Corporal 1896, 1/5th (Territorial) battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died in India 29 May 1915. Aged 29. Born Shirley, Hampshire, enlisted Southampton. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Andrews; husband of Norah Kathleen Andrews, of 46, Westwood Rd., Southampton. Buried in Benares Cantonment Cemetery, India and commemorated on MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI, India. Face 16.

Note: The MADRAS 1914-1918 MEMORIAL is situated at the rear of the cemetery. It bears the names of more than 1,000 servicemen who died during the First World War who lie in many civil and cantonment cemeteries in various parts of India where it is not possible to maintain their graves in perpetuity.

Private 535577, "B" Company, 2/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 31 October 1917. Aged 33. Born Southampton, enlisted Hereford. Son of Charles and Mary Baker, of Southampton; husband of Lily Mary Baker, of Hereford and 7, Khartoum Rd., Highfield, Southampton. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Section N. Grave 35.

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, part 3, page 13:

BAKER, FREDERICK CHARLES, Private, No. 535577, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Charles Baker, of Oxford Street, Southampton, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of George Gerard b. Southampton, 25 Jan. 1884; educ. Taunton's School there; was a Seedsman; joined the Civil Service Rifles 4 May, 1917; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Farce in Palestine from 10 Sept. 1917, and was killed in action at Beersheba 31 Oct. following. Buried in Wadi Halgon Military Cemetery, Yahia. Lieut. F. Lewis wrote: "He was in the leading line of the company, and was hit by a machine-gun bullet during the advance, and it might help you to know that he never knew pain. He was a soldier and died a soldier, and his death is felt very much by every one in the company." He m. at Southampton, 18 July, 1911, Lily Mary (7, Khartoum Road, Highfleld, Southampton), dau. of David Whitfield, and had a dau., Marjorie Isabel, b. 31 July, 1912.

Gunner 674, Natal Siege Battery, 74th brigade, South African Heavy Artillery. Died 19 September 1916. Aged 37. Son of John Aldridge Barling and Louisa Martha Barling, of Southampton. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV. Row A. Grave 1.

Lance Corporal 20324, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 October 1916. Aged 41. Born Fair Oak, Hampshire, enlisted Winchester, resident Highfield. Son of William Boyes, of Southampton; husband of Louisa Boyes, of 82, Graham Rd, Southampton. Buried in THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY, AUTHUILE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 10.

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

BOYES, W. H., L/Corporal, 1st Hampshire Regt.
He volunteered in June 1915 and was shortly afterwards drafted to France. After taking part in many important engagements in this theatre of war, he was killed at Ypres on October 23rd 1916. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
31, High Crown Street, Highfield, Southampton.		X1099A.

Private 10650, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds at Mudros 23 August 1915. Aged 21. Born Kidmore End, Berkshire, enlisted Southampton, resident Highfield. Son of Thomas and Louisa Burt, of Woodlands Cottage, Crescent Rd., Bassett, Southampton. Buried in EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY, Lemnos, Greece. Plot II. Row H. Grave 125. See also Highfield School Roll of Honour

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

BURT, F. C., L/Corporal, 10th Hampshire Regt.
Volunteering in September 1914 he was sent to the Dardanelles in the following June and took part in the heavy fighting. He was severely wounded in action on August 21st, 1915, and died two days later. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals.
"Newbury," Chamberlain Road, Highfield, Southampton.		X972B

probably William Frank COTTON, Private 16416, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 26 December 1915. Aged 19. Born All Saints, Hampshire, enlisted and resident Southampton. Son of Mr. H. W. Cotton, of 149, St. Mary's St., Southampton. Formerly 16455, Hussars. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 52.

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, part 2, page 80:

COTTON, William F., Private, No. G/16416, 8th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of William H. Cotton, of 149, St. Mary Street, Southampton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died of wounds 26 Dec. 1915.

either William George DARK, Private 263046, 1st Battalion, Monthmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force). Died of wounds 30 May 1917. Born St. Mary's, Southampton, enlisted Southampton. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 191.

or William Henry Herbert DACK, Private 3/3681, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 21. Born St. Michael's, Southampton, enlisted Southampton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dack, of 1, Wickham Court, Vyse Lane, French St., Southampton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B.

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

DACK, W.H., Private, 1st Hampshire Regiment.
He volunteered in January 1915, and was later drafted to the Western Front, where he took part in many important engagements. He was in action at Ypres, Messines and the Vimy Ridge, and was killed on July 1st, 1916 at the commencement of the Somme Battle. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory medals.
11(?), Fives Court, French Street, Southampton.		2311B

Private 43292, B Company, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1916 during the attack on Thiepval and Schwaben Redoubt (26-30 September 1916). Born, resident and enlisted Southampton. Formerly 10219, Hampshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C.

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

FUDGE, W. G., Private, 10th Hampshire Regiment and Bedfordshire Regiment.
He volunteered in September 1914, and in the following year was sent to Gallipoli, where he took part in much of the fighting. Later he was transferred to Egypt and thence to the Western front where, after serving through many important engagements, he was killed in action on September 27th, 1916. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals.
Toll Bar, Hedge End, Hants.		X2224

Captain, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) attached Royal Engineers. Killed 22 August 1916. Aged 24. Son of Col. Walter Craufurd Kennedy, Army Pay Dept. (retired) and Mary Beatrice Kennedy, of 49, University Rd., Southampton. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 12.

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, part 2, page 190:

KENNEDY, CHARLES SECCOMBE CRAUFURD, M.C., Capt., 1st Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), attd. R.E., yst. s. of Col. Walter Cranford Kennedy, of Caradon, Church Lane, Southampton, late Army Pay Department and of the Royal Scots, by his wife, Mary Beatrice, eldest dau. of the late Major-General Frederick Close, R.A.; b. Latchford, co. Chester, 30 July, 1592; educ. Shirley House, Blackheath; Cranbrook, co. Kent, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Sherwood Foresters 20 Sept. 1911; promoted Lieut., 3 Oct. 1914, and Capt. 20 Sept. 1915; served in India from Sept. 1912, where he passed through the Signal School at Ahmednagar with distinction; returned to England with his Regiment on the outbreak of war, when he was given command of a signal section and attached to the Royal Engineers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914; took part in the actions at Neuve Chapelle and at Aubers Ridge, where he was severely wounded in May, 1915, while engaged in signalling duties; returned to light duty after five months' convalescence, and, proceeding to France in April, 1916, was appointed Commandant of a signal school, and was accidentally killed there 22 Aug. following, while conducting experiments in explosives. Buried at Hazebrouck. He was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1916]; unm.

Private 11315, "B" Company, 11th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds in United Kingdom 17 August 1917. Aged 27. Born tunbridge Wells, kent, enlisted Southamption, resident Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. Son of Amy Mankelow, and the late Thomas Mankelow. Commemorated in SCHOLEMOOR CEMETERY, BRADFORD, Yorkshire. Screen Wall. III. C. 2084.

Note: Military hospitals were opened in Bradford in both wars and many of the 138 First World War burials in Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery were from the 1,200 bed Bradford War Hospital. The burials are scattered throughout the cemetery and two screen walls record the names of those casualties whose graves could not be marked individually, and a single Special Memorial stone commemorates 4 of the burials in the cemetery. The cemetery also contains 97 scattered burials of the Second World War. A Cross of Sacrifice faces the main entrance. Bradford Crematorium stands within this cemetery and a screen wall in the garden of rest commemorates two casualties of the First World War and 45 from the Second whose remains were cremated.

Private 27798, 13th Hussars. Died at sea 15 April 1917. Born and resident Southampton, enlisted Bristol. Buried at sea and commemorated on CHATBY MEMORIAL, Egypt.

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

NORTH, L., Private, 13th Hussars.
Joining in April 1916 he was sent to Mesopotamia where he took part in numerous engagements. He rendered valuable service with his unit in this theatre of war, and whilst in action in April 1917, was killed. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
317, Portswood, Southampton.		X4698

Guardsman 28431, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 23 August 1918. Born and enlisted Southampton. Buried in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 5. See also Highfield School Roll of Honour

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

PRINCE, P.W., Private, Grenadier Guards.
Joining in December 1916 he was drafted to France, where he took part in many important engagments. In 1917, however, whilst in action at Arras, he was killed. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
St. Catherine's, Highfield Lane, Southampton.		X5234A

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Note: William G. R. Redstone, born 1899, in 1901 living in Shirley (an adjacent district of Southampton very close to Highfield). Father William H. M. Redstone born 1855, Alton, dock porter. Mother Annie.

Private 11117, 11th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 29 March 1918. Aged 20. Born Bournemouth, enlisted Southampton, resident Highfield. Son of James and Teresa Webb, of 14, High Crown St., Highfield, Southampton. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 6. See also Highfield School Roll of Honour

Extract from the National Roll of the Great War - Southampton section:

WEBB, W.T., Private, 11th Hampshire Regiment.
He volunteered in September 1914, and was later drafted to the Western Front. He took part in many important engagements, including the Battles of Loos, the Somme, Givenchy, Arras, Messines and Cambrai, and was killed in action near Rheims on March 29th, 1918. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
14, High Crown Street, Southampton.		6708B

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry attached 1st Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Died of wounds suffered at the Second Battle of Ypres 9 May 1915. Aged 20. Son of John Henry Turner Wharton and Edith Wharton, of "Cherwell," Westwood Rd., Southampton. Educated at "Scaitcliffe," Charterhouse and Sandhurst. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 19. See also Charterhouse School War Memorial

 

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 2 January to June 1915:

LIEUTENANT GUY FITZGERALD WHARTON, 2nd BATTN. DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, attd. 1st BATTN. THE KING'S OWN (YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY), was born on the 5th August, 1894, and was the youngest son of Mr. J. H. T. and Mrs. Wharton, of Westwood Road, Southampton. Lieutenant Wharton was a member of a well-known w n military family, his paternal great – grandfather fought at Waterloo, and all the male members of his mother's family have been or are in one of the Services. One brother is a Lieutenant in the Navy, and another is serving in India.

He was educated at Scaitcliffe, Charterhouse, and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, from which he was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (formerly commanded by his uncle, Brigadier-General H. S. FitzGerald, C.B.) on the 8th August, 1914, and was promoted temporary Lieutenant in November, receiving the substantive rank to date from December, 1014. For active service in the Great War Lieutenant Wharton was attached to the 1st Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), and went with them to Flanders. He was wounded three tittles while showing extraordinary gallantry in going out of trenches to rally his men during a heavy attack at Verlorenhoek, north-east of Ypres, during the second battle of Ypres on the morning of the 8th May, 1915. He was taken to the Convent of Brandhoek, on the Ypres-Poperinghe road, where he died on the following day, and was buried in the meadow adjoining the Convent.

Lieutenant Wharton was keen on all forms of sport; he was a good rider, and on occasions represented Charterhouse in the cricket and football field. The Regimental accounts all speak of his popularity and his cheerfulness under trying conditions, and say that he met his death doing a very gallant action. His Adjutant adds: “He was a splendid soldier, loved by the men and mourned by them all.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GUY FITZGERALD WHARTON
LIEUTENANT 2ND BATTN DURHAM
LIGHT INFANTRY. WHO DIED ON 9TH MAY 1915.
OF WOUNDS AT 2ND BATTLE OF YPRES, AGED 20.

Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Aged 29. Shot down over Belgium 14 February 1943. Aged 29. Son of Sir Benjamin Chave, KBE and Lady Chave of Highfield, Southampton. Husband of Mrs Joan Chave. Buried in Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium. See also Eartham, Great Ballard School Roll of Honour.

RAF
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OWEN CECIL CHAVE
FLIGHT-LIEUT R.A.F.V.R. BOMBER COMMAND
KILLED IN ACTION 14TH FEBRUARY 1943
AGED 29 YEARS

"HELP ME MY STRAIGHT TRUE COURSE TO STEER
THROUGH THE DARK LABRYNTHS OF FEAR"

Lieutenant, 39th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Killed in action at Tweebosch 7 March 1902. Aged 21. Only son of Admiral T.P.W. Nesham and his wife Constance. Born 2 May 1880. Educated Haileybury, Hertfordshire. Buried at Ottosdal. Also listed on Royal Artillery Memorial, London and Haileybury School, Hertfordshire.

A.M.D.6 IN PIAM MEMORIAM

KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY SERVING HIS GUNS
AT TWEEBOSCH 7TH MARCH 1902

NO MORE THEY NEED SHIELD OR SWORD
THEY CAST THEM DOWN BEFORE THEIR LORD
O HAPPY SAINTS FOREVER BLEST
AT JESUS FEET HOW SATE YOUR REST
A TRIBUTE TO A DEVOTED SON

Extract from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military Press:

Nesham.—Lieut. Thomas Peere William Nesham, 38th Battery Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action between Tweebosch and Palmietkuil, March 7th, 1902. He was born in May, 1880, educated at Haileybury, and entered the Royal Artillery Dec., 1898, being promoted lieut. Feb., 1901. At Tweebosch the section of the 38th Battery found itself unprotected, but the detachment continued to serve the guns until every man, except Lieut. Nesham, was killed or wounded. He was then summoned to surrender, and on refusing to do so was shot down. He was mentioned in the despatch of Lieut.-Gen. Lord Methuen from Klerksdorp, March 13th, who reported: “I would also call attention to the gallant manner in which Lieuts. Nesham and Venning, Royal Field Artillery, stuck to their guns." Lieut. Nesham was also mentioned in the despatch of Gen. Lord Kitchener from Pretoria, April 8th, 1902.