker, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. H. 64.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
BALL, JOHN REGINALD
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 06/06/1944
Service No: 14687995
Son of James H. and Elizabeth Ball, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: X. E. 14.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
BARR, NORMAN FREDERICK
United Kingdom
Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Cricket.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 20/05/1946
Service No: PLY/X 104580
Son of Peter and Gertrude Barr, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Gen. Sec. B. Grave
183.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY 
BARRETT, RONALD
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 3 Searchlight Regt.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/04/1942
Service No: 1583069
Son of William and Sarah Jane Barrett; husband of Audrey Mary Barrett.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 925.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
BEST, ARTHUR ROBERT
United Kingdom
Civilian War Dead
Age: 57
Date of Death: 20/08/1940
Son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Best, of 31 Tudor Road; husband
of Selina Best, of 42 Tudor Road.
Died at G.W.R. Station.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
BLATCHFORD, KEDALL SIDNEY WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Private King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 2nd Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 06/05/1944
Service No: 6346084
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 6. F. 5.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
BLIGHT, JAMES HOWARD
United Kingdom
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Neptune
Date of Death: 19/12/1941
Service No: D/MX 60253
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
BOLT, STANLEY GORDON
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 2 Field Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 07/03/1944
Service No: 816610
Son of Alice Bolt, and stepson of William May; husband of Sylvia May
Bolt, of Milber, Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. A. 2.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
BOWDEN, FREDERICK SAMUEL
United Kingdom
Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force 57 Sqdn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 15/11/1939
Service No: 362800
Son of Alfred and Charlotte Eva Bowden; husband of Vera Eileen Bowden,
of West Alvington, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 119.
Cemetery: VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
BOWDIDGE, WILLIAM HENRY
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 12th (Airborne) Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 02/04/1945
Service No: 14377933
Son of William H. and Beatrice M. Bowdidge, of Exeter.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 33. F. 8.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
BRIDGETT, CYRIL JOHN
United Kingdom
Flight Sergeant (Nav.)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 98 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 10/02/1945
Service No: 1320049
Son of William John and Florence Emily Bridgett, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. D. 13.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
BRIMMICOMBE, NORMAN CHARLES
United Kingdom
Corporal Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 01/06/1945
Service No: 1273316
Son of Redick George and Mary Ellen Brimmacombe, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. M.
Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
BROWN, EDWARD HAMILTON JOPLING
United Kingdom
Second Lieutenant
Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 05/01/1942
Service No: 143456 Son of Joseph Jopling Brown, F.R.C.S., and of Alfreda
Hamilton Brown, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C.1.
Grave 210. Cemetery: WINCHCOMB (GREET ROAD) CEMETERY
BROWNING, SYDNEY SAMUEL
United Kingdom
Serjeant Royal Artillery 114 Field Regt.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 28/02/1946
Service No: 998053
Son of Ernest and Naomi Browning, of Newton Abbot; husband of Lilian
May Browning, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Block E. Row 2. Grave
13.
Cemetery: HIGHWEEK (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
BUCKINGHAM, CHARLES HENRY
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 54
Date of Death: 20/08/1940
Husband of Ethel K. Buckingham, of 3 Courtenay Place, East Street.
Died at G.W.R. Station. Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section
URBAN DISTRICT OF NEWTON ABBOT
BUCKPITT E.E. 3RD. OFF. M.N.
BURLEY, HAROLD JOHN
United Kingdom
Deck Hand Merchant Navy M.V. High Tide (United Kingdom)
Age: 21
Date of Death: 30/03/1945
Son of Alfred John and Alice Maud Burley, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 57.
Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
CABLE-BRACKENBURY N.A. CIVILIAN
CAUSLEY, WILLIAM ALBERT CHARLES
United Kingdom
Private Durham Light Infantry 6th Bn
Age: 30
Date of Death: 13/06/1944
Service No: 5442318
Son of Albert John and Mildred Causley; husband of Lilian Vera Causley,
of Paddington, London.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. G. 11.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
CHESNUTT, CYRIL
United Kingdom
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Royal Air Force 49 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 08/03/1945
Service No: 633841
Son of George and Cecilia Maud Chesnutt, of Higher Brimley. His brother
Ralph also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. M. Grave 12111.
Cemetery: TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
CHESNUTT, RALPH
United Kingdom
Seaman Royal Naval Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Alberic.
Age: 17
Date of Death:
03/05/1941
Service No: LT/JX 222422
Son of George and Cecilia Maud Chesnutt, of Higher Brimley, Devon.
His brother Cyril also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5, Column 2.
Cemetery: LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL
CHETHAM, CHARLES ARTHUR COPELAND
United Kingdom
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force 3 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 15/04/1941
Service No: 82946
Son of Samuel Fiske Chetham and Dorothy Kate Chetham, of Newton Abbott,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. C. 15.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
CHETHAM, SAMUEL FISHER COPELAND
United Kingdom
Civilian War Dead
Age: 63
Date of Death: 25/04/1942
Area Officer, Special Constabulary. Husband of Dorothy Kate Chetham,
of St. Bernards, Wolborough Hill. Injured at Berwyn Hotel; died same day
at Newton Abbot Hospital.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
COKER, CHARLES BERNLEY
United Kingdom
Leading Stoker Royal Navy H.M.S. Diamond
Age: 48 Date of Death: 27/04/1941
Service No: D/K 16429
Husband of Eva Maude May Coker, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 52, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
COLE, GEORGE REGINALD CARR
United Kingdom
Lieutenant Royal Navy H.M.S. Tamar.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 16/12/1941
Son of Emily Maud Cole; husband of Irene Cannon Cole. of Newton Abbot,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. J. 11.
Cemetery: SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
COOK, HARRY FREDERICK
United Kingdom
Chief Petty Officer Royal Navy H.M.S. Janus.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 23/01/1944
Service No: P/J 113177
Son of Harry Frederick and Helen Cook; husband of Evelyn Cook, of Felling,
Co. Durham.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 81, Column 1.
Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
COOPER, JOHN REES MORGAN
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/06/1944
Service No: 14660956
Son of Emlyn and Hilda Cooper, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 4.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
CORNISH-BOWDEN, EDWARD JOHN
United Kingdom
Lieutenant Royal Navy H.M. Submarine Tetrarch
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/11/1941
Son of William Cornish-Bowden, and of Edith Cornish-Bowden, of Newton
Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 45, Column 1.
Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
COWAP, WILLIAM TROY
United Kingdom
Lance Corporal Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 50th
Age: 35
Date of Death: 21/08/1942
Service No: 7922815
Son of William Troy Cowap and Ellen Cowap; husband of Dorothy Iris
Cowap, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 2
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
CROSS, NORMAN JAMES
United Kingdom
Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Air Force 149 Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 16/12/1940
Service No: 629121
Son of Ernest James Cross and Margaret Cross, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. (Bottom).
Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
CROUT S.H. CPL. R.M.
CRUTE, ROBERT
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 70
Date of Death: 25/04/1942
Husband of Maria Crute, of 4 Salisbury Road. Died at Devon Square.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
DAVEY, FREDERICK JAMES
United Kingdom
Painter 4th Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Glorious
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: D/MX 55085
Son of Mark and Louisa Davey; husband of Bessie Bertha Davey, of Exeter.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 42, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
DAVIES Mrs K. CIVILIAN
DENISON S. FIREMAN M.N.
DUKE, HUGH VICTOR
United Kingdom
Major Devonshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 06/06/1944
Service No: 85611
Awards: MC and Bar
Son of William Victor and Mildred Jessie Duke, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: X. E. 23.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
http://www.warchronicle.com/50th_div/soldierstory_wwii/duke.htm
ELLIS, RONALD WILLIAM GEORGE
United Kingdom
Leading Stoker Royal Navy H.M.S. Dorsetshire
Age: 21
Date of Death: 05/04/1942
Service No: D/KX 94942
Son of Reginald Albert and Dorothy May Ellis, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 69, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
FELSTEAD, HAROLD EDWIN
United Kingdom
Engineer Officer Merchant Navy S.S. Devonia (Bideford)
Age: 49
Date of Death: 28/10/1940
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartley William Felstead; husband of Lilian Felstead,
of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 35.
Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
FITZPATRICK, JAMES
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Ardent
Age: 42
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: D/J 93500
Son of James Joseph and Mary Fitzpatrick; husband of Alice Elizabeth
Fitzpatrick, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
FOREY, SIDNEY
United Kingdom
Corporal Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 2880 Sqdn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 17/11/1944
Service No: 1110817
Son of James Clemant Forey and Margaret Jane Forey; husband of Winifred
Ellen Forey, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 19.
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
GAMMON, HARRY ROY
United Kingdom
Canteen Manager Navy Army & Air Force Institute H.M.S. Stanley
Age: 30
Date of Death: 19/12/1941
Son of Harry Roy Gammon and Elizabeth Jane Gammon, of Charlton Kings,
Gloucestershire; husband of Dorcas Violet Gammon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 62, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
GILDING, JOHN LESLIE
United Kingdom
Petty Officer Royal Navy H.M.S. Flying Fox.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 12/04/1944
Service No: D/JX185453
Son of John Arthur and Caroline Mabel Gilding; husband of Gladys Irene
Gilding, of Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. 40.
Cemetery: MAALA CEMETERY
GILPIN Mrs. J.A.
CIVILIAN
GOODING, KENNETH ALFRED
United Kingdom
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 19
Date of Death: 27/07/1943
Service No: 1851977
Son of Cyril John and Beatrice Emily Gooding, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Block D. Row 13. Grave
4.
Cemetery: HIGHWEEK (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
GRIBBLE, REGINALD CHARLES
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 11th Bn.
Date of Death: 08/09/1940
Service No: 5629403
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Uncons. Sec. Grave
5448.
Cemetery: PAIGNTON CEMETERY
HALL, BERNARD BERTIE
United Kingdom
Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Sultan
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Service No: D/JX 161433
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 67, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
HANCOCK J.D. PTE. DEV. REGT.
HAYDON, CECIL WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Brigadier General Staff Commands and Staff (The Middlesex Regt.) Secondary
Cdg. 150 Inf. Bde.
Age: 46
Date of Death: 01/06/1942
Awards: DSO, MC Son of Edgar and Edith Haydon; husband of Evelyn Kay
Haydon, of Camberley, Surrey.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 1.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
HAYMAN, SYDNEY GEORGE
United Kingdom
Sapper Royal Engineers 17 Field Coy.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 01/06/1940
Service No: 1874724 Son of Frederick William and Amelia Hayman, of
Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 25.
Cemetery: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
HEATH, FREDERICK ROBERT SAMUEL
United Kingdom
Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: between 28/10/1944 and 29/10/1944
Service No: 14417957
Son of Samuel and Daisy May Heath, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. G. 17.
Cemetery: FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
HEXT, JOHN EDWARD
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Matabele
Age: 20
Date of Death: 17/01/1942
Service No: D/JX 151410
Son of William James Hext and Alice Mary Hext, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 65, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
HOOKER, THOMAS
United Kingdom
Private Somerset Light Infantry 4th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Service No: 14543180
Son of Henry and Annie Elizabeth Hooker, of Broadlands, Newton Abbott,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. C. 29.
Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
HOOPER, GEORGE WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force 6 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/06/
Service No: 636841
Son of George and Beatrice Hooper, of Decoy, Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. E. 12.
Cemetery: MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
HORSFORD, RICHARD WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Petty Officer Royal Navy H.M.S. Repulse
Age: 23
Date of Death: 10/12/1941
Service No: D/JX 140691
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Horsford; husband of Margery Horsford, of Totnes,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 45. Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
HOUGH, JOHN DANVERS
United Kingdom
Second Officer Merchant Navy M.V. Empire Light (Liverpool)
Age: 36
Date of Death: 07/03/1943
Son of John Danvers Hough and Gertrude Hough; husband of Phyllis Gertrude
Hough, of Exeter.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43.
Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
HOUSE, ERNEST GEORGE EDMOND
United Kingdom
Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 01/08/1944
Service No: 1507792
Son of Ernest N. J. and Winifred House, of Newton Abbot, Devon; husband
of O. House, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. E. 1.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
HUNTER W.E. (BOBBIE) CPL. R.E.
IVE, JOHN LEONARD STAUNTON
United Kingdom
Leading Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Courageous
Age: 33
Date of Death: 17/09/1939
Service No: D/J 103181
Son of John Tucker Ive and Amy Ethel Ive; husband of Eletha Ive, of
Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 33, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
JARMAN, GILBERT ARTHUR ROY
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. 45th Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/04/1944
Service No: 76327
Son of Henry Honour Jarman, and of Gladys May Jarman, of Newton Abbot.
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 1.
Cemetery: RANGOON MEMORIAL
JENNINGS, GORDON LEONARD KIRK
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Ardent
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: D/JX 165892
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 38, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
JOHNSON, ARTHUR EDWARD HOLRER
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Age: 43
Date of Death: 03/01/1945
Service No: 7590874
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edward Holrer Johnson.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Gen. Sec. B. Grave
179.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
KING, PATRICK WILLIAM
United Kingdom Captain Suffolk Regiment 1st Bn. Secondary Northern
Rhodesia Regiment Secondary attd.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 09/04/1941
Service No: 58100
Son of Colin and Lilian Margaret King, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. G. 14.
Cemetery: NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Brinkley.html
KYTE, ERNEST REGINALD JOHN
United Kingdom
Corporal Army Catering Corps Secondary Royal Armoured Corps Secondary
attd.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 24/06/1944
Service No: 5566203
Husband of Louisa May Kyte, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 19, Column 1.
Cemetery: BAYEUX MEMORIAL
LAW, RAYMOND PETER
United Kingdom
Air Mechanic (E) 2nd Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Dipper
Age: 18
Date of Death: 12/11/1943
Service No: FX. 105019
Son of Wilfrid Patrick and Mary Lily Law; nephew of Elizabeth Andrews,
of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: North of church.
Cemetery: MARNHULL ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
LETHBRIDGE, DOROTHY MARY
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/08/1940
of 5 Buller Road. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cook, of 19 Park Road,
Fowey, Cornwall; wife of E.R.A. Frank H. Lethbridge, R.N. Injured 20 August
1940, at G.W.R. Station; died at Newton Abbot Hospital.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
LETHBRIDGE, FRANK HERBERT
United Kingdom
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Stanley
Age: 34
Date of Death: 19/12/1941
Service No: D/MX 49754
Son of William Quantick Lethbridge and Lily Mabel Lethbridge, of Newton
Abbot, Devon; husband of Dorothy Lethbridge.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
LEWIS, JOHN ALEXANDER
United Kingdom
Captain Royal Artillery 23 Field Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 04/03/1945
Service No: 243665
Son of Samuel John and Anne Hosking Lewis.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: V, B, 17.
Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY
LOWE, ALBERT JAMES
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 215 Bty., 57 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 19/03/1943
Service No: 1645210
Husband of Edith Maud Lowe, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 10. B. 15.
Cemetery: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
MARTIN, FREDERICK VICTOR
United Kingdom Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Gloucester.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 22/05/1941
Service No: PLY/X 2512
Son of Arthur William and Mary Ann Martin, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 59, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
MATTHEWS, LIONEL KENNETH
United Kingdom
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 34 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/08/1944
Service No: 1211255
Son of George Henry and Ada Rose Matthews, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 8. B. 3-6.
Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
McCORMACK, ALEX
United Kingdom
Lance Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 11th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Service No: 3133831
Son of George and Ellen McCormack; husband of Edna Lilian McCormack,
of Newton Abbot. Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 8.
Cemetery: FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
MERRIFIELD, ERNEST EDWIN
United Kingdom
Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 17/10/1944
Service No: 14610297
Son of Leonard Edwin and Lilian Elizabeth Merrifield, of Newton Abbot,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 12.
Cemetery: FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
MONAGHAN, THOMAS WILFRED
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 42
Date of Death: 25/04/1942
Son of Maria Crute (formerly Monaghan), of 4 Salisbury Road, and stepson
of Robert Crute. Died at Devon Square.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
MOORE J.L. A/B. R.N.
MORLEY, GILBERT EDGAR
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M. Submarine Unbeaten.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/11/1942
Service No: C/HD/X 63
Son of C.P.O. Tel. Walter Samuel Morley, R. N., died on active service
5th Jan., 1945, and Queenie Morley, of Newton Abbot, Devon; husband of
Mona Morley, of Hull, Yorkshire. Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:
66, 2.
Cemetery: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
MORLEY, WALTER SAMUEL
United Kingdom
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Royal Navy H.M.S. Scotia.
Age: 60
Date of Death: 05/01/1945
Service No: D/240051
Son of John and Sarah Morley; husband of Queenie Morley, of Newton
Abbot. His son Gilbert Edgar also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 3160.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
MOSES, HAROLD GEORGE
United Kingdom Gunner (T) Royal Navy H.M.S. Ardent
Age: 29
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Son of Richard and Winifred Patience Moses; husband of Hilda Emily
Moses, of Stockleigh English, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 36, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
MOSS, WILLIAM JAMES MARCH
United Kingdom
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Royal Navy H.M.S. Daedalus
Age: 23
Date of Death: 27/08/1940
Son of William Edgar and Mary Sparkes Moss, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
A.R.Ae.S.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 1, Panel 3.
Cemetery: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
NASH, NORMAN FREDERICK
United Kingdom
Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 142 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/09/1944
Service No: 1605434
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Nash, of St. Thomas', Exeter.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 15, Column 2.
Cemetery: MALTA MEMORIAL
NEWCOMBE, ROY
United Kingdom
Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 28/07/1943
Service No: 925177
Son of Frank and Violet Alberta Newcombe, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 160.
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
NICOLL, ALAN CHARLES
Indian Major 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 01/03/1945
Service No: EC/493 Awards: MC
Son of Charles David and Edith Muriel Nicoll. His brother Ian Alfred
also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 17. E. 6.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
NICOLL, IAN ALFRED
Indian Captain 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor
Rifles) 1st Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/02/1944
Service No: EC/1223
Son of Charles David and Edith Muriel Nicoll. His brother Alan Charles
also died on service. C.A.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX. F. 10.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
NOYLE, CHARLES WALTER
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Unicorn
Date of Death: 22/06/1945
Service No: D/J31432 Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:
2W. D. 7.
Cemetery: SYDNEY WAR CEMETERY
OWEN, RONALD
United Kingdom
Warrant Officer (W. Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
48 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 19/10/1945
Service No: 1316538
Son of George and Gertrude Owen, of Biscovey, Par, Cornwall.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. E. 1.
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY
PARKHURST, WILLIAM EDWARD
United Kingdom
Warrant Officer Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 21/03/1946
Service No: 3745
Husband of G. K. Parkhurst, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. (Bottom).
Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
PEARSE, FREDERIC GEORGE
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/04/1942
Special Constable. Son of J. and Mary Pearse, of The Dairy, Decoy;
husband of E. A. Pearse, of 46 Keyberry Park. Died at Torquay Road
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
POTTER, BERNARD REGINALD
United Kingdom
Private The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt.) 1st Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 19/04/1945
Service No: 11264658
Son of Reginald and Eva Potter, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV, B, 12.
Cemetery: ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY
POTTER, REGINALD SAMUEL CHARLES
United Kingdom
Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps
Date of Death: 13/08/1945
Service No: S/13032547
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. E. 9.
Cemetery: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
POWELL, JARVIS ALEXANDER
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 107 Bty., 32 Field Regt.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/04/1946
Service No: 822797
Son of Alec and Amelia Elizabeth Powell; husband of Gladys Rose Powell,
of Newton Abbott.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 3265.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
PRESTON, EDWIN ALFRED
United Kingdom
Private The Queen's Royal Regt (West Surrey) 2/7th Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 21/01/1944
Service No: 5616259 Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:
Panel 4.
Cemetery: CASSINO MEMORIAL
PRIDDLE, GILBERT FRANK
United Kingdom
Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 12/06/1945
Service No: 998580
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Priddle, of Newton Abbot, Devon; husband
of Lorna Florence Priddle, of Torquay, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 453.
Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
PROWSE, NORMAN LEWIS
United Kingdom
Lance Corporal Welsh Guards 2nd Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 07/04/1945
Service No: 2738242
Son of Elliott Mitchelmore Prowse, and of Ida Mary Prowse, of Newton
Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 10. B. 9.
Cemetery: SAGE WAR CEMETERY
PROUT, LEONARD GORDON
United Kingdom
Flying Officer (Nav./W.Op.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 45 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 152841
Son of John Frederick and Elsie May Prout, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. G. 4.
Cemetery: RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
REYNOLDS, EDGAR CECIL
United Kingdom
Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 12/03/1942
Service No: 911394
Son of Cecil Paul and Mary S. Reynolds; husband of Beatrix Olive Reynolds,
of Bristol.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 92.
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
ROBERTS, FRANCIS JOHN
United Kingdom
Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Glorious.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: PLY/X 1101
Son of Francis Roberts, and of Rose Bessie Roberts, of Newton Abbot,
Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
ROBERTS N.A. METEOROLOGIST R.A.F.
RODDA, KENNETH SEYMOUR
United Kingdom
Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Barham
Date of Death: 25/11/1941
Service No: D/JX 214949
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 49. Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
ROWE, WILLIAM ARTHUR
United Kingdom
Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 09/11/1943
Service No: 5617313
Son of Frederick John and Sarah Mary Rowe, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. A. 18.
Cemetery: IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
ROWE, WILLIAM CHARLES
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 31
Date of Death: 20/08/1940
Home Guard; of 3 South Devon Terrace. Son of Mary Rowe, of 22 Burns
Avenue, Burnthouse Lane, Exeter, and of the late Edward Rowe; husband of
Primrose Anne Rowe. Injured at 3 South Devon Terrace; died same day at
Newton Abbot Hospital.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
ROWE, CYRIL JAMES
United Kingdom
Chief Engine Room Artificer Royal Navy H.M.S. Repulse
Age: 33
Date of Death: 16/02/1942
Service No: D/MX 52952
Son of Thomas James Rowe and Maud Ellen Rowe; husband of Bessie Louise
Rowe, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 101. Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
RUNDLE, GEORGE ALBERT RICHARD
United Kingdom
Petty Officer Stoker Royal Navy H.M.S. Glorious
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: D/KX 75930
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 40, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
SALMON, PERCY
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 08/05/1944
Service No: 5628969
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 6. J. 17.
Cemetery: IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
SAMPSON, PERCIVAL GEORGE
United Kingdom
Private Devonshire Regiment 7th Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 02/07/1940
Service No: 5614987
Husband of Mary Victoria Sampson, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 9. Column 3.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
SAMPSON P.D. PTE. R.SUSSEX REGT.
SANDFORD, THOMAS DURRANT
United Kingdom
Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Copra.
Date of Death: 17/08/1944
Service No: PLY/X 106553
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 92, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
SKINNER, EDWARD CHARLES
United Kingdom
Gunner Royal Artillery 96 (The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 22/03/1941
Service No: 817142
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Skinner, of Newton Abbot; husband of Mary
Skinner, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 3568.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
SMALE, ARTHUR CHARLES
United Kingdom
Steward Royal Naval Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Cypress.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 20/01/1943
Service No: LT/LX30264
Son of Ethel Annie Smale, and stepson of Claude Adams. His twin brother
Hedley Norman also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: New Sec. Grave 185.
Cemetery: BUCKFASTLEIGH (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
SMALE, HEDLEY NORMAN
United Kingdom
Steward Royal Navy H.M.S. Squirrel
Age: 31
Date of Death: 24/07/1945
Service No: D/LX 22532
Son of Ethel Annie Smale, and stepson of Claude Adams. His twin brother
Arthur Charles also died on service.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 95, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
SMALE, PETER DAVID
United Kingdom
Flying Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 106
Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 15/10/1942
Service No: 109045
Son of David and Maud Elizabeth Smale, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. B. 20.
Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
SPARKS, CLIFFORD GORDON
United Kingdom
Stoker 2nd Class Royal Navy H.M. M.T.B. 430.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 27/07/1944
Service No: D/KX 179281
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sparks, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 90, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
STABB, AUDREY HILDA
United Kingdom
Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Women's Aux. Air Force
Age: 19
Date of Death: 01/08/1944
Service No: 2126611
Daughter of George Frederick and Hilda Alice Mary Stabb, of Newton
Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. O.
Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
STAINER, ARTHUR SYDNEY ETHERINGTON
United Kingdom
Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) Royal Irish Fusiliers Secondary Royal
West African Frontier Force Secondary attd.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 26/12/1944
Service No: 6976487
Son of John Douglas Stainer and Mary Jane Stainer; husband of Lucy
Amelia Stainer, of Torquay, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. J. 18.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
STARR, FREDERICK HAROLD
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 3
Date of Death: 20/08/1940
Son of Frederick and Amy Starr, of 29 Spencer Road; husband of Gladys
Starr, of 29 Manor Road, Broadlands. Injured at G.W.R. Station; died same
day at Newton Abbot Hospital. Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour
Section URBAN DISTRICT OF NEWTON ABBOT
STRATFORD, WILFRED
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Stanley
Age: 22
Date of Death: 19/12/1941
Service No: D/JX 144892
Foster-son of Mr. G. P. Butler, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 48, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
SYME, NORMAN HENRY MITCHELL
United Kingdom
Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force
Age: 18
Date of Death: 12/08/1940
Service No: 574864
Son of Renneth and Emily Syme, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Block D. Row 5. Grave
8.
Cemetery: HIGHWEEK (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
SYMES, DONALD MCGREGOR
United Kingdom
Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 50 Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/02/1942
Service No: 1175877
Son of Ernest Edmund and Ivy Norah Symes, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 94.
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
SYMIS, HAROLD UTRICK
United Kingdom
Private The Queen's Royal Regt (West Surrey) 1/5th Bn.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 17/01/1945
Service No: 14750015
Son of Ernest Henry and Gladys Symis, of Newton Abbott, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. G. 5.
Cemetery: NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY
TAPP, WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Lance Corporal Royal Engineers
Date of Death: 10/05/1941
Service No: 1941836
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 2845.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
THORNING, JOYCE JEANNETTE
United Kingdom
Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Women's Aux. Air Force
Age: 28
Date of Death: 01/11/1942
Service No: 2071354
Daughter of Ernest and Florence Thorning, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N.
Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
WALTER, ALEC
United Kingdom
Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 27
Date of Death: 26/12/1942
Service No: 1155861
Son of Fred and Elizabeth Walter, of Widecombe-in-the-Moor; husband
of Lillian Bessie Walter, of Newton Abbot.
Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR (ST. PANCRAS)
CHURCHYARD
WATTS E.J. CIVILIAN
WEEKS, HAROLD WILLIAM
United Kingdom
Corporal Royal Army Service Corps 18 Div. Transport Coy.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 06/09/1943
Service No: S/93247
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Weeks; husband of Ethel Gwendolene Weeks,
of Gloucester.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: B1. E. 12.
Cemetery: THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
WEST, STANLEY
United Kingdom
Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 11/06/1944
Service No: 5186439
Son of George Thomas West and Mary West; husband of Betty West, of
Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. A. 8.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
WESTAWAY, ERNEST EDWARD
United Kingdom
Petty Officer Royal Navy H.M.S. Orion
Age: 36
Date of Death: 26/04/1941
Service No: D/J 100436
Son of Ernest Edward and Clara Westaway; husband of Daisy Lilian Westaway,
of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 45, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WHITE, FRANK ASHTON
United Kingdom
Captain Air Transport Auxiliary
Age: 35
Date of Death: 07/08/1944
Son of Frank and Elsie Mary White, of Newton Abbot; husband of Dieudonnee
White (nee Vallance), of Bristol.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Grave 1690.
Cemetery: NEWTON ABBOT CEMETERY
WHITE, SYDNEY CHARLES
United Kingdom
Gunner (T) Royal Navy H.M.S. Maori
Age: 31
Date of Death: 12/02/1942
Son of Richard Frederick and Bella White; husband of Kathleen C. P.
White, of Torquay, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 63, Column 1.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WHITEHORN, WILLIAM ARTHUR
United Kingdom
Civilian Civilian War Dead
Age: 66
Date of Death: 25/04/1942
of 28 Torquay Road, Wolborough. Died at 28 Torquay Road.
Civilian War Dead Civilian Roll of Honour Section URBAN DISTRICT OF
NEWTON ABBOT
WHITEWAY-WILKINSON, REGINALD DENIS
United Kingdom
Lieutenant Royal Navy H.M. Submarine P.33.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/08/1941
Awards: DSC
Son of Reginald Hampton Whiteway-Wilkinson and Margaret Emily Whiteway-Wilkinson,
of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 45, Column 2.
Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WILLS, HYLDA BEATRICE
United Kingdom
Sister Territorial Army Nursing Service
Age: 28
Date of Death: 02/04/1944
Service No: 215778
Daughter of Joseph Henry and Kate Bodenham Wills.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. B. 12.
Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
WINSER, SAMUEL ALBERT GEORGE
United Kingdom
Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Courageous.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 17/09/1939
Service No: PLY/X 15608
Son of George Samuel and Emma Winser; husband of Florence Amelia Winser,
of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 35, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WOOD, ARTHUR
United Kingdom
Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy H.M.L.S.T. 420
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/11/1944
Service No: D/KX 161006
Son of Sto. 1st Cl. Charles Wood, R.N., and of Bessie Wood, of Newton
Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 90, Column 2.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WOOD, CHARLES
United Kingdom
Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Gurageous
Age: 42
Date of Death: 17/09/1939
Service No: D/K 23902
Husband of Bessie Wood, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 34, Column 3.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
WOOLLCOMBE, GEOFFREY HARLEY DOUGLAS
Indian Lieutenant Colonel 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The
Sirmoor Rifles) Age: 43
Date of Death: 28/02/1942
Service No: 75/IA
Son of Gerald Douglas and Mary Edith Violet Woollcombe, of Newton Abbot,
Devon. Also served in the 1914-18 War.
Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 321.
Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Last Updates 28 May 2004