| BARKER |
Claude
Henry |
Private
21368 Claude Henry Barker was born in Great Yarmouth c1898. He enlisted
in the 8th Border Regiment in Norwich. He served in France & Flanders
and died of wounds on 11th July 1916 aged 18. He is buried at Warloy-Baillon
Communal Cemetery Extension Grave I. E. 26.and is remembered on
the Morley and Wymondham War Memorials. He was the. son of A. G.
and B. Barker, of London Road, Suton, near Wymondham and was a resident
of Wymondham. |
| DOUGLAS-WILLAN |
William
Howard (Sholto) Stanhope |
 Captain
William Howard (Sholto) Stanhope Douglas-Willan enlisted in the
2nd South Staffordshire Regiment. He served in France & Flanders
and was killed in action on 17th February 1917. He is remembered
on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7B and on the Morley War
Memorial. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey.
There
is a brass plaque dedicated to him inside the church:
|
| DOWNES |
Horace |
Corporal
3/8232 Horace Downes was born in Besthorpe c1872. He enlisted in
the 1st Norfolk Regiment in Norwich. He served in France & Flanders
and was killed in action on 5th June 1915 aged 43. He is buried
at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery Grave IV. E. 35 and is remembered on
the Morley War Memorial. He was the Husband of Anna E. Downes, of
Wicklewood. |
| GOODRUM |
Jabez
John |
Private
20044 Jabez John Goodrum was born in Wattisfield c1898. He enlisted
in the 7th Northamptonshire Regiment in Norwich. He served in France
& Flanders and was killed in action on 17th August 1916 aged ~18.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 11A and
11D and on the Morley War Memorial. |
| PLOWRIGHT |
Sidney |
Private
20570 Sidney Plowright was born in Morley St Botolph. He originally
enlisted as 17951 in the Norfolk Regiment in Norwich then later
transferred to the 1st Essex Regiment. He was drowned en route Gallipoli
on the Royal Edward on 13th August 1915. He is remembered on the
Helles Memorial Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233 and on the Morley
War Memorial. He was a resident of Morley St. Botolph. |
| SEMMENCE |
Ellis
John |
Private
47704 Ellis John Semmence was born in c1886. He enlisted in the
2nd Welsh Regiment in Wymondham. He served in France & Flanders
and died from wounds received in action at Paschendaele on 17th
November 1917 in No.1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, aged 31.
He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery Grave XXX. L. 20A and
is remembered on the Morley War Memorial. He was the son of Ellis
John and Eliza Semmence, of Morley St. Botolph; husband of Eva Gertrude
Semmence, of Morley St. Botolph and was a resident of Attleborough. |
| SOWELLS |
Frederick
|
Private
15002 Frederick Sowells was born in Colchester. He enlisted in the
9th Norfolk Regiment in Norwich. He served in France & Flanders
and was killed in action on 15th September 1916. He is remembered
on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1C and 1D and on the Morley
War Memorial. |
| THROWER |
Christmas
John |
Lance
Corporal 47738 Christmas John Thrower was born in Norwich c1894.
He enlisted in the 2nd Welsh Regiment in Norwich. He served in France
& Flanders and was killed in action at Vadencourt on 15th September
1918 aged 24. He received the Military Medal (London Gazette 12
June 1918, page 7015). He is buried at Vadencourt British Cemetery,
Maissemy Grave I. B. 17 and is remembered on the Morley and Wymondham
War Memorials. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Thrower, of
Morley and a resident of Wymondham. |
| THROWER |
Edward
Robert |
Private
G/10189 Edward Robert Thrower was born in Heigham c1893. He originally
enlisted as 14228 in the Norfolk Regiment in Wymondham then later
transferred to the 1st Middlesex Regiment. He served in France &
Flanders and died on 17th June 1915 aged 22. He is buried at Wimereux
Communal Cemetery Grave I. J. 1A and is remembered on the Morley
and Wymondham War Memorials. He was the son of Robert Edward and
Hannah Elizabeth Thrower, of Suton, Wymondham. |
ALSO
OF THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945
|
| BURT |
Francis
[George] |
Private
5778679, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 4 May 1944.
Aged 29. Son of William Henry and Edith Burt, of Morley St. Botolph,
Norfolk. Buried in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 2. Row A. Grave
8. |
| LAWRENCE |
Palmer |
No
further information currently available |
| NORTON |
Stephen [Ernest] |
Bombardier
1133690, 100 (The Gordon Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 14 May 1944. Aged 24. Son of Bertie
William and Mary Zillah Lorina Norton, of Wymondham, Norfolk. Buried
in GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY, India. plot 1. Row K. Grave 18. |
| SEMMENCE |
Victor
[Ellis] |
Private
5775708, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 20 January
1942 during the Japanese invasion of Singpaore. Son of James and
Florence Semmence, of Morley St. Botolph, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Column 52.
|
| SNELLING |
Charles
[Albert] |
Private
5772490, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died asa Prisoner
of War of the Japanese 5 October 1943. Aged 26. Son of Robert John
and Emma Maria Snelling. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 2. Row K. Grave 53.
|
| SNELLING |
Frederick
[John] |
Private
5771468, 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died during the
Japanese invasion of Singapore 13 February 1942. Aged 27. Buried
in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 11. Row A. Grave 18. |
| SNELLING |
Wilfred
[George] |
Private
5770419, 30th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 17 December
1944. Aged 32. Son of Robert J. Snelling and Emma M. Snelling; husband
of Lilian F. W. Snelling, of Morley St. Peter. Buried in ST. BOTOLPH
CHURCHYARD, MORLEY, Norfolk. Row 3. Grave 22. |
| STONE |
Edward
[John] |
Private
5775213, 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a prisoner
of War of the Japanese 31 October 1943. Aged 22. Son of Russell
Edward and Elsie May Stone. of Morley St. Botolph, Norfolk. Buried
in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot B4. Row S. Grave
9.
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