Kingston: Church of St James (Dorset)
War Memorial plaque
Inscription (with some identifications from the CWGC database):
In grateful remembrance of those who gave their lives in the service of their country in the Great War, 1914-1919
Richard Bydder -- Not in CWGC database. However, there is a gravestone in the old churchyard at Kingston for Richard St George Bydder, master mariner, died 18 July 1920, aged 52. Also, the Western Daily Press, 7 March 1903, p. 8 reported that "The Norwegian Government has awarded a binocular glass to John Prance, master; a silver medal and diploma for Richard Bydder, mate; and Jan de Vries, Edward Mariner, Oscar Johnson, and John Lazenby, of the Newport steamer Alassio, as a recompense for their services to the crew of the the Norwegian barque Paragon, of Rusoer [Risør?], which had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay during the equinoctial gales of last autumn." The presentation was made at Hull, and another report appeared in the Hull Daily Mail of 17 March 1903.
Sidney Cook
Edwin Cooper
George Davis – Corporal G. Davis (Service No: 137061), 11th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 1 November 1917; buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (XII. D. 8.); [Corporal Davis’s Forces War Records entry state that he was born and resident at Kingston, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/620402/DAVIS,%20G
Henry Furmage – Private H. J. Furmage (Service No: 14992), 100th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 21 August 1916; buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France (III. F. 23.); [Private Henry James Furmage’s Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Corfe Castle: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/270992/FURMAGE,%20H%20J
Robert Grant – Corporal Robert Grant (Service No: 334335), 285th Siege Bty. , Royal Garrison Artillery; died 25 March 1918, aged 23; buried in Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France (VI. C. 25.); son of Edward and Susan Grant, of Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/284238/GRANT,%20ROBERT
David Hooper –Private David Hooper (Service No: 5359), 2nd Bn., Leinster Regiment; died 27 March 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 78.); [Private Hooper’s Forces War Record states that he was born and resident at Kingston, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1582841/HOOPER,%20DAVID
Charles Lovel
James Medd – Private J. Medd (Service No: 3/7850), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment, attd. 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 20 August 1916; buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France (I. C. 3.); [Private Medd’s Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/185190/MEDD,%20J
Albert Speck – Gunner A. G. Speck (Service No: 55793), 112th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 21 March 1918, aged 20; buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Nord, France (B. 11.): son of Walter and Mary Speck, of West Hill, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/267282/SPECK,%20A%20G
Harry Stevens – Private Harry Stevens (Service No: 27367), 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 16 July 1917, aged 34; buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq (XV. C. 11.); son of the late John and Mary Stevens, of Eastington Farm, Swanage; husband of Daisy Stevens, of Blashenwell Farm, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635361/STEVENS,%20HARRY
Frederick Stickland – Private Frederick John Stickland (Service No: 29199), 6th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; died 23 August 1917, aged 19; buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (LXVI. H. 29.); son of Alice Mary Stickland, of Encombe, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset, and the late Edward Stickland: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/464788/STICKLAND,%20F...
Henry Travers – Gunner Henry Lawrance Travers (Service No: 334312), 278th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 30 May 1918, aged 26; buried in Pernois British Cemetery, Somme, France (I. E. 13.); son of Mr. and Mrs. George Travers, of South St., Kingston, Corfe Castle; husband of Ellen O. Travers, of Ladnoll Cottage, near Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/64048/TRAVERS,%20HENR...
1939-1945
Ronald Beavis
Henry Kellaway
Douglas John Hixson
Kingston: Church of St James (Dorset)
War Memorial plaque
Inscription (with some identifications from the CWGC database):
In grateful remembrance of those who gave their lives in the service of their country in the Great War, 1914-1919
Richard Bydder -- Not in CWGC database. However, there is a gravestone in the old churchyard at Kingston for Richard St George Bydder, master mariner, died 18 July 1920, aged 52. Also, the Western Daily Press, 7 March 1903, p. 8 reported that "The Norwegian Government has awarded a binocular glass to John Prance, master; a silver medal and diploma for Richard Bydder, mate; and Jan de Vries, Edward Mariner, Oscar Johnson, and John Lazenby, of the Newport steamer Alassio, as a recompense for their services to the crew of the the Norwegian barque Paragon, of Rusoer [Risør?], which had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay during the equinoctial gales of last autumn." The presentation was made at Hull, and another report appeared in the Hull Daily Mail of 17 March 1903.
Sidney Cook
Edwin Cooper
George Davis – Corporal G. Davis (Service No: 137061), 11th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 1 November 1917; buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (XII. D. 8.); [Corporal Davis’s Forces War Records entry state that he was born and resident at Kingston, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/620402/DAVIS,%20G
Henry Furmage – Private H. J. Furmage (Service No: 14992), 100th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 21 August 1916; buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France (III. F. 23.); [Private Henry James Furmage’s Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Corfe Castle: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/270992/FURMAGE,%20H%20J
Robert Grant – Corporal Robert Grant (Service No: 334335), 285th Siege Bty. , Royal Garrison Artillery; died 25 March 1918, aged 23; buried in Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France (VI. C. 25.); son of Edward and Susan Grant, of Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/284238/GRANT,%20ROBERT
David Hooper –Private David Hooper (Service No: 5359), 2nd Bn., Leinster Regiment; died 27 March 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 78.); [Private Hooper’s Forces War Record states that he was born and resident at Kingston, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1582841/HOOPER,%20DAVID
Charles Lovel
James Medd – Private J. Medd (Service No: 3/7850), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment, attd. 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 20 August 1916; buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France (I. C. 3.); [Private Medd’s Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/185190/MEDD,%20J
Albert Speck – Gunner A. G. Speck (Service No: 55793), 112th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 21 March 1918, aged 20; buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, Nord, France (B. 11.): son of Walter and Mary Speck, of West Hill, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/267282/SPECK,%20A%20G
Harry Stevens – Private Harry Stevens (Service No: 27367), 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 16 July 1917, aged 34; buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq (XV. C. 11.); son of the late John and Mary Stevens, of Eastington Farm, Swanage; husband of Daisy Stevens, of Blashenwell Farm, Corfe Castle, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635361/STEVENS,%20HARRY
Frederick Stickland – Private Frederick John Stickland (Service No: 29199), 6th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; died 23 August 1917, aged 19; buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (LXVI. H. 29.); son of Alice Mary Stickland, of Encombe, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset, and the late Edward Stickland: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/464788/STICKLAND,%20F...
Henry Travers – Gunner Henry Lawrance Travers (Service No: 334312), 278th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 30 May 1918, aged 26; buried in Pernois British Cemetery, Somme, France (I. E. 13.); son of Mr. and Mrs. George Travers, of South St., Kingston, Corfe Castle; husband of Ellen O. Travers, of Ladnoll Cottage, near Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/64048/TRAVERS,%20HENR...
1939-1945
Ronald Beavis
Henry Kellaway
Douglas John Hixson