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Werner Kalau Vom Hofe was born on 3rd. October 1889 in Diedenhofen, now Thionville in Lorraine, France.

He was a Oberleutnant zur See (OLt zS) serving aboard the SM Großes Torpedoboot S117, built in 1904, of the VII Halb-Flotille (7th. Half Flotilla), part of the Emden Patrol that took part in The Battle off Texel.

On 16th. October 1914, information about the activities of German light forces in the Heligoland Bight became more definite and the 1st. Division of the 3rd. Destroyer Flotilla (Harwich Force), consisting of the new light cruiser HMS Undaunted, captained by Cecil Fox, and four Laforey-class destroyers, HMS Lennox, Lance, Loyal and Legion was sent to investigate.

At 13:50 on 17th. October, while steaming northwards, about 50 nautical miles south-west of the Dutch island of Texel, the 1st. Division encountered a squadron of German torpedo boats, comprising of the SMS S115, S117, S118 and S119 about 8 nautical miles ahead. The German boats, which had been sent out of the Ems River, to mine the southern coast of Britain including the mouth of the Thames, were sailing abreast, about 0.5 nautical mile apart, on a bearing slightly to the east of the 1st. Division. The German's made no hostile move against the British and made no attempt to flee, the British assuming that they had mistaken the boats for friendly vessels.

Upon closer approach, the German vessels realised the nearby vessels were British and scattered, while Undaunted, which was closer to the Germans than the destroyers, opened fire on the nearest torpedo boat. This German vessel managed to dodge Undaunted fire but lost speed and the British force caught up. To protect Undaunted from torpedo attack and to destroy the Germans as quickly as possible, Captain Fox ordered the squadron to divide. Lance and Lennox chased S115 and S119 as Legion and Loyal pursued S117 and S118. Fire from Legion, Loyal and Undaunted damaged S118 so badly that its bridge was blown off the deck, sinking her at 15:17. Lance and Lennox engaged S115, disabling her steering gear and causing the German vessel to circle. Lennox's fire was so effective that the bridge of S115 was also destroyed.

The two central boats in the German flotilla, S117 and the flotilla leader S119, tried to torpedo Undaunted but it outmanoeuvred the German boats and remained unscathed. When Legion and Loyal had finished off S118, they came to Undaunted's aid and engaged the two attackers. Legion attacked S117, which fired its last three torpedoes and continued to engage with gunfire. Legion pulverised S117, damaging her steering mechanism which forced her to circle before she was sunk at 15:30. At the same time, Lance and Lennox had damaged S115 to the point where only one of the destroyers was needed. Lance joined Loyal in bombarding S119 with lyddite shells. S119 managed to fire a torpedo at Lance and hit the destroyer amidships but the torpedo failed to detonate. S119 was sunk at 15:35 by gunfire from Lance and Loyal, taking the German flotilla commander with it. S115 stayed afloat despite constant attacks from Lennox, which sent a boarding party, who found a wreck with only one German on board who happily surrendered. Thirty members of the crew were eventually rescued from the sea by the British vessels. The action ended at 16:30, with gunfire from Undaunted finishing off the abandoned hulk of S115.

Despite the odds, no German vessel struck her colours and the flotilla fought to the end. Over 200 German sailors were killed, including the commanding officer. 31 German sailors were rescued and taken prisoner and 2 more Germans were later rescued by a neutral vessel.
Only four British sailors were wounded and three of their destroyers were lightly damaged. Legion had one 4 lb. (1.8 kg) shell hit and one man was wounded by machine gun fire. Loyal was hit twice and had three or four men wounded. Lance had superficial machine gun damage and the other vessels were unscathed.

Werner was injured and captured and he appears to have died from his wounds, aged 25, on Saturday 17th. October 1914 in the Royal Naval Hospital at HMS Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk. He was was buried on 20th. October 1914 in Section H, Grave 68 at St. Mary's churchyard at Shotley. The headstone has recently been cleaned by the Commonwealth War Craves Commission (CWGC).

The British received a bonus on 30th. November 1914, when a trawler pulled up a sealed chest thrown off S119 by Korvettenkapitän Georg Thiele. The chest contained a codebook used by the German light forces, allowing the British to read German wireless communication for a long time afterwards.

SIBTON
ROLL OF HONOUR

WORLD WAR 1 1914 - 1918

209395 Gunner Frederick Crickmer, 'A' Battery, 92nd. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Frederick died on Wednesday 15th. August 1917. He is buried in Grave: A. 10 at Dragoon Camp Cemetery, Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium.

215019 Serjeant Charles William Goddard, 24th. Battalion, Rifle Brigade. attached to Supply and Transport Corps, formally 39739 Hampshire Regiment.
Born in 1895 at Kingsclere, Hampshire, the son of George, a farm carter, and Sarah Ann Goddard, nee Foster, who married in 1886.
Brother of Sarah, born c. 1888 and Emily Louisa born 1896.
In 1901 the family were living at Common Farm, Ashford Hill Road, Kingsclere. In 1911 the family were resident in the Laundry Cottages, North Sydmonton, Hampshire.
Charles died on Friday 6th. June 1919. He is buried in Hangu Cemetery, Con Dao Island, Vung Tau, Vietnam. As the cemetery lies west of the Indus River and is liable to desecration, Charles is also commemorated on Face 23 of the Delhi Memorial (India Gate), New Delhi, India.

16117 Private Horace James Mayhew, 7th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in July 1892 at Sibton.
Horace died, aged 23, on Friday 15th. October 1915. He is buried in Grave: IV. C. 51. at Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

8857 Private Arthur Daniel Shepherd, 1st. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in 1895, the son of Daniel and Sarah Ann Shepherd of Wood Farm, Sibton.
Arthur was killed in action, aged 20, at the Second Battle of Ypres on Tuesday 25th. May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 21 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

11338 Private A.E. Springthorpe, 2nd. Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Private Springthorpe died on Monday 21st. October 1918. He is buried in Grave: I. H. 4. at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny, Pas de Calais, France.

26637 Private Arthur Henry Teago, 1st. Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of John and Flora Teago of The Hollies, Peasenhall, Suffolk.
Resident of Sibton.
Arthur was killed in action, aged 20, on the front line between High Wood and Delville Wood, pushing out fortified posts under shellfire during the Battle of the Somme on Sunday 23rd. July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 2 C of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

28089 Private Stanley Herbert Threadgale, 3rd. Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Stanley died on Wednesday 25th. September 1918. He was buried in a marked grave at map reference 57c.K.7.B.2.7. and was later reburied in Grave: III. B. 23. at Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

306014 Petty Officer Stoker Charles Henry Walker, Beagle-class destroyer HMS Scourge, Royal Navy.
Born on 12th. June 1881 at Saxmundham Suffolk
Enlisted on 17th. February 1904 and posted to HMS Nelson, a Nelson-class armoured cruiser, launched in 1876. She became a training ship in 1902. and she was sold as scrap in 1910.
HMS Scourge spent most of the year 1915 in operations relating to the Gallipoli landings at Anzac Cove.
On 19th. November 1915 Charles was severely injured and burnt as result on a boiler explosion on Scourge. He died from multiple burns at the Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, Malta on Thursday 9th. December 1915.
He is buried in Protestant Men's Plot 290 at Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta. His wife, Mildred, was informed of his death on 10th. December 1915, c/o J. Seaman Walpole of Halesworth, Suffolk.

1864 Private Charles Weavers, 1st/4th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
The son of Harry Weavers of Low Farm, Peasenhall, Suffolk.
Charles died, aged 21, on Sunday 9th. May 1915. He was buried in a marked grave in Edgware Road Military Cemetery at map reference 36.S4.B6.4, and was later reburied, possible in February 1920, in Grave: II. E. 52. at Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.

911535 Driver Albert George Whincop, 'B' Battery, 168th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, formally 68850 Driver, RFA.
Born in 1899 at Sibton or Yoxford, Suffolk, the son of George and Luthtia Whincop.
Brother of Robinson, b. 1893, Mildred May, b. 1897, and Leonard John, b. 1902.
Albert died, aged 19, in Lower Normandy on Thursday 14th. November 1918. He is buried in Grave: S. III. EE. 16. at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

77015 Gunner Stanley John Lambert Woodward, 3rd. Battery, 1st. Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born at Sibton.
Stanley died, aged 20, from injuries received by being accidentally knocked down by a tram car in High Street, Gosforth, Northumberland. He was found to be dead on arrival at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle at 10 pm on Thursday 10th. September 1914. He is buried in Grave: E. C. 431. at St. Andrew's and Jesmond Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

*Not mentioned on the memorial*

17722 Private Charles Eades, 9th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Charles died on Monday 15th. May 1916. He is buried in Grave: I. W. 14. at La Brique Military Cemetery No.2
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.
*Note: CWGC lists the name as Eaves.

25194 Private William Harry Smith, 11th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
The son of James William and Annie Smith of Minnow Cottage, Walberswick, Suffolk.
William died, aged 24, between Tuesday 9th. April and Friday 19th. April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 3 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium.

30599 Private George Jesse Threadgale, 7th. (West and Cumbria Yeomanry) Battalion, Border Regiment, formally 25984, East Yorkshire Regiment and 47264 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment.
Born in 1888
Father of Miss G.J. Threadgale, of 70 Regent Avenue, Harrogate, Yorkshire.
George died, aged 30, on Wednesday 17th. April 1918. He is buried in Grave: B. 13 at Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
George's memorial plaque and Victory medal were auctioned in Carlisle, Cumbria on 2nd. October 2020.

089021 Acting Staff Serjeant John Ford Whincop, Army Service Corps (Canteens).
The son of George and Emma Whincop of Sibton.
Husband of Marion J. Whincop, of 10 Smith Street, Bainsford, Falkirk, Scotland.
John died, aged 33, on Thursday 8th. February 1917. He was buried in Grave: 5.A.4. at the Anglo-French Cemetery (now Lembet Road), Larissa Stavros and was later reburied in Grave: 1822 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece.


WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945

1898571 Sergeant George Earnest Emerson, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 102 (Ceylon) Squadron, RAF.
George was flying as mid-upper gunner aboard Handley Page Halifax Mk. VII, serial number PP179, coded DY-A, that took off from RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire at 00:51 hr. on Monday 19th. March 1945 for a mission to Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The raid, which was carried out by 324 aircraft that dropped 1,081 tons of bombs, was considered a success.
Eight aircraft were lost, one of them being PP179, which crashed en route at Dortmund-Brechten, killing the crew of seven. The cause of the loss was never established.
George and his crew are buried together in Collective Grave: 19. A. 5-7 at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve Reichswald, Germany with the personal inscription,
'PEACE AT THE LAST'

5834842 Private Stanley Earnest Woodard, 2nd. Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, formally with the Suffolk Regiment.
Born on 3rd. October 1914 at Heavingham, Suffolk, the son of Fred and Maud Woodard.
Stanley died, aged 29, on Thursday 9th. December 1943 as a Japanese prisoner of war forced to work on the Thailand - Burma railway. He is buried in Grave: 3. N. 2. at Chungkai War Cemetery, Sudjai Bridge, Kanchanaburi, Thailand

LEAST WE FORGET

This memorial in St. Peter's church, Sibton, was unveiled on the 11th. November 1999.

KENNINGHALL
ROLL OF HONOUR
To the Glory of God
and in memory of
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
who gave their lives for their country
during the Great War 1914-1919.

7378 Private John William Ward, 2nd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born at Diss, Norfolk.
John died on Wednesday 14th. April 1915. He is buried in Grave: III. E. 10. at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq.

20551 Private Samuel Davison, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally with the Norfolk Regment.
Born in East Harling in 1892.
The 1911 census records Samuel employed as a gardener and domestic assistant and was living in with his family at Railway Cottage in Eccles.
He married Beatrice Purse in October 1913, and they had a son, Ernest Leonard, born in 1914.
On 28th. July 1915 the 11,117 ton HMT Royal Edward, formally RMS Cairo, embarked 1,367, including members of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th. Infantry Division, and were destined for Gallipoli.
Royal Edward arrived at Alexandria on 10th. August, then sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.
On the morning of Friday 13th. August 1915, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg, commander of the German submarine UB-14, was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (6.8 miles - 11 km) off Kandelioussa. He launched a torpedoes from about 1 mile (1.6 km) away and hit the ship in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.
Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn. She rescued 440 men in six hours, and two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221.
An Admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned. It is believed the Royal Edward's death toll was actually 935 and was high because the ship had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment.
Samuel has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey and on the Eccles, Norfolk Roll of Honour.

16869 Private Cecil John Wells, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, previously with the 3rd. Norfolk Militia for 6 years.
Born in 1888 at Thorndon, Suffolk, the son of Frederick W. and Olive Emma Wells of East Church Street, Kenninghall.
On 11th. August 1909 at South Lopham, Norfolk Cecil married spinster Eleanor Elizabeth Emms. The couple have had two children, Frederick Cecil, born 29th. January 1910 at North Lopham, and Olive Emma Lilly, born 19th. February 1913, Blo Norton, Norfolk.
Enlisted on the 25th November 1914 at Norwich, Norfolk where he was recorded as 5' 5.5" tall, and weighed 113 lb. with scar on the top of his head and on the right cheek.
On 26th. November 1914, Cecil was posted initially to the Depot, then to 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment at Felixstowe, Suffolk on the 1st. December 1914. On the 29th. June 1915 he was posted to the 7th. Battalion. He went initially to 12th. Infantry Base Depot in France before joining up with his new unit on the 23rd. August 1915.
Cecil was killed in action, aged 27, on Wednesday 13th.October 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 30 and 31 of the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and on his fathers headstone in St. Andrew's churchyard, South Lopham, Norfolk.
Cecil's his personal effects were sent to his wife who was living at The Butts, Kenninghall.

20092 Private Frederick Burrows, 14th. Platoon, 'D' Company, 5th. Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
Born in 1890, the son of Thomas and Selina Burrows, later Holman, of East Church Street, Kenninghall.
Frederick was killed in action at Loos, aged 25, on Saturday 25th. September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 49 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

PLY/316S Private George William Mitson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Indefatigable, formally 316 Private, RMLI, Plymouth Division and PLY/316/S Private,
Royal Marine Brigade, Plymouth Battalion.
Born on 27th. September 1886 at Kenninghall, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mitson of Lopham Road, Kenninghall.
George died, aged 30, on Wednesday 31st. May 1916 when at the Battle of Jutland, Indefatigable was hit around the rear turret by two or three shells from the German battlecruiser Von der Tann. She fell out of formation and started sinking towards the stern and listing to port. Her magazines exploded at 16:03 after more hits, one on the forecastle and another on the forward turret. Smoke and flames gushed from the forward part of the ship and large pieces were thrown 200 feet (61.0 m) into the air. Of her crew of 1,019, only three survived.
George has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 18 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon.

19895 Gunner Frederick William Wells, 111th. Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Born at Thorndon, Suffolk, the son of Frederick W. and Olive Emma Wells of East Church Street, Kenninghall.
Resident of Rickinghall, Suffolk.
Enlisted at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
William died, aged 30, on Wednesday 20th. June 1917. He was buried in a marked grave at map reference N.6.D76 and was reburied, possibly in September 1919, in Grave: XIII. D. 15. at Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription
'TILL LIFE'S LONG SHADOWS
BREAK IN CLOUDLESS LOVE'
William is also remembered on his fathers headstone in St. Andrew's churchyard, South Lopham, Norfolk.

16901 Private William John Claxton, 3rd. Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
William was killed in action in the attack towards Lesboeufs on Friday 15th. September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

3/10058 Private Edward Francis, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, formally 3/10058 Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Quidenham, Norfolk.
Edward was killed in action in the attack of The Quadrilateral (Ginchy) on Friday 15th. September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

5171 Corporal Henry James Williams, 12th. (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers.
Born in Battersea, London.
Resident of Kenninghall.
Henry died on Sunday 15th. April 1917. He is buried in Grave: III. J. 49. at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.

G/18298 Private George Francis, 11th. Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Born in Quidenham, Norfolk.
George was killed in action in the attack on Gird Lines on Saturday 7th. October 1916. He was buried in a marked grave at map reference SH57c.S.W.M.24.a. He was reburied, possibly in September 1920, in Grave: V. C. 36. at Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

74430 Bombardier James Thomas Fulcher, 'A' Battery, 124th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born in 1893, the son of Mr. & Mrs. T. Fulcher, of Whitegate Farm, Ludham, Norfolk.
Resident of Kenninghall.
James was killed in action, aged 24, on Tuesday 24th. April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Bay 1 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

14383 Private William Arthur Bilham, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
The son of John and Sarah Jane Bilham of The Market Place, Kenninghall.
William died, aged 28, on Tuesday 20th. November 1917. He id buried in Grave: I. B. 9. at Ribecourt British Cemetery, Nord, France.

G/48667 Private William Alfred Fenn, 2nd/10th. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Born in 1875 at Kenninghall, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fenn.
Husband of Ethel May Fenn of 78 Diana Road, Walthamstow, London.
Enlisted in Eastbourne, East Sussex
William was killed in action, aged 42, on Saturday 3rd. November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 41 and 42 of the Jerusalem Memorial and on the Richmond, Surrey war memorial.

30320 Private Henry John Witham, 8th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Henry was killed in action on Saturday 11th. August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

3/10813 Private Stanley Barrett, 8th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Husband of Edith Maria Barrett, later Bocking, of 47 Market Hill, Maldon, Essex.
Stanley was killed in action, aged 31, on Saturday 11th. August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

25666 Private William Thomas Wilson, 3rd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Lambeth, London.
Resident of Kenninghall.
William was killed in action on Sunday 30th. December 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.

14305 Private Earnest William Bush, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1889 at Tivetshall St. Margaret, Norfolk.
Earnest died on Tuesday 20th. November 1917. He was buried in a marked grave at British Cemetery Argyle Road, map reference 57c.Q12.B13, and was later reburied in Grave: II. H. 8. at Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France.

701967 Rifleman Lennox Cunningham, 23rd. Battalion, London Regiment.
Born in West Ham, London.
Resident of Windsor, Berkshire.
Enlisted at Clapham Junction, London.
Lennox died on Thursday 13th. December 1917. He is buried in Grave: P.80 at Jerusalem War Cemetery.

"My heart is towards those that offered themselves willingly
amongst the people ........ that jeoparded their lives unto the
death in the high places of the field." Judges V.

1939 + 1945

C/KX 85783 Stoker 1st. Class Sydney George Cunningham, HMS Grenade, Royal Navy
The son of Sydney R. and Dora Cunningham of Kenninghall.
Sydney died, aged 24, on Thursday 30th. May 1940. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's in Kenninghall.

1591862 Gunner Albert Collins, 10th. Maritime Battery, Royal Artillery.
Albert died, aged 29, on Thursday 29th. June 1944. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 93, Column 2 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon.

539361 Aircraftman 2nd. Class Stanley Clifton St. Swithin Rolfe, 912 Balloon Squadron, RAF.
Born in 1917, the son of Clifton G. and May Rolfe of Kenninghall.
Stanley died, aged 22, when he was overcome by dope fumes while making a balloon repair on Thursday 16th. November 1939. His death was registered at Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's in Kenninghall.

5776248 Private Edward Henry Ringer, 6th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1918 at Wayland, Norfolk, the son of Thomas Henry and Alice Ringer.
Edward died, aged 23, on Tuesday 18th. February 1941. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's in Kenninghall.

5773341 Private George Harold Taylor, 1/6th. Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
The son of Harry and Beatrice Taylor of Kenninghall.
George died, aged 25, on Friday, 16th. June 1944. He was buried in the US cemetery at St. Laurent, map reference SSP/C/NWE/1991 and was reburied on 11th. November 1944 in Grave: X. B. 25. at Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

5773716 Private Earnest Trudgill, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1919 at Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Edward and Minnie Trudgill of Kenninghall.
Earnest died, aged 26, at North Walsham, Norfolk on Thursday 7th. March 1946. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's in Kenninghall with the personal inscription
'HIS BROTHER RONALD
ROYAL AIR FORCE
DIED IN CYPRUS
26TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 20'

1335257 Leading Aircraftman Ronald Trudgill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
T the son of Edward and Minnie Trudgill of Kenninghall.
Ronald died, aged 20, in Number 57 General Hospital of toxaemia and peritonitis following an internal obstruction on Friday 26th. January 1945. He is buried in Grave: 4. B. 1. at Nicosia War Cemetery, Nicosia Cyprus.

*Not on the memorial but remembered in the church*

Frank William Crook.
Born in 1910.
Frank died in 1952 through injuries sustained during his service in WW2.


The red marble First World War memorial bears the music for the bugle call 'Fall In'.

The memorials are in St. Mary's church, Kenninghall.

IN PROUD
AND GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

18026 Private William Buxton, 1st. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, although the memorial states Norfolk Regiment.
The son of William Buxton of Holme Hale.
Husband of Emily, nee Bell, later Suttle of 6 Central Avenue, Baums Lane, Mansfield, Notts.
William was killed in action, aged 39, on Sunday 9th. May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 28 to 30 of the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

700934 Private William Arthur James Copsey, 85th. Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Infantry, CEF.
Born on 4th. June 1891 at Isombridge, Shropshire, the son of Arthur James, born at Holme Hale, and Sarah Jane Copsey, nee Ince, born at Rowton, Shropshire.
The eldest brother of Earnest, Gladys, Charles, Vernon Vincent, Edith Irene Dorothy and George Stanley, all of whom were born in Norfolk in the Swaffham and Thetford areas.
Husband of Grace E. Copsey of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They had no children.
Enlisted on 22nd. January 1916 at Manitoba.
William was killed in action, aged 28 on Tuesday 30th. October 1917 during the second stage of the Second Battle Passchendaele. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 30 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
William is commemorated on Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

57811 Serjeant Charles Dixon, Croix De Guerre (Belgium), 35th. Company, Machine Gun Corps, formally 142353 Private, Royal Field Artillery.
Born in 1893 at Colvestone, Norfolk, the son of George and Emma Dixon.
The 1911 census records Charles living in Mundford, Norfolk and working as a postman.
Resident of Oldham, Lancashire.
Enlisted at Hollinwood, Greater Manchester.
His MGC service number would suggest that he transferred from the RFA to the MGC in September 1916.
On 9th. July 1918 Charles was gazetted as being awarded the Croix De Guerre (Belgium), his residence at the time shown as Holme Hale.
Charles died of wounds, aged 25, on Tuesday 10th. December 1918. He is buried in Grave: C. 24 at Terlinchun British Cemetery, Wilimme, Pas de Calais, France.

240448 Private Albert Eagle, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, formally 2653 Private, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1897 at Sporle with Palgrave, Norfolk, the son of Albert and Maria Eagle of 2 New Cottage, Holme Hale.
The 1911 census records Albert working as a farm labourer at West Acre, Norfolk.
Albert died in hospital, aged 21, on Wednesday 6th. November 1918. He is buried in Grave: A. 183 at Alexandria (Hydra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt with the personnel inscription,
'THY WILL BE DONE'

17730 Private Robert Frederick Eagle, Army Veterinary Corps.
Born in 1898 at Sporle with Palgrave, Norfolk, the son of Albert and Maria Eagle of 2 New Cottage, Holme Hale.
By 1911 he had moved with his family to West Acre, Norfolk where he worked as an agricultural labourer. The family moved to Necton before 1917.
Robert died in hospital, aged 19, on Tuesday 15th. May 1917. He is buried in All Saints churchyard, Necton, Norfolk.

240505 Private Sidney Elijah Eagle, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, formally 2796 Private, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1893 at Sporle with Palgrave, Norfolk, the son of Albert and Maria Eagle of 2 New Cottage, Holme Hale.
He was a farm labourer by 1911 and living at West Acre, Norfolk.
He enlisted at East Dereham, Norfolk on 8th. September 1914, his address then was recorded as Mays Cottage, Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
Sidney embarked for Egypt on the 30th. January 1916.
On 1st. July 1917 Sidney's mother wrote and inquired after him anxious to find out if he was well, having not heard from him for some time. She was told her son went missing in action on the Thursday 19th. April 1917. Later it was ascertained that Sidney was killed in action in Syria on that day, but his mother was not informed of this until 7th. January 1918.
Sidney died of wounds, aged 22. He is buried in Grave: XXIII. B. 13. at Gaza War Cemetery.

43628 Private Louis Charles Heyhoe, 8th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, formally 1629 Private, Norfolk Regiment
Born in 1892, the son of Antony and H. Emily Heyhoe of Emeford House, Holme Hale.
Louis died, aged 25, on Friday 26th. October 1917. He is buried in Grave: XI. D. 23. at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

545 Sergeant Arthur John Smith, Machine Gun Section, 2nd. Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Born at Aslacton, Norfolk, the son of Walter and Elizabeth Smith.
Arthur's enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales on 20th. August 1914. It was recorded that he was 5 ft. 10 in. tall and weighed 12 st. 7 lb. He had Brown hair, gray eyes and a fair complexion. His address at enlistment was 17 Avon Street, Glebe, Sydney.
Arthur died, aged 25, aboard MHTS Soudan on Wednesday 19th. May 1915, from a bullet wound to the head that he received in action at Gallipoli. Arthur was buried at sea. He is
commemorated on Panel 16 of the Lone Pine Memorial, near Gallipoli, Turkey.

SS/113791 Stoker 1st. Class Charles Sturman, King Edward VII Class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Zealandia, Royal Navy.
Born on 13th. August 1893 at Watton, Norfolk, the son of Jane Sturman of Holme Hale.
Charles' service record shows that he was invalided out of the Navy due to tuberculosis. He died, aged 23, on Saturday 1st. June 1918 and is buried in Grave: D. 33 in St. Andrew's churchyard, Holme Hale.

43533 Private George William Thurrell, 7th. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, formally 2929 Private, Norfolk Yeomanry.
Born in 1893, the son of William and Agnes Thurrell of Carlton Rode, Norfolk.
Native of Holme Hale.
George died, aged 24, on Monday 27th. August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 104 to 105 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium.

2930 Private Reginal R. Thurrell, Norfolk Yeomany attached to 7th. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Born in 1896, the son of William and Agnes Thurrell of Carlton Rode, Norfolk.
Native of Holme Hale.
Reginald died of wounds, aged 20, on Thursday 7th. September 1916. He is buried in Grave: IV. A. 39. at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'abbe, Somme, France with the personal inscription
'PEACE PERFECT PEACE'

*Not mentioned on the memorial*

G/87390 Lance Corporal Alan Cecil Aldis, 13th. Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Born on 18th. August 1898 at Holme Hale, the son of Arthur, station master, and Hannah Aldis of Station House, Acle, Norfolk.
Resident of Thorpe St. Andrews, Norwich, Norfolk.
Joined the Great Eastern Railway in September 1913 and was employed as a porter at Whitlingham.
Enlisted at Norwich in June 1917.
Alan died, aged 20, of wounds at 46 Casualty Clearing Station, on Sunday 13th. October 1918. He is buried in Grave: I. E. 1. at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'PEACE PERFECT PEACE
WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY'
Commemorated on his 5 year old brothers headstone in Acle churchyard and on the Great Eastern Railway Company War Memorial at Liverpool Street Station, London.

48295 Private Fred Clements, 12th. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
The son of Arthur and Mary Clements of Station Lane, Holme Hale.
Native of Brundish, Suffolk.
Fred died of wounds, aged 23, on 24th. October 1918. He is buried in Grave: C. 12 at Moorseele Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription
'GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN'

11131 Sergeant Percy Cross MM, 38th. Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formally 20722 Serjeant, Yorkshire Regiment.
The son of Mrs. E. Rump of Station Lane, Holme Hale.
Percy died on Saturday 16th. November 1918. He is buried in Grave: S. III. F. 1. at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

T/24567 Private Bartlett James Hart, 1st. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Born in April 1894 at Southburgh, Norfolk, the son of James and Ellen Mary Hart, nee Stebbings, of Ivy Farm, Holme Hale.
Bartlett was killed in action, aged 23, on Tuesday 25th. September 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium.

IN GREATFUL MEMORY OF


1141250 Bombardier Eric Hird, Royal Artillery, attached to 301 Field Regiment, East African Artillery.
Eric died, aged 21, on Saturday 12th. February 1944. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 3 of the East Africa Memorial, Nairobi, Kenya.

1332433 Sergeant Leonard C. Fitt, Air Gunner, RAFVR, 115 Squadron, RAF.
Born on 18th. June 1920 at Brentford, Greater London, the son of Harriet Eva Fitt of Holme Hale.
In 1940 Leonard married Dorothy 'Dolly', nee Nelson, later Clutterham.
Father of Pamela Ann, born 13th. April 1943.
Lancaster Mk. II, serial number DS 604, coded KO-B, took off at 00:50 on 11th. April 1943 from East Wretham, northeast of Thetford, Norfolk to join 502 aircraft to attack Frankfurt.
The raid was a complete disaster, a very low cloud base resulted in only a paper store and some neighbouring houses suffering damage.
DS604, with only 49 service hours, was claimed to have been shot down at 02:29 by Oberleutant Karl Fladrich of 1/NJG1, 1 km north of le Thour, Ardennes, killing all on board.
Leonard died, aged 22, on Sunday 11th. April 1943. He is buried in Grave: 3 at Le Thour Communal Cemetery, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

*Not mentioned on the memorial*

629071 Sergeant Edgar Louis Eaglen, Flight Engineer, 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, RAF.
Son of A. Eaglen and Dulcie Eaglen of Saham Toney, Norfolk.
Husband of Vera E. Eaglen, nee Tripp, of Holme Hale.
At 20:02 hrs. on 11th. March 1943, Stirling Mk. III, serial number BF 469, coded BU-M of 214 of 214 Squadron took off from RAF Chedburgh, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk for an operation to Stuttgart.
At 00:45 hrs. the bomber was attacked at a height of 6,235 ft. over Fagnières, 3.5 km southwest of Châlons-sur-Marne by a Luftwaffe Bf. 110 night-fighter flown by Oberleutant Hans Autenrieth of 6./NJG 4 from Saint-Dizier airfield. Six of the crew died, the rear gunner, Ft. Sgt. A J Tyrell, managed to bail out and was taken a prisoner of war.
Edgar died, aged 23, on Friday 12th. March 1943. He is buried in Section I, Collective Grave 1591. at Chalons-en-Champagne East Communal Cemetery, Marne, France with the personal inscription
'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'
Edgar is remembered on the Roll of Honour in St. George's church, Saham Toney.

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
1939-1945


The Portland stone memorial, in the churchyard of St. Andrew's at Holme Hale, received Grade: II listed building status on 30th. October 2017.

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN
THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE
FROM THE LANDING GROUND LOCATED
IN THIS FIELD DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

“LEST WE FORGET”

The former WW1 airfield was located near the village of Little Dunham, Norfolk and was officially known as Sporle Landing Ground.

It was one mile south of Little Dunham railway station and within the current parish of Little Dunham. It was used by Avro 504Ks and Sopwith Camels of 51 Squadron, part of the 47th. Wing, 6th. Brigade, Royal Flying Corps between 1916 and November 1918. The landing ground was a satellite station to RAF Marham for home defence duties.
The airfield covered 43 acres and measured 1,560 x 1,320 ft. (475 x 402 m). Facilities at a Class 3 night landing ground would have been very basic, a hut for the pilots and ground crew and paraffin lighting for the landing strip.

Little Dunham Parish Council built the memorial at the entrance to the airfield to mark the 100th. anniversary of the start of the First World War.
A Tornado from RAF Marham conducted a flypast at 10 a.m. on 11th. December 2014, then the memorial was unveiled by Group Captain Harvey Smyth, RAF Marham Station Commander. It was dedicated by Rev. Martin Joyce.

To the Glory of God and in undying
memory of the men of this parish
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 - 1919

23420 Private Percy Christmas Hewitt, 1st/4th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born at Tuttington, the son of John William, ah agricultural labourer and Sarah G. Hewitt.
Brother of Arthur, Ellen and Elsie.
The 1901 census records the family living at The Heath, Skeyton, Norfolk.
Percy died, aged 22, on Tuesday 11th. December 1917. He is buried in Grave: G. 9. at Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel.

28359 Private Percy Nobbs, 'D' Company, 13th. Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Born in 1884 at either Banningham or Marsham, both in Norfolk, the son Rosanna Wymer and the step-son of William Wymer, an agricultural labourer, of Banningham Common.
Step-brother of Bertie and Cecil.
The 1901 census records Percy as a 16 year old stable lad, boarding at North Walsham Road, Sprowston, Norwich
Percy was killed in action on Thursday 3rd. May 1917. He has know known grave and is commemorated on Bay 4 and 5 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Percy's death plaque was sold in auction at Ipswich, Suffolk on 27th. January 2018.

202974 Private Charles Henry Matthewson, No. 2 Depot, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1897 at Tuttington, the son of single parent Charlotte, a horse hair weaver.
The 1901 census records Charles and Charlotte were living with Charlotte’s elder sister Mary Ann, also a horse hair weaver, and her husband, John Ellen, an agricultural labourer\stock tender. The address is given as by Barleycorn, Hevingham, Norfolk.
Charles died, aged 21, on Sunday 22nd. September 1918. He is buried in Grave: D. 133. at Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Their names liveth for evermore

With those who fell in defence
of our country and civilization i
n the World War 1939 - 1945.

Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A) Jack Hall, Pilot, 839 Squadron FAA, HMS Formidable, Royal Navy.
Jack died of injuries resulting from an air crash in a Martlet Mk. IV on Monday 19th. April 1943. He has know known grave and is commemorated on Bay 4, Panel 6, of the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.

5774912 Private Norman Lambert, 1st. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
The son of Alfred and Elizabeth Lambert of Aylsham, Norfolk.
Norman died Friday 5th. November 1943. He was buried at location 11 GRU/GKF 2008 and was reburied on 12th. May 1944 in Grave: II. B. 44. at Sangro River War Cemetery, Torino di Sangro, Provincia di Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy with the personal inscription
I HEARD THE VOICE
OF JESUS SAY
"COME UNTO ME AND REST"

5775079 Private Walter Mitchell, 5th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Walter was a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese and was forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway. He died, aged 22, on Sunday 18th. July 1943. He is buried in Grave: 8. G. 8. at Chungkai War Cemetery, Tha Ma Kham near Kanchanaburi, Thailand.


This memorial is on the outside of St. Peter and St. Paul's church at Tuttington.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF

13547 Lance Corporal Bertie John 'Happy' Newstead, 10th. Platoon, 'C' Company, 8th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 10th August 1895 at Matlask, Norfolk, the son of William Robert and Anna Elizabeth Newstead, nee Lambert of No.4 The Common, Hanworth.
Bertie was always known to his family and friends as 'Happy' because of his cheerful nature.
In 1914 Bertie was employed as a gardener.
Bertie was killed in action, aged 21, during an attack South-West of Montauban on Saturday 1st. July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.
Bertie's death was reported in the local newspaper,
'We regret to announce that Lce-Corpl. B. J. Newstead, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Newstead, head gardener to Col. Barclay, was killed in action on 1st. July. He joined a Norfolk Regiment at the outbreak of war, and the following letter from the captain of his Company shows he was an excellent soldier.

B.E.F., France,

11th. July 1916

Dear Sir,
I am sorry to have to inform you that your son, Lance Corporal Newstead, was killed in action on July 1st. I cannot speak too highly of the splendid work he did, both prior to and in the attack. The men were devoted to him, and by his cheerfulness in the face of danger, and steadfast devotion to duty; he has set a very fine example. His place will not easily be filled. All in the Company who knew him mourn his loss, and offer you their deepest sympathy,

Believe me, yours sincerely,

C. SHELTON, Capt., C Coy.

315185 Rifleman Richard Arthur Howard, 2nd/5th. Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), formally 6489, 11th. (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles).
Born in 1885 at Redhill, Surrey, the son of Richard and Bessie Howard of The Common, Hanworth
Resident of Westminster, London
Enlisted at Marylebone, London.
Richard was killed in action, aged 32, on Thursday 16th. August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 54 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR

"Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man laydown his life for his friends"

This tablet is erected by their parents.

1939 - 1945

*Not on the memorial*

1793304 Gunner Bernard James Green, 43 Battery, 61 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
The son of George Richard and Mabel Annie Green of Hanworth.
Bernard died, aged 22, on Tuesday 10th. August 1943. He was buried in Grave: 2.E.10. at Benghazi Civil Cemetery Military Extension and was reburied on 8th. September 1944 in Grave: 3. D. 5. at Benghazi War Cemetery, Benghazi, Libya with the personal inscription
'EVERYWHERE
DUTY ACCOMPLISHED
LEADS TO GLORY'

111329 Pilot Officer James Arthur Barclay, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 18 (Burma) Squadron, RAF.
Born on 7th. January 1922, the youngest son of Lt. Col. Joseph Francis and Constance Barclay, nee Flowers, of Old Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk.
On Monday 8th. September 1941, with James as the pilot, Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7613, coded B, took off from RAF Luqa on Malta for an operation to Sicily. In unknown circumstances Z7613 collided with Blenheim Z9713 of 107 Squadron. Both aircraft crashed into the sea off the harbour of Catania, Sicily, killing all six crew members.
James died, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 31 of the Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede, Surrey.
James is commemorated with a memorial in St. Bartholomew's, Hanworth.

*Buried in St. Bartholomew's churchyard*

576578 Sergeant Kenneth Stuart Chalmers, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force, 207 Squadron RAF.
Born in 1923, the son of Andrew James and Rose Ursula Chalmers, nee Lomath, of Hanworth.
Kenneth joined the RAF in August 1939 as an aero engine apprentice in the 40th. Entry at No.1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. After training he worked at his trade at RAF Matlaske and RAF Ludham, both in Norfolk until volunteering as a flight engineer.
Promoted to Sergeant he was eventually posted to 207 (City of Leicester) Squadron at RAF Langar in Nottinghamshire.
At 11:45 hrs on Saturday 17th. October 1942 Kenneth took off in Lancaster Mk. 1, serial number L7583, coded EM-A ,for 'Operation Robinson', a raid on the Schneider factory at Le Creusot, France.
On the outward leg the pilot, Sgt. R.S. Wilson, had to turn back when an engine failed. Soon afterwards, 20 miles west of Brest, the Lancaster was attacked by three German Arado Ar 196 floatplanes. L7583's gunner managed to shoot down two of the attackers, although Luftwaffe records state that there were no losses on that date.
The Lancaster returned safely to a British airfield, probably at RAF Winkleigh, Devon, but Kenneth died from gunshot wounds, while all the other crewmen were uninjured.
Kenneth died, aged 19. He is buried in St. Bartholomew's churchyard with the personal inscription
'HE SHALL GROW NOT OLD,
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD,
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY HIM,
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN'

742767 Sergeant Victor David Gee, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 219 (Mysore) Squadron RAF
The son of Richard and Christina Marshall Gee of Hanworth.
Husband of Ida Joan Gee of Lenton Nottingham.
Victor joined the RAFVR in December 1938 as an Airman u/t Pilot. He was called up on the 1st. September 1939, completed his flying training, and arrived at 5 OTU at Aston Down, Gloucestershire, on 22nd. June 1940. After converting to Blenheim's he joined 219 Squadron at Catterick, North Yorkshire, and served with them throughout the Battle of Britain.
On 13th. February 1941, Victor was on a night exercise from RAF Tangmere, West Sussex, when his aircraft, Beaufighter Mk. IF, serial number R2120 began to vibrate violently, and he and his radar operator baled out safely. The aircraft crashed at Partridge Green, Sussex.
Victor was killed on Friday 21st. March when his aircraft, Beaufighter Mk. IF, serial number R2070, dived into the ground at Manor Farm, Eastergate, Sussex after stalling on on the approach to RAF Tangmere. The observer Sgt Charles William Dodge was injured.
Victor is buried in St. Bartholomew's churchyard with the personal inscription,
'AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER HIM'

QUIDENHAM ROLL of HONOUR.
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.
These gave their lives for God and King and Country

23082 Private William Cullum, 7th. Battalion, Border Regiment, formally 18187 Private, 3rd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Husband of Annie Elizabeth Cullum, of 9 Heathville, Dallington, Northampton.
William was killed in action in the attack and taking of Railway Alley on Monday 3rd. July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

13770 Private Robert Austin Dycer, 3rd. Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
Robert was killed in action in attacks towards Lesboeufs on Saturday 16th. September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

10113 Lance Corporal Cecil Arthur Stiff, 8th. Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, formally 96132 Private, Royal Field Artillery.
Born in 1897, one of nine children of Philip and Mary Anna Stiff, nee Sapey of Shillinglee, Chiddingford, Surrey.
Cecil was killed in action, aged 20, on Wednesday 28th. April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Bay 8 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Lt. The Hon Albert Edward George Arnold Keppel, 2nd. Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own).
Born on 12th. January 1898 in the City of Westminster, London, the fourth son and fifth child of Lt-Col. Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, 8th. Earl of Albemarle and Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton, the only child of Wilbraham Egerton, 1st. Earl Egerton of Tatton. Godson of King Edward VII and of the Lord of Leicester.
Albert was educated at Ludgrove Preparatory School, Wokingham, Berkshire, Eton College, Berkshire and for about 9 months as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own) as a 2nd. Lieutenant on 20th. October 1915, and promoted to Lieutenant on 1st January 1917.
After training with the 5th/6th. Battalions in England Albert joined the 2nd. Battalion in France in early 1917. In 1917 the Battalion fought during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, before they moved north to Flanders where they fought in the 3rd. Battle of Ypres, later to be known as Passchendaele, between 31st. July and 10th. November 1917.
The battle began at 3.50 a.m. when 2,000 Allied guns opened fire on German lines and 14 British and two French divisions attacked along 15 miles of the front. The most significant success was achieved in the north, particularly across Pilckem Ridge
On the first day of the battle Albert was leading his platoon near Westhoek, some 3 miles east of Ypres, during a counter attack before which the enemy were retreating. He ran forward through the scrub with a Lewis gun in pursuit of some Germans and was shot dead.
In a report of his death it was said that 'the ground where he fell was never actually held by us, he was so far ahead at the time'.
Albert was killed in action, aged 19, on Tuesday 31st. July 1917. His body was found at map reference B 2 a 1.9. and he was buried by the 2nd. Pioneer Battalion, Australian Contingent in a grave marked with a battlefield cross with the inscription,
'R.I.P. In memory of Lt The Hon. A.E. Keppel 2/Rfl Bde'.
He was later reburied, possibly in August 1919, in Grave: II. C. 50. at Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription
4TH SON OF THE
EARL OF ALBEMARLE
KILLED AT WESTHOEK
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
"RESURGAM"
Albert was mentioned in dispatches.

14036 Company Serjeant Major Percy Edward Jackson MM with Bar, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Percy died on Friday 23rd. August 1918. He is buried in Grave: VI. A. 25. at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, Picardie, France.

876588 Driver Edgar William Oswick, 1st. East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, formally 3431 Driver, Royal Field Artillery.
Born on 25th. September 1895 at Honingham, Norfolk, the son of George and Julia Oswick, nee Bales of Quidenham.
Married to Mabel Polly Ward in 1915, who remarried George Henry Moore of The Fen, Banham, Norfolk in 1921.
Father of Sybil Violet, born 8th. September 1915, and Frank Edgar William, born 31st. July 1918 at Quidenham.
Edgars military service started on 23rd. July 1915 when he enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk, and lasted until 9th. September 1917 when he was discharged with a Silver War Badge under Paragraph 392 King's Regulations (xvi) as 'no longer physically fit for war service'.
Edgar died, aged 23, from Hodgkin lymphoma on Monday 30th. December 1918. He is buried to the north of St. Mary's church at Eccles, Norfolk.
Today the cross has broken off and is lying neatly in front of its pedestal which is inscribed,
'Edgar William Oswick. R.F.A.
The dearly loved husband of
Mabel Oswick
Son of G. & J. Oswick.'
Quote from a 1987 letter written by Edgar's daughter Sybil Parkinson,
'Grannie was so bitter because my father, her only son, died when he was 23 at the end of 1918.
He had been in the army, and she blamed that for his death, but in fact he would have died anyway, he had hodgekson's disease, which is lymphoma.
I wish I had found all that out before Gran died, though I don't suppose she would have been convinced'.

"Be thou faithful until death and I will give
thee a Crown of Life"

1939 - 1945

1787267 Gunner Arnold James Patrick, Royal Artillery.
Born in 1921.
Arnold died, aged 21, on Thursday 26th. February 1942 as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 2 of the Singapore Civil Hospital Grave Memorial, Kranji, Singapore.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Ernest Seago, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1846 Squadron FAA, HMS Colossus.
The son of Henry and Mabel Seago of Quidenham.
Ernest died, aged 22, in an air crash on Friday 27th. April 1945. He is buried in Grave: O. 168. at Chatby Military and War Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
He is also commemorated on the Diss Secondary School War Memorial.

To the Glory of God
and in
ever grateful memory
of the following men
who gave their lives
for Freedom and Justice
in the Great War
1914 - 1918.

A/40009 Private Sidney John Cook, 5th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Born on 2nd.March 1892 at East Harling, Norfolk, the third of eleven children of Harry, foreman at Overa Farm at Eccles, and Mary Crook.
Sidney spelt his name Sydney.
On 7th. April 1910 Sydney sailed on the SS Canada from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, to take advantage of the Dominions Lands Act. He arrived on 16th. April.
His occupation was given as a farm labourer and on 26th. January 1914, he was issued 160 acres at Mancroft, Humboldt Saskatchewan in Canada.
On 21st. December 1914, Sydney enlisted at Saskatoon where it was recorded that he was 5’10” with dark hair, a fresh complexion and blue eyes. He weighed 175 lb. with a 38″ chest and a scar between his eyes.
He did his basic training with 32nd Battalion, and later sailed aboard the SS Scandinavian for Shorncliffe, Kent arriving on 27th. June 1915.
On 3rd. August 1915, he was on his way to France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and by 14th. August he was posted to 5th. Battalion Canadian Infantry.
Sydney's service record states that attended sniper school for a week in April 1916.
War diary entries show that on 6th. June 1916 the 5th. Battalion were in position directly in front of Hill 60 when a trench mortar bombardment opened up at 09.00 hrs, lasting until 12.30 hrs, when artillery joined in until 16.30 hrs. A further bombardment occurred from 17.30 hrs. until 18.15 hrs. Trenches 40 to 43 are described as being 'practically destroyed.' Sydney was injured and was evacuated to 10 Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings, Lijssenthoek, where he died, aged 24, of multiple shrapnel wounds on Wednesday 7th. June 1916. He is buried in Grave: VII. C. 5. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

20551 Private Samuel Davison, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally with the Norfolk Regment.
Born in East Harling in 1892.
The 1911 census records Samuel employed as a gardener and domesti and living in with his family at Railway Cottage in Eccles.
He married Beatrice Purse in October 1913, and they had a son, Ernest Leonard, born in 1914.
On 28th. July 1915 the 11,117 ton HMT Royal Edward, formally RMS Cairo, embarked 1,367, including members of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th. Infantry Division, and were destined for Gallipoli.
Royal Edward arrived at Alexandria on 10th. August, then sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.
On the morning of Friday 13th. August 1915, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg, commander of the German submarine UB-14, was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (6.8 miles - 11 km) off Kandelioussa. He launched a torpedoes from about 1 mile (1.6 km) away and hit the ship in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.
Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn. She rescued 440 men in six hours, and two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221.
An Admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned. It is believed the Royal Edward's death toll was actually 935 and was high because the ship had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment.
Samuel has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey and on the Kenninghall, Norfolk Roll of Honour.

20713 Private Phill Williams, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally with the Norfolk Regiment.
The son of William Alfred and Anna Williams of The Brickyard Cottages, Shipdham, Norfolk.
Phill died, aged 19, on Friday 13th. August 1915 in the sinking of HMT Royal Albert, described above.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey.

77261 Bombardier Frederick Thomas Matthews, 'K' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.
The eldest son of Joseph Henry and Louisa Mathews.
Frederick died, aged 21, on Friday 30th. November 1917. He is buried in Grave: II. E. 7. at Ribecourt British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Frederick is remembered on his parent's headstone in St. Mary the Virgin churchyard, Eccles.

29563 Private Frederick Robert Ward, 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 22nd. January 1886 at Wretham, Norfolk, the son of Frederick and Ann Ward, nee Saunders, of Hall Cottage, Wilby, Norfolk.
Brother of James, below.
Enlisted on 4th April 1916 where Fredericks occupation was recorded as a goods porter.
Frederick died, aged 31, on Wednesday 30th May 1917 at No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers, near Étaples of gunshot wounds to the legs received on 8th. May during the Battle of Arras. He is buried in Grave; XXV. F. 12A at Étaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription
'REST IN THE LORD'
Frederick is remembered on his brother's headstone in St. Mary the Virgin churchyard, Eccles.

12459 Private James John Ward, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 30th. January 1891 at Eccles, the son of Frederick and Ann Ward, nee Saunders, of Hall Cottage, Wilby, Norfolk.
Brother of Frederick, above.
The 1911 census records James employed as a farm labourer.
Enlisted on 27th. August 1914 at Norwich, Norfolk.
On 6th. September 1915 James was hospitalised with a head wound. Between 8th. October 1915 and April 1916 he was hospitalised again with leg wounds.
On 12th. October 1916, John received shrapnel wounds to both temples while in action in the attack on Bayonet Trench and Scabbard Trench on the Somme. He was evacuated back to Britain and died, aged 25, from septic pneumonia at the Reading War Hospital, Berkshire on Monday 30th. October 1916. He is buried to the north of St. Mary the Virgin church in Eccles.

14488 Private Frederick Nunn, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1896, the son of Alfred Nunn of Overa Farm, Eccles
Frederick was killed in action, aged 20, during the attack on The Quadrilateral (Ginchy) on the Somme on Friday 15th. September 1916. He was buried at map reference 57c.T.14.D.1.6. and was reburied, possibly in December 1918, in Grave: VII. G. 10. at Guillemont Road Cemertery, Guillemont, Somme, France.
Frederick is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour in the church of St. Ethelbert at Larling, Norfolk.

33021 Private Henry William Mowle, 106th. Labour Company, 36th. Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Henry died on Sunday 20th. May 1917. He is buried in Grave:III. A. 10. at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France

"Their name liveth for Evermore."

To the glory of God
and in ever loving memory of
LIEUT. THE HON. ALBERT EDWARD
GEORGE ARNOLD KEPPEL
2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade who fell In action near Westhoek in
Flanders on 31st July 1917 aged 19 years
while gallantly leading his company
to the attack on an enemy "strong point"
was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's
despatch for distinguished and gallant
services and devotion to duty. "He asked Life of Thee and Thou gavest him a long Life even for ever and ever"


Lt. The Hon Albert Edward George Arnold Keppel, 2nd. Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own). Mentioned in Dispatches.

Born on 12th. January 1898 in the City of Westminster, London, the fourth son and fifth child of Lt-Col. Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, 8th. Earl of Albemarle and Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton, the only child of Wilbraham Egerton, 1st. Earl Egerton of Tatton.

Albert was the godson of King Edward VII and of the Lord of Leicester.

Albert was educated at Ludgrove Preparatory School, Wokingham, Berkshire, Eton College, Berkshire and for about 9 months as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own) as a 2nd. Lieutenant on 20th. October 1915, and promoted to Lieutenant on 1st January 1917.

After training with the 5th/6th. Battalions in England Albert joined the 2nd. Battalion in France in early 1917. In 1917 the Battalion fought during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, before they moved north to Flanders where they fought in the 3rd. Battle of Ypres, later to be known as Passchendaele, between 31st. July and 10th. November 1917.

The battle began at 3.50 a.m. when 2,000 Allied guns opened fire on German lines and 14 British and two French divisions attacked along 15 miles of the front. The most significant success was achieved in the north, particularly across Pilckem Ridge

On the first day of the battle Albert was leading his platoon near Westhoek, some 3 miles east of Ypres, during a counter attack before which the enemy were retreating. He ran forward through the scrub with a Lewis gun in pursuit of some Germans and was shot dead.
In a report of his death it was said that 'the ground where he fell was never actually held by us, he was so far ahead at the time'.

Albert was killed in action, aged 19, on Tuesday 31st. July 1917. His body was found at map reference B 2 a 1.9. and he was buried by the 2nd. Pioneer Battalion, Australian Contingent in a grave marked with a battlefield cross with the inscription,
'R.I.P. In memory of Lt The Hon. A.E. Keppel 2/Rfl Bde'.
He was later reburied, possibly in August 1919, in Grave: II. C. 50. at Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription
4TH SON OF THE
EARL OF ALBEMARLE
KILLED AT WESTHOEK
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
"RESURGAM"

Mounted on the wall above Alberts memorial in St. Andrews church at Quidenham, Norfolk is the helmet that he was wearing when he was killed.

He is also commemorated on the WW1 Roll of Honour in the school chapel of Ludgrove Preparatory School, on the Eton College WW1 Memorial, on the Roll of Honour of Etonians who fought in WW1, on the WW1 Roll of Honour in St Andrew's, Quidenham, and on the Rifle Brigade WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel,
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.

A memorial service was held at Quidenham for Albert and for three others from the parish who have given their lives for their country.
The Norwich Mercury reported,

'MEMORIAL SERVICE

The Hon. A.E.G.A. Keppel

At Quidenham, the Norfolk seat of the Earl of Albemarle, a service was held on Thursday in memory of the Hon. A. E. G. A. Keppel, of the Rifle Brigade, who was killed on August 1st, and three other men of the parish who had fallen in the war. The household at Quidenham was represented by the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Major Viscount Bury, of the Scots Guards, and Viscountess Bury, Lieut., the Hon. Arnold Keppel, R.F.C., Lady Elizabeth Keppel, V.A.D., Lady Hilda Keppel, V.A.D., Lady Florence Bayle, Lady Louisa Charteris, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Noel. There was also in the congregation a deputation of officers from the Rifle Brigade, two staff officers representing the Northern Army, the Earl of Leicester, and a large gathering of the tenantry. At the close of the service, which was conducted by the Rev. E.S. Garnier, a sergeant and three buglers sounded the 'Last Post' followed by the reveille. A wreath of red carnations was received from the Marquess and Marchioness of Lincolnshire.'

TO THE
GLORY
OF GOD
And in
Enduring
Remembrance
Of the men
Of
HORNING
Who fought bravely and
Sacrificed their lives in
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919.
Erected by their fellow parishioners

23124 Private William King, 7th. Battalion, Border Regiment, formerly 18734 Norfolk Regiment.
Born 1881 at Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, the son of George and Mary Ann King.
Husband of Annie Elizabeth King, nee Lake, of Number 3, Row 11, North Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Resident of Upper Street, Horning.
Enlisted on 1st. February 1915 at Norwich, Norfolk.
William was killed in action, aged 35, in the attack on Delville Wood on Monday 7th. August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 6A and 7C of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

19166 Private John Henry Holmes, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Born 1893 at Horning, the son of John, a pork butcher, and Sarah Ann Holmes of Falgate, Horning, as of the 1911 census.
Enlisted in Glasgow, Scotland.
John was killed in action, aged 22, on Tuesday 12th. October 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 5 to 7 of the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
John is remembered on his father and mothers headstone a few yards away from the memorial.

11460 Sergeant John James Hewett, 86th. Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Born in Horning, the son of Robert J., a marshman, and Emma Louisa Hewitt, nee Rice, of Lower Street, as of the 1911 census.
Resident of Horning.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk. The 1911 census records John as regular soldier serving with the Royal Artillery.
The 86th. Battery was part of 6th. Division under General Charles Townshend. After an initially strong advance, Townshend found himself out-manoeuvred and allowed many of his troops to become besieged in the city of Kut-al-Amara. After failures to relieve the besieged troops, they were finally forced to surrender on the 29th. April 1916. After agreeing terms, Townshend marched his troops out into captivity, and certain death for most of them. Most of the Arabs left in Kut were hanged by the Turks for helping the British.
The prisoners began a forced march from what is now Iraq into Turkish prison camps. During May 1916, 2,000 British troops, started the march, some were still in khaki, some were almost naked. The first day they walked 15 miles without food or water. Behind the column were many dead or dying, those who dropped out were killed by the Arab guards. They were first taken to a temporary camp at Shumran about 80 miles from Kut. The Kurdish guards had stolen the troops food rations and even their water bottles and boots. There were international protests at the treatment of the prisoners. It was later estimated that the death rate was over 70%.
John died on 29th. April 1916. It is not known if he was one of those who died during the final hours of the siege or in the subsequent treatment of the prisoners by the Turks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 and 61 of the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
John was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

30116 Private James Edgar Smith, 7th. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Born in Ormsby St. Margaret, Norfolk, parentage unknown, foster son of Elizabeth Slaughter, of Upper Street, Horning, wife of Charles Slaughter.
Enlisted in Wroxham, Norfolk.
James was killed in action, aged 19, on Thursday 24th. October 1918. He was buried with a temporary cross at map reference 57B. L5. G. 6. 1. and was reburied in Plot II, Row H, Grave 3 at Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France.

18222 Private Paul Samuel Brooks, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Benjamin, a Prudential insurance agent, and Anna Maria Brooks of Runham, Norfolk
Husband of Catherine Brooks, nee Reeve, of 4 Stonemasons Square, St. George Street, Norwich, Norfolk. The couple were married in 1900 and would have four daughters, Elizabeth Alice Annie, twins Alice Pauline and Catherine Sarah and Constance E.
The 1901 census records Paul working as a farm stockman
Resident Upper Street, Horning and employed as a groom-gardener as of the 1911 census.
Enlisted at Norwich.
Paul was killed, aged 35, in action in an attack on the German strongpoint called The Quadrilateral (Ginchy) on Friday 15th. September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 1C and 1D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
His company-sergeant, in writing of him, said: “He was a man of the best, a good soldier, and died doing his duty like a man and a very brave hero."

17676 Private Henry William Crane, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1897 in Horning, the son of Henry, also recorded as Harry, a boatman, and Emma Crane of Lower Street, Horning,
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Henry was killed in action, aged 20, in the attack on Glencorse Wood on Friday 10th. August 1917. He is buried in Plot I, Row E, Grave 1 at Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France.

50569 Private Albert James Twiddy, 4th. Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formally S/4/157278 Army Service Corp.
Born in 1887 at Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Malakie, a Midland & Great Northern Railway gatekeeper, and Bessie Twiddy of Catfield.
Brother of Willie, Earnest and Levi.
Husband of Florence Eliza Twiddy, nee Preston of Wreningham, Norfolk, married in 1917
The 1901 census records the 13 year old Albert already working as an agricultural labourer living at his widower father property, 'Gate House', Catfield
The 1911 census records Albert as a journeyman baker living in the household of his employer, Benjamin Sims at Lower Street, Horning, Norfolk.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Albert died of wounds, aged 30, on Friday 20th. September 1918. He is buried in Grave: B. 22. at Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle, Pas de Calais, France.
Albert is also commemorated on the Catfield, Norfolk war memorial.

38409 Private Robert James Platford, 2/6th. Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, formerly G/11865 Royal Sussex Regiment.
Born c.1898 in Horning, he son of James and Margaret Platford of New Cottages, Ranworth, Norfolk and of Upper Street, Horning as of the 1911 census.
Robert was a resident of Horning.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Robert died, aged 20, on Friday 11th. October 1918 at Heilbronn, Germany, indicating that he was a Prisoner of War. He is buried in Plot II, Row B, Grave 15 at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany with the personnel inscription,
'WE LOVED YOU WELL
BUT JESUS LOVED YOU BEST
FAREWELL'
Robert is also commemorated on the Ranworth, Norfolk war memorial.

Lt. Jacob William Slaughter, 5th Battalion, (Saskatchewan Regiment) Canadian Infantry.
Born 12th. August 1894 at Horning, the son of Walter, a maltster, and Rosetta Linda Slaughter of Horning.
Husband of Ivy Maud Slaughter, nee Gidney, later wife of Evan E. Gilden of Orchard House, Alby, Norfolk.
Father of Victor R. J. Slaughter,
Jacob enlisted in Canada on 23rd. September 1914, initial as 13547 Private. The enlistment papers record that his occupation was as a blacksmith, 5 foot , 10.5 inches tall, with a fair complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair.
Jacob was killed in action, aged 23, on 9th. August 1918. He is buried in Area D, Grave 10 at Manitoba Cemetery, Caix, Somme, France with the personal inscription
'TILL WE MEET'
Jacob is commemorated on Page 501 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial and on the Alby, Norfolk war memorial.

G/9129 Private Frederick Arthur Chambers, 5th. Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Born in 1879 Hoveton St. Peter, Norfolk, the son of Robert and Harriet Chambers.
Resident at Council Cottages, Horning.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Frederick was killed in action on Wednesday 17th. October 1917. He is buried in Plot I, Row O, Grave 9 at Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France.

28633 Private George Cyril Johnson, 6th. Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly 17677 Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1897 at South Walsham, Norfolk, the son of George and Selina Johnson of South Walsham.
Resident of Horning.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
George died, aged 21, of pneumonia at 3 Stationary Hospital, Rouen on Monday 22nd. July 1918. He is buried in Section Q, Plot III, Row J, Grave 25 at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France with the personal inscription
'PEACE PERFECT PEACE'

MORS JANUA VITAE

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
And in enduring remembrance of
JOHN RICHARD SOUTHGATE Royal Norfolk Regiment
Who sacrificed his life for his country
In the Great World War 1939-1945
Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
Shall save it.

5779081 Private John Richard Southgate, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born 1913, the son of Edgar Walter and Mary Ann Southgate, nee Allen, of 11 Council Cottages, Horning.
John died, aged 30, as a prisoners of war of the Japanese on Wednesday 17th. November 1943. He was originally buried in Grave: 14 at Chinese Cemetery, Krian Krai and was re buried in Grave: 2. P. 75. at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand on 9th. February 1946.


The monument is in the churchyard of St. Benedict's. It takes the form of a stone Celtic wheel-head cross with carved knot-work to the cross-head and upper half of shaft.

The war memorial received Grade: II listed building status on 14th. November 2017.

THIS CROSS THE EMBLEM
OF THEIR FAITH AND
OURS WAS ERECTED BY
THE INHABITANTS OF
BLO NORTON
TO COMMEMORATE THE
PEACE 1919 AND IN EVER
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF

2nd. Lt. Collin Chad Armstrong Norris, Pilot, 9 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, formally 82138 Air Mechanic 3rd. Class, RFC.
Born on 30th. December 1898, the only son of Reverend Charles Lloyd Norris, M.A., and May Norris of Blo Norton Rectory.
Collin died, aged 18, when his Airco D.H.4, serial number B2054, nose dived at Trowse, Norwich while attempting to land in snowstorm on Wednesday 26th. December 1917. He is buried on the south boundary of St. Andrew's churchyard, Blo Norton.

79178 Private Earnest Edgar Footer, 84th. Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formally 2/1st. Norfolk Yeomanry.
Born in 1881 at Blo Norton, the son of Robert and Mary Footer, nee Crowe.
Husband of Eliza Footer, nee Cocks of Blo Norton.
Earnest died of pneumonia, aged 37, at Bahr, Gallipoli on Sunday 24th November 1918. He was buried in the Anglo French Cemetery before being reburied on 12th. August 1925 in Grave: G. 16. at Ari Burnu Cemetery, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey with the personal inscription,
'ABIDE WITH ME'

WHO ALONE OF
THE TWENTY SEVEN MEN
OF THIS VILLAGE SERVING
IN THE GREAT WAR
MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE AND ENSURED
THE FINAL VICTORY

ALSO OF

1505063 Gunner Thomas Kenneth Cook, 179 (Mixed) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Thomas died on Saturday 25th. December 1943 at Millom, Cumbria. He is buried in Grave 459 at St. Luke's churchyard, Haverigg, Millom, Cumbria.

5779969 Corporal William Arthur Ruddock, 7th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
William was killed in action on Tuesday 8th. August 1944. He was originally buried in Grand Aunay British Cemetery at map reference Sh 7F/3 1/50.000 and was reburied on 30th. December 1946 in Grave: XXIII. F. 20. at Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

1040940 LAC William Herbert Valentine, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 2771 Squadron, RAF Regiment.
The son of William George and Martha Ellen Valentine.
Husband of Winifred Margery Valentine of Blo Norton.
The 23,722 ton British troop transport SS Strathallan with a crew of 440, 26 gunners, 248 Queen Alexandra nurses and 4,408 British and American troops aboard was part of Convoy KMF5, sailing from Glasgow, via Gibraltar to Algiers to participated in 'Operation Torch', the Allied landings in North Africa.
On Monday 21st. December 1942 the German submarine U-562, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Horst Hamm, encountered the convoy. At 02.23 hours U-562 fired a spread of 4 torpedoes about 40 miles north of Oran. Two detonations were heard after 65 sec. and another after 5 min. 50 sec. however only convoy commodore Capt. John Henry Biggs ship Strathallan was hit by one torpedo which struck on port side in the engine room. The explosion killed two engineer officers and two Indian crewmen on watch below, damaged the bulkhead separating the engine and boiler rooms and fractured a tank causing oil to enter the boiler room. The ship immediately developed a 15° list to port and the master ordered the nurses and troops to abandon ship in calm seas.
After it became clear that the ship would not sink fast, the evacuation was stopped and the troops ordered to the starboard side to help the stability. The approximately 1,300 survivors in the boats and on rafts were picked up in the morning by HMS Verity (D 63) and taken to Oran.
After 2 hours of work, at about 06.00 hours, HMS Laforey (G 99) took the Strathallan in tow for Oran at a speed of 5 knots. Shortly after midday about 2,000 survivors were transferred to HMS Panther (G 41) and HMS Pathfinder (G 10) and taken to Oran. It appeared that Strathallan could be saved as HMS Restive (W 39) went alongside to assist with pumping out water, but at 13.15 hours oil came in contact with the hot boilers and the fumes exploded, sending flames up through the funnel. The ship was soon ablaze amidships so the master ordered the ship to be abandoned except for a skeleton crew which later transferred to HMS Laforey. HMS Restive continued to tow the burning ship slowly towards Oran for 14 hours, but she capsized to port and sank 12 miles off Oran in position 36°01N/00°33W at about 04.00 hours on 22nd. December.
Six crew members, five nurses and five troops, including William, were lost.
William died, aged 37. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 98 of the Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede, Surrey
The Strathallan's master John Henry Biggs was awarded the CBE and the Lloyds War Medal for bravery at sea.

WHO OF THE TWENTY SEVEN
MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN
THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE


The memorial is of Doulting stone and takes the form of a Latin cross. Carved into each face of the pedestal are six painted heraldic shields, which represent the Royal Arms of King George V, East Anglia, the Diocese of Norwich, the County of Norfolk, the Duke of Norfolk, and St. Andrew.
The memorial was unveiled on a green close to St. Andrew's church on 7th. November 1920 by Major Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, and was dedicated by the rector of the parish, the Reverend C. L. Norris.
The memorial was designed by Mr. A .R. Powys, sculpted by Mr. Lawrence Turner of London and erected by monumental mason Mr. R. F. Perfitt of Diss, Norfolk.

The memorial received Grade: II listed building status on 29th. January 2018.

To the Glory of God & in loving memory of
ARTHUR CLARE ATKINS, Sergt. Gunlayer
1st. Class Royal Marine Artillery, who lost
his life in the sinking of H.M.S. Indefatigable
in the battle of Jutland May 31st. 1916, aged 34 years.
"Bee up and doynce"

RMA/8852 Sergeant Arthur Clare Atkins, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Indefatigable.

Arthur was born on 12th. March 1882 at Hertfordshire, the eldest son of Joseph, a decorator and sign writer, and Henrietta Atkins, nee Hobbey.

Arthur was educated in the Hay Mills area of Birmingham.

On 12th. June 1900 at Birmingham, Arthur enlisted into the Royal Navy. He served on the ships Bulward, King Edward VII, Good Hope, Black Prince, Britannia and finally Indefitgable.

On 21st. December 1905 Arthur married Olive, the second daughter of Frederick Claxton, the proprietor of the Swan Inn at Garboldisham, Norfolk.
In and around 1901 Olive had been a domestic servant for a family named Nichols. The head of the family may have been a Royal Marine officer who served in Italy and Malta, where Olive met Arthur. They had one son, Arthur Frederick, born on 25th. November 1906.

Arthur was a gunnery instructor and turret layer aboard the Indefatigable class battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable when she was involved in the Battle of Jutland on 31st. May 1916.

Around 16:00 hrs., Indefatigable was hit around her rear turret by 2 or 3 shells from the German battlecruiser Von der Tann. She fell out of formation to starboard and started sinking towards the stern and listing to port. Her magazines exploded at 16:03 hrs. after more hits, one on the forecastle and another on the forward turret. Smoke and flames gushed from the forward part of the ship and large pieces were thrown 200 feet (61 m) into the air. It has been thought that the most likely cause of her loss was an explosion in 'X' magazine that blew out her bottom and severed the steering control shafts, followed by the explosion of her forward magazines from the second volley.
More recent archaeological evidence shows that Indefatigable was blown in half within the opening minutes of the engagement with Von der Tann, which fired only 52 x 28 cm (11 in.) shells at Indefatigable before the fore part of the ship also exploded.
Of her crew of 1,019, only three survived. While still in the water, two survivors, Able Seaman Frederick Arthur Gordon Elliott and Leading Signalman Charles Farmer, found Indefatigable's captain, C.F. Sowerby, who was badly wounded. Elliott and Farmer were later rescued by the German torpedo boat S16, but by then Sowerby had died of his injuries. A third survivor, Signalman John Bowyer, was picked up by another unknown German ship. He was incorrectly reported as a crew member from the Admiralty M-class destroyer HMS Nestor in The Times on 24th. June 1916.

An extract from The Official History, 'Naval Operations' by Sir Julian S. Corbett in 1923 states,
'The duel between Indefatigable and the Von der Tan had been growing in intensity till, a few minutes after 4.0, the British ship was suddenly hit in a burst of flames and smoke. A salvo of three shots had fallen on her upper deck and must have penetrated to a magazine. She staggered out of line, sinking by the stern when another salvo struck her, a second terrible explosion rent her, she turned over and in a moment all trace of her was gone.'

Arthur was killer in action, aged 34, on Wednesday 31st. May 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 21 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

At the time of Arthur's death Olive and Arthur Jr. were living at 10 Westfield Road, Eastney, Portsmouth.

The name of Arthur Clare Atkins was not originally listed on Garboldisham's war memorial. In 2014 the parish council had the memorial cleaned for the 100th. anniversary of the start of World War One, and when the memorial was re-consecrated Arthur's name had been added.

This memorial is in the church of St. John the Baptist at Garboldisham, Norfolk.

At the time of Olive Atkins death on 5th. June 1962 she was living at 1 Council Houses, Garboldisham.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE UNDYING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM WENN
CAPTAIN OF THE NORFOLK REGT
AND OF ALL THE MEN OF
CATFIELD
WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

THIS CALVARY IS PLACED HERE
BY HIS WIFE RUTH WENN

ALSO OF
FRANCIS HAROLD HARRISON
LIEUT OF THE YORKSHIRE REGT
BROTHER OF RUTH WENN

THESE WERE HIS SERVANTS
IN HIS STEPS THEY TROD
FOLLOWING THROUGH DEATH
THE MATYRED SON OF GOD
VICTOR HE ROSE
VICTORIOUS TOO SHALL RISE
THEY WHO HAVE DRUNK
HIS CUP OF SACRIFICE

R.I.P.

Captain William Wenn, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
The son of William and Edith Wenn of Walcot, Norfolk.
Husband of Ruth Wenn, nee Harrison, of Ludham, Norfolk.
William died, aged 31, on Sunday 1st. April 1917. He is buried in Grave: C. 45. at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt with the personal inscription
'LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH'

Lieutenant Francis Harold Harrison, 3rd. Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 5th. Battalion, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers.
The son of Frank and Ruth Harrison of 7 Guilford Place, London, W.C.1.
Francis died, aged 30, on Saturday 2nd. September 1916. He is buried in Grave: I. G. 9. at Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.

Lieutenant Edward Addy, 9th. Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Born on 5th. July 1872 at Catfield, the eldest of seven children of Edward, an agricultural labourer, and Mary Ann Addy, nee Garrod.
Husband of Annie Laura Addy, nee Gladden, and father of Dorothy May b. 6th. August 1904, Edward John Addy b. 27th. April 1907, Pearl Mary b. 30th. August 1910 and Raymond Clive b. 27th. February 1913.
On 6th. September 1887 Edward enlisted at Great Yarmouth into the Norfolk Regiment as Private Norfk/2013. it was recorded that he was 5 ft. 5 in. tall, weighed 119 lb., had a chest measurement of 33¾ in. and had a fair complexion with light hazel eyes and sandy hair. He had enlisted for 7 years Army Service and 5 years Reserve Service.
Edward was at the Depot from 6th. September 1887 to 16th. November 1887, before being transferred to the 1st. Battalion from 17th. November 1887 until 13th. February 1889. He continued service with the Norfolk Regiment at the Depot from 14th. February 1889 and was granted 1 pence Good Conduct pay on 6th. September 1889. He was transferred to the 2nd. Battalion on 4th. March 1890. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 15th. October 1890 and then Paid Lance Corporal on 26th. May 1891, before being promoted to Corporal on 10th. August 1891. He was transferred to Depot on 16th. May 1892, passed for promotion to Sergeant on 22nd. July 1892 and was sent back to the 2nd. Battalion on 7th. July 1893.
On 19th. August 1893, he extended his Army Service to complete 12 years with the Colours, and he was transferred to 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 30th. September 1893 as Corporal. He was appointed unpaid Lance Sergeant on 25th. April 1894 and then promoted to Sergeant on 11th. July 1894.
On 21st. November 1894, he re-engaged for the Norfolk Regiment at Allahabad for such term as shall complete 21 years of service.
The Norfolk Regiment (9th. Foot) was stationed at Allahabad in late 1897. He received his Mounted Infantry Certificate on 29th. September 1896 and passed a course of instruction in Supply Duties and Transport on 15th. March 1898. The 1st. Battalion was sent to Bombay in 1898. His service records note he was involved with the campaigns at Tirah and Punjab Frontier 1897-98. He was transferred to 4th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 15th. February 1900.
On 31st. October 1900, Edward married Annie Lauren Gladden at St. Giles, Colchester, Essex.
He was promoted to Colour Sergeant on 21st. August 1901 and then transferred to Permanent Staff of 2nd. Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment as Colour Sergeant on 24th. April 1904. He was entitled to the India Medal 1895 with Tirah and Punjab Frontier 1897-1898 clasps and the Long Service and Good Conduct. Edward qualified for Special Instructor of Musketry (Distinguished) on 8th. November 1901 and passed a class of Instruction at Sparkbrook Small Arms Factory at Birmingham on 19th. December 1903.
Edward was transferred to 2nd. Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment as Colour Sergeant on 24th. April 1904 and on 1st. April 1908, he transferred to 5th. Battalion as Colour Sergeant. On 31st. July 1908 he was permitted to remain in the Service beyond 21 years. On 5th. September 1909, Edward was discharged to pension. He took up employment as a florist.
In 1911, Edward and the family boarded the SS Zieten to emigrate to Australia, living at Craig Street, Red Hill, Brisbane in 1912. Edward joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergeant Major.
When war broke out he volunteered for active service with 9th. Battalion AIF, joining on 19th. September 1914 and listed as Regimental Sergeant Major.
His wife Annie and family left Brisbane in June 1914 aboard the SS Miltiades for London, arriving on 3rd. July 1914. They settled at 72 Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex.
Edward embarked on HMAT Omrah A5 at Brisbane on 24th. September 1914, arriving in Egypt in early December.
On 2nd. March 1915 he left Alexandria aboard the SS Ionian to join the M.E.F. for the Gallipoli Campaign, and landed on Gallipoli on 25th. April 1915.
He was promoted to 2nd. Lieutenant on 28th. April 1915 at Gaba Tepe, and was appointed Lieutenant on 24th. July 1915.
The war diary for the 9th. Battalion on 20th. July 1915 records that “Lieut A ADDY sent away ill”. Edward was sent from Gallipoli to No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital at Mudros. Recorded as 'slightly sick', he was sent to Malta on HMHS Neuralia and was admitted to Imtarfa Hospital on 25th. July 1915. He died, aged 43, at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday 17th. August 1915 of dysentery and heart failure. Notes made on his clinical case sheet by Captain G. Basil Price RAMC, M O, RAMC, recorded he was 'conscious to within 12 hours of death, though wandering in mind at times, died from heart failure Aug 17 1915.'
Edward is buried in Grave: A. VIIIA. 6. at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta with the personal inscription
'HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
HIS SOUL TO HIS GOD'
Edward’s medals are,
India Medal 1895 with Punjab Frontier 1897-98
Tirah 1897-98 clasps
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Long Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal.

30372 Private Walter C. Blaxell, 2nd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1889 at Catfield, the son of George and Mary Ann Blaxell.
Married Bertha Henrietta, later Hannant, of Church Lane, Potter Heigham in 1910..
Father of Dorothy E. Blaxell.
Walter died, aged 29, on Saturday 22nd. June 1918. He is buried in Grave: XI. H. 8. at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq with the personal inscription
'GOD HATH CALLED HIM TO PEACE'

Private Frederick John Brooks.
Birth registered at Smallburgh in June 1886

240347 Serjeant Walter Charles Brooks, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1893, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter George Brooks of Catfield.
Walter was killed in action, aged 24, on Thursday 19th April 1917 in Second Battle of Gaza. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 11 to 15 of the Jerusalem Memorial.

1341/SBC Boy Cook Lancelot Arthur Clow, Royal Naval Reserve, shore establishment HMS Vivid Devonport, Devon
Born on 28th. January 1900 at Digby, Lincolnshire, the son of Frederick and Margaret Jane Clow of Lillington House, Catfield.
Lancelot died of pneumonia, aged 18, on Friday 15th. March 1918. He is buried to the south of All Saints church, Catfield.

Sergeant Fred George.
Birth registered at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in June 1886.
Recorded as a resident of Catfield in the 1911 census.

Private Percy Hall.
Nothing is known about this man.

40076 Private Alfred William Hudson, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Mrs. E. Hudson of Catfield Common.
Alfred died, aged 21, on Wednesday 18th. October 1916.
He was buried with a battlefield cross at map reference 57c.N.21.D.8.6. and was reburied in Grave: VIII. J. 14. at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription
'DEATH DIVIDES
BUT MEMORY CLINGS'

Signaller Jesse Lock.
Born c. 1898 at Sutton, Norfolk.
Recorded as a resident of Catfield in the 1911 census.

3047 Serjeant Alexander Henry McJannet, 'C' Battery, 76th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born in 1894, the son of Mr. H. F. and Mrs. E. E. McJannet of Galloway House, Catfield.
Alexander died, aged 22, on Monday 25th. September 1916. He was buried at map reference T.19.a.before being reburied in Grave: V. L. 3. at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France with the personal 'inscription
'THY WILL BE DONE'

493158 Private Frederick Lewis Myhill,1st/13th. Kensington Battalion, London Regiment, formally 6352 Private, London Regiment.
Born in 1885, the son of Augustine Edward and Sophia Myhill of Catfield
Frederick was killed in action, aged 31, on Sunday 8th. October 1916. He was buried in an unmarked grave at map location 57c.T.4.b.55.15 and was reburied in Grave: I. JJ. 35. at Secrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France, possible in early 1934.

87321 Private Frank Charles Myhill, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Born 1884.
Husband of M. M. Myhill, later Baldwin, of The Street, Catfield.
Frank died, aged 33, on Thursday 10th. May 1917. He is buried south of All Saints church in Catfield.

1025DA Deck Hand Otto Cecil Mason, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Trawler Sisters Melville.
Otto died, aged 28, on Tuesday 13th. February 1917, when the trawler Sisters Melville, hired by the Admiralty for minesweeping and given the Admiralty number 1951, was mined and sunk with the loss of 7 crew. Otto has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 26 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

231651 Able Seaman Walter Edward Neve, Royal Navy, HMS Recruit.
Recruit was a 1,089 ton R-class destroyer launchedon 9th. December 1916 by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland. She was commissioned in April 1917 and in May 1917 was assigned to 10th. Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Harwich Force.
Walter died, aged 28, on Thursday 9th. August 1917 when the destroyer was sunk with the loss of 53 crew by a torpedo from the German submarine UB-16 commanded by Oblt. Wilhelm Rhein, 3 nautical miles north of the Noord Hinder lightvessel in the North Sea. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 22 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

75/ST Stoker 1st. Class John Benjamin Newman, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Whaler Blackwhale.
Born on 6th. September 1867 at Catfield, the son of George, a farm labourer and Sarah Ann, nee Myhill.
Husband of Lily Gertrude Gillingwater, married in All Saint, Catfield in February 1892.
The 1901 census records John working as a railway navvy. The 1911 census records he was a labourer with six children.
Enlisting into the RNR, on Thursday 3rd. February 1916 John was serving aboard HM Whaler Blackwhale which was in Aberdeen harbour.
The Aberdeen Press and Journal of 5th. February reported,
'The body of a seaman named J.B. Newman was recovered from the tidal harbour at Aberdeen yesterday morning, he had not been long in the water. Newman was married and his home address was Catfield, near Gt. Yarmouth.'
The Rector of Catfield reported in the Waxham Deanery magazine of March 1916,
'John Benjamin Newman who was serving on HMS Blackwhale met with an accident and was drowned at Aberdeen. From the report sent to me by a senior Naval officer, he had been on watch on another vessel to which the men of Blackwhale had been removed while their ship was undergoing repair. After his watch he must have gone onto the quay and fallen off into the harbour, probably striking his head against some steps as he fell. His body was sent home to Catfield'.
John is buried south-east of All Saints church in Catfield with the personal inscription
'THE SOUL
OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD
R.I.P.'

26475 Private Robert Newman, 14th. Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Born in Catfield, the son of Robert George and Sarah Newman of Old Farm, East Ruston, Norfolk.
Robert died on Wednesday 28th. February 1917. He is buried in Grave: XI. B. 11. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

293000 Chief Stoker William Henry Newman, Royal Navy, HMS Aboukir.
Husband of Rose Octavia Newman of Virginia Cottage, Catfield.
Aboukir was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser, launched on 16th. May 1900.
On the morning of Wednesday 22nd. September 1914, Aboukir and her sister ships Cressy and Hogue were on patrol in the stormy North Sea. The ships were in line abreast, about 2,000 yards (1,800 m) apart at a speed of 10 knots. They did not expect a submarine attack and were not zigzagging but they had lookouts posted and had one gun manned on each side to attack any submarines if sighted.
The German submarine U-9 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen, had been ordered to attack British transports at Ostend, Belgium but had been forced to dive and take shelter from the storm. On surfacing the crew spotted the three British ships off the Hook of Holland and moved to attack. U-9 fired one torpedo at 06:20 at Aboukir that struck her on the port side. Captain John Drummond thought he had struck a mine and ordered the other two ships to transfer his wounded men. Aboukir quickly began listing and capsized around 06:55
As Hogue approached Aboukir, her captain, Wilmot Nicholson, realized it had been a submarine attack and signalled Cressy to look for a periscope. His ship continued to close on Aboukir and having stopped to lowered all her boats, Hogue was struck by two torpedoes around 06:55. The sudden weight loss of the two torpedoes caused U-9 to broach the surface and Hogue's gunners opened fire without effect before the submarine could submerge again. Hogue capsized about 10 minutes after being torpedoed and she sank at 07:15.
Cressy's Captain Johnson attempted to ram the submarine, but did not hit anything and he resumed the rescue effort, until Cressy was torpedoed at 07:20. She also took on a heavy list and then capsized, before sinking at 07:55.
527 men were lost on Aboukir from a total of 1,397 rating and 62 officers lost in the attack.
William has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

20644 Private Reginald William Pert, 1st. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Born 1895, the son of James William and Rachel S. Pert of Catfield.
Reginald was killed, aged 21, in action in the attack on Morval on Monday 25th. September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C. of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

124384 Gunner Harold Thompson, 'B' Battery, 92nd. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
The son of W. Thompson of Bleak Cottage, Catfield.
Harold died on Saturday 8th. September 1917. He is buried north of All Saints church in Catfield.

14457 Private Charles Robert Turner, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Charles Turner of Homestead Cottage, Lessingham, Norfolk.
Charles died, aged 21, on Tuesday 12th. January 1915. He is buried in Grave: ZHN. 37. at Bear Road Cemetery Brighton, Sussex with the personal inscription
'THE LORD GAVE
AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY'

50569 Private Albert James Twiddy, 4th. Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formall S/4/157278 Army Service Corp.
Born in 1887 at Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Malakie, a Midland & Great Northern Railway gatekeeper, and Bessie Twiddy of Catfield.
Brother of Willie, Earnest and Levi.
Husband of Florence Eliza Twiddy, nee Preston of Wreningham, Norfolk, married in 1917
The 1901 census records the 13 year old Albert already working as an agricultural labourer living at his widower father property, 'Gate House', Catfield
The 1911 census records Albert as a journeyman baker living in the household of his employer, Benjamin Sims at Lower Street, Horning, Norfolk.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Albert died of wounds, aged 30, on Friday 20th. September 1918. He is buried in Grave: B. 22. at Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle, Pas de Calais, France.
Albert is also commemorated on the Horning, Norfolk war memorial.

*Not listed on the memorial*

7878DA Deck Hand Bertie John Cook, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Trawler Cantatrice.
The son of Charles Joseph and Charlotte Eliza Cook of Catfield.
Bertie died, aged 24, on Sunday 5th. November 1916 when the 302 gross ton hired trawler, built in 1915 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd. of Beverley in 1915, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-18, commanded by Oblt.z.S. Wilhelm Kiel, near Great Yarmouth and was lost with all 18 hands. Bertie has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 19 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

23229 Driver William Woodcock Gibbs, 112th. Battery, 24th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
The son of Henry Thomas and Esther Elizabeth Gibbs of Catfield.
William died of heatstroke, aged 43, on Friday 11th. June 1920. He is buried in Plot 6, Grave 88 at Kamptee Cemetery, Khadki, Pune District, Maharashtra, India.

20750 Private John Helsdon, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Born in 1891, the son of Charles and Amelia Mary Helsdon of Fenside, Catfield.
John was killed in action, aged 25, in the attack on Hilt Trench and Grease Trench on Thursday 12th. October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 10 D of the Theipval Memorial, Somme, France.

Catfield suffered twice the national average of deaths in the First World War. 25 men from a village with a population of around 500 were lost.
The memorial unveiled and dedicated by the Dean of Norwich on 5th November 1919 on a village green adjacent to the churchyard of All Saints church. It is prominently situated at the junction of Hall Road and Church Road overlooking fields and by the path leading to the churchyard entrance. Ruth Wenn is understood to have been the memorial’s main benefactor.

1939 - 1945

5773664 Private Alfred George Newman, 5th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Edwin and Ellen Newman, of Catfield.
A prisoner of war of the Japanese, Alfred died on Thursday 21st. September 1944, aged 25.
The Japanese cargo ship Hofuku Maru was sailing from Singapore to Miri, Borneo as part of Convoy SHIMI-05. The convoy consisted of 10 ships, 5 of which carried in total, 5,000 POW, all in appalling conditions.
At Borneo the Hofuku Maru left the convoy with engine problems, and sailed to the Philippines, arriving on 19th. July. She remained in Manila until mid-September while the engines were repaired. The POW remained onboard suffering terribly from disease, hunger and thirst.
On 20th. September, the Hofuku Maru and 10 other ships formed Convoy MATA-27, and sailed from Manila bound for Japan. The following morning the convoy was attacked 80 miles north of Corregidor by more than 100 US Navy carrier aircraft. All 11 ships in the convoy were sunk. Of those on the Hofuku Maru, 1,047 of the 1,289 British and Dutch POW on board died.
Alfred has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 52 of the Singapore Memorial, Kranji, Singapore.

2003426 Driver Arthur George Toll, 287 Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Born in 1920, the son of Herbert and Rosa Toll of Sutton, Norfolk.
Arthur died in the fighting for Singapore, aged 22, on Saturday 31st. January 1942. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 42 of the Singapore Memorial, Kranji, Singapore.

*Not listed on the memorial*

402979 Sergeant Geoffrey Carman, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 78 Squadron, RAF.
Born on 30th. January 1910 at Catfield, the son of Cecil Thomas and Constance May Carman, who emigrated to New Zealand in 1914.
Educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, Whanganui, New Zealand.
After enlisting, Geoffrey embarked, presumably for Canada aboard the Aorangi. He attended Course 1, Class 3/K of the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 2 Wireless School at Calgary, Alberta, graduating on 14th. April 1941. He was then sent the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba.
Arriving in Britain, Geoffrey was attached to the RAF.
The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V, medium bomber, coded Z6881, took off from RAF Middleton St. George in County Durham at 20:37 hr on 6th. September 1941 for a raid on Huls, Germany. It was shot down by a night fighter at Bergum, 7 miles SE of Leeuwarden, killing the crew of five.
Geoffrey was killed in action, aged 30, on Sunday 7th. September 1941. He is buried in Row 42, Grave 5 at Tietjerksteradeel Protestant Churchyard, Bergum, Netherlands.
Geoffrey is commemorated in the World War 2 Hall of Memories, Auckland War Memorial Museum and on the Gisborne War Memorial, Gisborne, NZ.

72690 Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright, Forward Observation Office, 181 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Born on 29th. August 1916, he was known as Julian, the son of Sir Geoffrey, 3rd. Baronet, Captain, 3rd. Battalion, East Kent Regiment and Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps, and Felicity Cory-Wright, nee Tree, of Brancaster.
Educated at Sandroyd School, Wiltshire and Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire.
On leaving school, he returned to Eton for a short spell to teach mathematics and then he enrolled as an articled clerk with Deloitte.
At the outbreak of war in September 1939 he mobilised with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
On 1st. June 1940 he married Susan Esterel Cory-Wright, nee Elwes of Catfield. They had three children, Virginia Caroline, b. 8th. May 1941, Juliet Susan, b. 22nd. October 1942 and Richard Michael 4th. Baronet, b. 17th. January 1944.
In March 1942 he joined 177th. Battery, 181st. Field Regiment, 15th. (Scottish) Division as a Gunner Officer.
On the night of 12/13th. June 1944 Julian's unit embarked aboard the U. S. liberty ship Fort Biloxi at Tilbury, Essex bound for Normandy and arrived off Arromanches on the afternoon of 14th. June. Because of bad weather not all of the units equipment could be landed until 22nd. June.
On morning of Monday 26th. June 1944, Julian and his troop move on foot towards their observation post position at St. Manvieu.
Captain Jack Cunis was at the Command Post and he called Julian on the field telephone and asked how it was going at the front. “Pretty brisk” Julian replied, then the line went dead. A shell had landed near Julian’s party. Sergeant Signaller John Bramald, accompanying him on the mission recalled that, characteristically, Julian's only concern was for his men before he lost consciousness and died.
Julian was killed in action, aged 27. He was initially buried beside the shell hole where he was killed, and was later buried in Grave: II. G. 11. at Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France with the personal inscription
'ALL OUR LOVE.
VIRGINIA, JULIET, RICHARD
AND SUSAN,
Julian is also commemorated on Brancaster War Memorial, Norfolk, the gates of the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Knebworth War Memorial, Hertfordshire, the WW2 War Memorial, Eton College and at Sandroyd School, Wiltshire.
A keen artist, after the war his family published a book, 'From Norfolk to Normandy, The wartime art of Captain Julian Cory-Wright'.

3968167 Lance Corporal Thomas Basil Hopkins, 1st. Battalion, Welch Regiment.
Born in September 1915 at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Husband of Mabel Maud Hopkins, née Myhill of Catfield, whom he married in the 3rd. quarter of 1943.
Thomas died, aged 28, on Thursday 21st. September 1944. He is buried in Grave: XIX, K, 8. at Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Coriano, Provincia di Forli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy with the personal inscription
'IN GOD'S GARDEN
OF LOVING MEMORIES
WE MEET EVERY DAY'

5768081 Signalman Reginald George Reeve, 5th. Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
The son of John and Emma Reeve.
Husband of Laura Evelyn Reeve of Catfield.
Reginald died, aged 35, on Tuesday 1st. September 1942. He is buried in Grave: 7. H. 11. at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq with the personal inscription
'I CANNOT MOURN
BESIDE HIS GRAVE
BUT I THINK OF HIM EACH DAY'

Air Raid Precautions Warden Edith Watts.
Born on 20th. January 1895 in Catfield, one of the eleven children of Philip Arthur Gillings Bacon, a railway labourer, and Edith Bacon née Pollard. She was baptised on 14th. April 1895 at Catfield.
The 1901 census records Edith, her parents and five siblings living with her paternal widowered grandfather George Bacon in his home at The Common, Catfield.
Edith later moves to London where she is employed as a
general domestic servant living in an 8 roomed property at 101 Selborne Road, Southgate, North London, the home of James Burch, a director of a leather goods manufacturer, his wife and their two children.
In July 1925 she married Harry Watts in the Lewisham registration district. They had twins, John Alan and Joyce Constance, whose births were registered in the 2nd. quarter of 1927 in the Croydon registration district, Surrey.
Edith is listed in the 1939 England and Wales Register as both a housewife and part-time Air Raid Precautions Warden, living at 7 Cottingham Road, Penge, Kent. Her husband was described as a timber merchant and a part-time Air Raid Precautions Warden.
Edith died, aged 49, on Thursday 29th. June 1944. According to the Flying Bombs and Rockets website at 00.23 hr. a V1 flying bomb impacted at 7 Cottingham Road and caused extensive damage across the area. Four houses were demolished in Cottingham Road and 39 severely damaged. 67 shops and 84 houses were also damaged in Green Lane, High Street, Croydon Road and Clarina Road. It also caused severe damage to a range of buildings used as workshops, offices and stores and also a builder's warehouse. A total of three people died, including Edith's son.
Edith, and presumably her son, are buried in Penge.
Edith is commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939-1945 located outside St. George's Chapel at Westminster Abbey.


The war memorial received Grade: II listed building status on 23th. February 2017.

1288 PRIVATE
E.H. TREEBY
19TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
26TH AUGUST 1918 AGE 36

REST IN PEACE

1288 Private Earnest Hamiton Treeby, 19th. Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces.
Born at Cooma, New South Wales, the son of Charles and Ellen Treeby, nee Harrison, of 21 Clinton Street, Goulburn, New South Wales.

Educated at public school in South Goulburn, NSW.

Earnest enlisted on 3rd. April 1916 at Cootamunda, NSW. It was recorded that he was 5 ft. 9 in. tall with brown hair and grey eyes. He was single, employed as a stone mason and named his mother as his next of kin.

He was posted to 'B' Company, 3rd. Battalion at Cootamundra for recruit training. Then he was posted to 'A' Company, 1st. Battalion on 20th. April, 1916, then to 'C' Company, 1st. Battalion on 8th. May 1916, then to 'A' Company, 1st. Battalion on 9th. June 1916.
On 6th. July 1916 he was transferred to 'B' Company, Depot Battalion at Goulburn and then transferred to 1st/5th. Light Trench Mortar Battery at Menangle on 5th August, 1916.

Earnest embarked from Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7th. October and disembarked at Plymouth, England on 21st. November 1916. Recruits were only given basic training in Australia and their training was completed in England. From 22nd. November
1916 Ernest received training with 'A' Detail at No. 3 Camp, Parkhouse, Wiltshire. On 6th. February 1917 he was transferred to 5th. Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire

Earnest left Southampton for France on 14th. June 1917, arriving at the 2nd. Australian Divisional Base Depot at Havre,
France the following day. On 3rd. July 1917 he was posted to 19th. Battalion, Australian Infantry.

On 29th. September 1917 Earnest was admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, then transferred to an ambulance train. His medical notes stated 'NYD N', Not Yet Diagnosed Neurosis (shell shock). He was admitted to 53rd. General Hospital at Boulogne on 20th. September 1917 with 'debility' then transferred on 22nd. September 1917 to 32nd. Stationary Hospital at Wimereux. A report completed on 4th. October 1917 on his admission to hospital states that,
"who without any visible wound, became non-effective from physical conditions claimed or presumed to have originated from effects of British or enemy weapons in action." The Report stated that Pte. Treeby on admission had no tremor and his speech was normal. He stated he was shelled out of position and then lost his way and that he was not unconscious.
Ernest was transferred to Rest Camp on 29th. October 1917 and rejoined his Battalion in Belgium on 4th. December1917.

From 7th. March until 26th March 1918 Ernest was in the UK on leave.

On 8th. August 1918 Earnest was wounded in action in the attack at Amiens, receiving shrapnel wounds to his left leg. He was transferred the same day to the 6th. Australian Field Ambulance and from there was transferred to an ambulance train. On 9th. August he was admitted to 2nd. Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau and then embarked for England aboard the Hospital Ship Princess Elizabeth on 11th. August. He was then admitted to the Norfolk War Hospital in Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk.

Earnest died, aged 36, from pyaemia, a type of septicaemia, at 7:30 p.m. on Monday 26th. August 1918. He was buried at 3:45 p.m. on 4th. September 1918 in Grave: 54. 701. at Earlham Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk with the personal inscription
'REST IN PEACE'

The report of Earnest burial stated,
'Coffin was good polished elm. The deceased soldier was accorded a military funeral, bugler and pallbearers, being supplied by the hospital. The coffin was mounted on a gun carriage draped with the Union Jack and surmounted by flowers and an artificial wreaths sent by comrades in hospital. A
large number of patients from the War Hospital, Norwich attended the funeral. Prior to the interment a service was
conducted at the graveside by Rev. J. T. Mumford, S.C.F. Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich. Administrative Headquarters, A.I.F. London were represented at the funeral.'

Earnest was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. A Memorial Scroll, sent September 1921, and Memorial Plaque, sent October, 1922, were received by his mother.

Earnest is commemorated on the Roll of Honour, located in the Hall of Memory Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia, on the Bethungra War Memorial, Olympic Highway, Bethungra, NSW. and on the Rocky Hill War Memorial Tower and Honour Roll, Memorial Road,
Goulburn, NSW.

In ever loving memory
of
FREDERICK RICHES DELF
The beloved husband of
ELIZABERH LOUTTID DELF
Who entered into rest 16th. October 1923
Also of ELIZABERH LOUTTID DELF,
The beloved wife of the above,
Who entered into rest 13th. February 1935,
Aged 80 years.
"The peace of God which passeth all understanding
keeps them for evermore"

Also of
STUART ALEXANDER DELF, R.A.S.C.
Who died on active service
at Salonica 15th. November 1918,
Aged 30 years.

T4/084398 Driver Stuart Alexander Delf, 852nd. Horse Transport Company, Army Service Corps.

Stuart was born in 1888 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Frederick Riches, a grocer and amateur artist, born on 31st January 1848 at Sotherton, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Louttid Delf, née Leggett, born on 3rd November 1854 at Norwich, Norfolk. The couple married at Great Yarmouth in 1875. Two of their addresses were 5 St. John's Terrace, and 118 Middlegate Street, both in Great Yarmouth.

Stuart was the husband of S. M. A. E. Delf, of 34 Lichfield Road, Southdown, Great Yarmouth, and brother of,

Henry Frederick, 21st. December 1875 - 28th. February 1945, grocer of 'Brightside', Poplar Avenue, Gorleston. Died at Potter Heigham, Norfolk
William Riches, 1878 - 1964
Rose Elizabeth, 1879 - 1972
Percy Herbert, 13th. January 1882 - 14th. November 1948
Nelson Dennis, 1884 - 1928
Mabel Blanche, 1886 - 1968
Daisy Victoria, 1891 - 1966
Hilda May, 1893 - 1959
Gladys Mary, 1895 - 1982
Frank Erle, 11th. January 1898 - 1973, a motor mechanic and Merchant Navy marine engineer. A keen artist and well-known naturalist.

All of Stuart's siblings were born in Great Yarmouth.

Stuart died, aged 30, on Friday 15th. November 1918 at the 28th. General Hospital in Salonika. One source states he died of hepatitis, while another states dysentery.
He is buried in Grave: 832 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece with the personnel inscription,
'GOD KNOWS BEST
WHY THE PARTING CAME
AND WE TWO TAKE
THE LONELY ROAD'

The grave of Frederick and Elizabeth Delf is on Plot: L/283 in Gorleston cemetery, Norfolk.

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
OF

11122 Private James Browne, 13th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Born in 1882 at Ranworth, Norfolk, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Browne.
Husband of Ethel J. Knights, formerly Browne, of 161 South Walsham Road, Hemblington.
The 1911 census records James employed as a gamekeeper.
James was killed in action, aged 34, on Tuesday 14th. November 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

58333 Lance Corporal James Robert Clare, 195th. Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Bornn in 1897, the son of Robert and Mary Clare of Ranworth, Norfolk.
James was killed in action, aged 20, on Tuesday 7th. August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 56 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

6702 Sergeant William Arthur Evans, 8th. Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
William was killed in action during the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt on Sunday 5th. November 1916.
He was buried at map reference Sh.57c.S.W.M.18.c.42 and was later reburied in Grave: II. E. 6. at Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Pas de Calais, France.

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.
May They Rest in Peace.

ALSO OF

2659044 Guardsman Benjamin David 'Ben' Barber, 1st. Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
Born in 1920 at Blofield, Norfolk, the son of Arthur George and Mary Lilian Barber, nee Farman, previously Manners, of Hemblington.
Benjamin died, aged 20, on Thursday 30th. May 1940. He is buried in Grave: C. 11. at Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension, Veurne, West-Vlaaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription
'REST IN PEACE.
EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS'
The Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension where Benjamin is buried contains 77 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, almost all of them date from the last two or three days of May 1940. There are 71 named graves, including 2 Czech and 1 Australian from 1944. The average age of the men buried there is 23 years old, 54 of them died on the same day as Benjamin, 30th. May 1940, 21 of them were Benjamin's fellow Coldstream Guards.
The following was published, probably in the local Blofield Parish magazine, regarding Benjamin's death:
'Killed in Action.
On 20th. June the parents of Ben Barber had a telegram from the War Office to the effect that he had been killed in action. At the same time the Chaplain wrote, 'during these months of war I have had the privilege of knowing him as a friend and also as a keen and wonderful worker in all that he was called upon to do'. He was twenty, and as a boy he was in Hemblington choir. After leaving school he served in the stables of Major and Mrs Bevan. His letters from France were always to the effect that nobody need worry about him, as he was in the best of health. His one anxiety seemed to be his dog. Ben gave his life in the great rear-guard action which enabled others to be saved at Dunkirk. They saved others; themselves they would not save.'
Benjamin is also commemorated on the Blofield war memorial.

T/204610 Driver Ronald F.L. Hylton, 15 Tank Transporter Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
on of Louis B. and Mabel Ellen Hylton, of Hemblington.
Husband of Lilian Bessie Hyton of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Brother of Cyril, below.
Ronald died, aged 27, on Saturday 12th. June 1943. He was buried in Grave: 2.E.5. in Benghazi Old Military cemetery and was reburied on 8th. September 1944 in Grave: 3. D. 17. at Benghazi War Cemetery, Benghazi, Libya with the personal inscription
'DEEP IN MY HEART
A MEMORY IS KEPT
I LOVED HIM
TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET'

T/14690595 Driver Cyril Walter Hylton, 838th. General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
The son of Louis B. and Mabel Ellen Hylton of Hemblington.
Brother of Ronald, above.
Cyril died as a result of an accident, aged 24, on Friday 4th. May 1945. He was buried at map reference SH 2705 4-941 MR 224127 and was reburied on 13th. February 1946 in Grave: IV. A. 7. at Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands with the personal inscription
'SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES
SILENTLY KEPT,
OF A LOVING FACE
WE CAN NEVER FORGET'

41885 Squadron Leader George Earnest Weston DFC, Pilot, 61 Squadron, RAF.
Born on 29th. March 1919 at Peterborough, the son of George, a shoe retailer from Hemblington, and Francis Lesley Weston.
Baptised in All Saints church at Hemblington on 1st. June 1919.
Brother of Godfrey, below.
The family emigrated to Lawrence, New Zealand before October 1921.
George was educated at Lawrence District High School and at Victoria University in Wellington, where he was junior tennis champion.
Until 1938 George was employed as a clerk in the Public Works Department, before applying for a Short Service Commission in the RAF.
On 10th. August 1939 he was awarded his wings and after further training he was posted to 50 Squadron at RAF Lindholme, Yorkshire, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
"One night in February 1941, Flying Officer Weston was detailed to attack an enemy vessel lying in the dock at Brest. Owing to extreme darkness and exceptional searchlight and anti-aircraft opposition great difficulty was encounter locating the target. Although is starboard engine failed, Flying Officer Weston persisted in his search and in the face of an increasingly heavy and accurate barrage, eventually located his target and pressed home his attack with a full load of bombs. On the return journey over the English Channel, his engine picked up but failed again. By skilful handling of his aircraft, however, he succeeded in reaching his base where he landed in safety. He displayed outstanding gallantry, skill and determination throughout."
London Gazette, 14th. March 1941.
Around May 1941 he was promoted to Squadron Leader.
In November 1941 George was posted to 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron at RAF Waddington, then in July 1942 he moved to 61 Squadron at RAF Syerston. He was then loaned to Coastal Command at RAF St. Eva for anti-submarine operations in the Bay of Biscay before returning to 61 Squadron.
Tasked on 1st. October 1942 to attack Wismar, Germany, George was piloting Lancaster Mk.1, serial number R3703, coded QR-D. Taking from Syerston at 17.45 hrs, the aircraft was barely airborne when the immersion switch on the emergency dingy short circuited causing the dingy to activate and break free from its stowage in the starboard wing. The dingy fouled the controls to the tailplane, causing the Lancaster to entered into a dive resulting in a crash north-east of Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire. As the aircraft was fully loaded with fuel and bombs there were no survivors from the 7 man crew.
At the time of his death, aged 23, George had logged at total of 1,230 flying hours.
George is buried in a joint grave with his younger brother Godfrey in All Saints churchyard, Hemblington,

426183 Flight Sergeant Godfrey Randell Weston, Observer, Royal New Zealand Air Force,1657 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF.
Born on 5th. October 1921 at Dunedin, New Zealand, the son of George, a shoe retailer from Hemblington, and Francis Lesley Weston.
Brother of George, above.
Godfrey was educated at Lawrence District High School and after leaving school he was employed as a shop assistant and bookkeeper in his father's business.
Godfrey enlisted into the RNZAF on 30th. May 1942, and on 24th. December 1942 he embarked for Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme.
Following training in Canada and Britain, Godfrey was promoted to Flight Sergeant on 11th. December 1943, and in March 1943 he was posted to 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit at Stradishall, Suffolk, to convert onto Sterling bombers.
On 20th. April 1944 Godfrey was the bomb aimer aboard Stirling Mk. 1, serial number R9353, that was on a night flying exercise that included practicing circuits and landing. At 03:12 hrs. the aircraft bounced heavily on landing, and while attempting to overshoot and go around again the pilot, NZ/421847 Flt. Sgt. John Gold, opened the throttles but the port wing dipped and within seconds the Stirling dived into the ground at Stradishall airfield, killing 4 New Zealanders and 1 RAFVR. Sgt. P.F. Hudson, RNZAF, air gunner survived with slight injuries.
At the time of his death, aged 22, Godfrey had logged 264 flying hours.
Godfrey is buried in a joint grave with his older brother George in All Saints churchyard, Hemblington.

KILLED IN WORLD WAR 1939 - 45.
Their name liveth forever.

The memorials are inside All Saints church at Hemblington.

IN MEMORY OF THEBERTON MEN
WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918.

TS/9936 Private Sidney Arthur Bailey, Shoeing Smith, Army Service Corp.
Born in 1884
Husband of Mrs. Bailey 10, Alberta Cottages, Burns Lane, Southtown, Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Sidney died, aged 34, on Saturday 23rd. November 1918. He is buried in Grave: XI. D. 19. at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription
'WITH EVER
LOVING REMEMBRANCES
FROM WIFE & CHILDREN'

15359 Private Arthur George Bird, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born at Leiston, Suffolk.
Arthur died on Saturday 17th. February 1917. He is buried in Grave: VI. E. 29 at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France.

3/10161 Private Herbert Bird, 1st. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, formally 3rd. Battalion, Suffolk's.
Born in 1877 at Walsham-Le-Willows, Suffolk, the son of Charles and Sarah Bird of Eastbridge, Theberton.
Herbert died of wounds, aged 38, on Tuesday 5th. October 1915. He is buried in Grave: II. A. 48. at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription
'DAY BY DAY
THE VOICE SAITH "COME"
ENTER THINE ETERNAL HOME'

203867 Leading Seaman Alfred Button DSM and Bar, Royal Navy, HMS Sea Ranger.
Born on 12th. September 1883 at Therberton, 2nd. eldest of the 14 children of James and Lucy Button.
Husband of Rose Selina and father of two sons and a daughter, Iris.
The 176 gross ton steam trawler Cameo was completed in May 1898 by Mackie & Thompson at Goven, Scotland. She was registered at Hall as H394.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper, with the Admiralty number 1216, she was armed with 1 x 3 pounder gun and based at Peterhead.
On 16th. July 1915 Cameo engaged the German submarine U19, but although hitting it 3 time the submarine escaped.
Alfred received the Distinguished Service Medal for his part in this action, gazetted on 13th. September 1915 in the Supplement to the London Gazette, page 9065. The medal was sent to the Rear Admiral at Ivergordon on 24th. November 1915 for presentation.
A bar to the DSM was awarded for a subsequent act of gallantry for services in the Auxiliary Patrol. The award gazetted on page 7066 in the Supplement to the London Gazette, 14th. July 1916.
Alfred may have mislaid the medal and clasp because it was returned on 12th. November 1917 and reissued to the Fleet Surgeon at the Royal Naval Hospital in Gt Yarmouth 21st. November 1917 for presentation.
Alfred died, aged 35, in Great Yarmouth Naval Hospital, Norfolk on Wednesday 16th. October 1918. He was affected by shell shock and died from insanity attributed to service. He is buried in St. Peter's churchyard extension, Therberton.

Lt. Col. Charles Hotham Montagu 'Richard' Doughty-Wylie VC, CB, CMG, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Born on 23rd. July 1868 at Theberton Hall, the son of Henry Montagu Doughty, a barrister and retired naval officer, and his wife Edith, nee Cameron.
Educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
On 21st. September 1889 Charles was commissioned a 2nd. Lt. in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
In May 1904 he married Lilian Wylie and took her surname becoming Doughty-Wylie. They had no children.
During the Young Turk Revolution of 1909, Doughty-Wylie was the British consul in Mersina, Turkey, where he successfully halted the massacre of Armenians. Newspaper reports of the period record that hew was shot in the arm while trying to prevent the massacre. During the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, whilst working with the British Red Cross he was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of Medijedieh, 2nd. Class, for his service to wounded Turkish men.
At the start of the 1st. World War, Doughty-Wylie was a Lt. Col. in The Royal Welch Fusiliers. Due to his earlier experience in Turkey he was attached to the HQ of General Ian Hamilton, commander designate Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, during the Battle of Gallipoli.
On the 25th. April 1915 he was off Cape Helles aboard the collier SS River Clyde which had landed troops from 2nd. Hampshire Regiment, 1st. Royal Dublin Fusiliers and 1st. Royal Munster Fusiliers at 'V' Beach. With only a precarious foothold on shore and under heavy enemy fire the units suffered great losses. Aware of their plight, the next day he volunteered to go ashore and assess the situation.
He and Capt. Garth Neville Walford of the Royal Field Artillery organised the survivors into an attack on the well defended Turkish hill village of Sedd el Bahr and the castle above it. The attack was successful due to the skill and gallantry of the two officers, both of whom were killed in the attack. It was said that Doughty-Wylie carried only a cane into battle as he did not wish to bear arms against his former friends. He was shot in the face by a sniper and died instantly, aged 46.
Doughty-Wylie and Walford were posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, Doughty-Wylie being the highest ranking officer awarded the VC during the Gallipoli Campaign.
He was buried close to where he fell, his being the only grave at the site known as the Sedd el Bahr Military Grave. The hill were he fell and was buried was renamed Fort Doughty-Wylie.
The London Gazette, No. 29202, dated 23rd. June 1915 recorded the official citation for the award of the VC,
"On 26th. April 1915, subsequent to a landing having been effected on the beach at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula, during which both the Brigadier-General and Brigade Major had been killed, Lieutenant-Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Walford organised and led an attack through and on both sides of the village of Sedd el Bahr on the Old Castle at the top of the hill inland. The enemy's position was very strongly held and entrenched, and defended with concealed machine guns and pom-poms. It was mainly due to the initiative, skill and great gallantry of these two officers that the attack was a complete success. Both were killed in the moment of victory".
Doughty-Wylie’s medal group are held and displayed by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum, Caernarfon Castle, Wales.
The inscription on an additional rectangular plaque placed in front of the base of the war memorial reads,
CAPTURED GERMAN GUN GRANTED TO THIS PARISH IN RECOGNITION IN THE AWARD OF THE VICTORIA CROSS TO A THEBERTON MAN COL. CHARLES HOTHAM MONTAGUE DOUGHTY-WYLIE VC CB CMG OF THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS FOR VALOUR WHILE SERVING ON THE HEAD QUARTERS STAFF ON GALLIPOLI AT THE LANDING ON V BEACH SEDD-EL-BAHR ON 26 APRIL 1915 ON WHICH OCCASION HE WAS KILLED
The machine gun is now in a museum.

17722 Private Charles Eaves, 9th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Charles died on Monday 15th. May 1916. He is buried in Grave: I. W. 14. at La Brique Military Cemetery No.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He is also commemorated on the Sibton, Suffolk war memorial.

326184 Private Edward Edmunds MM, 1/8th. (Cyclist) Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally 15116 Private, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in 1898 at Benham, Suffolk, the son of William, a carpenter, and Eliza Edmunds, nee Blocking, of 12 Holly Cottages, Eastbridge, Theberton.
Enlisted at Saxmundham, Suffolk and arrived in France/Flanders on 31th. August 1915.
Edward died of wounds, aged 20, at Edinburgh War Hospital, on Tuesday 15th. October 1918. He is buried at the Eastbridge Primitive Methodist Chapel cemetery, Therberton.
He is also commemorated on the Middleton, Suffolk war memorial.

15118 Private Robert John Fisk, 9th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in 1893, the son of William and Ann Jane Fisk of Eastbridge, Therberton.
Robert died, aged 23, on Wednesday 26th. April 1916. He is buried in Plot 1, Row B, Grave 6 at Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Elverdinge, West Flanders, Belgium with the personal inscription
'THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER.'

G/18256 Private Robert Charles Free, 'A' Company, No. 3 Platoon, 11th. Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), formally 2761 Private, Royal Fusiliers.
Born c.1893 at Leiston, Suffolk.
Resident of Fishers Farm, Theberton.
Transferred to Royal West Kent's on 14th. September 1916.
Robert died on Saturday 7th. October 1916, possibly in the attack on Gird Lines. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C of the Thiepval memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

736884 Private Arthur William Geater, 85th. Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Infantry.
Born on 7th. October 1890 at Leiston Suffolk, the son of Edith Catherine Geater.
Arthur was a rancher living at Midnapore, Alberta. On 13th. July 1916 he married Edith Catherine Quance at Calgary, Alberta.
On 6th. April 1916 Arthur enlisted at Calgary where it was recorded he was 5 ft. 9 in. tall, weighed 155 lb, had a dark complexion, dark hair and brown eyes.
He embarked aboard the SS Tuscania at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 26th. September 1916, and arrived at Liverpool on 6th. October 1916.
He was transferred to 17th. Reserve Battalion on 6th. December 1916 and arrived in France with 85th. Battalion on 21st. March 1917.
Arthur was killed in action, aged 26, on Tuesday 26th. June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
He is also commemorated at T. 2. 72 in Union Cemetery, Calgary and on Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

24461 Private Jefferey Daniel Goddard, 6th. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Born in 1897, the son of Agnes Goddard of Eade's Farm, Theberton.
Jefferey was killed in action, aged 21, on Tuesday 21st. May 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 54 to 56 of the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.

15363 Corporal Alfred Harper, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born 1877.
The brother of William Parnell of Eastbridge, Theberton.
Alfred died, aged 39, on Saturday 29th. January 1916. He is buried in Grave: I. C. 17. at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, Picardie, France.

117939 Pioneer Edward Lumpkin, Royal Engineers, transferred as 295050 to 709th. Company, Labour Corps.
Born 1871 at Theberton, the son of Henry Lumpkin.
Edward married Anna Maria Smith at Therberton on 21st. April 1891
The census of 31st. March 1901 records Edward employed as a farm labourer and living with his family at Middleton, Suffolk.
Edward died of wounds on Friday 15th. February 1918. He was buried in Grave: 1. D. 6. at map reference 66D Q20 1-4 before being reburied in Grave: I. D. 6. at Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, Picardie, France.


J/277391CH Able Seaman Urban Ollie Parnell, Royal Navy, HMS P.66.
Born 3rd. August 1896 at Theberton, the son of William and Mary Parnell of Eastbridge, Theberton.
Urban died, aged 22, from war related sickness on Sunday 22nd. December 1918 and his death was recorded at Pembroke in Wales. He is buried in St. Peter's churchyard extension, Therberton.

15185 Private Charles Henry Silsbury, 9th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born at Barsham, Suffolk, the son of Jane Button of Rose Cottage, Eastbridge, Therberton.
Resident of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Charles died of wounds, aged 22, on Saturday 22nd. April 1916. He is buried in Grave: V. B. 9. at Étaples Military Cemetery, Étaples,Pas-de-Calais, France with the personal inscription
'HE IS SAFE
IN GOD'S OWN KEEPING
WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE'

G/10336 Private William Frederick Spalding, 7th. Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Resident of Theberton.
William died on Saturday 13th. October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 17 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

8005 Corporal William George Stannard, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Born in 1885 at Therberton, the son of George and Caroline Stannard.
Husband of Eliza Maria Stannard of Scotland Street, Stoke-by-Nayland, Colchester, Essex.
William died, aged 30, on Friday 6th. August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial.

35567 Private Frederick Stephen, Swain, 32nd. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (East Ham).
The son of Arthur and Harriet Swain of Lily Cottage, Theberton.
Native of Eastbridge, Theberton
Frederick was killed in action, aged 33, in the line in Gird Trench and Gird Support on Wednesday 4th. October 1916. He was buried in Grave: 4 at map reference 57c.S.W. N.19 before being reburied in Grave: X. F. 5. at the Australian Imperial Forces Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, Picardie, France.

J/39959 Boy 1st. Class Leonard Young, Royal Navy, HMS Black Prince.
Born on 29th. March 1899 at Horsley, Derbyshire, Leonard was the ward of Martin and Elizabeth Harper of Rose Cottage, Theberton.
HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser built by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Co at Blackwall, London. She was commissioned on 17th. March 1906.
Black Prince participated in the Battle of Jutland as part of 1st. Cruiser Squadron. She lost contact with the rest of the Squadron as it came into contact with German forces at about 17:42. There were no positive sightings of Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal reporting a submarine sighting was received from her at 20:45. The British do not fully know the events leading to the sinking of Black Prince.
The German account of the ship's sinking is beleived to be accurate. Black Prince briefly engaged the German battleship Rheinland at about 23:35, scoring 2 hits with 6 in. shells. Separated from the rest of the British fleet, Black Prince approached the German lines shortly after midnight. She turned away from the German battleships, but it was too late. The German battleship Thüringen fixed Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Up to 5 other German ships, including the battleships Nassau, Ostfriesland, and Friedrich der Grosse, joined in the bombardment, with return fire from Black Prince being ineffective. Most of the German ships were between 750 and 1,500 yards (700 and 1,350 m) of Black Prince, effectively point-blank range for contemporary naval gunnery. The ship was hit by at least 12 heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes. There were no survivors from her crew of 857.
Leonard was killed in action, aged 17, on Wednesday 31st. May 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 16 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

1939-1945

523013 Sergeant Louis Charles Cook, Observer, 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron, RAF.
Born in 1917 at Leiston, Suffolk, the son of Charles and Isobel Violet Cooke.
On Saturday 10th. August 1940, Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number R3775, coded VE-? took off at 6:05 from RAF Wattisham for a daytime sortie to attack St. Inglevert airfield, south-west of Calais. The aircraft probably crashed, cause unknown, near Pihen-lès-Guines, about two miles south-east of the airfield killing the crew.
Louis was killed in action. He is buried together with his two crewmen, 565309 Ft. Sgt. Arthur Raymond Storrow, Pilot, and 626850 Sgt. Arthur James Underwood, WOp/AG. in Row A, Collective Grave 8 at Pihen-les-Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

1453690 Leading Aircraftman David Leonard Lumpkin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 2729 Squadron, RAF Regiment.
The son of Lucie Lumpkin and stepson of Thomas Bishop of Pimlico, London.
During Operation Goodwood it is beleived that David was part of a Forward Air Control Party in a armoured car containing an RAF officer, wireless operators and two wireless sets, tasked with talking to pilots directly and guiding them on to targets. A shell scored a direct hit on the armoured car and this is thought to have resulted in David death, aged 22, on 19th. Wednesday July 1944.
He was buried alongside troopers from 29th. Armoured Brigade, 11th. Armoured Division near the village of Les Mesnil, south-east of Caen on the day he died. On 21st. August 1945 he was reburied in Grave: VIII. A. 2. at Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France with the personal inscription
'HIS LIFE, A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
HIS DEATH, A SILENT GRIEF'

The war memorial stands to the south-east of St. Peter's church. It is in the form of a plain Latin cross of Sicilian marble and was unveiled in 1921.
The memorial received Grade: II listed building status on 29th. May 2020.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE GIVER OF VICTORY
THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED A.D. 1919
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR
AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON INSCRIBED
AND IN HONOUR OF
ALL WHO SERVED IN THE FORCES
ON LAND OR SEA

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
ECCLUS 44.14

1914 - 1918

10/34DA Deck Hand Walter Bensley, Royal Naval Reserve,
HM Trawler Gwenllian.
Born on 30th. June 1889 at Potter Heigham the son of George Sidney, a boatman, and Charlotte Jane Bensley of The Bungalow, Church Lane, Potter Heigham.
Husband of Mabel Florence Craske, married 1st. quarter of 1911.
Brother of John, below
The 220 gross ton Gwenllian was built in 1911 and was registered at Milford Haven as M 70. She was hired by the Admiralty and given the Admiralty number 354. Her armament was 1 x 3 pounder gun. Gwenllian survived the war.
Walter drowned, aged 28, on Sunday 19th. May 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 30 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

11390/DA Leading Deck Hand Benjamin James Brooks, Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Victory.
Born on 3rd. March 1898 at Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk, the son of James, a farm steward, and Edith Ellen Brooks of Chapel Road, Potter Heigham.
In 1914 Benjamin married Gertrude E. George, later Defew
Benjamin died of disease, aged 29, on Monday 21st. October 1918. He is buried in Grave: E. 34. 8. at Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire.

3621DA Deck Hand George Frederick Goodwin, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Drifter Enterprise II.
Born 31st. January 1893 at Potter Heigham, the son of William, a labourer, and Harriet Sarah Goodwin of Mill Cottage, Potter Heigham.
The 84 ton steam drifter Enterprise was built by J. Chambers of Lowestoft in 1906 and was registered in Lowestoft as LT 408. In May 1915 she was renamed Enterprise II. Hired by the Admiralty and given the Admiralty number 1063 she was originally based at Larne, Ireland but was transferred to Italian waters in November 1915.
On Wednesday 8th. March 1916 Enterprise II struck a mine off Brindisi laid by the German submarine UC-12, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Eberhard Fröhner, and sank with the loss of eight crewmen.
George died, aged 23. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 19 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

46041 Corporal Lewis George Hadingham, 19th. Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, Divisional Pioneers to the 49th. (West Riding) Division.
Formally 179114, Royal Engineers.
Born c.1879, at Tharston, Norfolk, the son of Hannah Rebecca Hadingham.
On the 1911 census Lewis is recorded as a 33 year old single working as a builder and living as a border at Mill House, Potter Heigham.
Lewis was a resident of Wymondham, Norfolk and enlisted at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Lewis was killed in action on Thursday 18th. April 1918 during the First Battle of Kemmelberg. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 54 to 60 and 163A of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

G/21388 Private John William Ling, 2nd. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Formally 21186 East Surrey Regiment.
Born in June 1897 at Potter Heigham, the son of Robert, a farm labourer, and Mary Elizabeth of Marsh Lane, Potter Heigham.
Enlisted at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
John was killed in action, aged 19, on 11th. May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Bay 2 of the Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France
John's British War Medal and Victory Medal were sold at auction at Ipswich, Suffolk on 23rd. September 2017.

Lt. Spencer John Meadows White, 1st/4th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment attached to 47 Squadron, Royal Flying Corp.
Born on 17th. August 1889 at Horning vicarage, Norfolk, the eldest son of the Reverend Lewis Meadows White, vicar of Potter Heigham and Repps, and Elizabeth.
The 1901 census records Spencer as a pupil boarder at St. Aubyns, London Road, Lowestoft. On the 1911 census Spencer is recorded as a motor engineer living at a residential club at 40-46 Stockwell Road, Stockwell, SW London.
As 2349 Private Spencer joined the Norfolk Regiment as a dispatch rider in the first month of the war. He was commissioned into the Norfolk's on 14th. October 1914 and took part in the landing at Gallipolis in August 1915. He was evacuated after became seriously ill, resulting in hospitalization and time in a convalescent home at Alexandria.
Later he was stationed in the desert near the Suez Canal, and according to family letters and documents he was seconded to Machine Gun Corps on 1st. May 1916. He joined the RFC in the summer of 1916
47 Squadron arrived on 20th. September 1916 at Salonika in Greece, to support forces fighting on the Macedonian Front. Spencer arrived on the squadron in November 1916.
On Monday 15th. January 1917 Spencer was piloting an Armstrong Whitworth FK3 general purpose biplane with 2nd. Lt. Henry Matthews as observer. They were on patrol with Major Maurice Adam Black when Spencer's aircraft was attacked over the village of Smolari by two enemy machines, and before Major Black could offer assistance, the FK3 was shot down and crashed in the steep, forested slopes of the Beles. The victory was claimed by Haiptmann Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, the commander of Jasta 25, a German unit assisting the Bulgarians.
On 17th. January the Germans dropped the following message at Snevce,
'The Royal Flying Corps.
The German aviators are very sorry to inform you of the death of the two English aviators which were killed on the 15th. January at 10.30 a.m., after a fight with our aeroplanes. The English aviators had been fighting very bravely, but their aeroplane dropped after about 5 minutes fight and `skilled'. They died as heroes, and have our respects. Their bodies will be buried with all military honours.
We are informing you also of your Lieutenant Pockock having been made a prisoner by the troops without being blessed. We are obliged of your having informed us of the four German aviators which you have made prisoners.
The German Flying Corps'
Spencer was killed in action, aged 27. He is buried in Grave: 1602 at Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece with the personal inscription,
'REQUIESCAT IN PACE
MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL
SHINE UPON HIM'
An obituary for Spencer appeared in the edition of Flight Magazine dated 22nd. February 1917.

240378 Private Earnest John Woods, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in September 1894 at Brundall, Norfolk, the son of Walter G., a boat builder, and Harriett Rebecca Woods, nee Banham, of Riverside, Potter Heigham.
The 1911 census records Ernest is working as a railway engine cleaner and living as a boarder at a private house in March, Cambridgeshire.
Enlisted at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Earnest died, aged 22, on Thursday 19th. April 1917 during the Second Battle of Gaza. He is buried in Grave: XXIII. D. 4. at Gaza War Cemetery

134 SD Deck Hand John Edmund Bensley, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Motor Launch 76.
Born 7th. June 1893 at Potter Heigham, the son of George Sidney, a boatman, and Charlotte Jane Bensley, of Bungalow, Church Lane, Potter Heigham
Brother of Walter, above.
While on leave John accidentally drowned, aged 25, on Sunday 18th August 1918.
He is buried at the north end of St. Nicholas churchyard, Potter Heigham.

1939 - 1945
WORLD WAR

327558 Sergeant Aubrey George Barber, Royal Air Force, attached to 3 PHU (Personnel Holding Unit), Morecombe, Lancashire
Born c.1902 at Horstead, Norfolk, the son of Sydney George, a boatwright, and Mary Annie Maria Barber.
Husband of Susie Elizabeth Grendon Barber, nee Nutt of Windyridge, Riverside, Potter Heigham. The couple married in the Horsham District of Sussex in the October to December 1933 quarter.
Aubrey died, aged 42, in the RAF Hospital at Ely, Cambridgeshire of congestive heart failure at 06:30 on Tuesday 9th. May 1944 having been admitted at 19:30 the previous evening. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Nicholas at Potter Heigham with the personal inscription,
"THE DEAD SHALL
BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE,
AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED."
1 COR. XV. 52

186045 Lt. Kenneth Trevor Chittleburgh, Section Commander, 5 Flight, 'D' Squadron, 1st. Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corp.
Formally of Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1921, the son of Charles Frederick and May Mildred Chittleburgh, nee Snell, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
A talented athlete prior to the war, Kenneth had won a Norfolk County Swimming Championship.
Kenneth had been a Cadet before receiving an emergency commission in the Royal Norfolk Regiment on the 10th. May1941. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 1st. October 1942 and transferred to the Glider Regiment on the 27th. of the same month.
Kenneth was killed in action by mortar fire, aged 23, during during Op Market Garden at Arnhem in the Netherlands on Thursday 21st. September 1944. He was buried 100 yards west of the Hartstein Hotel and was reburied on 10th. September 1945 in Grave: 3. B. 6. at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Oosterbeek, Netherlands with the personal inscription,
'AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'
On Monday 18th. September 1951 the Yorkshire (Bradford Observer) reported that on the previous day, 'Remembrance Monday', Mrs. May Chittleburgh scattered the ashes of her husband, Capt. Charles Chittleburgh over the grave of their son at Oosterbeek.

J Thacker.
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The memorial was erected in 1919 in St. Nicholas churchyard, on the west side of the path leading to the church’s south porch. It comprises a rock-faced granite Latin cross standing on a trapezoidal plinth. This has polished surfaces on three of its four sides with leaded inscriptions.
The memorial received Grade: II listed building status on 27th. April 2018.

1973 PRIVATE
O. R. MISSEN
21ST BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
20TH NOVEMBER 1916 AGE 27

1973 Private Oliver Richard Missen, 'C' Company, 21st. Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.

Born on 4th. August, 1889 at Ondit, near Beeac, Victoria, Australia, the son of Richard and Ida Missen, nee Judd, of 'Flowerfield', Beeac, Grenville, Victoria.

Oliver was educated at the State School at Beeac.

The Australian Electoral Rolls for the division of Corangamite, subdivision of Beeac for 1912 to 1916 lists Oliver as a farmer of Beeac.

On 19th. June, 1915 Oliver enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force at Colac, Victoria. It was recorded that Oliver was aged 26, single and a farmer. His religion was Methodist and his next of kin was listed as his father.

Oliver was posted to the Depot Battalion on 23rd. June 1915 for recruit training. He was transferred to 3rd. Reinforcements of 21st. Battalion on 30th. June 1915. He embarked from Melbourne, Victoria onboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 26th. August 1915 with the 6th. Infantry Brigade, 21st. Infantry Battalion, 3rd. Reinforcements.

Oliver proceeded from Alexandria, Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) at Gallipoli, and was taken on strength of 21st. Battalion on 12th. October 1915.

After evacuation from Gallipoli, Oliver disembarked at Alexandria from Mudros on 7th. January 1916. Then on 19th. March 1916 he sailed from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary. He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 26th. March 1916.

On 3rd. August 1916, Oliver was wounded in action. On the same day he was admitted to 3rd. Casualty Clearing Station at Puchevillers with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest.
He was transferred to 22nd. General Hospital at Camiers on 4th. August 1916, from where he was invalided to England on the hospital ship Stad Antwerpen from Calais on 2nd. September 1916.

Oliver was admitted to the Norfolk & Norwich War Hospital in Norwich on 2nd. September 1916. He died at the hospital, aged 27, at 12.25 pm on Monday 20th. November 1916 from cerebellar abscesses and empyema, resulting from his wounds.

Oliver was buried on 23rd. November 1916 in Section 24, Grave 230 at Earlham Road Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk with the personal inscription,
'HE ANSWERED
HIS COUNTRY'S CALL
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
HIS BEST, HIS ALL'

Oliver was awarded,
1914-15 Star
British War Medal,
Victory Medal

Oliver is commemorated on,
Panel number 94 of the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial

WW1 Roll of Honour, Beeac Methodist Church, Beeac, Grenville, Victoria

Colac Soldier's Memorial, Memorial Square, Murray Street, Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria