Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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| WADE | A |
No
further information currently available |
| WADE | Francis Herbert | Gunner
74551, 134th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of disease
in military hospital in Salonika, in Greece 6 August 1917. Aged
28. Son of William and Emma Wade of Great Yarmouth. Husband of Ellen
Wade 73, Gown Road, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
Buried in Salonika (Lambet Road) Military Cemetery |
| WADE | Robert Samuel |
Private
13449, 2/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 59th Division. Killed
in action 26 September 1917. Aged 22. Son of CSM James and Mrs Ellen
Wade of 35, Poole Road, Darnall, Sheffield. Born in Great Yarmouth
and enlisted in Lincoln. Buried in Bridge House Cemetery |
| WADE | Samuel Shoreen Arthur | Second
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Division. Killed
in action near Laventie 8 December 1914. Aged 38. Son of James and
Maria Wade of Great Yarmouth. Husband of Mrs Rosina F. Wade. No
known grave. Commemorated on La Touret Memorial |
| WADE | W |
No
further information currently available |
| WALES | Herbert | Private
35487, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. 2nd Division. Killed in action
22 April 1917. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth Resident of Gorleston.
Formerly with the Suffolk Regiment. Buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery,
Arleux-En-Gohelle |
| WALKER | W |
No
further information currently available |
| WALL | John Thomas | Third
Hand, Steam Trawler “Halcyon” (Great Yarmouth), Mercantile Marine.
Died 29 July 1919. Aged 37. Son of John and Harriett Wall. Husband
of Mary Ann Wall of 40, Trafalgar Road, West, Gorleston. Born in
Gorleston. No known grave. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial |
| WALL | Herbert Henry |
Lance
Corporal 63079, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Died
of wounds at Amiens 23 August 1918. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth
Resident of Great Yarmouth Formerly with the Royal West Surreys.
Buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension |
| WALL | William Lawrence Joseph | Rifleman
452010, 2/11th Battalion, London Regiment. (The Finsbury Rifles).
58th Division. Died of wounds 11 August 1917. Aged 22. Son of William
Wall (Insurance Agent) and Mrs Mary Ellen Wall of 50, North Quay,
Great Yarmouth. Born Islington and enlisted in London. Westminster
resident. Insurance Agent. Buried in Ljissenthoek Military Cemetery |
| WALSH | Frank Sidney |
Private
G/75495, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 3rd Division. Killed in
action 17 April 1918. Aged 19. Son of David and Alice Walsh of 36,
Churchill Road, Newtown, Great Yarmouth. Born in Parkestone, Essex
and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on
Loos Memorial |
| WARD | Charles Edward Marcus | Private
TR/10/31260, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 41st Division. Killed
in action 22 August 1917. Aged 18. Son of Benjamin and Constance
Ward of 56, Walpole Road, Newtown, Great Yarmouth. Born in Harpley
and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Great Yarmouth (Caister)
Cemetery |
| WARD | George Charles |
Gunner
120375, “B” Battery, 181st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 1 May 1917. Aged 31. Husband of Rosa Ward of 12, Belfort
Place, St Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth
and enlisted in Norwich. Buried in Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel
-Le-Grand |
| WARD | J | Roll
of Honour Gunner J. Ward Royal Horse Artillery. No further information
currently available in SDGW and CWGC Data base. |
| WARD | Leslie Jack |
Private
15753, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Division. Killed
in action at Jephson’s Post, Suvla Bay Gallipoli, 28 November 1915.
Aged 18. Son of Annie Elizabeth Ward of 94, The High Street, Gorleston.
Born in Gorleston and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Azmak
Cemetey, Suvla Gallipoli |
| WARD | Percy Gosden | Sapper
558325, 29th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died in
France near Arras 21 May 1917. Aged 23. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth
Ward of 47, Caxton Road, Beccles, Suffolk. Born and enlisted in
Great Yarmouth Formerly with the Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Faubourg
D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras. |
| WARD | T |
No
further information currently available |
| WARN | H | Private,
New Zealand Regiment. (Roll of Honour) no record found which fits
details available |
| WARNER | Alfred John |
Second
Hand 1188/SA, H.M. Drifter “Morning Star”, Royal Naval Reserve.
Former Fraserburgh Drifter employed as a net guard in the Straits
of Otranto. Struck a mine and sank with all hands 8 January 1916.
9 lost. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WARREN | William Edward | Major,
81st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds during
the German Spring Offensive 29 March 1918 (Great Yarmouth Roll of
Honour Major W E Warren Royal Garrison Artillery). Buried in Gezaincourt
Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| WATERS | E J |
Canadian
Infantry. Not identified with these initials |
| WATERS | George James | Private
760832, 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 9 April 1917. Born
22 April 1886 in Gt. Yarmouth. Married to Lilly Waters, resident
6031 Beatrice Street, S. Vancouver, Canada. Carpenter by trade.
Passed fiit 13 January 1916, attested 14 January 1916 in Vancouver,
Canada, aged 29 years 9 months, height 5 feet 8½ inches,
chest 36½ inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair,
religious denomination Presbyterian. Buried in GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN
CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
B. Grave 33. Nation Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10119 - 22 |
| WATERTON | Frank Arthur |
Gunner
230857 attached D.V. “Greenfly”, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
in Mesopotamia 5 August 1920. Aged 21. Son of Police Constable John
Waterton and Mrs Sarah Jane Waterton of 37, Princes Road, Great
Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth Formerly with the Royal Fusiliers.
Buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery |
| WATSON | Albert Victor | Lance
Corporal 16582, 2nd Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 14 August 1917. Aged 17. Son of Mr Watson
and Mrs May Watson of 3, Row, 124, South Quay, Great Yarmouth. Born
and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery |
| WATSON | Ernest (E. W.) |
Deck
Hand 2247/DA, H.M. Trawler “Senator “, Royal Naval Reserve. Ex Grimsby
Trawler hired as a Minesweeper. Mined and sunk off Tory Island Northern
Ireland 21 May 1917. 11 crew lost, 1 survivor. Son of Stephen and
Emma Watson of Albermarle Road, Gorleston. Ernest Watson was 22.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WATSON | Henry | Lance
Corporal TF/265102, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 12th Division.
Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive 22 March 1918.
Aged 34. Son of Ellen Watson of Brittania Road, Great Yarmouth.
Born in Stainsfield Lincs., and enlisted in Great Yarmouth (Roll
of Honour, Sergeant). No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial |
| WATSON | William Harry (H) |
Stoker
1st Class 299910 RFR/CH/B/10373, “Hood” Battalion, Royal Navy. 63rd
Royal Naval Division. Killed in action on Gallipoli during the Battle
of Krithia 4 June 1915. Born in Great Yarmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial |
| WATSON | Robert Christmas | Rifleman
741386, 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 36th Division. Died of
wounds 7 June 1917. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth Formerly
with the Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery
Extension (Nord) |
| WATTS | A A |
No
further information currently available with initials A.A, possibly.
Corporal 2169, Arthur Henry Watts, 25th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
East African Forces. Died in military hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
13 May 1916. Aged 49. Son of George and Maggie Watts. Husband of
Clara Watts of 13, Goldsmid Road, Brighton. Born in Brighton and
enlisted in London. Resident of Gorleston. Buried in Nairobi South
Cemetery, Kenya. |
| WATTS | W H | Great
Yarmouth Roll of Honour Seaman W H Watts, Royal Naval Reserve. No
further information currently available in CWGC Data Base |
| WEBB | Arthur |
Great
Yarmouth Roll of Honour. Seaman A Webb Royal Navy. possibly
Deck Hand DA/1469, H.M. Trawler “Northman”, Royal Naval Reserve.
Hired Minesweeper. Died of Illness 30 September 1915 Buried at sea.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WEBSTER | Charles Robert Ashley | Gunner
157285, 242nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
30 May 1918. Husband of Mary Anne Webster of 54, Bowthorpe Road,
Norwich. Born in Great Yarmouth and enlisted in Norwich. Buried
in Ebblinghem Military Cemetery |
| WEIR | John |
Private
TF/240042, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 54th Division. Killed
in action at the second battle of Gaza 19 April 1917. Aged 27. Son
of John Weir (Slater) and Harriett Weir of 6, Saw Mill Road, Gorleston.
Born in Norwich and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial |
| WELCH | E | No
further information currently available |
| WELFORD | Frederick James |
Leading
Seaman J/8110/Devonport, H.M. Torpedo Boat No 4 based at Ramsgate,
Royal Navy. 14 men killed in an accidental explosion, cause unknown,
26 May 1917. Son of James and Julia Welford of 15, Grape Passage,
Reading. Husband of Jessie Welford of 16, Albermarle Road, Gorleston.
Frederick was 23. Buried in Great Yarmouth (Gorleston) Cemetery. |
| WELHAM | Harry Frederick | Private
9204, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in
action at Hulluch 13 October 1915. Aged 18. Son of Mr and Mrs G.
Welham of 118, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted
In Great Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth on 24 November 1897, attesting
in the Army 11 August 1914, aged 16, in Great Yarmouth, and was
killed in action aged 17. He falsely gave his date of birth as 1
August 1895. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial. |
| WELHAM | Louis Victor |
Deck
Hand 7505/DA (CH), H.M.S. “Christopher”, Royal Naval Reserve. Hired
Trawler. Mined off Great Yarmouth and sunk, 5 crew lost, 30 March
1917. Son of James and Charlotte Welham. Husband of Eleanor Welham
of 4, Boreham Road, Great Yarmouth Louis Welham was born in Great
Yarmouth in 1884. Buried in Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery. |
| WELLS | Martin Walter | Private
3/10528, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme 4 September 1916. Aged 32. Son of Walter and
Sarah Anne Wells of 34, Nelson Road, Great Yarmouth. Husband of
Valetta Eliza Wells of 8, Raleigh Avenue, North Denes, Great Yarmouth.
Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial |
| WELLS | W H |
No
further information currently available |
| WELSTEAD | J W | No
further information currently available. Medal Rolls Private 25132,
John William Welstead, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Formerly Hussars and
Royal Warwicks. No record with CWGC or SDGW Great Yarmouth Roll
of Honour Private J W Westead (Regiment unknown) |
| WELSTED | Sidney John |
Sergeant
TF/205879, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 18th Division.
Killed in action 7 May 1918. Aged 30. Son of Samuel and Priscilla
Welsted. Husband of Rosina Sarah Welsted of 22, Church Lane, Gorleston.
Born in Dumfries, Scotland and enlisted in Melton Constable. Formerly
with the Norfolk Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial |
| WELTON | Ernest Alfred | Private
29425, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division. Killed
in action 23 August 1918. Aged 39. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth
Resident of Great Yarmouth Draper. Buried in Aichet-Le-Grand Communal
Cemetery Ext. |
| WESTBROOK | Sidney |
Private
3/7520, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme 12 August 1916. Aged 19. Son of Mrs Martha Haggata
of Brundall, Norwich. Born in Great Yarmouth and enlisted in Norwich,.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WESTGATE | Ambrose Henry | Private
TF/1565, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 54th Division. Killed
in action at Suvla Bay, 12 August 1915. Aged 18. Son of Mrs Louisa
Fairhead of 17 Row, 113, King Street, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted
in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial |
| WHARTON | Ernest Henry |
Private
4318, 1/15th Battalion, London Regiment. (Prince of Wales’s Own
Civil Service Rifles). Killed in action on the Somme 7 October 1916.
Aged 40. Jeweller. Born in Attleborough and enlisted in Somerset
House, London. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WHISKIN | William Ernest | Private
20938, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. 18th Division. Died of wounds
near Ypres 29 October 1917. Aged 21. Son of Robert and Clara Whiskin
of 26, Abyssinia Road, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted in Great
Yarmouth Formerly with the Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Mendinghem
Military Cemetery |
| WHITBY | John Roland |
Sergeant
15227, 9th Reserve Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry atatched
to 104 Brigade, 35th Division. Formed at Pembroke Dock. Died at
home 27 November 1914. Aged 53. Husband of Phoebe Maria Whitby of
70, Victoria Road, Great Yarmouth. Born in Sedgeford, Kings Lynn
and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Pembroke Dock Military
Cemetery. |
| WHITE | A G H F | No
further information currently available |
| WHITE | E C |
No
further information currently available |
| WHITE | William (W H) | Private
3/8088, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme 27 July 1916. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WITHERS | Richard John |
Sergeant
3638, 2/5th Reserve Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at home 12
April 1916. Aged 52. Son of Richard and Eliza Withers of Great Yarmouth;
husband of Elizabeth Logan Withers of 9, Clarence Road, Great Yarmouth.
Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Aylesbury Cemetery |
| WHITING | Cubitt Reginald (C G) | Rifleman
373976, 8th Battalion, London Regiment. (The Post Office Rifles)
58th London Division. Killed in action during the German Spring
Offensive 23 March 1918. Aged 20. Son of William and Bridget Whiting
of Great Yarmouth. Born in Norwich and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial |
| WHITTLETON | Edmund Dermis |
Private
3/6905, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme 27 July 1916. Son of Edmund and Esther Whittleton
of 14 Row, 96, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WIGG | William James | Engineman
531/ES, H.M. Drifter “ Ocean Plough”, Royal Naval Reserve. Mined
off Lowestoft 27 August 1916. 5 men lost. Husband of Rosina Wigg
of Great Yarmouth. Son of Mr and Mrs George Wigg. Born in Yorkshire.
William Wigg was 42. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval
Memorial |
| WIGG | William James |
Ordinary
Seaman SS/5492, H.M.S. “ Hampshire”, Royal Navy. Sunk by a mine
off the Orkneys with Lord Kitchener aboard 5 June 1916. 650 men
lost. Son of William James and Rosina Wigg of Great Yarmouth. Born
in Great Yarmouth, William Wigg was aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated
on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WIGHTMAN | Hubert Douglas | Private
G/40773, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 18th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 3 May 1917. Aged 21. Son of Robert and Minnie
Wightman of 36, Pier Plain, Gorleston. Born in Gorleston and enlisted
in St John’s Wood. Resident of Holloway, London. Formerly with the
London Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial |
| WILKINSON | Bertie Edwin |
Lance
Sergeant 8516 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 20 September 1916. Aged 22. Son of John Wilkinson
(Fisherman) and Mrs Emily Wilkinson of Cliff Hill, Gorleston. Born
in Gorleston and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial |
| WILLIAMS | C A | No
further information currently available |
| WILLIAMS | Edward Albert |
Second
Lieutenant, Egyptian Labour Corps, EEF atatched to the Royal Air
Force. Died in military hospital in Ismailia. Aged 24. Son of James
Samuel and Elizabeth Annie Williams of Swindon (Great Yarmouth Roll
of Honour. 2/Lt.E A Williams Norfolk Regiment). Buried in Ismailia
War Memorial Cemetery |
| WILLIAMS | John | Private
317477, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Died of wounds
on the Somme. Grave lost 4 September 1916. Born and enlisted in
Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WILLIAMS | J C |
No
further information currently available |
| WILLIAMS | William | [Not
included on the War Memorial] Chief Officer, Caister on Sea
Coast Guard Station, Royal Navy. Died of illness 26 August 1918.
Aged 54. Husband of Mrs Kate Williams of 3, Norfolk Terrace, Caister
on Sea, Served in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882. Long Service and
Good Conduct Medal Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery |
| WILLIAMS | Walter Benjamin |
Lance
Corporal 6042, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division. Killed
in action at Ypres 28 October 1917. Aged 33. Regular soldier. Son
of Mr and Mrs John Williams (Fruiterer of Gorleston) of Southtown,
Gorleston. Born in Canning Town, West Ham and enlisted in Norwich.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial |
| WILLS | John Edwin Boxer (B E B) | Private
G/72673, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 2nd Division. Killed in
action at Amiens 23 August 1918. Son of Mrs W. Wills of 42, Bradstone
Avenue, Folkestone, Kent. Born in Folkestone and enlisted in Dover.
Folkestone resident. (Roll of Honour B.E.B. Wills, Private, Royal
Fusiliers). Buried in Gommecourt South Cemetery |
| WILLSON | George Percy |
Lamplighter,
“The Corton Lightship” Trinity House, Mercantile Marine. Mined on
station 21 June 1916. 5 hands lost. Husband of Mrs G. Willson of
Great Yarmouth George Willson was 48. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tower Hill Memorial |
| WILLSON | Harold Stanley | Private
(Signaller) 43417, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 4 September 1916. Born in Great Yarmouth
and enlisted in North Walsham (CWGC entry (Wilson). No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
| WILSON | Archie Alfred Elijah |
Lance
Corporal 22940, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 6th Indian Division,
Mesopotamia. Killed in action 24 February 1917. Aged 21 Youngest
son of William and Frances Wilson of 96, Granville Road, Southtown,
Great Yarmouth. Born in Reedham and enlisted in Norwich. No known
grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial |
| WILSON | Albert Clare | Sergeant
TF/240935, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 54th Division. Killed
in action in Palestine 21 September 1918. Aged 24. Son of William
and Frances Wilson of 96, Granville Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth.
Born in Reedham and enlisted in East Dereham. Buried in Ramleh War
Cemetery |
| WILSON | C |
No
further information currently available |
| WILSON | Ernest Richard | Private
11173, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. 41st Division. Died of wounds
17 December 1916. Aged 33. Husband of Caroline Hannah Wilson of
13, Alderson Road, Great Yarmouth. Buried in Ljissenthoek Military
Cemetery |
| WILSON | Richard John (R) |
Lance
Corporal 1436, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade 8th Division. Killed
in action at Fromelles 9 May 1915. Aged 30. Battalion suffered 629
casualties on this day. Son of Mr and Mrs William Wilson of 9 Row,
40, Market Place, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial |
| WILSON | William | Engineman
1841/TS, H.M. .Paddle Minesweeper “Ludlow”, Royal Naval Reserve.
Mined and foundered off Harwich 29 December 1916. Died of wounds
11 January 1917. Aged 33. Buried in Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery |
| WILTSHIRE | Percy |
Major,
1st East Anglian Brigade (TF), Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
25 April 1917. Aged 45. Son of Mr and Mrs C H Wiltshire of Great
Yarmouth; husband of Mrs R.Wiltshire of 201 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston.
Commanded the 251st Siege Battery. Buried in Haute-Avesnes British
Cemetery. |
| WINTER | Victor Edward | Private
6212, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 6th Indian Division. Died
in Mesopotamia 31 August 1916. Born in Rochester and enlisted in
Great Yarmouth. Buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery Iraq. |
| WOODEN | Frederick Thomas |
Rifleman
A/200629, 16th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 33rd Division.
Killed in action 24 September 1918. Aged 38. Enlisted in Colchester.
Resident of Newtown, Great Yarmouth Formerly with the Essex and
Cambridgeshire Regiments. Buried in Villers Hill British Cemetery,
Villers-Gislain |
| WOODEN | Richard Charles | Private
G/14833, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division. Killed
in action at Ginchy on the Somme 9 September 1916. Aged 35. Son
of Richard and Jessie Wooden of 99, Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth.
Born in Great Yarmouth and enlisted in Norwich. Royal Sussex Memorial
Chapel in Chichester Cathedral. Buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery,
Longueval |
| WOODGER | Samuel Richmond |
Captain,
East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 September 1949 in St. Mary Abbots
Hospital, Kensington, London. Husband of Margaret Alice Woodger
(nee Holmes), married 1903, of 68, Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth.
Born in Newcastle in 1877. In the 1901 census he was the sdon of
George E and Sarah C Woodger, aged 24, a Fish Merchant, born Newcastle
on Tyne, resident with his parents at 58, South Quay, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born Newcastle, living
with his wife and two children, a fish merchant (herrings), resident
68 Southtown Road, Gorleston, Norfolk. Claimed his medals in 1920.
In 1920 the Register of Electors shows him as resident with his
wife, at "Gable End", Marine Parade North, Gt. Yarmouth.
In the 1921 through 1927 he is show in Register of Electors with
his wife as resident at 9, St. George's Road, Gt. Yarmouth. ** It
would appear this man did not die in the Great War *** |
| WOODGER | Sydney George | Private
79472. 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (The Alberta Regiment).
2nd Canadian Division. Killed in action near Arras 16 April 1917.
Aged 30. Born in Great Yarmouth Emigrated and enlisted in Canada.
Buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| WOODROW | Henry John |
Private
TF/235273, 1/5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 50th Division. Killed
in action during the German May Offensive on the Marne Front 27
May 1918. Aged 31. Husband of Eva Adeline Woodrow of Beccles Road,
Thurton, Norton. Born in Gorleston and enlisted in Great Yarmouth
Resident of Langley, Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on Soissns
Memorial |
| WOODS | Arthur | Private
3591, 2/5th Reserve Battalion Norfolk Regiment (TF). Died at home
19 June 1915. Enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Great Yarmouth
(Caister) Cemetery. |
| WOODS | Albert Shreeve |
Rifleman
6731, 1/9th Battalion, London Regiment. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
56th London Division. Killed in action on the Somme 9 October 1916.
Enlisted in Great Yarmouth Resident of Gorleston. Formerly with
the Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
|
| WOODS | Charles William | Stoker
1676/U, H.M.S. “Aboukir”, Royal Naval Reserve. Lost when the Cruiser
was torpedoed by U9 off the Dutch Coast 22 September 1914. Aged
36. Son of Mr and Mrs William Saddler Woods of Gorleston. Husband
of Mary Ann Woods of 8, Avenue Road, Gorleston. Served for 20 years
in the R.N.R. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WOODS | John |
Lance
Corporal 9631, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
4th Division. Killed in action on the Le Touquet Road 20 October
1914. Aged 25. Son of Henry and Maria Woods of 6, Whittleton’s Place,
Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial |
| WOODS | Thomas Charles | Stoker
2nd Class K/52148, H.M.S. “Pembroke”, Royal Naval Barracks Chatham,
Royal Navy. Died of illness 8 September 1918. Aged 18. Son of Thomas
and Agnes Emma Woods of 13, Coronation Terrace, Central Great Yarmouth.
Buried in Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery |
| WOOLNOUGH | Albert John |
Sapper
85157, 73rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 1 August
1917. Aged 32. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth Formerly with
the Norfolk Regiment. Buried in The Huts Cemetery |
| WOOLNOUGH | James Arthur | Gunner
59644, 169th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
3 November 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. Buried
in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery |
| WOOLSEY | William George |
Private
68823, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 33rd Division. Killed in
action 30 September 1918. Aged 20. Son of William Charles and Annie
Woolsey of 87, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth. Born and enlisted
in Great Yarmouth. Buried in Noyelles-Sur-Lescaut Communal Cemetery
Extension. |
| WOOLTON | Benjamin | [Transcribed
as S WOOLTON] Seaman ES1744, Royal Naval Reserve. Died September
1918 in Great Yarmouth. Born 17 May 1876. Aged 42. Death registered
in the July to September Quarter 1918. Married Elizabeth Sutton
in 1906 in Great Yarmouth. In the 1911 census he is aged aged 33,
a fisherman, married to Elizabeth, born Gt. Yarmouth, resident 20
South Market Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No CWGC entry. |
| WORTON | Henry (H A) |
Private
SS/16207, 5th Labour Company, Army Service Corps. Died at home 16
June 1917. Aged 45. Born in Great Yarmouth and enlisted in Lowestoft
Great Yarmouth resident. Buried in Great Yarmouth Old Cemetery |
| WRAGG | John James Wilson Nicholls | Private
330874, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action 14 October 1918. Born in Hemsby and enlisted in Great
Yarmouth. Buried in Loos British Cemetery. |
| WRIGHT | A H |
No
further information currently available |
| WRIGHT | Ernest A | [Not
included on Memorial] Roll of Honour and Medal Rolls Private
32260 Norfolk Regiment. Later transferred to Yorkshire Regiment
(34423). No further information currently available with SDGW and
CWGC. There is also Private 64070, Ernest Edwin Wright, 107th Company,
Labour Corps. Formerly 36th Royal Fusiliers. Died at home 8 January
1919. Aged 41. Son of Robert Bailey and Nellie Letitia Wright of
Great Yarmouth. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Wright of 3 Row, 135,
Great Yarmouth. Buried in Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery |
| WRIGHT | Edward George |
Private
43473, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 1st Division. Died
of wounds 1 May 1918. Aged 22. Son of Alice and Edward Wright of
Great Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth and enlisted in Norwich.
Formerly Norfolk Yeomanry. Buried in Houchin British Cemetery. |
| WRIGHT | George Allison | Private
22402, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme near Montauban 19 July 1916. Aged 20. Son of
Mr Wright and Mrs Sarah Jane Wright of Great Yarmouth. Born and
enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial |
| WRIGHT | George Charles |
Guardsman
29734, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards The Guards Division. Killed
in action near Cambrai 3 December 1917. Aged 23. Son of Benjamin
James and Emily Wright of 77, Wolseley Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth.
Born in Gorleston and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louveral |
| WRIGHT | Henry | Chief
Stoker Petty Officer (Pensioner) 154818, H.M.S. “Queen Mary”, Royal
Navy. Lost with the Battlecruiser at the Battle of Jutland 31 May
1916. Aged 47. Born in Great Yarmouth. No known grave. Commemorated
on Chatham Naval Memorial |
| WRIGHT | J |
No
further information currently available |
| WRIGHT | John David | Private
TF/320344, 12th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 74th Yeomanry Division.
Killed in action 27 May 1918. Aged 29. Son of John and Marryan Wright
of Gorleston. Husband of Mrs M.E. Wright of 33, John Road, Gorleston.
Born in Gorleston and enlisted in Norwich. Buried in Nieppe-Bois
(Rue-Du-Bois) British Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin |
| WRIGHT | William George |
Lance
Corporal TF/206849, 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. 12th
Division. Killed in action 19 September 1918. Born in Gorleston
and enlisted in Great Yarmouth Gorleston resident Formerly with
the Royal Sussex Regiment. (No record found with CWGC.) |
| WROUGHTON | Herbert | Second
Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 74th Yeomanry Division.
Killed in action in Palestine 8 December 1917. Aged 26. Son of Frederick
William and Margaret Wroughton of 12, Beccles Road, Southtown, Great
Yarmouth. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| WYMER | Henry Edward |
Private
8428, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 6th Indian Division. Mesopotamia.
Died of wounds 11 December 1914. Born on Acle and enlisted in Great
Yarmouth. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. |
| WYMER | Robert Jacob | Private
22439, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 18th Division. Killed in
action on the Somme near Montauban 1 July 1916. Aged 26. Husband
of Emily Elizabeth Wymer of 32, Upper Cliff Road, Gorleston. Born
in Moulton, Norfolk and enlisted in Great Yarmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
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