
DOWNHAM
MARKET WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2- Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
Downham
Market has a memorial recreation area containing a small garden with
a memorial to those who died in World War 2 and a main war memorial
at the end of the High Street near to where the Howdale Home was listing
those who died in World War 1 and 2. All the names from the World
War 2 list on the memorial appear on the recreation ground memorial
except the one marked *. A new plaque was unveiled 4th November 2001
to those men who died in the Far East in World War 2, it can be found
on the wall ebhind the main memorial; the inscription reads: "THIS
PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THOSE MEN/ OF THE ROYAL NORFOLK, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
AND SUFFOLK REGIMENTS, AND OTHER SERVING MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE LOCAL
AREA WHO SUFFERED GREATLY IN THE FAR EAST DURING AND AFTER THE 1939-45
WAR". Pictures of the main Downham memorial at the time
of its initial unveiling can be seen on a separate
page. Downham Market, in fact Bexwell, was also home to 218,
608 and 635 Squadrons during World War 2.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
GRATEFUL AND LASTING REMEMBRANCE
OF OUR BRAVE FELLOW TOWNSMEN
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
ADAMS |
Lambert
Victor |
Private
24199, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 21st october 1916 in
France & Flanders. Born Lynn, enlisted Downham Market. Commemeorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
AKRED |
Albert
John |
Private
30436, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 18th
February 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 21. Born and resident
Downham Market, enlisted Norwich. Son of John and Elizabeth Mary
Akred, of Fen Drove, Downham West, Norfolk. Buried in Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXI, Row G. Grave 5. |
ALLEN |
Frederick
Samuel |
Corporal
290300, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd September
1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
East Dereham. Son of Samuel Edward and Rosalie Allen, of 3, Windsor
St., Downham Market, Norfolk. Buried in Red Cross Corner Cemtery,
Beugny, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 3. |
ASHBY |
Arthur
John |
Private
148832, Base Depot, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
20th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 34. Born Rugby, enlisted
Downham Market. Son of Thomas and Ellen Ashby, of Rugby; husband
of Ethel L. Ashby, of 6, Park Rd., Chelmsford, Essex. Formerly 5/4/186240,
Royal Army Service Corps. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot LXVII. Row D. Grave 14. |
AVEIS |
Walter
Albert |
Private
92109, 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of wounds
5th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born King's Lynn,
enlisted Norwich, resident Dowmnham Market. Son of Walter Albert
and Charlotte Aveis, of 9, Windsor St., Downham Market, Norfolk.
Formerly S/44/039743, Royal Army Service Corps. Buried in Lapugnoy
Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave
4. |
BAILEY |
Ernest |
Driver
M2/116994, Royal Army Service Corps attached 33rd Casualty Clearing
Station. Killed in action 7th August 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born Hockwold-cum-Wilton (Downham Market)(sic). Husband of M. N
Bailey, of Bridge Street, Downham, Norfolk. Buried in Bethune Town
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 6. |
BELLHAM |
Frank |
[Spelt
BELHAM on SDGW] Lance Corporal 201303, 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 8th June 1917 in France & Flanders.
Enlsited Sleaford, Lincolnshire, resident Downham Market. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C. |
BOWMAN |
Walter |
Private
54361 [SDGW states 45361], 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Died of wounds 14th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
Markham (sic - either Martham or Marham), enlisted Downham Market.
Formerly 25709, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Contay British Cemetery,
Contay, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 29. |
BROWN |
James
[Reginald] |
[Listed
as BROWNE on SDGW & CWGC] Rifleman 46436, 2nd Battalion, Rifle
Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 24th April
1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Downham Market,
enlisted Attleborough. Buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row K. Grave 13. |
BRYAN |
Charles
William |
Sergeant
7509, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th July
1916 in France & Flanders. Born Bourne, Lincolnshire, enlisted
Downham Market. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
CLARKE |
William
Osborne |
Private
8436, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 17th November
1914 in Mesopotamia. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Downham Market.
Son of William C. and Susan Clark, of "Crossways," Lynn
Rd., Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel
10. |
COLLEN |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
29955, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds at home 5th
April 1918. Born Gayton, enlisted East Dereham. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Collen, of York Villa, Bridge Road, Downham Market. Buried
in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 18. Grave 34. |
CORLEY |
George
J |
Private
8535, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 31st October 1916 in
Mesopotamia. Born Denver, enlisted Downham Market. Commemorated
on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 10. |
CORLEY |
John |
Private
241024, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment.
Died 19th April 1917 in Palestine. Aged 25. Enlisted East Dereham.
Husband of Mrs. Florence Corley, of Wisbech Rd., Downham West, Norfolk.
Commemorated on Jerusalem memorial, Israel. Panels 12 to 15. |
CRABB |
Thomas |
Private
3/8071, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 20th October
1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 32. Born Littleport, Cambridgeshire,
enlisted Norwich. Son of George and Sarah Crabb, of Bridge Rd.,
Downham Market, Norfolk. Buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery,
Somme, France. Plot XVIII. Row F. Grave 4. |
CULLING |
Arthur |
Private
S/5174, "D" Company, 8th [SDGW states 9th] Battalion,
Seathforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's).
Died of wounds 6th October 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 25.
Born Downham Market, enlisted Fort George, Inverness-shire. Son
of Harry W. and Sarah A. Culling, of 5, Priory Terrace, Downham
Market, Norfolk. Buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime,
France. Plot 1. Row M. Grave 4. |
CULLING |
Thomas
[Tom] |
Private
232932, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London
Regiment. Killed in action 16th August 1917 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Downham Market, enlisted Deptford. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 52. |
DIXON |
George |
Private
36168, "A" Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City
of London Regiment). Killed in action 7th October 1916 in France
& Flanders. Aged 28. Born Swaffham, enlisted and resident Downham
Market. Son of Mrs. Emma Dixon, of Priory Road, Downham Market,
Norfolk. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
DOUGHTY |
Donald
Ernest |
Private
2273, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died
28th August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 20. Born Downham Market, enlisted
East Dereham. Son of William and Frances Doughty. Commemorated on
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
EAGLE |
Percy |
probably
Percy EAGLE, Private 241446, 1st/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's
(North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1916 in
France & Flanders. Born Massingham, Norfolk, enlisted Burton-on-Trent,
resident Welney. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 14 B and 14 C |
FINCHAM |
Herbert |
probably
Herbert FINCHAM, Private 3/10586, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 12th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
fiuncham, enlisted Norwich. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVIII. Row E. Grave 18. |
FREEMAN |
Edgar |
Gunner
RMA/10425, H.M.S. "Invincible", Royal MArine Artillery.
Died 31st May 1916. Aged 30. Son of John and Elizabeth J. Freeman,
of Ten Mile Bank, Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval
memorial, Hampshire. Panel 21.
Note:
At the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916, Invincible, Indomitable,
and Inflexible were steaming ahead of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's
Grand Fleet when Invincible came under sustained fire from the German
battleships Derfflinger Lützow, and König. At 18:33 a
shell scored a direct hit on Q turret. The antiflash devices between
turrets and magazines were inadequate and there was an almost instantaneous
explosion that blew the ship in half. There were only six survivors;
1,021 crew were lost. |
FROST |
John |
No
further information currently. |
FIRTH |
Frederick
Alexander |
Born
in Downham Market the last quarter of 1888. A photo copy of a newspaper
clipping regarding his funeral in Doncaster states that he was Sgt.
Frederick Firth of the Norfolk Regiment, he had not been out of
the Army for very long when he was employed at Doncaster Tramways
as a Conductor. He had served several years in the Army before the
war and was called up, as a reservist, at the outbreak of war and
was sent out for service with the original expeditionary force and
afterward being attached to the Royal Engineers. After 2¼
years service in France he was invalided home with trench fever
and bronchitis. He was discharged as unfit for service in February
1917. He tried but could not resume his job on the Tramways due
to his health and died November 30, 1917 and was buried December
4, 1917. The exact date of the newspaper is unknown. The newspaper
clipping says he was buried with "full military honours,
the remains being bourne on a gun carriage and a firing party being
supplied by his old Regiment the Norfolks, the procession was headed
by the fine band of the 24th Battalion, The service was conducted
by the Rev. E. E. Law, chaplain to the Forces." He was
a lodger with Mrs. Pease, 43 Urban Road, Doncaster, he was a colleague
of her son Private Percy Pease prior to the war. Percy Pease was
killed in action in July 1916. Sgt Firth had three brothers in the
army one at Salonica, one in France and one on Home Service. |
GODDARD |
John |
Private
25693, 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment transferred to 530363, Northern
command Labour Centre, Labour Corps. Died 16th May 1919. Buried
in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 10. Grave 31. |
GODDARD |
William
[Smith] |
Private
45768, 9th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 3rd January
1919. Aged 30. Son of Fanny Moore (formerly Goddard), of Railway
Road, Downham Market, and the late Fred Goddard. Buried in Downham
Market Cemetery. Row 10. Grave 40. |
GOODRUM |
Nathan |
Private
2819, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire
Regiment). Killed in action 13th October 1915 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Downham Market, enlisted Hanley, Staffordshire.
Son of the late Mr. G. and Mrs. H. Goodrum, of Downham, Norfolk.
Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 103
to 105. |
GOODRUM |
Robert |
Private
34452, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 10th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 30. Born
Downham Market, enlisted Dover, resident Sandgate, Kent. Son of
George and Harriett Goodrum, of Downham Market, Norfolk; husband
of Daisy Victoria Nelson (formerly Goodrum), of 1544, Casgrain Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Formerly 5697, Royal Fusiliers. Buried
in Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 3. |
GROMETT |
Charles |
[Spelt
GROMMET on CWGC] Sergeant 8713, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 27th September 1914 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Downham Market, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Buried in
St. Nazaire (Toutes-Aides) Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France. Row
B. Grave 27. |
GROMETT |
Ernest |
Private
104251, 2nd Battalion, Candian Pioneers. Died 22nd May 1918. Born
22nd November 1885 in Hull. Passed fit on 2nd August 1915 and enlisted
3rd August 1915 in Regina, Canada, aged 29. Son of Charles Gromett
and wife, of Bridge Street, Downham Market, Norfolk. Trackman by
trade. Single. Height 5 feet 3 inches, girth 35½ inches,
complexion pale, eyes blue, hair brow, religion church of England.
Buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row K. Grave 7. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3854 - 43 |
GROOM |
Ernest
George |
Corporal
347, 6th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Motors). Died at home of
wounds received 20th October 1918. Aged 31. Born Downham Market,
enlisted London. Son of Henry and Matilda Groom, of Bridge Street,
Downham Market. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 37. Grave
12. |
GROOM |
William
John |
Private
32101, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th March
1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 41. Enlisted Downham Market.
Husband of Ethel Groom, of Paradise Road, Downham Market, Norfolk.
Commemorated in Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France.
Special Memorial 4. Special memorials record the names of six soldiers
from the United Kingdom, buried in Miraumont German Cemetery, whose
graves were destroyed by shell fire. |
HARNWELL |
George |
Private
2125, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died
21st August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 16. Born and enlisted Downham
Market. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Harnwell, of Bridge Road,
Downham West, Norfolk. Commemorated on a special memorial in Haidar
Pasha Cemetery, Turkey.


Note:
The war graves plot also contains the HAIDAR PASHA MEMORIAL, which
was erected to commemorate more than 30 Commonwealth servicemen
of the First World War who died fighting in South Russia, Georgia
and Azerbaijan, and in post Armistice operations in Russia and Transcaucasia,
whose graves are not known. An Addenda panel was later added to
commemorate over 170 Commonwealth casualties who are buried in cemeteries
in South Russia and Transcaucasia whose graves can no longer be
maintained. |
HAWES |
John |
possibly
either John HAWES, Lance Corporal 9054, 3rd Battalion,
Coldstream Guards. Killed in acion 27th July 1917 in France &
Flanders. Aged 27. Born Denver, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, resident
Woodford, Essex. Husband of Rosetta New (formerly Hawes), of Cook's
Farm, Methwold, Hythe, Brandon, Suffolk. Buried in Bleuet Far Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 16. or
J H HAWES, Gunner 211834, "D" Battery, 170th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died 5th April 1919. Son of Mrs. I. Hawes,
of The Fifties Farm, Manea, March, Cambs. Buried in Longuenesse
(St. Omer) Souvenir Cmetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row
F. Grave 56. |
HAYLETT |
Walter
Ernest |
Gunner
79091, 140th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 8th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Downham Market, enlisted King's Lynn. Husband of Mrs. E. Haylett,
of 50, Florence Road, Wimbledon, London. Buried in Achiet-Le-Grand
Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot Iv. Row
K. Grave 10. |
HEWING |
Ernest |
Rifleman
608006, 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles),
London Regiment. Died of wounds 15th August 1917 in France &
Flanders. Enlisted King's Lynn, resident Downham Market. Formerly
656, Army Service Corps posted 14th Battalion, Irish Rifles. Buried
in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot V. Row D. Grave 9. |
HOWCROFT |
Ernest |
probably
Ernest HOWCROFT, Private 240894, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial
Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died 2nd September 1917 in Palestine.
Enlisted East Dereham. Buried in Baghda (North gate) War Cemetery,
Iraq. Plot XXI. Row U. Grave 37. |
HUBBARD |
Harry |
Private
2152, 1st/5th Battalion (territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died
28th August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 19. Born Wereham, enlisted Downham
Market. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Hubbard, of 16, Windsor Terrace,
Downham Market, Norfolk. Commemorated on Helles memorial, Turkey,
Panel 42 to 44.
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JOHNSON,
MM |
Walter
Edwin |
Acting
Corporal 32925, 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
27th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Norwich, resident
Downham Market. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Commemorated
on Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. |
KENDLE |
Fred[erick] |
Private
353505, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Died 29th
December 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Downham Market, enlsited
Ilford, Essex, resident Barking, Essex. Husband of M. J. Kendle,
of 34B, Morat St., Clapham, London. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXXI. Row E. Grave 17A. |
KENT |
Albert
William |
Private
8843, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died
of wounds 23rd May 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 21. Born
Battersea, enlisted Downham Market. Son of Albert Benjamin and Mrs.
B. Kent, of Railway Rd., Downham Market, Norfolk. Buried in Cologne
Southern Cemetery, Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot
XV. Row B. Grave 33. |
KING |
Arthur
Ernest Gromett |
Private
TF/202353, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
28th March 1918 witht he B.E.F. Born Salter's Lode, enlisted Norwich.
Buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 20. |
LACK |
Frederick |
Private
45750, 18th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
16th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Downham
Market. Formerly 1792, Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. |
LANKFER |
Ernest
[Ernie] |
Lance
Corporal 202592, 18th Battalion (4th Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry.
Killed in action 1st October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Downham Market, enlisted East Dereham. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
131 to 132. |
LEVERICK |
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal G/61744, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 28th January 1917 in france & Flanders.
Born Brandon creek, enlisted Downham Market. Formerly G/11693, 10th
Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
MARTIN |
James
Nelson |
Second
Lieutenant, 61st Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 25. Son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Martin. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 7 to 10. |
MOORE |
George |
Sergeant
SS/13872, 18th Labour Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at
sea 13th August 1915. Born Downham Market, enlisted London, resident
Maidenhead. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 199 or
233 to 236 and 331 |
MOULTON |
Theodore |
Private
G/41736, 20th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 4th January 1917 in France & Flanders. Age
32. Born Fenham (sic - probably Fincham), enlisted Waterford, Ireland,
resident Downham Market. Son of Robert and Jessie Moulton, of 47,
Tachbrook St., Pimlico, London. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
NICKLIN |
William |
Second
Lieutenant, "C" Company, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds 24th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 40.
Born at Stamford. Son of Alfred Nicklin, of Bexwell Road, Downham,
Norfolk. Buried in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 4. |
PACK |
Alfred
Edward |
Private
67322, posted 1st London Regiment, Royal Fusliers (City of London
Regiment). Died 16th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 29.
Born Downham Market, enlisted Wisbech. Son of William and Emma Pack;
husband of Mabel Harriet Roughton (formerly Pack) of 19, Victoria
Rd., Wisbech. Formerly 87461, 24th Training Reserve Battalion, Buried
in Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany. Plot I. Row E. Grave 13.
Note:
During the First World War, Hamburg Cemetery was used for the burial
of over 300 Allied servicemen who died as prisoners of war. In 1923,
it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had
died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent
cemeteries. Hamburg was one of those chosen, and burials were brought
into the cemetery from 120 burial grounds* in Schleswig-Holstein,
Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Hanover, Saxony, Brunswick and Westphalia.
The following cemeteries are among those from which graves were
brought to Hamburg: GUSTROW PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
59 burials of 1914-1918. Gustrow was one of the main camps in which
prisoners in Germany were registered. HANNOVER (LIMMER) MILITARY
CEMETERY, Hannover. 31 burials of 1914-1918. HELIGOLAND CHURCHYARD,
Helgoland. one burial of 1916. MINDERHEIDE PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY,
Westphalia. 55 burials of 1916-1918. MUNSTER CAMP PRISONERS OF WAR
CEMETERY, Hannover. 130 burials of 1917-1919. PARCHIM PRISONERS
OF WAR CEMETERY, Mecklenburg Schwerin. 83 burials of 1917-1919.
SOLTAU PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Hannover. 25 burials of 1916-1918.
VERDEN GARRISON CEMETERY, Hannover. 29 burials of 1916-1918. |
PACK |
Horace
Algernon |
Private
40575, 70th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 31. Born Downham Market,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Pack, of Downham
Market, Norfolk; husband of Edith 0. Tucker (formerly Pack), of
48, Nelson Rd., Gorleston-on-Sea. Formerly 45230, Suffolk
Regiment. Commemorated on Ypresd (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
PORTER |
Harold |
possibly
Harold PORTER, Lance Corporal 41235, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 9th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged
37. Born Hilgay, enlisted and resident Cambridge. Son of Robert
Porter, of Hilgay, Norfolk; husband of Mary Elizabeth Porter, of
34, South St., East Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 33557, Suffolk Regiment.
Buried in Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row D. Grave 11. |
RUMBELOW |
William
Ernest |
Private
20557, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
August 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 25. Born and enlisted
Downham Market. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rumbelow, of Lynn Roadd,
Downham Market; husband of Valentine Silveys Rumbelow, of Bridge
Street, Downham Market. Formerly 27864, Essex Regiment. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
88 to 90 and 162 |
SHELDRAKE |
Leonard
[Harry] |
Gunner
147339, 23rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
9th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born Stoke Ferry,
enlisted King's Lynn, resident Downham Market. Husband of Olive
Ada Sheldrake, of Stow Bridge, Downham Market. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXII.
Row CC. Grave 6. |
SHELDRAKE |
Sessions
S |
Private
59470, 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusliers.
Died 8th April 1918 in france & Flanders. Aged 29. Born Stoke
Ferry, enlisted London. Son of William and Louisa Sheldrake, of
Cyprus House, Downham Market. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 2. |
SMITH |
William |
No
further information currently. |
SPINKS |
George
William |
Driver
210322, "B" Battery, 93rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 22nd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
Downham Market, enlisted Attleborough. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 7 to 10. |
STEWARD |
Charles
Edward |
Private
3/10012, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 8th October
1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 45. Born Downham Market, enlisted
Norwich. Husband of Rose Matilda Steward, of Bridge Rd., Downham
Market. Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 4. |
STOCKING |
Alan
John |
[Spelt
Allen John on SDGW & CWGC] Private 20896, 10th Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 25. Born and resident Downham Market, enlisted Norwich. Son
of C. T. Stocking, of Bridge Street, Downham Market; husband of
Mrs. A. Francis (formerly Stocking), of Lynn Road, Downham Market.
Formerly 16672, Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99. |
THORPE |
Frederick
John |
Warrant
Officer Class II (S. Sergeant Major) 325199, Worcester Yeomanry
(The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars), Cavalry. Killed in action
23rd April 1916 in Egypt. Aged 28. Born Downham Market, enlisted
Worcester, resident Hindolveston. Husband of Alice Jane Thorpe,
of Pear Tree House, Hindolvestone, Guist, Norfolk. Commemorated
on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Panel 3 and 5. |
WALES |
Richard
Henry |
Private
21302, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 25. Born and resident
Downham Market, enlisted Norwich. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Wales,
of 30, Winchester Street, Brighton. Formerly 17637, Suffolk Regiment.
Buried in A.I.F. Burial ground, Flers, Somme, France. Plot XII.
Row H. Grave 1. |
WALKER |
Cyril |
No
further information currently. |
WATSON |
Charles
Vince |
Gunner
147186, "V" 1st Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 18th April 1918 in France & Flanders.
Aged 38. Born and enlisted Downham Market. Son of the late James
and Elizabeth Vince Watson; husband of Cecily Annie Watson, of Verdun
House, Bridge Road, Downham Market, Norfolk. Mineral water manufacturer.
Buried in Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Row
O. Grave 7. |
WATSON |
Harry
[Parsons] |
[Listed
as Henry Parsons WATSON on SDGW] Private G/62170, 20th Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 20th
August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 18. Born and resident
Downham Market, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Grandson of Mrs. S. Watson,
of Lynn Road, Downham, Norfolk. Buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row G. Grave 2. |
WATTS |
Frederick |
Private
31056, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 8th
May 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 37. Born Westacre, Norfolk,
enlisted Peckham, Surrey. Son of Mrs. A. Watts, of Lynn Road, Downham
Market. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
6. |
WAY |
Horace
[Elijah] |
Sergeant
3471, 246th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
28th July 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 30. Born and resident
Dawnham (sic - should be Downham), enlisted Birmingham. Son of Mr.
P. C. and Mrs. R. Way, of 75, High Street, Downham Market. Formerly
16440, Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 56. |
WHEATLAND |
Alfred
James |
Private
3/8098, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th July
1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 41. Born Godstone, Surrey, enlisted
Norwich. Son of Mrs. Martha Wheatland, of Downham Market; husband
of Minnie Wheatland, of 2, Bennett Street, Downham Market. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D |
WILSON |
Herbert |
Private 436204, 1st Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical
Corps. Killed in action 19th May 1918 probably during an air raid
on the 1st Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, France. Husband
of Ethel M Wilson of 36 Cleveland St, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
(her previous address was 1626 94th St, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).
He was born on 23rd August 1874. His civilian trade was clerk. He
previously served in the 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. He enlisted
into the Canadian Army on 6th January 1915 at Edmonton, Alberta.
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
LXVI. Row D. Grave 17. |
WRIGHT |
Edward
Charles |
Private
40257, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds 30th
June 1917 in Frrance & Flanders. Aged 26. Born Downham Market,
enlsited Peterborough. Son of George and Emma Wright. Formerly 23109,
Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in Reading Cemetery, Berkshire.
Plot 72. Now A/C. Screen Wall.
Note:
The grave references marked A/C. Screen Wall are casualties, buried
in Plot 72, now Alternativly Commemorated on a Screen Wall, near
to the Cross of Sacrifice; these graves are otherwise no longer
marked. |
YOUNG |
Thomas
William |
[SDGW
states Acting Corporal] Sergeant 3/8094, 3rd Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Died at home 8th September 1915. Aged 46. Born Downham
market, enlisted Norwich. Husband of Harriet Grace Young, of Ryston
End, Downham Market. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 20.
Grave 24. |
YOUNG |
William
Thomas |
No
further information currently. |
WORLD
WAR 1939 - 1945
~
IN
PROUD
AND
LOVING MEMORY
OF
THE MEN & WOMEN
OF
DOWNHAM MARKET
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945 |
ALLEN |
E
G |
possibly
Edward George ALLEN, Private 5770776, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk
Regiment. Died 19th May 1940. Aged 24. Buried in Le Paradis War
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 11. |
ATKIN |
Stanley
Bernard |
Corporal
5774795, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died between 2nd
and 11th August 1940. Aged 25. Son of John and Harriet Atkin; husband
of Phyllis Maud Atkin, of Watlington, Norfolk. Buried in London
Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Somme, France. Plot 13. Row E.
Grave 12. |
BECKETT |
Alfred
Laurence |
Private
5777362, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 23rd March 1943.
Aged 23. Son of John and Julia Ada Beckett, of Downham Market. Buried
in Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Plot I Row F Grave 14. |
BLAND |
Joseph
[Jesse] |
Lance
Sergeant 2657780, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 19th march
1943. Age 26. Son of Francis Frank and Bertha Ellen Bland, of Downham
Market. Buried in Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Plot VI. Row D. Grave
10. |
BYE |
H |
possibly
Harold BYE, Driver T/3969000, 78 Division H.Q., Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 14th December 1944. Aged 28. Son of Albert and Rose
Bye; husband of Muriel Elsie Bye. Buried in Santerno Valley War
Cemetery, Italy. Plot II Row E Grave 13. |
COLLEN |
Jim |
Private
5774979, 5th Battalion, Royal No4rfolk Regiment. Died while a Prisoner
of War 11th March 1944. Age 25. Buried in Chungkai War Cemetery,
Thailand. Plot 8 Row M Grave 9. |
COWELL |
Walter
Robert |
Sergeant
628277, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 20th July 1940. Aged 20.
Son of Robert John and Sarah Elizabeth Cowell, of Porter Street,
Downham Market. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel
13. |
DACK |
Doreen
M |
No
further information currently possibly had a twin sister. |
DENNIS |
Ronald
Arthur |
Leading
Telegraphist P/JX 155585, H.M. Submarine "Turbulent",
Royal Navay. Died 23rd March 1943. Aged 21. Son of William Arthur
and Gertrude Alice Dennis, of Denver, Norfolk. Commemorated on Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Hamsphire. Panel 77. Column 1. |
DORMAN |
Peter
Anselm |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1269608, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th July
1942. Age 22. Son of the Reverend Wildrid Bertram Salsibury Dorman,
A.K.C., and Alice Marguerite Dorman, of Downham Market Rectory.
Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 3. Grave 41. |
HAWKINS* |
Marcus
Hugh |
Lieutenant
245354, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 27th August 1944. Son
of Lancelot Goulder Hawkins and Mabelle Babington Hawkins, of King's
Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Plot II. Row
E. Grave 8. |
HEMMANT |
Eric
Charles |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 3000858, 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 1st February 1945. Aged 22. Son of Harold George and Ida Dorothy
Hemmant, of Downham Market. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad
Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 13. |
HUNTER |
Douglas
Frederick |
Signalman
3778844, 2nd Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 27th
February 1945. Aged 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Walter Hunter;
husband of Alice Maude Hunter, of Downham Market. Commemorated on
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (formelry Burma). Face 4. |
JACKSON |
Joseph
Walter |
Telegraphist
P/JX 215221, H.M.S. "Dunedin", Royal Navy. Died 24th November
1941. Aged 25. Son of Percy and May M. Jackson, of Downham Market.
Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 52.
Column 3.
Note:
HMS Dunedin was a 'D' Class Cruiser. On 24th November 1941, in the
Central Atlantic off St Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil
she was sunk by 2 torpedoes from German U-124. |
JOPLIN |
Joseph
Henry |
Captain
210122, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 28th April 1944. Aged 32.
Son of John Joseph and Caroline Elizabeth Joplin; husband of Elsie
Lucina Joplin, of Wimbotsham. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery.
Row 5. Grave 4. |
MOUNCER |
Frederick
[Ernest] |
Corporal
1644730, 276 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th
April 1944. Aged 35. Son of Herbert and Emma Ethel Mouncer, husband
of Mary Alexandra Mouncer, of Denver. Buried in St Leonard's Churchyard,
Mundford, Norfolk. Section F Row F Grave 3 |
MANSELL |
Reginald
Harry |
Gunner
1114536, 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died the day after
the fall of Singapore 16th February 1942. Aged 26. Son of Harry
Mansell, and of Florence Evangeline Mansell, of Downham Market.
Commemorated on Singapore CML Hospital Grave Memorial, Kranji War
Cemetery, Singapore. Column 2. |
RIX |
Donald
James |
Private
14440557, 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 2nd October 1944.
Aged 18. Son of Sidney Thomas Rix and Florence Jane Rix, of Downham
Market. Buried in Mook War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Plot
I. Row E. Grave 3. |
WADSWORTH |
Peter
Robert |
Marine
CH/X 112639, H.M.S. "Copra", Royal MArines. Died 6th June
1944. Aged 19. Son of Percy Williamson Wadsworth and Edith Norah
Wadsworth, of Downham Market. Youngest (15) Home Guard in County
of Norfolk. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel
84. |
WALES |
Richard
Garneys
|
[Although
the memorial appears to be Garneys CWGC says Carnbys] Pilot Officer
87420, 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 22nd
May 1941. Aged 29. Son of Dr. Edward G. Wales, M.B., B.Ch., and
Annie Wales, of Southwold, Suffolk. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 35. |
WALKER |
Donald
Ernest |
Flight
Lieutenant 60574, 205 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 27th March 1944. Aged 26. Son of Edward Albert and Sarah Ellen
Walker, of Downham Market; husband of Ena Florence Walker. Commemorated
on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 432. |
WAY |
Claude
[Reginald] |
Petty
Officer Steward C/LX 22927, H.M.S. "Ivanhoe", Royal Navy.
Died 2nd September 1940. Aged 58. Son of Frederick and Rose Way;
husband of Elsie May Way, of Downham Market. Commemorated on Chatham
Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 39 Panel 2. |
WHITEHEAD,
DFM |
Harold
[Hopper] |
Pilot
Officer 48895, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 26th July 1942.
Aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs T. C Whitehead, of Downham Market. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Commemorated on Runnymede
Memorial, Surrey. Panel 72. |
WOODWARD |
Peter
[William] |
Private
5774875, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a Prisoner
of War 23rd August 1943. Aged 22. Son of William James Woodward
and Mildred Sarah Woodward, of Downham Market. Buried in Thanbyuzayat
War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot B3. Row W. Grave 4. |
Buried
or commemorated in in Downham Market Cemetery but not on memorial |
ANDREWS |
Harold
James |
Pilot
Officer 410292, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 18th June 1943.
Aged 21. Son of William Howard and Lydia Grace Andrews, of South
Yara, Victoria, Australia. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row
5. Grave 2. |
BECK |
George |
Stoker
1st Class SS/113064, H.M.S. Queen Mary, Royal Navy. Killed in action
on board his ship, at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. Aged
27. Son of Elizabeth Beck, of Salter's Lode, Downham West, Norfolk.
Commemorated on John William Beck's headstone (see below and on
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 17. |
BECK |
John
William |
Sergeant
50150, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 25th August 1919. Age
25. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 26. Grave 6. |
BLOY |
Harold |
Private
14643713, Royal Pioneer Corps. Died 14th June 1947. Aged 25. Stepson
of Mrs. B. Herring, of Downham Market. Buried in Downham Market
Cemetery. Row 7. Grave 6. |
GREENWOOD |
James
Clark |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/23230, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 14th June
1943. Aged 19. Son of Oswald and Agnes Greenwood, of Niagra Falls,
Ontario, Canada. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 5. Grave
1. |
MURRELL |
Evelyn
Ivine |
Member
5145, Women's Royal Air Force. Died 27th November 1918. Aged 23.
Daughter of William Murrell, of High Street, Downham Market. Buried
in Downham Market Cemetery. Row C. Grave 23. |
OYLOTT |
Walter
Thomas |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 151238, 635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 4th June 1944. Aged 21. Son of Thomas and Maude Olyott,
of colchester, Essex. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 6.
Grave 5. |
SADLER |
Robert |
Flight
Sergeant (Wirless Operator/Air Gunner) 1526058, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 4th June 1944. Aged 23. Son of Richard and
Sarah Sadler; husband of Ada Sadler, of Flixton, Lancashire. Buried
in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 6. Grave 3. |
WATSON |
Edward |
Air
Craftman 1st Class 1490237, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
18th June 1944. Aged 20. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Ann Watson,
of Seaton, Workington, Cumberland. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery.
Row 5. Grave 3. |
WHARTON |
Stanley |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1578013, 635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 4th June 1944. Aged 30. Son of Edwin and Fanny Elizabeth
Wharton, of Willenhall, Staffordshire. Buried in Downham Market
Cemetery. Row 6. Grave 1. |
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