MANSTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © Jacqui Wragg 2009
The Manston memorial
is in the form of a White Marble Tablet bearing an inscription to the
memory of the men (naming them) of the Parish of Manston who gave their
lives in the Great War, and is placed on the wall in the parish church
of St Nicholas, Manston.
In
1921 the inhabitants of Manston collected £47-3s by subscriptions
from over 50 people excluding the school children, girl guides, boy
scouts and the brothers and sisters of John Day.
Rev
R E P Gorringe, brother to Mervyn Gorringe, made the arrangements and
J Wippel & Co Ltd of 55 & 56 High St & Cathedral Yard Exeter
made and inscribed the tablet at a cost of £32-18s-6d. The remaining
amount was donated to the Blinded Soldiers & Sailors Hostel, Headquarters
of St Dunstans Work, Inner Circle, Regents Park NW1.
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Photograph
Copyright © Jacqui Wragg 2009 |
IN
EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
THE MEN CONNECTED WITH
THIS PARISH WHO FOUGHT &
DIED FOR LIBERTY & HONOUR
1914-1918
BARLOW |
William
S |
Private 15794, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
9th July 1916. Buried Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz II.
H. 10. Born Richmond, Surrey. Enlisted Sturminster Newton.
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BASTABLE |
William Harry or Henry |
Private
266964 1st/7th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 11th August
1917 aged 27. Commemerated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 8.
Son of Mr H E & Elizabeth Bastable, of Manston, Sturminster
Newton. Enlisted Tewksbury. Killed in action. |
BROWN |
Raymond
[William] |
Private 14922 5th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 26 September 1916
aged 18. Son of William & Love Brown, Sutton Waldron. Commemorated
Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7 B. Enlisted Sturminster Newton.
Killed in action. |
DAY |
John E P |
Corporal 27178 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 13th November 1917
aged 36. Son of the late Eli and Mary C J Day of Manston, Dorset
and husband of 2 Alcester Villas , Shaftesbury, Dorset. Buried Dozinghem
Military Cemetery. XIII.F.1 Enlisted Fareham. Died of wounds. |
FOOT |
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 14836 5th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 26th September
1916. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7 B. Residence
Marnhull. Enlisted Dorchester. Killed in action. Date of entry -
11 Oct 1915 Balkans. |
GORRINGE |
Mervyn Hugh Egerton |
Lance
Corporal 38807 2nd Bn Otago Regiment NZEF 25th Reinforcement. Died
12th December 1917 aged 40. Son of Peter R and Fanny E Gorringe
of Dorset, husband of Margaret Gorringe of Levin, Wellington, New
Zealand. Born at Manston, Dorset. Buried Polygon Wood Cemetery C9
(killed Ypres). Entered 26 Apr 1917. |
HAZELL |
Frederick Pung |
Second
Lieutenant AA/1819 Labour Corps 101st Coy Northamptonshre Regiment
(formerly 12th Labour Coy). Died of wounds 19th May 1918. Buried
St Sever Cemetery Rouen Officers B 96 (Also listed on Colchester
Memorial) |
SPENCER |
Arthur James |
Private 14623 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 10th Nov 1916 aged
18. Son of Harry and Fanny Spencer, of The Cross, Belchalwell. Buried
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte II C 2. Lived Belchalwell. Enlisted
Blandford. Died of wounds. (Also listed on a War Memorial St Aldhelms
Church, Belchalwell) |
ERECTED
BY
PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS
Last updated
25 April, 2018
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