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Private ROBERT DUNCANSON SMITH 6215447, Private Middlesex Regiment. Age 29 Died 7.12.1940
Private ROBERT DUNCANSON SMITH, was the son of Robert Duncanson and Agnes Cumming Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland. He was based at the New Barracks
(St. George’s), which was the home of the 342nd Machine Gun Training Centre. During the night of Friday 6th December 1940, Gosport suffered one of the heaviest air raids it would receive during the
Second World War. Widespread damage and heavy casualties were caused. Private Smith, was on duty at the Barracks, and was badly wounded in the air raid, after being hit by shrapnel of an exploding bomb.
He was taken to the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport. Sadly his wounds were so serious, that he passed away, in the early hours of the next morning - Saturday 7th December 1940.
Private ROBERT DUNCANSON SMITH, was buried on Wednesday 11th of December 1940, and is laid to rest in the War Graves Section, Row 5 Grave 2, and
is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Colour Sergeant Major HORACE SAMUEL SNELL,R.M.L.I. PO/7121 Colour Sergeant Major, R Marine Light Infantry. Age 39 Died 22.10.1919
Colour Sergeant Major, HORACE SAMUEL SNELL, was serving with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, he had not long returned from France, after seeing
action in the Great War. During the late autumn of 1919, which turned very cold, he caught a chill. His condition soon worsened, and he was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, Gosport, where
he was diagnosed as having influenza. At this time the ‘Spanish Flu’ epidemic, which raged throughout war torn Europe. Somewhere in the region of a million people died after becoming
infected. CSM SNELL died several days later on the 22nd of October 1919.
Colour Sergeant Major, HORACE SAMUEL SNELL, R.M.L.I., was buried on the 27th of October 1919. He is laid to rest, Plot 56 Space 50, and is
commemorated by a CWG headstone
Private HORACE SPICER 10579, Private, Leicestershire Regiment. Age 22 Died 16.8.1914
Private HORACE SPICER was serving with the Leicestershire Regiment. It is thought he had volunteered for service at the outbreak of war. Whether
his death was as a result of war wounds or a medical condition, is not known. We do know that ht passed away in the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar on the 16th of August 1914, cause not recorded. Private
HORACE SPICER, was buried on the 19th of August 1914, and is laid to rest, Plot 58 Space 16, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Sergeant TOM OWEN STARKEY, R.F.A. Sergeant, 68th Company, Royal Field Artillery. Age 33 Died 24.11.1914
Sergeant TOM OWEN STARKEY, R.F.A., was the husband of Sarah Ellen Starkey; they lived at No. 5 Walpole Terrace, Alver Road, Gosport. He was a
member of the Territorial Army, and they had volunteered for service abroad. He was wounded in action, and was convalescing at home, he caught a cold which developed into pneumonia, and he passed away at
his home on the early morning of the 24th of November 1914. Sergeant TOM OWEN STARKEY, R.F.A., was buried on the 28th November 1914, and was laid to rest, Plot 47 Space 17, and is commemorated by a CWG
headstone.
Wren GLADYS IRENE STEPHENS, W.R.N.S. 3800, Writer, Women’s Royal Naval Srv, HMS Collingwood. Age 44Died 2.1.1941
Wren Writer GLADYS IRENE STEPHENS, Women’s Royal Naval Service, was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Pout. She was also the wife of
Morley John Stephens, and they lived at No.6, Foster Road. She was serving at HMS Collingwood, some three miles away. Wren Stephens, passed away at her home, on Thursday 2nd January 1941, the cause is
thought to have been pneumonia. Wren Writer GLADYS IRENE STEPHENS, W.R.N.S., was buried on Monday 6th January 1941, being laid to rest, Plot 26 Space 62, and her final resting place is commemorated by a
CWG headstone.
Corporal, THOMAS EDWIN STEVENS Corporal, 6204151 1st Battalion, Princess Louise’s Regiment, Age 30 Mrs
MARGERET STEVENS Miss JOYCE A. STEVENS Master THOMAS EDWARD STEVENS Miss MARGERET ESTHER STEVENS Master KEITH FREDERICK STEVENS Ages 30,25,9,4,30 months
& 13 months Died
6.12.1940
SEE - Mrs EVE DOROTHY & MAUREEN EVELYN ISAACS
Corporal ALLAN JAMES STEWART, R.A.F. 334962, Corporal, Royal Air Force. Age 48 Died 16.8.1940 SEE - Corporal GEORGE ATKINSON,
R.A.F.
Mr GEORGE STOKES Motor Driver No. 19 Gordon Road, Gosport Age 28 Died17.3.1941 SEE – Mr WILLIAM
BURRAGE
Mr TOM GEORGE STRIDE Labourer No. 17 Holly Street, Gosport. Age 62 Died 14.6.1941 SEE – Mr WILLIAM HENRY BARNES
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