
KINGS SOMBORNE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
The
King's Somborne War memorial stands beside the road on the village green.
It is made from sandstone and takes the form of a a thick, chunky cross
mounted on a plinth which has a lip to it under which is the supporting
plinth. There are three steps leading up to the memorial. Architect
was Sir Edward Luytens. See Paul Goodwin's UK
Memorial web site for more photographs.
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Photograph
Copyright © Paul Goodwin
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TO
THE
GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF
KINGS SOMBORNE
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1914-1918
BROWNING |
Reuben
[Harold] |
Pioneer
33383, 11th Battalion (Service), Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds
28th March 1918. Born and resident Kings Somborne, enlisted Andover.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section P. Plot VII. Row L. Grave 25. |
BURTON |
Charles |
No
further information currently available |
DALTON |
Ernest |
Private
9951, 1st Battalion, ROyal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 23rd
August 1914. Aged 27. Born and resident Winchester, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames.
Son of Tom and Ellen Dalton, of The Cross, King's Somborne, Winchester,
Hants. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
DOWLING |
George |
probably
George DOWLING, Private 8309, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 28th April 1915. Aged 22. Born and
resident East Tyherley, enlisted Romsey. Son of Charles and Mary
Jane Dowling, of Bentley, Mottisfont, Romsey, Hants. No known grave
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 125-134 or 223-226
228-229 & 328. |
GARDINER |
Percy
[Henry] |
Stoker
2nd Class K/22103, H.M.S. Good Hope, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship
1st November 1914. Aged 20. Son of George and Eliza Ann Gardiner,
of Muss Lane, King's Somborne, Hants. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panle 5.
Note:
HMS Good Hope was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the
Royal Navy; she was originally planned to be named Africa, but was
renamed before she was launched. Laid down on 11th September 1899
and launched on 21st February 1901. She was sunk along with HMS
Monmouth by the German armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
under Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee with the loss of her entire
complement of 900 hands in the Battle of Coronel, on 1st November
1914, off the Chilean coast. |
HATCHER |
Frank
W |
Private
55147, 194th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
14th April 1917. Aged 27. Born King's Somborne, enlisted Andover,
resident Longparish. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hatcher, of Romsey Rd,
King's Somborne, Winchester. Formerly 25988, Hampshire Regiment.
Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VII. Row K. Grave 27. |
HAYWARD |
William
A |
Lance
Sergeant 7746, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
3rd December 1917. Born Kings Somborne, enlisted Winchester, resident
Stockbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL,
Nord, France. Panel 7. |
HENLEY |
Frank |
Private
23141, 11th (Pioneer) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
23rd March 1918. Aged 21. Enlisted Winchester, resident King's Somborne.
Son of Mrs. Walter Henley, of Tarrant's Villas, King's Somborne,
Winchester. Buried in STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON,
Somme, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 6. |
HOUSE |
Frederick
Thomas |
Private
66499, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 1st Jovember 1918. Born Kings Sombrone,
enlisted Salsibury. Formerly 018811, Army Ordnance Corps. Buried
in FAMARS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Grave 30. |
HOUSE |
Harold |
Private
45060, 8th Battalion, Pr9incess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 7th July 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident
Kings Sombrone, enlisted Winchester. Son of Stephen and Jane House,
of King's Somborne, Hampshire. Formerly 83251, Devonshire Regiment.
Buried in PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row C. Grave 19. |
HOWELL |
Frederick
(Fred) |
Sergeant
7318, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli
28th April 1915. Aged 29. Born King's Somborne, enlisted Winchester.
Son of William and Betsy Howell, of 3, Cliff Cottages, Houghton,
Stockbridge, Hants. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328. |
LEGGATT |
Percy
Charles |
Private
22476, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th August
1916. Aged 23. Born Stockbridge, enlisted Romsey, resident King's
Somborne. Son of Elizabeth Leggatt. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row C. Grave
14A. |
LETFORD |
William |
probably
William Edward LETFROD, Stoke 1st Class K/3739, H.M.S. Hogue, Royal
Navy. Died 22nd September 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 4. |
LIVETT |
Alan
[Edgar] |
Lance
Corporal 5537, 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry).
Killed in action 1st April 1917. Enlisted Armoury House, residet
King's Somborne. Buried in H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 18. |
MOTT |
Frederick
A |
No
further information currently available |
POTTLE |
George
William |
Private
22310, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27th
September 1916. Aged 25. Born King's Somborne, enlisted Southampton.Son
of Charles and Francis Ellen Pottle, of King's Somborne, Stockbridge,
Hants. Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot/Row/Section R. Grave 33. |
RUMBOLD |
Edward
[Charles] |
Petty
officer Stoker 283981, H.M.S. Fortune, Royal Navy. Died 1st June
1916. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 16. |
SUTTON |
William |
Rifleman
B/2110, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 25th September
1915. Aged 21. Born and resident King's Somborne, enlisted Winchester.
Son of Mrs. Rose Sutton, of Muss Lane, King's Somborne, Hants. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50. |
WESTON |
William
C |
possibly
Private 36738, 8th (Service) Battalion, GHloucetsershire Regiment.
Died 18th April 1918. Enlisted Andover. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
72 to 75. |
WOODRUFF |
Joseph
William Thomas |
Private
21489, 88th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
19th October 1916. Aged 24. Born Plymouth, enlisted WInchester.
Son of Eva Woodruff, of Muss Lane, King's Somborne, Winchester,
and the late Clr. Serjt. J. S. Woodruff. Formerly 18581, Hampshire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. |
WHATLEY |
Arthur
W |
No
further information currently available |
1939
- 1945 |
HORSTED |
Walter
James |
Petty
Officer P/JX 136917, H.SM.S. Stronghold, Royal Navy. Died 2nd March
1942. Aged 25. Son of Alfred George and Rose Mary Horsted. No known
grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel
62, Column 2.
Note:
HMS Stronghold was an Admiralty S Class Destroyer (Pennant H 50).
She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock,
Scotland), ordered June 1917, laid down March 1918, launched 6th
May 1919 and commissioned 2nd July 1919. On 2nd March 1942 a Japanese
task group consisting of the heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers
Arashi and Nowaki, belonging to a Japanese carrier force operating
south of Java, discovered and sank HMS Stronghold (Lt.Cdr. G.R.
Pretor-Pinney, R.N.), fleeing from Tjilatjap to Australia. Stronghold
sank at 18:58 hours at position 12.20S, 112.0E. About fifty survivors
were picked up by the small Dutch merchant Bintoehan that later
transferred them to Maya. |
HUNT |
Edmund |
No
further information currently available |
MORGAN |
Charles
William |
A9ircraftman
2nd Class 1600053, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 27th
August 1942. Aged 19. Son of Charles Burnett Morgan and Mary Louisa
Morgan, of King's Somborne. Buried in KING'S SOMBORNE NEW CEMETERY,
Hampshire. Plot D.26. Grave 452. |
PHILPOTT |
George
Frederick |
Private
5500360, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 6th June 1944.
Aged 23. Son of Frederick and Florance Philpott; husband of Elizabeth
Jane Philpott, of Mottisfont, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 15, Column 2. |
STEEL |
Alexander
John |
Lance
Corporal 6096045, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Died between 23rd and 24th October 1943. Aged 28. Son of Francis
J. Steele and Susan M. Steele. No known grave. Commemorated on ATHENS
MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 5. |
WHEELWRIGHT |
[Arthur]
Graham |
Major
140301, Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died 19th January 1945. Aged
30. Son of Arthur Graham Wheelwright and Sarah Harriet Wheelwright;
husband of Noel Betty Wheelwright, of Ashley, Hampshire. Buried
in BRUGGE GENERAL CEMETERY, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
63. Row 2. Grave 3. |
THANKS
BE TO GOD
WHO GIVETH US
THE VICTORY
Last
updated
8 July, 2006
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