In Memory of ROBERT WILLIAM WITT Private 23309 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment who died on 23rd October 1916. Age 36.
One of the 4 sons (Robert, Herbert, Alfred and Reginald) who died during the war – of Vincent & Sarah WITT of ‘Windy Ridge’ Abbotswell Road (the old cottage). In the 1901 census Robert is 21 years old and is listed as a worker at a powder manufacturer (Shultze).
Commemorative Information
GROVE TOWN CEMETERY Grave Ref. 1.P.9
This cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and contains 1,395 burials. Grove Town was a casualty clearing station set up to deal with the casualties from the Somme Battlefield.
Source – Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Notes
The Hampshire Regiment was on the Somme in 1916 and Robert was killed during the 1st Battle of the Somme. The 1st battalion of the Hampshire Regiment was part of the 4th Division and was involved in the Battle of Transloy from 1st to 8th September 1916.
Source – work done by Ann Sevier