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Private JAMES FRANKLIN KERMODE 25817, Private, 3rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Age 22 Died 30.11.1916
Private, JAMES FRANKLIN KERMODE, was the son of Mrs. Amelia E. Giles (formerly Kermode), of No. 51 Norman Road, Gosport. Private Kermode had
been born at Peel, on the Isle of Man, in 1894. James Kermode was taken ill during the severe winter of 1916; he was taken to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, Gosport, with breathing difficulties. He
was diagnosed as having pneumonia, which worsened, and he passed away on the 30th November 1916. Private JAMES FRANKLIN KERMODE, was buried on the 5th of December 1916, and is laid to rest, plot 81 Space
23, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Sergeant WILLIAM FITZROY KIDGELL, R.M.L.I. PO/10868, Sergt, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Victory. Age 36 Died 5.10.1918
Sergeant WILLIAM FITZROY KIDGELL, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Was stationed at the Royal Naval Barracks of HMS Victory, Portsmouth. He was
admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, Gosport, after he became unwell during early October 1916. He never recovered, and died on the 5th, through pneumonia, as a result of contracting the
‘Spanish Flu’ epidemic, which raged throughout war torn Europe. Somewhere in the region of a million people died after becoming infected. Sergeant WILLIAM FITZROY KIDGELL, R.M.L.I., was laid
to rest on the 6th October 1916, and is laid to rest, Plot 38 Space 92, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Mr ALFRED HAROLD REGINALD KINCHENTON Fireman, NFS No. 85 Ann’s Hill Road, Gosport Age 39 Died 2.8.1942
Mr ALFRED HAROLD REGINALD KINCHENTON. Was the husband of Ena Victoria Cuthbert Kinchenton, and at the time were living at No. 85 Ann’s
Hill Road, Gosport. Mr Kinchenton was a fireman with the National Fire Service. Like all firemen, he spent long hours out in all weathers during the blitz bombing of the area. His death on the 2nd of
August 1942 at his home, was recorded as being ‘the result of an illness contracted while on duty during the air raid in August 1940’. Mr ALFRED HAROLD REGINALD KINCHENTON, A.F.S., was buried
with honours, on the 5th of August 1942, and is laid to rest, Plot 62, Space 97, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone.
CORPORAL HENRY KINCHENTON 5495251, Corporal, Hampshire Regiment. Age 29 Died 24.2.1942
Corporal HENRY KINCHENTON, was the son of George Albert and Jessie Kinchenton. He was the husband of Mabel Alice Kinchenton, and they lived at
No. 32, Westfield Road, Gosport. Died on Tuesday 24th February 1942, at home, cause not given. Corporal HENRY KINCHENTON, was buried on Saturday 28th February 1942, he was laid to rest, Plot 165 Space
83, and his final resting place is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Sergeant BERTIE HENRY KING, R.A.M.C. 1645, Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps. Age 27 Died 19.10.1914
Sergeant BERTIE HENRY KING, R.A.M.C., was the son of John Henry and Eva Sarah King of Gosport. He was the husband of Helen Ruth, and lived at
No. 40 Mayfield Road, Gosport. He became unwell in the early part of October 1914, and was admitted to the Southern General War Hospital, Fawcett Road, Southsea, which is where he was serving. He was
diagnosed as suffering from enteric fever (fever of the stomach), from which he never recovered; He passed away on the 19th of October 1914. Sergeant BERTIE HENRY KING, R.A.M.C., was brought by water
back to Gosport, where he was buried on the 22nd of October 1916, and is laid to rest, Plot 58 Space 37, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Oberleutnant WALTER KLEINHANNS, German Air Force Oberleutnant, German Air Force Born
4.1.1915 Died 12.7.1940 Age 25
Oberleutnant WALTER KLIENHANNS was born on the 4th of January 1915. During the Battle of Britain he served
with 3/KG55 Unit of the German Luftwaffe. Taking off on the 12th July 1940 from their airfield at Villacoublay, Northern France, on a mission to bomb the Portsmouth area, and to test the response time of
the defending RAF fighters. The raid had been planned to take place when the weather was cloudy, thus affording the aircraft the opportunity to seek the cover of the high clouds. They were
completely unaware that the recently developed British invention of Radio Detection Finding (now known as RADAR), had plotted their course towards the mainland, fighters were scrambled to intercept
Kleinhann’s Heinkel He 111P coded G1+FA, and the other aircraft of the large formation. 'B' Flight of 43 Squadron based at Tangmere swooped down on the unsuspecting bombers, Oberlt Kleinhanns laying prone in the bomb aimers position as the Hurricane fighters riddled the aircraft with machine-gun fire, was hit in the head, killing him instantly. The crew of G1+FA managed to jettison the bomb load as the aircraft rapidly lost height with one engine out of action, a second attack sealed the bomber, the other engine stopped and the bomber made a shallow dive, the Heinkel with its undercarriage shot up, successfully made a belly-landing, coming to stop in a field right opposite the 'Horse and Jockey' public house on the Hipley Rd. The rest of aircraft's crew, Oberfeldwebel's Knecht and Muller, Felddwebel Kalina, were all wounded but survived, the only one to escape injury was Feldwebel Mohn, and they were taken prisoner.
Oberleutnant WALTER KLIENHANNS, German Air Force, was is buried on Monday 15th July 1940, in the War
Graves Section (see plans on back pages), Row 1 Grave 5, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
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