Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
Roll of Honour
M - Z
Captain
Charles Campbell May, M. I. D. "B" Coy. 22nd Bn. Manchester Regiment 1st July 1916, aged 27. Plot II. B. 3. Son of Major and Mrs. C. E. May, of New Zealand and London; husband of Bessie Maude Earles (formerly May), of 1, Rue Hwys Mans, Paris. |
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S/8267 Private
J. McIntosh
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916.
Plot II. G. 5.
J. McIntosh
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916.
Plot II. G. 5.
Second Lieutenant
Francis John Miller
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 19.
Plot III. O. 5.
Son of Joseph William and Eliza Miller, of "Sunnycroft," Penrith Rd., Boscombe, Bournemouth. Native of Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
Francis John Miller
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 19.
Plot III. O. 5.
Son of Joseph William and Eliza Miller, of "Sunnycroft," Penrith Rd., Boscombe, Bournemouth. Native of Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
Second Lieutenant
William Henry Ratcliffe
4th Bn. Attached. 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment.
1st July 1916.
Special Memorial 7.
Son of Thomas S. Ratcliffe, of The Sheiling, Cyprus Rd., Mapperley Park, Nottingham.
Picture courtesy of Sheryl Ratcliffe
William Henry Ratcliffe
4th Bn. Attached. 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment.
1st July 1916.
Special Memorial 7.
Son of Thomas S. Ratcliffe, of The Sheiling, Cyprus Rd., Mapperley Park, Nottingham.
Picture courtesy of Sheryl Ratcliffe
13617 Lance Corporal
Edwin Cyril Laffan Read
8th Bn. Norfolk Regiment.
1st July 1916.
Plot VIII. A. 3.
Edwin Cyril Laffan Read
8th Bn. Norfolk Regiment.
1st July 1916.
Plot VIII. A. 3.
16788 Private
Arthur Todd
18th Bn. The King's, (Liverpool Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Special Memorial 21.
Son of James G. and Agnes Maria Todd, of 68, Thornycroft Rd., Liverpool.
Originally buried at Vernon Street Cemetery, Carnoy.
Arthur Todd
18th Bn. The King's, (Liverpool Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Special Memorial 21.
Son of James G. and Agnes Maria Todd, of 68, Thornycroft Rd., Liverpool.
Originally buried at Vernon Street Cemetery, Carnoy.
Second Lieutenant
W. B. Todd-Naylor
8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
24th August 1916.
Plot I. A. 56.
W. B. Todd-Naylor
8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
24th August 1916.
Plot I. A. 56.
Second Lieutenant
E. S. Turner
116th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
21st August 1916.
Vernon Street Cemetery, Memorial 55.
E. S. Turner
116th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
21st August 1916.
Vernon Street Cemetery, Memorial 55.
Major
G. E. Venner
1st Bn. attached to 3rd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
8th July 1916.
Plot II. M. 3.
G. E. Venner
1st Bn. attached to 3rd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
8th July 1916.
Plot II. M. 3.
Captain
John Robert Walpole
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 34.
Plot VIII. N. 3.
Son of Sir Charles and Lady Walpole, of 4, Kensington Court, London. Native of Chobham, Surrey.
John Robert Walpole
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st July 1916, aged 34.
Plot VIII. N. 3.
Son of Sir Charles and Lady Walpole, of 4, Kensington Court, London. Native of Chobham, Surrey.
34977 Serjeant
Frederick Webber 10th Bn. Welsh Regiment 12th July 1916, aged 32. Plot VI. S. 4. Son of George and Martha Webber, of Ilfracombe; husband of Jane Gertrude Webber, of 14, Springfield Rd., Ilfracombe, Devon. Picture courtesy of Tony Webber |
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2505 Private
Cecil Carrick Wotton
29th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
23rd November 1916, aged 21.
Plot IX. P. 3.
A 21 year old gasfitter, he mobilised for War Service in August 1914 and embarked at Cairns, Queensland on 8 August 1914 for Garrison Duty on Thursday Island. On 14 August 1914 he enlisted for service outside Australia and embarked from Thursday Island on 16 August to take part in the capture of German New Guinea. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in September but returned to Townsville on 18 September 1914 not having participated in the capture of German New Guinea due to trouble caused by the firemen on the troopship. He was discharged on 18 September 1914 and enlisted in the AIF on 21 December 1914 and given the service number of 276. He embarked for overseas with A Company, 25th Battalion from Brisbane on 29 June 1915 aboard HMAT Aeneas but returned to Australia medically unfit on 25 September 1915. He re-embarked with service number 2505 with the 4th Reinforcements of the 29th Battalion from Melbourne on 14 March 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas. While undergoing further training in Egypt, he transferred to the 18th Company Australian Army Service Corps and went on to serve with the 5th Divisional Train in France. Pte Wotton was killed in action on 23 November 1916.
Cecil Carrick Wotton
29th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
23rd November 1916, aged 21.
Plot IX. P. 3.
A 21 year old gasfitter, he mobilised for War Service in August 1914 and embarked at Cairns, Queensland on 8 August 1914 for Garrison Duty on Thursday Island. On 14 August 1914 he enlisted for service outside Australia and embarked from Thursday Island on 16 August to take part in the capture of German New Guinea. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in September but returned to Townsville on 18 September 1914 not having participated in the capture of German New Guinea due to trouble caused by the firemen on the troopship. He was discharged on 18 September 1914 and enlisted in the AIF on 21 December 1914 and given the service number of 276. He embarked for overseas with A Company, 25th Battalion from Brisbane on 29 June 1915 aboard HMAT Aeneas but returned to Australia medically unfit on 25 September 1915. He re-embarked with service number 2505 with the 4th Reinforcements of the 29th Battalion from Melbourne on 14 March 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas. While undergoing further training in Egypt, he transferred to the 18th Company Australian Army Service Corps and went on to serve with the 5th Divisional Train in France. Pte Wotton was killed in action on 23 November 1916.
