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James Alfred Ploughman

died 16th September 1916, aged 25
Private, 49th Canadian Infantry
James was born in Southampton and his parents lived at 353 Portswood Road. He was a farm hand before the war and joined the Alberta Regiment in Canada, on 3rd April 1915.
He died of wounds received at The Battle of the Somme and is buried in Ovilliers Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Harry Reginald Pope
died 27th May 1918, aged 26
Private, West Riding Regt & Durham Light Infantry
Harry had been a butcher living on Gordon Avenue with his parents, Edward and Rose. On the first day of the Battle of Aisne his Division was attacked with a massive artillery bombardment followed by poison gas and infantry – it was described as a disaster when they sustained huge losses. Harry was presumed killed. He is remembered at Terlincthun, France.

Frank Porter
died 23rd October 1918, aged 26
Private, 15th Hampshire
see page Frank Porter

Percival ‘Percy’ William Prince
died 23rd October 1918, aged 25
Guardsman, 3rd Grenadier Guards
see page Percy Prince

William Gordon R. Mac Redstone
died 7th April 1917, aged 18
Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy HMS Victory I
William’s father (also William) worked as a dock porter.
Victory I was the flagship and the name used for Portsmouth Barracks in WW1. His death was registered in Alverstoke (Gosport). William is remembered at the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery.

Alexander William Reid
died 4th March 1917, aged 20
2nd Lieutenant, 43rd Squadron RFC & 6th King’s Own Scottish Borders
Alexander was the son of an army Major and lived in Chandlers Ford. By the start of WW2, during which Alexander’s brother Joseph died, their mother had moved to Granby Grove, which is why he is remembered here. He is buried at Souchez, France

William Arthur Reynolds
died 29th October 1916
Lance Corporal, 2/8th Royal Warwickshire Reg’t
William was born in Portswood and had previously served in the Hampshire Regiment.
He died of his wounds and is buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension in Nord, France.

Albert Richards
died 19th April 1917, aged 22
Rifleman, 1/8th Hampshire (Isle of Wight Rifles)
see page Richards

Frederick Richards
died 18th July 1916, aged 26
Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery
see page Richards

Percival George Reddell
died 1918, aged 24
Stoker, Royal Navy
Percival was the younger brother of Frederick (also remembered here) and had a twin, Bertie. The family lived at ‘Alpha Villa’, Woodside Road, Portswood. Their father, Thomas, was a veteran of the Crimean. He died in Portsmouth in late 1918.

Frederick Robert Reddell
died 8th February 1917, aged 28
Leading Signalman, Royal Navy HMS Ghurka
Frederick’s father was a Crimean War Veteran. The family including younger brother Percival (also remembered here) lived at ‘Alpha Villa’, Woodside Road, Portswood.
Frederick was killed in action serving aboard the tribal class destroyer when she hit a mine and sank off Dungeness. Frederick is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Frederick George Kirk Saunders
died 1st June 1915, aged 57
Sergeant, Royal Fusiliers
Frederick was born in East India and originally joined the Armed Forces in 1874. Having lived for a time in Scotland with his wife and 3 children, he left for the Balkans in April 1915. A month later he was killed in action at Gallipoli. He is buried at Twelve Trees Copse Cemetery, Turkey.

Edward Sellers
died 3rd May 1917, aged 29
Corporal, Household Cavalry
Edward was born in Poole. The Household Cavalry battalion in which Edward served was formed from the reserve units of the Household Cavalry and the men had been re-trained as foot soldiers. Edward was killed in action, during one of the skirmishes in the Battle for Arras. He has no known grave but is remembered at Arras Cemetery, France.

Snowdon Stephen Clarke Smith
died 26th March 1917, aged 31
Private, Cheshire/Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Snowdon’s family lived at 57 Highfield Crescent, but he enlisted in London. He had been a carpenter/joiner for a house builder. He was killed in action during the attack on Ali Muntar Ridge overlooking the town in the 1st Battle for Gaza. He has no known grave but Snowdon is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial in Israel.

Alfred Gerald Squire
died 11th August 1918, aged 20
Lance Corporal, Hampshire & 1st Dorsetshire
see page Squire

William George Squire
died 22nd April 1917, aged 25
Private, 1st /4th Hampshire
see page Squire

Albert John Stone
died 16th October 1916, aged 21
Private, 2nd Wiltshire (Duke of Edinburgh’s)
see page Albert Stone