BOURNEMOUTH,
POKESDOWN, ST JAMES WAR MEMORIAL
World War 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
The
Pokesdown district of Bournemouth lies between Boscombe and Christchurch.
This memorial is situated on Christchurch Road on either side of the
entrance gates to St James Church and St James School and takes the
form of metal dedicatory plaques on the left and right hand pillas set
into the wall with gold, captial, letters. The memorial was dedicated
by the Bishop of Winchester 16 July 1951.
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Photographs
Copyright © Vernon Masterman 2004 |
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POKESDOWN
WAR MEMORIAL
1939-1945
PRAISE
GOD AND REMEMBER
WITH THANKFULNESS
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
ESPECIALLY
THOSE FROM THIS PARISH
PRAISE
GOD AND REMEMBER
ADDOO |
Leonard
William Hector |
Sergeant
55033601, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 9th October 1944.
Age 27. Son of William Charles and Mary Elizabeth Addoo, of Bournemouth;
husband of Renee Linda Eileen Addoo, of Pokesdown. Buried in CORIANO
RIDGE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XV Row F Grave 5. |
BENNETT |
Beresford
Dare |
Lieutenant
198118, 105 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 29th June
1944. Age 31. Son of Beresford and Lily Blanche Bennett, of Boscombe.
Buried in ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I Row G Grave 3. |
BISHOP |
Harold
William |
Leading
Aircraftman 1183752, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died at
a prisoner of war 18th February 1943. Age 29. Son of Edward Charles
and Margaret Frances Bishop; husband of Linda Elizabeth Bishop,
of Bournemouth. Buried in YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan. British
Section Plot B Row D Grave 3.
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BOATSWAIN |
Stanley |
Private
7933642, 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Regiment). Died 6th September 1944. Age 30. Buried in
CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot V Row D Grave 10. |
CORBIN |
Harold |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1872789, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 6th May
1945. Age 34. Son of William and Annie Corbin husband of Ada Elizabeth
Corbin, of Boscombe East, Bournemouth. Buried in BOURNEMOUTH EAST
CEMETERY, Bournemouth. Plot Y Row 3 Grave 51. |
COULMAN |
Richard
Maxwell |
Pilot
Officer 41557, 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 11th August 1940.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
7. |
DRAPER |
Gwendoline
Florence |
Private
W/166208, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Died 16th December 1942.
Age 20. Daughter of A. B. Draper and Elsie D. Draper, of Pokesdown.
Buried in BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY, Bournemouth. Plot D. Row 4.
Grave 52. |
EASTON |
Reginald
William |
Flight
Sergeant 1214326, 489 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 19th May 1943. Age 22. Son of William Zackariah Easton and
Elizabeth Emma Easton, of Boscombe. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 136. |
GARRETT |
Sidney
Charles |
Sergeant
651255, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force. Died 10th September 1942.
Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Garrett, of Pokesdown. Buried
in BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY, Bournemouth.Plot Z. Row 1. Grave 124. |
KELSO |
Hubert |
No
further information currently - cannot locate on CWGC |
KNIGHT |
John |
Sergeant
1323219, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10th July
1943. Age 21. Son of Percival George and Beatrice Mary Knight, of
Bournemouth; husband of Josephine Mary Knight, of Bournemouth. Buried
in BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY, Bournemouth. Plot T. Row 4. Grave
223. |
KNIGHT,
DSM |
Donald
Frederick |
[Listed
as Frederick on CWGC] Joiner 3rd Class D/MX 53342, H.M.S. Prince
of Wales, Royal Navy. Died at sea 10 December 1941. Aged 26. Born
12 May 1915 in Islington, London. Son of Percy George Knight, and
of Beatrice Mary Knight, of Boscombe, Hampshire. Awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal (D.S.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 54, Column 2.
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LONG |
Neville
Edmunds |
Ordiary
Seaman P/JX 291665, H.M.S. "Airedale", Royal Navy. Died
15th June 1942. Age 33. Son of George F. and Louise Everall Long,
of Bournemouth; husband of Marjorie Lilian Patricia Long, of Boscombe.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 65. Column 3.
Note:
HMS Airedale, L07 was launched in 12th August 1941, built by John
Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland)
. Commissioned 8th January 1942 as an escort destroyer of the Hunt
(Type III) class, christened Airedale. Bombed and heavily
damaged by German Ju 87 (Stuka) divebombers south of Crete in the
Eastern Mediterranean Sea 15th June 1942 while escorting the convoy
"Vigorous". Scuttled by HMS Aldenham and HMS
Hurworth. |
LONGHURST |
Jack
Arthur Maddock |
Lance
Corporal 5500675, 7th Battaliuon, Hampshire Regiment. Died 26th
October 1944. Age 27. Foster-son of Mrs. E. L. Childs, of Boscombe
East, Bournemouth. Buried in OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot I Row D Grave 5. |
MAINPRIZE |
James
[Leonard] |
Captain
105553, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 12th December 1941 during the
Japanese invasion of Malaya. Son of Leonard and Eleanor Mainprize;
husband of Patricia Mainprize, of Chelmsford, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated on the SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Column 41.
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MORGAN |
John
Ivor |
Leading
Aircraftman 1833486, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 5th September 1945. Age 20. Son of John Glynne Parry Morgan
and of Susannah May Morgan, of Boscombe, Bournemouth. Buried in
MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Plot
13. Row A. Grave 14. |
PADFIELD |
Roderick
[Frank] |
Gunner
1726135, 3 Battery, 6 Heavy Anit-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died as a prisoner of war 21st November 1944. Age 33. Son of Richard
and Amelia Padfield; husband of Norah Jessie Padfield, of Pokesdown.
No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. Column 27.
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ROBERTS |
Denis |
Private
5349941, 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 18th July
1943. Age 21. Son of Joseph and Lily Roberts, of Bournemouth. Buried
in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot II Row E Grave 22. |
ROBINS |
Donald
Frederick |
Flying
Officer 151265, Navigator/Wireless Operator, 544 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2nd December 1943. Age 33. Son
of Frederick W. Robins and Lucilla A. Robins; husband of Dorothy
A. Robins, of Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. A.A.I., F.V.I.,
King's Scout. Buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Plot
22 Row C Grave 4. |
ROCHESTER |
John
[Lawrence George] |
Gunner
1498051, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 8th February
1945. Age 26. Son of Lawrence and Ellen Rochester, of Pokesdown,
Bournemouth; husband of Alga Evelyn Rochester, of Pokesdown. Buried
in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 3 Row B
Grave 2. |
ROGERS |
Mark
Hubbard |
Flying
Officer 40432, Pilot, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 17th August
1940. Age 25. Son of Lieut. Harold Sidney Rogers, R.N.V.R. (killed
in action, 2nd February, 1918), and of Helena May Rogers, of Boscombe.
Buried in KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY, Austria. Collective grave Plot
5 Row d Graves 3-7 |
SCOTT |
Ronald
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 904184, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7682, when
his aircraft struck the mast of a ship that was being attacked north-east
of Kerkennah Island off Sfax, Tunisia, and crashed into the sea
26 August 1941. Born 21 December 1915. In 1939 he was a Funeral
Director (Manager), resident 19 Clarence Park Road, Bournemouth,
Bournemouth C.B., Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA
MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 2. Column 1. See also Malta
Memorial
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TAFFENDER |
William
Clifford |
Flying
Officer 82966, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 13th June 1941. Age 25. Son of William Henry and Fanny Taffender,
of Boscombe. Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Plot 23 Row I Grave 3 |
WHITE |
Ernest
William |
Sapper
2018016, Royal Engineers. Died 9th December 1941. Age 25. Son of
William and Annie White, of Pokesdown. Buried in BOURNEMOUTH EAST
CEMETERY, Bournemouth. Plot W. Row 1. Grave 150. |
WILLETT |
Leslie
Aubrey |
probably
L I A WILLETT, Sergeant 760775, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Royal
Armoured Corps. Died 12th December 1943. Age 39. Son of James Harry
and Edith Willett; husband of Edith Nora Willett, of Salisbury.
Buried in LONDON ROAD CEMETERY, SALSIBURY, Wilthsire. Section M
Grave 231. |
R.I.P.
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updated
11 October, 2024
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