| HECKINGHAM.
FACING WEST
1914-1918 |
| BATCHELDER |
James
Edward |
Pte.
40107. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 15th April 1918. Born in Heckingham. Enlisted in Norwich.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| SMITH |
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 15526. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 13th September 1916. Born in Heckingham.
Enlisted in Lowestoft. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
| TILLS |
George
Ernest William |
Private
2458. 11th Battalion Australian Infantry. Died of pneumonia in Egypt
on 13th October 1915. Son of R.F. Tills. Enlisted at Perth, Western
Australia. Private Tills was a blacksmith. Buried: Beach Cemetery,
Anzac, Turkey. Ref. II. J. 9. Remembered on Panel 64 of National
Memorial. (Australian Memorial). |
| WARTER
|
Henry
de Grey |
Captain.
4th. Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. Killed in action on 20th November
1917. Son of the late Col. H. De Grey Warter, of Cruck Mole, Shropshire.
Commemorated: Sp. Mem. A. 13, Ribecourt British Cemetery, Nord,
France. |
| 1939-1945 |
| COLCHESTER |
Claud
Henry |
Private
5774199. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died whilst a Prisoner
of War on 21st September 1944. Aged 28. Born in Norwich. Lived in
Norfolk. Son of George Morley Colchester & Gertrude Kate Colchester
of Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Column
50. |
| MOORE |
Robert
Samuel |
Sapper
2136122.Royal Engineers. Died on 27th December 1940. Aged 34. Born
in Suffolk. Lived in Norwich. Son of George & Ellen Moore. Husband
of Hilda Rose Moore of Thurton. Buried: Heckingham (St Gregory)
Churchyard. |
| HALES
FACING EAST
1914-1918 |
| BRISTER |
George |
Private
41523 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 5363, 5th Battalion
Norfolk Regiment (this is what is listed on memorial). Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 14th April 1917. Aged 27. Brother
of W.R. Brister of Hintlesham, Ipswich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| DENNY |
Allan
I |
Boy
1st. Class J/45497. HMS Ganges, Royal Navy. Killed by a Zeppelin
raid on H.M.S. Ganges on 5th August 1916. Buried: Shotley (St. Mary)
Churchyard, Suffolk. Royal Navy Plot 98. Special Note: HMS Ganges
was bombed by a German Zeppelin airship. One bomb hit the parade
ground, one between 19 & 21 messes, one alongside the old swimming
pool and one on the foreshore. |
| EDGE |
Alfred
John |
Deck
Hand 4658/DA. HM Drifter E.B.C., Royal Naval Reserve. Died on 8th
September 1915. Aged 23. Born & lived in Loddon. Enlisted in Norwich.
Son of Alfred & Elizabeth Edge of Hales, Norwich. Buried: Dover
(St. James’s) Cemetery, Kent. Ref. N.W.22. |
| EDGE |
James |
Corporal
73207. 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment).
Formerly 1366 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 7th June 1917. Aged 23. Born in Loddon. Lived in Mundham. Enlisted
in Norwich. Son of Alfred & Elizabeth Edge of Hales, Norwich. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
39 and 41. |
| EDGE |
William |
Corporal
9663. 1st Battalion Border Regiment. Killed in action on 28th April
1915. Aged 30. Born in Loddon. Lived in Mundham. Enlisted in Norwich.
Son of Alfred Edge of Hales, Norwich. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223. |
| GOWER |
Arthur
George |
Private
D/335. 1st Battalion Dragoon Guards. Died of wounds in France &
Flanders on 6th June 1915. Aged 23. Born & lived in Hales. Enlisted
in Langley. Son of Frederick & Harriet D. Gower of Holly Cottage,
Hales, Norwich. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord,
France. Ref. I. E. 150. |
| HERWIN |
William
L. |
Driver
163046. 141st Army Troop Company, Royal Engineers. Died in France
& Flanders on 28th March 1918. 28-03-18. Aged 23. Born in Howe.
Resident of Loddon. Enlisted in Loddon. Son of William & Rachel
Herwin. Husband of Florence Herwin of Hautbois, Coltishall, Norwich.
Buried: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
France. Ref. II.O.2. |
| SCARFE |
Albert
Robert |
Private
25255. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 22nd October 1917. Aged 28. Born in Pulham St. Mary.
Enlisted in Norwich. Son of Robert & Rosa Ann Scarfe of Hales St.
Hales. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| SCARFE |
Henry
(Harry) |
Lance
Corporal 13772. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Born Pulham St. Mary. Enlisted
in Norwich. Son of Robert & Rosa Ann Scarfe of Hales. Commemorated
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| SMITH |
John
Edward |
Private
43429. 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 1625 Norfolk
Cyclists. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th September
1916. Aged 40. Enlisted in North Walsham. Son of Thomas Thurlow
Smith. Husband of Hannah Maria Smith of The Gravel Pits, Loddon.
(Davey Place now stands on the Gravel Pits site.) Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D. |
| STONE |
Victor
George |
Private
12306. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 13th October 1915. Aged 18. Born in Bradenham. Enlisted
in Norwich. Son of Benjamin & Fanny Stone of Hales, Norwich. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31 |
| STONE |
Walter |
Lance
Corporal 15477. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 18th October 1916. Aged 24. Born in Worlingham.
Enlisted in Norwich. Son of Benjamin & Fanny Stone of Hales, Norwich.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1
C and 1 D. |
| TIPPLE |
Walter |
Private
9447. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died on 28th March 1917. Aged
20. Born in Bungay, Suffolk. Enlisted in Norwich. Son of Frederick
& Emma Tipple of Hales, Loddon. Buried: Hales (St Margaret) Churchyard.
In North-East part. |
| 1939-1945
|
|
CRISP |
Ernest
Edward |
Rifleman
5834348. 2nd Battalion The London Irish Rifles (Royal Ulster Rifles).
Died on 5th August 1943. Aged 31. Born in Norfolk. Son of Arthur
William & Ada Ellen Crisp. Husband of Mary Mabel Ellen Crisp of
Beccles, Suffolk. Buried: Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Ref. III.F.30. |
| TOVELL |
Ronald |
Driver
T/261659. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 15th December 1945.
Aged 23. Born & lived in Norfolk. Son of Mr. & Mrs. William Tovell
of Hales. Buried: Hales (St Margaret) Churchyard. |
|
WADE |
Sydney
Walter |
Private
5776817. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 31st January
1942. Born in Norfolk. Lived in Suffolk. Son of Walter & Emily Wade.
Husband of Dorothy Evelyn Wade of Hales. Buried: Cape Town (Maitland)
Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa. Ref. Mil. Allotment. Grave
96262A. |
