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Mr WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES CANDY Age 24 Mr FREDERICK GEORGE GILBERT
Age 55. Mrs KATHLEEN MAY HUNT - Mr DAVID JAMES HUNT - Masters ALFRED JOHN HUNT and ROY HUNT Age 45, 18, 15, 11 Mrs IVY ELLEN and MAUDE LOUISA PITT Age 41, 65. Mrs VIOLET
GLADYS TOPP Age 40 Mr GEORGE JULES - MINNIE ALBERTA VAN-QUACKEBEKE Age 60, 60.
On the night of 5th December 1940, a large-scale air raid occurred causing considerable damage in the Gosport and Portsmouth area. On the site
of what is now known as the ‘JET’ Garage, by the side of St. John the Evangelist Church stood a row of shops, and their owners lived on the premises. By the time the ‘all
clear’ had sounded, these properties had been reduced to rubble.
In the remains of No.135 Forton Road Mrs KATHLEEN MAY HUNT and her sons DAVID JAMES, ALFRED JOHN and ROY were killed outright, as were the
neighbours on either side of them, in No. 133 Forton Road, Mrs IVY ELLEN PITT the wife of Donald, and her mother in law, MAUDE LOUISA PITT and Mr FREDERICK GEORGE GILBERT, and No 137 Forton Road, Mr
GEORGE JULES, and his wife MINNIE ALBERTA VAN QUACKEBEKE, who owned the Boot Shop, all of them stood no chance.
During the same raid other fatalities occurred, at No. 3 Railway Cottage’s, Mrs VIOLET GLADYS TOPP and at No.52 Albert Street, which
backed onto Railway Cottages, Mr WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES CANDY, known by wife Emily and friend’s as Charles. He worked for the Gas Board, as a coin meter collector. He was killed when his home was
badly damaged during the air raid. His wife survived. From the pattern of where the bombs fell, it could be seen that the target was the Railway Station and Goods Yard. Indeed during this raid, the roof
of the station was destroyed by fire, and numerous incendiary bombs caused many problems, stories of many acts of personal courage on that night, became local folklore.
Burial details: Tuesday 10th December 1940: Mrs Ivy Ellen and Maude Louisa Pitt, buried Plot 53 Space 69, commemorated by a Family Memorial
headstone. Mr William Henry Charles Candy, buried Plot 43 Space 18, commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone. Mr Frederick George Gilbert, buried Plot 165 Space 40 and Mrs Violet Gladys Topp, were
buried Plot 28 Space 40, are commemorated by Civilian War Grave headstones.
Wednesday 11th December 1940: Mrs Kathleen May Hunt and her three children, were buried, Plot 54 Space 51, they are commemorated by a Civilian
War Grave headstone.
Friday 13th December 1940; Mr George Jules and Minnie Alberta Van-Quackebeke were buried, Plot 52 Space 80, and are commemorated by a Family
Memorial headstone.
Sapper FRANCIS SYDNEY CARTER R.E. 14208624, Sapper Royal Engineers Age 24 Died
11.2.1946
Sapper, FRANCIS SYDNEY CARTER, was the son of Albert and Rose Carter. He was the husband of Clara
Norah, and they lived at 19 Victoria Street, Gosport. He passed away at Queen Alexandria Hospital, Cosham, on the 11th of February 1946. Sapper Carter was taken prisoner of War, and was held in Italy.
When the allied forces invaded Italy, all prisoners of war were moved to Germany. As a direct result of his treatment as a Prisoner of War firstly by the Italians and then the Germans, Francis Sydney
Carter, died within 11 months of returning home. He was laid to rest on Friday 15th February 1946, in the War Graves Section Row 3 Grave 9, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Mr JAMES FREDERICK CARTER -Mrs BENJAMINA CARTER Age 29, 21 Died 27.4.1941 SEE – Mrs ELIZABETH BLACKBURN
Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM PLUSH CARTWRIGHT R.A.F. 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Age 23 Died 13.5.1919
Lieutenant John William Plush Cartwright was the son of Kate Ellen Starling (formerly Cartwright) and the late Walter George Cartwright. With
war being declared against Germany in 1914 he enlisted, serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, during which time he worked his up to sergeant.
Fired by the thought of aviation he applied to join and was accepted by the Royal Flying Corps, after having served as an Observer for some
months. Qualifying for his pilot’s wings he continued to fly throughout the war, serving with such distinction as to be mentioned in dispatches. The details as to the cause of the fatal air crash
in which he was killed on the 13th of May 1919, are sketchy, his aeroplane crashed at Old Sarum Aerodrome, Ford, Salisbury, he was 23 years of age. The fact that he is buried at Gosport may indicate he
was based at RAF Gosport.
Lt. John William Plush Cartwright, R.A.F., is buried at AHC in the old section, plot 115b grave 77, commemorated by a CWG
headstone.
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