Not all of the war dead from Shirehampton have been commemorated on either the Park Hill war memorial or the memorial window in St Mary’s church. There were also casualties in Shirehampton during the blitz.
These are commemorated below.
World War One.
William Arthur Verier.
Private 4101, 1/6th Bn Gloucester Regiment
Killed in action Flanders 2nd October 1915
Born in Shirehampton, enlisted in Bristol.
Cecil Stewart Brown.
Private 14622, 12th Bn Gloucester Regiment
Killed in action Flanders 26th July 1916
Born in Shirehampton, enlisted in Bristol.
Herbert William Thomas Dungey.(my cousin)
Private 28822 1/4th Bn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry formally 8/10918 TR Bn
Died of wounds Flanders 13th August 1918
Born in Easton in Gordano, resident in Avonmouth. (Herbert actually died in France aged 19. CWGC Web site)
Walter Edgar May.
Lance Corporal 3/8503 Dorset Regiment formally 11684 Somerset Light Infantry.
Killed in action Flanders 1st July 1916
Born in Shirehampton.
Frederick Victor Young.
Private 38763 2/5th Ter Bn Gloucester Regiment
Killed in action Flanders 15th June 1918.
Born in Avonmouth.
Benjamin Harris.
Private 6002 6th Bn Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in action Flanders 16th September 1916
Born in Shirehampton, lived in Bridgwater, enlisted in Taunton.
George Phillips
Private 7601 8th Bn Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in action Flanders 27th November 1915
Born in Shirehampton, enlisted in Bristol.
James Brittle.
Private MS585 Royal Army Service Corp
Died Flanders 17th September 1914
Born and enlisted in Avonmouth, resident in Stirling, Scotland.
Reginald Colston Boyd.
Killed in action Ypres 2nd Sept 1917.
Alfred Pierce.
Killed in action France 21st March 1918 aged 28.
William Edward Bullock.
Private 11773 Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in action ?
Harold Millard Terry.
Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
Killed in action Oppey France 23rd June 1917 aged 33.
Ralph Ringrose
Gunner 825650, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action, Italy 4th October 1918 aged 25.
World War Two.
Leonard James Bunn
Sapper, 2113518, Royal Engineers
Killed on active service 21st August 1943 aged 28.
Buried in Shirehampton Cemetery.
Stanley Francis Hill
44th Reconnaissance Regiment.
Killed in Italy 8th September 1944 aged 22.
Arthur Russell Legge
Sub Lieutenant (Navigator) Fleet Air Arm.
Missing presumed dead over Japanese Territory June 1945.
Edgar Royston Carey Hunt.
Lieutenant RNVR.
Killed in action Dieppe 19th August 1942.
George "Scratch" Albert Hayfield.
Merchant Navy.
Killed North Atlantic 14th September 1942 aged 19.
Ronald Hayward.
Merchant Navy (SS Empire Mica).
Torpedoed 29th June 1942 aged 17.
Charles Walter Richings.
2nd Engineer SS Turakina
Sank by surface raider 20th August 1940 in the Tasman Sea.
Gilbert Ewart Ellis Long.
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force.
Killed 1st June 1945 aged 22, British Columbia, Canada.
Norman Matthews.
Royal Navy. HMS Repulse.
Sank 10th December 1941, Kuantan, Malaya.
Terence William Walsh.
Private 14203416, 6th Bn, Black Watch (The Royal Highland Rgt)
Died of wounds 21st March 1944, Rimini Italy.
Arthur Sidney Beatty.
Private 5678072, A Coy, 5th Bn, Wiltshire Rgt (Dispatch Rider)
Killed Caen, France July 1944 aged 29.
Robert Husher.
Sapper, Royal Engineers.
Reported Missing at sea 16th August 1943 aged 23.
Edgar Gordon Jolliffe.
1st Bn, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action France 13th June 1944 aged 20.
Raymond Walter Clarke.
Trooper 5193959, 5th Bn 107th Kings Own Royal Rgt. RAC.
Killed in action 8th August 1944 aged 20.
Clifford Randell.
Killed 14th November 1944, Belgium aged 28.
Charles Eric Larsen.
Pioneer Corp.
Died of wounds Algiers 17th July 1943 aged 24.
Carl Martin Larsen.
Merchant Navy, SS Matina.
Missing presumed drowned 24th October 1940 aged 62.
Father of Above.
William Sidney Holmes.
Bosun, Merchant Navy, Tanker Empire Oil.
Killed North Atlantic 14th September 1942 aged 66.
Owen Lukins.
Royal Artillery.
Killed in action, El Alamein 25th Oct 1942 aged 28.
Alfred William Holcombe.
Merchant Navy, Tanker Cadillac.
Lost at sea 1st March 1941 aged 17.
Kenneth Charles Sims.
Able Seaman D/JX223695, Royal Navy, HMS Hermes.
Lost at sea 9th April 1942.
William Arthur Legge
Lieut Commander, RNR. HMS Leigh.
Died 3rd April 1943 aged 60.
(Father of Sub/Lt A R Legge)
Bertram Thomas Coker
Lance Corporal 5729281, 5th Bn, Dorset Rgt (Mortar Platoon)
Killed Dover June 1942 aged 24.
Douglas Harold Elvidge.
Merchant Navy (SS Empire Mica).
Torpedoed 29th June 1942 aged 171/2 .
James Leonard Frederick Geater
Merchant Navy (MV Empire Steel).
Torpedoed 25th March 1942 aged 18.
R A Gillman.
Teacher Portway School?
Maurice A Griffin.
SAS? Possibly Executed?
M A Griffiths.
Royal Air Force
Kenneth S Hodges
Colour Sergeant.
Died while Japanese POW, 1945.
E G Howard.
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T Hudd
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L James.
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William John Jeffery
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William Kiernan.
Merchant Navy.
Died 1943-44 New York USA.
George Howard Nicholls
Royal Navy.
Accidentally killed in Holland 5th April 1945 aged 27.
Dennis G Rice.
Lance Corporal.
Killed on active service, Burma 11th October 1945.
L Richards
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Reginald Sidney Thomas.
Private 5729916, 2/7th Bn The Queens Royal (West Kent) Rgt.
Killed in action Salerno, Italy 19th September 1943 aged 25.
James Fred Day.
Royal Marines.
Killed in action aboard HMS Hood 24th May 1941 aged 19.
Donald Russell
Missing at Dunkirk 27th May to 4th June 1940 aged 18.
W Wallace.
Possibly killed aboard HMS Hood 24th May 1941.
Royston Brooks.
Sergeant Royal Tank Rgt. (Possibly 44th) Killed in action Middle East 1st June 1942 aged 23.
Ivor Thomas.
Trooper 5181309, 1st Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corp.
Died Tobruk, 1st December 1941 aged 30.
Gilbert John Tanner.
Petty Officer D/LX20801,Royal Navy, HMS Warwick
Killed 20th February 1944 aged 34.
Henry William Morgan.
Royal Marines.
Died 28th April 1945 aged 29 (Aspirin overdose)
Buried in Shirehampton Cemetery.
Robert Hutton.
Sergeant Pilot, Royal Air Force.
Killed 10th December 1940 aged 25.
Eileen M Thompson.
Aircraft Women 2nd Class 472374, WAAF
Died 2nd August 1945 aged 23.
Buried in Shirehampton Cemetery.
Frances Elsie May Clinker.
Leading Aircraft Women 2065275, WAAF
Died 4th March 1945 aged 22.
Buried in Shirehampton Cemetery.
Joseph Britton
5181475, Worcestershire Rgt.
Buried in Shirehampton Cemetery.
John Williams
Bomb Aimer, Royal Air Force.
Edwin George Arthur Phillips.
Able Seaman P/SSX26290, Royal Navy, HMS Enchantress.
Killed 19th January 1941 aged 21.
Alfred George Bond.
Able Seaman P/J100810, Royal Navy, HMS Prince of Wales.
Torpedoed 10th December 1941 aged 36.
Albert Ernest Edward Gunning.
Bosun, Merchant Navy, SS Sulaco.
Torpedoed 19th October 1940 aged 24.
Ernest Wheeler.
Merchant Navy.
Died aged 28.
George Frederick McLeod.
Merchant Navy.
Died Aged 18.
Mark Burns.
Gloucester Rgt.
Killed in Motor Cycle accident, Cornwall 17th February 1941.
Terrence Bubb
Telegraphist Royal Navy HMS Clacton.
Killed 31st December 1943.
J Baker.
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John Leslie Moloney.
14645799 1st Bn, Herefordshire Rgt.
Killed in action, Germany 1st April 1945 aged 19.
J Allen
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Walter Truman.
Petty Officer Stoker, Royal Navy, HMS Exeter.
Killed, Java Sea, 1st March 1942 aged 44.
Arthur E M Davis.
Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy HMS Dorsetshire.
Killed, Indian Ocean, 5th April 1942.
Air Raid Saturday March 29th 1941.
55 long range bombers carried out a sharp but not long raid on Avonmouth, it lasted nearly 13/4 hours. In Shirehampton a bomb damaged the Emergency Mortuary at the National School in Station Road, the Salvation Army Hall, the Police station buildings and a number of houses. Of the six people killed in this raid four including one woman belonged to the Forces. Six other folk were badly injured and 11 less severely.
Mr C Dixon wrote 5th March 1945 in reference to the bomb damage incurred to the National Schools
"A high explosive bomb fell just outside and killed two men"
Official list of killed March 29th and 30th.
UPHAM, George Henry (42) ARP Decontamination Squad at Park Road, Shirehampton, of 10 Chelwood Road, Shirehampton. **
UPHAM, Evelyn Mary (40) at Park Road, Shirehampton (George’s wife). **
HARRIS, Richard Charles (21) Ordinary Seaman Div.I HMS Ariguani. $$
SPARKES, W T (34) Coder HMS Caballa. $$
WEBSTER, Edna Constance (30) of 8 Rawlinson Road, Normanton, Derbyshire.
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WEBSTER R W (37) Sub Lieutenant HMS Ariguani in dock at Avonmouth. **
Died at Southmead Hospital 05/04/1941.
POMHREY, George William (40) Injured at Shirehampton Road 03/04/41. Lived at 8 Wydale Avenue, Coombe Dingle. & An ATS girl on 11/2 days leave to see Lt Webster, I think her husband.
** Killed at "The Greyhound" Park Road Shirehampton, a direct hit! $$ Killed by blast against the high stone wall opposite Gard’s shop, Pembroke and Station Roads. Gard’s and the National School damaged. School used as mortuary in war.
In Shirehampton cemetery is a family grave on which is:-
Hubert Collins aged 50. Enemy Action 11th April 1944 (at Bellevue Crescent, Cliftonwood (I think while fire watching) Lodged there with Shire family.
Air Raid April 11th/12th 1941(Good Friday).
11th/12th April 1941 (Good Friday) Bristol’s 6th Blitz. The last large scale raid on Bristol. Started about 10 o’clock, lasted about 13/4 hours and the all clear sounded 7 minutes to midnight, 13 minutes later a second raid started till 3:52am. This raid was far more serious.
A land mine fell at the back of houses in Priory Road, blowing them into the street. A piano was blown from the front room of one house, through a wall into the back room on the opposite side of the road. 5 killed.
Frederick George William, aged 70 at 43 Priory Road.
Emily Fermandell, aged 30 wife of William Arthur at 43 Priory Road.
William Arthur Fermandell, aged 4 (son?) at 43 Priory Road.
Alice Rowles, aged 22 at 45 Priory Road.
Private Albert Edward Fletcher, aged 24, Royal Army Medical Corp at 47 Priory Road.
Many thanks to the late Les Gray from Dursey Road, Shirehampton for his kind permission to publish the names on this page and other information on the various Shirehampton memorial pages. (Italics are my additions)
