Cornwell

A plaque in the Parish Church of All Saints

IN MEMORY OF
CAPT. PARTRIDGE
ARTHUR WILLIAM BOWLES
FREDERICK HENRY HILL
WHO DIED ON SERVICE
DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914 -1918
LT COL GODFREY GILLSON
1939- 1945

A Plaque

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM CECIL CALLIS 
ONLY SON OF ROBERT & ISABELLA CALLIS
OF THE CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY 
KILLED IN ACTION AT VERBRAN DENMOLEN 
YPRES 2 DECEMBER 1916 
AGE 33 
Faithful unto death R I P

IN LOVING MEMORY
FREDERICK HENRY HILL
PTE OXFORD & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY
ONLY SON OF GEORGE & BESSIE HILL
WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 
JUNE 2ND 1915 AGED 18 YEARS
HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD

2696629 SERGEANT
A K SMITH
SCOTS GUARDS
20TH APRIL 1947 AGE 29
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
I SHALL NOT WANT

The Fallen in WW1

Arthur William BOWLES
Private, 9th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment. Army no 16942 
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916. He was 24
He is buried in grave A 5 Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz 
Additional Information 
He was the son of Elizabeth and the late Arthur Bowles of Cornwell
Further information
Mametz was captured on 1 July 1916 by the 7th Division, and Mametz Wood was then cleared in the following days. 
The 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiments, part of the 7th Division, attacked on 1 July 1916 from a point on the south-west side of the Albert - Maricourt road, south of Mametz village, by a plantation called Mansel Copse.

Frederick Henry George HILL
Private, 3rd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 8760
He died on active service, probably from natural causes on 2 June 1915. He was 18
He is buried in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Cornwell
Additional Information
He was the son of George Henry and Edith Elizabeth Hill of Salford

Captain PARTRIDGE
The Memorial does not give any further information. Having looked at the possible men, I suspect it may be one of:
Robert Charles PARTRIDGE
Captain, 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
He was killed in action on 8 September 1914. He was 32
He is buried in grave 3 Sablonnieres New Communal Cemetery
Additional information
His Probate address is in Norfolk. His Father was a Vicar
or
Charles Burnett PARTRIDGE
Captain, HMS Good Hope, Royal Marine Light Infantry 
He was killed in action at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914
He is remembered on panel 4 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial
A correction would be most welcome

On a separate plaque

William Cecil CALLIS 
Private,  23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment. Army no 7109.  He was formerly Army no 3927 with The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
He was killed in action at Verbran Denmolen, Ypres on 2 December 1916. He was 33 
He is buried in grave Sp Mem D 6 Hedge Row Trench Cemetery
Additional information
He was the only son of Robert and Isabella Callis


The Fallen in WW2

Godfrey Anthony GILLSON
Major, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Army no 40284
He was presumed killed after being listed as missing in action. He was serving with The Special Operations Executive. His death is recorded as 3 March 1944. He was 35
He is remembered on face 10 of the Rangoon Memorial
Additional Information
He was the son of Major-General Godfrey Gillson, CMG, DSO, and of Mrs Gillson and the husband of Priscilla Dickerson Gillson.