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Reference WMO/192208

Address:

St. Andrew's Churchyard

St. Efride's Road

Torquay

TQ2 5UR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Garden
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A series of wooden crosses, each painted white, carrying the name of the deceased, also the place and date of death. There are also two associated bronze plaques.
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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WARS / AND HAD NO KNOWN GRAVES

L>R . Col 1. > Patrick Lee (16-08-1910)/Buried in Imphal India 10-11-1943, Col 2.> Flying Officer W.J. Jenkins R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve/ Killed over Dortmund 03-02-1945, Cyril E. Morris R.N. Submarine Turbulant / Missing at sea 23-03-1943 || George A. Baker R.N. HMS Corageous / Buried at sea 17-09-1939Col 3 > Geoffrey E. Lang R.A.F. / Buried in France 28-05-1940 || John (Tony) Sergeant R.A. / Buried in France 26-10-1939 || Owen Mitchell Devonshire Regiment / Buried in Eire 02-07-1940 || Norman Henry Absolon / Fleet Air Arm HMS Illustrious Col 4 > Fusiler H.D.P Kelly 1st Batallion Lancashire Fusiliers(Chinditts) / Killed in Burma 04-06-1944 || George Follett Winnipeg Rifles / Buried in France 21-06-1915 || E.M. Migas Army / Buried at Cambras 05-05-1943 || Fredrick Milman 19th Hussars / Ypres France 24-05- 1915 Col 5 > Stanley C. Elson Northumberland Fusiliers / Buried at El Alamein 27-05-1942 ||F.J.H. (Jack) Martin Coldstream Guards / Buried in France 03-08-1944 || Dennis J. Frame 204 Squadron R.A.F / Buried in Trondheim Fiord 21-07-1940 || Edwin Wakeham R.N. HMS Salvia / Killed in Mediterranean 24-12-1944 Col 6 > W.O. A. Dyer R.A.F. / 02-08-1944 || Leonard C.S. Honeywell 1st Devons / Buried Burma 21-03-1945 || John W. Saunders Fleet Air Arm H.M.S. Indefatigable / Buried in the Orkneys 15-08-1944 || Stuart H. Fleet R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Killed over the English Channel 24-08-1942 Col 7 > E. John Manning 9th Battalion Border Regiment / Killed in Burma 07-04-1945 ||P.O. Edward A.C. Shilston R.A.F. / Lost at sea 19-12-19 || Pte H. Tranter 5th Battalion Wilts Regiment / Killed in action NW Europe 10-07-1944 || Robert (Bobby) Farmer R.N. HM Submarine Snapper / Killed at sea 12-02-1941 Col 8 > Brian Thomas Metherill / Killes in Kingston Jamaica 21-06-1960 || F.O. Howard Mappin R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Missing over Krefeld 22-06-1943 || A. Boyd 115 HAA Regiment R.A. / Killed 15-05-1945 || Sub Lieut W. Squires Fleet Air Arm HMS Implacable / the Pacific 09-08-1945 Col 9 > John W. Eastman R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried at Epernon France 03-06-1944 || G.W. Satterly Tank Corps / Buried at El Alamein 30-05-1944 || James Eric Sidnell R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried in Holland 25-05-1944 || Harold H. Wills HMS Courageous / Killed 17-09-1939 Col 10> ERA R.E. Lees R.N. HMS. Whitaker / North Atlantic 01-11-1944 || Ernest A. Westaway 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps / Buried in France 08-10-1918 || John H. Pinsent R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Missing over Munich 07-01-1945 || Charles W.J. Vincent D.S.M R.N. HMS Kite / Buried in Artic Ocean 21-08-1944 Col 11 > Stuart Tricky Coldstream Guards / Buried in North Africa 14-03-1943 || Frederick W. Howes R.N. H.M.S. Sultan / Buried in Banka Straits 14-02-1942 || Lieut Francis Hornbrook R.N. Volunteer Reserve / Buried at sea 07-12-1942 || Percy S. Harvey 1st Devon / Buried Burma || Harry Bastin F.C.S. Royal Scots / Posted missing Belgium 22-04-1918 Col 12 > Lieut.Com. Bertie W. Bluett R.N. HMS Monmouth / Buried at sea 01-11-1914 || Reginald H.J. Scott 1st Devons / Buried in Burma 03-03-1945 || Cyril Harvey R.A / Killed at sea 1~2-10-1942 || Charles H. Street R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried in India 01-06-1945 || Pte Eric R. Creber R.A. Ordanance Corps / Died as Japanese POW / Sarawak Borneo 17-08-1945 Col 13 > W.S. Daw R.N. HM Submarine Narrwhal ?? / Died 01-08-1940 Edward James Clarke R.A. / Buried in Egypt || Royce P. Grimes R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried Calcutta 04-06-1945 || Pte Cyril G. Coombes Army Air Corp Parachute Regiment / Killed in action North Africa 30-11-1942 || Sgt A. Morgan Royal Engineers / Killed in Korea 1953 Col 14 > Bert Badcott R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried in Egypt 14-03-1941 || Douglas H. Perry Royal Corps of Signals / Buried Benghazi 31-10-1942 || Sgt/ Pilot A.F. Conroy Couch R.A.F. Reserve / Missing off Hamburg 31-10-1941 || Philip J. Fisher 32nd A.T. Brigade R.A.C / Killed at sea 14-11-1942 || Bob S. Baddcott Royal Tank Corps / Buried El Alamein 31-08-1942 Col 15> James F. Cooke.A.F. Volunteer Reserve/ Buried in British Columbia 10-11-194? || Lieut. Albert E. Germain 12th Devon Regiment / Killed in NW Europe 11-06-1944 || Charles R. Bush The King’s Regiment /Buried in India 29-07-1944 || Anthony F. Pearce HMS Sultan / Lost at sea Malacca Straits 26-06-1944 || Pte Percy Bickford 2nd / Killed in Belgium 19-05-1940 Col 16 > Frederick Keenor R.N. HMS Glorious / Buried Norway 08.06.1940 || Leonard C. Ewins / Buried in Burma 08.02.1944 || Peter A. Halliwell R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve / Buried near Hamburg 04.04.1945 || William L. Bridgeman Royal Fusiliers / Buried in France 20-09-1917 || Alfred L. Fox Hampshire Regiment / Buried in Alexandria 01-07-1946 Col 17 > Harry F. Kernick 1st East Surrey Regiment / Buried in North Africa 26-02-1943 ||Alfred Manning Devonshire Regiment / Ypres 10-08-1917 || William J.H. Newcombe Royal Marines / Killed on H.M.S. Hermes 09-04-1942 || PO Terrence F. Crudden 31 Squadron R.A.F. / Killed North MysoreIndia 24-07-1942 || Marine Edward E. Scott Royal Marines / Missing at sea from / H.M.S. Charabydis 23-10-1943 Col 18> W. Goodwin B. Shinner London Regiment (Artists Rifles) / Buried in France 02-01-1918 George Patton R.N. HMS Rawalpindi / Buried at sea 23-11-1939 || Stanley G. Frost Devonshire Regiment / Killed at El Alamein 25-10-1942 || William J.H.Douglas Merchant Navy MV Narragansett / Buried at sea 25-03-1942 Col 19 > Sidney P. Brown R.N. HMS Lively / Buried at sea 11-05-1942 || Cyril T. Penny R.N. HMS Gloucester / Lost at sea 22-05-1941 || Frederick T.W. Smith R.N. HMS Dorsetshire / Buried in the Indian Ocean 05-04-1942 (Submitted by John C - Torquay)

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