HINTON CHARTERHOUSE WAR MEMORAL
WORLD WAR I
WILLIAM ALLEN Pte. Coldstream Guards
k.i.a. 15 September 1916
Thiepval Memorial (The Somme)
VINCENT ANDREWS, Lance Cpl.Royal Engineers
k.i.a. 18 July 1917 aged 22
bur. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Thomas and Emily Andrews, Hinton Charterhouse
FRANK BAIGENT, Pte 1st Batt. East Surrey Regiment
k.i.a 15 September 1917 aged 38
bur. Berlin South-Western Cemetery.
Husband of Mrs Amy Baigent of Lymington, Hants
HENRY COOPER, Cpl. 6th Batt. Somerset Light Infantry
k.i.a. 16.September 1916
Thiepval Memorial Belgium (The Somme)
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON-GLASGOW Capt. 2nd Batt. 39th Garhwal Riffles, Indian Army
k.i.a. 13 November 1914 aged 34
Husband of Mrs.Violet Robertson-Glasgow
bur. Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais
FREDERICK HOPKINS Pte 12th Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment :
Not on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission list but possibly F.C. Hopkins of 12th Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment. Listed as wounded 11.September 1916 . Residence Weston-super- Mare
The 12th Batt. was known as 'Bristol's Own' and was formed in September 1914 from volunteers
in the Bristol area, aged .between 19 and 35 and unmarried.
12th Batt landed in France 21 November 1915 and saw action in the area of the Somme
.and later battles
HARRY MILES Major. Royal Marine Light Infantry
killed in the. explosion and sinking of HMS Vanguard, Scapa Flow, 9 July 1917 - aged 36
Portsmouth Naval Memorial - Son of Mr and Mrs Barrett Miles, Homewood House
(Memorial in north aisle – St John's) Hinton Charterhouse
JOHN ORCHARD, Pte. 7th Batt. Somerset Light Infantry
k.i.a Monday, 13th September 1915
bur. Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais
1911 census: Possibly Joseph John Orchard (father Joseph) living in Wick Farm Cottage
aged 16 'Boy at garage' Norton St P. did HC have a garage? Perhaps school in Hinton?
THOMAS POLLARD, Pte. 1st Batt. Somerset Light Infantry
k.i.a. 25 August 1916 aged 33 -
bur. Puchevillers British Cemetery
Son of John and Alice Pollard of New Town, Hinton Charterhouse
WILLIAM POLLARD, Pte 5th Batt. Dorset Regiment – secondary regt. Labour Corps.
died 12 December 1920 aged 33 (brother of Thomas)
bur. Lockswood Cemetery, Bath - son of the late John Pollard and Augusta Mary Pollard of Bath.
WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Pte. 3rd Batt. Coldstream Guards
k.i.a, 28 October 1914 aged 27
Menin Gate Memorial – Ypres Next of Kin: Mrs M. Lewis, Upper Swainswick
WILLIAM RUMMING(S) Pte. 12th Batt.Somerset Light Infantry
k.i.a. 6 November 1917 – aged 37
bur. Beersheba War Cemetery (Isreal & Palestine)
Husband of Florence Rumming of Hinton Charterhouse
FRANK SHIPSEY, 6th Batt. Somerset Light Infantry
died 22 February 1915
bur: Aldershot Military Cemetery
Son of Charles and Annie Shipsey of Hinton Charterhouse
WILLIAM YEATMAN Pte. 3rd Batt. Somerset Light Infantry
Discharged 2.8.16 'No longer physically fit for military service'– Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Age 20 Son of Thomas and late Elizabeth Ellen Yeatman of Bath, formerly of Green Lane
Hinton Charterhouse. ( Date of death 1920)
WORLD WAR II
HAROLD COOK Pte. 5th Batt. Wiltshire Regiment
k.i.a 22 July 1944 aged 36
Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
Son of Robert and Dora Cook of South Baddesley, Hants
JAMES CURNOCK Gnr. Royal Artillery – 50 Coast Observer Det. - Malaya
date of death 24 January 1944 age 40 Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
Late Landlord of the Masons Arms, Green Lane, Hinton Charterhouse. (Joan Davison's house)
GEOFFREY FLETCHER Capt. 1st Batt. Rifle Brigade
k.i.a. 27 March 1943 aged 23
bur. SFAX War Cemetery Tunisia
Son of Major Philip and Mrs Maud Fletcher of The Priory, Hinton Charterhouse
The gate in the communion rails was given in his memory by his parents.
Sites used: Forces War Records: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry BMD records/ Census 1911 etc. and regimental web sites
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