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Sidney Ware
Corporal Sidney William Ware Victoria Cross, VC (11 November 1892 – 16 April 1916) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Details Corporal Sidney William Ware, VC, was born in November 1892 at Whatcombe in the Parish of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. He was educated at the Church of England Boys' School, Whitchurch. He enlisted into the British Army on 29 November 1911. He served with the 1st Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) and was with his battalion at Agra in India at the start of the First World War in August 1914. His battalion, which was part of the Dehra Dun Brigade of the 7th (Meerut) Division, immediately went to Europe with the Indian Expeditionary Force A and landed in France in October, where it was in action almost immediately. Corporal Ware wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterborne Whitechurch
Winterborne Whitechurch is a village and civil parish in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs southwest of Blandford Forum. As calculated in the 2021 census, Winterborne Whitechurch currently has a population of 734. To contrast, in the 2011 census the civil parish had 354 dwellings, 331 households and a population of 757. History Evidence of prehistoric human activity in the parish consists of 7 barrows and a linear dyke known as Combs Ditch. The dyke was probably a boundary in the Iron Age but was subsequently modified until it had a more defensive purpose by the end of the Roman occupation. One of the barrows near the dyke was excavated in 1864; one cremation and four inhumations were found, as well as crude arrowheads within a bucket urn. There used to be at least five other barrows but these have been destroyed by more recent human activity. In 1086 in the Domesday Book Winterborne Whitechurch was recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |