The Flickr 15Thseptember1914 Image Generatr

Pte. Wells, V.C.

GREEN HOWARDS
Cpl. Ager, A.R. (M.M.)
Cpl. Skinner, F.H.
Pte. Dunnett, F
Pte. Farman, J.G.
Pte. Fuller, G
Pte. Scarlett, F.W.
Pte. Whybrew, W

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

Sergt. Austin, A.J.
Pte. Bugg, A.E.
Pte. Hill, A.B.
Pte. Potter, T.J.
Pte. Scoggins, H.W.
Pte. Stannard, W.H.
Pte. Watts, G.F.
Pte. Willoughby, P.H.

The R.SCOTS FUS.

Sergt. Pettitt, A.
Sergt. Taylor, W.S.
Cpl. Barrett, A.E.
Pte. Scarlett, G.B.

Abbreviations used.
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SDGW - Soldiers Died in the Great War

Ipswich was the Civil District for the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

For more on each name see the comments below

Edward W..Jarvis - R.N.
Sidney R.Savory - Norfolk Rgt
Thomas P.A.Ritchie - Rifle Brigade
William R.England - Norfolk Rgt
Herbert R. Clarke - Norfolk Rgt
William Lake R.F.A

The church of St Martin, Overstrand is home to three separate forms of memorial to the fallen of WW1 and WW2. Outside in the churchyard is the War Memorial, while inside the names are carved on a wooden panel. Beneath the panel there are two bound books, one for each conflict. Each name remembered receives a small potted biography which I take no shame in reproducing here.

Norlink - Norfolk County Archive Picture Library
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War

Not on the War Memorial, but remembered separately in the church with a plaque.

In memory of
Mark Haggard
Captain 2nd Welsh Regiment
Died of his wounds in France
September 15th 1914.

HAGGARD, MARK
Rank: Captain
Date of Death: 15/09/1914
Age: 38
Regiment: Welsh Regiment, 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference I. G. 11.
Cemetery VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Bazett Amy and Haggard, of Kirby Cane Hall, Kirby Cane, Bungay, Suffolk; husband of Elizabeth Shuldham (formerly Haggard), of Rheola, Neath, Glam. Born in Norfolk.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/323056/HAGGARD,...

No match on Norlink

There is a web-page dedicated to Captain Haggard, including a picture.

If I say "Stick it, Welsh!", most of you will recognise this as the motto, written in gold lettering, above the clock at Maindy Barracks. This was paid for by Col Alfred Donald the Mackintosh and Mrs Mackintosh, who lived at Cottrell, near Bonvilston. Their donation was in honour of Captain Mark Haggard of the 2nd. Bn. The Welsh Regiment, who is said to have used these words of encouragement on 15th. September 1914, shortly before he died of wounds..
Captain Haggard was the 3rd son of Bazett Michael Haggard, sometime H.M. Commissioner for the island of Samoa, and a nephew of the novelist Sir Rider Haggard. Born on 30th January 1876 at Kirby Cane Hall, Bungay, Norfolk, he was educated at Fauconberge, Beccles and admitted to Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1894, from where he obtained a B.A. in 1899.
After university, he served with the City of London Imperial Volunteers, the Inns of Court Cyclists, in South Africa in 1900, and then joined the Welsh Regiment as a 2nd. Lieutenant on 13th October. He had seen action near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill for which he received the Queen’s Medal with clasps.
Subsequently, he served in India, where he attended the Coronation Durbar at Delhi on the 1st January 1903. He was gazetted Lieutenant on 13th September 1903, and then saw service with the regiment in South Africa. On 3rd. May 1910 he was appointed Adjutant of the 1/5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Territorial) at Cardiff and became a Captain on 1st January 1911. He was an all-round sportsman, described as having a wonderfully strong build, being fond of football, weight lifting, and polo and was a light-weight boxer at Cambridge and in the Army.
On he 15th October 1913, he married Doris Elizabeth, the elder daughter of Colonel Edwards Vaughan of Rheola House in the Vale of Neath, a house that I visited several times when I lived nearby during the 1970s when it was a training centre for the Aluminium Works. Unfortunately, I didn’t then know of the connection with Capt Haggard.
The 2nd. Battalion the Welsh Regiment was mobilized on the 4th August 1914, as soon as war was declared, and Mark Haggard of "B" Company, was one of the 27 officers, 1 warrant officer and 978 other ranks who left Southampton with the battalion on the 12th. August, aboard the "Braemar Castle", bound for Le Havre. After a journey, first in open trucks and then on the march, which took them towards Lt. Gen. Douglas Haig’s troops, east of the Sambre, they were ordered to entrench on 23rd. August. Eight miles to the north west, the Battle of Mons was raging, and the next day they were ordered to retire to Crois. The retirement became a retreat, undertaken in terrible heat as they crossed the Aisne and the Marne, finally halting on the 5th September at Rozoy, having covered about 240 miles from the 22nd August.
Despite this, the regimental history says that when they received the order to march forward to the Marne, they "fell in like new recruits, eager to be off". On 12th, the Battle of the Aisne began, with the Welsh as the advance guard of 1st Division. The weather had changed by the time they reached Longueval, it was bitterly cold and the rain was torrential. No one had time to wash or shave, and officers and men were dirty and bearded, Captain Rees, in his description of them called them a "disreputable gang", but they pushed on with determination.
Orders for the 14th stated that the "Army will continue the pursuit tomorrow at 6.00a.m. and act vigorously against the retreating enemy". They were to fight for possession of a strong position towards the Chemin des Dames, and the Welsh, along with the S.W.B. pushed north-west from Moulins, and established themselves on the slopes of Beaulne Spur.
Finding his company held up by a German machine gun, Mark Haggard took 3 men and charged it, outrunning the men by 30 yds. One of his men had been killed and another badly wounded, Captain Haggard managed to shoot several Germans before falling wounded. He called back to Lance Corporal Fuller*, "I’m done, get back" an order that Fuller at first obeyed, but then risked his own life as he returned to the Captain and carried him back to the lines.
Although badly wounded, it is said that Mark Haggard cheered his men on, shouting the immortal words, "Stick it the Welsh!" much as Capt. Lomax, adjutant of 1st Welsh had shouted "Come on the good Old Welch!" During the Boer War. Corporal Abbott, who had been nearby said "We would undoubtedly have been mown down. I witnessed the whole incident and I am proud to have had such a thoughtful officer. Sooner than the company should suffer, he took upon himself this daring work".
Finally, Captain Haggard, aged 38, died of his wounds the next day, and is buried at Vendresse British Cemetery, Chivy, Aisne, France , Plot 1, Row G, Grave 11.
*Fuller was later awarded a Victoria Cross for his action.
www.powell76.talktalk.net/CaptMarkHaggard.htm

Lance Corporal William Charles Fuller, 433, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Gazetted 23 November 1914.
William was born in Newbridge Road, Laugharne on 24 March 1884, the son of William and Mary Fuller of Laugharne. As happened a lot at the time, William and Mary moved with their young family to Swansea, where William senior worked in Swansea Docks. William joined the Army in 1902, serving in the Boer War with the Welsh Regiment. He was recalled from the Reserve in August 1914, and went to France with the 2nd Welsh, where he won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard who had fallen wounded during an attack on Chivy Ridge. William carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to
a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Capt Haggard asked
William to fetch his rifle from where he'd fell, as he didn't want the enemy to
get it, and William managed to do this. With the help of two others, they
managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a
First-Aid dressing station. William remained with Haggard until he died, his
last words being 'Stick it, Welch.' After Haggard died, William attended to
two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded. (Lt. the Hon
Fitzroy Somerset and Lt. Richards.) The barn came under heavy fire and the
wounded men and officers were evacuated. Later it was raised to the ground with shell-fire. On 29 October William was wounded whilst dressing the wounds of Private Tagge, a fellow soldier. Shrapnel entered his right side, twelve inches in up to his shoulder blade and came to rest on his right lung. After being evacuated from Ypres, he was sent to the United Kingdom, to Swansea Hospital where they operated, removing the shrapnel. The London Gazette Citation of 23 November 1914 read:
'For conspicuous gallantry on 14th September 1914 near Chivy on the Aisne, by advancing about 100 yards to pick up Captain Haggard, who was mortally wounded, and carrying him back to cover under very heavy rifle and machine gun fire.' William was given a home posting, after his recovery, as a recruiting Sergeant in Wales for the duration of the Great War. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society for Lifesaving after the war, for attempting to save a child from drowning at Mumbles, and during WW2 he served in the Swansea Home Guard. After his death, aged 90, on 29 December 1974, William Fuller was buried in Oystermouth Cemetery, Mumbles. William Fuller was the first Welshman to receive the Victoria Cross of the 1914-1918 conflict.
www.tinshedexperience.co.uk/laugharnes-never-to-be-forgot...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Charles_Fuller

Mark also appears on the Bradenham War Memorial, next to a Captain Rider Lancelot Haggard of Bradenham Hall, who I suspect is another relative of Rider Haggard.
www.breckland-rollofhonour.org.uk/bradenham.html

He is also remembered in the Church at Ditchingham.
www.fairhead.org.uk/albert/ditchinghamthatiknew.pdf

Panel 4

Noel Todd

Name: TODD, NOEL AUSTEN
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn. Secondary Regiment: East Surrey Regiment Secondary Unit Text: formerly 6th Bn.
Age: 29 Date of Death: 27/08/1917 Service No: 243360
Additional information: Son of Elmira Elizabeth Todd, of 33, Kingsley Rd., Norwich, and the late Charles Edgar Todd.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. A. 26. Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=630498

No match on Norlink

The 13 year old Noel A Todd, the only one on the 1901 census for England and Wales, was born Norwich and is recorded at 69 Mount Pleasant in the Parish of Eaton St Andrew. This is the household of his parents, Charles E Todd, (aged 43 and a master tailor from Norwich), and Elissa (possibly as its heavily overwritten). Their other children are:-
Leonard……………….aged 14.……………born Norwich
Marjorie………………aged 9.……………..born Norwich
Nora W……………….aged 8.……………..born Norwich

On the 1891 Census the family were living at 6 Park Lane, Norwich. Again, unfortunately, Noel’s mother’s name is difficult to decipher and might by Elvina(?). There is no trace of any of the children’s baptismal records on any of my normal search sites.

in The Long Road to Baghdad by Edmund Candler, “Late Official ‘Eye-Witness’ in Mesopotamia”, which was published in 1919. An offensive had been opened on 13 December 1916 leading to the capture of Baghdad from the Turks in March 1917. In September of that year it was decided to occupy Ramadi in order to complete a blockade of the enemy from the south, cutting off a road from the Lower Euphrates by which supplies were getting through to the Turks.

The War Diary records on 30 September 1917 that the health of the battalion had been severely tested by the previous fortnight’s operation, 102 other ranks having been admitted to hospital since it marched out of Karradah exclusive of sick and wounded. 124 soldiers were hospitalised in Bagdhad.
www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/Ashtead-War-Memorials/...
Disease was to take a great toll than battle for many units in this campaign..

Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3 June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. The accommodation for medical units on both banks of the Tigris was greatly increased during 1916 and in April 1917, seven general hospitals and some smaller units were stationed there. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=69100&...

George Wilkinson

99 possibles on CWGC.

No match on Norlink

There are at least 5 George Wilkinson’s of a likely age to have served in WW1 and with a direct Norwich link on the 1901 Census. To add to the choices, the one with the most obvious geographic connection to St Peter Mancroft is the one with the weakest link to Norwich.

That’s the 20 year George, (born Felthorpe and currently employed as a Carter M R (Midland Railway?)). He can be found as a boarder at Chantry Road, Norwich, in the Parish of St Peter Mancroft. This is the household of Harriet Hunt, a widow from Poringland. Living with her are her two spinster daughters, a great niece and one other boarder. On the 1891 census, the same individual is recorded with his parents at Cottage by Taverham Road, Felthorpe. They are George, (aged 42 and an Agricultural Labourer from Swannington), and Eliza, (aged 43 and from Felthorpe). Sibling is sister Mabel A. (aged 3 and born Felthorpe)

Others possible from the 1901 census include
- the 14 year old George, born Norwich and living at 113 Pottergate Street and employed as a “Riddler - Boot Grade”. This is the household of his parents, Albert, (aged 38 and a Fish Merchant from Norwich), and Emma, (aged 38 and from Norwich). Siblings are Albert, (aged 16 and a Fish Merchant), Charles, (aged 12) and Emma, (aged 10) - all from Norwich.

- the 11 year old George, born Norwich and recorded at 21 Newbegins Yard, St Marys Plan. This is the household of his parents, Daniel, (aged 44 and a Bootmaker from Sprowston, Norwich), and Ellen, (aged 42 and a Rag Sorter from Blofied). Sibling is Agnes, (aged 9 and from Norwich).

- the 8 year old George, born Norwich and recorded at 3 Wheelhouse Opening in the parish of St Phillips, Heigham. This is the household of his parents, James, (aged 42 and a housepainter from Norwich), and Ellen, (aged 42 and from Norwich). Siblings are Alice, (aged 11), Arthur, (aged 15 and working as a Laundry Boy) and Ellen, (aged 18) - all from Norwich.

And finally the 2 month old George, born Norwich and recorded at 101 St Leonards Road, in the Parish of St Matthews, Thorpe Hamlet. This is the household of his parents, George W, (a 33 year old Tram Car Driver from Corpusty), and Harriet, (aged 33 and from Cawston), Siblings are Florence, (aged 7), Edward, (aged 5), Gertrude, (aged 4) and Reginald, (aged 2) - all from Norwich.

By the time of the 1911 census, the two oldest George’s no longer appears to be recorded. The one from Newbegins Yard appears to still be in Norwich, as does the one from Wheel House Opening, (athough now listed as George Self Wilkinson). The youngest George is also in Norwich. There are a few more matches, but they all seem to have George as a middle name rather than a first name.

There are baptismal records for various George Wilkinsons throughout the 1880’s and 1890’s, but none at St Peter Mancroft.

Even with this information, there is no obvious candidate on the CWGC database.

Laurence C Wilson

Probably
Name: WILSON, LAURENCE CECIL
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/08/1915
Additional information: Son of Cecil and Annie M. Wilson, of High House, Thorpe. Grave/Memorial Reference: In South-West part. Cemetery: THORPE-NEXT-NORWICH (ST. ANDREW) CHURCH CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2802347

There is a 2nd Lt L C Wilson on Norlink
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
Second Lieutenant Wilson died of his wounds, 12th August 1915.

The 5 year old Laurence C. (born Woodford Green, Essesx), can be found on the 1901 census at Heathside, Norwich. This is the household of his parents, Cecil, (aged 36 and an Electrical Engineer from Mitcham, Surrey), and Annie M. (aged 34 and from Clapham Park). Their other children are:-
Gerald H………………….aged 2.…………………….born Norwich
Hazel T……………………aged u/1.………………….born Norwich
They also have 5 live in servants - a Cook, two housemaids, a nursemaid and a nurse.

Lt Green is also listed on the Thorpe Green War memorial
www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/2214802197/

As Lt Wilson was buried in the UK, it is likely that he had been medically evacuated back to Britain. As none of the records associate him with a particular battalion, there is even the possibility that he was on secondment to another unit, although given his age its still likely his is a wartime commission.

I can find no record of 2nd Lt Wilson in the London Gazette.

Leonard Winch
Possibly
Name: WINCH, LEONARD HECTOR
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment Unit Text: "A" Coy. 10th Bn.
Age: 23 Date of Death: 02/11/1916 Service No: 33116
Additional information: Son of Edwin Francis and Ciara Eliza Winch, of Town Farm House, Attleborough, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. R. 27A. Cemetery: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=85408

Wimereux was the headquarters of the Queen Mary's Army Auxilliary Corps during the First World War and in 1919 it became the General Headquarters of the British Army. From October 1914 onwards, Boulogne and Wimereux formed an important hospital centre and until June 1918, the medical units at Wimereux used the communal cemetery for burials, the south-eastern half having been set aside for Commonwealth graves, although a few burial were also made among the civilian graves.
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=8200&a...

The only Leonard Winch with a Norfolk connection on the 1901 census for England & Wales is a 4 year old Leonard H. born Truro, Cornwall and now resident at 64 Chapelfield Road, Norwich, in the Parish of St Peter Mancroft. This is the household of his parents, Edwin F, (aged 38 and Chief Constable of Norwich from Savernake (?) Wiltshire), and Clara E, (aged 38 and from Papworth, Cambridgeshire). Their other children are:-
Edith A…………………………aged 14.……………born Oldham, Lancashire
Harold G………………………..aged 6.……………..born Truro, Cornwall
Lilian D…………………………aged 2.……………..born Norwich

No match on Norlink

Given L\Corporal Winch burial place, I can only assume he died from wounds received earlier. The 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment was part of the 21st Division, which includes amongst its battle honours, Battle of Le Transloy. 1-18 Oct 1916, including the capture of Eaucourt l’Abbaye, Le Sars and the attacks on Butte de Warlencourt
warpath.orbat.com/divs/21_div.htm

Thomas Wright

137 Possibles give or take the odd Tim or Theodore - and dear reader, apart from one Kings Lynn man, not one of them has anything to connect them to Norfolk. The only Norfolk Regiment man is a Tim Wright.

No match on Norlink

1901 Census - 5 possibles with a Norwich connection.

Age 2.@ 3 Wellington Square. St Giles. Born Norwich. Parents Thomas W & Alice
Age 2 @ 20 Home Street, St Bartholomew, Born Norwich. Parents Albert & Mary
Age 8 @ 4 Felmongers Yard, St Martins at Oak. Born Norwich. Parents John & Lydia
Age 15 @ Boarding school in Bury St Edmunds. Born Norwich. (Thomas H G)
Age 23 @ 39 West Pottergate Street, St Phillip. Born Wymondham. Parent Elizabeth

1891 Census
No obvious match for the boarding school individual.

1911 Census - However he is back in Norwich and recorded as Thomas Henry Gordon.

There doesn’t appear to be any on-line research done into the Bury St Edmunds Grammar Roll of Honour.

Baptism.
St Stephens on 17/10/1900. Thomas William born 26/11/1897. Parents Thomas William, (Street Hawker) and Rosa Amelia. Residing at Nicholas Street.
On the 1901 Census, Rosa, (aged 23, born Diss), is recorded along with her husband T William Wright, (aged 24 and a Fruit Hawker from Sunderland) at 59 Nicholas Street in the Parish of St Stephens. Their children includes a William, (aged 3, born Norwich), as well as May, (aged 2) and Maud, (under 1).

Unfortunately still no closer - none of the William T’s on the CWGC has an obvious Norfolk connection, and there are 424 potential W Wright matches.

John T Yarde

Possibly (the only John)
Name: YARDE, JOHN TRISTRAM
Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Bedfordshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn.
Age: 24 Date of Death: 21/09/1918
Awards: M C and Bar, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of John Edward and Bessie Beresford Yarde, of 7, Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford. J.T. Yarde was Head of Bedford School and Captain of Boats; he also rowed for Christ's College, Cambridge.
Grave/Memorial Reference: CC. 48. Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=653623

No match on Norlink

John “Tristiam” Yarde, according to the Genes Reunited transcriber, is down as being born London circa 1895 and now resident Bedford on the 1911 census. There is no John Yarde with a Norwich or Norfolk connection on either the 1901 or 1911 census., The same individual, recorded as John T. Yarde on the 1901 census, is living at “Rochdale”, Granville Road, Sevenoaks, Kent. This is the household of his parents, John E W, (aged 39, born London and living on own means), and Bessie B, (aged 32, born Frinchinopoly, Madras). Their other children are:-
Gilbert T…………………………..aged 5.……………..born Sevenoaks
Leslie B……………………………aged u/1.…………..born Sevenoaks
The Yarde’s also had three live in servants - a Cook, Parlourmaid and Nurse.

There is no-one at all with the surname Yarde recorded in Norfolk on the 1911 census.

On the 1891 census, the father John E W is recorded staying as a visitor in a house in Shoreham. His marital status is given as single and his profession as a Solicitor. His place of birth is given as St Pancras, London.

John Edward W Yarde was married at Kensington in the July to September 1893 quarter.. However, the index of marriages at this time did not give partner’s surname, nor can I find anything on the transcription of the Kensington parish records for him. As his wife was born in India, I was trying to identify whether her parents retired to Norwich, but I seem to have run into a brick wall.

John Yarde was the Head Boy at Bedford School, the Captain of Boats and rowed for Christ's College, Cambridge before war broke out. After the war his intention was to join the church - a vocation he sadly never got to fulfil.

This highly respected officer joined the 5th Battalion when war broke out, trained with them in 1914 and 1915, sailed for Gallipoli with them in July 1915 and made it all the way through the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns earning 2 Military Crosses along the way. In one of the wars many sad ironies he was killed during the final battle against the Turkish Army at Megiddo, less than 6 weeks before the end of the war.
During the Battalions baptism of fire 15th August 1915, Lieutenant Yarde was badly wounded yet refused to leave the Battalion until they were relieved two days later.
Lieutenant Yarde recovered and is mentioned by name several times in the War Dairy, including a secret mission on 29th September 1916. A mixed party was to sail to Jedda to assist King Hussein of Hedjaz, but the King changed his mind and would not allow the British force to land once they arrived. The Battalion history remarks that none of them were "the worse for a very nice little trip up and down the Red Sea" when they returned.
At the 3rd battle at Gaza Captain Yarde led B Company in the successful attack against the fortified city.
On the 21st December 1917, he led B Company in a midnight bayonet charge against Yafa Hill without artillery support. Although the defenders fought well, his leadership and the determination of his Company caused the enemy to bolt. For this assault and his outstanding leadership, John was awarded the Military cross, which was gazetted in the London Gazette 26th March 1918.
Towards the end of the war, in September 1918, Captain Yarde was the commander of 3 fighting patrols including Private Samuel Needham's unit when he won the Victoria Cross in September 1918. He himself won a bar to his Military cross (a second MC) during the engagement that saw them badly outnumbered yet fight their way out of encirclement.

Captain Yarde's second MC was shown in the London Gazette 15th February 1919.

At the Battle of Megiddo, the final battle of the war for the Bedfords, he was seriously wounded during intense shelling on 19th September 1918, and died at Casualty Clearing Station 76 in Ludd 2 days later, aged just 24. John was the son of John Edward and Bessie Beresford Yarde of 7, Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford.
He was described on page 342 of the Battalion history as "a gallant officer who was a great loss to the Battalion, as he had gone out with them from England". The following month, Turkey capitulated and the war in that part of the world ended.
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/5thbn/5thbtnofficersdied.html

He also gets a mention on the Bedford St Andrews Roll of Honour
www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/BedfordStAndrews.html


Arthur Youngs

Name: YOUNGS, ARTHUR
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 22 Date of Death: 19/07/1916 Service No: 13439
Additional information: Son of Mrs. M. A. Youngs, of 24, Bethel St., Norwich, and the late E. J. M. Youngs.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1556625

No match on Norlink

The 6 year old Arthur E., born Docking, is recorded on the 1901 census at 13 Roaches Court, Norwich, in the parish of St Giles. This is the household of his parents, Edward M, (aged 47 and a Shoemaker from Norwich), and Martha A., (aged 34 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Edward G…………………aged 1.………………..born Norwich
Matthew G………………..aged 4.………………..born Docking, (also amongst the fallen - see below)
Rose G……………………aged 9.…………………born Norwich

Wednesday 19th July 1916. Day 19

Delville Wood

Fighting continued in Delville Wood all day. 53 Bde (18th Div) had been sent to reinforce 9th Div. 8th Norfolks attacked from south west of Longueval at 7am and occupied the southern part of Delville Wood. The 10th Essex, 6th Royal Berkshire Regt and 8th Suffolks were sent to the attack with little success.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=9058

(6th Royal Berkshire War Diary for the day
3.30AM - Bn arrived at S22d Valley. CO rejoined with orders which were read and explained. Bn ready to move off at 4AM.
5.14 - Norfolks report Zero time to be 6.15AM.
5.40 - Norfolks commence to move off towards LONGUEVAL which was over a mile off. Enemy shell road to LONGUEVAL with field guns. Long halts cause delay and congestion in road.
7.5 - No 13 Platoon D Coy Berks moves off as leading platoon of the Bn. Enemy shelling road heavily with guns of all calibre. Many casualties from shell fire. Norfolks not yet attacked though barrage lifted.
9.0 - Entrance to village reached.
9.49 - B9 stating Barrage will lift at 11AM received.
10.50 - BM12 " " " " 11AM by 50 yards a minute received.
11.40 - Norfolks report S portion of wood clear. Battn starts to move on to wood.
11.55 - Bn in position in S portion of wood and in touch with Essex on right but very weak owing to heavy losses from shell fire. MG opened fire on to the leading platoons of D Coy from the NW corner of the Southern half of wood. This gun had not been reported by Norfolks.
NOON - CO arranged for rebombardment to start at 1pm for 30 minutes and for assault to take place after.
1pm - Heavies falling short among our own men. Shrapnel bursting short.
1.30pm - Barrage lifted. It was impossible to tell that a bombardment was on as the rate of fire was so slow and Coys had to be informed that it was time to attack. Germans brought heavy barrage on PRINCES ST line and opened with MGs on advancing troops. D Coy unable to advance owing to MG from a house somewhere on their left. C & B advanced about 150yds but suffered heavy casualties and were finally forced to drop back to the lines PRINCES ST where they started to dig in.
1.50 - Owing to heavy fire on working parties AC & B Coys forced to retire to original line - about 80 yds S of PRINCES ST.
2.15 - Coys ordered to consolidate on the line they hold. Bde calls for situation - reported verbally see back of message B729.
2,36 - Situation explained to Suffolks and Stokes Gun asked for but not received.
3.5 - Situation explained to Bde. MGs sent into the line proposed to hold. 4 guns under 2Lt Gilbert.
3.37 - Situation sent to Bde - work of consolidation of the line 120yds S of PRINCES ST complete. Efforts being made to deepen the line 40yds S of PRINCES ST.
4.10 - Preparations complete for further effort to advance on our left but owing to inability to get in touch with Suffolks on left advance was impossible. Reported to Brigade.
4.45 - Our heavies dropping short and causing casualties among our own men. Reported to Brigade.
5.30 - Situation reported to Brigade.
6.45 - Casualties reported to Brigade.
8.40 - Situation reported to Brigade.
9.40 - 2Lt GC Hollis arrived with details of arrangements for attack by RW Fus at dawn - circulated to other Battns for information.
9.50 - German counter attacked on left edge of wood and in the village - rifle and machine gun fire for ten minutes - attack apparently driven off.
10.40 - Details of new attack received from Bde
10.45 - Details of change in dispositions received from Norfolks and arrangements made to comply with this.
10.50 - BM45 received from Bde and timed at 8.45pm. As Norfolks message was later and after conference with Essex it was decided to act on the Norfolks information. Wires to Brigade all broken.
11.50 - Heavy shelling by Germans.
www.thewardrobe.org.uk/wardiary.php

Hezekiah Youngs

Probably
Name: YOUNGS Initials: H E
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) Unit Text: 20th Bn.
Age: 25 Date of Death: 16/07/1917 Service No: 679215
Additional information: Son of Hezekiah Youngs and the late Elvera Youngs. Born at Norwich, England.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 10. Cemetery: AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=259388

(at least one alternative but check Canadian records first)

There is a baptism record for a Hezekiah Edward, who was baptised on the 6th December 1891 at St Peter Mancroft. His date of birth is given as 29th August 1891, and his parents are John, (a Labourer), and Sarah who live at Austin Court, Bethel Street. Given the census information and the Canadian enlistment details below, I wonder if this is a transcription error. Hezekiah still appears on the 1911 census as being in Norwich.

On the 1901 census the 9 year “Hegeziah” is recorded at Bells Court, in the parish of St Peter Mancroft. This is the household of his parents Hezekiah, (aged 48 and a Bricklayers Labourer from Norwich), and Elvira, (aged 43 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Florence E……………aged 12.…………born Norwich
Ruth…………………..aged 2.…………..born Norwich

There is no other likely match for the individual who was christened at St Peters Mancroft.

There is no clear match on the immigration records for Hezekiah heading west, but courtesy of the Canadian National Archives, we can find out a bit more, as his enlistment papers are on line.
Front sheet.
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e...
Back page
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e...

Hezekiah Edward Youngs, born Norwich, Norfolk Rngland on the 29th August 1891, was currently residing at 113 Bathurst Street, Toronto, at the time of his enlistment on the 31st January 1916 in that city. He was a Labourer by trade, and he gave his next of kin as his father, Hezekiah Edwards Youngs of 137 Essex Street, Norwich. He was single, and had no previous military experience.

On the medical page he is described as 5 feet, 4 and threequarter inches high. He was of a dark complexion, with brown eyes and dark brown hair.

From the Canadian Roll of Honour
www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/collections/books/bww1/ww1355.jpg

From the War diary of the 20th Battalion.

16-7-1917. Our patrols were all in and the line in front of the Gas projectors cleared by 2.00 am. Quiet during the day except for occasional bursts of T.M’s, (Trench Mortars) to our front line. Battalion relief by 22nd Battalion commenced 10.30 pm and carried out quickly. Found 5 tons of enemy explosives in cellar at N.7. c.1.9.
At 2.30 am this morning, gas was projected on enemy lines in front of our battalion area by “B” Special Coy, RE.
The enemy at once put up a large number of flares and opened fire on front lines and COLLEGE trench with Trench Mortars, 77s, MMs and 4.18s.
His M G fire was nil.
In front line we has one Lewis Gun and crew wiped out by a direct hit.

Matthew Youngs

Name: YOUNGS, MATTHEW GEORGE
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 20 Date of Death: 23/07/1916 Service No: 3/7502
Additional information: Son of Mrs. M. A. Youngs, of 24, Bethel St., Norwich, and the late E. I. M. Youngs.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1556626

See brother Arthur above for family details from the 1901 census

Sunday 23rd July 1916. Day 23

Today saw the commencement of the Battle of Pozieres Ridge. It was also the day on which the first attack was made on Guillemont. Both battles would last until September.

High Wood

At 10pm on the 22nd, the 5th Div’s 13 Bde attacked Wood Lane Trench, which ran south east from High Wood to Delville Wood. Caught in the light of German flares the Bde suffered heavy casualties from machine guns sited in High Wood and withdrew. Reinforced by two battalions another attempt on Wood Lane was made by 13 Bde at 1.30am. Again it failed and the Bde was back at it’s start line by dawn, having suffered over 1000 casualties.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=9058&p...
(1st Norfolks were in the same Division. The following is from the War Diary of the 1st Bedfords, who were in the same Brigade as the Norfolks)
23 Jul 1916 - between High Wood and Delville Wood Ordered up to support 13th Bde. 6 A.M. but returned to bivouacs after starting as Battn was not required. 9.15 P.M. marched up & took over line between HIGH WOOD & DELVILLE WOOD. C & D Coys in line. B in support. A Coy in reserve (in old German 2nd Line). 1/NORFOLK Rgt on left. 95th Infantry Bde on right. Ordered to dig line in advance of present line. Work commenced by pushing out small fortified posts, well wired & held by LEWIS Guns (with a view to linking up the posts tomorrow) Seven posts completed. Enemy artillery active.
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/1stbn/1stbtn1916diary.html

Charles Wilby

Name: WILBY, CHARLES HENRY
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Coldstream Guards Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 28 Date of Death: 19/09/1914 Service No: 6833
Additional information: Son of William and Margaret Wilby, of 18, Sigismund Rd., Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 38. 1914-18 Row A. Grave 12. Cemetery: LE MANS WEST CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=326184

Picture here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
Accompanying notes
Private Wilby was born at Buxtom Lammas, 13th December 1886, the son of Mrs. Margaret Murrell of 18 Sigismund Road, Norwich. He enlisted 30th June 1906 and died 19th September 1914 from wounds received in action on 15th September.

The 14 year old Charles, born Buxton Lammas, Norfolk, and already working as a Chemist’s assistant, is recorded on the 1901 census at 61 Pottergate Street, in the parish of St Lawrence. .This is the household of his widowed mother, Margaret Wilby, aged 50 and a boarding house keeper. Her other children are:-
Caroline……..aged 26.…..Single……born Eliingham,……………General Furnishers Assistant
James……….aged 23.……Single……born Ellingham……………Police Constable
Lucy………..aged 21.……Single…….born Ellingham……………Drapers Assistant
Margaret……aged 11.………………..born Buxton Lammas
William…….aged 28.……Single…….born Norwich……………..Footman

They also have four boarders staying with them, (three of whom are police constables), and an elderly widow who is visiting.

The baptism of Charles Henry at St Andrews Church, Buxton is recorded in 1887. There is no exact date for the baptism, or birth shown in the online FreeReg database. His parents are listed as William and Margaret.
The couple have another daughter, Ethel Mary who was also baptised in 1887, although her birth year is recorded as 1882.

14th September 1914 Aisne
In the advance across the River Aisne, all three Battalions of the Regiment were involved in much bitter fighting. After this battle, both sides settled down to the trench warfare that was to last for four years.
www.shinycapstar.com/battlehonours.htm

On 13th September the BEF crossed the Aisne, despite heavy opposition from the Germans who had brought up reserves to strengthen their line. On the 14th, hampered by a heavy mist, the BEF made little progress in their advance; fighting was intense and losses heavy, with every battalion but one of the BEF engaged. On the 15th, the final day of the battle, GHQ ordered the BEF to entrench the positions they had reached. Determined German counter-attacks were all repulsed.
books.national-army-museum.ac.uk/battle-of-the-aisne-13th...
wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Trench_Warfare_Begins_on_the_Aisne

Heritage Open Days 2010

For more on the architecture and history of the church, see Simon Knott's web-site
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichstpetermancroft/norwichs...