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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Jersey, - St Helier Parade Gardens |
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The
Opening of the War Memorial in Jersey's St. Helier Parade Gardens, 23 November
2018
Photo : Colin
Macleod
St Helier was the only parish in Jersey not to have a dedicated memorial to parishioners killed whilst on active duty during the First World War. A decision was made to rectify this in time for the centenary of Armistice with a new memorial commissioned to commemorate the 603 St Helier men who lost their lives during the hostilities.
The memorial was conceived as a gateway piece to Parade Gardens, providing a visual (and perhaps in the future a physical) link between the cenotaph and the Don memorial. It is an inclusive, large scale “furniture” piece with two communal platforms which could be viewed as laid out pages from a book, intended for reading, sitting, playing, lying, performing and waiting. Rather than forming a physical “edge” to the gardens, the new intervention is scaled to be low lying and fragmented in order to frame and facilitate view and route. The memorial seeks to create a distinct sense of place within its park setting and play a part in public and private activity patterns in the immediate area, whilst recognizing and relating to its urban and civic context.
The memorial was designed by Siobhann Macleod.
603 parishioners who fell in the First World War have been listed
on the monument. The names of those on the memorial have been transcribed
on the St.
Heiier war Memorial Research website.
However, a number of names have subsequently been shown to be Jersey men who
lost their lives in the First World War, but whose names
are NOT on the memorial. These names are commemorated on other
War Memorials in Jersey, and will be listed on this page. It is hoped that
the names missing from the memorial will be added at a later date.
7 names on the memorial have been identified as being those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
11 names are of Yorkshire Regiment men who are commemorated elsewhere on Jersey, but not on the Parade Gardens Memorial.
Yorkshire Regiment Names on the St. Helier Parade Gardens Memorial.
Drummer Clarence John Ahier. 7715. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 31 October 1918.
Born St. Helier's (Jersey - CI), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated on the DELHI MEMORIAL GATE.
Buried Cherat New Cemetery).
Lance Corporal Walter Edward Barnes, MM, 8209. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Walter and Mary Barnes, of 1, Janvrin Rd., St. Helier, Jersey.
Killed 23 July 1916. Aged 27.
Born St. Helier (Jersey), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Also commemorated on the St.
Paul's Church Memorial, and the St.
Paul's School Memorial.)
Private John Henry Courcoux. 42342. 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, formerly 32586 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Annie
Courcoux, of 11, Lemperiere St., St. Helier, Jersey. Killed 2 December 1917.
Aged 20.
Born St. Peters (St. Heliers), Enlisted Jersey.
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Hall. 11855.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 July 1916.
Enlisted Jersey (C I).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Also commemorated on the St,
Mark's Church Memorial.)
Private Charles Herbert Pallot Noel. 8028. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 30 October 1914.
Born St. Helier (Jersey, C I), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Also commemorated on the St.
Paul's Church Memorial, and the St.
Paul's School Memorial.)
Lance Corporal Alfred Samuel Richards. 9232. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Omer Alfred and Ada Richards, of St. Helier, Jersey, Channel
Islands. Killed 9 September 1917. Aged 26.
Born St. Heliers (Jersey - C.I.), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated on the KARACHI WAR MEMORIAL.
Private Albert Wakeham. 9396. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Kate Theresa Southern, of 1, Surtees St., Hopetown, Darlington.
Killed 30 September 1915. Aged 23.
Born St. Heliers (Jersey CI), Enlisted Darlington.
Commemorated on Panels 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
(A letter from Albert Wakeham dated 5 June 1915, as it appeared in the Jersey
Evening Post, of Thursday 28 June 1917 is shown on the website, "The
Channel Islands and the Great War".)
Yorkshire Regiment Names NOT on the Memorial
Lance Corporal Donald Patrick Conroy, 10092. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of C.S.M. T. J. Conroy (late 7th Bn. Green Howards), of 71,
Goodramgate, York. Killed between 22/10/1914 and 06/11/1914. Aged 19.
Born St. Helier (Jersey), Enlisted York, Resided Huntington.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Drummer Robert Charles Courcoux, 8120. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Mary Ann Courcoux; husband of Angelina Courcoux
(nee Beuchet), of 9, Francis St., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Killed
2 August 1917. Aged 27.
Born St. Peter's (Jersey), Enlisted Jersey, Resided St. Helier.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
(Robert Charles Courcoux was in the 2nd Battalion which landed in Belgium
in October 1914 and which took part in the First Battle of Ypres.)
Commemorated on the St. Peter's
Church Memorial, Jersey.
Lance Corporal Samuel Evett. 1921. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Emmanuel George and Mary Evett, of Jersey, Channel Islands. Killed
28 April 1917.Aged 27.
Born Jersey (C.I.), Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Gravesend (Kent).
Buried HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private John Frank Gorin. 10103. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 March 1915.
Born St. Mary's (Jersey, C I), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
(John Gorin was in the 2nd Battalion which landed in Belgium in October 1914
and which took part in the First Battle of Ypres.)
Commemorated on the St. Peter's
Church Memorial, Jersey.
Private John Emile Herbert. 11887. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Paul and A. Herbert, of Pied-de-la-Rue, St. Clement's, Jersey. Killed
5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Grouville (Jersey), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Commemorated on the Grouville, Jersey,
War Memorial.
Private Joseph Francis Herve, 34084. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 146635 3rd Labour Battn. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Herve,
of St. John, Jersey, Channel Islands. Killed 24 July 1918.
Born Jersey (C I), Enlisted Jersey.
Buried ST. ERME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Commemorated on the St. John's,
Jersey, War Memorial.
Captain Ernest Geoffrey Carrington LE SUEUR.
1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 July 1917.
Commemorated Panel 33,YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Commemorated on the St.
Saviour's Church Memorial, Jersey.
Private John Francis Michel. 10497. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Mary Michel. of St. Peter's, Jersey. Killed
28 February 1915. Aged 26.
Born St. Peter's (Jersey - CI), Enlisted Woolwich, Resided St. Peter's (Jersey).
Buried WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Commemorated on the St. Peter's
Church Memorial, Jersey.
Private George Parsons. 203053. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 8 April 1918.
Born Jersey (C.I.), Enlisted Stepney (London), Resided Jersey.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Major Kenneth William Lee Simonet. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 21 January 1916.
Commemorated Panel 14, BASRA MEMORIAL.
(In addition to biographical information on Major Simonet found in "Photos,
Individuals - S", there are several News Items relating to Major
Simonet from the Jersey Evening Post that are provided on the website "The
Channel Islands in the Great War".)
Private Peter Marie Vitel. 11888. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Pierre Marie Vitel and Marguerite Guluche, his wife, of Querdren, Treverec,
Cotes-du-Nord, France. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born St. Heliers (Jersey C I), Enlisted Jersey.
Commemorated on Panels 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
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