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DAVID JAMES NORTHOVER
Surname: NORTHOVER Forename: DAVID JAMES Initials: D J
Date of Birth
1885
Place of Birth Wimborne Place of Birth Source 1901 Census
Address
Previously Station Rd, Wimborne
Schools attended
Employment / trade 1901 Census shows him Errand Boy to surgeon. Place of work Family (parents and grandparents) Parents Richard and Hannah Maria Northover.
Spouse Name
No record of any marriage.
Notes Brother Ernest H Northover died 22/1/1919
Regiment at call-up Regiment at discharge Rank at call-up Drummer Service no at call-up
Date of attestation
-
Date of call-up
-
Area reported to Dorchester, Dorset Source www.ancestry.co.uk
Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details Second Battalion Dorsetshires Other rank Private Other service no 8336 Service facts 1911 Census shows him as one of a group of soldiers of 2nd Dorset Regiment, aged 23, single in Barracks Quarters, possibly in Ceylon or India.
Age at death 31
Date of death
26 Apr 1916
Regiment at death Dorsetshire Regiment Battalion at death 2nd Bn. Rank at death Private Circumstances of death He died three days before the capitulation of the garrison at Kut to the Turks.(www.cwgc.org.uk) Service no at death 8336 Field of action at death Mesopotamia Place of death Kut Iraq
Location of grave Kut War Cemetery, Iraq Position B7 Other memorials St. John’s Church, Wimborne
Town Memorial and named on plaque inside Wimborne Minster Newspaper Reference
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DAVID JAMES NORTHOVER
| Surname: | NORTHOVER |
| Forename: | DAVID JAMES |
| Initials: | D J |
| Date of Birth | 1885 |
| Place of Birth | Wimborne |
| Place of Birth Source | 1901 Census |
| Address | Previously Station Rd, Wimborne |
| Schools attended |
| Employment / trade | 1901 Census shows him Errand Boy to surgeon. |
| Place of work | |
| Family (parents and grandparents) | Parents Richard and Hannah Maria Northover. |
| Spouse Name | No record of any marriage. |
| Notes | Brother Ernest H Northover died 22/1/1919 |
| Regiment at call-up | |
| Regiment at discharge | |
| Rank at call-up | Drummer |
| Service no at call-up | |
| Date of attestation | - |
| Date of call-up | - |
| Area reported to | Dorchester, Dorset |
| Source | www.ancestry.co.uk |
| Naval vessels served | |
| Decorations and awards | |
| Other service details | Second Battalion Dorsetshires |
| Other rank | Private |
| Other service no | 8336 |
| Service facts | 1911 Census shows him as one of a group of soldiers of 2nd Dorset Regiment, aged 23, single in Barracks Quarters, possibly in Ceylon or India. |
| Age at death | 31 |
| Date of death | 26 Apr 1916 |
| Regiment at death | Dorsetshire Regiment |
| Battalion at death | 2nd Bn. |
| Rank at death | Private |
| Circumstances of death | He died three days before the capitulation of the garrison at Kut to the Turks.(www.cwgc.org.uk) |
| Service no at death | 8336 |
| Field of action at death | Mesopotamia |
| Place of death | Kut Iraq |
| Location of grave | Kut War Cemetery, Iraq |
| Position | B7 |
| Other memorials | St. John’s Church, Wimborne Town Memorial and named on plaque inside Wimborne Minster |
| Newspaper Reference |
Contact Us
Museum of East Dorset
23-29 High Street, Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 1HR
Tel: 01202 882533
Email: info@museumofeastdorset.co.uk
Funded By:
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