SALTERS LODE
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compile & Copyright Cliff Brown 2003
The
war memorial cross stands within railings beside the main road.
To
the memory of the gallant fallen from this parish.
Great War 1914-19
AKRED |
Albert
John |
Private
30436, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 18
February 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Downham Market, enlisted
Norwich. Son of John & Elizabeth Mary Akred, Fen Drove, Downham
West. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
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BECK |
George
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Stoker
1st Class SS/1130564, HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy. Lost with his
ship 31 May 1916, at the Battle of Jutland. Aged 26. Son of Elizabeth
Beck, Salter’s Lode. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Hants. |
BECK |
John
|
Serjeant
50150 Sg, Machine Gun Corps. 25 August 1919, age 25. Buried in
Downham Market Cemetery, Norfolk. |
BROWN |
Henry
Warboys |
Gunner
101278, 14th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of
wounds 14th December 1918 at home. Enlisted Norwich, resident
Downham Market. Buried in Denver (St Mary's) Churchyard, Norfolk.
Photograph
Copyright © Christine Yaxley 2021
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COLLINS,
MM |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
G/6691, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 3-5-17. No known grave.
Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
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CRABB |
Tom
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Private
3/8071, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 20-10-15,
age 32. Son of George & Sarah Crabb, Bridge Rd, Downham Market.
Buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
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CORLEY |
George
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Private
8583, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 31-10-16, Mesopotamia.
Born Denver, enlisted Downham Market. No known grave. Commemorated
on Basra Memorial, Iraq. |
CORLEY |
John
|
Private
241024, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 19-4-17, Palestine.
Husband of Mrs Florence Corley, Wisbech Rd, Downham West. No known
grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. |
FROST |
John
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No
further information currently. |
HARNWELL |
George
|
Private
2125, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Captured during the attack
of 12-8-15 (made famous in ‘All the King’s Men’). Died 21-8-15,
Prisoner of War, age 16 (sixteen). Born and enlisted Downham Market.
Son of George & Mary Elizabeth Harnwell, Bridge Rd, Downham
West.Special Memorial, Buried in Haida Pascha Cemetery, Turkey.
Grave lost. |
HAWES |
John
|
Lance
Corporal 9054, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action
27-7-17, age 27. Born Denver, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, resident
Woodford, Essex. Husband of Rosetta New (formerly Hawes), Cooks
Farm, Methwold. Buried in Bluet Farm Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium.
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KING |
Fred
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No
further information currently. |
KING |
Arthur
E |
Private
TF/202353, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 28th March 1918. Born Salter's Lodge (sic), Norfolk,
enlisted Norwich. Buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extensions,
Somme, France. |
LACK |
Fred
|
Private
45750, 18th Company, Machine Gun Corps (6th Division). 16-10-16.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
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MANSELL |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
35247, 1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died
of wounds 21st May 1918, age 22. Born Denver, Norfolk, enlisted
Norwich, resident Downham Market. Son of William & Maria Mansell,
Salter’s Lode. Formerly 6534, Middlesex Regiment. Buried in Pernes
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
SPINKS |
George
William |
Driver
210322, "B" Battery, 93rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Born Downham, enlisted Attleborough.
No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
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STEWARD |
Charles
[Edward] |
Private
3/10012, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 8th
October 1918, age 45. Born Downham Market, enlisted Norwich. Husband
of Rose Matilda Steward, Bridge Rd, Downham Market. No known grave.
Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
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TEBBUTT |
Arthur
J |
Leading
Stoker K/17500, HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy. 9-7-17, age 25. Son
of James & Eliza Tebbutt, Salter’s Lode. No known grave. Commemorated
on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. |
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also 1939-45 |
BECKETT |
Alfred
Laurence |
Private
5777362, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. 23-3-43, age 23.
Son of John & Julia Ada Beckett, Downham Market. Buried in
Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. |
HUNTER |
Douglas
Frederick |
Signalman
3778844, 2nd Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. 27-2-45,
age 31. Son of Mr & Mrs Frederick Walter Hunter; husband of
Alice Maude Hunter, Downham Market. No known grave. Commemorated
on Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. |
MANSELL |
Reginald
H |
Gunner
1114536, 80 Anti-Tank Rgt, Royal Artillery. 16-2-42, age 26, Prisoner
of War. Son of Harry & Florence Evangeline Mansell, Downham
Market. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Civil Hospital
Grave Memorial, Singapore. |
NORTH |
Joseph
Harry |
Private14659761,
1st Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Rgt). 23-5-44, age 20.
Son of George & Ruth North, Downham West. Buried in Beach
Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. |
RUDD |
Robert
|
Private
5775097, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. 2-4-42, age 21,
Prisoner of War. Son of Sarah & stepson of Bob Jarrod, Downham
Market. Buried in Krangi War Cemetery, Singapore. |
WATSON |
Aubrey
|
Serjeant 1544653, 55 (The Suffolk Yeomarny) Anti-Tank Rgt, Royal
Artillery. 25-6-44, age 24. Son of Mrs E Ewin, Downham West; husband
of Winifred Margaret Watson, Downham West. Buried in St Manvieu
War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, France. |
Last updated
4 April, 2021
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