One name listed on the memorial is that of Elias George Dorey the youngest son of Centenier John and Elsie Dorey of St John and was killed in action on 31st October 1917 whilst fighting at Ypres. He was a Gunner with 290 Siege Battery, R.G.A., and is buried in Ruisseau Cemetery, Belgium, he was twenty three. Elias was initially reported as missing and it was not until December 1918 that he was confirmed dead. What a desperately long time for his parents to hold on to the hope that their son could still be alive. It must have been a cruel twist for the family in an already cruel war.

Another name listed is that of Auguste Francis Jouanne, a Private in the 1st (West) Bn R.M.I.J., who had died after suffering three weeks of illness a result of catching a chill whilst on outpost duty proving the war inflicted casualties in many different ways. Auguste was a farmer and married to Ada Mary. He was thirty two when he died.

Reginald Sidney Nicolle, also listed on the memorial was the son of John and Jane Nicolle of West Park Avenue St Helier.

It seems that Reginald must have emigrated to Canada before the war as at the time of his death he was a Lance Sergeant in the 73rd Bn (Quebec Regt.), Canadian Infantry.

He died storming Vimy Ridge on 9th April 1917 age twenty nine and is buried in the Canadian Cemetery Number 2, Neuville St Vaast.

Jouanne and Nicolle could not have had two contrasting deaths, one in Jersey in relative safety, the other storming Vimy Ridge in a maelstrom of bullets and shells but we must remember both families would have grieved as much as each other, in the same ways for their lost son, brother, husband or father.

The inscription on the front of the memorial is in French and reads "Saint Jean a la Gloire du Dieu et en Memoire des Paroissiens Morts Pour leur Roi et Patrie", which roughly translates to "St John to the glory of God and in memory of the parishioners who died for King and Country".