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H.Robert Comer - Norfolk Rgt
H.Thomas Church - Arm’d Car brigade
Ernest J.Savory - R.N
Felix M. Kettle - R.E

Andrew J. Clarke - Norfolk Rgt
Gilbert G. Beckett - R.A.F.
William J. Pegg - R.Warwickshire Rgt
John White - Norfolk Rgt

Alec P. Gray - R.A.F
Robert Tarling -R.A.F
Ronald V. Dennis - K.O.S.B.

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

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

M J Levine
W Wilkin
R W Cork
E W Baxter
H R Comer
H T Church
E J Savory
F M Kettle
A J Clarke
G G Beckett
W J Pegg
J White
E E W Covell

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

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

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

Felix Marmaduke Kettle

Son of William Hayward and Anna Maria Kettle. Born at Roughton, April 10th (?) 1897 (?). Educated at Cromer School. Joined the Royal EngineersDec. 29th 1916. Went To France, Feb, 23rd 1917. Operated on for appendicitis in 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, May ??th 1918. Died in Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, December 6th 1918. Buried in Overstrand Churchyard.


Headstone in the churchyard

In loving memory of
Felix Marmaduke
Kettle
(Sapper Royal Engineers)
Who died Decr 6th 1918

Aged 21 Years & 3 months

Remembered on the War Memorial in the churchyard as:- Felix M Kettle R E
On the memorial board as F M Kettle

KETTLE, FELIX MARMADUKE
Rank:……………………………Sapper
Service No:……………………..WR/26224
Date of Death:…………………..06/12/1918
Age:…………………………….21
Regiment:……………………….Royal Engineers
Grave Reference…………………South-West of St. Martin's Church.
Cemetery
OVERSTRAND (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2802708/KETTLE,%20FEL...

No match on Norlink

There appears to be no match for Felix on the Soldiers Died in the Great War database.

The Medal Index Card for Sapper WR/262224 Felix M Kettle, Royal Engineers is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/11/150062. He had previously been Sapper 217928.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3...

Felix is also remembered on the Cromer War Memorial
www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/8749607069/

Baptism

The baptism of Felix Marmaduke Kettle, born 10th April 1897, took place at St Peter and St Paul, Cromer on the 13th June 1897. Parents are William Hayward, a Cab Driver, and Anna Maria. The family abode is said to be Roughton but “Now Staying in Cromer”.

Census

On the 1901 census the 3 year old Felix M, born Roughton, Norfolk, was recorded at 10 Chapel Street, Cromer. This was the household of his parents, William H. (aged 45 and a Cab Proprietor from Cromer) and Anna M. (aged 44 and from Baconsthorpe, Norfolk). As well as Felix, their other children are:-
Dudley M……………..aged 8…………..born New Kensington, London
Ernest V………………aged 7…………..born New Kensington, London
The family also have a boarder staying with them.

On the 1911 census the 13 year old Felix Marmaduke was recorded at Station Road, Cromer. His father is William Hayward, (aged 55 and a Cab Driver) and his mother is Anna Maria. The pair have been married for 27 years and have had 3 children, all then still alive. Only Felix however is still living with them.

On the listing for the Cromer Rechabites, William Hayward Kettle was member 146 who joined in 1898. In 1900 his address was at Chapel Street. His son Dudley Montague joined in 1908. His address in 1914 was The Groves, Malpas, Cheshire but in 1916 he was at 5 Cross Street, Cromer.

Ernest Victor joined in 1910, (member 194) was initially at Suffield Park Lodge but in 1914 his address is given as South America. In 1916 Felix Marmaduke joined, (member 278) giving his home address as Wroxham.
www.cromerdictionary.co.uk/rechmembers.html

Felix was apparently a Porter with the Great Eastern Railway prior to his enlistment.He had joined the GER in October 1913, initially at Cromer. His last station prior to enlistment was Wroxham.He enlisted in October 1916. He died in the Norfolk War Hospital.
www.nrm.org.uk/RailwayStories/~/media/Files/NRM/PDF/resea...

Frank Allen.........................died 01/07/1916....lived 9 The Meadow, West Street
Gilbert Allen.......................died 13/11/1916....lived (probably) 2 Tucker Street
James Percy Allen.............died 25/04/1918...lived 10 Swans Yard \ 6 South Place,
Stephen Allen....................died 26/08/1916...lived 2 Tucker Street\New Street
William Robert Allen.........died 26/10/1917....lived 8, Meadow Cottages, West Street
Cecil Charles Amis...........died 20/08/1918...................................................................
....................lived 5 New Street \ Wellington House, New Street \ Wellington Hotel, New Street
Horace Walpole Amis.......died 25/03/1918....lived Wellington Inn \ 35 Garden Street
Robert Joseph Amis........died 14/05/1918.....lived 19 West Street
Thomas Sidney Amis.......died 09/10/1918.....lived 17/19 West Street
William Walter Amis.........died 18/08/1918.....lived 19 West Street
Gilbert Spencer Balls........died 25/04/1917.........Base Signal Depot, Royal Engineers
Walter Balls.....................died 09/05/1917.........1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment
Norman (James) Bastow...died 16/04/1916.........8th Battalion Rifle Brigade
(Only\Onley) George Benjamin Beck....died 21/10/1916
Albert Edward Blythe...............died 25/10/1918......lived 3 East Cottages, Tucker St

Charles John Bumfrey..............died 20/09/1917
Arthur Edward Bunn................died 24/10/1917
Lewis Ambrose Burton...........died 24/11/1915.......lived 12 Hamilton Road (Crofton House)
Andrew Richard Buxton..........died 07/06/1917
James Shuckburgh Carter......died 27/09/1918

Andrew John Clarke......................died 22/02/1919........lived 34 Mill Lane, Suffield Park
George Henry Clarke....................died 21/04/1918......lived Algar House, Hans Place
Herbert Richard Clarke.................died 08/06/1915......lived 34 Mill Lane, Suffield Park
Arthur Harry Cook.................,.......died 12/07/1917.......parents lived 51 Station Road
Sydney Isaac Cook......................died 30/07/1917.......lived 51 Station Road
Arthur William Craske..................died 23/10/1917........lived 24 Lowden Lane \ Loudon Lane
George Thomas Craske..............died 28/02/1917........lived 24 Lowden Lane \ Loudon Lane
Lindsay (Oswald) Crawford........died 22/09/1918........lived Balcarres \ 39 Cabbell Road
Thomas Frederick Davies........(possibly) died 12/09/1917...lived 31 Garden Street
Daniel Dempsey......................died 23/05/1917.....wife lived 33 Cliff Street \
........................................................................................Britannia House, Cliff Square

David Cecil Charles Dulley.........died 19/05/1916.....lived Heath House and Church Street
William Guy Durrant..................died 20/08/1915....lived 11 Chesterfield Cottages
Bertie Thomas Farrow...............died 10/04/1918....lived Holt Road&West Street \ 32 Central Road
Ernest Richard Farrow..............died 24/02/1918.....lived at Holt Road&West Street \ 32 Central Road
Athelstan Alfred Lennox Fenner...died 31/01/1918...lived Norwich Road
Cyril Frederick Hamilton Fenner...died 24/09/1916...lived Norwich Road
John Leslie Fish.......................died 03/07/1916
Geoffrey King Frost..................died 05/12/1917.....lived Vicarage Road
Ambrose Golding.....................died 01/05/1917.....lived Runton Rd\ 3 Rogers Cottages
............................................................................and New Street
Walter Grix.............................died 03/10/1918

Herbert Otho Hamilton.............died 25/09/1915...........Father lived at The Vicarage
(Philip)Anthony Harbord...........died 01/12/1917
John Harbord..........................died 10/07/1917
William March Hardingham......died 11/06/1917...........lived 35 Connaught Road
Archibald Hastings..................died 19/04/1917..........lived 14 Meadow Cottages, West St
Bertie Hastings......................died 19/04/1917...........lived 14 Meadow Cottages, West St
Bertie Harvey.........................died 16/07/1917...........parents lived 21 Rosebury Road
George Hawk(e)sley...............died 22/03/1918
John Herbert Hewitt................died 16/04/1917.........wife lived Elm View, Louden Road
Cyril Stanley Hicks................died 04/09/1916...........lived "Redlands", West Street

Frank Edgar Holdom...........died 21/09/1916.........lived 17 Prince of Wales Road
Charles George Hurrell........died 20/07/1916.........lived Sandringham House, Church Street
Alan Bishop Jarvis..............died 10/08/1917.........lived 35 Vicarage Road \ Albert House
Leonard John Jefferson........died 19/09/1918........lived Belmont Prior Hotel, 22 Prince of
.................................................................................................................Wales Road
Derrick Hayward Kettle.......died 18/09/1918.........lived 32 Salisbury Road
Felix Marmaduke Kettle......died 06/12/1918........lived 10 Chapel Street \ Station Road
John William Kirby.............died 23/03/1918........lived 12 Meadow Cottages, West Street
William Lake.....................died 17/07/1915........lived The Yard, Garden Street \
.............................................................................29 Connaught Road
Edward James Larwood......died 09/05/1915.....lived 12 Bond Street \ 8 Garden Street
...................................................................................Parents lived 2 Westfield Cottages
Herbert George Laycock.....died 03/09/1918......lived Great Eastern Cottages
...................................................................................Parents lived 133 Mill Road


Charles Wales Leggett...died 23/11/1918....lived West Street \ parents at Rosebery Road
Reginald Wood Moulton..died 23/11/1917...lived Church Street
Charles Robert Moy.........died 07/09/1915...lived 15 Bernard Street \ 6 Beach Cottages
George William Needs....died 12/08/1915..lived 8 M&GN Cottages\Parents lived 26 Alfred Rd
Francis Arthur St George Nelson.....died 11/09/1916
Hilary Cossey Nockels......died 01/07/1916...lived 5 Brook Street
Alfred Norton.....................died 06/03/1915.....parents moved from Mundesley to Cromer
Robert Gaff Painter..........died 24/07/1916.....lived Golden Square, West Street
William Thomas Payne....died 21/08/1915....lived West Street / 4 Ivy Cottages, Hans Place
Oliver Crossley Rayner....died 18/11/1916

Thomas Robinson...............died 21/08/1915...........Lived Cromer Hall Stables
Arthur Benjamin Royall.......died 26/09/1917............Lived 5 Jetty Street and
..................................................9 Hans Place \ Parents - 45 The Haven, Cabbell Road
William Salter.........possibly died 09/08/1916..........Lived, (all probably the same house),
.......1, Vicarage Road \ "Hillside" Back Passage, St Margarets Rd\ "Hillside", Vicarage Rd
Ernest J Savory.......possibly died 20/11/1918
Sidney Robert Savory............died 14/09/1914.........Lived 51 Mill Lane, Suffield Park
Enoch Shipley........................died 29/10/1916
George Cyril Smith................died 26/09/1916
Sidney Arthur Smith...............died 15/09/1916
Walter Robert Allen Spalding.....died 03/07/1917....Lived 12/14 Chapel Street
Henry Maurice / Burton Henry Morris Stearman....died 02/09/1918..lived 13 Bernard Road

George Thomas Christmas Stimpson.....died 18/09/1916...lived 6 Chesterfield Cottages
Harold Joseph Tibbalds............died 11/05/1917.......wife lived 4 Bond Street
William James Walker
William Williamson....................died 13/08/1915
Herbert Wilson..........................died 27/11/1915........lived The White Horse Inn, West Street
Herbert Ernest Youell..............died 03/04/1918.......Parents lived Station House
Francis Henry Baxter...............died 18/04/1918.......lived 3 Rose Villas, Suffield Park \
...........................................................................................and Station Road
Ernest William Baxter..............died 22/08/1918.......lived 3 Rose Villas, Suffield Park \
.................................................................................................and Station Road


With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour site (RoH) which served as my starting point:-
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Cromer.html

For more on each name, see comments.
(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Norlink - Norfolk County Picture Archive)

Frank Edgar Holdom...........died 21/09/1916.........lived 17 Prince of Wales Road
Charles George Hurrell........died 20/07/1916.........lived Sandringham House, Church Street
Alan Bishop Jarvis..............died 10/08/1917.........lived 35 Vicarage Road \ Albert House
Leonard John Jefferson........died 19/09/1918........lived Belmont Prior Hotel, 22 Prince of
.................................................................................................................Wales Road
Derrick Hayward Kettle.......died 18/09/1918.........lived 32 Salisbury Road
Felix Marmaduke Kettle......died 06/12/1918........lived 10 Chapel Street \ Station Road
John William Kirby.............died 23/03/1918........lived 12 Meadow Cottages, West Street
William Lake.....................died 17/07/1915........lived The Yard, Garden Street \
.............................................................................29 Connaught Road
Edward James Larwood......died 09/05/1915.....lived 12 Bond Street \ 8 Garden Street
...................................................................................Parents lived 2 Westfield Cottages
Herbert George Laycock.....died 03/09/1918......lived Great Eastern Cottages
...................................................................................Parents lived 133 Mill Road

With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour site (RoH) which served as my starting point:-
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Cromer.html


For more on each name, see comments.
(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Norlink - Norfolk County Picture Archive)