Manston: Church of St Nicholas (Dorset)
War memorial plaque in the church
Identifications from the CWGC database:
W. S. Barlow: possibly Private W. Barlow (Service No. 15794), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 9 July 1916; buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France (II. H. 10.); [Private William Barlow's Forces War Records entry state that he was born at Richmond, Surrey and resident at Sturminster Newton, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/547181/BARLOW,%20W
W. H. Bastable: Private William Harry Bastable (Service No. 266964), 1st/7th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; died 11 August 1917, aged 27; commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 8), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Son of Mr. H. E. and Elizabeth Bastable, of Manston, Sturminster Newton, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Henry E. and Elizabeth Bastable living at Lower Manston at the time of the 1901 Census; Henry and his father Daniel are described as blacksmiths; Henry and Elizabeth had two children, including William H., then aged 10 (and born at Wells, Somerset)]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/926919/BASTABLE,%20WI...
R. Brown: not possible to determine. I previously thought that it could be: Private 9654 R. C. Brown, 1st Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment (died 3 May 1915; buried in Reninghelst Churchyard Extension (52), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium), but this Reginald Clifford Brown does not seem to have any substantive links with Dorset, except for enlisting at Dorchester (he was born at Clapton (Essex) and resident at Leyton): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449498/BROWN,%20R%20C
J. E. P. Day: Corporal J. E. P. Day (Service No. 27178), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 13 November 1917, aged 36; buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery (XIII. F. 1.), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; son of the late Eli and Mary C. J. Day, of Manston, Dorset; husband of Ellen Day, of 2, Alcester Villas, Shaftesbury, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Mary C. Day, widow and innkeeper of the Plough Inn at the time of the 1901 Census; her son John E. Day was then aged 19, and described as a "labourer in garden."; they also lived with John's older sister Bessie S. Pitman, a domestic help aged 34 (also a widow), and her son, William H. Pitman, aged 9] : www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/620418/DAY,%20J%20E%20P
H. Foot: Lance Corporal Herbert Foot (Service No. 14836), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.); [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a John and Ellen Foot living at Great Mead at the time of the 1901 Census, they had a son Herbert, then aged 18, described as an "ordinary agricultural labourer"; Lanec Corporal Foot's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Sturminster Marshall and resident at Marnhull]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/749408/FOOT,%20HERBERT
M. H. E. Gorringe: Lance Corporal Mervyn Hugh Egerton Gorringe (Service No. 38807), 2nd Bn, Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.; died 12 December 1917, aged 40; buried in Polygon Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (D. 9.); Son of Peter R. and Fanny E. Gorringe, of Dorset; husband of Margaret Gorringe, of Levin, Wellington, New Zealand. Born at Manston, Dorset, England; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records that Peter R. Gorringe was a Clergyman living in the Rectory at the time of the 1901 Census, his wife Fanny a British national born in Nelson, New Zealand]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480029/GORRINGE,%20ME...
F. P. Hazell: 2nd Lieutenant F. P. Hazell, 101st Coy, Labour Corps (formerly 12th Labour Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment); died 19 May 1918; buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (Officers, B. 9. 6.); [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Carrie Hazell, described as a widow "living on own means" at Fair View Villa at the time of the 1901 Census; she had a son Fred, then aged 13 (born in Colchester, Essex)]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/515001/HAZELL,%20F%20P
A. Spencer: probably Private Arthur James Spencer (Service No. 14623), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 10 November 1916, aged 18; buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France (II. C. 2.); Son of Harry and Fanny Spencer, of The Cross, Belchalwell, Blandford, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Harry and Fanny Spencer living at Higher Manston at the time of the 1901 Census, they had a son Arthur, then aged 2]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/31776/SPENCER,%20ARTH...
Manston: Church of St Nicholas (Dorset)
War memorial plaque in the church
Identifications from the CWGC database:
W. S. Barlow: possibly Private W. Barlow (Service No. 15794), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 9 July 1916; buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France (II. H. 10.); [Private William Barlow's Forces War Records entry state that he was born at Richmond, Surrey and resident at Sturminster Newton, Dorset]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/547181/BARLOW,%20W
W. H. Bastable: Private William Harry Bastable (Service No. 266964), 1st/7th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; died 11 August 1917, aged 27; commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 8), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Son of Mr. H. E. and Elizabeth Bastable, of Manston, Sturminster Newton, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Henry E. and Elizabeth Bastable living at Lower Manston at the time of the 1901 Census; Henry and his father Daniel are described as blacksmiths; Henry and Elizabeth had two children, including William H., then aged 10 (and born at Wells, Somerset)]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/926919/BASTABLE,%20WI...
R. Brown: not possible to determine. I previously thought that it could be: Private 9654 R. C. Brown, 1st Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment (died 3 May 1915; buried in Reninghelst Churchyard Extension (52), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium), but this Reginald Clifford Brown does not seem to have any substantive links with Dorset, except for enlisting at Dorchester (he was born at Clapton (Essex) and resident at Leyton): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449498/BROWN,%20R%20C
J. E. P. Day: Corporal J. E. P. Day (Service No. 27178), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 13 November 1917, aged 36; buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery (XIII. F. 1.), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; son of the late Eli and Mary C. J. Day, of Manston, Dorset; husband of Ellen Day, of 2, Alcester Villas, Shaftesbury, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Mary C. Day, widow and innkeeper of the Plough Inn at the time of the 1901 Census; her son John E. Day was then aged 19, and described as a "labourer in garden."; they also lived with John's older sister Bessie S. Pitman, a domestic help aged 34 (also a widow), and her son, William H. Pitman, aged 9] : www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/620418/DAY,%20J%20E%20P
H. Foot: Lance Corporal Herbert Foot (Service No. 14836), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.); [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a John and Ellen Foot living at Great Mead at the time of the 1901 Census, they had a son Herbert, then aged 18, described as an "ordinary agricultural labourer"; Lanec Corporal Foot's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Sturminster Marshall and resident at Marnhull]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/749408/FOOT,%20HERBERT
M. H. E. Gorringe: Lance Corporal Mervyn Hugh Egerton Gorringe (Service No. 38807), 2nd Bn, Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.; died 12 December 1917, aged 40; buried in Polygon Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (D. 9.); Son of Peter R. and Fanny E. Gorringe, of Dorset; husband of Margaret Gorringe, of Levin, Wellington, New Zealand. Born at Manston, Dorset, England; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records that Peter R. Gorringe was a Clergyman living in the Rectory at the time of the 1901 Census, his wife Fanny a British national born in Nelson, New Zealand]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480029/GORRINGE,%20ME...
F. P. Hazell: 2nd Lieutenant F. P. Hazell, 101st Coy, Labour Corps (formerly 12th Labour Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment); died 19 May 1918; buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (Officers, B. 9. 6.); [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Carrie Hazell, described as a widow "living on own means" at Fair View Villa at the time of the 1901 Census; she had a son Fred, then aged 13 (born in Colchester, Essex)]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/515001/HAZELL,%20F%20P
A. Spencer: probably Private Arthur James Spencer (Service No. 14623), 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 10 November 1916, aged 18; buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France (II. C. 2.); Son of Harry and Fanny Spencer, of The Cross, Belchalwell, Blandford, Dorset; [the Dorset OPC for Manston records a Harry and Fanny Spencer living at Higher Manston at the time of the 1901 Census, they had a son Arthur, then aged 2]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/31776/SPENCER,%20ARTH...