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Seaman ANSELME SAKI, M.N. Belgium Congo Seaman, Merchant Navy. Age 50 Died 15.6.1944
Seaman ANSELME SAKI, Merchant Navy, was born in the Belgium Congo in 1894. He moved to Belgium between the world wars. When Germany invaded
Belgium during the ‘Blitzkrieg’, all ships in port, were ordered to make for sea. By doing this, they would not fall into German hands, and thus helping the German war effort. Most of the
ships made for Great Britain, although some made landfall in France. Shortly afterwards they were forced to sail once again.
Anselme Saki made Southampton, not surprisingly his new home; he lodged at Orchard Place, Southampton. Seaman Saki had survived many convoy
runs, covering many thousands of miles. In June 1944, as part of the fleet to supply the allied forces in the liberation of France and ultimately Europe, he was aboard a vessel carrying war materials to
Normandy, when his ship was hit by a torpedo, he was badly injured the explosion. The ship sank, and he was among those rescued from the sea. He was placed aboard a hospital ship and given immediate
medical attention, but sadly, on the way back to this country, he died on Thursday 15th June 1944, as a result of the wounds he received in the loss of his ship.
Seaman ANSELME SAKI, Merchant Navy, was buried on Saturday 17th June 1944, in the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), and is laid to
rest, Row 2 Grave 16, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Sergeant JOSEPH LOWDEN SALOMONS 5379512, Sergeant, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, Airborne Division. Age 28 Died
26.11.1942
Sergeant JOSEPH LOWDEN SALOMONS, was the son of Joseph Leopold and Marie Salmons. He was serving with the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
Regiment. One of the regiments to comprise the newly formed 6th Airborne Division. His home was at 38 Brockhurst Road, Gosport, where he lived with his wife Freda Lucy Salomons and young family; he was
28 years of age.
The new Division was undergoing extensive training in the new form of aerial warfare; parachuting and glider ascents were to become second
nature during this time. On the 26th of November 1942 at the Netheravon airbase near Salisbury, his section took their places in a 'Hotspur' glider, which was being loaded prior to being towed
into the air. During the take-off the towrope snapped, the glider with little altitude, and no air speed stalled and crashed, killing many of those aboard, including Sergeant Salomons. He would not have
known it at the time, but had they survived, their battalion was being prepared for the vital task of capturing the bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne. This was to be achieved during the first
few minutes after midnight of the 6th of June 1944 - 'D.Day'. In recognition of which, the bridge forever afterwards being nicknamed the 'Pegasus Bridge', and was to be the western most
flank of the Allied Invasion.
Sergeant JOSEPH LOWDEN SALOMONS, was buried on Tuesday 1st December 1942, in the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), and is laid to
rest, Row 5 Grave 5. A CWG headstone commemorates him.
Gunner THOMAS SANDERCOCK, R.G.A. 15010, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Age 33 Died 30.3.1915
Gunner THOMAS SANDERCOCK, R.G.A., was the son of John Sandercock, who lived at Aldemoor, Advent, Camelford, Corwall. He was serving with the
Royal Garrison Artillery, and his unit was stationed at Fort Gomer.
His artillery unit was just one of the many R.G.A. units who were manning all the forts surrounding the Solent area. They were there to protect
the anchorage from attack by German shipping.
During the month’s of March. April, an outbreak of enteric fever was diagnosed. Some twenty men were affected among whom was Gunner
Sandercock. He like the others were taken to the Queen Alexandria Military Hospital at Cosham, where as the days passed, his condition deteriorated. He died on the 30th of March 1915. His body was
returned to Gosport, where Gunner THOMAS SANDERCOCK, R.G.A., was buried on the 1st of April 1915, being laid to rest, Plot 47 Space 17, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Sergeant WILLIAM NELSON TIMOTHY SANTRY, R.M.L.I. PO/13764, Sergt, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Age 30 Died 18.10.1920
Sergeant WILLIAM NELSON TIMOTHY SANTRY, Royal Marines Light Infantry, survived the Great War although he had been grievously wounded. He
continued in the service, and was brought back to the Forton Barracks (St. Vincent), which was their home Wounded by shrapnel, which had the ability to shift slightly in the body after sometime. His
condition worsened.
He was admitted to the Cottage Hospital (Field House, now demolished), and made as comfortable as possible, nothing could be done for him, the
shrapnel was to close to his heart for an operation to remove it. Sergeant Santry died on the 18th of October 1920. On the 24th of October 1920, Sergeant, WILLIAM NELSON TIMOTHY SANTRY, R.M.L.I., was
buried with full service honours, he is laid to rest, Plot 120 Space 1, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Obergefrieter WILLI SCHOCKE,
German Air Force Obergefreiter, German Air Force. Born 20.5.1917 Died 30.9.1940 Age 23
Obergefreiter WILLI SCHOCKE, German Air Force, was born on the 25th of July 1919, at the age of 21, he flying in a Heinkel He 111P-2 bomber, (2643) coded G1+CM, part of 4/KG55 of the German Luftwaffe. On the 30th of September 1940, he was part of a formation of some 100+ plus aircraft, whose mission was to bomb an aircraft factory at Yeovil, Somerset, approaching the coast five of the formation was shot down by RAF fighters. Still the mission had to continue, and the surviving bombers duly made their raid, which caused heavy loss of life and damage.
The raiders now relieved of bomb loads, beat a hasty retreat for their bases in France, but they still had to run the gauntlet of fighter and
anti aircraft action. At some point on crossing the coast, Obergefr Schocke's Heinkel was shot down, crashing into the sea, west of the Isle of Wight. Of the five members of the crew, Obergefr Schocke and Oberfw Guttler were killed, Gefr Bauer, Gefr Rudeck and Gefr Strauss were reported missing, the aircraft sank, probably taking them with it.
Records show that Obergefr SCHOCKE’s body was recovered from the sea in front of Fort Gilkicker, Stokes Bay, on the
14th of October 1940. Obergefrieter WILLI SCHOCKE, German Air Force, was laid to rest on Thursday 17th October 1940, in the War Graves Section, Row 7 Grave 10, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
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