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BROADSTONE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Jill Floyd 2008

The memorial is to be found in Delph Wood Recreation Ground, heath Road, Broadstone and is located on the north side. it takes the form of a base upon which is set a square plinth, a coilumn and then a figure of a female figure in mourning. The inscription is carved on one side of the column and around the top of the plinth. the names are listed as "killed by enemy action" or "killed on active service" and are affixed to the memorial on plaques. The figure of soldiers and sailors are carved into two sides of the plinth. There are 44 names for World War 1 and 30 for World War 2. The memorial was dedicated in 1920; the designer was Mr Gilbery Bayes. There are also memorials at John The Baptist Curch and as a School memorial, these contain some of the names listed on the main memorial and some that are not. To indicated which belong to which memorial they have been identified with ‡ for main memorial, † for John the Baptish Church and § for the School.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF BROADSTONE DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE WAR

1914-1919

ALLEN

Frederick James

1st Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Ypres

ࠤ

ALLEN

John Robert

2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Buried or commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial

‡§

ALLEN

Sidney C

1st Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Montrieul-Aux-Lions British Cemetery

§

ALLEN

Tom

‡§

ANGELL

George

6th Battalion, Dorset?.

‡§

ANGELL

Harry P

5th Battalion, Dorset.

‡§

ANGELL

John R

5th Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Thiepval, Somme

ࠤ

BASCOMBE

Wilfred Albert

[Listed as Alfred on school memorial] 19th Battalion, Kings [Liverpool Regiment]. Buried or commemorated Railway Dug Out, Zillebeke

ࠤ

BEAMENT

Arthur Willie

[BEATMENT on main memorial, listed as William on School memorial] HMS Motagua, RM Light Infantry. Buried or commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial

‡†

BEANEY

Ernest [Edward W]

12th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Buried or commemorated The Huts Cemetery, Ypres

‡†

BRESSEY

Denys John

HMS Motagua, RM Light Infantry. Buried or commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial

‡†

BROWN

Francis Samuel

2nd Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Basra

ࠤ

BROWN

Harold Henry

1st Battalion, Wilts Regiment. Duke of Edinburghs. Buried or commemorated Tyne Cot

ࠤ

CARTER

George

6th Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial

ࠤ

CARTER

John Laws

8th Battalion 'Y' Company, Northumberland Fusiliers. Buried or commemorated Philosophe British Cem. Mazingarbe

‡†

CASSIDY, MM

Robert

‘D’ Company, Tank Corps. Buried or commemorated Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme

‡†

COLES

Cyril William

1st County London Yeomanry. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

ࠤ

COOPER

Douglas Eric John

[Listed as Eric on School memorial] 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Buried or commemorated Cambrai

DYER

Albert Edward

2nd Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Baghdad [North Gate] War Cemetery

‡†

ELSWORTH, H

Herbert

75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Buried or commemorated Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery 6

ࠤ

FALL

Arthur Charles

FORD

F A

5th Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Helles

ࠤ

FRY

Victor Frederick John

2nd Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

ࠤ

GILLINGHAM

[Victor] William Henry

115th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Buried or commemorated Klein-Vierstraat

GOULD

Chalkley Vivian

3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡†

GRIBBELL

Leslie Terrell

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Buried or commemorated Villers Station Cemetery

ࠤ

GRIFFIN

Stanley

§

HARRIS

Eric

1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Buried or commemorated Pont-du-Hem, La Gorgue

ࠤ

HART

Albert Richard

[Listed as Richard on School memorial] 1st/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Amara, Iraq

ࠤ

HART

Edward Clifford Frank

[Listed as Frank on School memorial] 5th Battalion, Dorset. Buried or commemorated Villers-Bretonneaux Military Cemetery

‡†

HOAR

Thomas

Depot, Wiltshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡§

HOLLOWAY

Albert BG

2nd Northumbrian Field Company, Royal Engineers. Buried or commemorated Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Ypres

HUME

George Minchin

Buried or commemorated Menin Gate, Ypres

‡†

MANSEL-PLEYDELL

Edmund Morton

3rd [attached 1st] Battalion, Dorset . Buried or commemorated Miraumont Communal Cemetery

MANSEL-PLEYDELL, MC

Henry Grove Morton

NELSON

Hamilton De Beauvoir

17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Buried or commemorated Thiepval, Somme

‡†

NEWMAN

Alfred James

1st, South African Mounted Rifles. Buried or commemorated Warmbad, Namibia

‡†

NORTHWAY

Francis Louis

2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Buried or commemorated Delhi [India Gate]

ࠤ

PIKE

Edward C

7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

ࠤ

POND

Albert Reginald Mark

[Listed as Reginald on School memorial] 2nd [Wessex] Field Company, Royal Engineers. Buried or commemorated Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

‡†

PYPER

John William Anderson

HMS Hazard, Royal Navy. Buried or commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial

‡†

RENDLE

Percy [Walter]

8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Montay-Neuvilly

ROBERTS

F E

‘B’ Siege Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery. Buried or commemorated Wimborne

‡†

STEVENS

Charles Maxwell

Inns of Court Training Corps. Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡†

TROWBRIDGE

Charles James

9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Klein-Vierstraat

‡†

WALLIS

Noel Veder

1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried or commemorated Nieuport

ࠤ

WHITE

Harold

Portsmouth Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Buried or commemorated Poole

‡†

WILSON

Turle Barber

21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Buried or commemorated Ancre, Beaumont-Hamel

‡†

WILSON, MC

Thomas I Ward

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

WYLDEBORE-SMITH

Hugh Francis

1939-1945
‡†

ANDREASEN

Carl Christian

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

ࠤ

BASCOMBE

Raymond

BELBEN

G D

§

BOUGH

Leslie

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡†

BROWN

Dennis Alfred James

Buried or commemorated Portsmouth Naval memorial

§

COBB

Vera

Buried or commemorated see Hatcher

‡†

COTTERILL

Charles Arthur

Buried or commemorated El Alamein

ࠤ

CRUMPLER

Charles J

Buried or commemorated Wareham Cemetery

‡†

DAVIES

D

‡†

D'OYLY

[Reginald] Clare [Hastings]

Buried or commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial

‡†

FREESTON

Thomas [Smith]

Buried or commemorated Cassino

§

HAWKINS

Leo

‡†

JARMAIN

William John Fletcher

Buried or commemorated Ranville War Cemetery

JAY

John Robert [James Norman]

Buried or commemorated Portsmouth Naval memorial

‡†

KEARLEY

Sidney

Buried or commemorated Chungkai War Cemetery

‡†

McCLELLAN

W B

‡§

McCOMISH

Ernest [Sydney Frank]

Buried or commemorated Plymouth, Weston Mill Cemetery

‡§

McCOMISH

Reginald [William Charles]

Buried or commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial

§

MATTHEWS

William John

Buried or commemorated Poole Municipal Borough

ࠤ

MYLES

Frank William John

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡†

NELSON

J

§

PEACH

Marcus [Harold]

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

ࠤ

PHILLIPS

William

‡†

SAMBORNE

Francis [Palmer]

Buried or commemorated Medjez-El-Bab

‡†

SAMBORNE

J

Buried or commemorated Belgrade War Cemetery

§

SQUIRE

Ralph [Leslie Wilfred]

Buried or commemorated Lytchett Minster Churchyard

ࠤ

STRANGE

James Walter Tom

Buried or commemorated Broadstone

‡†

TYNDALE-BISCOE

Wilfred [Julian]

Buried or commemorated Dalmahoy Episcopalian Churchyard

‡†

WATERMAN

J

ࠤ

WATKINS

Richard Brinsley

Buried or commemorated Oued Zarga, Tunisia

§

WILLIAMS

David

‡†

BANKES

Ellen Margaretta

Civilian. Buried or commemorated Poole Municipal Borough

‡†

COATES

John Spencer

Civilian. Buried or commemorated Poole Municipal Borough

‡†

COATES

Flora Oliphant

[Listed as T O COATES on memorial should be F O COATES] Civilian. Buried or commemorated Poole Municipal Borough

ࠤ

HATCHER

Gwendoline Vera

[Vera COBB on School memorial, her maiden name] Civilian. Buried or commemorated Southampton County Borough

‡†

SMITH

E G

Civilian

‡†

SPARKES

Reginald Albert Dash

Civilian. Buried or commemorated Poole Municipal Borough

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Last updated 30 June, 2008

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