Inscription
125771 GUNNER
T.F. OTTER
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
8TH MAY 1918 AGE 28
†
SLEEP ON DEAR ONE
AND TAKE THY REST
UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
Further Information
Thomas Flew Otter
Son of Thomas Flew Otter and Elizabeth Jane Otter (née Green), of Portland, Dorset.
Born : 1881, Portland, Dorset.
Married : 1907, Susannah Pearce Smith, Weymouth, Dorset.
Census Information :
1891 : Thomas and Elizabeth Otter, with their children including Thomas aged 9, are at 32 Grove Road, Portland, Dorset.
Thomas Otter is a Prison Warder.
1901 : Thomas and Elizabeth Otter, with their children including Thomas aged 19, are at C Quarters, Portland Prison, Portland, Dorset.
Thomas Otter sen. is a Prison Warder, Thomas Otter jun. is a Messenger at the Prison.
1911 : Thomas Otter jun. aged 30, is at Portland Prison, Portland, Dorset as a Prison Warder.
CWGC record ...
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorial(s) :
Parkhurst Camp Hill Prison Service Roll of Honour WW I casualties
[Thomas Otter is included only because the Memorial Scroll to the Prison Service was located in one of the Isle of Wight prisons -
he has no other known connection to the Isle of Wight.]
He is commemorated on the Portland War Memorial at Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset.
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