Frederick Donald Warner

On The morning of August 18th 1940 a detachment of soldiers from the 6th section of the 48th Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers were called to an incident near Hook railway station in Hampshire. An unexploded German bomb had fallen overnight into a brickyard adjacent to the track in Crown Lane, approximately a mile from the station. The bomb had to be defused quickly due to its location and the threat to the main line. Due to the amount of time that had passed since the bomb had come down the young engineers knew they were in grave danger but they pressed on regardless. They began to dig down to the bomb that had buried itself deep in the ground. While excavating the bomb it exploded killing 6 of the soldiers and severely injuring their NCO Lance Sergeant Button who was thrown a considerable distance by the blast. The dead soldiers were later interred at Aldershot Military Cemetery.

Also killed ;

Driver Charles Gaved - Son of Samuel Drew Gaved, and of Frances Caroline Gaved, of Ewell, Surrey.
Sapper Arthur Hill - Son of Arthur James Hill and Lily Hill, of Higher Merridge, Somerset.
Sapper Ralph Moxon - Son of Frederick William Edwin and Margaret Moxon, of Walthamstow, Essex.
Sapper Douglas Vince - Son of Frederick James Vince, and of Esther Vince, of Nunney, Somerset.
Sapper Arthur White - Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane White, of Laughton, Lincolnshire.