
FALLEN COMRADES
On Saturday, 9th November, before the Crusaders game, we will be unveiling a plaque dedicated to the memory of those members of our club who made the supreme sacrifice and laid down their lives during World War 1
· William Ash was killed on the trawler Courtier in January 1916. He is buried in Brixham.
· Joseph Jeffrey was in the Gloucestershire Regiment and was killed in July 1918. He is buried in Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy
· Ernest Vass was in the Devonshire Regiment and was killed in July 1916. He is buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Beaumont-Hamel and Hebuterne, France
· Jack Sharp was in the Royal Artillery and was killed in August 1916. He is buried in Nasiriyah, Iraq.
· W Boyce, who is not listed on the Brixham War Memorial and no details of his death are known.
There will then be a short remembrance ceremony on the pitch before the kick-off.
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