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SHAPWICK WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Liz Leech 2008

The Shapwick memorial is in the form of a plain Latin cross with a two-staged plinth and four stepped base, the lower section is part of the existing medieval market cross in centre of village opposite The Anchor Public House on the crossroads. Shapwick doesn’t appear to have a World War 2 village memorial, but there are two plaques to be found in the parish church of St. Bartholemew. For World War 1 there are 36 names of those who served and returned and 7 who died.

IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF OUR MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

MURRAY	Edward Douglas	[Listed cited CWGC as Second Lieutenant] Temporary Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds 20th July 1916. Aged 32. Son of Richard Paget Murray and Ada Constance Murray, of 190, Iffley Road, Oxford. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 1.
ANDREWS	John George	Private 200700, 1st/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 26th January 1918. Aged 30. Born and resident Shapwick, enlisted Dorchester. Son of Mr. J. G. Andrews, of Shapwick, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. Buried Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XIV. Row C. Grave 7.
BENNETT	Frederick George	Private 12660, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th August 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Blandford, enlisted Dorchester. Son of John and Jane Bennett; husband of Celia Eliza Bennett (nee Manuel, married 1915), of Crab Farm Cottages, Shapwick, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. Buried Bedford House Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium. Enclosure No. 4 Plot VII. Row B. Grave 26.
BROWNSEA	[Frederick] Percy [Victor]	Private 12663, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died at Gallipoli 12th October 1915. Born Shapwick, enlisted Blandford. Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot A. Row XV. Grave 1.
KERLEY	Cecil John	Private 40972, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds 12th October 1918. Aged 20. [According to CWGC however, freebmd.rootsweb.com cites Cecil John Kerley’s birth registered in September quarter 1899]. Born Shapwick, enlisted Dorechester, resident Blandford. Son of Mrs. Fanny Kerley, of Shapwick, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France. Plot XII. Row B. Grave 6.
WEEKS	Henry Charles	Private 10475, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli 12th September 1915. Aged 22. Born and resident Shapwick, enlisted Dorechester. Son of David and Harriett Weeks, of Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 136-139.
MANUEL	W	R.F.A. No further information currently
ROLL OF OUR MEN WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
ANDREWS	A B	No further information currently
BENNETT	A G	No further information currently
BENNETT	S	No further information currently
BILES	C H	No further information currently
BLAKE	A G	No further information currently
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CAVE	C R	No further information currently
CAVE	G J	No further information currently
CLARKE	B	No further information currently
CURTIS	W	No further information currently
DILLON TRENCHARD	H	No further information currently
FRAMPTON	C H G	No further information currently
FRAMPTON	E J	No further information currently
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GUY	James Francis J	Born 1899, awarded Military Medal. - No further information currently
JAMES	F	No further information currently
KERLEY	C	No further information currently
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KERLEY	E C	No further information currently
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KERLEY	H G	No further information currently
KERLEY	H S	No further information currently
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KINGMAN	F T	No further information currently
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KINGMAN	W J K	No further information currently
MITCHELL	F B	No further information currently
MOXHAM	R R	No further information currently
WAYGOOD	F C	No further information currently
WEEKS	H G	No further information currently
WEEKS	R	No further information currently
WINES	J	No further information currently
Shapwick doesn’t appear to have a WW2 village memorial, but the following two plaques are to be found in the parish church of St. Bartholemew.
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF REV. GEORGE ALEXANDER KAY C.F.M.A. AIRBORNE CHAPLAIN KILLED WHILE TENDING THE WOUNDED IN NORMANDY ON D DAY 1945 HIS FATHER SERVED THE CHURCH AND PARISH DURING THE WAR YEARS
KAY	George Alexander	Plaque on south wall of nave near altar. The Reverend George Alexander Kay, Chaplain 4th Class, of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department attached to 8th Battalion,. Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Service no. 150817. Died 07/06/1944 aged 36. Buried Ranville Cemetery, France, grave ref. IA. M. 2. Son of Thomas George Brierley Kay and Fanny Kay; husband of Janet Evelyn Lucas Kay, of Watermillock, Cumberland. M.A. (Oxon.).
IN LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD NELSON HOUSE THE ROYAL DECCAN HORSE I.A.C. WHO FELL IN ACTION AT MEIKTILA, BURMA 3RD MARCH 1945 AGED 21 GRANDSON OF E. W. CAVE "THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD WWE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
HOUSE	Edward Nelson	Plaque on north wall, adjacent to north porch door to nave. Edward Nelson House, nationality Indian. Lieutenant Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse), I.A.C. Service no. EC/4680. Buried Taukkyan War cemetery, Myanmar, grave ref. 20. A. 4. Son of Edgar Nelson House and Gwendoline Annie House, of Ferndown, Dorset.

Last updated 27 May, 2008

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