St Mary war memorial
St Mary parish war memorial
The Parish of St Mary memorial to those born or living in the parish at the outbreak of the Great War is in front of the parish school.
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The memorial takes the form of a cross made of granite with a sword fixed to the front. There are four panels around the bottom of the memorial, two of which have 22 names listed on them.
The inscription on the memorial reads in French St Marie Tribut Reconnaissance a La Memoire Des Paroissiens Morts Pour La Patrie 1914-1918
- Bonny, Peter F Pte
- Brien, Archibald Pte
- Catelinet, Henry J Cpl
- Catelinet, John A Pte
- Catelinet, Walter E Sgt
- Gaudin, John Pte
- Hamon, Frank M Pte
- Le Gresley, Francis Pte
- Le Moignan, John F Gnr
- Le Moignan, Philip C Cpl
- Le Pennec, Toussaint Philippe Cpl
- Luce, Philip S Lieut
- Moulin, Peter Pte
- Renouf, Edward Lieut
- Robert, Francis P Pte
- Robert, Henry C Pte
- Robert, Frederick C Pte
- Rondel, Clement J Pte
- Sangan, Peter E Sgt
- Syvret, Francis P Pte
- Treussard, Peter Cpl
- Minchington, Clarence C Sgt
Individual stories
Catelinets
There are three Catelinets listed on the memorial, two of whom were brothers, Henry and John. Henry was killed in action while fighting at Arras on 12 April 1917. He was serving with C Company, 6th Battalion, Dorset Regiment. He had left Jersey with the Dorsets and went to France in 1914 with the original British Expeditionary Force, and is remembered on the Arras Memorial. He was 22.
His brother John died on 2 December 1918 aged 20. He was serving with 3rd Battalion RMLI, when he died of disease in the Aegean Sea area, and was buried in the East Mudros Cemetery. Their parents were James and Annie Catelinet of 1 D’Auvergne Cottages, Aquila Rd, St Helier.
Three sons of Philip George and Ellen Henriette Langlois served in the Army. Walter Ernest Catelinet (1893-1919) was a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers. The circumstances of his death are unknown, but it is presumed that he died of wounds or illness contracted during the war.
His two brothers, Edward George and Philip Arthur survived the war.
Clarence George Minchington
A member of the Jersey Overseas Contingent is also remembered on the memorial. Sergeant Clarence George Minchington died of disease aged 23, on 24 April 1917, and is buried in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Alfred Charles Minchington and Jane Elizabeth, nee Jehan
