Grouville war memorial

Grouville parish war memorial

The Parish of Grouville memorial to those born or living in the parish at the outbreak of the Great War is on a small triangular piece of land between a main road and a smaller road opposite the entrance to the Royal Jersey Grouville golf course. It is some distance from both the Parish Church and Parish Hall whereas all the other parish memorials are either next to one or both, or in some cases situated inside one of the buildings.

Other memorials

The memorial is made from granite and takes the form of a cross. At the base of the cross are panels with the names of 53 men who died during the Great War. Also listed are the names of five men who died during World War 2. Of those killed in the Great War, 16 died fighting for the French and their names are listed together on one panel with the inscription: Anciens Combattants Francais.

The main inscription on the front of the memorial reads: Grouville, Tribut De Reconnaissance Aux Paroissiens Morts Pendant Le Grande Guerre 1914-1919

• Amy, W M
• Baudains, A M
• Baudains, F A
• Bertram, E B
• Bertram, L W
• Bertram, R C De La V
• Bree, W C
• Bruford, W P
• Chevalier, A
• Collas, C A
• d'Arthenay, A I
• De Faye, E F
• De Quetteville, A P
• De Ste Croix, P W
• Drube, O
• Even, F F
• Gallichan, A J
• Gallichan, E F
• Hamon, F J
• Harris, W E
• Hebert, E J
• Le Breton, St E
• Le Cocq, J C
• Le Gallais, R W
• Mallet, C E R
• Marrais, E E
• Marrais, W
• Marie, P J

• O'Connor, R S
• Raffray, H L
• Renouf, F G
• Ross, R S
• Simonet, H K
• Simonet, K W L
• Stevenson, R J
• Touzel, S A
• Vigot, A J

Anciens Combattants Francais

• Bellec Y
• Even Y
• Holley F
• Lamy P
• Lavaullee E
• Le Bourdonnec E
• Lelong J A
• Leverdier J
• Leverdier L
• Leverdier P
• Marie A
• Morin J
• Sadot A
• Tirel P J
• Touroult F
• Yrand F

Individual stories

Charles Edwin Ralph Malet

Charles Malet was killed on 13 or 14 May 1916 near Loos in France. He was 21, the eldest son of Charles and Priscilla Mallet, of Gorey, and a Rifleman in the Jersey Company of the 7th Royal Irish Rifles. He was wounded putting up wire in the trenches and later died in a dressing station in the presence of his younger brother Arthur, who was wounded but survived the war. Charles Malet is buried at the Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes.

Edward Bienaime Bertram

Edward Bertram was a Private in the 14th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Infantry, when he was killed in action in France. While returning with some comrades of the Machine Gun Section a shell landed nearby, killing him instantly. He was just 22 when killed on 6 April 1917, and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois. He was the son of Adele Eugenie of Beachside, La Rocque, Grouville, and the late Edward Philip Bertram, who had sometime earlier drowned while fishing.

Leonard William Bertram

On 9 April 1917 the Canadians stormed Vimy Ridge. Private Leonard William Bertram died that day while fighting with the Quebec Regiment, as part of the Canadian Infantry. The third son of John and Jane Bertram of East Lynne, La Rocque, St Clement, he was killed by a sniper. He was 23 years old and is buried in Canadian Cemetery No 2, Neuville-St Vaast. His two elder brothers, Wilfred John and Ernest Touzel also fought in the war, and survived.

Rolf Guillaume de la Vieuville Bertram

The third Bertram on the memorial was also serving with the Canadian Infantry at the time of his death on 6 September 1916. Rolf Guillaume de la Vieuville Bertram was born in Grouville, and was the second son of Louis John Bertram, of Mandeville, Jamaica. Aged 24 at the time of his death he was a Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment. He was wounded in July 1916 then moved to the Daughters of the Empire Hospital at Hyde Park in London where he died of wounds caused by a grenade thrown short by a colleague during training. He is buried in the Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery.

Edward Francis de Faye

Edward de Faye was the son of Francis George and Phoebe de Faye, of 21 David Place, St Helier, and Pamproux, La Rocque. Killed in action in Gauche Wood near Gouzeaucourt, during the Battle of Cambrai, he was a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Tank Corps, serving with A Battalion. He died on 1 December 1917 at the age of 25 and is remembered on Panel 13 of the Cambrai Memorial.