Photographs Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004

BALDWIN  

Private M2/181749.  688th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps.  Died in The Balkans on 30^th April 1918.  Aged 42.  Born, lived and enlisted Loddon.  Husband of Mrs. H. A. Baldwin, of Low Bungay Rd., Loddon, Norwich.  Buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece.  Ref. 1401.

BARBER   

Corporal 9589.  1^st Battalion Border Regiment.  Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 9^th February 1917.  Aged 28.  Born Seething, Norfolk.  Lived Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of Mrs. R. Barber, of Marlingford, Norwich.  Buried in   Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France.  Ref. III. B. 7.

BECKETT 

Private 43381.  1^st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.  Formerly 2644 Norfolk Yeomanry.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27^th September 1916.  Aged 35.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of John and Laura Beckett, of Loddon, Norwich; husband of the late Ellen May Beckett, of Oulton, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.  Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D.

BELDING   

Serjeant 135681.  22^nd Squadron Royal Air Force.  Died on 15^th April 1918.  Aged 32.  Son of Mrs. M. Belding, of Market Place, Runham Market, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Haverskerque British Cemetery, Nord, France.  Ref.  Sp. Mem. 5.

BUGG    

Private 41954.  12^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment.  Formerly TR/9/2939 T.R.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 8^th April 1918.  Aged 20.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Wrexham.  Son of George Bugg, of Loddon, Norfolk.  No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.  Panel 3.

CADGE    

Lieutenant  (Memorial gives Captain).   "D" Company, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.  Killed in action on 26^th September 1915.  Aged 26.  Brother of Francis (below).  Son of Edward and Caroline Emma Cadge, of Loddon, Norfolk.  Edward Cadge was a local solicitor.   Commemorated:  Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. (In church to left of nave - marble tablet with cameo inserts.)

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN. WILLIAM CADGE
2^ND SON  OF EDWARD AND CAROLINE CADGE.
BORN 14^TH MARCH 1889 AT LODDON.
EDUCATED HAILEYBURY COLLEGE, CEYLON.
1909 – JULY 1914
RETURNED HOME JULY 1914
OBTAINED TEMPORARY COMMISSION IN THE ARMY AUGUST 1914. PROCEEDED TO FRANCE WITH 9^TH BATTN. NORFOLK REGT. 24^TH DIVN.  KILLED IN ACTION NR. HULLOCHIN BATTLE OF LOOS. 26^TH SEPTEMBER 1915.
FOR KING AND COUNTRY

CADGE   

Lieutenant.  1^st Battalion Essex Regiment.  Killed in action on 30^th April 1915.  Aged 22.  Brother of William (above).  Son of Edward and Caroline E. Cadge, of Bank House, Loddon, Norfolk. Edward Cadge was a local solicitor.  Commemorated:  Helles Memorial, Turkey.  144 to 150 or 229 to 233. (In church to left of nave - marble tablet with cameo inserts.)

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUT. FRANCIS EDWARD CADGE.
4^TH SON OF EDWARD AND
CAROLINE E. CADGE.
BORN 7^TH FEBRUARY 1893 AT
LODDON. EDUCATED HAILEYBURY AND ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE CAMBERLEY. GAZETTED TO 1^ST BATT. ESSEX REGT. 1912. INDIA 1912. MAURITIUS 1913-1914. RETURNED TO ENGLAND DECEMBER 1914. KILLED IN ACTION IN LANDING OF 29^TH DIVISION ON GALLIPOLI 30^TH APRIL 1915. BURIED AT KRITHIA.
FOR KING AND COUNTRY

CARVER 

Private 14865.  9^th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.  Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 15^th September 1916.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.  Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. 

EDGE    

Shoeing Smith 80419.  "A" Battery, 63rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.  Died on 25^th February 1919.  Aged 24.  Son of Charles and Alice Edge, of Gravel Pits, Loddon, Norfolk.  Buried in Douai British Cemetery, Cuincy, Nord, France.  Ref. E.7.

FORDER 

Driver 48107.  "A" Battery, 243rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 23^rd September 1917.  Aged 18.  Born Lowestoft.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of E. Forder, of New Rd., Acle, Norwich, and the late Charles Forder. Commemorated:  Valley Cottages Cemetery Memorial, Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  G. 1.

FRANCIS 

Lance Corporal 1096.  7th Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps.  Died on 1^st August 1916.  Aged 26.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Brighton.   Buried in   Boisguillaume Communal Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France.  Ref. I. C. 4A.

GOULTY  

Private 43320.  1^st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.  Formerly 2645 Norfolk Yeomanry.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 16^th November 1917.  Aged 24.  Born Panxworth.  Enlisted Norwich.   Son of Robert and Mahala Goulty, of Bridge St., Loddon, Norfolk.  No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Panel 104 to 105. 

GRIMBLE  

Private 437886.  7^th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment.).  Died on 24^th September 1916.  Aged 30.   Private Grimble was born on 3^rd November 1885 in Loddon, the son of William and Mary Grimble, of Loddon, Norfolk.  In Canada he was a butcher and was unmarried.  Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France.  Ref.      XXXIV. F. 14.

GRIMBLE 

Private G/12573.  4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10^th April 1915.  Aged 25.  Born Long Stratton, Norfolk.  Enlisted Acton.  Son of Sarah Grimble, of Long Stratton, Norfolk, and the late Humphrey Grimble; husband of Annie Rose Gallacher (formerly Grimble), of 254, Princes Rd., Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.  Commemorated:  Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Panel 6 and 8.

JILLINGS

Private 201828.  52^nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment.).  Died on 19^th August 1916.  Aged 19.  Private Jillings was born on 26^th February 1897 in Loddon the son of Lewis and Dorothy Jillings, of Loddon, Norfolk, England.  In Canada he lived at 33 Gloucester Street, Toronto, where he worked as a bank clerk.  He was unmarried.  He had served 1 year and 6 months in The Body Guards.  Private Jillings parents are buried just outside the door of Chedgrave church, and he is mentioned on their grave surround.  Buried in   Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Ref. VI. J. 5.

KERRY   

Second Lieutenant.  1^st Battalion Royal Fusiliers.  Killed in action on 22^nd March 1918. In the 1911 census he was living at Marlborough Lines, Aldershot; serving with 1st Norfolk Regiment as a Private. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.  Panel 19 to 21.  

KNIGHTS 

Lance Corporal 18863.  2^nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment.  Died in India on 16^th July 1916.  Aged 27.  Born Hardley.  Enlisted Norwich.   Son of George Richard and Jane Knights, of Seething, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India.  Face 3.

McCLINTOCK 

Captain.  RAMC. Not on CD or CWGC.  (Thanks to David Crease for this information). Dr. McClintock was Medical Officer of Health for the Rural District Council.  When war broke out he organised the Red Cross Hospital in the town to look after wounded and convalescent soldiers.  Mrs.  Loddon ran the hospital.  The hospital caught fire on the night of 2^nd October 1918 and Dr. McClintock, who was suffering from flu at the time,  got up from his sick bed to relocate the patients.  As a result of this he developed  complications, and died on 11^th November 1918.  He was 39 years old. He is buried in Heckingham churchyard.

Photograph copyright © Graham Hitchins 2013

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Driver T4/091330.  208th H.T. Company Army Service Corps.  Formerly 18840 Norfolk Regiment.  Died at home on 18^th September 1915.  Aged 31.  Born Rumburgh, Suffolk.  Lived Chedgrave.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of Mrs. G. Page, of Beck's Green, St. Andrews, Beccles; husband of E. Blaza (formerly Page), of 16, Langley, Loddon, Norwich.  Buried in Loddon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.  South-West of Church.

SAMPSON 

Probably:  Private 8596.  2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.  Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 5^th December 1914.  Born Woodton, Suffolk.  Lived Eltham, Kent.  Enlisted Gt. Yarmouth.  Buried: Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.  Ref.  I. B. 3.

SHARMAN  

Corporal 14175.  55^th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Inf).  Formerly 20140 East Yorkshire Regiment.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 5^th May 1918.  Aged 26.  Born and lived Doncaster, Yorks.  Enlisted Scunthorpe.  lived in Claxton, Employed as a butler at Cringleford Hall, enlisted in Norwich in Machine Gun Corps. Son of John and Martha E. Sharman, of 2, Council House, Loddon, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 136.

SMITH 

Lance Corporal 84931.  209th Field Company, Royal Engineers.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4^th October 1916.  Aged 19.  Lived Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of Mrs. Alice Rowlings of South End Farm, Loddon, Norfolk.  There is a memorial in St John’s Methodist church, Loddon to Lance Corporal Smith.   Buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord, France.  Ref. III. A. 17. See also Liverpool Street Station, London and 34th Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers, Norwich

STEWARD   

Driver T4/084275.  H.T., Royal Army Service Corps.  Died on 23^rd March 1920.  Aged 36.  Son of Frederick and Maria Steward, of Loddon, Norwich. Buried in Loddon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.  North-West of Church.

THURLOW 

Private 40593.  7^th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.  Formerly 45258 Suffolk Regiment.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 31^st July 1917.  Aged 19.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Wroxham.  Son of William Thurlow, of Pye's Mill Rd., Loddon, Norwich. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Panel 43 and 45.

WARD 

Gunner 140088.  "C" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.  Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 10^th October 1918.  Aged 27.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of James Charles and Mary Ward, of Rose Cottage, Loddon, Norwich.  Buried in Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord, France.  Ref.   XII. C. 9.

WARMAN  

Private 17456.  1^st Battalion Norfolk Regiment.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4^th June 1916.  Aged 27.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Son of John and Elizabeth Warman, of Loddon Ingloss, Loddon, Norwich.  Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.  Ref.  I. C. 18.

WELLS 

Pioneer 115492.  4th Labour Battalion, Royal Engineers.   Transferred to (291771) 703rd Company Labour Corps.  Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13^th November 1917.  Aged 41.  Born New Buckenham, Norfolk.  Lived Old Hartlepool, Co. Durham.  Enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex.  Son of George and Sarah Ann Wells, of Loddon, Norwich.  Buried in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Ref. III. B. 26.

WOOLNER 

[Woolmer on CD]   Private 12217.  7^th Battalion  Norfolk Regiment.  Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 1^st November 1915.  Born Loddon.  Enlisted Norwich.  Buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.  Ref. A. 14. 20.

1939 – 1945

BREWSTER

Lance Corporal 7921231.  47th (Oldham), Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.  Died on 27^th October 1942.  Aged 35.  Son of Herbert and Ethel Brewster; husband of Doris May Brewster, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.  Commemorated:  Alamein Memorial, Egypt.  Column 23.

BRINGLOE   

Corporal 5771304.  4^th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment.  Died on 13^th March 1940.  Aged 28.  Son of Katherine Eliza Bringloe, of Loddon.  Corporal Bringloe was killed by a grenade when training in Norwich.  He was brought  to Loddon by the first motor hearse his friend had ever seen.  Buried in Loddon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.

5771304 CORPORAL
R.G. BRINGLOE
ROYAL NORFOLK REGT
13^TH MARCH 1940
AGE 28
UNTIL THE DAY
BREAK.

CHARLISH   

Warrant Officer Class I (R.S.M.) 7341335.  Royal Army Medical Corps.  Died on 15^th November 1943.  Aged 35.  Son of Clifford and Barbara Charlish; husband of Sybil Charlish, of Mundesley-on-Sea.  Buried in Loddon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.

7341335 W.O.I (R.S.M.)
E.C. CHARLISH
ROYAL ARMY
MEDICAL CORPS
15^TH NOVEMBER   1943
AGE 35
HE HAS HEARD
THE GREAT REVEILLE
IT IS MORNING
ALL IS WELL.

COSSEY

Serjeant 5771364.  4^th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment.  Died on 12^th February 1944.  Aged 28.  Son of Lewis John Cossey, and of Sally Cossey, of Loddon, Norfolk.   Buried in   Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.  Ref. 2. D. 5.

COSSEY

No further information available at present.

COSSEY

Probably:  Leading Aircraftman 1184669.  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.  Died on 24^th February 1945.  No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial.  Column 453.

COX

Cadet.  HMS “Nelson”.   Died on 3rd September 1939 aged 17 when he fell overboard.  Lived at  “Southend House”, Loddon, the son of Arthur & Dorothea Stirling Stewart Cox.  His parents later moved to Little Plumstead.    No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 33, Column 1.

CULLING

Aircraftman 2nd Class 3001839.  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.  Died on 18^th May 1944.  Aged 18.  Son of Louis Austin Culling and Ivy Constance Culling, of Loddon.  Buried in Loddon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.

FISKE

Probably:  Sergeant 927796.  150 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.  Died on 21^st February 1942.  Aged 20.  Son of Arthur and Emily Fiske, of Drayton, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Runnymede Memorial, Surrey,  Panel 83.

FORDER

Also known as “Rats”.  Seaman LT/JX 300903.  H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68, Royal Naval Patrol Service.  Died on 4^th February 1942 when his ship was blown up by a mine.   Aged 22.   Son of Fred Elijah and Ethel Mary Forder, of Loddon, Norfolk.  Commemorated:  Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk.  Panel 16, Column 3. 

GUNTON

Lance Corporal 4911925.  6^th Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment.).  Died on 9^th August 1944.  Aged 39.  Son of Edward Arthur and Jane Gunton, of Langley, Norfolk; husband of Joyce Marion Gunton, of Langley.  Buried in   Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France.  Ref. XV. A. 11.  Also see Hardley War Memorial.

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Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) 6391589.  4^th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment.  Died on 10^th February 1942.  Aged 41.  Husband of Ethel Catherine Rhoda Page, of Loddon, Norfolk.  Buried in   Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.  Ref. 12. C. 18.

SETCHELL

Probably:  Gunner 1747159.  296 Battery, 66 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Died on 2^nd August 1944.  Aged 36.  Son of Charles and Alice Kate Setchell; husband of Maud Florence Setchell, of Wreningham, Norfolk.  Buried in Digboi War Cemetery, India.  Ref. 3.E.7.

SPALDING

Probably:  Private 14592133.  7^th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment.  Died on 8^th July 1944.  Aged 21. Son of Charles and Anna Maria Spalding, of Norwich.  Buried in   Cambes-En-Plaine War Cemetery, Calvados, France.  Ref. Row H. 10.

STUBBS

Corporal W/257646.  Auxiliary Territorial Service.  Died on 3^rd December 1945 as a result of an accident in a jeep.  Aged 23.   Daughter of George and Ivy May Stubbs, of Loddon, Norfolk.  Buried in Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. 6. O. 7.

YATES

Possibly:  Arthur Richard Yates.  Flying Officer 79723.  959 Balloon Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.  Died on 26^th January 1941.   Buried in Falmouth Cemetery, Devon.  Ref.  Sec. K. Row A. Grave 6.

Brass Plaque in the Church on the right of the chancel.
Not on the War Memorial

PRIOR

Percy Douglas Thurlow

Private 14664.  8^th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).  Died on 14^th April 1917 (9^th April on plaque).  Aged 23.  Born on 18^th January 1894 in Norwich, the son of Edward Thurlow Prior and Edith Caroline Prior, of 10, The Crescent, Norwich, England.  In Canada, Private Thurlow was a machinist.  He was unmarried.  Commemorated:  Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PERCY DOUGLAS THURLOW PRIOR.
KILLED IN ACTION AT VIMY RIDGE
APRIL 9^TH 1917 AGE 23

Buried in the Churchyard. Not on the Memorial. 
Thanks to David Pearce for the information about the circumstances of the deaths of these casualties.

SEELY

Lucy Esther

Civilian.   Died when a bomb fell near her cottage on 7^th October 1943.  Aged 43.   Wife of Frank Henry Seely, of Stubbs Green. Died at Stubbs Green.  Commemorated in the Civilian Roll of Honour of the Rural District of Loddon.  Buried in Loddon churchyard.

SOANES

Bryant Royal

Civilian.  Died when a bomb fell on the road as he cycled home on 7^th October 1943.  Aged 34.   Husband of B. E. Soanes, of 10 Council Houses, Langley. Died at School Lane, Langley. Commemorated in the Civilian Roll of Honour of the Rural District of Loddon.  Buried in Langley churchyard, no headstone.