
GIMINGHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
The village
of Gimingham is situated a mile or so north west of Mundesley. There
are two War Memorials inside the Parish Church. Both give full name
and Regiment.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2004 |
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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
BULLIMORE |
William |
Private
29243. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 18th September 1916. Born and lived Gimingham.
Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont,
Somme, France. Ref. VII. F. 6. |
BULLIMORE |
Harry |
Private
46258. 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly 37046
Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 12th
April 1918. Born and lived Gimingham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of
Mrs. A. Marshall, of 10, Walker Row, Yeadon, Leeds. Buried: Ebblinghem
Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. A. 9. |
CLARKE |
Percy |
Serjeant
240108. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Palestine on 19th April 1917. Aged 22. Born Gimingham. Enlisted
Mundesley. Son of John and Marie Clarke, of White House, Gimingham,
North Walsham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial. Panels
12 to 15. |
COLEMAN |
Willie |
Lance
Corporal. Labour Corps (6th Norfolk Regiment). No further information
available at present. |
DAVIES |
Thomas
Frederick |
river
114029. "D Battery, 240th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 12th September 1917. Born Gimingham.
Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XI. H. 12. |
DIX |
Bertie |
Driver
T4/092740. H.T., attached 18th Veterinary Hospital, Army Service
Corps. Died in Malta on 20th October 1916. Born Gimingham. Lived
North Walsham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Pieta Military Cemetery,
Malta. Ref. D. XIII. 4. |
FULLER |
Francis
Samuel |
Private
23987. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Aged 25. Born Gimingham. Enlisted
Cromer. Son of William and Mary Fuller, of 2, Beech Cottages,
Gimingham, North Walsham, Norfolk. Buried: La Chaudiere Military
Cemetery, Vimy, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. IV. D. 11. |
HARVEY |
Sidney
Charles |
Private
43144. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 4th September 1916. Enlisted North Walsham. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
KIRK |
James
William |
Private
203281. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 21st April 1917. Aged 21. Lived Gimingham.
Enlisted Norwich. Only son of George and Amelia Kirk, of Gimingham,
North Walsham, Norfolk. Buried: Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. B. 2. |
PENTNEY |
William
George |
[Note:
CWGC has this soldier listed as PENTLEY]. Private 69083. 1st Battalion,
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 23rd September 1918. Aged 19. Born Wickmere. Lived
North Walsham. Enlisted Norwich. Only son of William and Edna
Pentney, of Council Cottage, Gimingham, North Walsham, Norfolk.
Buried: Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. B. 34. |
WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS John XV .13
IN MEMORY OF |
CLARKE |
Collin
Roger Danvers |
Private
5783901. 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment. (Memorial gives 9th
Norfolk Regiment). Died on 21st July 1944. Aged 21. Son of Wallace
Edward and Rhoda Elizabeth Clarke, of Gimingham, Norfolk. Buried:
Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ref. IV.A. 11.
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HURN |
William
Herbert |
Stoker
2nd Class P/KX 179100. H.M.S. Newcastle, Royal Navy. Died on 22nd
May 1944. Aged 18. Son of Anna Matilda Hurn, of Brimingham, (sic.
Should this read Gimingham?) Norfolk, England. Buried: Robertson
Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa. Ref. E.C.Allotment. |
KIRK |
Frederick
James |
Driver
2003086. 221 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on 5th September
1944. Aged 27. Son of Henry and Georgina Kirk, of Gimingham, Norfolk.
Buried: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. VIII B, 9. |
SEAGO |
Walter
George |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 133204. H.M.S. Byrsa, Royal Navy. Died on 18th
April 1945. Aged 34. Son of Walter William and Catherine Norah
Seago; husband of Dorothy Louisa Seago, of Gimingham, Norfolk.
Buried: Florence War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. XII. H. 5. |
SEXTON |
Frederick
George |
Driver
T/188430. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 20th June 1941 Son
of George and Harriet Sexton; husband of Violet Marion Sexton,
of Gunton. Buried: Thorpe Market (St. Margaret) Churchyard, Norfolk.
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SKELTON
MC |
George
Gray |
Major.
102385. 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal
Armoured Corps. Died on 28th February 1945. Aged 27. Son of Geoffrey
and Dorothy May Skelton, of Gimingham, Norfolk, England. B.A.
(Cantab.). Awarded the Military Cross. Buried: Groesbeek Canadian
War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. |
WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
WAR OF 1939 - 1945
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