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Lieutenant RONALD ADAM RONALDSON CLARKE, M.C., RFC Lut, 10th Training Squadron, Royal Air Force. Age 24Died 19.10.1918
Lieutenant RONALD ADAM RONALDSON CLARKE, Military Cross, Royal Flying Corps, came from Douglas, Isle of Man, was a member of the 10th Training
Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. aged 24, on the 19th 0f October he made an ascent from Grange Aerodrome in a Camel E service no 1507, during the course of which his aeroplane crashed to ground inside the confines of the aerodrome. The cause of which was attributed to a sudden squall of heavy wind, which took the inexperienced pilot by surprise. He was at time some two hundred feet in above the airfield, and had insufficient height in which to recover the trim of the aeroplane. His death was put down to an accident.
Lt. RONALD ADAM RONALDSON CLARKE, M.C., R.F.C., was laid to rest on the 25th of October 1918, and is buried Plot 51 Grave 5, and is commemorated
by a CWG headstone.
Private JAMES CLAXTON D/35393, 8th (Home Defence) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Age 43 Died 14.4.1940
On Sunday 14th April 1940, Private JAMES CLAXTON was on guard duty, he had been called up to serve under the National Defence Corps (N.D.C.)
act, and was serving with the 8th Battalion, Hampshire regiment and they were attached to Royal Air Force Station, Gosport forming the airfield’s ground defences.
At some point during the night, a single shot rang out, and the air base was immediately placed on the alert, and the station sealed off. The
subsequent search revealed the body of Private James Claxton, lying dead outside No 2 hangar on the air station. Because of the obvious possible implications of a security breach, the Coroner was
immediately informed, and later that day an inquest was held, presided over by Major jot G. H. Warner, Coroner for South Hampshire. The Royal Military Police having investigating the matter presented
their evidence at the inquest after due consideration, the Coroner, Major G.H. Warner, announced that Private James Claxton, had shot himself whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed! He returned a
verdict of Suicide.
Private JAMES CLAXTON was buried on Thursday 18th April 1940, being laid to rest in the War Graves Section, Row 1 Grave 2, and is commemorated
by a CWG headstone.
Mrs ETHEL COLE - Mr THOMAS PERCY COLE Age 40, 46 Died 14.6.1941 - SEE – Mr
WILLIAM HENRY BARNES
Lieutenant ALAN COWEN COLEY, R.F.C. Royal Flying Corps Age 19 Died 6.3.1918
2nd Lieutenant, ALAN COWEN COLEY, R.F.C., was 19 years of age. He was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. He was a pilot serving with the
School of Co-operation with Coastal Defences. He was killed on Wednesday 6th of March 1918, when the aircraft (a Be2E) he was flying at night, suddenly nose-dived throwing him out of his machine and into
the sea, over which he was flying over at the time. Immediately rescue vessels were sent to search for him, but by the time he was recovered from the sea he was found to be unconscious, he was taken to
Reed House, at Fort Rowner where he died of his injuries.
Lt. Coley had been patrolling the area, tasked with being airborne so that quick response could be made to intercept any German airship or the
later design of enemy aircraft who were making air-raids on south coast targets, indeed one such airship had dropped bombs over the Portsmouth area a few months before, thankfully the bombs landed in the
sea, and no damage or casualties resulted.
Lt. Alan Cowen Coley R.F.C., was buried on Monday 11th March 1918, with full service honours, Plot 50 Grave 77, and is commemorated by a CWG
headstone.
Private, GEORGE COOMBES 2932, Private, 2nd/6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Age 41 Died 26.12.1915
Private, GEORGE COOMBES was taken ill, and admitted to the Military Hospital, at Brockhurst, where he was diagnosed as having contracted
tuberculosis of the lung. He had been there for some weeks, when his health failed, and he passed away on 26th December 1915. Private GEORGE COOMBES, was laid to rest in his hometown of Gosport, on 29th
December 1915, Plot 132 Space 88, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Mr ERNEST VICTOR COPE - Mr FREDERICK VICTOR COPE Age 40, 17 Died 10.3.1941 - SEE – Mr WILLIAM BURRIDGE
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