The Beer Roll of Honour

These are the men from Beer who died as a result of their service during the First World War

Walter Tom Abbott

Able Seaman 229498 

Royal Navy

HMS Invincible

Died 31st May 1916 aged 28

Son of Robert and Sarah Abbott of 4 Rose Cottages, Cemetery Lane, Beer

Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial for almost 10,000 sailors of the First World War who have no grave but the sea

 

Anthony Bartlett

Lance Corporal 391838

2/9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)

Died Wednesday 26th September 1917 aged 21

Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium for those of the Commonwealth forces killed in Flanders who have no known grave

 

George Carslake

Private 20110

1/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

(Formerly 13664, 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment)

Died 15th July 1916, aged 26

Buried in the Authuile Military Cemetery on the Somme, near Albert

 

William Carslake

Private 241746

5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment

Died 19th June 1917, aged 20

Commemorated on the Arras Memorial for almost 35,000 servicemen from the

UK, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector

between the spring of 1916 and August 1918,

and have no known grave

 

Walter George Woolley Clarke

Private 24827

13th (Works) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Died 20th February 1917 aged 38

Son of George and Emily Clarke of 2 Jubilee Cottages, Beer

Husband of Emily Clarke of ‘Barline’, Budleigh Salterton.

Buried in Budleigh Salterton Church Cemetery

 

Stephen Ambrose Fisher

Private 4823

20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers

Died 23rd July 1916 aged 24

Son of Ambrose Brewin Fisher (HM Inspector of Schools) and Emily Fisher, of The Cottage, Seaton.

Born at Birthwaite Lodge, Windermere.

Buried in the St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.

 

Norman George Franklin

Seaman 42698

Royal Naval Reserve

HMS Defence

Died 31st May 1916 aged 27

Son of George Franklin and Susan, his wife, of Beer, Devon

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial for those officers and ratings of the port

who have no grave but the sea

 

Archibald Walter Gush

(Military Medal and Bar)

2nd Corporal 66338

23rd Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers

Died 17th November 1918 aged 25

Son of Walter James Wills Gush and Elizabeth Frances Gush of Marine Cottage, Beer.

Buried in the Tezze British Cemetery, Treviso, Italy

 

Charlie Cleaver Gush

Private 36424

Royal Army Medical Corps

Died 11th December 1918 aged 27

Son of Walter James Wills Gush and Elizabeth Frances Gush of Marine Cottage, Beer.

Born at Beer, Devon.

Buried in the Upanga Road Cemetery, Dar es Salaam, Tanzani

 

William John Harner

Petty Officer Stoker 308347

HMS Falmouth

Royal Navy

Died 20th August 1916 aged 30

Son of George Harner of Beer, Devon.

Husband of Bessie Harner of West Street, Colyton

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial for those officers and ratings of the port

who have no grave but the sea

 

Arthur Hawker

Private 36156

11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

Died 22nd March 1918 aged 29

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hawker of Church Cottage, Beer, Devon.

Husband of Julia Olive Hawker of 4 Parson’s Lane, Branscombe.

Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, which commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and August 1918, and have no known grave.

 

William Arthur Haymes

Sergeant 10079

8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

Died 29th April 1920

Son of Arthur and Ellen Haymes of Axmouth

Buried in Axmouth churchyard

 

William Reginald Hookings

Private 67987

114th Company

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Died 31st August 1917 aged 24

Son of Jack and Eliza Hookings of 3 Fore Street, Beer.

Husband of Caroline Elizabeth Bubbins (formerly Hookings) of 51 Vale Street, Barry, Glamorgan.

Buried in the Bard Cottage. Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

Frank Lumbard

Private 201235

2nd/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

Died 10th August 1916

Son of William Lumbard of South Petherton, Somerset.

Born in Crewkerne.

Enlisted in Beer, Devon.

Buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery

 

Edward Miller

Serjeant 31513

Royal Field Artillery

Died 6th November 1917

Buried in Beer Church Cemetery

 

Leonard Thomas Miller

Private 23939

9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

Died 11th March 1917

Son of Henry Thomas and Flora Miller.

Husband of Elsie May Miller of 5 West View, Beer

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, on the Somme

 

Sidney Leonard Mutter

Driver 43243

Royal Field Artillery

29th Division Ammunition Column

Died 23rd October 1915 aged 26

Son of John and Amanda Mutter.

Husband of Lily Ethel Mutter of Oaken Cross, Marnshull, Dorset.

Born at Beer, Devon.

Commemorated on the Mikra Memorial, near Thessaloniki, Greece, for nearly 500 nurses, officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who were lost in the Mediterranean when hospital ships and troop transports were sunk, and who have no grave but the sea.

 

William John Mutter

Stoker 1st Class 162473

HMS Defence

Royal Navy

Died 31st May 1916 aged 43

Son of the late William and Elizabeth Mutter of Beer

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial for those officers and ratings of the port who have no grave but the sea

 

Allan Newton

Rifleman

1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

Died 8th May 1915, aged 23

Son of Thomas Clarke Newton and Ellen Newton of Beer, living at Plasturton Gardens, Cardiff

Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

 

William Robert Orley

Able Seaman 188973

HMS Defence

Royal Navy

Died 31st May 1916 aged 37

Son of Samuel and Christiania Orley of Beer.

Husband of Rose Ellen Orley of Fore Street, Beer.

Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial for those officers and ratings of the port

who have no grave but the sea

 

Arthur Percy Palmer

DSO

Captain

No. 4 Company, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards

Died 27th September 1915, aged 43

Husband of Josephine H. Palmer of 26 Compayne Gardens, Hampstead, London

Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, for 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, and who fell in the area near the River Lys

 

Heber Edward Perry

Sapper 145627

203rd Field Company

Royal Engineers

Died 21st January 1918

Son of James and Elizabeth Perry.

Husband of Alice Perry of 45 Ladysmith Road, Exeter.

Buried in the Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France.

 

James Potter

Private 202279

1st/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

Died 22nd May 1917 aged 40

Son of William and Mary Potter of Malt House Lane, Beer.

Buried in Beer Church Cemetery

 

Harold Frederick Ralph

Lance Corporal

G/2904

8th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Died 25th September 1915

Commemorated on the Loos Memorial

 

Leonard Walter Charles Rodgers

Private 29579

A Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Died 17th April 1918 aged 19

Son of Letitia Albenia Rodgers of 2 Quarry Cottages, Beer, and the late William John Rodgers

Commemorated on the Loos Memorial for the 20,957 men killed in the Loos area

who have no known grave

 

Herbert Edmund Westlake

Private 26706

B Company, 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Died 4th October 1917 aged 37

Son of John and Louise Westlake of Myrtle Cottage, Beer.

Husband of Charlotte Westlake of Spring Gardens, Beer

Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium for those of the Commonwealth forces killed in Flanders who have no known grave

 

Richard Herman Westlake

Mess Room Steward

SS Daleby

Died 29th April 1917 aged 17

Son of Rosina Westlake of Lamorna House, Beer and the late William John Westlake

Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London for the men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both world wars and who have no grave but the sea.

 

John Henry Woodgate

Private G/23616

7th Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Died 12th October 1917

Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium for those of the Commonwealth forces killed in Flanders who have no known grave