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OB. MTR.
OTTO SCHATTE
* 31.1.1881
+ 28.8.1914

MT
ARTHUR EICHENTOPF
* 1.12.1890
+ 28.8.1914


OB. MTR (Seaman 1st. Class) Otto Schatte was born on 31st. January 1881.

MT (Seaman) Arthur Eichentopf was born on 1st. December 1890 at Kalbsrieth, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen, Germany.

Both men served aboard the Kaiserliche Marine's Kolberg-class light cruiser SMS Mainz, attached to II Scouting Group.

After the outbreak of World War I, Mainz was sent on 3rd. August to patrol in the southern portion of the German Bight, the Heligoland Bight.

Meanwhile, on 23rd. August, several British commanders submitted a plan to attack the German patrol line with the light cruisers and destroyers of the Harwich Force, commanded by Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt. These ships would be supported by submarines and Vice Admiral David Beatty's battlecruisers and associated light forces. The plan was approved and set for 28th. August.

On the morning of 28th. August, Mainz was at anchor in the mouth of the Ems, her sister SMS Cöln, the flagship of Konteradmiral Leberecht Maass was re-coaling in Wilhelmshaven, and the Gazelle-class light cruiser SMS Ariadne lay in the entrance to the Weser. These three cruisers were assigned to support the Gazelle class of light cruisers SMS Stettin and SMS Frauenlob, and the dispatch ship SMS Hela, which were stationed on the patrol line that morning.

At 07:57, the Harwich Force encountered the outer ring of German torpedo boats, which fled back to the German cruisers. In the ensuing Battle of Heligoland Bight, Stettin engaged the British force first, and was quickly reinforced by Frauenlob. At 09:47, Mainz was ordered to steam out behind the British to cut off their line of retreat. She got under way by 10:00, and operated in conjunction with a floatplane used for reconnaissance.

At around 12:30, Mainz encountered the British cruiser HMS Arethusa and several destroyers. The ships engaged each other for the next 45 minutes. 15 minutes into the engagement, three British cruisers appeared, and Mainz broke off the engagement and attempted to escape from the superior British forces. The pursuing British cruisers scored several hits, but by 12:55, Mainz had escaped under cover of a dense smoke screen. Another British cruiser, HMS Fearless, and six destroyers, appeared on Mainz's port side, however, and attacked the fleeing German ship. Mainz quickly scored hits on the destroyers HMS Laurel, HMS Liberty and HMS Laertes. Laurel was damaged and forced to withdraw and Laertes was disabled by a salvo that hit her engine room.

A shell from one of the British cruisers hit Mainz at around 13:00, which jammed her rudder at 10 degrees to starboard. Her crew shut down the port engine in an attempt to correct the ship's course, but she continued to turn to starboard. By 13:20, the majority of the ship's guns had been disabled and the ship's superstructure had been shot to pieces. Her centre and aft funnel collapsed after suffering several hits. A torpedo from the destroyer HMS Lydiard then hit the ship on her port side, amidships. This prompted the ship's commander to order the crew to abandon the stricken cruiser. He then left the conning tower with the navigation officer, both of whom were immediately killed by a shell hit. The ship's communication system was out of service, and so the order to abandon ship did not reach the entire crew. The ship's executive officer then reached the bridge, and reiterated the order to abandon the crippled ship at 13:35.

Mainz was by now completely disabled. Her engines were stopped and her guns had ceased firing. Shortly before 14:00, HMS Lurcher came alongside and took off the wounded German sailors. At 14:10, Mainz rolled over to port and quickly sank in position 53°58' N and 6°42' E.

The British rescued 348 survivors who were then taken prisoner, 89 men, including the ship's commander, were killed in the battle. Among the survivors was Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang von Tirpitz, the son of Großadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the German fleet. Tirpitz was picked up by a boat and taken to the light cruiser HMS Liverpool. First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, informed Tirpitz via the United States' embassy in Berlin that his son survived the battle and had not been injured. In the course of the engagement, the British sank two more German cruisers, Ariadne and Cöln, with minimal losses to themselves.

Otto and Arthur were two of the rescued sailors. Both died in the Royal Naval Hospital at Shotley, Suffolk on Friday 28th. August 1914, Otto aged 33, Arthur aged 23. They are buried together in Section G, Joint Grave 52 at St. Mary's churchyard, Shotley. Arthur's burial occurred on 31st. August 1914.

IN
Loving Memory
of
Private H.R. CLARKE 2/5th. Norfolk Regt.
Dearly loved son of
Co. Q.M. Sgt. G.S & E.J. Clarke,
Accidentally drowned at Cambridge 8th. June 1915,
Aged 17 years & 11 months.
Fight the good fight with all thy might,
Christ is thy strength and Christ thy might.

Inscribed on the grave edging,

Also in Loving Memory of
Band Boy Andrew J. Clark, Nfk. Regt.
Their dearly loved youngest son
Died at Britannia Barracks, Norwich 22nd. Feb. 1919.
Aged 15 years & 10 months.
Faint not nor fear, his arms are near,
He changeth not, and thou art dear.

2378 Private Herbert Richard Clarke, 'C' Company, 2nd/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 24th. July 1897 at Ranikhet, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India, the son of Company Quarter Master Sergeant George Shinar and Emma Jane Clarke, later of The Bungalow, Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer, Norfolk.
Brother of Andrew.
Herbert accidentally drowned, aged 17, at Cambridge on Tuesday 8th. June 1915. He is buried in Grave: A. 201 at Cromer No.2 Cemetery, Holt Road, Cromer.

9808 Band Boy Andrew John Clarke, Norfolk Regiment Depot.
Born on 2nd. April 1903 in the Bareilly District, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Brother of Herbert.
Andrew died of influenza, aged 15, at Britannia Barracks, Norwich, Norfolk on Saturday 22nd. February 1919. Andrew shares a grave with his brother.

In
Loving memory of
JOHN MACKENZIE,
24, Knock Point, Stornoway, Scotland.
Who died at Harwich
May 26th. 1917
Aged 21 years.
Erected by his sorrowing parents,
brothers, sisters and other friends.

Gone but not forgotten.


7374/A Seaman John Mackenzie, Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Ganges.

Born on 16th. April 1896, the son of John, a crofter and fisherman, and Margaret Mackenzie of Knock, Point, Garrabost, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

In the 1901 census, John is shown, aged 5, living at 24 Knock with his parents and siblings James (4), Kenneth (11), William (9), Christina (7) and Malcolm (1).

His brother Kenneth served in the Seaforth Highlanders. He was wounded twice, losing his right hand and thumb and forefinger of left hand in the second wounding. His brothers Malcolm and Donald served in the Ross Mountain Battery, and William was in the RNR. All survive the war.

John enlisted in 1914 before the age of 18.

John died of Illness at HMS Ganges, aged 21, on Saturday 26th. May 1917. He is buried in RN Plot. 122, at St. Mary's churchyard in Shotley, Suffolk.

The following was reported in the Stornoway Gazette,

'Died at Shotley

We regret to report the death of John Mackenzie, seaman, RNR, son of Mr John Mackenzie, 24 Knock, quite recently at Shotley. Young John was a lad of more than ordinary ability and his death is a great blow to his parents. The news of his death, being so unexpected and sudden, cast a gloom over the whole district. He was greatly admired and respected by all, and his bright and cheery presence will be sadly missed. Much sincere sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents and family. He joined the Navy in October 1914, before he attained his 18th birthday and was sent to the eastern Mediterranean on board HMS Hythe. He was in hospital in Alexandria suffering from malaria when that ill-fated vessel was sunk in collision, when another promising young lad, John Macdonald from Swordale, lost his life. It is a remarkable fact that his brother James died at the age of 21 years, same age as John. James was at the time going through his college course at Aberdeen, and it may not be remembered that two Lewis boys straight from the Nicolson Institute topped the admission list of candidates for Scotland for that year - Macmillan, Lochs, first, and James Mackenzie, Knock, second. These are other three brothers serving, namely, Kenneth in the Seaforth Highlanders now in France after recovering from his wounds; William in the RNR, on board a cruiser, and Malcolm in the Ross Mountain Battery. The only sister, Christina, is a teacher in the Bayble Primary School and the youngest of the family, William, is at present a bursar in the Nicolson Institute.'

John is remembered on the Garrabost Memorial, District of Point, Isle of Lewis.

In loving memory of
Lance Corp. GEORGE W. PODD,
Died May 17th. 1906,
Aged 22 years.

Asleep in Jesus.

This stone is a token of respect from
comrades of the 17th. Coy, R.E. at Aldershot.

We miss the hand-clasp miss the loving smile
Our hearts are broken, but a little while,
And we shall pass within the golden gate,
God comfort us, God help us, while we wait.

Lance Corporal George W. Podd, 17th. Company, Royal Engineers.
Born in 1884, died 17th. May 1906, aged 22.
George is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's at Shotley in Suffolk.

Werner Kalau Vom Hofe was born on 3rd. October 1889 in the city of Diedenhofen in Reichsland.
The city and region has changed hands regularly since the fall of the Roman Empire. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of Frankfurt and became a Reichsland. The city of Thionville once again became Diedenhofen. Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Diedenhofen in November 1918 and the city was transferred to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, after which it again became Thionville.

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

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 were 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. His 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.

6960 Boy 2nd. Class Alfred Herbert James Hickman was born on 6th. August 1912 at Stafford, Staffordshire, and died falling from the mast at HMS Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk on 6th. October 1928, aged 15 years, 9 months.


On Saturday 6th. October 1928, boys, in a time honoured way, were climbed the 142' (43.28 m) mast at HMS Ganges, Suffolk, for leisure. Between the 'top' and the 'head of topmast' were five boys, one of whom, Alfred Hickman, was attempting to mount the truck, the very top of the mast. A lighting conductor which protruded approximately 2' 6" (760 mm) above the truck was used as leverage to pull oneself onto, and thereafter anchor oneself to, the truck.

In later times at HMS Ganges the truck became known as the 'button'. Any boy, leisure or official ceremony, who assailed the mast and stood on that button became known as a 'button boy'. When done for ceremonial reasons, the boy was rewarded with a coin presented to him by the Captain.

At no time in Ganges history did boys use any form of safety equipment when aloft. Incredibly, of the many tens of thousands of boys who climbed the mast, whether compulsorily as an integral part of routine training; ceremonially for special occasions or for daily leisure, only one boy fell to his death, and no boy was seriously injured by falling off.

At the time of the incident the 1st. Officer of the Day (OOD) was Lieutenant Commander Young, the 2nd. OOD was Lieutenant Hilken and Officer of the Watch was Signal Bosun Manning. In addition to Alfred Hickman, four other boys were either on or in the vicinity of the mast at the time of the fall. They were 6884 Charles Endacott, 6345 Sidney Barker, 5964 Clifford Hullford and 6345 Charles Cleaver. Each boy gave a brief statement on oath, and throughout it was stressed that no skylarking was taking place at the time. No statements were taken from the Duty Officers, but the Captains Secretary gave this short statement.
'Sir, I am Reginald William Alexander Ashton. I am the Captains Secretary and have charge of the records of HMS Ganges. I have seen the boy in the mortuary which I believe to be known as Alfred Herbert James Hickman, 2nd. Class Boy RN. I inspected his service certificate which gave his date of birth 6th. August 1912 at Stafford. He is believed not to have any parents and gave as his guardian when he entered the Navy as Captain Hamilton, National Nautical School, Portishead, Somerset.'

These are the boys witness statements:-

Endacott: 'I was sitting on the cross jack when I saw Boy Hickman trying to pull himself onto the the truck. I heard a noise and he flew past me. He slid down the mast rope'.

Barker: 'I had just passed him when I was coming down. I asked him are you coming up again and he said I am going to have another go. Previous to this he told me that his hands were sore. I heard a noise of rubbing against the rope and saw him slip past me'.

Hullford: 'I was standing under the figure head. He had one hand on the rope and one on the truck. He let go with the hand on the truck and slid down the rope. He fell on my feet. He came all the way down holding and let go just above the figure head. He hit the deck feet first and fell sideways on his hip. His head did not appear to hit the deck very hard'.
According to this witness, Alfred fell down the southern side of the mast, i.e., the quarterdeck end. The figure head was known as the Indian Prince.

Cleaver: 'I was walking under the net when I saw him slipping down . He was just below the lower yard. He hit the ground feet first and then fell over on his side making a loud bump. He made no sound on the way down. I did not see his head hit the deck. His knees were bent up'.

The inquest took place in the Sick Quarters at HMS Ganges at 9:15 a.m. on Monday 8th October 1928. The medical officer, Surgeon Commander R. A. O'Flynn R.N., first observing the deceased at 15.25 a.m. on 6th. October in the mortuary in the Sick Quarters. At 9:00 a.m. on the following day he carried out a post mortem on the deceased observing that death was caused by multiple injuries and shock.

Alfred was an orphan and the orphanage did not claim his body. Instead it was left to the Navy to bury of his remains. His body would been taken from HMS Ganges in a horse drawn vehicle, along winding country roads to St. Mary's church at Shotley, a distance of some 2.75 miles or so, or taken by boat from the jetty, down the River Stour, around the headland into the River Orwell, and then up hill to the graveyard from the Orwell foreshore. Both systems were used.

Alfred had no parents but he did had a brother also serving in the Navy. Despite searches by the Navy and the police, his forenames could not be ascertained nor were his whereabouts known.

Alfred's death on the mast led to questions being asked in the House of Commons on 21st. November 1928. The following shows the question asked and the answer given.

Labour MP Earnest Thurtle asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been called to a recent fatal accident at the Royal Naval training establishment at Shotley, when a boy was killed in attempting to climb the great mast for training purposes, and whether he considers it necessary to retain mast climbing as an essential part of naval training?

First Lord of the Admiralty William Bridgeman, 'The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The circumstances of the accident were of an exceptional character, and I am considering whether any precautions beyond the very complete system now existing are necessary'.

Former Lieutenant Commander Joseph Kenworthy, 'Would the Right Hon. Gentleman assure the House that necessary training aloft is not cut down for seamen in the Navy, and is he aware that there is far too much infantry drill already for them?'

First Lord of the Admiralty William Bridgeman, 'This particular accident was rather a peculiar one. I want to make sure whether or not some further precautions can be taken to avoid such an accident in the future. I am not dealing with the general question until I have investigated the causes of this accident'.

In memory of
Admiral of the Fleet
SIR ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON, BART.,
V.C., C.G.B., O.M., C.G.V.O., D.C.I.
Died May 25. 1921,
Aged 79 years.
None of us liveth to himself
romans xiv.7

KATHERINE KNYVET WILSON
Died Dec 20. 1901,
Aged 89 years.
‘Whether we live therefore, or die, we are the lord’s’
romans xiv.8'

Arthur Wilson was born on 4th. March 1842 at Swaffham, Norfolk, the son of Rear Admiral George Knyvet Wilson and Agnes Mary Wilson, née Yonge.
Brother of,
William, 2nd November 1838 - 11th. July 1865
Sir Roland, 2nd Bt, 27th. August 1840 - 29th. October 1919
Edith, 9th. February 1844
Katherine, 7th May 1845 - 20th. December 1931

Wilson was educated at Eton College before he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman aboard HMS Algiers in 1855.
He was present at the Battle of Kinburn in October 1855 during the Crimean War. He was transferred to HMS Raleigh on the China Station in September 1856 and then, following the loss of the Raleigh near Hong Kong, transferred to HMS Calcutta and saw action in command of a gun in the naval brigade at the Battle of Canton in December 1857 and then at the Battle of Taku Forts in May 1858 during the Second Opium War. He was appointed to the steam frigate HMS Topaze on the Pacific Station in September 1859 and was promoted to lieutenant on 11th. December 1861. After a tour in the steam frigate HMS Gladiator, he joined the gunnery school HMS Excellent at Portsmouth in April 1865. He became an instructor at the new Imperial Japanese Naval Academy at Yokohama in Japan in May 1867 and then at the new training ship HMS Britannia in January 1869.

Wilson became a member of the committee investigating the effectiveness of the Whitehead torpedo and was involved in its trials in 1870. He became gunnery officer in the training ship HMS Caledonia in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1871 and first lieutenant in the steam frigate HMS Narcissus in October 1872. Promoted to commander on 18th. September 1873, he became second-in-command in the new steam frigate HMS Raleigh in January 1874

In 1876 Wilson became commander and chief of staff at the new torpedo school HMS Vernon, where his duties included rewriting torpedo manuals, inventing aiming apparatus and developing mine warfare.

Promoted to captain on 20th. April 1880, Wilson was appointed to command the torpedo boat depot ship HMS Hecla. In the summer of 1882 he was ordered to take Hecla to Egypt to deliver ammunition for British troops taking part in the Anglo-Egyptian War. On arrival, working with Captain John Fisher, he installed a heavy gun on a railway carriage and created an improvised armoured train. He was awarded the Ottoman Empire Order of the Medjidie, 3rd. Class on 12th. January 1883. Early in 1884, Hecla was sent to Trinkitat on the Red Sea coast of Sudan to support British troops defending Suakin during the Mahdist War.

The 1st. Battle of El-Teb had been a disaster when Mahdist rebels of Sudan, who were waging a religious revolt against Egyptian rule, annihilated a force of predominantly Egyptian troops and British officers which was nearly three times as large. The response was the commitment of British troops, including members of the Naval Brigade equipped with Gatling guns.

The British force attacked Mahdist positions, led by former slave trader Osman Digna, at El-Teb on 29th. February 1884. Digna had two batteries, armed with captured guns.

Wilson was observing the proceedings and saw the lieutenant in charge of one British battery killed when a group of Mahdists broke out of hiding and attacked as the British manoeuvred their guns. Wilson leapt in front of them and drawing his sword engaged in face-to-face combat with the leading Mahdists, mainly armed with spears. When his sword broke, he used his fists and held off the attackers until relieved by other troops. It was an act of instinctive courage that saved the men and the guns.

After the battle, Wilson, who had his pith helmet sliced through with a sword that grazed his head, told his mother that it had been a ‘most enjoyable day’ and that ‘my head has been done up with sticking plaster and is all right’.

For his actions Wilson was award the Victoria Cross, announced in the London Gazette, on 21st. May 1884.
This Officer, on the staff of Rear-Admiral Sir William Hewett, at the Battle of El-Teb, on the 29th. February 1884, attached himself during the advance to the right half battery, Naval Brigade, in the place of Lieutenant Royds, RN, mortally wounded.
As the troops closed on the enemy's Krupp battery the Arabs charged out on the corner of the square and on the detachment who were dragging the Gardner gun. Captain Wilson then sprang to the front and engaged in single combat with some of the enemy, thus protecting this detachment till some men of the York and Lancaster Regiment came to his assistance with their bayonets.
But for the action of this Officer, Sir Redvers Buller thinks that one or more of his detachment must have been speared. Captain Wilson was wounded but remained with the battery during the day."

Wilson was invested with his Victoria Cross by CinC Portsmouth, Admiral Sir George Phipps-Hornby, at Portsmouth, on 6th. June 1884.

Wilson became Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and captain of HMS Raleigh in March 1886. He went on to be assistant director of Torpedoes at the Admiralty in April 1887.
In 1889 he captained HMS Vernon in 1889, and then HMS Sans Pareil in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1892.
He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen Victoria on 14th. February 1892. In Sans Pareil he was briefly Flag Captain to the Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in late 1893.

Promoted to rear-admiral on 22nd June 1895, he was given command of the experimental torpedo squadron, hoisting his flag in the cruiser HMS Hermione before becoming Second-in-Command of the Reserve Fleet in 1896.

He became Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in August 1897 and Senior Officer in Command of the Channel Squadron in March 1901 hoisting his flag in the battleship HMS Majestic upon taking command in April 1901. He was promoted to vice-admiral on 24th. May 1901.

He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in May 1903, renamed the Channel Fleet in December 1904 and was promoted to full admiral on 24th. February 1905.

Wilson was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 1st. March 1907 and, after three years in retirement, became First Sea Lord in January 1910. In this role he was, according to the eminent historian Sir Hew Strachan, "abrasive, inarticulate, and autocratic'. Wilson left the Admiralty in December 1911.

At the start of World War 1 Wilson was recalled by Winston Churchill who admired his tactical ability. Wilson agreed to return but insisted on having no official employment or payment. He continued as an advisor until November 1918.

As a sea officer Wilson was recognised as a highly professional and organised commander. His command was always on a ‘war footing’, requiring manoeuvring at night without lights to simulate war conditions, and undertaking multiple exercises to ensure efficiency. On the other hand he was seen as unfeeling, unsympathetic and unnecessarily harsh in his approach to his crews, who gave him the nickname, well known in senior circles, of ’Old 'Ard 'Art'. Supposedly, when in home waters, he kept the fleet at sea over Christmas unnecessarily. Wilson's other nickname of 'Tug' is thought to come from a reference to the tenacious boxer 'Tug' Wilson, who had come to prominence shortly before Wilson received his Victoria Cross. It has since become a common nickname, especially in the Navy, for men called Wilson.

Wilson was considered an absolute ‘loner’, who consulted no one, discussed nothing with his officers and demanded instant and unquestioning obedience. With these qualities he was more likely to command respect than affection, and that respect was earned by the total competence with which he carried out his duties. But his personal insularity was a serious hazard in a fleet commander. Prince Louis of Battenberg, expressed concern at the risks implicit in having a fleet commander who shared nothing with, and delegated nothing to, his subordinates. He wrote that ‘If anything was to suddenly remove the C-in-C there would be chaos.’ Reflecting on Wilson’s character Prince Louis described him as a man for whom ‘a pipe and a biscuit’ was meal enough at any time, and who was ‘probably able to work 20 hours a day and sleep in his clothes’.
Wilson was certainly a different leader than Nelson, whose consultative style with his senior officers meant that that the respect in which he was held by them was matched by their affection for him.

Wilson inherited his baronetcy on the death of his brother Roland on 29th. October 1919.

In retirement at Swaffham, he became involved in local good works and spent his leisure time on the golf course, which he had helped design.

Arthur Wilson died, unmarried, at Beach Cottage, Swaffham on 25th. May 1921. He was aged 79. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Peter and St Paul's at Swaffham.

His VC was donated to the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth.

94044 3RD AIR MECH.
OTTO LEWIS DAVY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
26TH NOVEMBER 1918 AGE 31

ALSO HIS WIFE GRACE DAVY
DIED 24TH MAY 1920
AGE 30
REUNITED

94044 3rd. Air Mechanic Otto Lewis Davy, 7th. Training Depot Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Otto was born on 3rd. April 1887 at Swardeston, Norfolk, the eleventh of thirteen children of Walter James, a carpenter, and Emily Davy, nee Hubbard.

He was the brother of Selina (1866), Herbert (1867), Walter (1870), Robert (1872), William (1874), Sarah (1876), Frederick (1878), Harry (1880), Edward (1881), Emily (1884), Ella (1888) and Etta (1891).

Otto was educated at Swardeston village school after which he trained as a carpenter in his family business.

The 1891 census records Otto's family living at a cottage by the common at Swardeston. The 1901 census records that the family had moved to Norwich Road, Swardeston.

At Norwich on 3rd. August 1908, Otto married Grace Breed-Winter, the daughter of William, a sawyer and general labourer, and Sarah, nee Wicks, from Norwich.

The 1911 census records Otto and Grace living at 2 Ebenezer Terrace, Sussex Street, Norwich. Otto was working as a carpenter and Grace as a boot fitter.

In 1913 Otto and Grace had a daughter, also named Grace, but she died when a few days old. On 4th August 1915, a son was born, also called Otto Lewis Davy.

Otto initially joined the Army, enlisting as P/60127 into the 101st. Labour Corps on 16th. October 1916, just six months short of his 30th. birthday and just after his son's 1st birthday.

On 10th. August 1917 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was sent to France for just ten days. On 1st. April 1918 he transferred again to the Royal Air Force on the day it was formed. He had transferred as an Air Mechanic Class 2, but like everyone else with that rank he was re-graded to Class 3. He was initially posted to 1st. Training Depot Squadron before being transferred to 7th. Training Deport Squadron on the 26th. September 1918.

Towards the end of 1918, Otto was taken ill and died, aged 31, in Wothorpe Hospital, Stamford on Monday 25th. November 1918 as a result of septic bronchitis. Otto died exactly two weeks after the armistice was signed, officially bringing the war to an end.

Otto is buried in Service Section, Plot 54, Grave 538 at Earlham Cemetery, Norwich. His next of kin was his wife Grace, then living at 22 Stacy Road, Norwich.

Just eighteen months after Otto's death, on Monday 24th. May 1920, Grace also passed away, aged 30, and was buried with her husband in Grave 538.

German military cemetery in Normandy, France, featuring a grave adorned with yellow flowers. Somber remembrance site under the trees.

Auf dem Alten Friedhof in Bergen (Insel Rügen)

(Bemerkung: Die Aufnahme entstand mit einer Nikon F2 Photomic auf Ilford HP5 Plus.)

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At the old cemetery in Bergen (Island of Rügen)

(Note: The picture was taken with a Nikon F2 Photomic on Ilford HP5 Plus.)

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.

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

ST. MR.
W. SLIZEWSKI
22ND. APRIL 1946
POLISH FORCES.

218143 Starszy Marynarz Wladyslaw Slizewski, Polish Navy.

Wladislaw, was a Polish Navy senior sailor on temporarily released to study at the Polish Naval College at Bridge of Allan, near Stirling in Scotland.

His cousin Ada Slusarek was serving at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk. When he had leave Wladyslaw visited Ada at Coltishall, and through Ada he met her friend, Senior Private Eugenia Zagajewska, a clerk in the Polskie Sily Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) headquarters in London. Over time Wladyslaw and Eugenia became engaged.

Wladyslaw and Eugenia both took leave on the Easter weekend of 1946 and went to Coltishall to stay with Ada. On Easter Monday, 22nd. April, the three of them travelled a few miles from Coltishall to Lammas on the River Bure.

Wladyslaw had a 'boat' there, an old aircraft fuel tank converted into a canoe. He and Eugenia got in it, while Ada remained on the bank. In a few moments the canoe overturned, throwing Wladyslaw and Eugenia into the water. Wladyslaw was brought to the shore but could not be revived, Eugenia was caught up in weeds and it was some time before her body could be recovered.

Wladyslaw and Eugenia were buried next to each other in the War Graves Plot at Earlham Cemetery, Norwich on 27th. April, Wladyslaw in Section 54, Grave 222 and Eugenia in Section 54, Grave 223. They were both aged 21.
The entire Polish community attended the burials and the Polish national anthem was sung over the graves.

In loving memory of
HENRY JAMES HOOD
Who died April 13th. 1918,
Aged 21 years.
Can we e'er forget that footstep
or that happy smiling face.
Also of
ALFRED EARNEST HOOD
Who died in France July 4th. 1918,
Aged 18 years.
The stars shine on the silent grave
of him we loved and could not save.
Also of FRED, the beloved father of the above
Died Nov 14th. 1931. Aged 64 years.


48891 Private Henry James Hood, 2nd. Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, formally 9096 Private, 2nd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.

Born on 28th. November 1896 in Norwich, the son of Frederick James, a carter, and Mary Ann Hood, nee Lincoln, of 104, Essex Street, Norwich, Norfolk.
Brother of,
Edith M.A.
Frederick George
Alice E.
Thomas
Alfred Earnest
Ada Florence
Elsie May
All the siblings were born in Norwich.

Henry was baptised at St. Mark's church, Lakenham on 7th. March 1897, along with his brothers Frederick and Thomas.

The 1901 census records that the Hood family were living at 5 Branford Road, Norwich. The 1911 census records the family were then living at 104 Essex Street, Norwich, and that Henry was working as a shoe operator for a shoe manufacturer.

Henry most likely enlisted in Norwich.

There is a strong probability that he was part of the draft sent out to help rebuild the 2nd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment after the losses it suffered at the Siege of Kut, 100 miles south of Baghdad, between 7th. December 1915 and 29th. April 1916.

Given his relative youth, Henry must have received wounds or became sick as he was downgraded to being fit only for a garrison battalion, in this case 2nd. Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He went with the battalion to India or Mesopotamia in 1917.

Having got ill or injured again and was brought back to Britain where he died, aged 21, on Saturday 13th. April 1918, at 2nd. Southern General Hospital, Bristol. There is confusion over Henry's cause of death, his Medal Index Card states he died of wounds, while his CWGC entry indicates that he died of dysentery. He is buried in Grave 48. 578. at Earlham Cemetery, Norwich.

Henry was awarded the British War and Victory Medals


68547 Private Alfred Earnest Hood, 7th. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).

Born in Lakenham, Norwich. Enlisted in Norwich.

Alfred received wounds on 4th. July 1918 from which he died, aged 18, on Saturday 6th. July 1918 at No.4 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Grave: II. C. 16. at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les- Pernois, Somme, France with the personal Inscription,
'LOVE & REMEMBRANCE
FROM HOME
WILL LAST FOR EVER'


Henry and Alfred are remembered on the War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Street, Norwich

Mary Ann Hood was awarded a combined pension of 10 shillings per week from 14th. January 1919 for the loss of her two sons, typical of a fairly normal 5 shillings each.

On 18th. November 2017 the Death Plaque relating to Alfred was sold at auction at Ipswich, Suffolk for an undisclosed fee.

In loving memory of
WILLIAM,
The dearly beloved eldest son of
THOMAS & AMELIA BECKETT,
Age 22 years,
Who lost his life on H.M.S. Bulwark, Sheerness
November 26th. 1914.

Not dead to us who loved him,
Not lost but gone before,
He lives in memory with us now,
And shall forever more.

Also their beloved daughter,
ETHEL,
Age 20 years,
Who passed away May 17th. 1915.

From our bright and happy circle,
God hath taken her we loved,
Borne away from sin and sorrow,
To a nobler rest above.

Also THOMAS BECKETT
Who died December 11th. 1950,
Age 88 years.
Beloved Husband and Father

Also AMELIA BECKETT
Who died August 26th. 1952
Age 88 years.
Beloved wife and mother.

Re-united.

M/6629(PO) Electrical Artificer 4th. Class William Thomas Beckett, HMS Bulwark, Royal Navy.

Born on 29th August 1892 at Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Thomas and Amelia Beckett of 1 Carnarvon Road, Heigham Grove, Norwich.

On 3rd. September 1913 William enlisted into the Royal Navy.

The 15,366 ton London class pre-Dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark was assigned to the 5th. Battle Squadron (BS) of the Second Fleet. Following the outbreak of World War 1 the 5th. BS provided protect the British Expeditionary Force as it moved across the English Channel to France.

On 14th. November 1914, the 5th. BS was transferred to Sheerness where Bulwark moored to Number 17 buoy in Kethole Reach, approximately between East Hoo Creek and Stoke Creek in the Medway estuary.

At 7.50 a.m. on Thursday 26th. November a massive explosion ripped through Bulwark. The Times reported,
'The band was playing and some of the men were drilling on deck when the explosion occurred. A great sheet of flame and quantities of debris shot upwards, and the huge bulk of the vessel lifted and sank, shattered, torn, and twisted, with officers and men aboard'

Boats of all kinds were launched from the nearby ships and shore to pick up survivors and the dead. Work was hampered by the amount of debris which included hammocks, furniture, boxes and hundreds of mutilated bodies. Fragments of personal items showered down in the streets of Sheerness.

A naval court of enquiry into the causes of the explosion that was held on 28th. November ruled out external explosions such as a torpedo or a mine because eyewitnesses spoke of a flash of flame near the aft turret and then one or two explosions quickly following, not the towering column of water associated with explosions against the outer hull. The gunnery logbook, recovered partially intact, and the testimony of the chief gunner's clerk, as well as several other survivors, said the 6 inch ammunition magazines were being restowed to keep the cordite propellant charges together in lots that morning. This meant at least 30 exposed charges had been left in the cross-passages between the ship's magazines with the magazine doors left open when the ship's company was called to breakfast at 07:45. These passages were also used to stow hundreds of 6 inch and 12 pounder shells, and the court concluded that the cordite charges had been stowed against one of the boiler room bulkheads which was increasing in temperature as the boilers were fired up. This ignited the cordite charges which detonated the nearby shells and spread to the aft 12 inch magazine, which exploded.

788 men of Bulwark's crew lost their lives in the explosion. Of the 16 survivors, 7 later died. Only about 30 bodies were recovered after the explosion, and RN record note that William's body was recovered on 17th. January 1915, and was the subject of an inquest.

William died, aged 22. He is buried in Grave 48. 38. at Earlham Cemetery in Norwich. He is remembered on the Norwich Cathedral Boys Model School War Memorial which is located in the cathedral, and on the Roll of Honour at St. Thomas' Church, Earlham Road, Norwich.

In terms of loss of life, the incident remains the second most catastrophic British accidental explosion, exceeded only by the explosion of the dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard shortly before midnight on 9th. July 1917 at Scapa Flow, caused by a stokehold fire detonating a magazine.

The site of the wreck of Bulwark is now a restricted area. Designated as a Military Wreck by the Admiralty, it is marked by two buoys, the East Bulwark (Green Conical at 51. 25. 21. 25 N, 00. 39. 13. 78 E) and West Bulwark (Red Can at 51. 25. 23. 25 N, 00. 39. 13. 78.E).

WILHELM
GILBERT
* 1. 3. 1904
+ 27. 9. 1946

Wilhelm Gilbert was born on 1st. March 1904 in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
He was a NCO, possibly a Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (Senior NCO), in the Kriegsmarine.

Wilhelm became a prisoner of war of the British and was held in Camp 253 Mousehold Heath, Norwich, Norfolk.
During 1945/6 the camp held German PoW's until they were moved on and replaced by Italian PoW's. The Italian's were invited to visit local residents’ homes for Christmas 1947.
The camp commandant c.1947 was Lieutenant Colonel J. B. V. Phillips.

Wilhelm committed suicide on 27th. September 1946 while at Mousehold, he was aged 42.
He is buried in War Graves Section 54, Grave 233 at Earlham Cemetery in Norwich.

IN
Loving memory
of
TERENCE HENRY FORD BARCLAY,
Lieutenant - Scots Guards.
Eldest son of
Hugh G. & Evelyn L. Barclay,
who died at
Colney
on the 27th. of December 1911,
from the result of an accident.
Aged 29 years.

Lord - Who shall rest upon your holy hill ?
Even he who leadeth an uncorrupt life
and doeth the thing which is right. PSA. XV. 1.2.

Terence Henry Ford Barclay was born in 1882 at Thorpe St. Andrews, Norwich, Norfolk, the eldest son of Col. Hugh Gurney Barclay, a bank director, and Evelyn Louisa Barclay, nee Hogg, later of Colney Hall, Norfolk.
He was the brother of,
Ursula Mary Barclay, 1884 - 1915
Evelyn Hugh Barclay, 1885, - 1956
Phyllis Dorothy Barclay, 1887 - 1976
Richenda Louisa Barclay, 1890 - 1956
Cecil Lorna Barclay, 1891 - 1935
Rosamund Alice Barclay, 1899 - 1982
David Stuart Barclay, 1897 - 1916

The 1901 census records the family living at 100 Plumstead Road, Norwich with 12 servants.
The 1911 census records the family living at Colney Hall with 17 servants.

Terence served in the Second Boer War from September 1900 to April 1902 with 3rd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment and on the staff commanded by Col. C.M. Kavanagh MVO, DSO and Col. C.E. Callwell CB. He received The Queen's and King's medals and four clasps.

In 1911, Colney Hall was nestled within a wood and surrounded by an extensive landscaped park and gardens. It featuring an aviary, grottos and a man-made cave, and for some time two pet African lions.

The two year old lions had arrived from Mombasa, Kenya. They had been transported in a large portable den on the Union-Castle liner SS Gascon, and then taken to Norwich by train, from where they were conveyed to Colney Hall in a farm wagon.

Shortly before Christmas 1911, Terence went into the garden to see the lions, named Fritzi and Mitzi. The lions were allowed to roam the grounds at will and one of them, presumably playfully and without realising its strength, pounced on Terence, who fell to the ground with the lion on top of him.
Terence was carried into the house on a wooden hurdle but was found not to be badly hurt. However, blood poisoning set in and despite the efforts by a German specialist who had been summoned, Terence died at Colney, aged 29, on Wednesday 27th. December.

Terence is buried in his family's plot to the west of St. Andrew's church, Colney.

Soon after the incident the lions were given to the Dublin zoo, where they died of pneumonia, Fritzi in 1916, and Mitzi a year later.

IN
memory of
HENRY THOROGOOD.
Pay Master Sergeant,
East Norfolk Militia.
Late Colour Sergeant
1st. Batt. 9th. Regt.
Who died at Great Yarmouth,
Nov. 13th. 1880.
Aged 37 years

Erected by his
brother staff sergeants,
as a mark of respect.

Henry was born c. 1843.
He married Sarah Shrove Johns, born c. 1852 at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The couple had three children,

Frances Sarah, born 1877 at Colchester, Essex, died 1955 in Kent

James John, born September 1878 at Curragh, Dublin, Ireland, died in March 1930 at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Ada Conquest, born in June 1880 possibly in Norfolk

Henry died at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on Saturday 13th. November 1880, aged 37. He is buried in Great Yarmouth Cemetery.

Later Sarah married William Hugh Jenkins, born c. 1860 at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

In loving memory of
LIEUT. DAVID STUART BARCLAY,
Scots Guards. Youngest son of
Hugh G. Barclay of Colney Hall. Who
died at Colney on the 24th. of April 1917.
Of wounds received in action in France
on the 15th. Sept. 1916, aged 20.

In thy light: shall we see light.

Lt. David Stuart Barclay, 1st. Battalion, Scots Guards.
Born on 2nd. February 1897 at Colney, Norfolk, the youngest son of Hugh Gurney Barclay, a bank director, and Evelyn Louisa Barclay, nee Hogg, of Colney Hall.
He was the brother of,
Terence Henry Ford Barclay, 1882 - 1911
Ursula Mary Barclay, 1884 - 1915
Evelyn Hugh Barclay, 1885, - 1956
Phyllis Dorothy Barclay, 1887 - 1976
Richenda Louisa Barclay, 1890 - 1956
Cecil Lorna Barclay, 1891 - 1935
Rosamund Alice Barclay, 1899 - 1982

The 1901 census records the family living at 100 Plumstead Road, Norwich with 12 servants.
The 1911 census records the family living at Colney Hall with 17 servants.

David was educated at Ludgrove and then from January 1910 to September 1914 at Eton College, Windsor.

The London Gazette of 1st. September 1914 includes a long list of officer appointments, effective of 15th. August 1914, the name of David Barclay appears against the Scots Guards.

David received wounds while in action at Guillemont on 15th. September 1916. He was shot in the face resulting in blindness in both eyes, and his hand was badly shattered.
He succumbed to his injuries, aged 20, on Tuesday 24th. April 1917 at Colney and is buried in his family's plot to the west of St. Andrew's church, Colney.

David is remembered on the Colney War Memorial and the Eton College War Memorial.

SUB-LIEUTENANT
E.G. WOODHATCH RNVR.
H.M.M.T.B. 621
3RD NOVEMBER 1943 AGE 22

THE ADORED YOUNGEST SON
OF HENRY AND MABEL WOODHATCH
FRENSHAM, SURREY.
A PERFECT SON

Temp Sub-Lt Edward George Woodhatch, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMMTB 621.
Born in 1921 in Surrey,
The youngest son of Henry George and Mabel Annie Woodhatch of Frensham, Surrey.

On 3rd. November 1943 MTB 621 was involved an a surface action in which Edward and four others were killed.

Edward died, aged 22. He is buried in Section A. (Naval Reservation), Grave 274 at Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk with the personal inscription,
THE ADORED YOUNGEST SON
OF HENRY AND MABEL WOODHATCH
FRENSHAM, SURREY.
A PERFECT SON