| Humphrey John Baillie |
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Lieutenant
abt. 1893
02 March 1916
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2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Kut War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of the Rev. William Gordon Baillie and
Mary Harriet Baillie,
of Sutton Mead, Moretonhampstead, Devon.
Born at Newnham-on-Severn, Glos. |
| Frank Ridley Farrer Boileau |
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Colonel
abt. 1868
28 August 1914
46
Royal Engineers
attd. as G. S. O. 1 to 3rd Div. General Staff
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
Son of Col. F. W. Boileau, C.B.,
and Letitia Boileau (nee Bradford),
husband of Mary A. Boileau,
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| Cecil Aubrey Bradford |
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Captain
abt. 1886
24 April 1917
31
Yorkshire Regiment
attd. Nigeria Regiment, W. A. F. F.
Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Second son of the late Lt.-Col. O. J. Bradford,
of Welparke, Lustleigh, S. Devon,
and Mrs. Mary Ann Ellen Bradford,
husband of Mildred Ellen Grace Wyatt-Edgell (formerly Bradford),
of Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton.
Served in the Cameroons. |
| P. G. Brimblecombe |
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Private
72114
31 May 1918
9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Chambrecy British Cemetery, France
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| George Bunclark |
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12006
abt. 1893
10 February 1917
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"D" Coy. 10th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
Doiran Memorial, Greece
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bunclark,
of Lower Coombe, Lustleigh, Devon. |
| James Ernest Hine |
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Private
37456
abt. 1899
24 September 1918
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1st/5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Berlin South-Western Cemetry, Germany
Son of Mrs. E. Hine,
of Kelly Cottage, Lustleigh, Devon,
and the late Mr. James Hine. |
| F. Lake |
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| D. Livingstone |
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| Samuel Maunder |
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16435
abt. 1889
05 June 1915
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"G" Coy. Royal Engineers
Lustleigh (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard
Son of William and Elizabeth Maunder,
of Bowhouse, Wreyland, Lustleigh. |
| Edwin Wilfred Wrayford May |
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Private
3193
abt. 1891
04 July 1916
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"C" Coy. 24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Zouave Valley Cemetery, Souchez, France
Son of Edwin and Louisa May,
of Rudge Farm, Lustleigh, Devon. |
| Richard Francis Newdigate |
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Captain
abt. 1894
04 September 1916
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3rd Bn. Border Regiment
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of the late Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Newdigate, K.C.B., Rifle Brigade,
and Lady Newdigate.
Proceeded to France Dec. 1914,
wounded at Neuve-Chappelle 1915,
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| F. Parker |
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| Stephen Voaden |
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163784
abt. 1882
28 October 1918
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"B" Bty. 156th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Heavitree (St. Michael) Churchyard, Devon, England
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| William James Willman |
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Private
30273
abt. 1879
17 January 1919
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13th Labour Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Lustleigh (John the Baptist) Churchyard
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| W. G. White |
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| C. E. Williams |
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| Henry Wills |
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Private
54315
27 November 1917
13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Lustleigh (John the Baptist) Churchyard
Husband of Mrs. E. J. Wills,
of 45, Edward Rd., Bedford. |
| L. Wright |
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| A. E. Arnold |
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| John Riddler |
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Ordinary Seaman
169197
abt. 1877
12 April 1917
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Vivid"
Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon, England
Husband of Alice Maud Riddler,
of Lone Park, Lustleigh, Devon. |
| H. E. Smith |
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| Frank Charles Bunclark |
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Sergeant (Observer)
657816
abt. 1915
11 November 1942
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61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Lustleigh Church Cemetery
Son of William John and Alice Ellen Bunclark,
of Lustleigh,
husband of C. Bunclark. |
1162032 Flight Sergeant Paul Campbell
1390988 Sergeant Stanley Dennis Gunnell
1312943 Sergeant Ernest Humphries Corbett
657816 Sergeant Frank Charles Bunclark
1268257 Sergeant Cyril Hugh Coakley
1128846 Sergeant Sydney Smith
968521 Sergeant Stanley James Thompson
These airmen were members of the crew of a heavy bomber detailed for an operational mission one night in September, 1942; Flight Sergeant Campbell was captain and first pilot. The allotted task was completed successfully but, whilst on the return flight, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. A shell exploded in the bomb compartment, starting a large fire and setting some flares and distress signals alight. Simultaneously, another shell burst in the nose of the aircraft, shattering the perspex as well as the major portion of the perspex of the pilot's cupola. The resultant rush of air through the aperture swept away all the navigational charts and maps and flung Sergeants Gunnell and Bunclark backwards on to the floor of the aircraft. Both suffered facial burns as did the pilot, the navigator, the wireless operator and the mid-upper gunner. The aircraft became full of smoke and it was attacked by 2 enemy fighters. The pilot could not see his instruments and the aircraft went out of control and fell 2,000 feet before Flight Sergeant Campbell regained control and evaded further attacks by diving and reaching cloud cover. Meanwhile the flames in the fuselage had extended, causing ammunition to explode in all directions. Despite this, Sergeants Corbett, Bunclark and Smith fought their way through the flames to the rear turret to extricate Sergeant Thompson who, despite suffering from a broken leg and being unable to operate his guns, had greatly assisted his captain by reporting the position of the attacking aircraft. Sergeant Coakley, in spite of his injuries, and with amazing skill in the circumstances, established wireless contact with base and continued to obtain bearings throughout the homeward flight. When this country was reached, Flight Sergeant Campbell, who had displayed fine captaincy, resumed the controls and landed the damaged aircraft safely with the undercarriage retracted and without the aid of flaps. Throughout this perilous flight, this gallant crew displayed conduct in keeping with the highest traditions of the Royal Air Force.
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| Gareth Fitzalan Howard Drayson |
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181248
19 September 1944
Royal Army Medical Corps
attd. 10th Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A. A. C.
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Son of Rear-Admiral Edwin Howard Drayson, C. B. E. (Rtd.)
and Hilda Jeannie Drayson,
of Lustleigh, Devon.
M. B. (Edin.). |
| Richard Claude Hancock |
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Wing Commander
24070
22 September 1901
10 June 1941
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Royal Air Force
Lustleigh Church Cemetery
Son of Lt.-Col. Claude Hancock, D. S. O.,
and Henrietta Maria Hancock,
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Monday, 09 June 1941
ARMY CO-OPERATION COMMAND
16 Squadron, RAF (Weston Zoyland, Somerset - 71 Group)
Proctor I P6256 - after visiting Roborough, Devon, crashed and burned out on take-off at 1730. The RAF ground crew passenger survived with minor burns, but the pilot suffered multiple injuries and died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, next day at 1330. He is buried at Lustleigh, Devon.
Pilot: 24070 Wing Commander Richard Claude Hancock, RAF - Age 39.
English-born Hancock lived in New Zealand during the early 1920s, being a member of the New Zealand Air Force (Territorial) 1923-1926. At the time of his death he was officer commanding RAF Barrow Bridge, Coastal Command. It is not known why he was flying an ACC aircraft.
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| Frank Horrell |
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Signalman
2358564
30 March 1945
21 Lt. A. A. Regt., R. A., Sig. Sec.
Royal Corps of Signals
Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
Son of John and Margaret Eliza Horrell,
of Lustleigh, Devon. |
| Edward Wollaston Kitson |
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Captain
abt. 1889
18 February 1944
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Caernarvon Castle"
Highweek (All Saints) Churchyard
Son of Maj. Edward Kitson and Henrietta Alethea Kitson,
of Highweek,
husband of Evelyn Marjorie Kitson,
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| Brian Eric Prentice Laxton |
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Able Seaman
D/SSX 22040
abt. 1920
30 May 1940
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Jaguar"
Lustleigh Church Cemetery
Son of William Prentice Laxton
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| Ranulph Lumgair |
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Captain
126490
abt. 1911
03 March 1943
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Seaforth Highlanders
attd. 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Oued Zarga War Cemetery, Tunisia
Son of David and Jessie Yates Lumgair,
husband of Nancy Fow Lumgair,
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| Hope Baker McLeroth |
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Leading Seaman
P/JX 161132
abt. 1924
23 January 1944
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Glasgow"
Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, Devon, England
Son of Thomas Baker McLeroth,
and of Louisa C. McLeroth,
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| Reginald Crosby Mocock |
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1168876
abt. 1922
17 December 1942
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75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Son of Owen Francis and
Winifred Mary Mocock,
of Headington, Oxford. |
17 December 1942 - Operations. Attack Against Targets At Fallersleben, Germany
Five aircraft were detailed to attack the above target with bombs of 1,000 lb. This was to be a low level flight all the way climbing to 5,000 feet to bomb. Four out of the five aircraft unfortunately failed to return. They were the Squadron Commander, Wing Commander V. Mitchell, D. F. C., captain of Stirling I BF396 who took W/O Bagnall and crew who had only arrived a few days previously. Stirling I, BF400 captained by F/O Jacobson, Stirling 1, BK620 captained by P/O R.E. Williams, and Stirling I, R9247 captained by F/Sgt. Rousseau. The one aircraft to return was captained by P/O McCullough who could not find the target owing to rain and bad visibility, and bombed an alternative. This was an aerodrome, the bombs were seen to explode on the flare path and hangars. A. A. fore was fairly heavy and a few searchlights were seen. The aircraft was twice attacked by fighters but they were driven off on each occasion, on return the aircraft was found to have four holes believed due to combat with one of the fighters. The weather was clear to the target but developed to rain and 7/10th cloud on return. Navigation was good.
Stirling Mk. I R.9247 AA-W:
F/S Henry Edwin Rousseau, RAFVR 1026535 - Pilot
Sgt Mervyn Oliver Clark, RNZAF NZ404895 - Navigator
Sgt. Reginald Crosby Mocock , RAFVR 1168876 - Air Bomber
Sgt. Christopher James Kendall , RNZAF NZ412342 - Wireless Operator
Sgt. William Wilson Morton, RAF 621322 - Flight Engineer
Sgt. John Fellows, RAFVR R.78046 - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. Pullar Henry Welsh Pullar , RNZAF NZ411777 - Rear Gunner
Stirling Mk.I R.9247 AA-W was brought down near Vechta airfield, 30 miles South West of Bremen, Germany, while en route to or from the target. None of the crew survived the crash. All are buried in the Reinberg Cemetery.
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| E. J. Squires |
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Leading Seaman
D/JX 151245
abt. 1920
19 December 1941
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Stanley"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England
Son of Ernest and Jessie Squires,
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