CHEDGRAVE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2- Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed and researched by Rosalind Hoffmann
2004
Chedgrave
is a small village just north of Loddon. The War memorial is in the Parish
Church.
Crimean
Memorial
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Photograph
Copyright
© Carolynn Langley 2004
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THIS
PORCH WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
GENERAL JOHN BARRETT
INDIAN ARMY
WHO DIED AT RAWUL PINDEE
PUNJAUB
15 TH OCTOBER 1880.
First
World War plaque on wall of North Aisle.
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Photograph
Copyright
© Carolynn Langley 2004 |
1914-1919
BECKHAM |
Edward
George Hunt |
CWGC
has Edwin. Gunner 347518. 228th. Siege Battery, 4th Battalion Royal
Garrison Artillery. Killed in action on 31st July 1917. Aged 37.
Born in Chedgrave. Husband of Maggie E. Beckham, of The Cottage,
Bethel St. Norwich. Buried: Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. F. 18. |
FULLER |
James
John |
Private
33142. 4th Battalion (Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own) Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 3726 Norfolk Regiment. Died on 11th November
1917. Aged 20. Born in Loddon. Enlisted in Norwich. Son of James
& Jessie Fuller of Chedgrave. Buried: Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. IV. E. 76. |
EASTER |
Free |
Listed
as H. Easter on CWWG site. Private 7023. 1st/9th Durham Light Infantry.
Formerly 5397 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 16th January
1917. Born & lived in Chedgrave. Enlisted in Norwich. Buried: Peronne
Rd. Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme, France. Ref. IV. A. 13. |
Second
World War plaque on wall of South Aisle
1939-1945 |
GOODYEAR |
Stanley
Douglas |
Pte.
14696395. 4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Died on 2nd August
1944. Aged18. Son of Stephen & Agnus Bessie Goodyear. Born in Norwich.
Lived in Norfolk. Buried: Hottet-les-Bagues War Cemetery, Calvados,
France. Ref. IV. H. 3. |
GOULTY |
Robert
Richard |
Air
Gunner 2nd. Class 1334864. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on 1st November 1943. Aged 19. Son of Arthur & Sarah Goulty of Chedgrave.
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia. Ref. 8.D.2. |
SEAMONS |
Harry
Algernon |
Private
5775065. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died during fighting
before fall of Singapore on 11th February 1942. Aged 20. Son of
Mrs. R. Seamons of Chedgrave. Born in Suffolk. Lived in Suffolk.
Commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Column 52. |
STARMAN |
Albert
Edward Hamilton |
Pte.
5773302. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea whilst
a Prisoner of War on 21st September 1944. Private Starman was one
of 1,000 who died when the “Toyofuku Maru” transport ship was sunk
by U.S. torpedo bombers on that date. Aged 25. Son of Frank & Daisy
Starman. Husband of Wilma E. Starman of Thurlton. Commemorated:
Singapore Memorial. Column 52. |
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September 2004 |