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RAVENINGHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Michael Peck 2017
The
memorial stands in the churchyard of in Raveningham, Norfolk. It takes
the form of a four step base surmounted by a plinth atop of which is
a tapering shaft with a cross at the top. The inscription is around
the top two steps and the plinth and lists both World War 1 and World
War 2. Within the church are two identical Rolls of Honour to the men
who served in World War 1 and those who gave their lives are marked
with an asterisk. The Rolls are both handwritten, the first has obviously
suffered water damage and the second is a replica of it.
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TO
THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
THIS CROSS
IS SET UP IN
GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE WHO
PRESERVED OUR
HOMES IN TIMES
OF DANGER
| ALDEN |
Walter |
Walter
Baden Alden. Stoker 2nd Class (allocated for casualty purposes)
K54538, Royal Navy (naval records note ‘not finally entered, died
of Pneumonia 21st October 1918 at Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham
before entry papers completed). HMS Pembroke II (shore establishment).
Son of John and Mary Ann Alden. Born 1900 Gillingham, Norfolk. Present
1911 Beccles, SFK. No trace CWGC. Commemorated Raveningham (St Andrew)
Churchyard. |
| BARKER |
Sidney |
Sidney
Allen Barker. Private 29258. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
formerly 27326 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1917.
Son of William and Elizabeth Barker. Born 1898 Raveningham, enlisted
Norwich and resident Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated Artillery
Wood Cemetery. VI.D.4. |
| CHASTON |
Thomas |
Thomas
George Chaston. Able Seaman SS/4525, Royal Navy. HMS ‘Vanguard’
(Dreadnought Battleship, sunk by accidental explosion). Died 9th
July 1917. Son of George and Caroline L Chaston. Brother of Amelia
Playford of Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk. Born 18th March
1894 Aldeby, Norfolk. Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial, 21. |
| CLUTTEN |
Allan
M |
Allan
Maxwell Clutten. Lance Corporal 41369. 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment,
formerly 6159 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1917. Son
of Charles and Emma Clutten. Born 25th August 1893 Raveningham,
enlisted Norwich and resident Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated
Arras Memorial. Bay 7. |
| CLUTTEN |
William |
William
Robert Clutten. Private 21333. 8th Battalion, Border Regiment, formerly
19102 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 29th July 1916. Son of Charles
and Emma Clutten. Born 1896 Raveningham, enlisted Norwich and resident
Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated Bertrancourt Military Cemetery.
Plot 1. Row H. Grave 21. |
| EVERSON |
Stanley |
One
Stanley Everson only identified as WW1 casualty, but no proven connection
with Raveningham found. Possibly Private 8780. 1st Battalion, Kings
Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 11th September 1914.
Son of Frederick and Hannah Everson of Bentley Road, Little Bromley,
ESS. Born 1887 Wix and enlisted Colchester, ESS. Commemorated Montreuil-Aux-Lions
British Cemetery. III.C.1/2. |
| FARROW |
Edmund
G B |
Edmund
George Banham Farrow. Private 7108. 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery
Company. Died 8th August 1917. Son of Edmund and Frederica Gourlay
Farrow of Raveningham, Norfolk. Husband of Isabella S Farrow (nee
Hall) of ‘The College’, Beccles, SFK. Born 1889 Raveningham, Norfolk,
enlisted Armoury House, LND and resident Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated
Messines Ridge British Cemetery. V.A.27. |
| GOODRUM |
Sidney |
Sidney
Goodrum on c1884 birth record and census, Sidney George Goodrum
on military records. Private G/63088. 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers,
formerly 9303 Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action
3rd May 1917. Son of Samuel and Lydia Goodrum of Brundish, Norfolk.
Born Fundenhall, enlisted Norwich and resident Raveningham, Norfolk.
Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 3. |
| PLAYFORD |
John |
Deck
Hand 10703DA, Royal Naval Reserve. HM Trawler ‘Thomas Stratten’.
Died 20th October 1917. Son of (the late) Mark and Sarah Ann Playford
of Pockthorpe, Norfolk. Born 26th September 1889 (as baptism record)
or 31st August 1889 (as naval record) Heckingham, Norfolk. Commemorated
Chatham Naval Memorial. 26. |
| RUSH |
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 15445. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
15th September 1916. Son of Arthur Robert and Jane Rush. Born 1890
Harkstead, SFK and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Present Raveningham
1911. Commemorated Guillemont Road Cemetery. Spec Mem VI.H.3. |
| SAMPSON |
Frederick |
[Listed
as SAMSON on memorial] Private 16091, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 9 September 1915. Born 16 December 1897 at Tasburgh,
Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Son of James Sampson; brother
of Edward Sampson. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Tasurgh,
Norfolk, son of James and Rosetta Sampson, resident near church,
Strumpshaw, Blofield, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 13,
born Tasburgh, Norfolk, at school, son of James Sampson (a widower),
resident Hales Green, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk. Entered France 25
July 1915. Buried in Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 4. |
| SPARROW |
Charles |
Private
14454. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18th October
1916. Son of (the late) George and Harriet Elizabeth Sparrow of
Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk. Born 21st August 1890 Raveningham
and enlisted 7th September 1914 Norwich, Norfolk. Commemorated Thiepval
Memorial. Pier and Face 1C and 1D. |
| SPARROW |
George |
Deck
Hand 8106DA, Royal Naval Reserve. HM Trawler ‘Tettenhall’. Died
23rd May 1917. Son of (the late) George and Harriet Elizabeth Sparrow
of Raveningham, Norfolk. Born 24th September 1881 Raveningham, Norfolk.
Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 26. |
| SPARROW |
Henry |
Henry
Sparrow on 1894 birth record, Harry Sparrow on military records.
Corporal 15399. 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died home 8th June
1917. Son of (the late) George and Harriet Elizabeth Sparrow of
Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk. Born Raveningham, Norfolk and
enlisted Beccles, SFK. Commemorated Felixstowe New Cemetery. C.93. |
AND
OF THE
WORLD WAR
1939-1945 |
| COPEMAN |
Geoffrey
G T |
Geoffrey
George Thomas Copeman. Able Seaman D/JX336995, Royal Navy. HMS ‘President
III’ (shore establishment). Died 2nd January 1943. Son of George
and Annie M Copeman (nee Sparrow) of Raveningham, Norfolk. Commemorated
Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel 79. Column 1. |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
TO
THE ARMS OF THY LOVE WE COMMIT THEM
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Roll
of Honour (unstained) - Names in order of entry on Roll -
The
stained Roll is identical |
Roll
of Honou
Raveningham
Rev R E Skene |
| BANHAM |
George |
|
| BARKER |
Arthur |
|
| BARKER |
Frederick |
|
| BROCK |
Henry |
|
| CHASTON |
Thomas |
* |
| CLUTTEN |
William |
* |
| DAYNES |
Frederick |
|
| FARROW |
Edmund
G B |
* |
| GIBBS |
Charles |
|
| GIBBS |
George |
|
| GRICE |
Frederick |
|
| GRICE |
George |
|
| HARDISTY |
James |
* |
| JERMY |
Frederick |
|
| JENKERSON |
Arthur |
|
| JENKERSON |
Harry |
|
| MARSHALL |
Edmund |
|
| MENDHAM |
Stanley |
|
| MOSS |
Oliver |
|
| PLAYFORD |
George |
|
| PLAYFORD |
John |
* |
| REID |
Robert
M |
|
| RODWELL |
?
? |
|
| RUSH |
Frederick |
* |
| SMITH |
Alfred |
|
| SMITH |
Frank |
|
| SMITH |
James |
|
| SPARROW |
Arthur |
|
| SPARROW |
Charles |
* |
| SPARROW |
George |
* |
| SPARROW |
Henry |
* |
| SPIRES |
Walter
B |
|
| STANNARD |
Walter |
* |
| TENNANT |
William |
|
| WARNES |
Alexander |
|
| WARNES |
Ernest |
|
| WARNES |
William |
|
| WYETT |
Walter |
|
| CLUTTEN |
Allen
M |
* |
| EDWARDS |
Benjamin |
|
| GRICE |
Leonard |
|
| LOVE |
James |
|
| GOODRUM |
Sidney
G |
* |
| CABLE |
Walter |
|
| MOSS |
Henry |
|
| WRIGHT |
Sidney |
|
| GROOM |
Albert |
* |
| SAMSON |
Frederick |
* |
| EVERSON |
Stanley |
* |
| COSSEY |
?
Elmer |
|
| SAWYER |
Walter |
|
| BARKER |
Sidney |
* |
| JENKERSON |
Ernest |
|
| CATTON |
William |
|
| GREEN |
Frank |
|
| WARNES |
Albert |
|
| TIPPLE |
Arthur |
|
| SUTTON |
James |
|
| REEVOR |
Horace |
|
| BUCK |
William |
|
| ALDEN |
Walter
B |
* |
| CABLE |
John |
|
| CABLE |
John |
Volunteered
but medically unfit. |
| “For
King and Country” |
Last
updated
1 May, 2020
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