Roll of Honour 1914-18

ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18

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If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.

Extract from ‘The Soldier‘ by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery ARNOLD,FA Pioneer 30199 6 July 1915 Unknown Wimereux Communal Cemetery 3rd Div. S.T. Postal Sec., Royal Engineers. Wimereux Communal Cemetery contains 2,845 Commonwealth burials ofthe First World War. Buried among them is Lt Col John McCrae, author of the poem.”In Flanders Fields.”

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Extract from ‘In Flanders Fields‘by John McCrae (1872-1918)

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery BAYLY, E N Sapper 59873 Monday 11 June 1917 Unknown Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery GPO BIGGS, Jesse Kenworthy Sapper 570104 Sunday 9 June 1918 36 Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery Son of Jesse Kenworthy Biggs, of Lewisham; husband of Olive AdaBiggs, of “Hazeldene,” Uckfield Lane, Hever, Kent. BRIERLEY, H Corporal 29264 Sunday 1 October 1916 34 Salonika (LembetRoad) Cemetery, Greece He served at the Base Army Post Office, Salonika. Son of Mrs. S. J. Brierley, of Oldham, and the late Benjamin Brierley;husband of Bessie D. Brierley, late of Withington, Manchester, now of 2, Victoria Rd, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea, Lancs. Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of Thessalonika (Salonika), adjoining the Roman Catholic French and Italian War Cemeteries. It lies on the west side of the road to Seres. BROWNING, A E W QMS 27456 Tuesday 8 August 1916 Unknown Fulham Old Cemetery

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery CORRIN, T J Corporal 29858 Tuesday 15 January 1918 Unknown Warrington Cemetery Husband of J. Corrin, of 75, Dorset Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester. CREWS, Wilfred John Sapper 59795 Monday 11 January 1915 25 Malvern Link (StMatthais) Churchyard, Malvern Wilfred Crews was the son of John, a gardener, and Alice Crews of West View, Upper Howsell. On the 16 January 1915 the Malvern News reported: “The death occurred of Monday morning at the GPO Hospital,Kensington Palace Gardens, London at 25 of Wilfred John Crews, the son of Mr and Mrs John Crews of Upper Howsell. He was formerly a postman at Malvern, but sat for an examination and then entered the office of a sorting clerk and telegraphist. For the past two years he had been stationed at Shrewsbury. Some time ago he joined the Postal Section of the Royal Engineers for telegraphic despatch work and was stationed at 42 Baker Street. He hadan attack of influenza, which developed into double pleuro-pneumoniacausing his death after an illness of about a fortnight. His mother was with him when he died. Great sympathy is extended to his family.” “His funeral at St Matthias Church shortly after; a large number of friendsand neighbours attended. The coffin was borne by the following membersof the outdoor staff of the Malvern Post Office: Messers A Slater, J Wooding, J Jones, and C Wood. The Rev A Day conducted the service. Mourners included Mr & Mrs John Crews, Mr Albert Crews (brother) Miss Pattie Davis (Blaen-y-Ffor, South Wales, the deceased fiancée).”

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery DAWSON, Frank Corporal 59861 Wednesday 21 February 1917 32 Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece Son of Frederick and Eliza Dawson, of 1, St. Ann’s Park Rd.,Wandsworth, London; husband of Hephzibah Ellen Dawson, of “ShereHouse,” 37, Whitworth Rd., South Norwood, London. Mikra Memorial can be found at the south end of Mikra British Cemetery, which is situated approximately 8 kilometres south of Thessaloniki, onthe road to the airport, in the municipality of Kalamaria.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery ENRIGHT, W F Sergeant 27771 Tuesday 30 April 1918 28 Denny and Dunipace Cemetery, Stirlingshire Son of William and Jessie Erskine, of Widows Row, Haggs, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. G.P.O. employee. FEARNSIDES, Arthur Sapper 144018 Tuesday 12 December 1916 40 Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery Husband of S. E. Fearnsides, of 27, Lytton Rd., Girlington, Bradford. FERGUSON, Nathaniel Sapper 30118 Friday 1 January 1915 36 Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France Son of John and Jane Ferguson, of Comber, Co. Down; husband ofLillie McCaw Ferguson, of Letaville, Kilrea, Co. Derry. Ste. Marie Cemetery is one of the town cemeteries, but it is actually situated in the commune of Graville-St. Honorine. It stands on the ridge overlooking Le Havre from the north and is north of the N.182.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery GALL,W A Corporal 27690 Monday 25 March 1918 38 Chocques Military Cemetery, Calais, France Husband of Lydia Gall, of 8, Oak Lane, Hooton, Cheshire. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Chocques is 4 kilometres north-west of Bethune on the road to Lillers. Thetown was occupied by Commonwealth forces from the late autumn of 1914to the end of the war. The village was at one time the headquarters of I Corps and from January 1915 to April 1918, No 1 Casualty Clearing Stationwas posted there. Most of the burials from this period are of casualties who died at the clearing station from wounds received at the Bethune front.From April to September 1918, during the German advance on this front, the burials were carried out by field ambulances, divisions and fighting units. GREER, James Sapper 59804 Monday 23 August 1915 Unknown Helles Memorial, Dardanelles Son of Mrs Mary Greer of Belfast. The Helles Memorial (20771 names) is both the memorial to the Gallipolicampaign and to men who fell in that campaign and whose graves areunknown or who were lost or buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. Inscribed onit are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula. It standson the tip of the Peninsula and is in the form of an obelisk over 30m highthat can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles. GRIST,William Sapper 144476 Monday 11 June 1917 42 New Soutgate Cemetery Son of William and Jessie Grist; husband of Amy Sophia Grist, of 14,Victoria Rd., Finsbury Park, London. Born at Stockbridge, Hants.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery HACKETT,W S Corporal 27904 Friday 28 January 1916 Unknown Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France Marseilles was the Base of the Indian troops in France during the 1914-18 war; and throughout the War the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, British troops and Labour units worked in the port or passed through it. An Army Post Office was established in Marseilles (1914-1918) Corporal Hackett may have been member of its staff, but it is more likely that he died of disease en-route between the UK and the Middle East. Mzargues War Cemetery, on the South-East side, was used less in theWar; but before the Armistice a British Extension was made, to which were removed, a little later, the bodies or ashes from the four Town cemeteries. HAMMETT, John Herbert Sapper 29214 Friday 17 September 1915 Unknown Kingsbridge Cemetery, Devon Son of Henry and Annie Hammett, of 42, Fore St., Kingsbridge. HARDING, A W Sapper 47506 Wednesday 19 May 1915 43 Skew Bridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Skew Bridge Cemetery (607 burials) is named after an angled or “skew” bridge that crossed Kanli Dere near where the cemetery now stands. Burials began after the second battle of Krithia in May 1915, but the majority were brought in from other small battlefields. HUGHES, Owen Parry Pioneer 144393 Thursday 6 June 1918 43 Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France Son of John and Phoebe Hughes, of Qwynllys, Groeslon, Carnarvonshire; husband of Winifred Hughes, of 207, North Hill St., Princes Rd., Liverpool. Postman at Carnarvon Post Office. Wimereux Communal Cemetery contains 2,845 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Buried among them is Lt Col John McCrae, author of the poem “In Flanders Fields.” HUGHES, William Henry CSM 27610 Wednesday 21 February 1917 36 Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece Husband of Sarah H. Hughes, of 41, Park Lodge Lane, Wakefield, Yorks.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery JONES, Thomas Richard Sapper 39184 Friday 29 September 1916 28 Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery Base Army Post Office, Salonika. Son of J. and J. Jones, of Pimlico, London; husband of A. T. Jones, of 5, Ashcombe St., Fulham, London. JOYCE, Charles Sydney Sapper 35437 Sunday 3 March 1918 37 Wimereux Communal Cemetery Husband of Grace Amy Joyce, of 33, Goodmayes Lane, Goodmayes,Essex. Wimereux Communal Cemetery contains 2,845 Commonwealth burials ofthe First World War. Buried among them is Lt.-Col. John McCrae, authorof the poem “In Flanders Fields.”

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery KELLS, Albert Edward Sapper 30548 Monday 18 September 1916 34 Brighton (LewesRoad) Borough Cemetery Son of Trumpet Major Kells, V.C., Yeoman of the Guard, Buckingham Palace; husband of Margaret Isabel Annie Kells, of 18, Gladstone Terrace, Brighton. KING, H C Sapper 37870 Saturday 21 August 1915 Unknown Abney ParkCemetery

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery LANGMEAD, H Sapper 133894 Saturday 2 February 1918 Unknown Southend-on-Sea (SuttonRoad) Cemetery   LEGGE, R H Sapper 35594 Monday 11 March 1918 Unknown Salonika (LembetRoad) Cemetery   LLOYD, G V Sergeant 27977 Thursday 15 November 1917 Unknown Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery   LOW, A Sapper 30154 Thursday 15 November 1917 Unknown Bray Military Cemetery, Somme, France Bray-sur-Somme is a village about 9 kilometres south-east of Albert.Bray Military Cemetery is north of the village, a little west of the road to Maricourt. The Cemetery was begun in April, 1916, by fighting units and Field Ambulances. In September, 1916, the front line having been pushed further East, it was used by the XIV Corps Main Dressing Station; and in 1917 the 5th, 38th and 48th Casualty Clearing Stationscame forward and used it. In March, 1918, the village and the cemetery fell into enemy hands; but the village was retaken by the 40th Australian Battalion on the 24th August, and during the next fewdays the cemetery was used again.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery MOODY, Henry Sergeant 29282 Thursday 10 February 1916 34 Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, The Cemetery is located in Triq id-Duluri (Our Lady of Sorrows Street), 2 kilometres south-west of Valletta on the road to Sliema. Son of William and Elizabeth Moody, of 95, Devon St., Fishpool, Bury, Lancs.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery PARNCUTT, William Thomas Sapper 137332 Thursday 16 May 1918 43 Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine (now Israel) Husband of Elizabeth Alice Parncutt, of 12, Martindale Rd., Balham, London. Jerusalem was captured from the Turks in December 1917 the Jerusalem War Cemetery was begun after the occupation of the city,with 270 burials, it is is 4.5 kilometres north of the walled city and issituated on the neck of land at the north end of the Mount of Olives, to the west of Mount Scopus. Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery POWNEY, Joseph Thomas Major   Friday 18 December 1914 45 Ste. Marie Cemetery, LeHavre, France He was commissioned into the RE (PS) on 14 March 1913. Eldest son of James and Marianne Powney, of Calne, Wilts; husband of Lily Powney, of “Russell Dene,” Russell Hill Rd., Purley, Surrey.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery RIPPON, Charles Sapper 30765 Thursday 28 October 1915 37 Helles Memorial Son of Thomas Rippon, of North Bank, Thorney, Peterborough; husband of Elizabeth Rippon, of 33, Norfolk St., Carlisle, Cumberland. The Helles Memorial (20771 names) is both the memorial to theGallipoli campaign and to men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. Inscribed on it are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units whichserved on the Peninsula. It stands on the tip of the Peninsula and is in the form of an obelisk over 30m high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles. ROBINSON, Percival Pioneer 27754 Wednesday 21 February 1917 20 Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece Son of Edmund Robinson, of 43, Royal Park Terrace, Hyde Park,Leeds, and the late Maud Robinson. RUDD, Frank Sapper 38048 Monday 28 January 1918 40 St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France Husband of G. Rudd, of Markham Moor, Tuxford, Notts. Native ofSheffield. St. Pierre Cemetery is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Amiens, on the northern side of the main road to Albert. At the back ofthe cemetery is the Commonwealth Plot. During part of August, 1914,Amiens was the British Advanced Base. It was captured by the Germans on the 31st of that month, and retaken by the French on thefollowing 13th September. The German offensive which began in March, 1918, had Amiens for at least one of its objectives; but the”Battle of Amines” (8th to 11th August, 1918) is the British name for the action by which the counter-offensive, the Advance to Victory, was begun. The 7th General Hospital was at Amiens in August, 1914; the 56th (South Midland) Casualty Clearing Station from April to July, 1916; the New Zealand Stationary Hospital from July, 1916, to May, 1917; the 42nd Stationary Hospital from October, 1917, to March, 1919; and the 41st Stationary Hospital in March, 1918, and again in December, 1918,and January, 1919. The British Plot was first used in September, 1915, and closed in October, 1919

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery SHEEHAN, Morgan Corporal 35688 Wednesday 21 February 1917 30 Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece Son of Morgan and Margaret Sheehan, of Domnick St., Tralee; husbandof Catherine Sheehan, of 11, Caherina, Tralee; Co. Kerry. SMITH, Alfred Walter Corporal 30121 Thursday 19 July 1917 39 Holly Memorial, Southampton Son of the late William and Mary Amy Smith; husband of Sarah Annie Smith, of 50, Broseley Rd., Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. STACEY, Henry Corporal 59722 Friday 28 April 1916 36 Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery Husband of Florence Alice Stacey, of 60, Bordesley. SYKES, Samuel Sapper 133674 Sunday 20 January 1918 38 Bordighera British Cemetery, Italy Son of Thomas Henry and Jane Margaret Sykes, of London, husband ofAlice Elizabeth Sykes, of 204, Byron Avenue, Manor Park, Essex. The Italians entered the war on the Allied side, declaring war on Austria, in May 1915. Commonwealth forces were at the Italian front between November 1917 and November 1918, and Army Post Offices, rest camps and medical units were established at various locations innorthern Italy behind the front, some of them remaining until 1919. Fromthe Summer of 1917 until late 1918, the Mediterranean lines of communication for the British Salonika Force and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ran the length of Italy from Taranto in the south-east, to Turin in the north-west. The 62nd General Hospital was posted at Bordighera from January 1918 to January 1919, and the 66th from January to March 1918. The British cemetery is opposite the town cemetery and was used from November 1917 to January 1919.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery TAYLOR, Harry Pioneer 27754 Wednesday 6 December 1916 41 Calais Southern Cemetery, France Son of Stephen and Agnes Taylor, of Kingston-on-Thames. On 16 June 1915 Base Army Post Office 4 was established in Calais toact as an exchange office between Folkstone and the Western front. In April 1915, No 6 Base Supply Depot was started at Calais to helprelieve the pressure on Boulogne and to provide a base nearer to thefront than Le Havre or Rouen. The base remained open until the last Commonwealth forces left France in March 1921. The 30th, 35th and 38th General Hospitals, No 9 British Red Cross Hospital and No 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital were also stationed in the town, providing about 2,500 beds. From May 1915 to March 1918, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery. It is a civil cemeterylying on the south of the old main road to Dunkerque. TURNER, Christopher Alexander Sapper 27825 Sunday 8 November 1914 34 Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France Son of Frederick William and Sarah Turner; husband of F. E. Turner, of86, Leathwaite Rd., Battersea Rise, London. St. Omer became on the 13th October, 1914, and remained until theend of March, 1916, the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, is approximately 3 kilometres from St Omer to the left of the D928 Abbeville road.

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery UNSWORTH, J C A Sapper 137091 Wednesday 21 February 1917 31 East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Eleanor Unsworth; husband of Fanny Ethel Unsworth, of 15, Hoyle Rd., Hoylake, Cheshire. Mudros is on the island of Lemnos in the north-east Aegean. Becauseof its position, the island played an important part in the campaigns against Turkey during the First World War. It was occupied by a force of marines on 23 February 1915 in preparation for the military attackon Gallipoli, and Mudros became a considerable Allied camp. Base Army Post Office Y was established at East Mudros in November 1915. The 1st and 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospitals, the 3rd Australian General Hospital and other medical units were stationed onboth sides of Mudros bay and a considerable Egyptian Labour Corps detachment was employed. After the evacuation of Gallipoli, agarrison remained on the island and the 1st Royal Naval Brigade wason Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos for the first few months of 1916. On 30 October 1918, the Armistice between the Entente Powers and Turkey was signed at Mudros. East Mudros Military Cemetery is situated on rising ground, about kilometre north east of the village of Mudros, next to the Greek Civil Cemetery. UNWIN, A Sapper 38113 Wednesday 30 May 1917 29 Abbeville Communal Cemetery (Extension), France

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Name Rank Number Date Age Cemetery WALKER, Frank Pioneer 27934 Wednesday 30 May1917 29 Abbeville Communal Cemetery (Extension), France Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Walker, of Nottingham. Army Post Office S1 was based in Abbeville and was important as itwas the central office for the ‘cross-post’ sytem on the Western Front.For much of the War, Abbeville was headquarters of the Commonwealth lines of communication and No 3 BRCS, No 5 andNo 2 Stationary Hospitals were stationed there variously from October 1914 to January 1920. The communal cemetery was used for burials from November 1914 to September 1916, the earliest being made among the French military graves. The extension wasbegun in September 1916. WALTER, Frederick William Sapper 35396 Thursday 21 March 1918 28 Arras Memorial, France Sapper Walter lost his life during the German Spring offensive of1918. Husband of Ethel Mary Walter, of 29, Cleaveland Rd., Surbiton, Surrey. A Postman. The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the springof 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917.The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealandwho died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no knowngrave. WALTERS, Edwin Tom Sapper 30638 Saturday 9 December 1916 29 Fulham Old Cemetery Son of Mrs. Annie Walters, of Fulham; husband of Florence Emily Walters, of  84A, Broughton Rd., Fulham. WEBBER, Frederick George Sapper 39107 Thursday 23 November 1916 39 La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery,Ypers, Belgium Husband of Alice Maud Webber, of 3, Bonar Rd., Peckham, London. La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery is located 10.5 kilometres south ofIeper town centre on a road leading from the Rijselseweg (N365) which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, and on to Armentieres. In thevalley of the river Douve, north of Ploegsteert Wood, were two farms. La Petite Douve was the object of a successful raid by the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion in November 1915 and La Plus Douve, which was generally within the Allied lines, was used at times as a battalion headquarters. It was also known as Ration Farm because battalion transport could approach it at night with rations. La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery was begun in April 1915 by the 48th (SouthMidland) Division and continued in use until May 1918, when it fell into German hands. WILSON, John Pioneer 35396 Saturday 26 February 1916 31 Basra Memorial, Mesopotamia (Iraq) Buried at sea, Son of Jessie Wilson, of 257, Ingleby Drive, Glasgow,and the late John Wilson. The Basra Memorial bears the names of more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known. The Basra Memorial was originally sited within Basra War Cemetery but in 1997 the Memorial wasmoved by presidential decree. The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the Gulf War (1990). WINTERS, R G Pioneer 39444 Friday 1 September 1916 28 Port Said War Memorial Cemetery,Egypt Son of Harry and Hannah Winters, of Finchley, London; husband of B. Winters, of 7, Addison Way, Golders Green, Hendon, London. Port Said, at the northern outlet of the Suez Canal, was an important base, the Base Army Post Office T was established there on 31 January 1916 to accepted mails from the UK. During the Allies advance into Palestine it forwarded mails by sea to Haifa, Beirut and Tripoli. The town also accomodated hostipals. From May-November 1915, it received wounded from Gallipoli and later from operations in Egypt and Palestine. In February 1916, Port Said contained No 31 General Hospital, No 15 Stationary Hospital and No 26 Casualty Clearing Station. The New Zealand Stationary Hospital and No 14 Australian General Hospital came later. The cemetery was begun in October 1914 and is situated on the western outskirts of the town onthe strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Manzala. WRIGHT, H R S Sapper 47564 Thursday 3 August 1916 Unknown Pieta Military Cemetery,  Malta, 27th Div Postal Unit RE. WOOD, William Walter Corporal 29212 Wednesday 3 April 1918 31 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France Son of the late W. H. and M. A. Wood, of Newport, Isle of Wight. WOODHOUSE, Sydney John Pioneer 133629 Monday 29 January 1917 21 Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Calais, France   WOODHOUSE, Joseph Henry Corporal 30171 Thursday 18 November 1915 40 East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece Son of James and Mary Woodhouse, of Islington, London; husband of Charlotte Louise Woodhouse, of 48, Beaconsfield Rd., New Southgate, London.

Well the sun’s shining now on these green fields of France,
a warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished under the plow
no gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard that is still No Man’s land
the countless white crosses in mute witness stand.
To man’s blind indifference to his fellow man
to a whole generation that was butchered and damned.

Extract from ‘No Man’s Land (The Green Fields of France)’ by Eric Bogle (b.1944)

Last updated: 11 November 2002 by Simon Fenwick
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