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STOKE CLIMSLAND WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2005

Researched Aiden Wood

The War Memorial at Stoke Climsland is situated in the heart of the village, opposite Stoke Climsland All Saints Parish Church and facing the main road.

Photograph Copyright © Paula & Dave Gladman 2004

Sacred to the beloved memory of the following Officers NCO’s &
Men who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

1914-1918
BASSETT Alfred
179147, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy – HMS Savage. Born in Stoke Climsland on 5 November 1877, the son of Harry and Eliza Bassett and husband of Isabel (Nee Dingle) Bassett of Lidwell, Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Portsmouth. He died from a perforated Gastric Ulcer on 22 October 1916, aged 39, and is buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery, Grave No Greece.
BULLER Hamilton [Thomas]
781028, Private, 128th (Overseas) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born in Callington on 8 March 1891, the son of Amos Parsons and Elizabeth (Nee Carne) Buller of Sunnyside, Landrake. He enlisted in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada on 2 November 1915, joining the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion. While in France he temporarily served with the 2nd Labour Battalion and 12th Canadian Railway Troops. He was diagnosed with Kyphosis & Lardosis of the back and Scoliosis. He was discharged in England on or about 20 March 1919, possibly suffering from Bronchitis. He died on 13 October 1919, aged 28, and is buried in Stoke Climsland (All Saints) Churchyard Cemetery, and commemorated in the Canadian Book of Remembrance Note: CWGC graves registration form shows 46th Battalion and that he Died of Wounds (Gas).
COLWILL Charlie
308535, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy – HMS Indefatigable. Born in Lezant on 7 May 1883, the son of John and Martha Colwill of Stoke Climsland. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 15.
COLWILL Albert
K/18812 (Dev), Leading Stoker, Royal Navy – HMS Anchusa. Born in Launceston on 15 June 1893, the son of William and Thirza (Nee Venner) Colwill of Higher Downgate, Callington, Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Devonport on 7 April 1913, for 12 years. He was Killed in Action on 16 July 1918, aged 25, when the vessel, a ‘Special Service Ship’, was torpedoed and sank off the North coast of Ireland and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Note: CWGC records show his dob and age as 1889 and 29 respectively.
COOMBE Rundle
108169, Private, C Squadron, , the 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st Canadian Mounted Brigade. Born in Stoke Climsland on 29 April 1892, the son of James Henry and Elizabeth Ann (Nee Rundle) Coumbe of Cartha Martha Farm, Lezant. He enlisted in Edmonton Alta, Canada on 8 February 1914. He was Killed in Action on 1 December 1915, aged 22, and was originally buried near Hill 63 with a chaplain in attendance. His body was later reburied in Berks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Chateau Plots) , Grave No II.D.34, Ploegsteert, Belgium.
CORNISH John [Adams]
542, Serjeant, 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham) the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Born in Callington in 1887, the son of William Henry and Annie (Nee Adams) Cornish of 6 Bowling Green Terrace, Launceston Road, Callington. He enlisted in Brimingham. He was Killed in Action on 27 July 1916, aged 28, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 9A, 9B & 10B, France.
CORNISH Wilfred [Arthur]
67960, Private, 1st Battalion the Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Born in Stoke Climsland in 1881, the older brother of John Adams Cornish (above). He enlisted in Auckland on 10 September 1917, later arriving in France on 8 October 1918. He was Killed in Action on 4 November 1918, aged 37 and is buried in Ruesnes Communal Cemetery, Grave No I.C.3, France and commemorated on the Australian Memorial, London.
CONIBEAR William [Richard]
18966, Driver, D Battery, 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in Barry, Wales in 1897, the son of William Richard and Ellen (Nee Wille) Conibear of Teegoffe Cottage, Linkinhorne, Callington. He enlisted in Launceston. He was Killed in Action on 4 June 1917, aged 20, and is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Grave No IV.G.1, Zillebeke, Belgium and commemorated on the Royal Regiment of Artillery Memorial, London.
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DOIDGE William [Thomas]
K/4259. Leading Stoker, Royal Navy – HMS Indefatigable. Born in Plymouth on 30 June 1888, the son of William and Elizabeth Ann (Nee Densham) Doidge and husband of Dorothy Florence (Nee Ellis) of 39 Kendle Street, Plymouth. He enlisted in Devonport on 21 September 1909, for 12 years. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 aged 28, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 15.
DYMOND William [Henry]
18364, Private, 1st Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Infantry. Born in Queensland, Australia on 21 May 1897, the son of William John and Mary Jane (Nee Stratton) Dymond. He enlisted in Bodmin. He was Killed in Action on 14 April 1915, aged 18. His remains were discovered and buried in Aeroplane Cemetery, Grave No III.B.41,on 2 September 1919.
EDWARDS John
Born in Stoke Climsland in 1891, the son of Philip and Sarah Jane (Nee Philp) Edwards of Penegon, Camborne. He enlisted in Camborne. He died on 16 January 1916, aged 25, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Panel No 20 & 63, Iraq.
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FLOYD Herbert
K/28294 (Dev), Stoker 2nd Class, Royal Navy – HMS Defence. Born in Callington on 14 April 1890, the son of Mary Elizabeth Smeeth (Formerly Floyd) of Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Devonport on 11 October 1915. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, aged 26, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 16.
GRIFFIN Horace [Johns]
MC/318066, Private, MT Repair Depot Battersea, Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport). Born in Stoke Climsland in 1899, the son of Frederick and Laura Dennis (Nee Johns) Griffin of Downgate, Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Bodmin on 7 January 1917, was mobilised on 26 April 1917. He was admitted to No 4 London General Hospital on 17 March 1918, where he was diagnosed with Chronic Bronchitis, being discharged on 11 October 1918. He died on 22 October 1918, aged 19. His grave doesn’t appear to have been identified by the CWGC.
GEAKE [Richard] Bond
34242, Private, 6th (Service) Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Born in Stoke Climsland in 1898, the son of Richard and Rosetta Jane Bond (Nee Rowe) of 3 Stoke Terrace. Kelly Bray. He enlisted in Callington. He was Killed in Action on 17 October 1917, aged 19. His remains were discovered just after the war and were reburied in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Grave No XII.F.13, Nr Ypres, Belgium.
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HARTNELL Henry [James]
557, Serjeant, 18th (Service Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers. Military Medal. Born in Crediton, Devon in 1888, the son of Henry John and Elizabeth (Nee Squire) Hartnell. In 1898 he and his brothers were orphans living in Warminster orphanage. He was Killed in Action on 31 October 1918, aged 30. His remains were discovered and reburied in Vichte Military Cemetery, Grave No V.D.3, Belgium on 9 September 1920. Note: His MM was recorded in the London Gazette, issue 31405, dated 13 June 1919. His brother Stanley George Harnell was living in Kelly Bray, Stoke Climsland C1919.
JANE William
23871, Private, 10th (Service) Battalion (Cornwall Pioneers) the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Born in Stoke Climsland in 1887, the son of John Charles and Selina (Nee Dunstan) Jane and possibly unmarried husband of Emily Lilian Luckington of Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Callington. He was Killed in Action on 16 November 1916, aged 28, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6B, France.
JENKINS S
Believed to be JENKIN, Stanley Herbert. J/22481, Able Seaman, Royal Navy – HMS Defence. Born in 1898 the son of William James and Mary Ann (Nee Vosper) Jenkin of Kelly Bray, Stoke Climsland. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, aged 18 and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 12.
JENKINS P
Believed to be JENKIN, Percy. 17099, Private, 7th (Service) Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Born in Southell in 1894, the brother of Stanley (above). He was Killed in Action on 22 December 1915, aged 21, and is buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Grave No K.16, Bois-Grenier, France.
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JORDAN John [Tredinnick]
107471, Gunner, 238 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Born in Folley, Lezant in 1876, the son of Elias and Elizabeth (Nee Tredinnick) Jordan and husband of Edith (Nee Friend) Jordan then living at Stoke Climsland. He enlisted at Callington on 9 December 1915, mobilized on 22 July 1916, arriving in France on 19 March 1917. He was Killed in Action on 10 September 1917, aged 41, and is buried in Klien-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Grave No III.C.3, Nr Kemmel, Belgium.
JASPER Frank
36436, Private, 1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment. Born in Lezant in 1893, the son of William and Jane Ann (Nee Mayne) Jasper. He enlisted in Launceston. He was Killed in Action on4 March 1917, aged 24, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5C & 6C, France and the Lewannick WM. Note: Medal index Card shows 10th Battalion.
LOBB Nathaniel
5818, Sergeant, Special Section, HQ Special Brigade, Corps of Royal Engineers. Military Medal. Born in Tavistock, Devon in 1879, the son of Nathaniel and Ann Hooper (Nee Reddicliffe) Lobb of Higher Downgate, Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Devonport on 13 June 1900. He died while in No 10 Stationary Hospital, St Omer from Bronchopneumonia on 10 March 1917,aged 38 and is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Grave No IV.B.37, France. Note: MM listed in the London Gazette No 29827, page 11141, dated 14 November 1916.
MURLEY [Thomas] Stanley
45628, Private, 8th (Service) Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. Born in Lynton, Devon in1895, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Kate (Nee Gill) Murley of Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Exeter. He was Killed in Action on 2 April 1917, aged 22 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 4, France.
NEALE [John] Leslie
69778, Private, D Company, 1/5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, (Territorial Force). Born in Lewannick in 1898, the son of John Henry and Eliza Coumbe (Nee Tucker) Neale of Crockett, Callington. He enlisted in Lewannick. He died of disease on 12 December 1918, aged 20, and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Grave No S.IV.D.6, Rouen, France.
PHILP Philip
34782, Private, 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham) the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Born in Tutwell, Stoke Climsland in 1893, the son of John Henry and Emma (Nee Parsons) Philp. He enlisted in Bodmin originally joining the DCLI (Regt No 4985). He was Killed in Action on 5 November 1917, aged 24, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 23 to 28, Nr Ypres, Belgium.
PHILP Edwin
19854, Private, B Company, 2nd Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Born in St Juliott in 1892, the son of George Martin and Elizabeth Ann (Nee Tinney) Philp of Marshgate Street, Boscastle. He enlisted in Launceston. He was Killed in Action on 8 December 1916, aged 24, and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Macedonia, Greece.
ROWLAND Ernest [Henry]
966507, Saddler, 53rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in Poundstock in 1889, the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Nee Mason) Rowland of Treskinnick Cross, and husband of Lily (Nee Wills) Rowland of Netley Bray, Callington. He enlisted in Callington. He died from Malaria and Pneumonia on 28 October 1918, aged and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery, Grave No XXVII.F.5, Israel & Palestine (incl Gaza) and commemorated on the Royal Regiment of Artillery Memorial, London. Note: The register of soldier’s effects 1901-29, and two documents in the pension records show Lily as his widow, but unable to confirm any marriage date.
SERPELL Edwin Charles
Private, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 1887-1916 Edwin was born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall the third son of Samuel Henry SERPELL and Mary JOHNS. He emigrated to Canada and, in 1915, joined the army in Edmonton. He was killed near the village of Courcelette on the Somme on 4th October 1916. He is buried in Courcelette military cemetery, France. He never married.
SANSOM John
45783, Private, A Company, 9th (Service) Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. Born in Devonport in 1894, the son of William and Louisa Jane (Nee Oliver) Sansom of Whiteford House, Stoke Climsland. He received 3 severe gunshot wounds on 8 May 1917, being transferred from No 49 casualty Clearing Station at Bullecourt by No 5, ambulance train eventually to a VAD hospital, London. on or about 14 May 1917. He Died of Wounds on 23 May 1917, aged 23, and is buried in St Germans Church Cemetery.
SMITH Sydney [John]
204545, Private, 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth) the Hampshire Regiment. Born in South Hill in 1884, the son of John and Jane Smith of Kelly Bray, Stoke Climsland. He enlisted in Launceston originally joining the DCLI (Regt No 3916). He was reported ‘missing’, later Killed in Action on 20 September 1917, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 88 – 90, Nr Ypres, Belgium and on his parent’s grave. Note: The dependants pension card shows first name as Sidney.
WILLS Alfred [James]
2nd Lieutenant, 182nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Born in Middlewood, North Hill in 1895, the son of James and Jessie (Nee Kent) Wills of Stoke Climsland and husband of Ethel Annie (Nee Jones) Wills of Middlewood. He was Killed in Action on 18 October 1918, aged 23. His remains were discovered and reburied in Highland Cemetery, Grave No XI.C.4, Le Cateau, France on or about 7 August 1920.
WILLS [Edward] John
240646, Private, 1/5th Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Force). Born in Stoke Climsland in C1893, the son of John and Betsy Ann (Nee Rapson) Dawe (Formerly Wills) of Luckett House, Stoke Climsland. He was wounded on 8 June 1918, and most probably taken prisoner as he died in hospital on 24 October 1918, aged 24 and is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Grave No IV.C.7, Germany. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/902755/edward-john-wills/
WALTERS
Lancelot [John Barrington]

Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Partridge", Royal Navy. Lost when his ship was sunk in action 12 December 1917. Aged 22. Son of the Rev. Charles Barrington Walters and Selina H. P. Walters (nee Massy Beresford), of Sywell Rectory, Northampton. Born 19 January 1895, and baptised 2 February 1895, at Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire. Enlisted in Royal Navy 15 January 1908, midshipman 15 May 1903, 15 May 1915 Acting Sub-Lieutenant, 15 January 1916 ub Lieutenant, 15 July 1917 Acting Lieutenant. Assigned H.M.S. Partidge 8 July 1917, made permanent assignment 4 September 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 24.

Also commemorated in the form of a stained glass window within St Catwgs Church, Cwmcarvan and on Cwmcarvan War Memorial

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
1939-1945
BLACKWELL C L
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COUCH R J
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EVELY Russell george
5444091, Corporal, 2bnd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 2 April 1944. Aged 30. Son of Lewis H. and Hetty Evely, of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall; husband of Kathleen Annie Evely, of Stoke Climsland. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XIX. Row F. Grave 1.
GRIBBLE F
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HITT A
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MOORE J H
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ROWE Allin [Roseveare]
D/KX 82710 Petty Officer Stoker, H.M.S. Stanley, Royal Navy. Died 19 December 1941. Aged 26, Son of Bertram Roseveare Rowe and Ethel Rowe, of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 52, Column 1.
SEARLE Harry [Doidge]
Sergeant 1315569, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21 August 1942. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Searle, of Stoke Climsland. Buried in STOKE CLIMSLAND (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Cornwall. Grave 129.
TUCKER P
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WAYE T A
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