CHERITON FITZPAINE 1939 - 1945 WAR MEMORIAL |
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The 1939 - 1945 Memorial Plaque in Cheriton Church © Richard J. Brine |
G. H. ARUNDEL(L) |
235667 Lieut. George Frederick Harris Arundell of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of the Rev. Wilbraham Arundell and his wife Violet. Born in Crediton in the September Quarter of 1922. Died 31 July 1943 aged 21. |
W.F. BATTERS |
5617358 Corporal William Frederick Batters of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Elsie Batters; husband of Doris Batters of Cheriton Fitzpaine. Born in Devon in 1915 but lived in Exeter. Died 13 June 1944 aged 29. |
W J. BUTT |
P/KX 59565 Petty Officer Stoker Walter John Butt of the Royal Navy, HMS Egret. Son of Frederick and Phoebe of Cheriton Fitzpaine. Born in Cheriton in the September Quarter of 1902. Died 27 August 1943 aged 41 when his ship was lost by enemy action. |
C. H. CHILCOTT |
654152 Leading Aircraftman Charles Henry Chilcott of 930 Balloon Squadron, the RAF. Son of Harry and Florence Chilcott of Cheriton Fitzpaine; brother of Fernley (see below). Born in Tavistock in the December Quarter of 1919. Died 12 August 1940 aged 20. |
F. G.CHILCOTT |
1303121 Sergeant/Air Gunner Fernley Chilcott of 10 Squadron, RAF VR. Son of Harry and Florence Chilcott; brother of Charles (see above). Born in Holsworthy in the June Quarter of 1921. Died 27 September 1943 aged 22. |
T. R. MILDON |
912519 Sergeant/Observer Thomas Ralph Mildon of the RAF, 205 Squadron. Son of Thomas and Olive Mildon; husband of Bettina Mildon of Kent. Born in Cheriton Fitzpaine in the September Quarter of 1917. Died 13 April 1942 aged 25. |
(H) D. T. LEACH |
40926 Flight Lieut. (Harold) David Tamsett Leach of the RAF, 205 Squadron. Son of the Rev. Alfred Leach and his wife Mary of Cheriton. Born in Singapore in 1920. Died 5 April 1942 aged 22. |
Attached below this memorial is a little wooden plaque bearing the name of Charles Philip Stentiford who was little more than a lad when he was killed during the troubles in Northern Ireland. |
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| C. P. C STENTIFORD | 24211151 Private Charles Philip Cyril Stentiford of the Devon and Dorset Regiment. Son of Charles and Gladys Stentiford of Cheriton Fitzpaine. Born in Cheriton in the September Quarter of 1953. Blown up by a landmine 21. 01 1972, while on patrol in Derrynoose, Southern Armagh, Northern Ireland, aged 18. Buried in the Cemetery at Stockleigh.
It was during one of the coldest winters ever known in Devon that news broke of Philip Stentiford's death. Everything else - ice, snow drifts, blocked roads, burst pipes- was swept out of mind, and off the front pages of the local newspapers, by this incident. He was one of the youngest soldiers ever to be killed in the conflict in Northern Ireland and came from a loving family living in a close-knit village. It had always been his ambition to join the army and he had chosen the Devon and Dorset Regiment to follow in his father's footsteps. He was the youngest son, one of seven children. |
© M.E. Brine. This page last updated
20 March, 2015
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