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HILLINGTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards - 2003
This
memorial stands within the churchyard of St Marys Church. The details
here have been transcribed from an old postcard photograph. The names
are in full, listing year of death and rank. The memorial takes the
form of a plain, tapering, Latin cross on a square plinth situated by
the churchyard gates and facing the road outside the church tower, the
memorial was originally an obelisk within the churchyard. The memorial
was supplied by Holman of Lynn, monumental masons, and had been unveiled
circa July 1920; details appeared in the Thetford & Watton Times
and People's Weekly Journal, Saturday 24 July 1920, page 6. There are
8 names for World War 1, two names for World War 2.
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From
an old postcard
(above) |
Photograph
Copyright © Shaz Ann 2018 (below) |
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1914-1919
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
| MICKLEBURGH |
William |
[Spelt
MICKELBURGH on CWGC and SDGW, memorial lists him as Corporal] Lance
Corporal 21272, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Colkirk, Norfolk,
enlisted Norwich, resident Hillington. Formerly 18836, Norfolk Regiment.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL , Somme, France. Pier and Face
6 A and 7 C. |
| HOWARD |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
14667, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 11th August
1916 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Linton, Norfolk, enlisted
Norwich. Son of William and Jessie Howard, of White House, Hillington.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL , Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 1 D. |
| HARDY |
Charles |
Corporal
4204, 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 8th
February 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hillington,
enlisted Ashton-Under-Lyne. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C. |
| ENGLISH |
John |
Private
29734, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 28th April
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Grimston, Norfolk, enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of the late Robert and Eliza English; husband of
Fanny English, of Hillington. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| ROYE |
William
George |
Lance
Corporal 43325, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
28th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| FFOLKES |
William
Rupert Compton |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Battalion attached 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle
Corps. Killed in action 30th December 1917. Age 19. Son of Mrs.
S. C. Ffolkes, of Congham Lodge, King's Lynn. Buried in HERMIES
HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave
43. |
| SMITH |
John
Frederick |
[Spelt
John Frederic on CWGC] Rifleman 41237, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish
Rifles. Killed in action 8th May 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 39. Born and resident Hillington, enlisted Norwich. Son of Maria
Smith, of Thatch Cottage, Hillington, King's Lynn, and the late
J. Smith. Formerly 3010, Essex Regiment. Buried in SOLFERINO FARM
CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave
6. |
| SHEPHARD |
Frank
Sidney |
Private
15631, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in Freebridge Lynn area Janury
to March 1919. Born Freebridge Lynn area 1890, christened Hillington
1890, son of William and Annie Shephard. In the 1891 census he was
aged 1, born Norfolk, son of William and Annie Shephard, resident
in the Park Keeper's Cottage, Lynn Road, Hillington, Freebridge
Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Hillington,
Norfolk, resident with his widowed father, Willoiam Shephard, at
Home Farm Cottages, Hillington, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk. On 25
March 1903 he was attending Hillington School, Norfolk. Enlisted
7 September 1914. Discharged 3 March 1916 due to Para 392 xvi King's
Regulation Sickness. Issue Silover Badge 96584 22 December 1916.
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THEY
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS
1939-1945
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| THURSTON |
Victor
Edwin |
Private
14645656, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 31 March 1945.
Aged 22. Born Norwich, resident Norfolk. Previously wounded 30 July
1944 in North West Europe. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 43. Row E. Grave 11. |
| GOOCH |
John |
Sergeant
14205783, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Died 15 August
1946. Aged 22. Son of George W. Gooch and Elizabeth Gooch, of Harpley,
Norfolk. Buried in TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot
6. Row K. Grave 8. |
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Last
updated
23 September, 2018
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