Méteren Military Cemetery
Roll of Honour
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Dedications
61230 Private Thomas W. Miatt, 1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 14th April 1918, aged 19.
Son of Christopher and Mary Amelia Miatt. Beloved brother of Dora Catherine Miatt (Looms)
Remembered by Suzanne Loom
61230 Private Thomas W. Miatt, 1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 14th April 1918, aged 19.
Son of Christopher and Mary Amelia Miatt. Beloved brother of Dora Catherine Miatt (Looms)
Remembered by Suzanne Loom
4640 Corporal
John Mott Marion, M. M.
10th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
24th April 1918, aged 25.
Plot I. L. 284.
Son of Charles and Sarah Marion, of Millicent, South Australia.
His headstone beards the inscription; "In Memory Of The Dearly Loved Son Of Mrs. S. Marion Millicent, S.A."
7282 Private Rowe later recalled the attack from which Jack Marion did not return §;
"I knew him from being in the battalion. He was an oldish man and tall and particularly dark with black hair and was a corporal and M. M. (Military Medal).On April 24th we were on the left of Meteren, about 1.30 in the morning, we attacked and got about 300-400 yards. When we got there we had to retire and Marion went out to find some men who were missing and never returned. After daylight the Germans were over the ground stripping the dead of their equipment, so it is quite impossible to say whether he is dead or a prisoner. It was never possible to search the ground properly as it was under constant fire."
6817 Private J. Rice added;
"I knew Marion, he was buried in the 3rd Brigade H. Q. Cemetery about 200 yards from Fletre; the third grave from Sergeant Robinson. I took the disc off his neck and knew it to be the man known as 'Jackie Marion' of D Coy."
Sergeant Francis Robinson is buried in the same cemetery as Jack Marion but no longer 3 graves away as Private Rice said at the time. He is now buried in Plot V. F. 735.
John Mott Marion, M. M.
10th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
24th April 1918, aged 25.
Plot I. L. 284.
Son of Charles and Sarah Marion, of Millicent, South Australia.
His headstone beards the inscription; "In Memory Of The Dearly Loved Son Of Mrs. S. Marion Millicent, S.A."
7282 Private Rowe later recalled the attack from which Jack Marion did not return §;
"I knew him from being in the battalion. He was an oldish man and tall and particularly dark with black hair and was a corporal and M. M. (Military Medal).On April 24th we were on the left of Meteren, about 1.30 in the morning, we attacked and got about 300-400 yards. When we got there we had to retire and Marion went out to find some men who were missing and never returned. After daylight the Germans were over the ground stripping the dead of their equipment, so it is quite impossible to say whether he is dead or a prisoner. It was never possible to search the ground properly as it was under constant fire."
6817 Private J. Rice added;
"I knew Marion, he was buried in the 3rd Brigade H. Q. Cemetery about 200 yards from Fletre; the third grave from Sergeant Robinson. I took the disc off his neck and knew it to be the man known as 'Jackie Marion' of D Coy."
Sergeant Francis Robinson is buried in the same cemetery as Jack Marion but no longer 3 graves away as Private Rice said at the time. He is now buried in Plot V. F. 735.
44069 Private
Charles Edward Mayo
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
14th April 1918.
Plot III. D. 633.
Charles Edward Mayo
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
14th April 1918.
Plot III. D. 633.
7118 Lance Corporal
Benjamin Edward Palfreyman
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
13th October 1914, aged 31.
Plot IV. C. 607. (Buried near this spot)
Son of Benjamin Edward and Amelia Palfreyman, of Cotton Mill Yard, Long St., Atherstone, Warwickshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Three of Benjamin's cousins also died in 'The Great War' including Bertram (Bert) below who is buried next to him.
Benjamin Edward Palfreyman
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
13th October 1914, aged 31.
Plot IV. C. 607. (Buried near this spot)
Son of Benjamin Edward and Amelia Palfreyman, of Cotton Mill Yard, Long St., Atherstone, Warwickshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Three of Benjamin's cousins also died in 'The Great War' including Bertram (Bert) below who is buried next to him.
9868 Private
Bertram (Bert) Palfreyman
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
13th October 1914.
Plot IV. C. 606.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Bert was the oldest son of Son of Mr. Charles & Elizabeth Palfreyman, of 9, Gotts Terrace, Utley, Keighley, Yorks. They lost two other sons in the Great War, 9705 Lance Corporal Charles Palfreyman who died on 25th September 1915, aged 29, commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium and 155822 Sapper Harry Palfreyman who is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, also in Belgium.
Bertram (Bert) Palfreyman
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
13th October 1914.
Plot IV. C. 606.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Bert was the oldest son of Son of Mr. Charles & Elizabeth Palfreyman, of 9, Gotts Terrace, Utley, Keighley, Yorks. They lost two other sons in the Great War, 9705 Lance Corporal Charles Palfreyman who died on 25th September 1915, aged 29, commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium and 155822 Sapper Harry Palfreyman who is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, also in Belgium.
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Molesworth Samuels
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
13th October 1914, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 44.
Son of the late Lt. Col. William Frederick Samuels, A.M.S. and Althea Samuels, of Kingstown, Co. Dublin.
Arthur Molesworth Samuels
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
13th October 1914, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 44.
Son of the late Lt. Col. William Frederick Samuels, A.M.S. and Althea Samuels, of Kingstown, Co. Dublin.
41368 Rifleman
Edmund Smeed
1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
19th April 1918, aged 23.
Plot IV. D. 648.
Son of Thomas and Edith Smeed.
Edmund Smeed
1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
19th April 1918, aged 23.
Plot IV. D. 648.
Son of Thomas and Edith Smeed.
S/16972 Lance Corporal
Colin Alexander Smith
"B" Coy. 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
28th June 1918, aged 39.
Plot V. B. 592.
Son of Malcolm Smith, of Sheildenish, Lochs; husband of Colina Smith, of 27, Balallan, Lochs, Stornaway.
Colin Alexander Smith
"B" Coy. 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
28th June 1918, aged 39.
Plot V. B. 592.
Son of Malcolm Smith, of Sheildenish, Lochs; husband of Colina Smith, of 27, Balallan, Lochs, Stornaway.
23258 Private
John Symons
2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, N.Z.E.F.
13th April 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. E. 160.
Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Symons, of England. Born in New Zealand.
John Symons
2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, N.Z.E.F.
13th April 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. E. 160.
Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Symons, of England. Born in New Zealand.
34947 Private
William Peter Taylor
3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
14th April 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. M. 327.
Son of Simon and Helen Taylor, of Kia Ora, Oamaru, New Zealand.
William Peter Taylor
3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
14th April 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. M. 327.
Son of Simon and Helen Taylor, of Kia Ora, Oamaru, New Zealand.
53291 Private
Robert William Weir
2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, N.Z.E.F.
17th April 1918.
Plot V. A. 562.
Robert William Weir
2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, N.Z.E.F.
17th April 1918.
Plot V. A. 562.
