Roll of Honour - Devon - Exeter, Cathedral - Devonshire Regt 2nd Batt Malta WW2

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EXETER CATHERAL, 2ND BATTALION, DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT WW2 MALTA WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2025

Within Exeter cathedral is a wall mounted, portrait aligned, brassed plaque commemorating the men of the 2nd Battalion, Dvonshire Regiment who gave their lives in Malta during the Second World War 1939-1945. There are 31 names listed in order of date of death that have been sorted here into alphabetical order for ease fo reading and researxh..

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IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF
2ND BATTALION THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN MALTA
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 TO 1943
SEMPER FIDELIS"

CHANNON	Leonard Harry	Private 5616618, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 24 March 1942. Aged 30. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 23.
COLES	Ronald Jack	Private 5625205, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 11 December 1941. Aged 25. Son of David Henry Coles, and of Edith Coles, of Liskeard, Cornwall. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 6.
CONNOR	William	[Spelt CONNER on memorial] Corporal 820624, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 8 May 1942. Aged 28. Son of William and Elizabeth Connor, of St. Michaels, Paignton, Devon. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave E. 17.
DOCKETT	John Henry	Private 5609301, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 2 November 1939. Aged 42. Son of John and Lavinia Minnie Dockett, of Barnstaple, Devon. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 6. 5. 5.
EDWARDS	Sydney	Private 5619318, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 24 March 1942. Aged 23. Son of Ernest S. Edwards, and of Ellen Effie Edwards, of Henfield, Sussex. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 19.
FOOTE	John Henry	Private 5619974, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 29 July 1940. Aged 18. Son of Charles Henry and Ada Foote, of Kinson, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 6. 5. 5.
FROST	Roland John Percy	Private 5619814, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 8 October 1940. Husband of Cecilia Frost, of Exeter. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 3.
GALTON	Leonard Percy	Lance Corporal 5626532, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 18 April 1942. Aged 26. Son of John and Anna Galton, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire; husband of Joan Irene Galton, of Lower Parkstone. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave K. 11.
HEARL	William Kenneth Stanford	Corporal 5615313, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 20 July 1942. Aged 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hearl; husband of Maude Allen Hearl, of Dover. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave J. 15.
HILLMAN	Walter George Tree	Private 5615574, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 23 June 1942. Aged 33. Husband of E. M. Hillman, of Knowle, Cullompton, Devon. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave J. 17.
HOARE	James Richard Charles	Private 5613343, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1942. Aged 37. Son of William John and Elizabeth Hoare, of Exeter; husband of Annie Hoare, of Exeter. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave J. 17.
KELLOND	Frederick George	Serjeant 5613668, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 9 July 1940. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta Joint grave 1. 2. 12.
KEYS	William Ernest	Private 878860, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 1 February 1943. Aged 23. Son of Grace Keys, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Buried in IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 3. 3. 25.
KITE	Henry William James	Private 5615850, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 13 June 1940. Aged 27. Son of Henry James Kite and Rose Ellen Kite, of Weston, Bath, Somerset. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 4.
LAKE	Francis Stuart	Private 5625172, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 27 May 1942. Aged 24. Son of Fredrick and Ella Lake, of Okehampton, Devon. Buried in IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 3. 3. 1.
LOCK	Reginald Stanley	Private 5615801, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 8 December 1941. Aged 32. Son of Ernest and Ethel Locke, of Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 8.
MARTIN	Sidney Tony	Private 5620132, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 3 April 1942. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 26.
PAYNE	Tom	Private 5617558, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 3 April 1942. Aged 30. Son of Thomas and Eliza Payne; husband of Ivy May Payne, of Dawlish, Devon. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 21.
PHILLIPS	Arthur Edward	Private 5493555, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 14 November 1940. Aged 32. Son of Edward Charles Phillips, and of Annie Phillips, of Durns Town, Hampshire. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 5. 6. 4.
PIPER	Kenneth George	Private 5619245, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 7 September 1941. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 4.
ROOKE	Ronald James	Private 5624769, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 4 September 1942. Aged 22. Son of Albert Henry and Jessie Rooke, of Tavistock, Devon. Buried in IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 3. 3. 26.
ROWE	Charles Frederick	Private 2042213, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 1 April 1942. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 17.
SCOTT	James Frederick	Private 5623724, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 13 February 1941. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 4.
SHEPHERD	Edmund Hicks	Lance Corporal 5616622, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 8 May 1942. Aged 28. Son of Ernest and Evelyn Shepherd, of Cornwood, Devon. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave E. 17.
SLADE	John Henry	Private 7342748, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 13 June 1940. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 3.
SPRINGETT	Thornton Edward	Colour Serjeant 729888, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1942. Aged 39. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave L. 15.
STOCKHALL	William Charles	Private 5614136, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 24 March 1942. Aged 35. Son of James and Catherine Stockhall, of Birmingham; husband of Doris H. Stockhall, of Selly Oak, Birmingham. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 21.
THOMPSON	William	Serjeant 5608454, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 25 September 1939. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta 1. 3. 1.
WALKE	Felix Alan	Lance Corporal 5618892, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 28 March 1942. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 3. 23.
WATSON	Frank	Private 5623376, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 6 July 1941. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 2. 12.
WINGETT	Frederick George	Private 5622174, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 21 January 1942. Aged 23. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wingett; husband of Margaret Freda Wingett, of Southville, Bristol. Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY Malta. Collective grave 1. 4. 12.

Last updated 2 October, 2025

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