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