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STANHOE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolyn Langley, researched Lynda Smith - 2003

All Saints Church.
Marble Tablet at back of church

Photographs Copyright © Carolyn Langley 2003
 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL
& PRAYERFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.

ALLEN     

Edward P                     

Private 42906. 10th Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 10648 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 26th April 1918. Aged 19. Born Stanhoe. Lived and enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 51 and 52.

BRADFORD   

(Cornelius) William    

Lance Corporal PW/6408. 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th November 1917. Born and enlisted Norwich. Lived King’s Lynn. Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 9.

CHAPMAN, D.C.M  

Albert E

Corporal 13699. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France and Flanders on 26th September 1916. Born King’s Lynn. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.

CHESTNEY    

Arthur                       

ble Seaman 233864. H.M.S. "Cressy. Royal Navy. Died on 22nd September 1914. Aged 25. Son of Mr. J. Chestney, of Stanhoe, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 2.

CHESTNEY 

William                          

(Chetney on CD). Private 69135. 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly SE/3845 A.V.C. Died in France & Flanders on 9th December 1917. Aged 35. Born Stanhoe. Lived St. Annes. Enlisted Brighton. Son of James and Elizabeth Chestney, of Stanhoe, Norfolk; husband of S. E. Chestney, of 63, Western Rd., Lewes. Buried: Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. V. D. 18.

CHESTNEY 

George                       

Private 12748. 10th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Killed in action in France & Flanders on 5th January 1917. Aged 32. Born Stanhoe. Lived Sandgate, Kent. Enlisted Folkestone, Kent. Son of J. Chestney, of Stanhoe, Norfolk; husband of Annie Mary Alice Chestney, of Grange Farm, Goudhurst, Kent. Buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. E. 18.

COX

A E

Private. No further information available at present.

FROST

Charles William

Private 26791. 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Formerly 2982 Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 11th November 1918. Aged 40. Born King’s Lynn. Lived Southampton. Enlisted Chichester. Son of Robert and Sarah Frost, of Stanhoe, Norfolk; husband of Edith Frost, of Warsash, Southampton. Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. S. III. Q. 9.

GRAY

Albert Edward

Private 640113. 38th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.). Died 12th May 1920. Aged 25. Born on 7th August 1894, the son of John Robert and Maria Gray, of Barwick, Stanhoe, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was a farmer by profession in Canada. Buried: Kingston (Cataraqui) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada. Range 2. Sec. G. 37.

GRAY   

G W

Corporal. No further information available at present.

GREEVES

Ernest Arthur

Lance Corporal 18527. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France and Flanders on 9th October 1917. commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A

GREEVES

Horace

Private 43319. 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 2749 Norfolk Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th September 1916. Born Syderstone, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert and Sarah Greeves, of Cross Lane, Stanhoe, King's Lynn. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D

HERRELL   

H W

Petty Officer. No further information available at present.

LINGE

Arthur

Private 651896. 18th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regt.) Died on 28th August 1918. He was born on 16th January 1878, the son of John and Anne Linge, of Stanhoe, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. In Canada he was a packer in a furniture factory. Buried: Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. B. 29. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5660 - 45

RAINES   

Frank J

Private 15495. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 15th September 1916. Born Sedgeford, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D

RAYNER

Edward G

Private 13681. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4th June 1916. Aged 23. Born Silvertown, Middlesex. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. E. G. and Mrs. S. A. Rayner, of Cross Lane, Stanhoe, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried: Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. C. 45.

ROBINSON 

Charles Surtees

Captain. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds on 13th September 1916. Son of Mr. C. T. Robinson, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 59.

ROUT

W

Petty Officer. No further information available at present.

SMITHSON

Frederick Edgar

Private 49824. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 5771 Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 18th September 1918. Lived Stanhoe. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7.

WILLIAMSON

A G

Private. No further information available at present.

Buried in churchyard but not on memorial
BOYT H G R

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 31st July 1918. Son of Mr C and Mrs E Boyt, Of Newland, L]Malvern Link, Worcestershire.

1939 – 1945

AYRES

Francis Eric              

Sapper 2158182. 999 Docks Operating Coy. Royal Engineers. Died on 7th June 1944. Aged 22. Son of Arthur and Daisy Ayres, of Stanhoe, Norfolk. Buried: Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ref. 3. F. 14.

CALLEBY

Robin

Gunner 1839824. 441 Bty., 116 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Died on 31st January 1942. Aged 21. Son of Charles and Rosana Callaby, of Stanhoe. Buried: Stanhoe (All Saints) Churchyard.

30 August 2004

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