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UNKNOWN SAILOR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Allied Merchant Seaman. Age unknown. Died 16.8.1944
Although very little is known about this unidentified Sailor. It is only right and proper that his scant details appear in these notes. He is after all, a Serviceman, who
gave up his life, in the fight for a free world. And as such he is remembered.
This Sailor, Ship unknown, age unknown, was killed when the ship he was on, was attacked on Wednesday 16th of August 1944. The ships, which crowded the area off Normandy,
were carrying vital war supplies, for the allied invasion and liberation of Europe. It is thought that he may have still been alive when he was transferred to the hospital ship, which brought him back to
this country. It should be made clear, that all efforts were made, to establish his identity, but this proved impossible.
Our Unknown Sailor, was buried, with service honours, on Saturday 19th August 1944, and is laid to rest in the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), Row 5 Grave 9.
His final resting-place is commemorated with a CWG headstone, which carries the inscription ‘Known Unto God’.
Mrs AMY UTTING No. 131 Queens Road, Gosport. Age 55 Died 12.8.1940 SEE
– Mrs CHARLOTTE MATILDA MOGG
Mr JULES GEORGE VAN QUACKEBEKE
Age 60 Mrs MINNIE ALBERTA VAN-QUACKEBEKE Age
60 Boot Retailer – No. 135 Forton Road, Gosport Died
5.12.1940
SEE – Mr WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES CANDY
Gefrieter HEINRICH VERSTAPPEN, German Air Force. Gefrieter, German Air Force. Born 21.1.1906 Died 18.7.1944 Age 38
Gefreiter HEINRICH VERSTAPPEN, German Air Force, was born on the 21st of January 1906, like Willi Schocke, he was caught up in the carnage of the Allied liberation of
France. Research has failed to uncover what unit he was flying with, he was shot off the Normandy beaches, recovered from the sea, he was found have been badly wounded, treatment was given to help him
and he was brought to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, for surgery. Gefrieter VERSTAPPEN lost his battle for life. He died of his wounds on Tuesday the 18th of July 1944.Gefrieter HEIRICH VERSTAPPEN,
German Air Force, is laid to rest in the German Plot of the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), Row 3 Grave 6, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Mr IVAN HOWARD WADMORE Age 45 Mrs GWENDOLINE FLORENCE WADMORE
Age 26 Landlord and Landlady, of the ‘Whitworth Arms’ Public House, Whitworth Road, Gosport. Died 14.6.1941 SEE – Mr WILLIAM HENRY BARNES
Constable, HAROLD WATTS, R.M.P. PO/RMP/X 328, Constable, Royal Military Police. Age 51 Died 22.4.1942
Constable, HAROLD WATTS, was the husband of Alice Ellen Rosina Watts. They lived at No. 5 Rothsay Road, Gosport. Constable Watts, passed away on Wednesday 22nd April 1942,
after having been admitted to the Park Pruett Hospital, Basingstoke, Hants, the cause is thought to have been Tuberculosis, caused by long periods in the cold damp and wet.
Constable HAROLD WATTS, R.M.P., was buried on Monday 27th April 1942, and is buried, Plot 62 Space 71, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Corporal WILLI WEINERT Corporal, 100th Panzer Regiment, 7th Company MXX Division, German Army. Born 19.3.1923 Died 14.7.1944 Age 21
Corporal WILLI WEINERT was badly wounded during the fighting by the allied liberating forces, forcing inland from the beachheads, towards the major town of Caen. This town
held the allies at bay, from using the roads towards Paris and central France. Willi Weinert was given emergency medical treatment, before being transferred to a hospital ship at Arromanches. The ship
brought him to Portsmouth Harbour, and he was taken to the Queen Alexandria Hospital, Cosham, north of Portsmouth. His condition deteriorated, and complications set in, he died on Friday 14th July 1944.
Corporal WEINERT was brought to Gosport, where he was buried on Saturday 15th of July 1944, and is laid to rest in the German Plot of the War Graves Section, Row 2 Grave 2,
and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Private NORMAN DENIS WENHAM 6213355, Private, Middlesex Regiment. Age 25 Died
16.8.1940
SEE – Corporal GEORGE ATKINSON, R.A.F.
Leading Seaman ROBERT GEORGE WHITE, R.N. 293758, Leading Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Glatton.
Age 35 Died 17.9.1918 SEE – Mr FREDERICK WILLIAM ANDREWS, R.N.
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