BIRCHAM NEWTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed and photographed by Carolynn Langley.  Researched by Lynda Smith - 2004

Bircham Newton is a small village situated between Docking and Great Bircham in North West Norfolk.

Photograph Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004

The Roll of Honour is on the wall of the nave of the church, above the box pews. It is hand-written and water-stained in places. Some parts are too badly faded to read. It lists both those who served as well as those who died, and gives full name and regiment.

	?????	Algernon Robert	Private. 10th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. No further information available at present.
	COOPER	Reginald Herbert	Lance Corporal 20372. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 28th October 1917. Aged 24. Born Terrington St. Clement. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Husband of Elizabeth Cooper, of 2, Lynn Rd., Gaywood, King's Lynn. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
	HARE	Kenneth	2nd Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment. No further information available at present.
	LINCOLN	Clement George	Shoeing Smith. 91st Brigade Royal Field Artillery. No further information available at present.
	LINCOLN	Ernie	Private. East Surrey Regiment. No further information available at present.
	MATTHEWS	Edgar Samuel	Private. 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. No further information available at present.
	MATTHEWS	John	Private. East Surrey Regiment. No further information available at present.
	MATTHEWS	Percy Alfred	Gunner. Royal Horse Artillery. No further information available at present.
	MATTHEWS	Robert Edward	Trooper. King’s Royal Rifles (Norfolk Yeomanry). No further information available at present.
	MATTHEWS	Walter George	Private. 6th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. No further information available at present.
	NORMAN	Benjamin	Royal Engineers. No further information available at present.
	OSBORNE	Jacob	(Osbourne On CD). Private 13349. 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 24th May 1918. Aged 24. Born Bircham Newton. Lived King’s Lynn. Enlisted Skipton, Yorkshire. Son of Edward Jacob and Mary Ann Osborne, of 2, Bircham Newton, King's Lynn. Buried: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XX. B. 8.
	OSBOURNE	Charles Ashley	Private. West Surrey Regiment. No further information available at present.
	OSBOURNE   R.E	Edward	Private.   (Unable to read Regiment). No further information available at present.
	PRIOR	John Reynolds	Private. Army Service Corps. No further information available at present.

5 February 2004