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