LIEUT. W. ORMESHER
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Only W Ormesher on CWGC is Lieutenant William died 3 Dec 1915 age 28 (b 1887ish)
Born: Q4 1887 Stockport RD
[1901] 1 Becke St, Stockport: Henry Ormesherm h, m, 43, General Carrier, employer, Stockport
				Mary A, wife, m, 44, Salop, Cross Houses.
				Thomas, s, s, 18, Commercial traveller, Stockport
				Sarah, dau, 15, Stockport
				William, son, 13, Stockport
				Alice, daur, 11, Stockport

[1911] Secondary Schoolmaster, Blandford Secondary School b. Stockport, Cheshire, living in Blandford, Dorset.

Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 03/12/1915
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 16th Bn. attd. Royal Fusiliers
Panel Reference Panel 42.
Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Henry Ormesher, of 6, Woodbine Crescent, Stockport, and the late Mary Ann Ormesher.

Historical Information
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. However, the difficult terrain and stiff Turkish resistance soon led to the stalemate of trench warfare. From the end of August, no further serious action was fought and the lines remained unchanged. The peninsula was successfully evacuated in December and early January 1916.
The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave.
The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. The memorial bears more than 21,000 names.
There are four other Memorials to the Missing at Gallipoli. The Lone Pine, Hill 60, and Chunuk Bair Memorials commemorate Australian and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Twelve Tree Copse Memorial commemorates the New Zealanders at Helles. Naval casualties of the United Kingdom lost or buried at sea are recorded on their respective Memorials at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, in the United Kingdom.

[Medal Card] ORMESHER William: Lpool R S Lieut. Lpool R (att R Fus) Lt. V & B & 15 Deceased 7/12/15 D of W. Gallipoli 1/7/15. Father T J [possibly H] Ormeshher Esq, 6 Woodbine Crescent, Stockport.

ORMESHER William of the Grammar School Bridgworth Shrop-
shire lieutenant 16th Liverpool regiment died 3 December
1915 at sea from wounds received in action Probate London
5 February to Henry Ormesher carrier (retired).
Effects £334 17s- 6d. [Probate Calender]