Researching war memorials — perhaps someone can help . . .

I AM researching the names on the war memorial at Lydford and would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about them.  

Perhaps you're a relative, or grew up with one of them – whatever information you have, however slight, would be really useful to me.  

These are the names — First world war: Charles Berry, Mancel Clark, Frank Fry, Richard Hobbs, William Daw, Archibald Huggins, George Lake, George Metters, Richard Petherick, Richard Turner, Samuel Voysey, Edward Whitford, James Stephens.

Second world war:  Leslie Bickle, Richard Gillett, Philip Herbert, Sylvia Bickle, Richard Herbert, Gerald Herbert, Alfred Stanbury, Peter Bowles.  

Falklands: Nicholas Taylor. Iraq: Andrew Kelly.

I am hoping to bring the stories of these brave individuals to life, and in doing so create a picture of Lydford throughout the 20th century.  As you can imagine, I have already been trawling past copies of the Times!

You can reach me at [email protected]">[email protected]

I would be so grateful for any help you could give me.

Clive Aslet

(Clive Aslet is the Editor at Large of Country Life and the author of many books, including Villages of Britain)