Dunster’s War Memorials

The war memorial plaque on Dunster Memorial Hall

This is a composite list of men who died in World War 1 who are commemorated in Dunster or are buried there. Click on their names to read more.

Below is a transcription of Dunster Memorial Hall’s war memorial plaque – I’ve added their first names where I know them:

WW1 – those who died – Dunster Memorial Hall plaque

Reginald Burroughs
Edwin Court
Rupert Edmunds
Arthur Greenway
Leslie Knowles
Alan Ladd

Herbert Moggridge
William Piddington
John Thomas
Robert Webber
Robert C Webber
Richard Wedlake

WW1 – those who served – Dunster Memorial Hall plaque

Albert Henry Stevens BakerMarmaduke HancockT Poole
C BaldwinW HancockW Poole
Frederick Henry BertI HarisonW Poole
R CaddyArthur HartnellGeorge Prole
Leonard Laver CantleJohn HartnellHarry Prole
Edwin Monroe CockremHarold HensleyCharles Radford
O CockremFrank HoleCharles William Radford
C CornishEdward John HoleJ Radford
George CornishH HoleW Ridler
H CornishJ HoleErnest Edward Shattock
Walter CornishJames John HoleM Snow
A W CourtRobert Wood HoleCharles Sully
J CourtThomas Lewis HoleH Sydenham
W CourtArthur LaddH Sydenham
Alfred DavyGeorge LaddAmbrose Thomas
William Henry DibbleRichard LaddEdwin Thomas
S DuddridgeEdgar LamacraftHerbert Thomas
Willie DuddridgeJoseph R LamacraftJ Thomas
Arthur James DyerJoseph LockerSamuel Thomas
Edgar DyerBenjamin LovellJoseph Thrush
B EdmondsJ LovellWilliam Walter Thrush
Ernest EdmundsF LudlowW J Thrush
Kenrick Beesley EdmundsR LuttrellArthur Tudball
Wilfred EdmundsC MarchantE Tudball
Cyril William EveredEdwin MeddickHarry Tudball
H FrostAlfred John MillerJack Tudball
Walter FrostCharles William MillerWillie Thorne Tudball
Clifford FullerWalter Nathan MillerWallace Simmons Veale
Walter James FullerA MoggridgeGeorge Webber
William FurseA MoggridgeHenry Webber
Charles James GeorgeS MoggridgeJ Webber
William Henry GilesHerbert Stanley NewmanSidney Webber
Harold GillHorace Geoffrey NormanWilliam Webber
James Alfred GollopRichard Aston NormanWilliam Webber
H GovierWilliam NormanCharles Welsh
W GreenwayFrederick John ParkerFrederick Charles Welsh
Charles GriffithsE ParkmanWilliam Ernest Welsh
Clifford Walter James GriffithsH ParkmanArthur Willis
James GriffithsArthur James PaulC Winter
John Herbert GriffithsWilfred Rydon PerryFrank Winter
L GriffithsErnest PhillipsJesse George Winter
Reginald Charles GriffithsJames PhillipsR Winter
T HallettJ PooleJesse Woodbury

WW2 – those who died – Dunster Memorial Hall plaque

Leslie Bond
Gordon Bryant
Gordon Creech
Cecil Davies

Michael L Davis
George Furse
Cecil Hobbs

Eric Stoate
James Thrush
Percy Veale
Peter Withycombe

WW2 – those who served – Dunster Memorial Hall plaque

S AxfordO GouldP Rowe
C BakerT GouldV Rowe
H BossomW GouldA Savile
G BryantW Gould C E Simpson
J BryantB GriffithsW Simpson
L BurgeG GriffithsJ Storey
P BurgeJ GriffithsR Storey
E BurnettH HallettC Sully
J CaddyJ HallettC Sully
R CaddyW HargraveS Sully
R CaddyJ HaydonL Swain
M CaseR HaydonA Tapp
M CaseE HaywardJ Taylor
A ColesR HerringR Thomas
R ColesL HobbsH Thorne
A CoppJ HoleJ Tudball
W J CourtM HoleE Veale
C CreechG HuxtableW Webber
R CreedR JonesR White
K DayA LaddA Yeandle
C DibbleE Lamacraft
D DibbleG LeeE Brereton
N DibbleR LeeJ Caddy
R DibbleW LuttrellJ Cochrane
W DibbleG MainwaringB Court
S DuddridgeJ MartinD Davis
W DuddridgeK MeddickM Davis
D DyerF NormanL Fuller
E DyerV NormanB Greenfield
L FarmerG ParkmanM Hayes-Helps
F FurseC ParsonsJ Heap
W FurseN PhelpsK Savile
A GilesJ PooleI Upham
R GilesT PooleE Woodbury
F GollopL Prescott
B GouldT Prescott
C GouldA Price
J GouldT Rowarth
J GouldJ Rowe

These are the parishioners’ war memorial plaques in St George’s Church

WW1 plaque in St George’s Church, Dunster

Reginald Burroughs
Edwin Court
Rupert Edmunds
Arthur Greenway
Alan Ladd
Richard Wedlake

Herbert Moggridge
William Piddington
John Thomas
Robert Webber
Robert C Webber

WW2 plaque in St George’s Church, Dunster

Leslie BondMichael L DavisEric Stoate
Gordon BryantGeorge FurseJames Thrush
Gordon CreechCecil HobbsPercy Veale
Cecil DaviesPeter Withycombe

Three more men who died in WW1 are commemorated on individual plaques in St George’s Church…

…and there are two men buried in Commonwealth war graves in Dunster Cemetery