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Lance Corporal THOMAS WHITE, R.E. 19357, Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers Age 22 Died 23.5.1917
Lance Corporal, THOMAS WHITE, served with the 4th Signal Company, Royal Engineers, was the son of Tomas and Emily Kate White, of the ‘Elm
Tree’ public house, Forton Road, Gosport. Lance Corporal, White, was at home on leave, he caught a fever, and was placed under doctors orders to stay in bed. His fever never went down, and he
passed quietly away in his bed at the public house on the 23rd of May 1917. Lance Corporal, THOMAS WHITE, R.E., was buried on the 27th of May 1917, and is laid to rest, Plot 37 Space 36, and is
commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Boy Servant ARTHUR ALFRED NEWMAN WIGG, R.N. L/9986, Boy Servant, Royal navy, HMS Victory. Age 17 Died
15.3.1917
Boy Servant ARTHUR ALFRED NEWMAN WIGG, R.N., was the son of Mrs R. Wigg, who lived at No. 77 Leesland Road, Gosport. He served at the barracks
of HMS Victory, in Portsmouth Dockyard. Boy Servant Wigg, was taken ill with a high temperature which developed into pneumonia, from which he died on the 15th of March 1917. Boy Servant ARTHUR ALFRED
NEWMAN WIGG, R.N., was buried on the 19th of March 1917, he is laid to rest, Plot 49 Space 47, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Miss MARY VALERIE ANN WILLIAMS No. 17 Park Road, Gosport Age 2 years 6 months Died 10.3.1941 SEE – Mr WILLIAM BURRIDGE
Private SAMUEL FREDERICK WILLIAMS 2613109, Private, Middlesex Regiment Age 24 Died 12.8.1940
Private SAMUEL FREDERICK WILLIAMS, of the Middlesex Regiment, was posted at the New Barracks (St. George’s) was under training at the
342nd Machine Gun Training Centre, also based at the barracks. Very little is known about him, apart from the fact that he was killed at the barracks during an air raid, either from bombing or the
strafing the enemy aircraft engaged in. His home address was No. 17 Delvation Rd, Walvert, London.
Private SAMUEL FREDERICK WILLIAMS, was buried on the 14th of August 1940, he is laid to rest in the War Graves Section (see plans on back
pages), Row 1 Grave 7, and is commemorated by CWG headstone.
JAKOB JOSEF WINTERS Soldier, German Army Born 23.10.1903 Died 24.6.1944 Age 30
JAKOB JOSEF WINTERS, Soldier, German Army, was badly wounded in the fighting in France, during the allied liberating forces. Given medical
treatment, he was brought back to Gosport, where he was admitted to the Alverstoke Emergency Hospital, (Alverstoke Childrens Home), where he died of his wounds on Monday 26th of June 1944.
JAKOB JOSEF WINTERS, was buried on Wednesday 28th June 1944, and was laid to rest in the German Plot 0f the war Graves Section, Row 3 Grave 2,
and is commemorated by a CWH headstone.
Mr GEORGE HENRY WITHERS PrisonOfficer Age 34 Died 29.5.1942
Mr GEORGE HENRY JAMES WITHERS, was the son of George and Amelia Henyryetta Withers. He was a prison officer at Camp Hill Prison, Parkhurst, on
the Isle of Wight. His home however, was at No. 85 Priory Road, Elson, Gosport, where he lived with his wife Lillian May. He was killed on Friday 29th of May 1942, as a result of an enemy air raid. These
raids were common at this time; the fighters could carry a 550lb bomb, and would attack a very low level. By doing so they could avoid being detected by radar. The attacks were quick and deadly lasting
only a few minutes, before the raider would high tail it back to its base, before RAF fighters could get to the area.
Mr GEORGE HENRY JAMES WITHERS, was brought back to Gosport, where he was buried on Wednesday 3rd June 1942, he is laid to rest, Plot 16 Space
75, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone.
Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JOSEPH WOLSELEY 10155, Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment Age
50 Died 16.12.1940
Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JOSEPH WOLSELEY, was the son of Edward Talbot and Florence Wolseley. He was the husband of Helen Congreve Wolseley
(nee Schneider). He was the Commanding Officer of the 8th battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. His address was listed as Fort Brockhurst, Gosport. With the heavy air raids, which were happening during
the hard winter. The 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, was deployed to the Plymouth area. At that time, the Battalion was engaged in anti aircraft duties. On the night of Saturday 16th of December
1940, the town of Plymouth, took the full might of the Luftwaffe bombers. The anti aircraft batteries were putting up everything they could to deter the bombers. But they came on; the centre of the City
was absolutely devastated and virtually levelled to the ground. Lt. Col. Wolseley was on duty by the railway station. That area received special attention, and Lt. Col. Wolseley was killed along with
many others. His body was returned to Gosport.
Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JOSEPH WOLSELEY, was buried on Saturday 21st December 1940, and was laid to rest in the War Graves
Section, Row 1 Grave 14, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
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