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Mrs MIRIAM HARRIS 7 Bournemouth Avenue, Gosport Age 36 Died
10.1.1941 - SEE – Mr GEORGE THOMAS CAMP
Mr PATRICK EDWARD HARRIS A.F.S Fireman Despatch Rider 21 Cleveland Road,
Gosport Age 29 Died 24.5.1941
Mr PATRICK EDWARD HARRIS, was the son of Mary and the late John Edward Harris, of No. 21 Cleveland Road, Gosport. He was regularly to be seen
riding his motor cycle during his duties as a despatch rider for the Auxiliary Fire Service. The A.F.S. was instituted at the start of the war, to supplement the National Fire Service, which, it was
known would be heavily overworked. Mr Harris was also a trained and experienced fireman. On the 24th of May 1941, Mr Harris was called to Cams Alders, at Fareham. The A.F.S. unit he was with were dealing
with a fire started by an incendiary bomb. Another air raid followed the first. Out in the open with no shelter, the fireman continued to bring the fire under control, Bombs were dropping, and shrapnel
was falling from exploding bombs and anti aircraft shells. Mr Harris was struck by a large piece of shrapnel from a German bomb. He was mortally wounded. An ambulance was called, but Mr Harris died
before the vehicle arrived. Mr PATRICK EDWARD HARRIS, of the A.F.S., was buried on the 29th of May 1941, and is laid to rest, Plot 68 Space 27, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone.
Lieutenant CUTHBERT HARRISON, R.A.F. 2nd Lieutenant, No. 186 Squadron, Royal Air Force Age 26 Died 3.5.1919
Lieutenant CUTHBERT HARRISON, Royal Air Force, joined the Royal Navy in 1908; he transferred to the R N Air Service, becoming a member of the
inaugurated Royal Air Force when the other two services were merged in 1918. He was 26 years of age and came from Hull, Yorkshire. During the 1914-18 war, he rendered yeoman service enduring the dangers
of patrolling off the East Coast of England on anti-submarine duties.
On the 3rd of May 1919, Lt. Harrison took off in a Sopwith Cuckoo aeroplane, along with a Lt. G.R. Edwards. They were to practice formation flying, Having climbed to a height of four thousand feet, Lt. Edwards, testified later that Lt. Harrison's aeroplane entered a flat spin. Almost at once came out of it, by this time the aircraft had then descended to two thousand feet. He settled back in formation with the other aircraft and the practice continued. Lt. Harrison's machine, then made a steep turn to the right, this lasted longer than the first. Once again Lt. Edwards manoeuvred to join the other aircraft, the height now being one thousand feet, at this point he decided to land, Lt. Harrison continued to circle the aerodrome.
Whilst taxiing towards the hangars, Lt. Edwards watched, as Lt. Harrison made very steep turns, the nose of the aircraft being slightly down.
This turn developed into a spin. Lt. Harrison managed to check the spin, but the aeroplane had no altitude left, to complete the manoeuvre, and the machine hit the ground. Upon impact, the petrol tank
split, and was ignited by the hot engine. The aeroplane was soon burning fiercely. The flames according to witnesses, rising to more than thirty feet in the air. Assistance was rushed to the site of the
crashed aeroplane, which had impacted behind the hangars, onto the railway lines, which passed alongside Fort Grange Aerodrome. They could not get close enough, to rescue the pilot, until the blaze had
been extinguished. When it was found, that Lt. Harrison mercifully, had died instantly of a broken neck. His badly burned body was eventually recovered from the wreckage. The inquiry concluded, that his
death had been due to an error of judgement, on the part of the pilot, the machine with engine still running, had been airworthy.
Lieutenant CUTHBERT HARRISON, R.A.F., was buried on the 9th May 1919, Plot 51 Space 13, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone
Mr CHARLES JAMES HASTINGS 22 Felix Road, Gosport, Age
44 Died
12.8.1940
SEE – Corporal ARTHUR REGINALD OWEN BARRELL, R.A.F.
Private
EDWARD HORACE HEATH, HOMEGUARD 14th Hampshire Battalion, Home Guard Age
61 Died 17.12.1940
Private EDWARD HORACE HEATH, Home Guard, was a member of the 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, Home Guard, and these part time soldiers were
not an uncommon sight, being regularly on parade. And guarding vital buildings in the area. But as the Hampshire Telegraph dated 20.12.1940 reads: Gosport Home Guardsmen on parade, was not an uncommon
sight to the people of the area. But on this occasion, was tinged with great sadness, as they were doing so, to escort the funeral cortege of one of their comrades in arms. Private Edward Horace Heath,
of No. 9 Middlecroft Road, Gosport. Who passed away at his home on Tuesday 17th December 1940.
His own platoon, of the 14th Battalion, under direction Platoon Commander Geddes, turned out in force for the funeral which took place
Ann’s Hill Cemetery on Friday, 20th December 1940. The Vicar of Holy Trinity, the Reverend C.L.T. Barclay, who is Chaplain to the Home Guard, conducted the service. Private EDWARD HORACE HEATH, was
laid to rest in the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), Row 2 Grave 13, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Private AMBROSE JAMES HEMMENS 54999953, Private, Border Regiment. Age 29 Died 12.12.1945
Private AMBROSE JAMES HEMMENS, of the Border Regiment, of No. 42 North St, Gosport. Passed away after being admitted to Park Pruett Hospital,
Basingstoke, Hants. He died on Wednesday 12th Dec 1945; the cause was not recorded. Private AMBROSE JAMES HEMMENS, was buried on Saturday 15th December 1945, and is laid to rest, Plot 7, Space 88. A CWG
headstone commemorates his final resting-place.
Private ALGERNON HEMMINGS 7446, Private, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Age 32 Died 15.6.1915
Private ALGERNON HEMMINGS, was serving with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, he died on the 15th June 1915, after
being admitted to the County Hospital, York, as a result of war wounds, most probably received in Flanders. Obviously coming from the Gosport area, he was returned to his hometown, Private ALGERNON
HEMMINGS, was buried on the 21st of June 1915, and is laid to rest, Plot 47 Space 43, and commemorated by a CWG headstone.
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