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THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THEIR
NAME
LIVETH
FOR
EVERMORE
| ADAMS | William Herbert | Private
23641, 5th Battalion [CWGC states Depot], Princess Charlotte of
Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 16 June 1917.
Aged 23. Born Bordean, Hampshire, resident Gosport, Hampshire, enlisted
Portsmouth. Son of Arthur and Stella Annie Adams, of Hook Warsash.
Buried North-West of church in HOOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire.
See also Warsash St Mary |
| BABEY | [Robert] Charles | Trimmer,
H.M.H.S. "Britannic" (Liverpool), Mercantile Marine. Missing
supposed drowned when his ship was sunk 21 November 1916. Aged 24.
Son of the late Robert Charles Babey and of Elizabeth Babey, of
Hook Lane, Warsash, Southampton. In the 1911 census he was aged
19, born Warsash, a Farm Labourer, son of Robert and Elizabeth Babey,
brother of Frederick (below), resident Hook Lane, Warsash Heights,
Hook with Warsash, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER
HILL MEMORIAL, London. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| BABEY | Frederick | Stoker
1st Class K/23785, H.M.S. "Edgar," Royal Navy. Died from
dysentery 8 January 1917. Aged 20. Born 3 June 1896 in Hook, Hants.
Son of the late Robert Babey and of Elizabeth Babey, of Hook Lane,
Warsash, Southampton. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Warsash,
son of Robert and Elizabeth Babey, brother of Robert Charles (above),
resident Hook Lane, Warsash Heights, Hook with Warsash, Hampshire.
Enlisted 8 January 1915 for 12 years, formerly a Farm Hand, height
5 feet 8½ inches, chest 35½ inches, brown hair, hazel
eyes, fresh complexion. Buried in EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY,
Greece. Plot III. Row G. Grave 194. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| BUXEY | Albert [George] | Private
TF/242413, 1st Battalion, Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died of wounds 24 November 1917. Aged 29. Born and resident Warsash,
Hants, enlisted Gosport, Hants. Son of James and Emily Buxey, of
Warsash; husband of Florence M. Buxey, of Havelock Rd., Warsash,
near Southampton. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXVII. Row BB. Grave 18. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| CARELESS | Frank Albert | Air
Mechanic 1st Class F/988, H.M.S. "Espiegle," Royal Naval
Air Service. Accidentall drowned in the Shatt Al Arab River 24 February
1916. Born 4 December 1893 in Portsmouth, Hants. Baptised 15 January
1894 in Portsea, All Saints, son of William and Alice Careless,
resident 106, Oxford Street, Portsea, Hampshire. In the 1901 census
he was aged 8, born Portsmouth, Hampshire, son of John William and
Alice Careless, resident 91, Oxford Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Portsmouth, Hants, a Domestic
Gardener, son of Alice Careless (a widow), resident 4 Daisy Bank
Cottages, Newtown Road, Warsash, Hook with Warsash, Hampshire. Enlisted
16 November 1914 for the period of hostilities, formerly a Gardener,
height 5 feet 8 inches, chest 34 inches, light hair, greyish blue
eyes, fresh complexion. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot
VI. Row F. Grave 17. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| GORDON | R | Captain.
Killed 1916. There is a Captain Ronald H Gordon, 3rd Battalion attached
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 18 July 1916.
See also Warsash Memorial |
| GOSLING | Herbert [Frank] | Private
8444, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 26 July 1917.
Born Fareham, Hants, enlisted Gosport, Hants. Brother Sergeant O.
P. Gosling, c/o Scots GFuards, R.E. Signal Co., Rouen. In the 1901
census he was aged 6, born Stubbington, Hampshire, an orphan, a
boarder with Walter T and Lydia Emery, resident Fleet End, Hook
with Warsash, Fareham, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
16, born Farham, Hampshire, a General Labourer Fruit Grocers, a
boarder with Walter T and Lydia Emery, resident 8, Fleet End Terrace,
Warsash Southampton, Hook with Warsash, Hampshire. Attested 11 November
1912 in Gosport as 8444, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, aged 18 years
6 months, born St peters, Fareham, Hants, a Farm Labourer by trade,
single, height 6 feet ½ inches, weight 138 lbs, chest 37-41
inches, fresh complexion, dark grey eyes, brown hair, religious
denomination Church of England. Transferred 3rd Battalion 22 May
1915, transferred back to 2nd Battalion 26 April 1916. Served in
France 5 October 1914 to 22 May 1915 and 26 April 1916 until his
death. Next of kin listed as Miss M. A. Emery, St. Georges, Warsash,
Southampton. Originally enlisted for 3 years and 9 years Reserve.
Suffered with bronshitis during 1915. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S.
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 16. See
also Warsash St Mary |
| GODWIN | W C T | No
further information currently unavailable |
| GRIFFITHS | Allen Rhys |
Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, page 163: GRIFFITHS, ALLEN RHYS, 2nd Lieut., 53rd Battery, R.F.A., elder s. of Llewellyn Edward Griffiths, of Great Abshot House, Titchfleld, formerly of Drayton Park, Longparish, by his wife, Bertha Mina, dau. of Thomas Allen Hickley, of Walton-on-Thames; b. Rookley House, King's Somborne, Hants, 15 March, 1893: educ. Horris Hill, Newbury ; and Winchester College ; was a tea planter in Ceylon when war broke out, but came home immediately and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in Dec. 1914 ; was given a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 27 Feb., 1915 ; went to France early in July, and was killed in action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915 ; unm. Battlefield Cross in Wivelsfield Church, Sussex reads: "The above cross marked the grave of Sec. Lt. Allen Rhys Griffiths RFA who was killed in action nr Hooge Flanders August 9th 1915 aged 22" |
| HARFIELD | A H | No
further information currently unavailable. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| HATCHARD | Frederick George | Rifleman
R/19289, 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
3 October 1918. Aged 22. Born Fareham, Hants, enlisted Southampton,
Hants. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hatchard, of Osborne Rd., Warsash,
Southampton. Buried in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 41. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| HAWKINS | William John | Gunner
131, 91st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
in Palestine 15 April 1917. Aged 42. Born Reading, Berks, resident
Fleet End, Warsash, near Southampton, enlisted Portsmouth. Son of
Frederick and Emily Hawkins, of Fleet End; husband of Lilian Eva
Hawkins, of Fleet End, Warsash, Southampton. Buried in DEIR EL BELAH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot D. Grave
77. See also Warsash St Mary |
| JUPE | Thomas Leslie | Private
45108, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 2 December 1918.
Aged 19. Son of Charles G. and Harriett Jupe, of Newtown Rd., Warsash,
nr. Southampton, Hants. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot LI. Row F. Grave 13. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| McDONALD | William | Leading
Stoker 312257, H.M.S. "Invincible," Royal Navy. Lost with
his ship at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 25. Born 5 August
1888 in Warsash, Hants. Son of Louisa McDonald, of Yew Tree Cottages,
Warsash, Hants, and the late William McDonald. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 16. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| McQUADE | John James | Drummer
9343, 3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 4 December
1915. Aged 32. Husband of Georgina (nee Downer) McQuade, of Fleetend,
Warsash, married 26 January 1910 in Hook with Warsash, St Mary.
In the 1911 census he was aged 27, married, born Portsmouth, an
Army Musician (Drummer), The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), billeted
at Canterbury Barracks (Buffs Depot), Sturry Road, Canterbury. Buried
7 December 1915 North-West of church in HOOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD,
Hampshire. See also Warsash St Mary |
| MERRITT | Wilfred Howard | Leading
Stoker K/8691, H.M.S. "Invincible," Royal Navy. Lost with
his ship at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 23. Born 9 July
1892 in Winchester, Hants. Son of Charles and Deborah Merritt, of
1, Hazelbrook Villas, Warsash, Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 16. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| MOTT | Louis | Private
L/5022, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 9
May 1915. Aged 33. Born Hook, Hants, enlisted Gosport. Husband of
Lottie Charlott Hurst (formerly Mott), of 1, Swanwick Lane, Lower
Swanwick, Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 20 and 21. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| MURTON | Major Robert Andrew | Private
SS/4866, 109th Secttion Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died on service 20 May 1915. Aged 58. Born Sittingbourne, Kent,
resident Warsash, enlisted Southampton. Married Frances Charlotte
Smith 8 March 1885 in Bosham, Sussex. Buried in BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 13A. See
also Warsash St Mary |
| PALMER | Ernest Arthur George | Private
13904, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
10 August 1915. Aged 20. Born Winfrith, Dorset, resident Warsash,
Hants, enlisted Southampton. Son of George and Bertha Palmer, of
Hook Park, Warsash, Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 126-135 or
223-226 228-229 & 328. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| PHILIPPS | [Samuel] Charles | Rifleman
R/19288, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. [Missing 1916.]
Died of wunds 20 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Alresford, Hants, resident
Warsash, Hants, enlisted Southampton. Son of Walter Thomas and Louisa
Jane Phillips, of 2, Hazelbrook, Greenaway Lane, Warsash, Southampton.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. See also Warsash St Mary |
| SAMWAYS | Fred | Sergeant
3/5106, 14th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in
action 1 October 1917. Born Alverstoke, Hants, resident Warsash,
Hants, enlisted Gosport, Hants. Buried in WESTOUTRE BRITISH CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row A. Grave 2. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| SIMMONS | Charles [Patrick George] | [Listed
as SIMMONDS on memorial] Sergeant 7862, 14th Battalion, Hampshire
Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 29. Born Cheshunt,
Hereford, resident Southampton, enlisted Gosport, Hants. Son of
James A. and Alice Simmons, of Fleet End, Warsash; husband of Ruth
Simmons, of "Hyden," Abshot Rd., Titchfield Common. Fareham,
Hants. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 88 to 90.See also Warsash
St Mary |
| SPENCER | Oliver Charles | Private
13011, 14th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
18 November 1916. Born and enlisted Warsash, Hants. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
7 C and 7 B. See also Warsash St Mary |
| SPINKS | Charles [Leonard Ray] | Private
31588, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on service 15 January
1917. Born and resident Warsash, Hants, enlisted Winchester. Buried
in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section O. Plot IV. Row M. Grave 10. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| TURNER | Bertie | Gunner
RMA/14531 (PO), H.M.S. "Defence," Royal Marine Artillery.
Killed when his ship was sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May
1916. Born 22 November 1897 in Landport, Hants. Baptised 16 January
1898 in Hook with Warsash, St Mary, Hampshire, son of George Edward
and Alice Ellen Turner. Son of Alice Turner, of 2, Madeira Villas,
Newtown Road, Warsash, Hants. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 21. See also Warsash
St Mary |
| TUTTON | John Harold | Stoker
2nd Class K/48494, H.M.S. "Victory," Royal Navy. Died
from disease (Empyema of left lung) in Haslar Hospital 11 March
1918. Aged 18. Born 11 January 1900 in Warsash. Baptised 25 February
1900 in Hook with Warsash, St Mary, son of James William and Elizabeth
Sarah Tutton. Son of James William and Elizabeth Tutton, of Briarleigh,
Warsash. Enlisted 17 January 1918 for duration of the hostilities,
formerly a Labourer, height 5 feet 9¼ inches, chest 35¼
inches, brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. In the 1911 census
he was aged 11, born Warsash, at school, son of James and Elizabeth
Tutton, resident Yew Tree Farm Cottage, Warsash Road, Warsash. Buried
16 March 1918 North-West of church in HOOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD,
Hampshire. See also Warsash St Mary |
| WETTEREN | H | [WETTREN
on St Marys memorial] Killed 1916. R.N. Cannot locate anybody of
that name. There is a Henry Ernest Whetren, Leading Stoke, H,.M.S.
"Queen Mary," Royal Navy, died 1916. Wtteren is an area
of belgium. See also Warsash St Mary |
| WOODS | Alfred | Private
31948, 1st Garrison Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Died 4 February 1919. Son of Joseph and Mary
Woods; husband of Jessie Ellen Woods, of Yew Tree Cottages, Warsash.
Buried North-East of church in HOOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire.
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| BARBER | Bruce [Bertram] | Pilot
Officer ( Pilot) 400456, Royal Australian Air Force. Died flying
a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V6146, on anti-shipping patrol
when he was believed to have been shot down by a fighter off the
Netherlands 21 October 1941. Aged 29. Son of James and May Lightowler
Barber, of Warsash, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 62. Australian
Roll of Honour |
| BARBER | James [Albert] | Sergeant
VX41564, A.I.F. 2/22 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died at sea
aboard Montevideo Maru as a Japanese Prisoner of War 1 July 1942.
Aged 34. Son of Maj. James Barber and May Lightowler Barber, of
Warsash, Hampshire, England; husband of Marjorie Barber, of Beaumaris,
Victoria. No known grave. Commemorated on RABAUL MEMORIAL, Papua
New Guinea, Panel 15. Australian
Roll of Honour |
| BOYES | Thomas [James] |
Acting
Chief Engine Room Artificer D/MX 46506, H.M.S. "Glorious,"
Royal Navy. Died at sea when his ship was sunk by Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau, 8 June 1940. Aged 29. Born 6 June 1911 in Warsash, Southampton,
Hants. Son of Clement and Clara Boyes; husband of Annie Boyes, of
Treharris, Glamorgan. No known grav. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 39, Column 3. |
| BUNTING | Jack | Private
5505349, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1945.
Aged 29. Born 24 November 1915. Son of Jack and Minnie Bunting;
husband of G. R. Bunting, of Botley, Hampshire. In the 1939 Register
he was a Public Works Labourer, married to Gertrude R Bunting, resident
with his wife and widowed mother, Minnie, at Council House Dibles
Road, Warsash, Fareham U.D., Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on CASSINO MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel 7. |
| CHAMIER | Patrick [Anthony] | Sergeant
900818, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11 November 1940.
Aged 19. Son of Air Commodore Sir John Adrian Chamier C.B., C.M.G.,
D.S.O., O.B.E. and Lady Chamier (nee Lordly), of Warsash, Hampshire.
Buried in HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY, Zimbabwe. European War Graves
Plot. Grave 13. |
| CLARK | J | No
further information currently unavailable |
| FOWLER | Frank [Sidney] | Ordinary
Signalman P/JX 162503, H.M.S.
"Hood," Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 24 May 1941.
Aged 18. Born 11 March 1923 in Edinburgh, Midlothian. Son of Frank
Sidney and Robina Fowler, of Warsash, Hampshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 52,
Column 2. |
| GULLIVER | E | No
further information currently unavailable |
| HANCOCK | George | Leading
Seaman P/J 70752, H.M.S. "Coventry," Royal Navy. Died
at sea 14 September 1942. Aged 40. Born 18 December 1901 in Gosport,
Hampshire. Son of Joseph and Miranda Hancock; husband of Dorothy
Hancock, of Warsash, Hampshire. Originally enlisted 18 December
1919 for 12 years, height 5 feet 2 inches, chest 34 inches, brown
hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion; GreenwichSchool Boy prior to
enlistment. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 62, Column 3. |
| MANSBRIDGE | John [Gordon] | Able
Seaman C/JX 278302, M.V. Petronella (H.M.S. President III), Royal
Navy. Died at sea 15 October 1944. Aged 31. Born 4 May 1913 in St
Ives, Ringwood, Hants. Husband of Brenda Mansbridge, of Locks Heath,
Hampshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Gravel Digger, unmarried,
resident No. 11, Council Houses, Warsash Road, Titchfield Common,
Fareham U.D., Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, Panel 75, Column 3. |
| MITCHELL | H | No
further information currently unavailable |
| NEWBURY | Harry Harley |
Sergeant
624214, 240 Squadron (Royal Air Force flying boat and seaplane squadron),
Royal Air Force. Died 21 March 1941. Aged 20. Son of Leoniel and
Louisa Newbury, of Warsash, Hampshire. He was based at R.A.F. Stranraer,
Wigtownshire, Scotland flying Consolidated Catalinas. Buried in
IRVINESTOWN (SACRED HEART) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD, County Fermanagh.
Grave 1. |
| PACKMAN | John [Arthur] | Mechanician
1st Class P/KX 85324, H.M.S. "Penelope," Royal Navy. Died
when his ship was leaving Naples to return to the Anzio area when
she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-410 18 February
1944. Aged 28. Born 23 April 1916 in Edmonton, London. Baptised
11 June 1916 in Hook with Warsash, St Mary, son of John and Charlotte
Packman, resident Warsash. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Packman, of
Warsash, Hampshire. Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 85, Column 1. |
| POWELL | P | No
further information currently unavailable |
| SPENCE | William [George] | Leading
Signalman P/JX 130049, H.M.S. "Royal Oak," Royal Navy.
Died 14 October 1939. Aged 28. Son of Isiah and Alice Spence; husband
of Marjorie Evelyn Spence, of Warsash, Hampshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 34,
Column 3. |
| THRUSTON | E | No
further information currently unavailable |
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Second
Lieutenant, 53rd Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action at Hooge, Belgium, 9 August 1915. Aged 22. Born
15 March 1893 in King's Somborne, Hampshire. Son of Llewellyn
Edward and Bertha Mina Griffiths. Buried in RAMPARTS CEMETERY,
LILLE GATE, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row I. Grave 2. See also