Morebath: Church of St George (Devon)
War Memorial plaque
The Names:
Pte. A. C. Brice, 1/5th Devons -- Private Andrew Charles Brice (Service No: 53764), 1st/5th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 12 March 1918, aged 38; buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel/Palestine (S. 28.); son of John and Sarah Brice, of Morebath, Devon; husband of Mary Jane Brice, of Holly Cottage, Undy, Magor, Mon.; [in the 1911 Census, Andrew Charles Brice is listed as living at Morrells Cottage, Morebath with his mother (Sarah Brice) and uncle (John Herod), seven siblings and a neice; Andrew was then a 31-year old farm labourer, and (like all of his siblings) was born at Skilgate, Somerset, which is not that far from Morebath]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/651977/BRICE,%20ANDRE...
Pte. C. Brice, Hants -- Possibly: Private Charles Brice (Service No: 28432), 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment; died 4 September 1918; name recorded on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut (Panel 6.); [in the 1911 Census, a Charles Brice is listed as living at Exebridge, Morebath with his parents, William John (a general labourer working in wood manufacture) and Florence Brice, and a younger brother that had been born at Llantrisant; Charles was then 12-years old and at school, having been born at Morebath; his father had been born at Skilgate, suggesting a link with the other members of the Brice family listed on the war memorial]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/874910/BRICE,%20CHARLES
Pte. E. Brice, 7th Somersets -- Private E. Brice (Service No: 204248), 7th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 22 September 1917; buried in Cement House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. C. 3.); [in the 1911 Census, an Ernest Brice is listed as living at Morrells Cottage, Morebath with his mother (Sarah Brice) and uncle (John Herod), seven siblings and a neice; this Ernest was then 12- years old and at school, and (like all of his siblings) was born at Skilgate, Somerset, which is not that far from Morebath; if this is the same person, it would make him the brother of Andrew Charles Brice]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/97405/BRICE,%20E
Pte. G. Chorley, 8th Som. L.I. -- Private George Chorley (Service No: 16918), 1st Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 8 August 1916, aged 22; buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. D. 27.); son of James and Rosina Chorley, of Lodfin Crossing, Morebath, Bampton, Devon: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/159174/CHORLEY,%20GEORGE
Pte. F. Floyd, R.M.L.I. -- Private Frank Floyd (Service No: PLY/14541), Plymouth Bn., Royal Marine Light Infantry, R.N. Div.; died 5 October 1914, aged 28; buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium (Plot IIa, 67.); son of Elizabeth Ann Floyd, of Perry Cottage, Dulverton, Somerset, and the late James Floyd: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2959525/FLOYD,%20FRANK
C.Sgt.M. J. W. Newman, M.M., D.C.M., 2nd Man'crs -- Company Serjeant Major John William Newman (Service No: 9347); awards: DCM; died 1 October 1918, aged 31; name recorded on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France (Panel 9.); husband of Dorothy Myrtle Newman, of 11, Broadhurst Gardens, South Hampstead, London: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1747145/NEWMAN,%20JOH...
Pte. F. Maunder, Australians -- Private Frank Maunder (Service No: 281), 16th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; died 2 May 1915; name recorded on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 55):
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/718173/MAUNDER,%20FRANK
Pte. C. Priddle, 2nd Devons -- Private C. Priddle (Service No: 8570), 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 19 July 1915; buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France (D. 31.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/193370/PRIDDLE,%20C
Pte. R. J. Priddle, 2nd Devons -- Private Robert Priddle (Service No: 8138), 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 31 May 1918; name recorded on the Soissons Memorial:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1759787/PRIDDLE,%20RO...
Pte. G. Reeves, 2nd Devons -- Possibly: Private Gaston Emmanuel Reeves (Service No: 18989), 9th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 6 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 1 C.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1550736/REEVES,%20GAS...
Pte. I. Thorne, 2nd Devons -- Possibly: Private I. Thorne (Service No: 3034), 2nd/4th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 10 August 1915, aged 41; buried in Madras (St. Mary's) Cemetery, Chennai, India (18. 171.); son of Ian and Lucy Thorne: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/909504/THORNE,%20I
Pte D. Wensley, 3rd Worcs. -- Private David Henry Wensley (Service No: 21490), 3rd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment; died 17 October 1916, aged 23; buried in Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France (IV. C. 1.); son of Charles and Emily Wensley, of Hanislade, Oakford Bridge, nr. Bampton, Devon: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/82084/WENSLEY,%20DAVI...
Morebath: Church of St George (Devon)
War Memorial plaque
The Names:
Pte. A. C. Brice, 1/5th Devons -- Private Andrew Charles Brice (Service No: 53764), 1st/5th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 12 March 1918, aged 38; buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel/Palestine (S. 28.); son of John and Sarah Brice, of Morebath, Devon; husband of Mary Jane Brice, of Holly Cottage, Undy, Magor, Mon.; [in the 1911 Census, Andrew Charles Brice is listed as living at Morrells Cottage, Morebath with his mother (Sarah Brice) and uncle (John Herod), seven siblings and a neice; Andrew was then a 31-year old farm labourer, and (like all of his siblings) was born at Skilgate, Somerset, which is not that far from Morebath]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/651977/BRICE,%20ANDRE...
Pte. C. Brice, Hants -- Possibly: Private Charles Brice (Service No: 28432), 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment; died 4 September 1918; name recorded on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut (Panel 6.); [in the 1911 Census, a Charles Brice is listed as living at Exebridge, Morebath with his parents, William John (a general labourer working in wood manufacture) and Florence Brice, and a younger brother that had been born at Llantrisant; Charles was then 12-years old and at school, having been born at Morebath; his father had been born at Skilgate, suggesting a link with the other members of the Brice family listed on the war memorial]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/874910/BRICE,%20CHARLES
Pte. E. Brice, 7th Somersets -- Private E. Brice (Service No: 204248), 7th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 22 September 1917; buried in Cement House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. C. 3.); [in the 1911 Census, an Ernest Brice is listed as living at Morrells Cottage, Morebath with his mother (Sarah Brice) and uncle (John Herod), seven siblings and a neice; this Ernest was then 12- years old and at school, and (like all of his siblings) was born at Skilgate, Somerset, which is not that far from Morebath; if this is the same person, it would make him the brother of Andrew Charles Brice]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/97405/BRICE,%20E
Pte. G. Chorley, 8th Som. L.I. -- Private George Chorley (Service No: 16918), 1st Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 8 August 1916, aged 22; buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. D. 27.); son of James and Rosina Chorley, of Lodfin Crossing, Morebath, Bampton, Devon: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/159174/CHORLEY,%20GEORGE
Pte. F. Floyd, R.M.L.I. -- Private Frank Floyd (Service No: PLY/14541), Plymouth Bn., Royal Marine Light Infantry, R.N. Div.; died 5 October 1914, aged 28; buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium (Plot IIa, 67.); son of Elizabeth Ann Floyd, of Perry Cottage, Dulverton, Somerset, and the late James Floyd: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2959525/FLOYD,%20FRANK
C.Sgt.M. J. W. Newman, M.M., D.C.M., 2nd Man'crs -- Company Serjeant Major John William Newman (Service No: 9347); awards: DCM; died 1 October 1918, aged 31; name recorded on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France (Panel 9.); husband of Dorothy Myrtle Newman, of 11, Broadhurst Gardens, South Hampstead, London: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1747145/NEWMAN,%20JOH...
Pte. F. Maunder, Australians -- Private Frank Maunder (Service No: 281), 16th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; died 2 May 1915; name recorded on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 55):
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/718173/MAUNDER,%20FRANK
Pte. C. Priddle, 2nd Devons -- Private C. Priddle (Service No: 8570), 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 19 July 1915; buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France (D. 31.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/193370/PRIDDLE,%20C
Pte. R. J. Priddle, 2nd Devons -- Private Robert Priddle (Service No: 8138), 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 31 May 1918; name recorded on the Soissons Memorial:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1759787/PRIDDLE,%20RO...
Pte. G. Reeves, 2nd Devons -- Possibly: Private Gaston Emmanuel Reeves (Service No: 18989), 9th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 6 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 1 C.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1550736/REEVES,%20GAS...
Pte. I. Thorne, 2nd Devons -- Possibly: Private I. Thorne (Service No: 3034), 2nd/4th Bn., Devonshire Regiment; died 10 August 1915, aged 41; buried in Madras (St. Mary's) Cemetery, Chennai, India (18. 171.); son of Ian and Lucy Thorne: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/909504/THORNE,%20I
Pte D. Wensley, 3rd Worcs. -- Private David Henry Wensley (Service No: 21490), 3rd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment; died 17 October 1916, aged 23; buried in Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France (IV. C. 1.); son of Charles and Emily Wensley, of Hanislade, Oakford Bridge, nr. Bampton, Devon: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/82084/WENSLEY,%20DAVI...