St Saviour war memorial

St Saviou parish war memorial

The Parish of St Saviour memorial to those born or living in the parish at the outbreak of the Great War is inside the Parish Hall on St Saviour's Hill, opposite the parish church.

Other memorials

The names of the dead are listed on a wooden and glass panel on a wall in a stair well. The memorial lists the names of 65 men who died during World War I and a further 26 servicemen who perished in World War II. The inscription on the Memorial reads: Paroisse de St Sauveur a La Mémoire Des Paroissiens Morts Pour La Patrie.

There is also a garden of remembrance outside the Parish Hall which has a flag pole as it’s centre piece.

• Amiot, C
• Bass, P B
• Batho, P J
• Bennett, J E
• Birkby, H A
• Breban, J
• Breban, L
• Browning, C W
• Cabot, G A
• Champion, E F
• Charles, J F
• Corbin, H J
• Cotillard, H L
• De Gruchy, S W
• De La Haye, S W
• Devereux, H W
• Devereux, E B
• Ereaut, H P
• Fairlie, J G
• Falle, L P
• Faulknor, R S J
• Fisher, T E O
• Fosse, V G
• Gruchy, F le M
• Harvey, H J
• Hodge, F C
• Hodge, W R
• Hutchings, S H
• Jeune, W
• Johnson, G M
• Jones, C C
• Le Boutillier, A R - refers to Le Boutillier, A L
• Le Lievre, C C

• Le Miere, J L
• Le Sueur, E G C
• Livermore, F I
• Livermore, W H
• Logan, L H
• Loyis, E F - refers to Louis, E F
• Machon, C J
• Machon, E D
• Marshall, D C
• Mauger, G E
• Mauger, G
• Noel, A F
• Noel, S J
• O'Brien, L D
• Peart, W
• Pinel, P J
• Pralle, A C
• Revell, T
• Rice, L
• Richardson, R J R
• Robin, C H
• Ruaux, E W
• Rundle, C N
• Rundle, C S
• Stewart, J H
• Stent, E C
• Touzel, H G H
• Vibert, J E
• Wakley, A
• Wakley, W J
• Wakley, H T- refers to Walden, H T
• Walmsley, W A

Individual stories

Thomas Revell

Thomas Revell died on 4 February 1915; his body was never identified so his name was inscribed with thousands of others on the panels of the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres. The son of Thomas Revell and husband of Virginia Leopold, of 11 Springfield Cottages, Springfield Road, St Helier, he had two children with Virginia, and had rejoined the army on the outbreak of war in 1914 having left it five years earlier. He was killed in action at the age of 34 serving as a private with the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Before rejoining the army he had been working for Terry Brothers of the Esplanade, St Helier.

Percy John Batho

Leading Seaman Percy John Batho was the son of John Batho and Emma, nee Quick, of D'Hautree Gardens, St Saviour's Hill, and was serving on HMS Laurentic when the ship was lost off the coast of Ireland on 25 January 1917. He had served in the Navy for some 12 years and was 31 when he died. He had only just joined Laurentic a few days before her loss. He is also remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Frank Le Maistre Gruchy

Frank Le Maistre Gruchy, a veteran of the Boer War, was 38 when he was killed in action reportedly leading his men into battle at Ennetieres (near Armentieres) in Northern France. He was a Captain with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment and shortly before his death had passed his promotion examinations to become a Major. He died on 23 October 1914 and is buried in Ration Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres. He was the son of George and Marie Gruchy, of Ronceville.

Everard Chandler Stent

Everard Chandler Stent died just 15 days before the end of the war. The eldest son of Thomas Chandler and Emily Mary Stent (nee Mollet), of 1 Lansdowne Villas, St Luke, he was a former teacher and a well-known footballer, playing for Wanderers before he joined the Army. He was a Bombardier with the Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action in France at the age of 35. He is buried in La Vallee-Mulatre Communal Cemetery Extension.