Memorial Queen Camel

Brass memorial plaques commemorating those who served and died during the two World Wars.

"To the Glory of God
and in memory of men of
Queen Camel who gave
their lives for their Country
in the Great War 1914-1919"
Corporal Leonard White, North Somerset Yeomanry
Sergeant Arthur Jones, Somerset Light Infantry
Private Daniel Stone, Somerset Light Infantry
Edward (Harry) Windsor, Lance Corporal. 6th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment (Royal Irish Fusiliers). Died 18th Dec 1916. Aged 36. Buried at Pond Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Corporal Leonard Court, Private. 436923. 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry. Died 21 Sep 1916. Aged 22. Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France.
Donald Burgess, Ordinary Seaman. Z/2780. R.N. Depot Crystal Palace. RNVR. Died 8 Oct 1918. Aged 17. Buried in St Barnabas Churchyard, Queen Camel.

"Also of the following who fell in the
World War 1939-45
Louis Arthur Biggin. Flight Sergeant. 1358006. 455 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. RAFVR. Died 5 Sept 1942. Aged 27. Buried at Kviberg Cemetery. Sweden.
John Francis David Marples. Sub-Lieutenant. HMS Janus. Died 23 Jan 1944. Commemorated {Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
David Spencer Nuttall. Lieutenant. Royal Artillery. Died 14 Mar 1945. Aged 23. Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.
Kenneth Walter George Sansom. Private. 5677813. 6th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Died 8 Oct 1943. Aged 28. Buried at Bone War Cemetery, Annaba, Algeria.
and
Freda Watts Civilian. Died 25 April 1942. Aged 25. Buried in Exeter. Served as an Air Raid Precaution warden and was killed in a German bombing raid on Prospect Park, Exeter, one of 70 to die in the same raid.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward