St Agnes World War Two



These names were taken from the war memorial that is located near the parish church in St Agnes. The additional information about rank, serial number, age, family etc. is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on line database. Abbreviations Bn. - Battalion Coy. - Company DCLI - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry MC - Military Cross RAMC - Royal Army Medical Corps RE - Royal Engineers Regt. - Regiment RNR - Royal Naval Reserve RNVR - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
World War Two Frank Beard Charles Ewart Butson Trooper HQ Sqdn. Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps No. 5443136 23.3.1945 Age 31 Son of Arthur and Eliza Dunstan Butson of St Agnes, husband of Gwendolin Ethel Butson of St Agnes Buried at Reichwald Forest War Cemetery Germany Richard Henry Bennallack Private 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers, No. 14585051 8.7.1944 Age 19 Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, France Dennis Donahue Leading Aircraftsman RAF Volunteer Reserve No. 1269423 13.11.1941 Age 30 Son of Dennis and Ada Elizabeth Donohue of St Agnes, Cornwall Buried at Mount Hope (St Paul's Anglican) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada L/A/man Donahue died whilst training at No.33 Air Navigation School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Thomas John Dyer Sapper Royal Engineers No. 1990866 4.6.1946 Age 33 Son of Thomas and Margaret Dyer, husband of Doris May Dyer of Cubert, Cornwall Buried at Cubert Cemetery, Cornwall Reginald Ellis Sergeant RAF Volunteer Reserve 775 Squadron No. 1153272 1.6.1942 Age 29 Son of Edward and Annie Maud Mary Ellis, husband of Doreen G Ellis of St Agnes, Cornwall Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial,Surrey William Henry Fiddock Aircraftsman 2nd Class RAF 204 Squadron No. 619855 1 5.10.1939 Age 18 Son of Henry James Fiddock and Mary Fiddock (nee Jenkin) of St Agnes, Cornwall Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey Edward Foote Thomas Henry Geake Major 10th Bn., Punjab Regt. No. A/1/701 6.6.1942 Age 43 Indian. Son of William and Irene M Geake, husband of Jessie Eveline Geake of Killara, Sydney, NSW, Australia Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Burma) Francis Lewis Hancock Private 2nd Bn., Royal Sussex Regt. No. 5626312 25.10.1942 Age 22 Son of John Herbert and Emily Blanche Hancock of Kingsand, Cornwall Buried at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt William Edward Johnson Chief Stoker RN HMS Courageous No. D/K/61710 17.9.1939 Age 39 Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Johnson, husband of Edith Kathleen Johnson of Churchtown St Agnes, Cornwall Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial William Cecil Luke Private 2/5th Bn.,Leicestershire Regt. No. 319502 6.12.1943 Age 29 Son of William and Frances Ann Luke, husband of Dorothy Alberta Luke of Handsworth, Birmingham Buried at Minturno War Cemetery, Italy Eric L Fletcher Mitchell Guardsman 2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards No.2622849 18th July 1944 Age 22 Son of James Gordon Mitchell and Minnie Gladys Mitchell of Trevellas, Cornwall Commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, France Frank Stanton Newman George Edgar Pascoe Sergeant (Air Gunner) RAF Volunteer Reserve, 100 Squadron No. 1585869 15.4.1943 Age 20 Son of Mr and Mrs B G Pascoe of Mingoose House, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Cornwall Buried at Bohain Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France William Henry Peskitt Stoker 1st Class RN HMS Courageous No. D/K/26020 17.9.1939 Age 45 Also Peskett Husband of Florence Maud Peskett of St Agnes, Cornwall Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial William Austin Richards Lance Corporal 8th Bn.,Worcestershire Regt. No. 5252387 Died between 29.5.1940 - 5.6.1940 Son of Walter Austin Richards and Katrine Clarice James Richards of Mount Hawke, husband of P M Richards Buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery John C/G Smith James Henry Solomon Gunner 141 (The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery No. 14377772 1.11.1943 Age 19 Son of Mr and Mrs A E Solomon of St Agnes, Cornwall Buried at St Agnes Cemetery, Cornwall Thomas Harold Thomas Stoker 1st Class RN HMS Bonaventure No. D/K/66439 31.3.1941 Age 44 Son of William Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Thomas, husband of Ellen Elizabeth Thomas of Devonport Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Albert Lewis Treloar Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 17.2.1945 Buried at St Agnes Cemetery, Cornwall Frowyse Trotter
Last update: 1st May 2007