
CROMER
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed & Researched Lynda Smith
- 2004
The
War memorial stands in the churchyard of Cromer parish church. The
dedication and names of the casualties are carved on small panels
all the way round the memorial, and as such involved many photographs.
Far too many to display on this website. If anyone would like a scan
of their own relative’s name, please contact the webmaster.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2004 |
To
the Glory of God
In Honoured and loving memory of the men of this Parish
Who fell in the Great War 1914 – 1919 and in thanksgiving
To God for their comrades whose lives were spared.
Their name liveth for evermore.
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ALLEN |
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 15035. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. U. 28. |
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ALLEN |
Gilbert |
Lance
Corporal 3531. 50th Company Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 14029 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13th November
1916. Born and enlisted Cromer. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. |
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ALLEN |
Stephen |
Private
G/24456. 1st Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment.)
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 26th August 1916. Born
and lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
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ALLEN |
William
Robert |
Lance
Corporal 40892. 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly
11817 Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 26th October 1917. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted London. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 90
to 92 and 162 to 162A. |
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AMIS |
Cecil
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 320069. "B Company 12th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 20th August 1918. Aged 22. Born
and enlisted Cromer. Son of Charles Amis, of Wellington Hotel, Cromer.
Buried: Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. V. D. 73. |
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AMIS |
Horace
Walpole |
Serjeant
46304. 166th Company Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 2121 Norfolk Yeomanry.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 25th March 1918. Aged 22.
Enlisted January 1915 in Melton Constable, Norfolk. Son of Ellen
and the late Horace Walpole Amis, of 35, Garden St., Cromer. Buried:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VIII. I.
165. |
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AMIS |
Robert
Joseph |
Private
6215. 6th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died on 14th May
1918. Aged 26. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Amis, of Cromer,
Norfolk. Buried: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul,
Nord, France. Ref. I. F. 20. |
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AMIS |
Thomas
Sydney |
Private
G/29548. 8th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 9th October 1918. Born Cromer.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. A. M. Amis, 17 and 19, West St., Cromer.
Buried: Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. III. H. 7.
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AMIS |
William
Walter |
Drummer
240204. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on 18th
August 1918. Born and enlisted Cromer. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate)
War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI. U. 9. |
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BALLS |
Gilbert
Spencer |
Sapper
191465. Base Signal Depot, Corps of Royal Engineers. Died in East
Africa on 25th April 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Manchester.
Buried: Morogoro Cemetery Tanzania. Ref. II. B. 4. |
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BALLS |
Walter |
Serjeant
3/8169. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on 9th May 1917. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
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BASTOW |
(James)
Norman |
Lance
Corporal S/7668. 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own).
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 16th April 1916. Aged 22.
Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. S. and Mrs.
E. A. Bastow, of Beach Station, Cromer. Buried: Faubourg D'Amiens
Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. A. 44. |
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BECK |
(Onley)
George Benjamin |
Private
21376. 8th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 18944 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st October 1916. Aged
33. Born Earsham, Norfolk. Lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Husband
of Kate Beck, of Cadogan House, Cadogan Rd., Cromer. Buried: Stump
Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. Ref. B. 84. |
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BLYTHE |
Albert
Edward |
Private
13363. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 25th October 1918. Aged 22. Born Cromer. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of John and Mildred Blythe, of 3, East Cottages, Tucker
St., Cromer. Served 3, years in France. Buried: Auchy Churchyard,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. South end. |
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BUMFREY |
Charles
John |
Private
29268. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 20th September 1917. Born Alby, Norfolk. Lived
Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
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BUNN |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
T/205370. 3/4th Battalion Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 24th October 1917. Born Quidenham,
Norfolk. Lived and enlisted Cromer. Buried: Railway Dugouts Burial
Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. IV. H. 25. |
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BURTON |
Lewis
Ambrose |
Private
2850. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Malta on 24th November
1915. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Mr. A. Burton, of Crofton House,
Hamilton Rd., Cromer. Buried: Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Ref.
D. IX. 4. |
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BUXTON |
Andrew
Richard |
Lieutenant.
3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action on 7th June 1917.
Aged 37. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Buxton, of Easneye, Ware, Herts.
Buried: Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. I. A. 7. |
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CARTER |
James
Shuckburgh |
Captain.
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action on 27th September
1918. Aged 37. Son of John Proctor Carter and Isabel Mary Carter;
husband of Diana Violet Gladys Carter of Houghton Green, Playden,
Sussex. Buried: Sanders Keep Military Cemetery, Graincourt-Les-Havrincourt,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. II. A. 1. |
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CLARKE |
Andrew
John |
Boy
9808. Depot, Norfolk Regiment. Died on 22nd February 1919. Aged
16. Son of George Shinar Clarke and Emma Jane Clarke, of The Bungalow,
Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer. His brother Herbert Richard also
died in service. Buried: Cromer No.2 Burial Ground, Ref. A. 201.
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CLARKE |
George
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion attd. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action on 21st April 1918. Aged 33. Brother of Mr. R.
W. Clarke, of Algar House, Cromer, Norfolk. Buried: Tannay British
Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord, France. Ref. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 10.
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COOK
MM |
Arthur
Harry |
Acting
Lance Sergeant 19467. 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 12th July 1917. Aged 32. Born Chesham,
Bucks. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Harry and Annie Cook, of 51, Station
Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Buried: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres,
Nord, France. Ref. II. D. 10. |
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COOK |
Sydney
Isaac |
Private
17289. 19th Battalion King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 30th July 1917. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted
Liverpool. (Not found on CWGC.) |
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CRASKE |
Arthur
William |
Private
57348. 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 204201
Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 23rd October
1917. Aged 35. Born and enlisted Cromer. Husband of H. E. Craske,
of Baden Cottage, Wyndham Park, Cromer. Buried: Lijssenthoek Military
Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XXII. D. 5A.
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CRASKE |
George
Thomas |
[Crask
on CWGC]. Private G/51582. 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of
London Regiment). Formerly 6869, 25th Middlesex Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 28th February 1917. Born Cromer.
Lived E. Brunton (sic. probably East Runton). Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8
C 9 A and 16 A. |
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CRAWFORD |
Lindsay
Oswald |
ance
Corporal 267218. 8th Service Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 22nd September 1918. Aged
27. Lived Thetford, Norfolk. Enlisted North Walsham, Norfolk. Son
of Lindsay Oswald and Florence Rhoda Crawford, of "Balcarres, Cabbell
Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 60 to 64. |
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DAVIES |
Thomas
Frederick |
No
further information available at present. |
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DEMPSEY |
Daniel |
Serjeant
9749. 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers attd. 3rd West India
Regiment. Died on 23rd May 1916. Aged 43. Born Blaydon, Durham.
Enlisted London. Son of Michael Dempsey, of Blaydon-on-Tyne; husband
of Muriel A. Dempsey, of Britannia House, Church Square, Cromer.
Buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. C.
6. |
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DULLEY |
David
Cecil Charles |
Corporal
2679. 1st/ 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 19th May 1916. Aged 21. Born and lived Cromer.
Enlisted Luton, Beds. Son of David and Ellen Rose Dulley, of Heath
House, Cromer. Buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.,
Somme, France. Ref. II. C. 11. |
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DURRANT |
William
Guy |
Gunner
57228. 53rd Battery Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 20th August 1915. Born Cromer. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. III. C. 19A |
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FARROW |
Bertie
Thomas |
Private
34459. 8th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 092646 Royal Army
Service Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10th April
1918. Aged 23. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James
and Malvina Farrow, of Croft Flats, Cromer. Commemorated: Ploegsteert
Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 6. |
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FARROW |
Ernest
Richard |
Private
14831. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 24th February 1918. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. II.
E. 16. |
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FENNER |
Athelstan
Alfred Lennox |
Lieut-Commander.
H.M. Submarine "K4, Royal Navy. Died on 31st January 1918. Aged
31. Son of Dr. Robert Fenner and Edith Marion Fenner (nee Carter),
of 38, Portland Place, London. Born at Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 28. (Special note: Submarine
K4 sank in The First of Forth following a series of accidents involving
many vessels and some trawlers who were not aware of naval manoeuvres.
http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2002/0202/0002022101.asp |
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FENNER |
Cyril
Frederick Hamilton |
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Killed in action on 24th
September 1916. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 7 D. |
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FISH |
John
Leslie |
Second
Lieutenant. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on
3rd July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Ellen Maria Fish, of Belmont, Chigwell,
Essex, and the late Frank Fish. Buried: Ovillers Military Cemetery,
Solesmes, Nord, France. Ref. VII. K. 3. |
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FROST |
Godfrey
King |
Private
58787. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Formerly PS/10193 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 5th December 1917. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 3
and 4. |
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GOLDING |
Ambrose |
Private
30996. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 1st May 1917. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. II. J. 52. |
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GREY |
Walter |
Probably:
Private PLY/10556. Plymouth Battalion R.N. Division, Royal Marine
Light Infantry. Died on 13th July 1915. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 2 to 7. |
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HAMILTON |
Herbert
Otho |
Lieutenant.
12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action on 25th
September 1915. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 20 to 22. |
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HARBORD |
Anthony |
Probably:
Lionel Anthony Harbord. Lieutenant. Royal Air Force. Died on 21st
August 1919. Aged 49. Commemorated: Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial.
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HARBORD
MC |
John |
Captain.
Norfolk Yeomanry. Died on 10th July 1918 of wounds received near
Nieppe Forest on 6th July. Aged 24. Son of Philip and Elinor Julia
Harbord, of Northwold Lodge, Brandon, Norfolk. Native of Norfolk.
Buried: Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. IV. C. 7. |
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HARDINGHAM |
William
March |
Private
37361. 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 11th June 1917. Aged 30. Born
Reepham, Norfolk. Lived and enlisted Cromer. Son of Christopher
and Pamela Hardingham, of Horsford, Norwich; husband of Ada Hardingham,
of 35, Connaught Rd., Suffield Park, Cromer, Norfolk. Buried: Mendinghem
Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I.
E. 6. |
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HASTINGS |
Archibald |
Sergeant
240038. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine
on 19th April 1917. Born and enlisted Cromer. Commemorated: Jerusalem
Memorial. Panels 12 to 15. |
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HASTINGS |
Bertie |
Private
240043. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine
on 19th April 1917. Born and enlisted Cromer. Commemorated: Jerusalem
Memorial. Panels 12 to 15. |
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HARVEY |
Bertie |
Private 15690
7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 16th July 1917. aged 21. Born North Walsham. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Robert and Mary Harvey, of 21, Rosebury Rd., Suffield Park,
Cromer. Buried: Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, Pas de
Calais, France. Ref. I. A. 7. |
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HAWKESLEY |
George |
No
further information available at present. |
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HEWITT |
John
Herbert |
Private
53038. 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment.
Formerly 41766 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 16th April 1917. Aged 39. Born Southrepps. Lived and enlisted
Cromer. Son of Mrs. Harriet Hewitt, of Beeston, St. Andrews, Norwich;
husband of Jane Elizabeth Hewitt, of Elm View, Louden Rd., Cromer.
Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 |
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HICKS |
Cyril
Stanley |
Possibly:
Private 43225. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 4th September 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Soloman and Alice Louisa Hicks, of "Redlands, West St., Cromer,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 1 C and 1 D. |
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HOLDOM
|
Frank
Edgar |
Acting
Lance Corporal 1324. 6th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st September 1916. Aged
22. Born West Ham, Essex. Enlisted London. Son of George T. and
Emma E. Holdom. Buried: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme,
France. Ref. I. F. 34. |
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HURRELL |
Charles
George |
[On CD & CWGC as
George Charles.] Private 18747. 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 20th July 1916. Born Honington,
Suffolk. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D. |
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JARVIS |
Alan
Bishop |
Captain.
1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps and Middlesex Regiment. Died on
10th august 1917. Aged 24. Son of Ernest Frederic and Emma Jarvis,
of Albert House, Cromer, Norfolk. Buried: Harlebeke New British
Cemetery, Harlebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XIV. D. 10. |
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JEFFERSON |
Leonard
John |
Private
235484. 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Died in Flanders
on 19th September 1918. Aged 20. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of the late John William and Mary Eliza Jefferson. Buried: Rethel
French National Cemetery, Ardennes, France. Ref. 1869. |
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KETTLE |
Derrick
Hayward |
Private
92633. Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment. Posted 2/2nd London
Regiment. Formerly TR/13/53218 , 17th T.R. Battalion. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 18th September 1918. Aged 19. Born
London. Lived and enlisted Cromer. Son of Benjamin Hayward Kettle
and Maud Kettle, of 62, Church St., Cromer. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3 |
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KETTLE |
Felix
Marmaduke |
Sapper
WR/26224. Royal Engineers. Died on 6th December 1918. Aged 21. Buried:
Overstrand (St. Martin) Churchyard, Norfolk. South-West of St. Martin's
Church. |
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KIRBY |
John
William |
Private
G/14703. 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
with the British Expeditionary Force on 23rd March 1918. Aged 22.
Born and enlisted Cromer. Son of Mr. J. H. Kirby and Mrs. E. Kirby,
of 12, Meadow Cottages, West St., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 46 and 47. |
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LAKE |
William |
Gunner
15043. 49th Battery Royal Field Artillery. Died on 17th July 1915.
Aged 43. Husband of Hannah Lake, of 29, Connaught Rd., Suffield
Park, Cromer. Buried: Overstrand (St. Martin) Churchyard, Norfolk.
Not on CD. |
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LARWOOD |
Edward
James |
Private
17997. 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 14263 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th May 1915.
aged 21. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Son of George Larwood, of
2, Westfield Cottages, Cromer. Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. |
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LAYCOCK |
Herbert
George |
Private
67273. Royal Fusiliers. Posted 2/4th Battalion London Regiment.
Formerly 45417, 3rd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 3rd September 1918. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Cromer.
Son of Samuel Laycock, of 133, Mill Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
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LEGGETT |
Charles
Wales |
Possibly:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class 102925. 150th Squadron 16th Wing, Royal Air
Force. Died on 23rd November 1918. Husband of B. Leggett, of 3,
Lacons Yard, Lynn St., Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Tourlaville Communal
Cemetery And Extension, Manche, France. Ref. B. 9. |
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MOULTON |
Reginald
Wood |
Private
31452. 12th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 23rd November 1917. Born Holt, Norfolk. Enlisted Cromer.
Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 4.
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MOY |
Charles
Robert |
Private
23185. 6th Battalion King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Formerly
10588, 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 7th September 1915. Aged 21. Born Briston, Melton
Constable, Norfolk. Enlisted Great Yarmouth. Son of the late James
Richard and of Edith Alice Moy, of 6, Beach Cottages, Central Rd.,
Cromer. Buried: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. IX. H. 20. |
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NEEDS |
George
William |
Lance
Sergeant 711. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. Aged 28. Born King’s Lynn. Enlisted
West Newton, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Needs, of 26, Alfred
Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel
42 to 44. |
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NELSON |
Francis
Arthur St. George |
Private
6734. London Regiment. 14th County of London Battalion (London Scottish).
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 11th September 1916. Aged
24. Lived Cromer. Enlisted Southwark. Son of Arthur Robson Nelson
and Anne Harriett Nelson, of Brockley, London. Buried: Corbie Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 75.
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NOCKELS |
Hilary
Cossey |
Private
17055. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 1st July 1916. Aged 32. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of William Cossey Nockels and Maria Nockels, of Cromer, Norfolk;
husband of May Elizabeth Jenner (formerly Nockels), of 150, Albert
Rd., Peckham, London. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
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NORTON |
Alfred |
Possibly:
Private 11063. 2nd Battalion King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 6th March 1915. Born Foulsham,
Dereham, Norfolk. Enlisted Mundesley. Commemorated: Ploegsteert
Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. |
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PAINTER |
Robert
Goff |
[CWGC has Robert
Gus Painter]. Private 42185. 21st Company Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
3172 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 24th
July 1916. Aged 19. Born and lived Cromer. Enlisted East Dereham.
Buried: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref.
Plot 1. Row G. Grave 24. |
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PAYNE |
William
Thomas |
Private
2843. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 21st August 1915. Aged 29. Enlisted Dereham, Norfolk. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Payne, of 4, Ivy Cottages, Hans Place, Cromer,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44.
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RAYNER |
Oliver
Crossley |
Captain. "A Company
3rd Battalion attd. 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. Killed in
action on 18th November 1916. Aged 23. Born in Norfolk. Son of the
Hon. Sir Crossley Rayner (late Chief Justice of British Guiana)
and Lady Rayner. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C. |
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ROBINSON |
Thomas |
Sergeant
1262. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 21st August 1915. Born and enlisted Cromer. Commemorated: Helles
Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
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ROYALL |
Arthur
Benjamin |
Private 45554.
"A Company 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly TR/9/5958 Training
Reserve. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 26th September
1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Cromer. Son of Walter James and
Harriet Elizabeth Royall, of 45, The Haven, Cabbell Rd., Cromer.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 40 to 41 and 162 to 162A. |
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SALTER |
William |
No
further information available at present. |
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SAVORY |
Ernest |
No
further information available at present. |
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SAVORY |
Sidney
Robert |
Private
8797. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 14th September 1914. Born Aylsham. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine et Marne, France.
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SHIPLEY |
Enoch |
Private
5138. 1/4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 1591 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 29th October
1916. Born Norfolk. Enlisted Melton Constable. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. |
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SMITH |
George
Cyril |
Private
15127. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 26th September 1916. Aged 26. Born Northrepps. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of John H. Smith, of 13, Goldsmith St., Norwich. Native
of Cromer, Norfolk. Buried: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime,
France. Ref. B. 21. 53. |
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SMITH |
Sidney
Arthur |
Corporal
15939. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 15th September 1916. Aged 24. Born Northrepps. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of John Henry Smith, of 13, Egyptian Rd., Riverside
Rd., Norwich. Buried: Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
Ref. XI. U. 7. |
|
SPALDING |
(Walter)
Robert Allen |
Bombardier
875958. 1st East Anglian Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Territorial
Force. Died at home on 3rd July 1917. Aged 20. Born Cromer. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Walter Robert and Sophia Martha Spalding, of 36,
Cabbell Rd., Cromer. Buried: Cromer No.2 Burial Ground, Norfolk.
Ref. A. 25. |
|
STEARMAN |
Henry
Maurice R |
[B.M.H. Stearman
on CWGC] Private 204835. 7th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Formerly
2857 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
2nd September 1918. Lived Cromer. Enlisted East Dereham. Buried:
Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. I. B. 12. |
|
STIMPSON |
George
Thomas Christmas |
Private
9204. "H Company, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 18th September
1916. Aged 21. Born Cromer. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. |
|
TIBBALDS |
Harold
Joseph |
[Joseph Harold
on CWGC]. Lance Corporal G/40246. 2nd Battalion The Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regt.) Formerly 41228 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 11th May 1917. Aged 29. Born, lived and
enlisted in Brighton. Son of William H. and Florence Tibbalds, of
24, Clifton St., Brighton; husband of Ethel Kate Tibbalds, of 4,
Bond St., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 2 |
|
WALKER |
William
James |
No
further information available at present |
|
WILLIAMSON |
William |
Possibly:
Private 20711. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 12066 Norfolk
Regiment. Died at sea on 13th August 1915. aged 20. Born and lived
Gresham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert and Eliza Williamson, of
Gresham, Norwich. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 144
to 150 or 229 to 233. |
|
WILSON |
Herbert |
No
further information available at present. |
|
YOUELL |
Herbert
Ernest |
Private G/14742.
"C Company 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
with the British Expeditionary Force on 3rd April 1918. Aged 26.
Born Ketteringham, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Royal Sussex Regiment
Son of Harry Thomas and Minnie Youell, of Station House, Cromer,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 46
and 47. |
|
BAXTER |
Francis
Henry |
Private
41900 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment). Formerly
18296, 5th Lancers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 18th
April 1918. Born and enlisted Cromer. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 124 to 125 and 162 to
162A. |
|
BAXTER |
Ernest
William |
Private
24165. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 22nd August 1918. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Cromer.
Son of Mrs. Mary Baxter, of The Garage, Badgemore House, Henley-on-Thames.
Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
4 |
| |
2 May 2004 |