Great War 1914 - 1918
These are the 38 men who lost their lives in the First World
War, all from the Parish of Sandford in Devon.
They are honoured and remembered in Sandford's Roll of Honour.
| Surname |
Name |
Regiment No. |
Rank |
Ship or Regiment |
Date of Death |
Place of Death |
Honours |
| ACRES |
George |
13379 |
Private |
2nd Devons |
25 Sep 1915 |
Battle of Loos |
|
| BALL |
George |
9762 |
Private |
Devons |
22 Feb 1915 |
|
|
| BALL |
Robert |
7798 |
Private |
Devons |
|
|
D.C.M. |
| BALL |
Emanuel |
|
Seaman |
H.M.N |
|
|
|
| BOWDON |
Horace |
1548 |
Staff Sergt 'Farrier' |
1/1 Devon Battery R.F.A. |
24 Sep 1916 |
Barrackpors India |
|
| BOWDEN |
John |
2181 |
Lance Corpl |
1st Devon Yeomanny |
3 Dec 1917 |
Palestine |
|
| BUTT |
Samuel S. W. V. |
17013 |
Private |
no 1 Deal Battn R.M.L.I. |
24 Mar 1917 |
France |
|
| CHERITON |
Frederick |
18801 |
Private |
9th Devons |
4 Sep 1916 |
France |
|
| CONYBEAR |
Charles John |
31285 |
Private |
4th Devons Reserves |
20 Feb 1917 |
Military Hospital Bournemouth |
|
| CRISPIN |
Dennis Wm. Fred |
2571 |
Lance Corpl |
1/6 Devon Regt |
8 Mar 1916 |
Mesopotamia |
|
| DARCH |
Frederick |
394253 |
Private |
Labour Corps |
4 Oct 1918 |
Salonica (in hospital) |
|
| DENSEM |
John |
24/736 |
Lieut |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
26 Aug 1918 |
Bapaume, France |
D.C.M. |
| DISCOMBE |
Fredk. J. |
10716 |
Private |
1st Batt: Kings - Royal Rifles |
28 Feb 1918 |
France in hospital |
|
| DREW |
Frederick |
8269 |
Private |
Devons |
1 Jul 1916 |
France |
|
| EASTERBROOK |
Ernest John |
12026 |
Private |
10th Batt A Compy Devons |
9 Oct 1917 |
Salonica |
|
| FERGUSON-DAVIE |
Arthur Francis |
|
Lieut Col |
51st Sikhs. F.F. |
12 Apr 1916 |
Mesopotamia |
C.I.E. D.S.O |
| FERGUSON-DAVIE |
Herbert Geo. |
|
2nd Lieut |
Portsmouth Battn R.M.L.I. |
1 May 1915 |
Gallipoli |
|
| FREEMANTLE |
Frank Floyde |
27317 |
Private |
2nd Hampshire |
Missing
23 Apr 1917 |
France |
|
| FROST |
Fred |
527279 |
Private |
Labour Corps |
24 Mar 1919 |
Home, Preston Bridge, Sandford |
|
| FROST |
James |
1744 |
La Corpl |
K.R.R. A Compy 10th Battn |
9 May 1917 |
France |
M.M. |
| FULTON |
Thomas |
mess 15 |
Leading Seaman |
HMS Collingwood |
17 Sep 1917 |
England |
|
| GARNSWORTHY |
Wilfred Jno. |
718152 |
Private |
23rd London |
5 Apr 1918 |
France |
|
| HARRIS |
Sidney |
28284 |
Private |
Grenedier Guards 4th Battn |
12 Apr 1918 |
Arras, Belguim |
|
| HEAL |
Herbert |
30286 |
Private |
4th Devons |
26 Feb 1917 |
Bournemouth, England |
|
| KELLY |
J. Martin |
2387 345171 |
Private |
1st Devon Yeomanny attached to 16th Devons |
2 Sep 1918 |
Moislains, France |
|
| LEACH |
William Herbert |
T/4 044478 |
Private |
Royal Army Service Corps |
18 Jul 1918 |
Rocks Court, Sandford |
|
| MAY |
Thomas H. |
9734 |
Sergt |
2nd Devons |
1 Jul 1916 |
France |
M.M. |
| NANCEKIRVILL |
William Geo. |
|
Corpl |
1st Devon Yeomanny attached to 16th Devons |
2 Sep 1918 |
? Molines
(? is written with this entry) |
|
| NORRISH |
Tom Theodore |
|
2nd Lieut |
Devons |
13 Sep 1916 |
Leuge Wood, Belgium |
|
| NORTHCOTT |
James |
10566 |
Private |
8th Devonshire Regt |
Presumed Killed 25 Sep 1915 |
France |
|
| PARTRIDGE |
Percy John |
44397 |
Private |
12th Gloucester |
25 Aug 1918 |
France |
|
| SHAPLAND |
Charles Henry |
860733 |
Corpl |
(1st Devons after__) London Regt |
26 Jan 1919 |
Exeter Hospital |
|
| SMALE |
Leonard John |
20029 |
Acting Sergt |
3rd West Yorks |
14 Sep 1916 |
France |
|
| STEER |
Albert E. |
10626 |
Private |
8th Battn Devonshire Regt. |
4 Jul 1916 |
France |
|
| TREMLETT |
Henry |
34593 2182 |
Acting Lance Corpl |
1st Royal Devon Yeomanny attached to 16th Devons |
22 Sep 1915 |
In ambulance train going from Peromnes to Rouen |
|
| VODDEN |
Henry |
|
|
Devons |
|
Albert, France |
|
| WARREN |
William Hy. |
865Y |
Private |
1st Devons |
26 Sep 1914 |
Vailly, France |
|
| WARREN |
Richard |
8720 |
Private |
2nd Devons |
12 Mar 1915 |
Boulonge, France |
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Abbreviations of the Honours and their Meanings
You can find a list of War Medal abbreviations and their
meanings at UK
Medals
Below are the meanings of the Honours that appear in the list
above.
| C.I.E. |
Companion in the most eminent order of the Indian Empire |
| D.C.M. |
Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| D.S.O. |
Distinguished Service Order |
| M.M. |
Military Medal |
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