
SALISBURY
POSTAL WORKERS WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Teresa Sheridan 2020
The Salisbury
Postal Workers memorial is located at Salisbury Delivery Office, Fisherton
Street, Salisbury, SP2 7QP. It is located in the sorting hall above
the manager's office and is not accessible to the public. It takes
the form of a large rectangular board with a broken pediment with
the royal coat of arms in between; on each side is a caved pillar
with a central board with the names in two columns, in gilt lettering,
surrounded by floral drapes; the whole is supported by two wooden
corbels. There
are sixteen names listed for World War 1 only.
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Photograph
Copyright © Teresa Sheridan 2020 |
TO
THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN ON THE STAFF
OF THE SALISBURY POSTAL DISTRICT WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914-1918
BARHAM,
MM |
Ernest
George |
Private
126913, 50th (Northumbrian) Signal Company, Royal Engineers.
Died on service 13 September 1918. Aged 20. Born Portsmouth,
enlisted Petersfield, Hampshire. Son of Ernest Frank and Rosa
Barham, of 76, Balfour Rd., Portsmouth. Awarded the Military
Medal (M.M.). Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen,
Germany. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
BARHAM
Ernest George of 115 Emsworth-road North End Portsmouth
sapper 50th Signal Company R.E died 13 September 1918 in Hospital
at Ohrdruf Administration Winchester 20 June
to Ernest Frank Barham timekeeper.
Effects £157 7s. 10d.
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BROWN |
H |
No
further information available at present |
CLYDE |
Andrew
John |
Sapper
166167, 40th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Committed
suicide while on service 20 July 1917; found with gunshot wound
through mouth, causing fracture of base of skull and death. Aged
41. Born Salisbury, Wiltshire. Son of Josiah and Eliza Clyde.
In the 1911 census he was aged 35, born Salisbury, Wiltshire,
a Post Office Clerk, son of Josiah and Eliza Emma Clyde, resident
35, Wyndham Road, Salisbury, New Sarum, Wiltshire, later 26, Harnham
Road, Salisbury. Attested 15 December 1915 in Salisbury, aged
40 years, unmarried, a Sorting Clerk and telegraphist by trade,
resident 35, Wyndham Road, Salisbury, height 5 feet 7¾
inches, weight 136 lbs, chest 36 inches. Went to France 6 May
1917. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 15.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
CLYDE
Andrew John of 35 Wyndham-road Salisbury sapper
Royal Engineers died 20 July 1917 in France Administration Salisbury
3 November to Rose Mary Clyde spinster.
Effects £215 17s. 7d.
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EYRES |
Edward
Frank |
Private
64606, 215th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of
wounds to the abdomen 24 September 1917. Aged 20. Born 9 June
1897 in Bermerton, Wiltshire, enlisted Salisbury. Baptised 1
August 1897 at Bemerton, Wiltshire, son of Frank and Fanny Eyres.
Son of Frank and Fanny Eyres, of 133, Devizes Rd., Salisbury.
Admitted to Salisbury, Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School 17
January 1910, left 31 July 1911 to be a Boy Messenger at Post
Office. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Bremerton, Wiltshire,
son of Frank (a Postman) and Fanny Eyres, resident 4, Ema Terrace,
Bemerton, Wilton, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
13, born Bremerton, Wiltshire, at school, son of Frank (a Postman
GPO) and Fanny Eyres, resident 133, Devizes Road, Salisbury,
New Sarum, Wiltshire. Attested 10 December 1915 at Salisbury,
aged 18 years 6 months, unmarried, a Sorting Clerk and telegraphist,
height 5 feet 8¾ inches, weight 139 lbs, chest 27¼
inches. Joined 215 Company, M.G.C. 16 March 1917. Buried in
DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
VIII. Row C. Grave 22.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume
3, page 95:
EYRES,
EDWARD FRANK, Private, No. 64606, 215th Machine Gun
Coy., eldest s. of Frank lyres, of 133, Devizes Road,
Salisbury, Inspector of Postmen, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of
George Read; b. Bemerton, Salisbury, co. Wilts, 9
June, 1897; educ. Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, and
on leaving there was employed as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist
at the Salisbury. Post Office; joined the Post Office Rifles
24 July, 1916; transferred to the 215th Machine Gun Coy. 13
Oct. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders from 16 March, 1917, and died in No. 47 Casualty Clearing
Station 24 Sept. following, from wounds received in action while
acting as runner in the front-line trench at Ypres. Buried In
the British Cemetery at Dozinghem. The officer in command of
the company wrote : " I always had the greatest admiration
for his pluck, and enjoyed his social qualities, so, when possible,
picked him out to act as my runner and companion. He was bringing
another officer down to relieve me when a shell burst; the
officer was Immediately killed, but your son escaped for that
time In a marvellous fashion. I sent him down to Headquarters
for 24 hours' rest, when at the end of that time the Commanding
Officer told him to go up the line with an important message.
He was the most reliable runner we had, so in the usual hard
manner was always sent on most important messages. . . . He
was a brave boy, your son, and was loved and respected by all
of us." Unm.
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GLOVER |
S |
No
further information available at present |
GODDARD |
W
J |
No
further information available at present |
GRAY |
George |
Private
T/15089, No. 1 H.T. Depot Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
21 March 1915. Aged 33. Husband of Annie Laura Gray, of 59, The
Friary, Salisbury. In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Salisbury,
a Postman, married to Annie Laura with three daughters and one
son, resident Luther's Cottages, 59, the Friary, Salisbury, New
Sarum, Wiltshire. Buried in SALISBURY (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY,
Wiltshire. Plot/Row/Section/Area P. Grave 661. |
JENKINSON |
George
Robert |
Private
200992, 1st/4th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Died on service in Mesopotamia 30 November 1917. Aged 29. Resident
Salisbury, Wiltshire, enlisted Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Baptised
6 January 1889 in Middleton, Winterslow, Wiltshire,son of James
and Elizabeth Jenkinson. Son of James and Elizabeth Jenkinson,
of Cholderton, Salisbury. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born
Winterslow, a Postman, son of James (a Sub Postmaster) and Elizabeth
Jenkinson, resident Post Office, Cholderton, Wiltshire. Buried
in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row W. Grave
44. |
NORTHEAST |
Leslie
[Leonard] |
Private
34291, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
11 August 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident Alderbury, Wiltshire,
enlisted Devizes, Wiltshire. Son of Charles George and Agnes
Northeast. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Alderbury,
Wiltshire, a gneral Labourer, son of George and Agnes Northeast,
resident Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Originally attested
and joined as 9439, Wiltshire Regiment, 17 August 1914 but was
discharged 5 October 1914 as 'Not being likely to become an
efficient soldier' under Para
392 (iii) (c) King's Regulations, aged 22 years 6 months,
a Casual Labourer, height 6 feet 2 inches, weigth 150½
lbs, chest 39 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, black hair,
religious denomination Church of England. Buried in BOUCHOIR
NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 100.
***
This man is the only fit that can be found although in none
of the records is he attributed as working for the Postal Service.
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PINHORN |
George |
Private
230763, 1st/1st Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own). Died on service
in Egypt 23 October 1918. Aged 27. Born and resident St. Giles,
enlisted Sherborne. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Pinhorn, of Home
Farm, St. Gile's, Salisbury. In the 1911 census he was aged 20,
born Creech Hill, St Giles, Dorset, a Postman Auxiliary, son of
Edward and Elizabeth Pinhorn, resident Creech Hill, St Giles,
Salisbury, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset. Buried in DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH
WAR CEMETERY, Syria. Plot B. Grave 99. |
SELLWOOD |
James |
[Listed
as SELWOOD on memorial] Gunner 16124, 336th Brigade, Royal Horse
Artillery. Died 10 May 1917. Aged 33. Son of Isaac and Prudence
Sellwood, of Wishford, Salisbury; husband of Dora Evelyn Sellwood,
of 68, Paynes Hill, Salisbury. In the 1911 census he was aged
27, born Wishford, Wiltshire, a Postman, married to Dora Evelyn
Sellwood, resident Harper's Lane Malmesbury, Westport St Mary
Within, Wiltshire. Buried in SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY,
Wiltshire. Plot/Row/Section/Area M. Grave 497. |
SIMS |
Obediah
James |
Private
(Stretcher Bearer) L/10555, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Missing presumed killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged
19. Born Daggons Road, Cranbourne, Dorset, resident and enlisted
Cranbourne, Dorset. Son of Lewis Sims, of Batterley Drove, Cranborne,
Dorset. When he attested he was born Daggons, Dorset, aged 18
years, a Postman by trade, unmarried, height 5 feet 8 inches,
weight 122 lbs, chest 33 inches, fair complexion, brown eyes,
brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. No known
grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel
16. |
SMITH |
A
R |
No
further information available at present |
TALBOT |
Francis
Newton |
Sapper
66957, 13th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died on
service in Mesopotamia 6 August 1916. Born 8 May 1896 in Winterslow,
Wiltshire, resident Salisbury, Wiltshire, enlisted Devizes, Wiltshire.
Son of Albert Sidney and Emma Talbot, of 60, St. Mark's Rd., Salisbury.
Admitted to Salisbury, St Mark's Church of England Junior School,
3 November 1903, son of A S Talbot, resident 53, St. Mark's Road,
Salisbury, left 17 November 1911 (exempted). In the 1911 census
he was aged 14, born Winterslow, Wiltshire, a Post Office Indoor
Messenger, son of Albert Sidney and Emma Talbot, resident 60,
St Marks Road, Salisbury, New Sarum, Wiltshire. Buried in AMARA
WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XIV. Row F. Grave 13. |
WATERMAN |
Christopher
Charles |
Private
25057, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 10
April 1917. Aged 36. Born Rockbourne, Hants, resident Damerham,
Wiltshire, enlisted Brockenhurst, Hants. Son of Frank and Sarah
Waterman, of Rockborne, Salisbury; husband of Fanny Lillian Waterman,
of Silchester, Reading. In the 1911 censsu he was aged 30, born
Rockbourne, Hampshire, a Postman, married to Fanny Waterman, resident
Damerham, Salisbury, Wiltshire & Hampshire. Buried in CHILI
TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Row D. Grave
10. |
WITHERS |
Ernest |
Ordinary
Seaman J/65344, H.M.S. "Tartar," Royal Navy. Killed
by an explosion 17 June 1917 when his ship was in the English
Channel, off the French coast, when she hit a mine which caused
severe damage and the loss of 46 of her crew. Aged 29. Born 12
May 1888 in Aldershot, Hampshire. Baptised 10 June 1888 in Aldershot,
St Michael the Archangel, son of James and Louisa Withers. Son
of James and Louisa Withers, of Aldershot; husband of Alice Beatrice
(nee Plaskett) Withers, of "Buena Vista," Redlynch,
Salisbury, married October to Deceber Quarter 1912 in Salisbury.
In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Aldershot, Hampshire,
a Postman, boarding at The Road, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Enlisted 18 January 1917 for the duration of the hsotilities,
a Postman by trade, heoght 5 feet 7 inches, chest34 inches, brown
hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. Buried in REDLYNCH (ST. MARY)
CHURCHYARD, Wiltshire. Plot/Row/Section/Area H. Grave 7. |
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MEMBERS OF THE STAFF SERVED
IN THE NAVY ARMY OR AIR FORCES
DURING THE WAR
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE POSTMASTER AND STAFF.
Last updated
26 May, 2020
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