Lives of the First World War

David was born in Fulham in 1881, the son of John and Amelia Wiseman. His father was a bootmaker. In 1891, aged ten, he was living at 12 Pellant Road, Fulham, with his parents, an elder sister, two elder brothers and one younger brother. By 1901 his father had died and David, his widowed mother, his sister, one elder and one younger brother were still at the same address. David, now 19 was working as a Legal Clerk. His mother was still living in Pellant Road in 1914. David enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Regiment, Service No. Ps/6177, and later transferred to the “Z” Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No. G/55230. David Wiseman married Catherine (Kate) Jarvis in Horsham in 1917. The 1901 Census records that 12-year old Kate Elizabeth had been born in Brighton. She was living at 24 Belfast Street, Hove, with her parents, William M. & Mary, together with three younger brothers. Her father was a cab driver, who had been born in Marylebone. By 1911 Kate’s father had died. The family was still living at the same address in Hove. This Census states that Kate had been deaf since the age of four. David Wiseman died on 21st March 1918 at the age of 36 and is commemorated in the Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the Victory and the British Medals. His name is on the War Memorial and the screen in the Church Porch, but not on the Roll of Honour in the Church. On July 22nd 1918 Prudence M. Wiseman was born in Horsham registration district, four months after her father died. Prudence married Teddy Prisk in Redruth; there were no children. Kate never remarried and died in 1968 in Truro. Prudence died in Camborne in 1986.

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