William J Tubb – According to the Abbotskerswell WW1 memorial details of his age of 32 would indicate that he was Born in 1882 in Colchester, Essex, son of William Tubb, an Infantry Soldier from Rothwick, Hampshire & Mary A Tubb from Morice Town, Devon; (In 1881 his Dad was a serving soldier and with his mum they lived in St Botolph Infantry Camp in Colchester, Essex); In 1891 William J Tubb age 9 is living with his Mum in married quarters in Hyde Park Avenue, South Devon Militia Depot, Compton Gifford, Devon; (His elder sister was born in 1880 in Salford Barracks, Manchester, Lancashire and later married a man named Norton); I failed to find William J Tubb in 1901? In 1911 William Joseph Tubb age 29 was a Stone Quarry Labourer living with the Norton family at South Down, Abbotskerswell, Devon; Commemorated on the Abbotskerswell Church memorial plaque; Some confusion as to identity? I have gone with this man - #5036 Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; MIC card for William Tubb shows that he first served in France on 27.08.1914; Awarded the 1914 Star on the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment roll showing that he was KIA on 27.08.1914; Named as William Tubb, #5036, 3rd Battalion for the award of the BW & V Medals on the Devonshire Regiment roll; The Abbotskerswell record has his Death as 28.10.1914 aged 32, but according to CWGC this man W. Tubb, 1st Devons died on 30.11.1914 and is commemorated at Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial; In the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War List, William Tubb, #5036, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died in France and Flanders on 30.10.1914, this also notes that he was born in Colchester and that he enlisted in Plymouth; Some confusion again here? (There is also a William J Tubb, #2026, Private, 1st / 6th Devon Regiment on file but CWGC have him aged 20 when he was KIA on 08.03.1916.

Charles John Symons – Born 03.06.1898 in Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, son of Albert George Symons, a Cabinet Maker from Plymouth and Margaret Ellen Blatchford from Newton Abbot; In 1901 age 2 Charles Symons lived with parents in #4, Hartington Road, Enfield, Middlesex; In 1911 age 12 Charles John Symons, and young brother Henry Peter age 4, were scholars living at St Leonard’s Cottage Home for Boys in Green Hill, St Leonards Terrace, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon; (His father was now a ‘painter’, recorded as ‘single’, and visiting a property in Limehouse, London; His mother, a dressmaker is recorded as bbeing married, was living with her furniture dealer parents at #3, East Street, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon; (The record shows that she has been married for 17 years with 9 kids, only 6 of whom are still living); C J Symons enlisted for WW1 service as #2940, Bugler and then Private, 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First served in Egypt 05.09.1915; Died of Dysentry on 18.10.1915 age 17 after only 43 days overseas; {Strangely, the UK Soldiers Died in the Great War records, show him as Charles John ‘Stoate’, a Drummer with the 5th (POW) Battalion (Teritorials), Devonshire Regiment, having died on 18.10.1915 in Egypt; His #2940 is shown correctly}; Named as #2940, Bugler and awarded the 1914-1915 Star on the Devon roll; Named as Private Chas. John Symons, in 5th Battalion, Devons and awarded the BW & V Medals on the Devonshire roll; Commemorated on the Abbotskerswell WW1 Plaque in the church in Devon; CWGC have him as #2940, Bugler C J Symons, 2nd/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, commemorated in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt; The UK Army Register of Soldier’s Effects has #2940, Bugler Charles John Symons, Devons, having died 17.10.1915 in Egypt, effects being paid, with war gratuity, to his father Albert George Symons in the total sum of £8 pounds, 19 shillings and a penny! (Effects of £5 and 19 shillings, with a paltry £3 war gratuity – the worth of a young man’s life in war! Disgusting)!! There is a Pension Index card for him, which gives his father’s name Albert George Symons of #1, Bridge Cottages, Abbotskerswell, Devon and confirms a Dependant’s Pension Application dated 05.02.1919 being approved for payments of five shillings per week.

Bert (Richard Herbert John) Rowe – Born & baptised 28.03.1897 in Staverton, Devon, son of Richard Holman Rowe, a Miller’s Waggoner and Labourer from Stoke Gabriel, Devon and Elizabeth (Bessie) Bindon Chudleigh from Abbotskerswell; In 1901 age 4, Richard Herbert Rowe lived with parents in West Park Cottages, Staverton, Devon; In 1911 age 14 Herbert John Rowe, a Farm Worker lived with parents in Mount Pleasant Cottage, Abbotskerswell, Devon; Enlisted as #10369, Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First served in France 25.07.1915; Died, Killed in Action 20.07.1916 age 18, and is commemorated in the Thiepval Memorial, Departement de la Somme, Picardie in France and also on Abbotskerswell Church Plaque in Devon; MIC card has his name as #10369, Private Bert Rowe; Awarded BW & V Medals on Devon roll; Awarded the 1915 Star on Devonshire Roll; No Pension Index Card on file; (His brother #Z/2819 (Bristol), Ordinary Seaman, Alfred Rowe, RNVR, serving at the Royal Naval Depot, Crystal Palace died of illness/disease on 22.10.1918 age 18 at the King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London)

Albert William Cornish – Birth registered in 1877 in Bideford, Devon, but I believe that he was born in Kirkhampton, Cornwall, son of an unknown father and single mother Emily Cornish, a General Domestic Servant, from Kirkhampton, Cornwall; In 1881 Albert Cornish age 4 lived with his still unmarried Mum, and an 18 month old sister, all as inmates of Hill Head, Poor Law Workhouse in Stratton, Cornwall; In 1891 age 13 Albert Cornish appears to be working as a Farm Agricultural Labourer at Cross Lanes, Launcells, Cornwall; Albert W Cornish enlisted in the Army on 12.07.1897 and then saw service in the Boer War in South Africa with the Devonshire Regiment from 1899 to 1902; As a Corporal with the 1st Battalion, Devons he was awarded the King’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Belfast and the Defence of Ladysmith; In 1909 Albert William Cornish married a widow Jessie Manning (born 13.11.1881 in Torquay) in Newton Abbot, Devon; (She had previously been married to Reginald Thomas H Hellyer, an Umbrella Maker and Butler from Paignton, but he died in 1902); In 1911 Sergeant Albert Cornish, a married soldier, was billeted in Lucknow Barracks, North Tidworth, Andover, Hants., his wife was in married quarters; During their short marriage Albert & Jessie Cornish had 2 daughters (one born 1910 in Pewsey, Wilts. and the other born in Jersey in 1914), and a son; (Their son Sidney Arthur Cornish was born in Jersey in 1912 and served in WW2, he married twice had one child with his second wife and died in Exeter in 1969); In 1912 Albert William Cornish was serving in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands as a Colour Sergeantt with the 1st Battalion, Devons; Military records show him as #4878, Company Sergeant Major & CQMS (Company Quarter Master Sergeant), 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First served in France on 22.08.1914; Died in Action on 19.09.1914 age 37 in France and is buried in Vailly-sur-Aisne, Departement de l’Aisne, Picardie, France; He is also commemorated on the Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon, WW1 Memorial Plaque in St Mary The Virgin Church; Awarded the 1914 Star, on 1st Bn. Devon roll; Awarded the BW & V medals, Devon roll as a Colour Sergeant on the Devon roll; The Army Register of Soldier’s Effects records that his widow received £24 and 5 shillings from his effects and war gratuity; I believe that his widow and children did receive a pension of around 24 shillings and 6 pence a week up until 1917; (His widow Jessie Cornish remarried to Albert Stoneman in 1924, Newton Abbot, they had one daughter in 1924, Jessie Stoneman lived at Rose Cottages in Abbotskerswell in 1939 and lived until her death in Plymouth in 1969, age 88)

Albert John Leach – Born 02.01.1897 in Lower Shillingford, Exminster, & baptised on 27.01.1901 in Exminster, St Martin, Devon, son of David William Leach, an Agricultural Labourer and Horse Teamster from Hittisleigh, Exeter and Lucy White from North Tawton, Devon; In 1901 Albert John Leach age 4 lived with parents in Lower Shillingford, Exminster, Devon; He was educated in Alphington School; In 1911 Albert John Leach, a Gardener age 14 lived with parents in Lower Shillingford, Alphington, near Exeter, Devon; Albert John Leach was a young Gardener when he enlisted on 15.11.1914 in Teignmouth, Devon as #2649, Private in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and continued to serve as #345254 (renumbering of Territorial Force units on 01.03.1917), a Private, with 16th Royal Devon Yeomanry & Royal North Devon Hussars Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; He served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from 23.09.1915, and later in the Persian Gulf; He was invalided home suffering from enteric and dysentry on 30.11.1915 and was 4 months in hospital in England; Following this he was sent to Egypt, and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from 30.04.1916 until being Killed in Action (KIA) on 03.12.1917 age 20 outside Jerusalem; He was buried and commemorated there in the Jerusalem War Cemetery; His Officer wrote “Your son was one of the best men in his platoon ….. he died most gallantly while in action.” MIC card on record; Awarded the BW & V Medals as #345254, Private, 16th Battalion, on the Devonshire roll and the 1915 Star on the Devonshire Regiment roll as #2649, Private, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry; He is commemorated on the Alphington WW1 Memorial Tablet; The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette reported his death on 21.12.1917; There are Pension Index cards and notes on file indicating that his Mum was awarded a Dependants Pension of 5 shillings per week from 06.06.1918; Address of claimant, his Mum, on 25.09.1930 was Hamlyns Cottage, Lower Shillingford, Alphington, near Exeter, Devon;

Frederick John (Jack) Loram – Born 30.01.1893 in Alphington, Devon, son of Edmund Thomas Loram a Farmer from Alphington and Alice Mary Boon from Ivybridge, Devon; In 1901 Frederick J Loram age 8 lived with parents on Sobey’s Farm, Alphington; In 1911 Frederick John Loram, Farmer’s son working on the farm, age 18, lived with parents on Sobey’s Farm, Alphington, Devon; Frederick J Loram enlisted as #30577, Private with the 1st Battalion the Devonshire Regiment; Died KIA (Killed in Action) on 04.10.1917 age 24 as a Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) in Flanders with 1st Battalion; According to his obituary report in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette on 27.10.1917, Frederick John Loram was fruit growing in Australia prior to the outbreak of WW1 and came home to join up with the forces; He had been at the front for only 10 months when he died; He had been wounded on a previous occasion; His MIC card is on file with basic information only; Awarded the BW & V Medals as Private Fredk. John Loram on Devonshire Regiment roll; The soldiers effects of #30577, Lance Corporal Frederick John Loram, Devonshire Regiment in the sum of £19 pounds and 12 shillings, was paid to his father Edmund Loram on 04.08.1918, followed by his War Gratuity of £9 also paid on 13.11.1919; He is buried and commemorated in the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery in West Flanders, Belgium; His Mum Alice Mary Loram, of #4, Lion Terrace, Alphington Road, Exeter, appears to have claimed a Dependant’s pension at some time; (Grave marker photo attached); {Note: Another son of this family, Herbert George Loram was also severley wounded with a GSW to his knee on 28.04.1917 whilst serving as #2056, Private with the 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in France; He was transferred to the Labour Corps as #529155 and discharged with pension}

William Henry Counter – Born 1882 in Alphington, Devon, son of James Counter an Agricultural Labourer from Drewsteignton, Devon and Betsy (Elizabeth) Radford from Stockley/Newton St Cyres, Devon; In 1891 William Counter age 9 is a scholar living with parents in a Cottage in Alphington, Devon; In 1901 William Counter a Mason’s Labourer age 19 lived with parents in Edmunds Cottage, Alphington; In 1911 William Henry Counter, a General Servant (Lamp Man) age 29 worked and lived in the Devon County School, West Buckland, South Molton, Devon, he also played in the forwards for the newly formed Barnstaple Rugby Club and also for Devon County; He was a West Buckland cricketer too; William H Counter enlisted in Barnstaple for service as #4087, Private 4th (Reserve Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; The North Devon Journal of 24.08.1916 reported that Private W H Counter (3/6th Devons) of West Buckland, who formerly played for Barnstaple Rugby Club had been appointed Lance Corporal; At the time of his death he was a Lance Corporal (acting Corporal); William Henry Counter Died at Rattery, South Devon on home service on 28.10.1916 age 34, and is buried in the extension cemetery of Alphington (St Michael’s) Church; The North Devon Journal of 02.11.1916 reported the ‘Sad Death of Former West Buckland Valet’ W H Counter; At an inquest at Rattery the Coroner inquired as to the circumstances attending the death of Lance Corporal W H Counter who was found dead on the railway; His family considered his death was due to an accident as there was no reason why he should have taken his own life; On the day previous to his death he was given leave to go to Plymouth; He was recorded as a very valuable NCO, seemed a steady man, and his conduct was good; His brother produced a postcard from London that William had sent to his sister, date marked on the Saturday, saying he was quite well; The railway signalman at Rattery said that the midnight train from Paddington had stopped there on that morning to take off an engine; He spotted a corridor door was open and sent a message to Brent to stop the express train; there was nobody around to have seen if Counter had alighted from the train; Nobody could confirm that W H Counter had been on the train and the soldier’s hat was not found at the scene or on the train; W H Counter suffered a crushed skull and a lacerated brain and death would have been instantaneous; There was no evidence of suicide and the jury found that death was due to a fractured skull, caused by being crushed by a railway train; It was considered probable that Counter might have tried to have gone between the carriages? His personal effects and War Gratuity, amounting to £6 pounds 6 shillings and 8 pence were paid to his father James Counter between 24.03.1917 and 03.12.1919; (See CWGC record attached.

Samuel Mitchell – Born 16.05.1885 in Hennock, Devon, (baptised 20.06.1886 Alphington), son of Richard Mitchell, a Tanners Labourer from (Holcombe Burnell) Alphington and Elizabeth Alma Lovell from Christow, Devon; In 1891 Samuel Mitchell, a Scholar age 5 lived with parents in Red Lion Cottages, Alphington, Devon; In 1901 Samuel Mitchell, a Mason’s Labourer age 16 lived with parents in Skinners, Alphington; In 1911 Samuel Mitchell, a Tannery Yard Stoker age 26 lived with parents in Sobey’s Cottages, Alphington, near Exeter, Devon; Samuel Mitchell enlisted as #2413, Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, & was renumbered, after his death, in 1917 to #200747, Private with 4th Battalion for the medals roll records; MIC card on file indicates that he first embarked in the Asiatic (5) theatre of war on 25.05.1915; The 1/4th Battalion were stationed in the Sinn area in Mesopotamia during September 1916 and although there was little direct fighting the enemy were quite actively shelling our troops; War Diary noted that on the 29th the Devons provided 18 men for erection of wire entanglements, 3 OR’s were admitted to hospital, no mention of deaths; However, Private S Mitchell sadly died on 29.09.1916 age 31 and is buried, honoured in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, CWGC have him as #2413, Private S Mitchell with 1st/4th Devonshire Regiment; (According to the record his body was exhumed from Adana Cemetery, Asia Minor); He is also commemorated on the Alphington Memorial Tablet; Awarded the 1915 Star as #2413, Private Samuel Mitchell on Devonshire roll, and awarded the BW & V medals as #200747 on the Devonshire Regiment roll; There is a Pension Index Card for this man with his mother’s address shown as Exe View Cottage, Alphington, Devon, but no other information; (Brother of #5390 Private William Henry Mitchellwho also died in WW1 on 30.10.1914 with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment age 32, 

William Henry West – Born 23.02.1895 and baptised 28.02.1897 in Alphington, Devon, son of William West, a Tannery Yard General Labourer from Ashton, Devon and Bessie Sercombe from Christow, Devon; In 1901 William H West age 6 lived with parents in Sexton Cottage, Alphington; In 1911 William Henry West, a Domestic Gardener age 16 lived with parents in #6, Scanes Cottage, Alphington, Devon; William H West enlisted in December 1915 as #16602, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; MIC card on file with very little information; Died of Wounds on 25.09.1918 age 23; According to the 1st Battalion’s War Diary for 24th September 1918, they were being heavily shelled before daybreak; The enemy approached their trenches with patrols, with considerable air activity and hostile shelling for most of the day; The enemy was very active through the night too, harassing the area; The Battalion lost 5 other ranks on this day; William H West was awarded the BW & V Medals only, named on the Devonshire roll; CWGC have him recorded as W H West, commemorated in Grevillers British Cemetery, France (certificate attached below); Also remembered on the Alphington Memorial Plaque; (His brother Michael Leonard West, born in Alphington 23.01.1897, served as #J 28127, Boy 1stClass in the Royal Navy also died in WW1 when his ship HMS Viknov, an armed merchant cruiser, sank off Donegal, Ireland, on 13.01.1915 for no apparent reason)

Albert Conway – Born 1897 and baptised 11.07.1897 in Whimple, Devon, son of Charles (Charlie) Conway, a Farm Labourer from Broadclyst, Devon and Emily Wills from Dunsford, Devon; (His Dad appears to have enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1885 as #RA/46535 and also have served in South Africa; He was awarded a Royal Hospital Chelsea pension); In the 1901 Census his Dad was in South Africa (obviously serving in the Boer War, and Albert Conway age 3 lived with his Mum on the Green in Whimple, Devon; In 1911 Albert Conway a Yard Boy age 13 lived with parents in Stevens Cottages, Exminster, Devon; Albert Conway enlisted as #16347, Private, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; MIC card is on file, indicates first disembarked in France on 31.12.1915; Sadly he Died on 01.08.1917 age 19; He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium; Awarded the BW & V Medals on the Devonshire roll; Awarded the 1915 Star on the Devon roll; (Noted from the Trench Diary that there was no actual fighting taking place on the 21.09.1917, however, the battalion had moved into front line trenches in the Ploegsteert Sector, replacing the 2nd West Yorks Regt. on 12.09.1917; ‘B’ Company deployed on the right, ‘D’ Company on the left, ‘C’ Company in Support and ‘A’ Company in Reserve; The Battalion remained in this position until being relieved by the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment in the evening of 18.09.1917 and returning to billets in Le Rossignol; One can only assume that Albert Conway was possibly wounded between the 12th and the 18th September, dying on 21.09.1917)? The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette of 21.09.1917 reported the death of this soldier in France; His obituary was reported in the newpaper – “Duty called him, and he was there. To do his bit and take his share. His heart was good, his spirits brave, his resting place a hero’s grave.” In 1917 his parents lived at #9, Cross View, Alphington, Exeter, Devon;

Frederick Henry (Angell) Buckingham – Born 1886 & baptised 26.10.1891 in Honiton, Devon, son of (Fred) Frederick Angell Buckingham, a Timber Merchant & Sawmill Engineer from Hailey, Oxfordshire and Maud Dolling from Colyford, Colyton, Devon; In 1891 Frederick Buckingham age 5 lived with parents in Littletown, Honiton, Devon; In 1901 Fred Buckingham age 15 lived with parents in Little Town Cottage, Honiton, Devon; In 1911 Fred Buckingham, a Brickyard Labourer age 25 was a boarder at #25, Merthyr Road, Hirwaun, Penderyn, Glamorgan; Enlisted for WW1 service as #10174, Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; He first disembarked in France on 25.07.1915; Reported Missing, presumed died in action on 25.09.1915, age 29, at Loos in France, during the fighting at Vermelles, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial at Dud Corner Cemetery; (There is a good description of this day’s battle contained in the 8th Battalion’s Trench Diary); MIC card on file indicates award of the 1915 Star and the BW & V medals on the Devonshire rolls; His personal effects were paid to his Mum along with the War Gratuity of £5 pounds 14 shillings and 4 pence on 1919; His probate record has him named as Frederick Angell Buckingham; There is a Dependant’s Pension Index record card which shows that his widowed Mum, Maud Buckingham, a District Nurse, of #2, Scames Terrace, Alphington, Devon, was awarded some pension in 1923 and 1924

William Henry Daniel – Born 18.06.1894 in Broom Hill, Parkham, Bideford, Devon, son of William Henry Daniel, an Agricultural Labourer from Putford, Devon and Frances Glover Dean from Parkham, (1 of 10 children); In 1901 William H Daniel, a Scholar age 7 lived with parents Broad Parkham, Parkham, Devon; In 1911 William Henry Daniel, a Farm Waggoner age 17 lived and worked at #8, Gilscott, Alwington, Fairy Cross, Devon; William Henry Daniel enlisted as #16797 (also recorded as #15797), Private, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and who first served in France on 15.12.1915; Awarded the 1914-1915 Star only, on the Devonshire Regiment roll; Sadly he died between 26.05 and 31.05.1918 age 24 around Bligny Hill, Reims la Brulee and is buried / commemorated at Soissons Memorial in France; He is also remembered on the Alwington War Memorial in Devon, England; At the time of his death his Father lived at Hole Cottage, Fairy Cross, Alwington, Bideford, Devon and there is a Dependant’s Pension Index Card for #15797 Private William Henry Daniel on file, but no payment award records; His effects of £33 pounds 9 shillings and 3 pence was paid to his father on 10.11.1919, including a War Gratuity of £18 pounds and 10 shillings

Tristram James Pine-Coffin – Born 04.08.1885 & baptised 27.09.1885 in Alwington, Devon, son of John Richard Pine-Coffin a Gentleman and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon from Alwington and Matilda Speke from Chard, Somerset; (Parents address was Kenwith Castle, Bideford, Devon and widowed Mum’s address in 1919 was Portledge Mansion, Fairy Cross, Devon); (This family have been associated with the county of Devon since the days of the Magna Carta); In 1891 Tristram J Pine-Coffin age 5 lived with widowed Mum in Portledge Mansion, Alwington; In 1901 Tristram J Coffin age 15 was a boarding student at Haileybury College, Highfield House, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire; In 1908, Hart’s Annual Army List records that Lieutenant Tristram Jas. Pine- Coffin was serving with the 4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (formerly the 1st Devon Militia) since 01.02.1904; Not found in 1911 Census? In 1912 Tristram James Pine-coffin married Ethel Fearon and resided in Rhodesia, however his wife died there in 1914; He re-joined his regiment in December 1914 and served in WW1 as a Second Lieutenant and as Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, attached to the Intelligence Corps; First embarked in France on 01.05.1915; It was reported in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette on 23.06.1915 that he had experienced a very narrow escape at the Front when a bullet, which had already passed through the head of another man, hit him in the chest, but with the bullet being partially spent, the wound it caused was not a serious one; Lieutenant Tristram James Pine-Coffin married Sybil Mary Ann Plowden on 22.06.1915 in Thame, Buckinghamshire, (she was the daughter of a Major General, and born on 01.08.1887 in Bangalore, India), On 17.09.1917 Tristram James Pine-Coffin age 34, a Second Lieutenant was initiated as a Freemason into the Sir John Hawkins Lodge, Plymouth; Sadly he was KIA (Killed in Action) on 23.09.1919 age 33 in Murmansk Oblast, Russia whilst assisting in the withdrawal of our troops from there; Named as Lieutenant on the 1915 Star roll and on the BW & V Medals roll for Devon Regiment, medals issued 10.03.1922; He is recorded as the husband of Sybil Mary A Pine-Coffin, address #14, Cousin Grove, Southsea, Hampshire; His widow applied for his 1915 Star on 06.02.1922, medals were sent to #14, Cousin Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants; MIC card shows a permanent address of Harlesford House, Tetsworth, Oxen, Oxfordshire; His effects were paid to his widow on 28.05,1920 and also on 05.10.1925; His Probate record gives his address as Kenwith Castle, Abbotsham, Devonshire; He is Commemorated in the Archangel Memorial, Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation (North) and also on the Alwington, war memorial in Devon; There is a personal commemoration tablet in the church at Alwington (which includes details of his first wife Ethel Pine-Coffin who died at Portledge, Melsetter, Rhodesia on 02.02.1914 and is buried in Zimbabwe); I understand that his second wife Sybil Mary Ann Pine-coffin died 10.12.1960 in Midhurst, Sussex age 73; (Note: He was the Brother of Major John Edward Pine-Coffin, DSO, of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (served in the South African War) who died 22.08.1919 age 52 {born 22.08.1866} and is buried in Alwington St Andrew Churchyard)

William Beer – Born 1886 in Thornworthy, Lynton, Devon, son of William Beer, a Farm Labourer from Clovelly, Devon and Tryphena Dell from Woolfardisworthy, Devon; (Parents address was Thornery, Clovelly, Devon); In 1891 William Beer, a scholar age 6(?) lived with parents in Thornworthy Cottage, Clovelly, Devon; In 1901 William Beer, a Farm Horse Carter age 16 (?) lived in Burnstone Cottage, Clovelly, Devon; William Beer married Ellen Maud Jeffery on 28.03.1906 in Bideford and lived in Bucks Cross, Bideford, Devon; In 1911 William Beer age 23(?) a Trapper and wife Nellie Beer age 24 lived in Arnolds Cottage, Woolsey, Bucks Cross, Devon with 3 children, (they have been married 5 years with 3 kids); (Something doesn’t feel quite right with William and Ellen’s ages but the census identity is correct)? William Beer, a Full-time Gardener at Woolsery Vicarage, enlisted in Bucks Cross as #25046, Private, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Sadly he died, KIA (Killed in Action) from shell wounds, on 07.05.1917 age 30; (The first Devon soldier to be killed from Woolsery); According to the 9th Battalion's War Diary for that day they were in readiness for an attack at the railway embankment SE of Bullecourt in conjunction with the 2nd Gordons; Unfortunately there were 22 men killed, 7 missing and over 94 wounded following this attack; His MIC card is on file with very little information; Awarded the BW & V Medals only, named on the Devon roll; Commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France and also on the Alwington War Memorial in Devon; His widow’s address was Back Street, Woolsery, Bucks Cross, Devon; There are three index cards for Widows / Dependant's Pension record on file and she was awarded 31 shillings and 3 pence per week from 26.11.1917 for herself and 5 kids (2 were under another family member's guardianship)

James Curtis – Born 1886 in Appledore, son of Francis (Frank) Curtis, a Mariner from Appledore and Elizabeth Eccleston from Appledore, who married in Plymouth in 1887; In 1891 James Curtis age 4 lived with parents at #3, Church Fields, Northam, Devon; In 1901 James Curtis, a Shipwright age 15 lived with parents in #3, Church Fields, Northam; Not found in 1911?; James Curtis enlisted as #8572, Private, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and first embarked in France on 05.11.1914 with around 30 Officers and 983 other ranks from Southampton to Le Havre; Died three months later on 20.02.1915 age 28 and is honoured, remembered in the Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery in France; He is also remembered on the Appledore War Memorials in Devon; The Trench Diary for the 2nd Battalion, Devons records that Private Curtis of ‘A’ Company had suffocated in his sleep from the fumes of a coke fire; The battalion held a church parade and funeral for him in the trenches at Pont Rirchon; MIC Card on file; Awarded the 1914 Star and the BW & V medals on the Devonshire roll

William Arthur Cork – Born 1893 in Northam and baptised 14.04.1893 in Appledore, Devon, son of George Henry Cork, a Farmer from Northam and Lucy Tucker from Northam; In 1901 William A Cork age 8 lived with parents on Watertown Farm, Northam; In 1911 William A Cork age 18, working on the family farm, lived with parents on Watertown Farm, Northam, Devon; In 1917 his parents still lived at Watertown Farm, Northam, Devon; Enlisted with his brother as #2410, Private, in the Royal North Devon Hussars; Served as #19311 Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment, MIC card on file with little information; Awarded the BW & V medals on the Dorset Regiment roll; Died, killed in action (KIA), with the Dorset Regiment on 11.01.1917 age 24 at Beaumont Hamel and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France and is honoured on the Appledore War Memorial in Devon, England; He is also named on the Cork family gravestone in Appledore St Mary’s Churchyard; W A Cork of the Royal North Devon Yeomanry (Hussars) is remembered also on the Bideford Working Mens Conservatice Club War Memorials Register

Thomas Edward Cork – Born 21.11.1894 in Northam and baptised 14.12.1894 in Appledore, Devon, son of George Henry Cork, a Farmer from Northam and Lucy Tucker from Northam; In 1901 Thomas E Cork age 6 lived with parents on Watertown Farm, Northam; In 1911 Thomas E Cork age 16, working on the family farm lived with parents on Watertown Farm, Northam, Devon; Enlisted with his brother as #2411, Private in the Royal North Devon Hussars, re-numbered in 1917 as #345743, Private, 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; He first embarked in Gallipoli/Balkans on 23.09.1915, serving in Palestine; Later transferred as #549475, Labour Corps; MIC card on file; He returned from active service in Palestine and died on 19.03.1919 in the War Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire age 24; He is buried in Appledore St Mary’s Churchyard; He is named on the Cork family gravestone in Appledore, St Mary’s Churchyard; He is honoured on the Appledore War Memorial in Devon, England; Awarded the BW & V Medals and the 1914-1915 Star on the Labour Corps rolls; In 1919 his personal effects of £31 pounds and 13 shillings, including the £25 War Gratuity were paid to his father in Northam, Devon; (His brother William Cork also died in WW1,