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: 1901 Census
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
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