Stoke in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Those that Fell -- DHS in World War One
Photographed by Ray Gurganus, April 9, 2025
1. Those that Fell -- DHS in World War One Marker
Battle of Jutland: May 31st 1916
Arthur George Floyd, (22), Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, HMS Indefatigable, (exploded 4.04pm).
William Harold Jury Ayres, (20), Act Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, HMS Indefatigable.
Clifford Heath Rider (19), Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Queen Mary, (exploded 4.26pm).
Arthur Kingdon Stephens (25), Assistant Constructor 2nd (Civilian), HMS Queen Mary.
George Rome Hall (27), Lieutenant, HMS Invincible, (exploded 6.33pm).
Francis Lindsay Mogg (30), Engineer Lieutenant, HMS Invincible.
North Sea
Maurice James Rogers Sharpe (36), 9th August 1917, Engineer Lieut Commander, Royal Navy at Sea, lost by German torpedo from the UB16, Norway. Maurice Sharpe (left) served on the HMS Lewellyn (above). It was launched by his wife Daisy Simpson Rundle Sharp.
Ypres to Lille
Andrew Stuart Haly (22), 8th July 1915, Second Lieutenant, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3rd Battalion, Died of wounds.
Harold James Simpson (20), 13th September 1915, 1st Canadian Contingent, Killed in Action, Plogsteert
Arthur Ashton Ecclestone, (29), 11th January 1916, Corporal, Canadian Infantry,
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John Coles (24), 10th June 1917, Rifleman London Regiment of First Surrey Rifles, Killed in Action, Battle of Messines.
George Herbert Dawe, (31), 14th April 1918, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks light Infantry, Killed in Action, Battle of Lys (4th Battle of Ypres).
Frank Lambton Oliver (19), 13th July 1917, Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corp, Shot down, Killed in action.
Alonzo Ward Rider (21), 12th October 1917, Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Killed in Action.
Lille to Arras: Arras Offensive: March - May 1917
Percival Graham Statton (23), 18th April 1917, Second Lieutenant, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), Killed in Action.
William Henry Bidgood, (22), 4th May 1917, Private, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Brigade, Killed in Action.
Stanley Vingoe Clarke (27), 6th May 1917, Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Killed in Action.
Albert Lear Soper (26), 9th May 1917, Private, Royal Fusiliers, Injured probably in Battle of Arleux, Died of wounds.
Philip Tierney May (34), 28th May 1917, Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), Killed
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2. Casualties arrive at Salisbury Road School, which is used as a temporary hospital
Sidney George White (27), 9th June 1917, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, Died of wounds.
John Henry Winchester (19), 11th June 1917, Pioneer, Corps of Royal Engineers, Killed in Action.
Lille to Arras: British Attacks Early 1915
Ernest Charles Purchas (23), 3rd March 1915, Lieutenant, Royal Horse Artillery, Killed in Action.
Charles Phillips (27), 24th May 1915, Sergeant, 1st Canadian Contingent, Killed in Action.
Lille to Arras: Battle of Loos:
Lawrence Ching Geake (28), 25th September 1915, Private, 8th Devonshire Regiment, Killed in Action. First Day of Battle of Loos.(Photograph left)
Somme and surrounding area: The Battle of the Somme 1st July until 18th November 1916
Thomas Harry Tomlinson (25), 23rd July 1916, 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment, Killed in Action, Somme.
Alfred Mills Reep (19), 16th September 1916, 2nd Lieutenant, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Killed in Action, Battle of the Somme (see below).
Somme and surrounding area: Other German Actions
John Scarlett Pym (24), 5th December 1916, 2nd Lieutenant, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Killed
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3. Horses and men are getting ready for departure at Devonport Docks
Frederick William Abbott Perry (23), 17th February 1917, Lieutenant, Royal Marine Infantry, Killed in Action.
Somme and surrounding area: Cambrian Operations
Loftus John McDonnell (32), 30th November 1917, Private, Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Killed in Action, Battle of Cambrai.
Arthur Bayly Thomas Terrell (19), 30th December 1917, Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Killed in battle of Welsh Ridge.
Somme and surrounding area: Operation Michael (German Counter Offensive)
Leslie Clarence Coombe (22), 25th March 1918, 2nd Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Killed in Action.
William Henry Gollop (21), 9th April 1918, Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery, Killed in Action.
Felix Ernest Fehrenback, (25), 18th April 1918, Sergeant, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Killed in Action.
George Westlake (19), 7th May 1918, Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Killed in Action.
Sec. Lieut. J. S. Pym, Royal West Surrey Regiment
To Corporal Pym (old D.H.S.-ian), of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, for a very brave deed at Festubert, a deed which won him the Distinguished Conduct Medal. On seeing
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4. The Devonshire's drill practice and target practice
-- DHS Sdwol Magazine December 1915
John Henry Winchester, Pioneer, Chemistry Section, Royal Engineers, 3rd s. of Thomas Winchester, of 3, Clinton Terrace, Millbrook co. Cornwall, ex-Chief Stoker, Royal Navy, by his wife, Emma, dau. of George Matthews; b. Millbrook aforesaid. 28 Aug 1897; educ. there, and at Devonport High School, co. Devon, where he passed the Senior Cambridge Examination with First Class Honours. (distinction In Pure Mathematics and Chemistry) in 1914, Inter Science, London University, 1915 was Assistant Master at Torpoint Boys' Council School, co. Cornwall; Joined the Chemistry Section, R. E., 24 July 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 9 Sept. following and was killed in action at Arras 11 July 1917. Buried there.
Final Push:
William Howard Bosworthick (19), 7th November 1918, Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Killed in Action, Battle of Sambre, William had passed first in all England from 2365 candidates, winning 8 distinctions. He was killed securing the safety of his men 4 days before armistice.
Edgar John Hallett (25), 27th December 1918, Sergeant, Royal Engineers, Probably injured 8th November 1918 liberating the Belgium city of Tournai, where he died in Hopital Notre-Dame.
Dardanelles Campaign:
Francis Ina Lewis Perry (26), 2nd May 1915, Lieutenant, Border Regiment, Killed while attempting to save a fellow officer.
Laurence Barnard Carlton (21), 9th August 1915, Private Royal Army Medical Corps, Killed in action while attending a wounded man, Gallipoli, (picture left).
Joseph Howard Body (22), 13th August 1915, Writer Merchant Marine, Drowned, HMT Royal Edward Torpedoed.
Reginald Cecil Davey, (21), 1st September 1915, Private, 10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, Died of Wounds, Gallipoli.
Horace George Stumbles, (23), 20th October 1915, 25h Battalion Australian Imperial Forces Infantry, Died of Wounds.
Sidney Arthur Black, (24), 8th January 1916, Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy Air Service, Killed whilst flying (picture left).
Mediterranean
Richard Albert Bryan (19), 27th April 1916, Midshipman, Drowned, HMS Russell, Torpedoed off Malta.
Middle East
William Courtman Peters (24), 8th November 1917, Sergeant, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Killed in Action, Palestine.
Battle of Karonga, Nyasaland, Africa 1914
Vincent John Dawson Ascutt (Aged 22), September 9th 1914, Killed in Action defending town of Karonga.
Others
Harold Duncan Grant (18), 27th March 1919, Second Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment, Died from Wounds in Military Hospital, Boulogne.
Jethro Percival Crang (28), 18th March 1920, died of wounds sustained in the war.
Bertram Harold Clarke (30), 4th March 1921, 43rd Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. Died from wounds sustained in the war, Canada.
Not Found in Records
W.S. Gregory, Reginald Charles Harris, R. Tuttle.
Died In England
Bertram Welby Hart (22), 24th January 1915, First Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, accidentally shot by sentries at Torquay (pictured right).
Frederick Kenshole (21), 29th September 1916, Naval School Master, HMS Vivid, died from disease, Devonport (picture right).
Harold Dewdney (21) 3rd April 1917, Pioneer, Royal Engineers, died from injuries sustained in the war.
Albert William Hallett (26), 11th December 1917, Private, East Surrey Regiment, died at home in Exeter.
Stanley Albert Reynolds (25), 8th August 1918, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, died at home.
"We write this editorial in quietness... that we are able to do so is due to our Navy's manifold though silent service to brave and bleeding Belgium; to the unconquerable spirit of our soldiers - men who, for instance, on August 25th did what perhaps no other troops in the world could have done, shook off a well equipped army of four times their number... All honour to those who have already answered the empire's call... Though ourselves too young to serve, yet however long we live we shall hallow the memory of our defenders." -- Alfred Mills Reep, School Magazine Editorial December 1914
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical date for this entry is January 11, 1916.
Location. 50° 22.464′ N, 4° 9.794′ W. Memorial is in Plymouth, England. It is in Stoke. It is on Paradise Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3 Paradise Road, Plymouth, England PL1 5QN, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in South West England. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stoke Damerel Parish Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Dunning 1761-1851 (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Lower Lodge and Navy Memorials (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Plymouth Hoe (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Twinning of Plymouth and Donostia-San Sebastian (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Beatle Bums (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Invicta Hotel (approx. 1.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plymouth.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2025, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 13, 2025, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
