The bulk of the information shown here was supplied by Bob and Marilyn Curry. Additional information was provided by Cerrie Williams, The King Alfred School.
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SURNAME | FIRST NAME(S) | RANK | SERVICE No | DATE OF DEATH | AGE | ST A | HOSPITAL | NOTES | PHOTO | CWGC |
AKERMAN | Charles Savidge Annand | Major | 26/09/1915 | 38 | • | cwgc | ||||
ALISON | Laughton Hassard | 2/Lt. | 15/05/1915 | • | • | cwgc | ||||
ALLEN | Frederick William | Private | 3978 | 03/05/1917 | 27 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
BABY | Stuart Beachim | • | • | Emigrated to USA in 1912. Mother formerly lived in Burnham. Methodist plaque | – | |||||
BANWELL | Oliver | RASCRE | R4/139554299359 | 17/12/1919 | 37 | • | • | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | Photo | – |
BARRETT | Robert | Petty Officer | 99041 | 03/10/1918 | 57 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
BEVAN | John Austin Gardner | Private | 3027 | 10/09/1916 | 24 | • | • | Methodist plaque | cwgc | |
BIRCH | as R FRichard George | Private | 60889 | 19/09/1917 | Not on either memorial.Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | cwgc | ||||
BOON | George T | Private | 13026 | 11/05/1917 | 21 | • | • | Also on Highbridge Memorial | Photo | cwgc |
BROWN | G R | Private | 4391 | 29/07/1916 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
BROWN | James Bevan | Lance Corporal | 267013 | 16/08/1917 | • | cwgc | ||||
BROWNING | Ernest Clifford | Private | 3304 | 11/09/1918 | • | • | Methodist plaque | cwgc | ||
BRYAN | H L | Gunner | 3514 | 04/06/1918 | Obituary Burnham Gazette 15/06/1918 | cwgc | ||||
BURRINGTON | Gilbert | Private | 703727 | 21/11/1916 | 37 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
BURRINGTON | Harvey | Private | 13615 | 23/07/1915 | 31 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
CHAMPION | Leonard John | Lieutenant | 04/10/1918 | 34 | Not on either memorial. Buried Dar-Es-Salaam | cwgc | ||||
CHANT | Vivian | Private | 129677 | 03/04/1917 | 21 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
CHARMAN | Edgar Charles | Private | 9925 | 01/05/1917 | 24 | Brent Knoll | cwgc | |||
CHURCHILL | Arthur Norton Hickling | Lieutenant | 07/09/1915 | 24 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
CHURCHILL | Francis David | Private | 242275 | 04/10/1917 | 38 | • | • | Methodist plaque | cwgc | |
CHURCHILL | Theodore David | Private | 41713 | 07/08/1917 | 19 | • | • | Methodist plaque | cwgc | |
CLERK | Robert Vere | Captain | 28/06/1915 | 31 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
CODNER | Christopher Cardew | Captain | 03/05/1917 | 22 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
COLE | Wilfred Samuel | Lieutenant | 11/05/1916 | 36 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
CORDINGLEY | Charles | Cadet 21st Royal Fusiliers | 04/09/1916 | 26 | Burnham Gazette died in VAD hospital of pneumonia. Body returned to Bolton | – | ||||
COSWAY | William Henry | Private | 317741 | 02/04/1918 | 39 | • | • | Baptist church plaque | Photo | cwgc |
COURT | Frederick William | Chief Armourer | 340995 | 22/09/1914 | 42 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
COX | Harry | Rifleman | R/14568 | 04/11/1916 | 23 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
COX | Henry | Sergeant | 161 | 04/12/1914 | 30 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
COX | Leonard Thomas James | Private | 75553 | 23/09/1918 | 19 | • | • | Son of Jumbo Cox, town crier | Photo | cwgc |
DAVY | William James | 2nd lieutenant | 18/08/1916 | 27 | Not on either memorial..Burnham Gazette 11/11/1916 | cwgc | ||||
DAWES | E G | Acting bombardier | 1640 | 09/08/1918 | 39 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
DAY | Sydney Henry | Private | 25824 | 15/02/1917 | 19 | • | • | cwgc | ||
DIBBLE | George Henry | Private West Yorkshire | 47910 | 20 | Burnham Gazette died of pneumonia in France. Brean memorial | cwgc | ||||
DRYERRE | Robert Henry | 2nd lieutenant | 01/10/1916 | 23 | • | • | Baptist church plaque | Photo | cwgc | |
DUDLEY | A S | Private | 3852 | 30/01/1915 | Not on either memorial. Buried in Westfield Road Cemetery | cwgc | ||||
DUNN | William James | Private | 55381 | 03/09/1918 | 27 | • | • | Baptist church plaque | cwgc | |
DYER | Albert | Private | 3/7753 | 01/10/1915 | 37 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
EDWARDS | W R B | Captain | 14/04/1914 | Not on either memorial | Photo | cwgc | ||||
ELTON | Alfred George Goodenough | Colonel | 17/11/1919 | 62 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||
EMERY | Robert | • | • | Son of Charles and Eliza. Esplanade Restaurant. Died of bronchitis in Coventry | ||||||
FARNHAM | Frank Jefferson | 2nd lieutenant | 15/04/1917 | 23 | • | • | cwgc | |||
FARTHING | Vincent John | Private | 20324 | 18/09/1918 | 23 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
FARTHING | William Charles | Private | 20291 | 03/11/1916 | 20 | • | • | Burnham Gazette 11/11/1916 | Photo | cwgc |
FEAR | Arnold Hubert | Rifleman | 44941 | 29/09/1918 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
FOOKS | George Anthony | Private | 71191 | 24/04/1918 | 18 | • | • | cwgc | ||
FOWLER | Christopher George | Captain | 06/04/1917 | 21 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
GALE | Richard William | Private | 2002414429 | 19/03/1919 | 21 | • | • | Buried in Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | cwgc | |
GANNICOTT | Bertie Claud | Private | R4/13956 | 19/11/1918 | 30 | See Highbridge memorial | cwgc | |||
GARD | Ernest | Private | 7513 | 26/08/1914 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
GIBLETT | Sidney | Private | 20626 | 03/05/1917 | See Brean memorial | cwgc | ||||
GIBLETT | Walter John | Private | 38292 | 20/09/1918 | 30 | • | • | cwgc | ||
GILES | Francis John | Private | 2455 | 22/11/1915 | 19 | • | • | cwgc | ||
GLANVILE | William S | Quartermaster sergeant | 795 | 21/07/1916 | 25 | • | • | cwgc | ||
GORE | James | Deck hand HMS Victory | 21570/DA | 10/09/1916 | 42 | • | • | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | cwgc | |
GULLIFORD | James Henry | Private | 3/7618 | 21/10/1916 | 18 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
HAM | Arthur | • | • | Unidentified | ||||||
HAM | Edward John | Private | 205318 | 25/12/1917 | 31 | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | cwgc | |||
HAMM | S J | Driver | 22539 | 18/12/1918 | 24 | Not on any memorial. From Berrow | cwgc | |||
HARRIS | Arthur John | Lance corporal | 13025 | 25/09/1915 | 20 | • | • | From Brent Knoll | cwgc | |
HARRIS | William Thomas | Trooper | 24861 | 09/01/1917 | 36 | Burnham On Sea?? | cwgc | |||
HERAPATH | Alfred Maltravers | 2nd lieutenant | 01/07/1916 | 28 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
HERAPATH | Norman Finnis | 2nd lieutenant | 11/04/1917 | 22 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
HILL | Albert John | Private | 2439 | 16/11/1916 | • | • | Died of diptheria and is buried in India. Methodist plaque | cwgc | ||
HILL | Pjilip Geoffrey Powys | Major | 09/06/1915 | Burnham Gazette 26/06/1915. Jeffrey Hill Son of Mr & Mrs A B Hill | cwgc | |||||
HODGES | Frank | Private | 30456 | 25/09/1918 | 35 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
HOLT | Arthur Edward | 2nd lieutenant | 25/10/1917 | 19 | • | • | cwgc | |||
HOLT | Cecil William | Midshipman HMS Hogue | 22/09/1914 | 15 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
JACKSON | Ernest Reginald | Private | 17818 | 27/08/1918 | 25 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
JACQUES | David Wright | 2nd lieutenant | 01/12/1916 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
KING | Launcelot Arthur Hensley | Lance corporal | 10409 | 01/07/1916 | 23 | • | • | cwgc | ||
KING | Reginald Charles | Stoker HMS Tornado | K/40795 | 23/12/1917 | 18 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
KNIGHT | Leslie Ernest | Private | 17307 | 01/07/1916 | 18 | • | • | cwgc | ||
KNIGHT | Walter George | Rifleman | 204895 | 02/03/1918 | • | • | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | Photo | cwgc | |
LAMBE | Owen | Private | 20502 | 03/09/1916 | 39 | Not on either memorial. Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | cwgc | |||
LAWRENCE | Frank | Private | 4207 | 25/08/1918 | 29 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
LOCK | Sidney George | Gunner | 41480 | 18/10/1918 | 37 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
LOCK | Wilfred Henry | Sapper | WR/204286 | 28/10/1918 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
MARCHENT | Philip Charles Gordon | Rifleman | 44863 | 09/08/1918 | 20 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
MARTIN | Alan Harold | Boy 2nd class HMS Impregnable | J/43504 | 16/12/1915 | 16 | • | • | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | Photo | cwgc |
McPHIE | Alexander Donald | Private | 16254 | 14-16/09/1914 | • | • | cwgc | |||
MILES | L | Private | 25853 | 24/03/1918 | 34 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
MORGAN | Frederick Harold Lewis | Captain | 04/05/1915 | 29 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | ||
MORGAN | Lewis | Flt lieutenant RNAS | 11/05/1917 | 24 | • | • | Buried in Sampford, Arundel | Photo | cwgc | |
MORGAN | Walter Bassett | 2nd lieutenant | 09/08/1915 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |||
NELSON | Henry | Boy 1st class | J/77521 (DEv.) | 17/09/1918 | 16 | Not on either memorial. Buried in Deal cemetery | cwgc | |||
NEW | Bertram Henry Charles | Private | 60701 | 26/10/1918 | 36 | Not on either memorial. From Berrow | cwgc | |||
NORMAN | Fred | Sargeant | 10446 | 07/11/1914 | 26 | Commemorated on plaque at St. Mary’s Berrow | cwgc | |||
O’BRIEN | John (Jack) | Gunner | 27195 | 23/04/1917 | 36 | • | • | cwgc | ||
ODDEN | Henry Thomas | Private | 22087 | 15/09/1916 | 19 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
OSTLER | Donald Percy | Private | 42115 | 23/08/1918 | 19 | • | • | cwgc | ||
PAGE | Ralph William | Lance sergeant | 8441 | 05/11/1918 | 29 | Not on either memorial.Buried in Axminster | cwgc | |||
PAINE | James Henry | Lieutenant colonel | 25/07/1918 | 47 | • | • | Awarded DSO | cwgc | ||
PHILLIPS | Metford | Private | 3/8268 | 01/03/1915 | 21 | • | • | Also on Brean memorial | Photo | cwgc |
PHILLIPS | William George | Able seaman | Z/1380 | 18/12/1917 | 29 | • | • | cwgc | ||
POPHAM | Frederick | Private | 20593 | Burnham Gazette 09/12/1916. From Badgworth | cwgc | |||||
RAWLINGS | Alfred John | Private | 28742 | 11/04/1918 | 29 | Commemorated on plaque at St. Mary’s Berrow | cwgc | |||
REED | Paul Maurice | 27/12/1916 | 18 | • | • | Cairo | cwgc | |||
RICHARDS | Jack | Lieutenant | cwgc | |||||||
SAMUDA | Cecil Markham Annesley | Major | 02/07/1917 | 38 | Not on any memorial | cwgc | ||||
SEALEY | Charles Herbert | Private | 40982 | 24/11/1918 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
SIMPSON | Edgar | Private | A/326839 | 13/11/1918 | 32 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
SKELTON | William Henry | Stoker 1st class HMS Black Prince | K/19417 | 31/05/1918 | 24 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
SLOCOMBE | David William (Solly) | RAF | 24/10/1918 | 24 | Buried in Highbridge cemetery. On Highbridge memorial | cwgc | ||||
SMITH | John Joseph | Private
Royal Army Ordinance Corp |
035569 | 12/02/1919
Devonport |
40 | • | Camerton (St Peter) Churchyard, Cumbria | cwgc | ||
SMITH | Robert Stanley | Rifleman | C/923 | 30/11/1917 | 19 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
SMITH | Thomas Joseph | Sergeant | 6126 | 24/05/1915 | 37 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
SPENCER | William Harold | Private | 26559 | 04/10/1917 | 29 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
SQUIRE | C J | Private | 87508 | 16/12/1917 | 23 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
STACEY | William | Private | 3/6391 | 22/11/1914 | • | • | cwgc | |||
STEWART | Edgar D | Lance corporal | 18602 | 09/08/1915 | • | • | Methodist plaque | cwgc | ||
STINGEMORE | Archibald John | Lance corporal | 47123 | 20/08/1918 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
STOKER | Stephen Gawin | Sergeant | 10691 | 26/09/1915 | 35 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
STREVENS | Alfred James | Lance corporal | 305605 | 19/04/1919 | 26 | • | • | Buried in Egypt | cwgc | |
STUCKEY | Ralph Herbert | Private | 20820 | 05/05/1917 | 29 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
STUDLEY | Gerald Henry William | Private | 295591 | 02/09/1918 | 20 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
SWAYNE | Cecil Walter Harris | Lieutenent | 25/05/1917 | 21 | • | • | Buried in India | cwgc | ||
SWEET | Arthur Edward | Private SLi | ??/06/1915 | 27 | Obituary 26/06/1915. Age 27. Not on either memorial. Died of wounds in Military Hospital, London | – | ||||
THOMPSON | F | Private | Obitury Burnham Gazette 30/10/1915.Not on either memorial | cwgc | ||||||
TOUT | Wallace V | Private | 38984 | 25/04/1918 | Not on any memorial.From Highbridge | cwgc | ||||
TRIM | E | Private | S/307497 | 05/11/1918 | 30 | Not on either memorial | cwgc | |||
TURNER | Eustace Henry Haddon | Sergeant | 2/1211 | 11/10/1916 | 22 | • | • | cwgc | ||
WARD | William Ernest | Lieutenant | 04/11/1918 | 24 | Buried in Bolton | cwgc | ||||
WELLS | George | Private | 11843 | 10/12/1915 | 21 | Not on any memorial | cwgc | |||
WELLS | H A | Private | 3/7749 | 08/01/1916 | 32 | On Highbridge memorial as A H | cwgc | |||
WEST | William Reginald | Private | TF/212856 | 26/08/1918 | • | • | Awarded D.C.M.De Ruvigney’s list | cwgc | ||
WHITELOCK | George | Private | 6090 | 02/11/1914 | • | • | cwgc | |||
WILCOX | S E | Lance corporal | M2/150597 | 22/09/1918 | 34 | Died of cholera. Buried in Baghdad | cwgc | |||
WIMBLE | John | RSM | 14667 | 04/11/1915 | 46 | • | • | Buried in Westfield Road cemetery | Photo | cwgc |
WINTER | Frederick | Private | 29317 | 24/10/1918 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
WOODMAN | Reginald | Rifleman | 9263 | 08/08/1917 | 21 | cwgc | ||||
WOODWARD | Hubert Grove | Corporal | 19985 | 23/10/1918 | 27 | Not on any memorial | cwgc | |||
WOOKEY | H C | Corporal | 31083 | 30/04/1918 | 19 | Not on any memorial | cwgc | |||
WOOLLEY | William James Evans | Private | 192368 | 09/10/1916 | 18 | • | • | Burnham Gazette 11/11/1916 | Photo | cwgc |
WYNN | F D | Private | 802235 | 10/04/1917 | • | Frank Davis WYNNE ? | cwgc | |||
WYNN | William Ernest (Bob) | Private | 32596 | 27/09/1918 | 18 | • | • | Baptist church plaque | cwgc | |
YARD | H G | Private | 14278 | 23/03/1919 | 34 | Commemorated on plaque at St. Mary’s Berrow | cwgc | |||
YOUNG | Ronald George | Private | 316695 | 01/07/1916 | 19 | • | • | Photo | cwgc | |
UNKNOWN | Photo |
Hi Gary,
Thanks again for your comments. I will see if we can duplicate your comments on our Railway page as I know there is a lot of interest shown there and I wouldn’t want your information not shared. I will also get the image of Chummie taking uploaded there.
Thanks again,
John
I saw this article regarding the Railways and saw the Dyer family running a Newsagents. I do not have much information regarding the Dyer family. I know you are not a Heritage Centre, many of my Andrews family worked for the railways prior to the First World War.My relative is Ron Andrews who worked on the railways. I think he was nicknamed Chummie. I had many relatives named Andrews in the WSM area the most famous being Bill and Jack who both played Professional Cricket.Bill for Somerset and Jack for Hampshire. I have a Great great Uncle whose name was George Phippen Dyer, Burnham on Sea who married Elizabeth Jane Dyer (Nutt) their daughter was Sarah Jane Dyer. My Great great Uncle was William Thomas Dyer. I have Great great uncle. Their children were Edgar James Dyer, Victor Dyer,Lucy Dyer, Frederick George Dyer,Alfred George Dyer. My Great Great Grandfather married Hannah Bella Wheeler Dyer. She obviously became Andrews after marrying William Andrews. If any of your readers have any information I am GaryLeigh Andrews who lives in Swindon because of the Railways. My Grandfather came here from Somerset via South Wales after the 1st World War. His name was Leonard Andrews. We have a Great Uncle Edgar who died in 1916 and has his name on the War Memorial in Burnham on Sea. If you do not have time to reply I totally understand but, if you do not ask you do not get Kind Regards Gary Andrews. E Mail glandrews@bt Internet.com
Hello Garry,
I’m pleased you contacted us as Chummie came to many of our Local History meetings and gave a talk about his railway experiences on one occasion. He was a lovely man and full of praise for his railway employment and experiences. I remember one of his comments was ‘ To tell you the truth I would like to go there now if I could’. We have an extract of his talk under the section a Railwayman Remembers on the Somerset & Dorset page. I will ask one of our members about the Dyer family as I know she is a distant relative to the newsagents article and hopefully she will get in touch with you.
I also have a photo of Chummie sat talking to one of his mates. If you would like a copy please let me know.
John
My Uncle Ron was an old man when I met him. My Grandfather and three more of his brothers were Railway men. Edgar sadly died just before the Somme catastrophe in 1916. He was a Foundry man. it shows he was Apprentice served in the Railways. My Grandfather was injured during the war and moved to Swindon sometime in the 1920s. He was a Coach builder and Decorator. He used to do the livery of the GWR Coaches and Wagons in Swindon until he retired in 1953. I did sign writing as a Hobby and never knew about my Grandad being a Professional Sign Writer. I guess you have heard of Bill Andrews. He too was a Copperplate Sign Writer in a Solicitors before becoming a Professional Cricketer for Somerset. His brother Cliff was also a Professional Cricketer playing for Hampshire. I met Bill many times, he was a big man as I remember. I never worked in the Railways in Swindon as they were rapidly declining in the 1970s so, I went to Vickers Armstrong as an Apprentice. I spent 50 years in Engineering and just recently retired. I climbed through the ranks and worked for a Company called Iscar Tools limited, UK. Good Company, good job, I miss it now. My Dad’s brother left me moments of his Railway days, they are tucked away in my garage. He was a Fireman on the Foot Plate. I will dig it out and see what there is. It was a lot of items.
William Henry Lock’s name was Wilfred not William.
I came across your site whilst researching soldiers from Berrow who are remembered on the brass plaque inside St Mmary’s Church, Berrow.
I can tell you that 2 soldiers, who are said to have no memorial mention, are indeed inscribed on this plaque. They are: Pte. Sidney John Harris and Sgt. Fred Norman Reg. No. 10446. Also on Berrow Church plaque are: Pte 14278 HG Yard(e) and Pte 28742 Alfred John Rawlings
Regards
Think I’ve updated the information that you have kindly provided. Thanks. ADW
Greetings from Ashtead, Surrey,
4th University and Public Schools Battalion/21st Royal Fusiliers had been billeted on our village in 1914. They were assigned to La Bassee canal, 21/11/1915 but disbanded 1/3/1916. Private P/S 4026 Charles Ashton Cordingley was then assigned for officer training to No. 3 Officer Cadet Battalion at Oxford University. His death came to be registered at Axbridge, 9/191, and appears in the CWGC list.
His parents were John Cordingley (1864 -1936) and Ellen Ashton (1865 – 1925).
All good wishes, Brian
Many thanks for your project. Would have never found Arthur Edward Sweet death with out it.
Have researched William Sweet Chimney Sweep Family from Burnham on Sea, almost complete genealogy.
Can be found on Ancestry.
Do you know where a copy of the obituary can be found?
If you let me have your email address I can forward his obituary to you.
On behalf of the Hampshire Constabulary History Society, I am researching the history of men of the Hampshire Constabulary who lost their lives during the two world wars. One of the names I am researching is Ernest Reginald Jackson, who was born in Burnham and appears on your website. I would be grateful if you could contact me to discuss Ernest, as I hope to be able to exchange some information about his service.
Derek
Thanks for your comments. I will help wherever I can, but most of what I know is on the website!
Alan
Is there any way to have the memorial pictured at the top in a way they can be copied or downloaded please
Martin
Sorry for ther delay but I have been away.
Tell me what you want specifically and I will send them if you contact my email directly.
The website is funded by The National Lottery so there can’t be any commercial element to it, so the photographs there are protected somehow (not sure how, though) As they were taken by me I have no objection to you have copies. Are you researching something specific or do you have a particular interest in a topic?