AIRCRAFTMAN 2nd CLASS O. F. HILL | ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE | 18 | 03/12/1947 |
SERJEANT T. R. CALLABY | THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT | 31 | 27/10/1944 |
In the centre of the village:
Just across the road from the church, in St. Teath Church Cemetery:
PRIVATE S. G. AMY | ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT | 18 | 15/09/1918 |
Above & below:
PRIVATE R. R. TRELEAVEN | CANTERBURY REGIMENT, N.Z.E.F. | 24 | 20/02/1918 |
Meanwhile, back in the churchyard:
We stayed in the village of St Teath last year. I was interested to note then that the RAF casualty had been killed in 1947 at the age of 18, so wasn’t a WW2 casualty but received a CWGC headstone. Cracking pub in the village btw if anyone decides to visit.
Aircraftman Hill died on 3rd December 1947. The reason he has a CWGC headstone is that the WWII qualifying dates for a headstone are 3rd September 1939 to 31st December 1947, and thus he qualifies by a few weeks. Had he died a month later, he would not have been entitled to one (even if he died of a war-related injury).
Well done St Teath
Memorial is at last restored, a fitting tribute to those that served.
I couldn’t leave a wreath at remembrance 2023 as I was in hospital,
Instead I laid it on 6th june 2024, D Day 80, for all that served.
My cousin Charlotte Hawkins has visited his grave in Flanders and has his medals.
Good man, Peter. Never forget.