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Roll of Honour: Albert George Kernick
ALBERT GEORGE KERNICK 1879 – 1947 Born in Widecombe Parish in August 1879 to George Kernick and Louisa French, Albert was the eldest of nine children, sisters Florence, Lilian, Elizabeth, Rosina, Cicely and Edith and brothers John Henry and Fred. Albert attended Widecombe School from 1885. He was christened in Widecombe Church. He married Adeline
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Roll of Honour: George Ireland King
GEORGE IRELAND KING 1899 – 1921 The youngest of the three sons of James King and Aida Maria Ireland eligible for service in the Armed forces during the Great War. George was born in 1899 in Widecombe in the Moor. He had two elder brothers John and Owen, an elder sister Annie and two younger
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Roll of Honour: Bertram E Jones
BERTRAM E JONES 1886 – 1958 Bertram was born in Walshingham, Norfolk to Lawrence John Jones and Evelyn Mary Bevan in 1886. He was educated at various Royal Naval Colleges finishing at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. Upon completion of his specialist training in submarine warfare in 1912, Bertram resigned from the Royal Navy.
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Roll of Honour: John Henry Irish
JOHN HENRY IRISH 1895 – 1917 John was born in March 1895 to Thomas Edmund Irish and Bessie Caunter at Lower Cator, Widecombe in the Moor. John had two elder sisters (Louisa and Ruth) four younger sisters (Bessie, Frances, Thirza and Ethel) and a younger brother Walter. John attended Widecombe school until 1908 when he
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Roll of Honour: John Henry Kernick
JOHN HENRY KERNICK (Also known as Jack) 1885 – 1972 John Henry was born at Southcombe, Widecombe in the Moor in May 1885 to George Kernick and Louisa French, he had one elder brother Albert George and one younger brother Fred, two elder sisters Florence and Lilian and four younger sisters Elizabeth, Rosina, Cicely and
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Roll of Honour: George Hill
GEORGE HILL 1875 – ? George was born in the parish of Henock and Thrusham near Moretonhampstead in 1875. His family details have not been established but George lived with his parents until the early 1900’s. Records indicate he was living at Hennock in 1911 and working as a “stone delver at a quarry”. In
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Roll of Honour: Robert Alfred John Hitchcock
ROBERT ALFRED JOHN HITCHCOCK 1878 – 1957 Born in Devonport in January 1878 little is known of Robert’s early life. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1895 aged 17 years. Later census data traces him to ships based in Portland Dorset in 1911. At the outbreak of the Great War, having just achieved the
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Roll of Honour: Joshua Northmore Horton
JOSHUA NORTHMORE HORTON 1875 – 1949 It has not been possible to establish the service history of Joshua Northmore Horton. We know he was born in Cornwood in 1875,and moved to work at Glebe Farm Widecombe in the Moor in 1900/1901. Joshua married Thirza Florence Warren in Widecombe Church in 1906 when he was aged
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Roll of Honour: William Andrew Harvey
WILLIAM ANDREW HARVEY 1896 – 1980 William was born in Widecombe in 1898 to Owen Harvey and Elizabeth Ann Turner. William had a younger sister, Louie. He attended Widecombe School between 1903 and 1911. In 1909, William’s mother died and two years later Owen married Elizabeth Olive Burdell. William worked at the family bakery and