Wareham

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Burials at Wareham Cemetery
Research by Richard Smith into the lives and deaths of the CWGC War Casualties buried in Wareham.

Burials from CWGC at Wareham Cemetery

AUSTIN John Henry Private No. 22455 9th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Born in Belgrave, Leicestershire on 24th September 1869 son of William Austin, a water works labourer who died in 1892, and his wife Lucy Shelton who then remarried in July
1893 to Thomas Ward at Kings Norton, Worcestershire. John married Lydia Heaton at Birmingham on 9th May 1894 - he was a plumber and later a bar fitter in 1911 when
the family were living at 13 Newdegate Street, Birmingham. John died from the effects of Nephritis at Wareham on 17th July 1915. He was aged 45 and buried in grave
No. B. A. 11. His widow Lydia was living then at 412 Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham.

BASCOMBE George Albert Stoker 1st Class No. P/K 17769 HMS Condor Royal Navy.

Born in Church Knowle, Dorset on 9th April 1893, son of William Coffin Bascombe, a clay pit worker who died in 1902, and his wife Mary Jane Barnes. He enlisted
in the Royal Navy on 27th January 1913, the start of a long career, and then in July 1916 he married Bessie Adelaide Warren at Christchurch, Hampshire. He died
at R N Auxiliary Hospital, Minterne Magna on 8th August 1942 of a malignant intestinal blockage, and was buried in grave No. C. L. 47. His widow Bessie died
at Wareham in March 1947.

BLAKEMORE William Henry Private No. 17074 11th Battalion Devonshire Regiment.

Born in Blakeney, Gloucestershire on 10th May 1887, son of Henry Blakemore a gas works boiler man, and his wife Mary Ann Pratt who died in 1900. Their address
was 44 Tudor Street, Gloucester. William died at the Wareham Military Hospital on 15th April 1916, cause of death not found, and was buried in grave No. B. B. 14
on the 17th. His probate on 1st May 1916 to Bessie Bow (spinster) was for £40 10s. His brother George Edward Blakemore born 1893 died serving with
the Gloucestershire Regiment at Gallipoli on 8th August 1915.

BRATHERICK William Edward Private No. 9924 Somerset Light Infantry.

Born in Water Eaton, Oxfordshire in about 1875 son of William Bratherick, a farm labourer who died in 1919, and his wife Elizabeth James who died in 1891,
when the family were living at 77 Bristol Road, Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and William aged 15 was working as a coal miner. They had married at Filkins,
Oxfordshire on 5th November 1870. William married Emily E. Palmer in April 1915, registered at Bristol, but died at Wareham on 23rd November 1915, cause not
found. He was buried in grave No. B. A. 16 .

BUNSTER William John Pioneer No. WR/ 336046 Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers.

Born in Edmonton, London on 14th June 1881 (not 1882 as his burial record says) but I cannot trace his parents. He married Florence Ada Mitcham at Coventry,
Warwickshire in October 1912, and he died (cause not known) at the Military Hospital at Worgret Camp, Arne, Dorset on 30th October 1918. He was buried
in grave No. C. F. 25 on November 1st.

BURGESS Ian Hector Percy Ordinary Seaman No. Z/ 7965 HMS Erin RNVR.

Born in Stoborough, Wareham, Dorset on 1st March 1900 son of John Henry Burgess, a peat cutter, and his wife Susan Samways. He enlisted in the RNVR on 19th
November 1917 and was posted to HMS Erin on 28th May 1918. He died of multiple injuries in a R N Hospital on 3rd September 1918 aged 18, location of which is
not clear, (maybe Queensferry, Scotland) but was buried in grave No. B. E. 7 on the 8th. There was a Board of Enquiry which found no blame to anyone,
suggesting some sort of accident, but more details not found.

COOK George Frederick Private No. 2638A 9th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia on 16th March 1891 son of Frederick George Cook and his wife Elizabeth Ann McCullagh. Frederick was born in Bedfordshire
in 1863 and had travelled to Australia in the 1880s and married there. George married in Queensland, Australia on 31st December 1915 Elsie Matilda Heck, and
was noted as a carter when he enlisted in the A I F on 5th August 1915. He joined the 9th battalion in France on 14th November 1916, but suffered a series
of bouts of diarrhea with spells in military hospitals. By January 1917 he was in the UK at Reading Military Hospital, before being transferred on 2nd April
1917 to Alderney Infectious Diseases Hospital at Parkstone, Dorset where he died on the 24th April, of nephritis following cerebral spinal fever. He was
buried in grave No. B. D. 14 on the 27th. His widow Elsie was living at Alexandra Street, Booval, Queensland.

COVENTRY Robert Ewen Corporal No. 2454 46th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia on 10th July 1884, son of Thomas Coventry who died in November 1892, and his wife Helen Paterson. Robert married
Edith May Atkinson in Victoria on 1st April 1907, and he enlisted on 2nd March 1915, when he was working as a clerk. He was serving in the Dardanelles in November
1915, and was wounded in the back from gun fire on 10th August 1916. He was moved to the UK on hospital ship Jan Breydel, first to Bradford Military Hospital, then
to Wareham Military Hospital, but he died there on 21st December 1916 from cerebral spinal meningitis. He was buried in grave No. B. C. 15. His widow Edith was living
at 12 Victory Square, Armadale, Victoria. His father Thomas was born in Victoria in 1845, and his father also Thomas had been Born in Tyrone, Ireland in 1814,
but arrived in Australia to settle there in July 1841.

CRICHTON Alexander Lance Corporal No. 1661 13th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Footscray, Victoria, Australia in 1885 son of George McHardy Crichton who died in 1913 and his wife Elizabeth Rule who died in 1890. He served in the Melbourne
Cavalry and married Marie Ethel Marland at Bulimba, Queensland in August 1907. He enlisted but seems to have had a mixed disciplinary record, but was promoted to
Lance Corporal on 24th August 1916. He was based at Wareham Military Camp, but was found drowned in Poole Harbour on 1st February 1917 and buried in grave
No. B. D. 12 on the 5th February. His widow Marie was living at Kelvin Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It seems his father was born in
Scotland about 1835, but living in Australia by 1860.

CRUMPLER Charlie Joshua Private No. 10542496 Pioneer Corps.

Born in Creech Bottom, Dorset on 29th September 1914 son of David Joshua Crumpler, a labourer who died in 1937, and his wife Sarah Jane Guy. He married Audrey Eileen
Fendley at Poole in 1939, and was living at 6 Creekmoor, Poole. Army records just say he "Died" on 24th June 1945 aged 30, but no cause of death found, and he was
buried in grave No. C. O. 29 on the 28th.

CUTLER Walter Private No. 06055 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

Born in Poole, Dorset in January 1882 son of George Cutler, a miller's warehouseman who died in 1904, and his wife Sarah Martin Jacobs who died in 1915. Walter died on
19th August 1919 at Worgret Camp Military Hospital, Dorset, possibly from war wounds, after discharge from the Army in 1919. He was buried in grave No. C. F. 27 on the
22nd. His next of kin were his younger brother Frank Cutler born 1884 and his wife Elsie (Thomasina Elsie Toop).

DALY James Private No. 14440 10th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment.

Born in Bootle, Lancashire about 1886, son of Own Daly, a dock worker, and his wife Catherine Farley (K/as Kate) who died in October 1913. In 1911 they were living at
14 Pleasant View, Bootle. James died at Wareham on 15th June 1916, but I found nothing about cause of his death. He was buried in grave No. B. C. 5.

DAVIES Henry Edward Private No. 778 7th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps A.I.F.

Born in Port Pirie, South Australia on 29th September 1891 son of Henry John Davies and his wife Edith Harvey Nurton. He was a fisherman when he enlisted on 19th
February 1915 but following posting the Europe he suffered several bouts of pleurodynia requiring hospital treatment. He was based at Wareham Camp when he died from injuries
in a motor accident on 20th January 1917 at Christchurch, Hampshire, following which there was a Board of Enquiry which found that no blame could be attached to anyone.
He was aged 25 and buried in grave No. B. C. 18 on the 25th.

DICK William Henry Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory Royal Navy.

Born in Wareham on 9th December 1923 son of William H. Dick, a painter, and his wife Emily Marshallsay (K/as Millie) who in 1939 lived at 32 Cow Lane, Wareham, when
William Jnr. was working as a plumber's apprentice. He died as a result of a road accident causing laceration of the brain and injuries on 7th July 1946 at the
Cornelia Hospital, Poole, and was buried on the 10th in grave No. B. K. 31.

DOWNS Frederick John Ambrose Private No. 137017 Royal Army Medical Corps.

Born about June 1873 at Grantham, Lincolnshire son of William Pointon Downs, a builder's labourer who died in 1915, and his wife Mary Ann Keal who had died in
1878. He enlisted in 1st Lincolnshire Regiment No. 3/ 7896 on 11th March 1892 and served in Malta, Cyprus, India and South Africa until discharged on 9th March 1908
after serving for 16 years. He re-enlisted on 17th August 1914 but died of pneumonia at Worgret Camp, Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 10th June 1918, and was buried
in grave No. C. F. 23. His next of kin was his sister Mrs Eliza Christopher, 2 Oxford Street, Grantham.

FELTHAM William Volunteer Wareham branch 7th Dorset Battery Home Guard.

Born in Sherborne, Dorset about April 1874 son of William Feltham, a Superintendent of Police who died in 1910, and his wife Sarah Damon who died in 1907. On 27th May
1901 William married Alice Louisa Farwell at Wareham, he was working as a Post Office Telegraphist, but is then missing from the census returns on 1911, 1921 and 1939.
He died at Wareham on 5th January 1941 aged 66, cause of death not found, and was buried in grave No. C. Q. 41 on the 8th January. Alice died at Wareham on 14th May
1947 when she was living at "Hill Tops" Cow Lane, Wareham.

GEE James Gunner No. 5562902 84th Battery 44th Light Anti Aircraft Unit Royal Artillery serving at Holton Heath, Dorset (no doubt protecting the explosives factories there)..

Born in Cricklade, Wiltshire on 4th December 1900 son of Sydney Gee, a labourer who died in 1939, and his wife Annie Eliza Lee. In January 1926 James married Victoria
May Gee at Swindon, Wiltshire, and in 1939 he was working as a public works labourer. Army records say he "Died" on 28th January 1940, with his death registered at Poole
but gives no cause of his death. He was buried on 2nd February in grave No. B. U. 9. H is widow Victoria remarried in December 1940 at Swindon to Amel. H. Head, and was
living at Upper Stratton, Swindon.

GILLICE Patrick Private No. 21368 East Lancashire Regiment.

Born in Preston, Lancashire about 1874 son of Bartholomew Gillice, a labourer who died in December 1881, and his wife Hannah Quinn who died in 1884. Patrick married
Ann Holderness at Preston in October 1893 but she died in 1904, and he then married Alice Harling at Preston in 1905. In 1911 he was working as a crumpet maker when
they were living at 7 Young Street, Preston. Patrick died at Wareham on 27th January 1916, but I found no details as to cause of death. He was buried in grave No. B. C. 4.

GLASTONBURY Thomas Samuel Charles Private No. 23117 10th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - attached to 13th Worcestershire Regiment.

Born in Amberley, Gloucestershire on 6th June 1890, son of Charles Glastonbury, a county council road man, and his wife Charlotte Harding who died in 1912. In 1911
he was working as a carter living at home at "Nupend" Horsley, Gloucestershire. He married Mary Jane Smith at Horsley in October 1915, but died at Wareham Camp Military
Hospital on 30th March 1916 aged 25 (cause not found). He was buried in grave No. B. B. 12 on 1st April. Mary Jane remarried at Stroud, Gloucestershire on 28th June
1919 to William Alfred Smart, and was living at "Haylane" Horsley, Stroud.

GOSLING Leonard Buchanan 2nd Lieutenant 10th Battalion Royal Tank Corps previously Lance Corporal No. 102601 Machine Gun Corps.

Born in Bromley, Kent in September 1898 son of Alfred Luther Gosling, an architect, and his wife Fanny Cowell. The family lived at 3 Rectory Place, Chislehurst Common,
Kent. Army records suggest that he was "Gassed" so was that the cause of his death at Worgret Camp Military Hospital, Dorset on 27th October 1918, aged 20. He was
buried in grave No. B. E. 3 on the 28th. His probate to his father for £117 1s 8d was granted on 3rd May 1919.

GOSTELOW Herbert Lance Corporal No 23730 10th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry attached to East Lancashire Regiment.

Born in Alton, Hampshire in April 1879 son of Joseph George Gostelow, a publican and in 1901 he was landlord of Horse and Groom at Newton Vallence, Hampshire but
died in 1907, and his wife Maria Goddard. Herbert died at Worgret Camp Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset cause of death not found, and he was buried in grave No. B. B. 15
on the 18th. The Gostelow family can be traced back to 1630 in Oxfordshire, then Northamptonshire.

GRACE William Sergeant No. 21503 "E" Company 13th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.

Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1874 son of John Grace, a brass finisher who died in 1908, and his wife Sarah Harrison who married at Aston, Birmingham on 15th June 1873.
William enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. No. 3917 in 1894 and saw service in the 2nd Boer War in South Africa 1899 - 1902. He died aged 41 at Wareham Military Hospital
on 4th June 1916 but cause of death not found. He was buried in grave No. B. C. 6 on the 7th June.

GRIFFITHS Hubert Raymond Leading Stoker No. P / KX 88152 HMS Victory 11 Royal Navy.

BBorn in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in October 1915 son of Hosea Griffiths, a coal mine haulier, and his wife Sarah Jane Wright. He married Lilian Catherine Agar in October
1940 registered at Poole, and she was living at Holton Heath, Dorset. It is odd I can find nothing about his Royal Navy service or death on 13th July 1943 aged 27,
where he was then buried in grave No. C. I. 34. His death was registered at Bournemouth.

HALLIDAY Robert Stanley Private No. 3775 46th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 1896 son of George Halliday who died in 1912, and his wife Sarah Kerr. He enlisted on 9th July 1915, when working as a grocer. Was
wounded with a gun shot in his thigh in France 6. 8. 1916 and repatriated on Hospital Ship Brighton from Calais to UK on 12th August 1916. Serving at Wareham Camp, he was
out with a friend and, in taking a short cut back to camp, fell over one of Wareham's walls suffering concussion of the brain from which he died on 14th February 1917.
He was aged 19 and at an enquiry it was ruled an unfortunate accident. He was buried in grave No. B. D. 13. His father George was born in Scotland in 1860,
but then travelled to Australia and married Sarah Kerr at Ballarat in August 1883. In 1917 they were living at 24 Barkly Street, Ballarat East, Victoria.

HANDLEY Walter Private D.C.M. No. 118856 Machine Gun Corps previously Manchester Regiment No. 13211.

Born in Tydesley, Lancashire on 2nd December 1893 son of Samuel Handley, a pavior laying paths who died in 1916, and his wife Mary Gregory. Walter died on 29th October
1917, and the Army Effects page says "He was killed on the Railway" but gave no more details, but it was at or near Wareham. He was aged 23 and buried in grave
No. C. F. 22. His family home was at 20 Elizabeth Street, Atherton, Manchester.

HAWKER Frederick Private No. 3/ 7544 "H" Company 9th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.

Born in Beaminster, Dorset on 16th October 1865 son of John Hawker, a gardener who died in 1901, and his wife Amelia Norris who died in 1914. He married Sarah Jane
Osborne at Norton Under Hamden, Somerset on 5th September 1896 and worked variously as a groom and builder's labourer. He is missing in the 1891 census, so maybe
serving in H M Army. He died at Wareham Camp on 10th July 1915 aged 49, but cause of death not found. He was buried in grave No. B. A. 9. His widow Sarah was
living at 56 New Council Houses, Mitchelmore Road, Yeovil, Somerset.

HEARN William Private No. 27320 9th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Born in West Putford, Devon in 1890 son of George Hearn, a farm labourer, and his wife Martha Hallett. In 1911 he too was working as a farm labourer at Buckland
Brewer, Devon. He married Ada Braund in January 1914, registered at Bideford, Devon, but died at Wareham Camp on 3rd June 1916, cause of death not found.
He was aged 25 and was buried in grave No. B . B. 17. His widow Ada was living at "Bilsford" Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon.

HUMPHRY Cecil Edward Private No. 1657 44th Brigade Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Cannington, Western Australia about May 1893 son of Edward Ernest Humphry and his wife Elizabeth White. Was a dairyman when he enlisted on 22nd January 1916,
and sailed to Europe on ship Suevic from Freemantle, Western Australia on 6th June 1916. He died of pneumonia at Wareham Military Hospital on 5th December 1916
and was buried in grave No. B. C. 13. Cecil's father Edward was born in Western Australia in 1866, and it appears his father James White Humphry (born London 1833)
was transported as a convict in 1853 for uttering forged Bank Notes and sentenced to 15 years transportation. He then married in Fremantle W. A. in 1864.

JENNISON John Private No. 6352 44th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand on 22nd July 1869 son of Charles Just Dennison who died in 1918 and his wife Betsy Ann Chitty who died in 1878. He
was a carpenter when he enlisted on 14th February 1916, but died of stomach cancer at Wareham Military Hospital on 14th December 1916, and was buried on
the 16th in grave No. B. C. 14. His father was born in Yorkshire in 1838 but arrived in New Zealand in April 1864 and married Betsy at Dunedin in November
1864.

LAING George Private No. 2696 7th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Sheep Hills, Victoria, Australia about 1890 son of Joseph Thomas Laing and his wife Euphemia McRea of Jung Murtoa, Victoria. George was a labourer
when he enlisted on 20th July 1915 but was listed as having a gun shot wound in his buttocks in France in action on 23rd July 1916. He was moved to UK
on the hospital ship Peacehaven on 29th July and ended at Wareham Military Hospital where he died of pneumonia on 11th January 1917 aged 25. He was
buried in grave No. B. C. 16. His grandfather Alexander Laing was born in Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland in 1823 but married at Melbourne in 1848 and died
at Dimboola, Victoria in 1886.

LEARY Martin Private No. 3/ 6258 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Born in St. John's, Dublin Ireland about 1872 and I think he first enlisted in 1892, aged 20. He died at Wareham on 6th May 1916, and he was buried in
grave No. B. B. 16 but Army records give no clue as to cause of death, and I found nothing to pin down his family either.

LOFDAHL Johan Alfred Private No. 4699 61st Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Umea, Sweden on 17th November 1878 son of Johan Alfred Samuel Lofdahl and his wife Mary Anne Lofquist. Joined the Umea Naval Corps as a sailor in
1899 and served in South Africa around 1900 - 1904 in Prince Albert's Volunteer Guard, before settling in Australia in May 1906 at Punchbowl, Canterbury,
New South Wales as a dock worker. Married Mary Ann Date at Canterbury N.S.W. in 1916 and enlisted in the A I F on 3rd February 1916. Joined the 18th
battalion until 23rd March 1917 when he moved to the 61st Battalion, but on 11th December 1916 he was hospitalised at Rouen, France with Trench Foot,
and moved to UK on Hospital Ship Aberdonian. He died at the Worgret Military Hospital, Arne Dorset on 11th May 1917 from "Anumpare Haemopericardium" (a form
of aneurysm). He was buried in Grave No. B. D. 15. His widow Mary was living at Bonds Road, Punchbowl, Canterbury, N.S.W.

MADELL Herbert Doyle Private No. 2364 3rd Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born on Guernsey, Channel Islands on 12th June 1892 son of Wallace Madell a lamp lighter and gas worker who died in 1920, and his wife Amelia Caroline Bean. He
was living at home on Guernsey with his parents in 1911 but at some point sailed to Australia as he enlisted in the A. I. F. on 12th May 1915. On 26th July 1916
was in hospital at Rouen, France suffering from war wounds and shell shock, before being moved on the hospital ship St. Andrew to the UK suffering from
paratyphoid. He died on the 11th January 1917 from dysentery at Wareham Military Hospital and was then buried in grave No. B. C. 17. His parents were living at
12 Mount Durand, Guernsey.

MASTERS Frederick William Stoker 2nd Class No. K/ 36772 HMS Victory Royal Navy.

Born in Swanage, Dorset on 19th December 1890 son of George Masters, a shepherd in 1891, but later an Inn Keeper who died in 1928, and his wife Elizabeth Stone who
died in 1923. In 1911 the family were living and running The Ship Inn at Langton Matravers, Dorset, but on 25th September 1916 Frederick enlisted in the Royal Navy.
He died of broncho-pneumonia at R N Hospital, Haslar, Portsmouth on 15th January 1917 and was buried in grave No. B. C. 2 on the 19th.

MOSS Frederick Private No. 20441 13th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment .

Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1896 son of Samuel Moss, a plate layer for Mitchell and Butlers Brewery, and his wife Emily Dodd. He was aged 14 at home in 1911, but died
at Poole Hospital of meningitis on 10th July 1915 and was buried in grave No. B. A. 12. His parents were living at 94 Harley View, Beech Lane, Birmingham.

NICOL George Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No. 1165282.

Born in Wareham on 4th September 1920 son of George Nichol, a chemical plumber at explosives works, and his wife Elizabeth Hendry Nichol who in 1939 lived at
No. 13 Holton Heath, Wareham. On 18th September 1942 George Jnr. was piloting a Wellington bomber on a night bombing exercise from RAF Bircoates, Yorkshire
when it crashed at Tickhill, Yorkshire shortly after take off and he was killed. He was aged 22 and was buried in grave No. C. O. 26.

OSBORNE Ernest Private No. 16789 Devonshire Regiment (Duke of Cornwall's Own) Light Infantry.

Born in Redruth, Cornwall about 1877 son of William Osborne, a labourer, and his wife Janie Osborne who in 1921 were living at 36 Blights Row, Redruth. In 1901
Ernest aged 14 was working as a railway porter, but seems to be missing in 1911. H e was based at Wareham Camp, and his Army effects record says he died "On or
since 9th March 1916" yet was buried on the 11th in grave No. B. B. 10.

PALMER James Oscar Private No. 11240 7th Battalion Yorkshire (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars.

Born in South Bank, Yorkshire on 12th August 1886 son of William Palmer, a blast furnace worker who died in January 1909, and his wife Margaret Ann Brydon. In 1911
James was a labourer at a steel works lodging at South Bank, and he married Ethel Lawrence at Middlesborough, Yorkshire in October 1914. He died (cause not found)
at Wareham camp on 22nd December 1914 aged 28, and was buried in grave No. A. AA. 3 on the 29th. His widow Ethel later married John Henry McSorbey at Middlesborough
in April 1918. His Army Effects page wrongly gives his date of death as 23rd December 1915.

PEARSON Frank Shakespeare Lt. Colonel LL.B (Lond.) Royal Army Service Corps.

Born in King's Norton, Worcestershire on 12th June 1865, son of Howard Shakespeare Pearson, a lecturer in Mining history, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Parker who died
in 1897. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham from 1878, then studied law at London University becoming a solicitor and member of Law Society. Married Ada
Ellen Wall at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in April 1893, before he was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in February 1896 in 1st Volunteers Brigade, Warwickshire Regt. Was
promoted a Captain by 1900, then by 1908 in the reserve of Royal Army Service Corps as a Major. Recalled to the R. A. S. C. in 1914 and promoted Lt. Colonel
in May 1915. He and Ada were living at The Priory, Wareham when he fell off his horse causing a brain injury from which he died on 5th September 1916 at Worgret
Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset. He was aged 50 and was buried on the 7th in grave No. C. C. 16. His probate to his widow Ada on 8th February 1917 was for
£3,453 8s. 11d. Her address was 17B Avonmore Road, Kensington, London.

PERRY Joseph Private No. 21403 13th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.

Born in Worcester in 1873 son of Albert T. Perry, a fitter who died in 1906, and his wife Elizabeth Yeates who died in 1899. He married Jane Walker at St
Paul's church, Worcester on 26th December 1896, and in 1911 they were living at 21 Blackfriars, Broad Street, Worcester, where Joseph was a labourer. He died
from heart disease on 22nd December 1915 and was buried in grave No. B. B. 3 on the 24th December.

PHILLIPS Robert Private No. 16609 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Born in Gluval, Cornwall about 1896 son of William Phillips, a stationary engine driver, and his wife Elizabeth Gilbert (K/as Bessie) they were living at The Clay
Works, Nancledra, Long Rock, Cornwall when Robert died at Wareham on 5th July 1916 before he was buried in grave No. B. B. 4. He was aged 19 but I found nothing
about the circumstances of his death.

PHILLIPS Sidney Joseph Captain No. 136974 Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Born in Somers Town, Middlesex on 20th August 1887 son of Joseph Hales Phillips, a musical instrument maker who died in 1940, and his wife Mary Ann Halden who
died in 1937. Sidney first married Louisa Neill on 26th March 1910 at Islington, London but she died of a heart condition in 1913 and he then married Alice
Beatrice Coe on 23rd December 1914, also at Islington. In 1939 they were living at Bell's Orchard, Wareham and Sidney was Manager of a sand and concrete company.
He died on 29th May 1944 aged 56, and Army records just say he was "Dangerously Ill, then had Died" but gave no cause of death, which was registered at Sturminster
Newton Dorset, so I suspect he died at the military hospital there. He was buried in grave No. C. J. 42 on 2nd June.

PICKERELL Thomas Regimental Sergeant Major No. 9373 Worcestershire Regiment.

Born in Dudley, Staffordshire about May 1866 son of Richard Pickerell, a miner who died in 1890, and his wife Sarah A. Holden who died in 1912. I failed to find a
nything about his early military service, but he was a Sergeant on 27th March 1893 when he married Florence Walters (K/as Florrie) at Whittington, Worcestershire.
By 1911 he had retired from the Army and was a Club Hall Porter living at 95 Katherine Road, Bearwood, Birmingham. He died at Wareham Military Hospital on
14th December 1915 but cause of death not found. He was buried in grave No. B. A. 17 on the 17th.

PURFIELD Henry Sergeant No. 3/ 8355 11th Battalion Devonshire Regiment .

Born in Camberwell, Surrey in the workhouse, son of Harriet Purfield, a servant and single mother, who in 1874 married Charles Fuller, a car man and later a
parish sweeper who died in 1904. Harriet died in 1915. Henry only appears in the 1861 census and I suspect he spent much of his life abroad. He travelled
to Argentina as a farm labourer in 1891 and returned in 1914 with Adelaide Louisa Robinson, his wife, and children, so probably married there. He died on
23rd September 1915 at Wareham Camp, cause not known, and was buried in grave No. B. A. 15 on the 25th. His probate to his widow on 11th November 1915 for
just £54 gave their address as 52 Princes Street, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon. The CWGC gave her later address as 37 Springfield Road, Torquay.

RANKIN Leo Vincent Private No. 1718 55th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1879 son of John William Rankin who died in March 1916 and his wife Mary Donoghue. CWGC has their address as 67 Bromley Street,
South Yarra, Victoria. Leo enlisted on 8th December 1915, when working as a clerk, but his service record shows a number of instances of being "Absent without Leave".
He was diagnosed with varicose veins in both legs and moved from Calais, France to the UK on 10th October 1916. Moved to Wareham Camp on 20th January 1917, he
was then diagnosed with Haematuria (blood in his urine) on 5th April 1917 and moved to Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset, but died there of Hepatitis
on 10th May 1917, and was buried in grave No. B. D. 19. His Army record has a later address from July 1917 for his mother of "Arundel" 86 Cromwell Road,
Hawksburn, Victoria.

RICHARDS Douglas George Private No. 1750 57th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Bromley, Kent in 1893 son of George William Richards, a warehouseman, and his wife Louisa Berkshire. In 1911 he was living with his parents in Plaistow,
London, but then at some point he sailed to Australia as he enlisted in the A.I.F. on 3rd February 1916. Was in Tel-El-Kabir, Egypt in June 1916, but moved to
France, sick, in July 1916. Recovered by 12. 8. 1916 but in November 1916 was suffering from Trench Foot, and moved to UK on 7th November. Posted to Wareham
Camp on 20th January 1917, he was moved to Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 2nd March 1917 suffering from pneumonia and died of that on 23rd
June 1917 aged 23. He was buried on the 27th in grave No. B. D. 18. His parents were living at 38 Northern Road, Plaistow, London.

RIVERS Alfred William Private No. 545852 Royal Army Medical Corps.

Born in Woodnesborough, Kent in 1881, son of James Brown Rivers, a coachman in 1891, and his wife Seline Mary Johnson who died in 1904. It seems that he joined
the Royal Artillery in 1899 No. RA/40 and is missing from the 1901 census - maybe serving abroad ? He married Emily Harriet Hall at Greenwich, Kent in January 1918,
but Army Effects say that he died of "illness" at Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 14th October 1918 - was it Spanish Flu ? He was buried in grave
No. C. F. 24 on the 18th. His widow Emily was living at No. 132 Park Buildings, Rotherhithe, Kent.

ROACH Charles Private No. 18791 10th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

His burial record says he was Born in Lambeth, London in 1888, but I think that is an error. CWGC has no parents but says his wife lived in Liverpool, and he served
in the Lancaster Regt. suggesting he came from the north of England. I think he was born in Runcorn, Cheshire in about January 1889 son of William Roach, a Life Assurance Agent
who died in 1900, and his wife Mary Bennett who died in 1907. He married Agnes Tisdale at Wirral, Cheshire in January 1900, and in 1911 was a cab driver living with Agnes
at Hoylake, Cheshire. He died of an unspecified disease at Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 12th March 1916 and was buried in grave No. B. B. 11 of the 14th.
Agnes was living at 30 Gordon Terrace, Aigburgh Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire.

RUSSELL Thomas Private No. 11348 9th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.

Born about 1880, he married Clara Harriet Boorer at Lambeth, London on 3rd January 1915, which gave his father's name as Joseph Russell deceased a labourer, but I could not
find more about his birth or family. Thomas died at Wareham Military Hospital on 1st April 1916, cause of death not found, and was buried in grave No. B. B. 13.

SHEA P - CWGC says this is his real name but he served under the Alias ROCKE.

I found a Patrick Shea Born in Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland in 1891 or 1892 (not 1897 as per CWGC) son of John and Mary Shea, and working as a labourer there
in 1911. There is a Patrick Shea who enrolled in Leinster Rifles on 6th January 1909, but Born in Shrule, Longford, Ireland - discharged 31. 1. 1916 at end of engagement ?
I found nothing about serving in Tank Corps No. 317621 (CWGC) or circumstances of his death on 30th October 1918. He was buried in grave No. C. F. 26. Note also Patrick Shea
is a common name in Ireland.

SMITH John Sergeant No. 10292 9th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.

Born in Everton, Lancashire in 1869 (per 1911 census) son of John Smith, a wheel chair man in 1891 but died in July 1895, and his wife Jane Smith. Married Mary Ellen Bastin
at Bath, Somerset on 4th July 1896, and in 1911 they lived at 39 Sandhill Road, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, with John working as a house painter. He died at Wareham Military
Hospital on 14th December 1915, aged 46, of pneumonia, and was buried in grave No. B. B. 2 on the 17th.

SNOW Tom Cyril Captain Somerset Light Infantry also Tank Corps and Labour Corps .

Born in Hereford, Herefordshire on 16th November 1891 son of Tom Legg Snow, a Great Western Railway clerk, and his wife Emily Eliza Brown, who lived at 1 Oriel Terrace,
Western Super Mare. On 11th July 1907 aged 15 Tom Jnr. also started working for G.W.R. at Cheddar through to 26th February 1911 when he resigned. I don't know if he then
joined H.M. Army, but in July 1918 he married Edith Maude Cox at Exeter, Devon. She lived at The White Hart Hotel, Okehampton, Devon. He died at Worgret Camp Military
Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 10th July 1919, but cause of death not found, and was buried in grave No. C. E. 15 on the 14th. Probate to Edith on the 26th September
1919 was for £154 14s. 7d.

SOUTH Walter Burns Campbell Captain Middlesex Regiment attached to Tank Corps.

Born in Windsor, Berkshire on 9th June 1877 son of Walter South, a railway engine driver, and his wife Annie Elizabeth Cowans Campbell. He married Maude Mary Bailey
at Fulham, London in July 1900, and in 1901 and 1911 was a clerk working for the General Post Office in West London. Army records show he was Company Quarter Master
Sergeant for 3rd/8th Middlesex Regt. before being commissioned on 29th June 1915. He died of pneumonia at Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on 13th October 1918
and was buried in grave No. B. E. 2 on the 17th. His probate to widow Maude on 12th March 1919 for £412 11s. 4d gave his address as 120 Windemere Road, South
Ealing, London. CWGC gave her address as Alpha Cottage, Park Road, Swanage, Dorset.

STEPHENS Claude Ralph Private No. 2151 43rd Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F.

Born in Port Adelaide, South Australia on 25th April 1890 son of William Richard Stephens who died in 1899, and his wife Caroline Snowball who died in 1908. He was
a farm labourer when he enlisted on 15th July 1916, and embarked to UK on 28th August 1916 to be based at Wareham Camp, but he died of broncho-pneumonia in the
Military Hospital on 12th December 1916 and was buried in grave No. B. C. 12 on the 15th. His next of kin was his sister Mrs Mary Ann Berck at Willmot Street,
Glanville, South Australia.

STEVENS Charles Ernest Sergeant No. 3/ 9231 10th Battalion West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment .

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire in about 1871, but although Army Effects said his father was called Henry I have failed to pin down his family. I think in 1911 he
was single and a Corporal serving in India with the Oxon and Bucks Light Infantry. His Army Effects record said he died at Wareham Camp of "Morbus Cordis" i.e. Heart
Disease on 7th March 1915 and was buried in grave No. A. AA. 9 on the 10th March.

TATTERSFIELD Neville 2nd Lieutenant "B" Battalion Tank Corps, previously Gunner No. 2300
Motor Machine Gun Service, Royal Artillery, and Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps which became the Tank Corps in 1916.

Born in Batley, Yorkshire on 7th April 1892 son of Moses Lister Tattersfield, a chemical and soap merchant who died in April 1917 and his wife Louisa Oates who died in 1914.
He attended Heckmondwike Grammar School, and at some point enlisted in the M.M.G.S. but was posted to France for tank training on 17th August 1916. He was thus involved
in the very first war battle using tanks at the Somme on 15th September 1916. His tank was damaged but he survived. In April 1917 he was granted a commission as a
2nd Lt. then on 9th August 1918 he was wounded in his buttocks and arm by an exploding shell. Operated on to remove shrapnel on the 20th he was then moved to UK to recuperate,
but caught Spanish Flu, then becoming widespread, admitted to Worgret Military Hospital, Arne, Dorset on Nov. 11th he died there on 20th November 1918. He was buried in grave
No. B. E. 13 on the 22nd. His probate granted to his brothers John Brooke Tattersfield, his wife Ada, and Clifford Tattersfield on 5th May 1919 was for £219 19s. 7d and
gave his address as 64 North Road, Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire.

TAYLOR Lily Edith Private No. W/ 242495 Auxiliary Territorial Service .

Born in Wareham about September 1923 daughter of William James Taylor, a labourer, and his wife Mary Jessie Rawles who married at Wareham in August 1921. Lily died on
2nd September 1946 registered at Poole but I found nothing about the circumstances. She was aged 22 and buried in grave No. C. L. 31 on the 5th.

TENWICK William James Edward Able Seaman No. C/JX 320246 HMS Boadicea Royal Navy.

Born in Kennington in Kent in 1902 son of Willian John Tenwick, a printer's roller maker, and his wife Maud Caroline Saunders. He married Ivy Saunders at West Ham, London
on 31st July 1926. He was killed when HMS Boadicea was sunk in an attack from German aircraft on 13th June 1944 12 miles southwest of Portland Bill, Dorset, and he was
buried in grave No. C. O. 28. His probate to his widow Ivy for £144 on 21st November 1944 gave their address as 42 St. George's Road, Leyton, Essex.

WALLIS Robert Francis Captain 12th Royal Warwickshire Regimen.

Born in Bywell, Northumberland about June 1863 son of Robert Wallis a landowner and gentleman, and his wife Mary Webster who had married at Newark, Nottinghamshire in
1862. At some point in later 1880s (?) he travelled to South Africa, as on 8th June 1891 he married Josephine Mary Murray in Johannesburg, South Africa, but they
divorced in 1909. In 1911 Robert was a fruit and vegetable grower near Fareham in Hampshire. An obituary for Robert's son Capt. Thomas Francis Wallis from
Tonbridge School says his father died suddenly of pneumonia on 10th July 1918 aged 56 and he was buried in grave No. C. C. 45 on the 12th. Probate was granted
on 15th August 1918 for £22,331 11s to his son Thomas, but he died fighting in France with 12th Somerset Light Infantry on 2nd September 1918. Probate said
that Robert died at The Station House, Wareham, and the family home was at Sarisbury House, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire.

April 2025

Richard Smith

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