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GOODERSTONE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Recorded by Mick Tilley. Researched by Lynda
Smith- 2003
Gooderstone
is a village south west of Swaffham. There are two memorials, one in
the village and the other in the church. The same names appear on the
memorial and on a framed Roll of Honour within the church of St george,
Gooderstone.
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Photograph
Copyright © David Hanwell 2009 |
IN
MEMORY OF
THE GOODERSTONE MEN
FALLEN IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| BARRETT |
(Samuel)
Edward |
Private
10254. 6th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 3
September 1915. Age 25. Born Middleton. Enlisted Boston, Lincs.
Lived Stoke Ferry. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. H. Barrett, of South Gooderstone,
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: HILL 10 CEMETERY, Turkey. Ref. I.
I. 10. |
| BROWN |
Edgar
Frank |
Private
27821. 2nd Bn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Formerly 17723 Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds Thursday 5 October 1916. Age 28. Born and lived Gooderstone.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Francis Robert and Sarah Ann Brown, of
Gooderstone, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY,
Greece. Ref. I. B. 18. |
| BURT |
John
William Gurth |
Lance
Corporal 9083. 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own). Killed
in action Saturday 23 March 1918. Age 21. Born Gooderstone Ferry.
Lived Gooderstone. Enlisted Stratford. Only son of James Edward
and Bertha Burt, of Beachamwell, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Commemorated:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 1 and 2.
He
is also commemorated on his grandfather's grave in the churchyard:
In
loving memory of
WIlliam WARNER
whodied Aug 23rd 1917
aged 80 years
also in loving memory of
Gurth
the beloved on son of
Edward & Bertha BURT
& grandson of the above
who was killed in action in France
March 23rd 1918, in his 21st year.
He answered his Master's call. |
| CALVER |
Ernest
Edwin |
Corporal
G/4075. 13th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
21 October 1916. Age 23. Born Swaffham. Enlisted London. Son of
Edgar and Maria Calver, of Gooderstone; husband of Margaret Calver,
of Globe Hill, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. |
| COOK |
Victor |
Lance
Corporal 46542. 164th Coy., Machine Gun Corps. Formerly G/11726
Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 6 July 1917. Born Clapham.
Lived Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY
CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I. F. 16. |
| CROME |
George
Frederick |
Private
29591. 10th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed
in action Friday 12 July 1918. Age 19. Born Barton Bendish. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Harry and Sarah Crome, of 23, Barton Bendish, King's
Lynn. Buried: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. XXVIII. D. 6. |
| DIXON |
Albert
Victor |
Gunner
105212. 208th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
Wednesday 27 December 1916. Age 38. Born Takley, Warwickshire. Lived
Lound, Suffolk. Enlisted Lowestoft. Son of Thomas and Harriett Dixon,
of Gooderstone, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk; husband of Rosetta Dixon,
of 3, Rosemary Lane, Beccles, Suffolk. Buried: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY,
MEAULTE, Somme, France. Ref. II. J. 13. |
| DODD |
Victor |
Private
6500. 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Friday 20 November
1914. Age 33. Born Gooderstone. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Hagar Dodd,
of Gooderstone, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, and the late Henry William
Dodd; husband of Florence Lilian England (formerly Dodd), of 646,
Barking Rd., Plaistow, London. Served in the South African Campaign.
Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 4. |
| FLATT |
Walter |
Private
28871. 2nd Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 22
March 1918. Age 36. Born Methwold. Liver Gooderstone. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of William and Frances Ellen Flatt, of Gooderstone, King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 28
and 29. |
| LAMBERT |
Horace
Edward |
Private
36585. 6th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment. Formerly 4308 Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 28 September 1916. Born Gooderstone.
Lived Walsoken. Enlisted Wisbech. Commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. |
| MOUNTAIN |
Arthur |
No
further information available at present. |
| PALMER |
Herbert |
No
further information available at present. |
| PALMER |
Frederick |
Rifleman
S/14070. 12th Bn., Rifle Brigade. Killed in action Tuesday 6 June
1916. Born and lived Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Finsbury, Middlesex.
Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50 |
| SAYER(S) |
Baker
C |
Private
17742. 2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Died Saturday 22 July 1916. Born
Methwold. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Ref.
VI. E. 13. |
| SAYER(S) |
William
Henry |
Private
29861. 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 19 April
1917. Born Stoke Ferry. Enlisted East Dereham. Buried: VERMELLES
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI. B. 2. |
| SHINN |
Holman |
Probably:
Robert Holman Shinn. Private 7974. 2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds Monday 6 March 1916. Age 24. enlisted Norwich. Son of
Francis R. Shinn, of East Bilney, East Dereham, Norfolk. Born at
Necton. Buried: KUT WAR CEMETERY, Iraq N. 3. |
| TUDDENHAM |
Arthur
Sydney |
Private
34451. 1st Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 31496 Gen. Serv.
Cav. Died of wounds Monday 14 May 1917. Born Gooderstone. Enlisted
Louth, Lincs. Husband of A. Tuddenham, of Fincham, Downham, Norfolk.
Buried: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France IV.
G. 37. |
| WARNER |
Ernest
A |
No
further information available at present. |
| WOOLSEY |
Ernest
W |
No
further information available at present. |
| 1939
- 1945 |
| ADCOCK |
Herbert |
Corporal
5772198. 18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt., Reconnaissance Corps.
Formerly of 1st Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Tuesday 12 September
1944. Age 26. Son of William and Mildred Adcock, of Goodestone,
Norfolk. Commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 1.
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| ADCOCK |
Bernard |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX88505. H.M.S. Sphinx, Royal Navy. Died Sunday 4 February
1940. Age 22. Son of William and Agnes Amelia Adcock, of Gooderstone,
Norfolk. Buried: WICK CEMETERY, Caithnesshire, United Kingdom. Ref.
Sec. O. Coll. grave 15. Special note: HMS Sphinx was a minesweeper.
She was sunk by German bombers off north-eastern Scotland. |
| WATERS |
Herbert
Robert Ernest |
WALTERS
on Roll of Honour in church. Corporal 5772652. 7th Bn., Royal Norfolk
Regiment. Died Thursday 29 May 1941. Age 23. Son of Herbert and
Elizabeth Maria Waters, of Gooderstone, Norfolk. Buried: POZNAN
OLD GARRISON CEMETERY, Poland. Ref. 1. AA. 10. |
Last
updated
22 January, 2009
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