They Gave Their Today
  • Home
  • Memorials
  • Gallery
  • RAF Stations/Squadrons
  • Chaplains
  • Contact
  • My Thoughts
  • Links
  • Middlesmoor
  • Ramsgill

Sandford St Martin

Picture
Plaque on the external wall of St Martin’s Church

1939 – 1945
PHILIP JOHN GROVES
KIA ITALY 20TH SEPT 1944
AGED 23 YEARS
Picture
Plaque on the external wall of St Martin’s Church

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

RALPH SAMUEL BENFIELD RN 1ST JULY 1915
WALTER JOHN BENFIELD ROYAL BERKS 6TH JUNE 1918
WILLIAM EDWIN COX RFA 28TH MARCH 1918
FRED JAMES COX OBLI 25TH SEPT 1915
WILLIAM HENRY WARR TRB 24TH APRIL 1917
Picture

Within the Church there is a wall mounted manuscript in a wooden frame

IN REMEMBRANCE

Ralph Samuel Benfield RN aged 16
Died in Hospital, Plymouth July 1 1915
Fred James Cox (Bomber) aged 27
Missing at Loos Sept 25 1915
William Henry Warr TRB aged 18
Died in Hospital Sutton Veny April 24 1917
William Edwin Cox RFA aged 21
Killed in action France March 28 1918
Walter John Benfield Royal Berks aged 26
Died in Hospital at Rouen accidentally shot June 6 1918
Philip Groves

GRANT THEM, LORD, ETERNAL REST.
The Fallen from WW1

Ralph Samuel BENFIELD
Boy 1st Class, HMS Impregnable, Royal Navy. RN no. J/34149
He died from natural causes on 1 July 1915. He was 16.
He was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Jane Benfield of Sandford St Martin
He is buried in grave Church S 5 3 Ford Park Cemetery, Pennycomequick which was formerly called Plymouth Old Cemetery
Additional information
HMS Impregnable was a Training Establishment previously known as HMS Howe

Walter John BENFIELD
Private, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment).  Army no. 13207
He died from natural causes on 6 June 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of Charles and Elizabeth J Benfield of Sandford St Martin
He is buried in grave Q II L 7 St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

William Edwin COX
Gunner, C Battery, 77th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 156389. He was formerly with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Army no. S/E/3917
He was killed in action on 28 March 1918 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 21.
He was the son of William Thomas and Eliza Cox, The Buildings, Sandford St Martin
He is buried in grave F 20 Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension

Fred James COX
Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division.  Army no. 17800
He was killed in action on 25 September 1915 during the second attack on Bellewaarde. He was 27.
He was the son of Alfred and Sarah A Cox of Nether Worton and the husband of Gertrude M Cox
He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

William Henry WARR
Private, 37th Battalion, Training Reserve Army no. 8/17671
He died from natural causes on 24 April 1917. He was 18
He was the son of Spencer and Susan Warr of Ledwell, Sandford St Martin
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Martin's Church, Sandford St Martin
Additional information
His Battalion was part of the Gloucestershire Regiment

The Fallen from WW2

Philip John GROVES
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, who formed part of 9 Beach Group who protected beachheads and other key, recently captured areas.  Army no. 5384721
He was killed in action on 20 September 1944. He was 23.
He was the son of Ernest Arthur and Mary Louisa Groves of Sandford St Martin
He is buried in grave XI B 11 C Coriano Ridge War Cemetery







Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.