Pvt Robert Phillips • Wareham

Private Robert Phillips

16609

7th Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Robert was born in 1897 in Cornwall and enlisted in the army at Penzance. 

While fighting on the Somme he was gassed and transferred back to the UK, probably to the hospital at Wareham. On 5th July 1916 he died as a result of gas poisoning. Hecwas just 19 years old.

He is buried in Wareham churchyard. He is also named on a memorial plaque in his home village of Towednack, Cornwall. 

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GRID REF: SY 92560 87261

K6 Kiosks • Wareham

Pair of K6 Telephone kiosks on the main thoroughfare through Wareham. 

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Private William Grace • Wareham

Remembering Sergeant William Grace (21503)

E Coy 13th Bttn Worcestershire Regiment

He died 4th June 1916. He was 41 years old. 

He is buried in Wareham, Dorset.

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GRID REF: SY 92590 87234