HIRST, David William Dixon

Pidgeon Ravine Cemetery, FranceCredit: Gary Newman

Serjeant
2nd Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment

David was born 1885 in Middlesborough to George & Ellen (nee LAING) HIRST. He married Daisy Mary WOODCOCK who was living at ‘Highclere’ in Carisbrooke around the time of David’s death.

David was a regular soldier & in 1911 had been posted to Parkhurst Barracks. Amongst other battles, David fought at The Somme where he was Killed in Action, aged 32, on the 29th of September 1918. He is buried in Pigeon Ravine Cemetery in France beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription “UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”, chosen by his wife Daisy. David rests alongside 122 of his First World War comrades, 20 of whom remain unidentified.

David is also remembered on the Carisbrooke War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.