Bethel Methodist Church, St. Clement, Jersey
World War 1 Roll of Honour
In 1826, the Methodist people of St. Clement in the Island of Jersey were at last able to build their own small Chapel on a site kindly given to them by a Mr. J. Le Neveu. It was something like the twelfth Chapel to be built in Jersey (This figure more than doubled later in the 19th century) when there were 1,210 Methodists out of a population of 36,582 i.e 3.3% of the population; fabulous by modern day proportions.
It served its community in the south east of the island very fruitfully for many years until in the mid 1950s it was agreed that it should close. Through visionary leadership at the time, it passed, under licence agreement, to the Island Girls’ Brigade as a Headquarters where they could hold meetings, activity weekends and camps both for local groups and groups from all over the British Isles.
In 2009, these activities came to an end and the buildings were sold to a developer. Happily this modest but no less significant Memorial to 43 local men who fought in the First World War, some with distinction and some sadly called to sacrifice their lives, came to light again having survived the various changes to the building that housed it for nearly a hundred years. It is currently housed at Georgetown Methodist Church where most Bethel members transferred. It will probably remain there during this centenary year but may then be handed over to the local Methodist Archive.
The Names are as follow:-
1. Charles James Ahier Army
2. Clarence Percy Ahier Army
3. Sydney Williams Ahier Army
4. Wesley Cabot Ahier Army
5. Wilfred John Ahier Army
6. Winter Clement Ahier Army
7. Arthur Godfray De Rue Army Military Medalist
8. Laurie Edward Horsnell Durell Navy Died of exposure
9. Charles P. O. Filleul Navy 1 of 6 survivors on HMS ’Shark’ DS Medalist
10. Sydney George Fosse Army
11. James Barnaby Godfray Army
12. Winter John Gottrell Army
13. Clifford John Gruchy Army
14. William Philip Gruchy Army Military Medalist
15. Sydney Philip Hamon Army
16. Winter Francis Hamon Army Killed in Action 27th April 1915
17. Philip George Herivel Navy
18. John James Hodge Army
19. Robert John Hodge Navy
20. Francis Alfred Journeaux Navy
21. John Walter Journeaux Navy
22. Thomas Journeaux Army
23. Peter Henry L’Amy Army
24. Alfred James Le Lièvre Army Death due to sunstroke
25. James Alfred Le Lièvre Army
26. Gerald Charles Le Masurier Army Killed in Action April 4th 1917
27. Philip Charles Le Moignan Army Killed in Action April 23rd 1916
28. Arthur Edward Le Rougetel Army
29. Francis John Malherbe Navy
30. Albert Edwin Marett Army
31. Thomas Abram Marett Navy
32. Ernest Arthur Mourant Navy
33. George Alfred Mourant Army
34. Albert Philip Paisnel Army
35. John James Paisnel Army
36. Alfred Winter Pirouet Army
37. Arthur John Francis Pirouet Army Died of wounds, Sep 10th 1916
38. Sydney Elie Pirouet Army
39. Henry Charles Rayson Army
40. Reginald Repper Army
41. Alfred Touzel Army
42. Philip De Gruchy De Rue Army
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