
YARMOUTH
WAR MEMORIAL
Compiled and copyright
© Lynda Smith 2004
The
War Memorial is on the wall of the Town Hall, The Square, Yarmouth.
It takes the form of a nowy headed tablet with the inscription and names
for World War 1 listed in black, above the text are the arms of the
town in circular wreath with ribbons. The tablet has been extended to
include the names of those who died in World War 2. There are 28 names
listed for World War 1 and 7 for World War 2. The memorial was refurbished
in 1991 and the World War 2 tablet added. The memorial was rededicated
10 November 1991.
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Photograph
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2004 |
IN
MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF YARMOUTH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919.
ALLEN |
R |
No
further information available at present. |
BUCKETT |
Amos
Arthur |
Rifleman
331523. 1st/8th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds in
Alexandria on 28th May 1917. Born Shalfleet, Isle of Wight. Lived
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Enlisted Newport, Isle of Wight. Buried:
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. D. 136. |
BUTLER |
H |
No
further information available at present |
BUTLER |
W |
No
further information available at present |
CHAPMAN |
H |
No
further information available at present |
CROOKS |
John
George |
Private
5164. 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 28th June 1915. Born Kingston, Portsmouth. Lived Mortongreen,
Isle of Wight. Enlisted Winchester. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328 |
DOE |
Harold
Horatio |
Lance
Corporal M2/192219. Attd. 107th Anti-Aircraft Section, Army Service
Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 28th October 1918.
Aged 28. Born and lived Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Enlisted Winchester.
Husband of Elizabeth Lay (formerly Doe), of Alma Place, Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight. Buried: Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref.
I. F. 25. |
DOE |
George
Henry John |
Deck
Hand 4884/SD. H.M.S. Terrible, Royal Naval Reserve. Died on 18th
September 1916. Aged 36. Son of George and Amelia Doe; husband of
Ada Maud Doe, of Whithedswood Cottage, Shirley Avenue, Southampton.
Born at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: Southampton (Hollybrook)
Cemetery, Hampshire. Ref. B.2. 107. |
DASHWOOD |
Claude
Burrand Lewes |
Major.
9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds on 26th April
1916. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France.
Ref. II. D. 64. |
DYE |
H |
Probably:
George Harry Gordon Dye. Lieutenant. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds on 21st November 1917. Aged 26. Son of George Arthur
and Ellen Ann Dye, of Victoria Rd., Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Educated
at Christ's Hospital, Horsham. Native of Norfolk. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt
Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Ref. III. B. 23.
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FOULKES |
Sydney |
Gunner
855320. 1st/5th Hants Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds in Turkey on 26th February 1917. Born Yarmouth, Isle of
Wight. Enlisted Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Commemorated: Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Nisibin Memorial 233 |
GATRELL |
Frederick
William |
Gunner
855374. 374th Battery, 8th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
in the Persian Gulf on 16th November 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Son of Albert Edward and Eva Gatrell, of
High St., Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate)
War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. III. E. 3. L. |
GATRELL |
Henry
Francis |
Sapper
1482. Hants Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. Died at home on 21st
February 1915. Aged 20. Enlisted Portsmouth. Son of A. E. Gatrell,
of High St., Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: Yarmouth (St. James)
Church Cemetery. Ref. D. 370. |
GRIFFITHS |
Edwin |
Sub-Lieutenant.
H.M. Yacht Zaida, Royal Naval Reserve. Died on 17th August 1916.
Aged 48. Son of the late Capt. John Griffiths and Jane Griffiths,
of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. Column 18. Special note: HM Yacht Zaida was sunk by a German
Submarine in the Gulf of Alexandretta on 17th August 1917. |
HARWOOD |
Edward
James |
Gunner
353455. 123rd Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 28th August 1918. Aged 34. Born
Boston, Lincolnshire. Enlisted Newport, Isle of Wight. Son of J.
T. and S J. Harwood, of The Square, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried:
Ligny-Sur-Canche British Cemetery Pas de Calais, France. Ref. B.
6. |
HENDERSON |
Alfred
Charles |
Sapper
519677. 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 10th October, 1917. Aged 20. Born and lived Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight. Enlisted Portsmouth. Son of Beatrice Mary Henderson,
of "Moravia, West Hill Rd., West Cowes, Isle of Wight, and the late
James E. Henderson. Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. V. I. 3. |
KELLEWAY |
Alfred
Henry |
[Also
spelt KELLAWAY in some official records] Private 4130, 3/7th Battalion,
Hampshire Regiment. Died 3 December 1916. Aged 20. Born circa 1896.
Carman by trade. Enlisted 10 December 1915 at Newport, isle of Wight.
Declared medically unfit 15 August 1916 suffering V.D.H. (Pulmonary
Diastolic). Discharged from Army 18 August 1916 as being no longer
physically fit for War Service; address Bridge Street, Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight. Son of Caroline Kelleway, Bridge Street, Yarmouth
IoW. Home service from 20 January 1916 to 29 August 1916. Height
5 feet 10 inches, dark brown hair, brown eyes. Son of Fank (deceased)
and Caroline Kelleway. Unmarried. In the 1901 census he was aged
5, son of Frank and Caroline A Kelleway, born Yarmouth, IoW, resident
Wheatsheaf Lane, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. In the 1911 census he
was aged 15, son of Caroline Kelleway (a widow), a Laundry Carman,
born Yarmouth, IoW, residemt Wheatsheaf Lane, Yarmouth, Isle of
Wight. Buried in Yarmouth (St. James) Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight.
Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 779. |
LONG |
(Arthur)
Howell |
Gunner
221706. No.1 Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home on 6th
November 1918. Born and lived Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Enlisted
Liverpool. Buried: Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, Cheshire. Ref.
6. C. E. 68. |
PILCHER |
Harry
George |
Able
Seaman J/20938. H.M.S. Black Prince, Royal Navy. Died on 31st May
1916. Aged 20. Born Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Commemorated: Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Column 13. Special note: HMS Black Prince
was sunk by German Battleships at the Battle of Jutland, with a
loss of all hands |
PAYNE |
Sydney
Bernard |
Ordinary
Seaman J/61726. H.M.S. Tartar, Royal Navy. Died on 17th June 1917.
Aged 19. Son of G. and M. J. Payne, of South St., Yarmouth, Isle
of Wight. Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. IV. A. 27. |
PRINCE |
Charles
Ernest |
Private
18664. 3rd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Transferred to
851st Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died in France & Flanders
on 9th November 1918. Born Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Lived Guernsey.
Enlisted Winchester. Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. X. C. 19. |
RUSSELL |
Harry
Clement |
Gunner
1st/5th Hants Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died in The Persian
Gulf on 10th June 1915. Born and enlisted Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
Son of George and Charlotte Russell, of 8, Mechanic's Terrace, Whalley,
Blackburn. Native of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: Basra War
Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. VI. B. 10. |
SPENCER |
A |
No
further information available at present. |
STRICKLAND |
R |
No
further information available at present. |
SHEAFF |
F |
No
further information available at present. |
WADHAM |
Arthur
James George |
Driver
855371. 1st/5th Hants Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died
in Turkey on 31st August 1916. Born Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Enlisted
Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery,
Iraq. Ref. XXI. Q. 9. |
WOODFORD |
Harry |
Private
46961. 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Formerly 1505 Hampshire Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 30th April 1917. Aged 19. Born Shalfleet, Isle of
Wight. Enlisted Portsmouth. Son of Isaac Woodford, of South St.,
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: St. Nicolas British Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Ref. I. H. 19. |
WARDER,
DSC |
Leonard
Clifton |
Lieutenant.
H.M.S. Q12, Royal Naval Reserve. Died on 30th April 1917. Aged 29.
Husband of Jessie F. Warder, of "Afton", Park Rd., Cowes, Isle
of Wight. Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross [London Gazette
23 March 1917 page 2951/2]. Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, Hampshire. Column 27. Special note: This is a bit confusing.
HMS Q12 appears also to be an Aubretia Class Convoy Sloop known
as HMS Tulip. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic on 30th
April 1917. |
AND
IN 1939 – 1945 |
KELLEWAY |
Alfred
William |
Driver
T/92389. 55 Infantry Brigade Group Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died on 12th September 1944. Aged 31. Commemorated: Singapore Memorial.
Column 100. |
RIDDETT |
Bernard
Richard |
Sergeant
1190144. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 19th August
1942. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 92. |
STILLWELL |
Reginald
John |
Corporal
2319924. Royal Corps of Signals. Died on 30th May 1942. Aged 33.
Son of Harry and Emmy Stillwell; husband of Ethel M. Stillwell,
of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buried: Knightsbridge War Cemetery,
Acroma, Libya. Ref. 10. D. 1. |
WOODIN |
James
Steward |
Lieutenant
177739. Hampshire Regiment, attd. 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Died on 5th December 1943. Son of the Revd. Stanley H. Woodin, M.A.,
and Maud Woodin; husband of Angela Mary Woodin. Buried: Padua War
Cemetery, Italy. Ref. I. G. 12. |
PENNY |
George
Ernest Ward |
Lance
Corporal T/63441. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 17th June 1940.
Aged 31. Son of William Ward Penny and Helia Penny; husband of Beatrice
Ellen Penny, of Newport, Isle of Wight. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial,
Nord, France. Column 134. |
SPENCE |
John
Frederick |
Lance
Serjeant 1871927. 40 Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. Died between
1st and 2nd October 1942. Aged 27. Son of John Spence, and of Emily
Spence, of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Commemorated: Sai Wan Memorial,
China. Column 7. |
WHITE |
William
Edward |
Gunner
2057150. 394 Battery, 48 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died on 8th March 1941. Aged 33. Son of Charles James White and
Ada Annie White, of Ryde, Isle of Wight; husband of Kathleen May
White, of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Buried: Romsey Cemetery, Hampshire.
Ref. Sec. W. Grave 307. |
THEIR
NAMES SHALL LIVETH FOR EVERMORE |
Buried
in Yarmouth Churchyard, not on the Memorial. |
LANSDOWNE,
DFC |
George |
Squadron
Leader 13132. Royal Air Force. Died on 17th March 1946. Aged 59.
Son of George and Annie Lansdowne; husband of Chrissie Lansdowne,
of Yarmouth. Awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross. Buried: Yarmouth
(St. James) Church Cemetery. North part. |
CHIMES |
William
Edward George |
Major
26280. Royal Artillery. Died on 27th July 1941. Aged 49. Son of
Edmund William Cook Chimes and Emily Chimes; husband of Annie Patterson
Chimes. Buried: Yarmouth (St. James) Church Cemetery. Ref. Grave
C. 998. |
Last updated
11 July, 2016
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