WITHAM, William Herbert

Credit: CWGC

Corporal

B Company 1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

William was born 1885 in Carisbrooke to Joseph & Phillis (nee PHILPOT) WITHAM who were living at Quay Cottage in Newport around the time of William’s death. Previously the family had lived in Worsley Road in Newport.

William, aged 30, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 12th of August 1915. His body was not recovered or identified & so William is commemorated by the Commission on the Helles Memorial to the Missing in Gallipoli, Turkey together with 20,909 of his missing First World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

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.