A number of the people on these pages paid the ultimate price when they lost their lives while fighting for their country. The vast majority were not career soldiers, but were conscripted in times of war. We remember here those who fell, and below them, some of those who fought and survived.
Boer War |
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James GILBOURNE | Shot at Boschbult, S.Africa. | 31 Mar 1902 |
First World War |
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Bertie LILEY | Killed when H.M.S. Bulwark sank after an internal explosion. | 26 Nov 1914 |
L/Cpl. John Thomas Rowley | Killed in Belgium | 9 May 1915 |
John JONES | Torpedoed on H.M.S. Goliath | 13 May 1915 |
William MUNDAY | Killed at Gallipoli | 7 Aug 1915 |
Thomas ROBINSON | Killed at Ypres | 23 Sep 1915 |
Stephen Richard BEVAN | Killed at the battle of Loos | 26 Sep 1915 |
Henry Harold 'Harry' Elvidge | Drowned at the Dardanelles | 28 Oct 1915 |
L/Sgt. Thomas Joseph HENSON | Killed at Gommecourt Wood, Pas de Calais | 1 Jul 1916 |
Alfred BANNISTER | Killed on the Somme | 1 Jul 1916 |
Henry HIRST | died of broncho-pneumomia at Mansfield | 3 Jan 1916 |
John SANTER | Killed on the Somme | 3 Jul 1916 |
Walter GILBOURNE | Died at Southampton from wounds received in France. | 16 Jul 1916. |
Dewi JEFFREYS | Cycle Corps. Died in France | 26 Jul 1916 |
Jesse REEVES | Killed on the Somme | 6 Aug 1916 |
Reginald George ROE | Killed at the Battle of Loos. | 8 Aug 1916 |
Stanley REES | Killed on the Somme. | 22 Aug 1916 |
Albert GILBOURNE | Killed on the Somme | 23 Oct 1916 |
Sidney SANTER | Killed in Mesopotamia | 9 Feb 1917 |
Frank GREENFIELD | Killed on the Somme | 17 Feb 1917 |
Sydney GOULDER | Killed in the Pas-de-Calais | 18 April 1917 |
Albert KIRK | Killed in France | 28 April 1917 |
William SANTER | Killed at Arras | 28 April 1917 |
Sgt. John Widdowson DENMAN | Killed in the Pas-de-Calais | 3 May 1917 |
Cecil GILBOURNE | Killed at Nieuport, Belgium | 25 Jul 1917 |
Thomas Oliver MANN | Killed near Ypres | 31 Jul 1917 |
Roland GRIFFIN | Killed near Ypres | 18 Aug 1917 |
Frank E. ROBERTS | Killed on the Somme. | 4 Oct 1917 |
William Joseph CRUTCHLOW | Killed on the Somme. | 8 Oct 1917 |
Daniel Harold STENHOUSE | Killed in Belgium | 18 Oct 1917 |
S/Sgt. Ernest WILLIAMSON | Killed in India | 20 Nov 1917 |
George T. GOULDER | Killed on the Somme | 20 Nov 1917 |
Charles Percival Day | Killed in the Pas-de-Calais | 15 Dec 1917 |
William Amos ROBINSON | Killed on the Somme. | 21 Mar 1918 |
William Aubrey SANTER | Killed on the Somme. | 21 Mar 1918 |
Edward SANTER | Died at Limburg P.O.W. Camp | 8 Apr 1918 |
Harold BASS M.C. (Capt.) | Killed at Villers Bretoneaux, France | 24 Apr 1918 |
Arthur John BLACKSHAW | Killed on the Somme | 27 May 1918 |
William Harold Beebee ROE | Killed when HMS Patia was torpedoed by German submarine UC 49 in the Bristol Channel | 13 Jun 1918 |
Capt. Dennis Carlton ROYLE | Killed in the Pas-de-Calais | 21 Aug 1918 |
William H. GOULDER | Killed on The Somme | 27 Aug 1918 |
Amos Norman PARKES | Killed on The Somme | 5 Sep 1918 |
Arthur COCKAYNE | Killed on The Somme | 22 Sep 1918 |
Harry Charles SAUNTER | Killed at Gouzeaucourt, France | 27 Sep 1918 |
William John PARRY | Killed at Lamain, Belgium | 20 Oct 1918 |
George William ROBINSON | Died of pneumomia, H.M.S. Victory, Gosport | 23 Oct 1918 |
Lewis Herbert REEVE | Died at 62nd Casualty Clearing Station, Kortrijk, Belgium | 18 Nov 1918 |
Gerald GILBOURNE | Died of pneumonia at Clipstone Camp. | 20 Nov 1918 |
George Horace POINTER | H.M.S. Hermione. Died at Haslar R.N. Hospital, Gosport | 22 Feb 1919 |
William T. GILBOURNE | Drowned at Plymouth. | 26 Jan 1920. |
Second World War |
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Anthony HILL | Flt. Sgt. RAF. Wellington bomber lost over North Sea | 21 Feb 1940 |
Victor Raymond GOODE | 145 Field Amb. Killed at Dunkirk | ca 1 Jun 1940 |
Emlyn Owen BEVAN | H.M.S. Ardent | 8 Jun 1940 |
Davy W REED | S.S. Baron Carnegie | 11 Jun 1941 |
John James COLE | S.S. Blairatholl | 27 Nov 1942 |
Reginald William SANTER | The Buffs. Died in Italy | 8 Oct 1943 |
Dan GILBOURNE | Torpedoed on H.M.S. Charybdis | 23 Oct 1943 |
Kenneth David BEVAN | RAFVR. Died at Chichester | 9 Jun 1944 |
Wilfred FREEMAN | RAFVR. Mosquito lost over Germany | 26 Sep 1944 |
William Lewis ASPINALL | Salvation Army (Civilian). Enemy shell fell on Salvation Army kitchen Snargate St., Dover. | 29 Sep 1944 |
William Henry HOOK | Pte. Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in Netherlands. | 1 Nov 1944 |
Many others served during wars, some having very close shaves:
Boer War
Robert GILBOURNE, who lost three brothers in wars, and served himself in the Boer War before being declared medically unfit for further duty in 1903.
First World War
Benjamin Howell BEVAN was wounded three times while serving and was awarded the Military Medal. He died in November 1926.
John Benjamin BEVAN was a private 6Bn South Wales Borderers but was pensioned off with shell shock.
Lewis REEVE was actually reported dead in his
local newspaper but this proved to be premature and he recovered.
Lewis's brothers John (Jack) and
Jesse, and cousin
William REEVE also served.
William spent some time as a PoW.
Percy GILBOURNE joined the Royal Engineers in 1914.
Second World War
Norman LEIVERS was hit by a bullet in WW2, but was saved when it hit his cigarette case.
Vince GILBOURNE lost a leg when he stepped on a mine in North Africa in WW2.
Roy GILBOURNE served in the Royal Navy in WWII, while his namesake served in the RAF. The latter, an adopted son of Lyndon Gilbourne, was shot down over Burma and spent seven months in a Japanese PoW camp.
Thomas BEVAN and Nancy GILBOURNE met at RAF Cosford during the second war. Fortunately, both survived or I would not be here to write this. Some of their photographs and memorabilia from their service days are included here.
Clifford BEVAN was a minister of the church before becoming an R.A.F.
chaplain in the war. He remained in the R.A.F. until 1962, rising to the
rank of Group Captain.
He was the son of Thomas Bevan and Catherine Thomas.
The children of John Benjamin Bevan described in the following
newspaper article from 1943:
"Five of his sons are serving with H.M. Forces, a daughter is working in a
munitions factory, and a younger son, aged 15, is working with a firm on
Government construction. There are few families, if any, in the county with
such a fine record of service in the war effort. Two other children are still at school."
Footnote
There were undoubtedly many others from these pages who also served in the World Wars, but we have no details.
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