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SOBERTON

Stone cross on road junction.

Sacred to the memory of the parishioners
of SOBERTON who fell in the Great War.

F.R. Brown. W.R. Messam. W.H. Twynam.

J.W. Bucksey. L. Newell. J. Twynam.

H. Deadman. R.W. Rye. H. Twynam.

T. Longman. A.J. Searle. G. Twynam.

A.W. Messam. W.J. Searle. O.N. Messam.

"Forget them not. O Land, for which they fell.
May it go well with England.
Still go well:
Keep here bright banners without blot or stain,
Lest they should dream that they have died in vain."

Brass plaque on wall in St Peter's Church

In loving memory of
the four beloved sons & son-in-law of
John and Mary Twynam
of Soberton House

William Hugh Twynam
Corporal 7th Batt. Canadian Regt.
killed in action in France April 24th 1915

John J. Twynam
Staff Sergt. South African Mounted Rifles
killed by lightening at Windhoek while on duty
Nov. 3rd 1914

Hugh H. Twynam
Lieut. R.N.R. drowned in submarine
January 19th 1917

Godfrey G. Twynam
Lieut. 11th Border Regt.
killed in action in France Nov. 12th 1916

Geoffrey Matthew George Culley
Capt. 11th Royal West Kent Regt.
The beloved husband of Elizabeth Francis Culley
killed in action in France Sept. 15th 1916

who all gave their lives for King & Country


Commonwealth war graves in churchyard.

PO/14576 Private

A.J. Searle

Royal Marine Light Inf.

4th June 1918 Age 30

Never will he be forgotten
R.I.P.

J. Setford

Shipwright 1st Cl. R.N. 117877

H.M.S. Vernon

14th July 1918 Age 38

Beloved husband
of Eiley Setford