St. Mary’s Churchyard, Bishopstoke.
First World War
K/40031(PO) Stoker, 2nd Class F.G. Cawte – Royal Navy. Died 9th February 1917.
Frank George Cawte was the son of William and Mary Cawte from Twyford and the husband of Alice Emily Cawte of Weavills Road. Prior to his death, at the age of 37, Frank was a Stoker 2nd. class serving in HMS “Victory” which was the name assigned to the Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth. During WWI, there was a no repatriation policy for reasons of hygiene and logistics and men who lost their lives during the Great War lay where they fell, so those who are buried in the U.K. are very much in a minority. Frank Cawte is buried in Bishopstoke’s St Mary’s Church Cemetery in Church Road. The grave registration documents relating to Frank Cawte also mention Eastleigh Military Hospital, which was established in April 1915, as a Clearing Hospital. It is possible that Frank was transferred to this facility, in Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh, to be near his family.
Second World War
1679324 Gunner Edward George Buttler
119 Bty 49 LT A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
Died 26th. October 1946, aged 40
“In loving memory of my loving darling, resting where no shadows fall”
Son of William John and Eliza Buttler
Husband of Freda Rose Buttler of Eastleigh.
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2132388 leading A.C.W Florence Violet May Spreadbury
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
2nd. June 1946 age 22
Daughter of Ernest M. Spreadbury and Annie M. Spreadbury, of Eastleigh
She was dearly loved and is sadly missed, as the years go by, we shall remember her
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1852472 Sergeant Russell Clare Stedman Young
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 20 October 1943 Age 18 Son of Charles and Eva Young, of Bishopstoke.
He was in 12 Operational Training Unit in Bomber Command
(Took off Chipping Warden 2225, for a night training flight. The aircraft overshot the airfield, climbed to around 1,000 ft, rolled over and crashed at 2254 near Culworth, 16 m NW of Northampton. The bomber was engulfed in flames, and all the crew were killed.)
His brother, Kenneth Lincoln Young, R. Sussex Regt. also died on service. Was killed in Italy 1944 “IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE”
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D/J 44959 Royal Navy
Chief Petty Officer John Gordon Sarll
25th. February 1943 age 42
Husband of Anna Sarll, of Gosport
“WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR NUSI”
