World War One 1914 – 18
BROWNING, Herbert John
2nd South African Rifles 491
Died 1/05/1918 Age 45
Mangochi Town Cemetery, Malawi. Contains 60 war graves
Son of John and Louisa Browning, Pensilva
b –June ’73, Liskeard
BUCKINGHAM, William Charles
Gunner Royal Field Artillery 337th Bde, Ammunition Col. 128288
Died 5/11/1918
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Contains 4,450 war dead
b – Mar ’85, Liskeard
Enlisted Liskeard
CROCKER, Charles
Private, Yorkshire Regiment 3533
Died 30/10/1914 Age 25
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Commemorates 54,000 soldiers who have no known grave.
Son of Mrs Ellen Beer of West Warlinton, Crediton, Devon 1901 living at Great Leys, St Ive Keason, born Templeton Devon
(m – Rose Hocking March 1913)
DAVY, Frederick Percival
Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Div. Ammunition Col. 86520
Died 22/03/1918 Age 30
Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras Contains 2,650 war dead.
Son of Emma Davy, of Turran Terrace, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, and the late Henry Davy.
b – Dec. ’87, Liskeard
DONEY, John Garfield
Private London Regiment 1ST/7th Bat 6390
Died 15/09/1916 Killed in action Age 21
Son of William and Martha Doney, of Wagmuggle, South Hill, Callington, Cornwall.
b – June ’95, Liskeard (South Hill)
Enlisted Liskeard
Formerly 24375, 9th D.C.L.I.
DREW, Samuel
Private Somerset Light Infantry 6TH Bat 32389
Died 29/01/1917 Died of wounds Age 38
Son of William and Elizabeth Drew, of Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall; husband of Kate Drew, of "The Laurels," Bow St., Langport, Somerset.
b – June ’78, Liskeard
m – Kate Evans 1904, Langport
Enlisted at Castle Carey, Somerset
Formerly 27580, Devonshire Regiment
GREGORY, Ernest
Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 41st Batt. 177
Died 4/10/1917 Age 30
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. Contains 1,500 who mainly died of their wounds.
Son of George and Christiana Gregory, of Venn Farm, St. Ives, Liskeard, Cornwall, England.
b- June’87, Liskeard
HOSKING, Herbert Henry
Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 142nd Siege Bty 95371
Died 9/04/1917 Died of wounds Age 36
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas De Calais, France Contains 750 war graves.
Son of William and Maria Hosking, of Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall.
b - Dec.’80, Liskeard
Enlisted at Liskeard
HOSKIN, Emmanuel John
Petty Officer Stoker HMS Monmouth 300936
Died 1/11/1914 Age 30
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Husband of S. M. Hoskin, of Church St. North, Liskeard, Cornwall.
Notified widow Sylvia Hoskin, Middle Hill, Pensilva
Sunk at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile.
b – 26/12/1883, Liskeard (North Woolston, St. Ive) m - Mar ’06, Liskeard, to Silvia May
HORNABROOK, Richard Kelly
Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment, 7th Bn. 21142
Died 30/11/1917 Killed in action 22
Son of William James and Emily Hornabrook, of Alfred Rd., Farnham, Surrey.
b - Dec. ’94, Lambeth
1911 census, living at Keason St. Ive, a scholar
Enlisted at Canterbury
KELLY, William John
Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 10th Btn 24857
Died 3/09/1916 Killed in action Age 23
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme France Contains 1,300 war graves.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelly, of Tokenbury, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall.
b - Sep. ’93, Liskeard m - June ’13, Liskeard to Maud Mitch
1911 census, a farm worker at Tokenbury.
Enlisted at LIskeard
MULLEN, William
Leading Stoker HMS Amphion 307070
Died 6/08/1914
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Notified wife Edith Mullen, Truan’s Terrace, Pensilva
Light cruiser, hit by a mine and sank in the North Sea.
b – 20/8/86 Tavistock
OLVER, John Hodge
Private East Surrey Regiment, 1st Bat 28531
10/10/1917 Died of wounds Age 20
Son of William and Ann Olver, of Hay Ford, St. Ive, Liskeard, Cornwall.
b - Jun. ’97, Liskeard
1911 census, at school Enlisted at Bodmin
Formerly 6814 Middx Regt.
PAYNTER, Samuel John
Serjeant Queen Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 5th Bn. 14925
Died 16/08/1915 Killed in action Gallipoli Age 23
Helles Memorial, Turkey Bears the names 0f 21,000 personnel who died around Gallipoli.
Son of Mr. J. H. Paynter and Mrs. H. Paynter, of Jubilee Farm, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall.
b - Jun. ’91, Liskeard
1911 census, working in family butchers business.
Enlisted at Liskeard
Formerly 16008 D.C.L.I.
POLKINGHORNE, James
Petty Officer Stoker, HMS “P 42” K/1492
Died 12/12/1918 Died from Disease Age 30
Pensilva Cemetery
Husband of Gladys Thomas (formerly Polkinghorne)
2 Wesley Terrace, Pensilva. Notified wife Gladys M Polkinghorne, Princess Row, Pensilva.
b – 5/11/1888, Bere Alston, Devon m - Sep. ’15, Liskeard to Gladys Thomas
RICHARDS, Norman
Private Devonshire Regiment, 9th Bn. 25352
Died 25/10/1918
Pommereuil British Cemetery, Nord, France Contains 170 War graves.
b - Mar. ’99, Liskeard
ROGERS, Herbert
Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 6th Bn. 240501
Died 25/4/1918 Killed in Action
Born in Pensilva
Son of Joseph Rogers,
1901, Lower Road, St Ive
b – 1892 St Ive Cornwall Enlisted at Bodmin
WARNE, Frederick Ernest,
Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery, ‘Z’ Anti aircraft Bty. 132372
Died 22/02/1919 Age 26
Antony Cemetery, Cornwall
Son of Simon and Jessie Warne, of Torpoint.
Uncertain details
b - Mar. ’93, St Germans
1911 census, living at 10 Ferry Street, Torpoint, a grocer
REYNOLDS, Frank
Sapper, Canadian Engineers 3rd Tunnelling Cy. 2006803
Died 8/11/1918 Age 28
St Andre Communal Cemetery, Nord, France Contains 150 war graves.
Husband of Nellie Reynolds, of 422, North Green St., Tupelo, Miss., U.S.A. Native of Pensilva, Liskeard, England.
RULE, Ernest Alfred
Stoker 1st Class HMS Monmouth K/1327
Died 1/11/1914 Age 24
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of John Charles Rule, Wesley Terrace, Pensilva.
Notified mother, Mary J Rule, Fernleigh Cottage, Pensilva
Sunk at the Battle of Coronel, of the coast of Chile.
b – 20/08/90, Calstock
1911 census, Stoker 1st class on HMS Daring
SPILLER, William Henry
Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th Bn. 50266
Died 19/12/1917 Killed in Action Age 39
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium Contains 2.500 war dead.
Son of William and Mary Spiller, of St. Ive Cross, Liskeard; husband of Mary Elizabeth Brooking (formerly Spiller), of 10, Belford St., Burnley.
b - Jun. ’80, St Germans m - Jun. ’00, Liskeard to Mary Elizabeth Dunn
Enlisted at Burnley
SPILLER, Sydney
Private, Australian Pioneers, 5th 1055
Died 23/04/1918 Age 26
Longpres-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery, Somme, France Contains 78 war graves
Son of William Henry and Sarah Ann Spiller, of Butchers House, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall. Native of St. Ives, Cornwall.
b – Sep.,’89, St Germans
SNOWDON, Alfred
Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 10th Bn. 26546
Died 15/02/1918 Killed in Action Age 38
Son of John T. and M. A. Snowdon, of Quarry Rd., Pensilva, Liskeard, Comwall.
b – Dec. ’79, Liskeard
1911 census, living at St Ive Cross, a mason. Enlisted at Liskeard.
SEYMOUR,
Son of Fernands and Ellen Seymour ? b – Mar. ’77, Liskeard 1911 census, a gold miner, aged 34, living at Pensilva.
SARGENT, Oliver Anthony
Lance Sergeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infant., 2nd/4th Bn. Cps. of Milit. Acc. 2902
Died 22/09/1916 Age 33
Basra War Cemetery Iraq Contains 2,500 war dead. Around Basra there are 45,000 war dead.
Son of the late Mr & Mrs Thos Sargent of 28 Brook St., Tavistock, husband of Ida Emily Sargent of 8 Sharbally Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall
b – Dec. ’83, Tavistock m – Mar. ’08, Devonport to Emily Pengelly
1911 census, Head Teacher at Pensilva Elementary School.
STRIKE, Thomas
Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infant., 1st /4th Bn. 200570
Died 27/10/1917
Kantara war Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (50kms south of Port Said) Contains 1,600 war dead.
Son of William and Catherine Strike
b – Sep. ’93, Liskeard
1911 census, a tin miner at Pensilva Enlisted at Bodmin
TREHANE, George
Leading Stoker, HMS Good Hope K1240
Died 1/11/1914 Age 26
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of Harry and Elizabeth Trehane, of "Byewood," Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall. Notified mother as above.
Sunk at the Battle of Coronel, of the coast of Chile.
b – 30/5/1888 Pensilva.
World War Two 1939 – 45
CALLARD, William Andrew James
Aircraftsman 2nd Cl. RAF Volunteer Res. 1156424
Died 29/08/1940 Age 27
Runneymede Memorial Contains the names of 20,300 airmen who have no known grave.
Son of James and Maud Callard, husband of Doris Edna, Pensilva, Cornwall
b – June ’14, Plymouth.
CROCKER, Frederick Arthur
Sergeant, Royal Engineers, 253 Field Coy. 1873842
Died 30/05/1940 Age 21
Son of William Henry & Lucy Crocker, Pensilva
b – June ’19, Liskeard
DAVEY, Norman
Sapper, Royal Engineers, 18, Field Park Coy. 2009057
Died 23/10/1944 Age 27
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Contains 1,930 Commonwealth war graves.
Son of Herbert and Bessie Davey, Liskeard
b –sep ’20 Truro
GUNDRY, William Gerald
Petty Officer Stoker HMS Neptune D/KX 85154
Died 19/12/1941 Age 26
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of Joseph and Minnie Gundry; husband of Gweneth Noreen Gundry, of Moorswater, Cornwall.
HMS Neptune sunk with the loss of 750 crew after sailing into a mine field off Tripoli and hitting at least 4 mines.
b – Dec. ’16, Liskeard. m – Dec. ’40, Liskeard to Gweneth Noreen Bray.
POOK, Ivor Leslie Ray
Leading Seaman HM Submarine Triton D/JX 141206
Died 18/12/1940 Age 21
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of Mr & Mrs William J Pook, husband of Betty Pook of Hartley, Plymouth
Submarine lost 6/12/1940, possibly lost to a mine in the Strait of Otranto, Italy.
b – Mar. ’20, Arlston, Cheshire m – Dec. ’39, Plymouth to Betty Toombs
VINCENT, Gideon George Lansdowne
Chief Petty Officer HMS Courageous D/M 37649
Died 17/9/1939
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of Gideon & Phoebe Ellen Vincent, husband of Rhoda Vincent, Pensilva
Aircraft carrier, sunk by German U-boat U29 in Western Approach, 150 miles WSW of Ireland.
b –Mar., ’00, Devonport m – Dec., ’22, Liskeard to Rhoda Davis.
SHORT, Leslie Charles
Bandsman 796168, Middx. Regt., 1st Batt.
Died 1/10/1942 Age 27
Sai Wan Memorial Hong Kong Memorial contains 2,000 names, the cemetery 1,500 war graves.
Son of Edwin Short and Georgina Bow of St Ive, Cornwall
Leslie Charles b – Dec, 1914 Plymouth
Japanese POW on board the Lisbun Maru when sunk by US submarine, Grouper, off Shanghai, with loss of over 1000 lives
WILCOCKS, Rodney Charles Gruzilier
Marine HMS Glorious PLY/X 1834
Died 8/06/1940 Age 24
Plymouth Naval Memorial Commemorates 7,250 sailors of WW1 and 16,000 of WW2
Son of Isaac and Jane Wilcocks, of St. Ive, Liskeard, Cornwall.
Aircraft Carrier sunk in the Norwegian Sea by Scharnhaust with loss of 1500 lives.
b – Mar. ’16, Liskeard