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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
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Photographs
Copyright © Carolyn Langley 2003
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL
& PRAYERFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.
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ALLEN
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Edward
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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.
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BRADFORD
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(Cornelius)
William
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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.
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CHAPMAN,
D.C.M
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Albert
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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.
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CHESTNEY
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Arthur
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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.
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CHESTNEY
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William
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(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.
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CHESTNEY
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George
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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.
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COX
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E
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Private.
No further information available at present.
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FROST
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Charles
William
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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.
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GRAY
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Albert
Edward
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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.
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GRAY
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Corporal.
No further information available at present.
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GREEVES
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Ernest
Arthur
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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
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GREEVES
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Horace
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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
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HERRELL
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Petty
Officer. No further information available at present.
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LINGE
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Arthur
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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
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RAINES
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Frank
J
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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
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RAYNER
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Edward
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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.
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ROBINSON
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Charles
Surtees
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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.
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ROUT
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Petty
Officer. No further information available at present.
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SMITHSON
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Frederick
Edgar
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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.
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WILLIAMSON
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Private.
No further information available at present.
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Buried
in churchyard but not on memorial
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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.
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1939
– 1945
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AYRES
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Francis
Eric
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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.
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CALLEBY
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Robin
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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.
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30 August
2004
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