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SUFFIELD
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
Suffield
is a small village north of Aylsham. The War memorial is situated in the
Churchyard.
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Photograph
Copyright © Evelyn Jenner 2004
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AMIES
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Albert
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Private
23443. 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 5 March
1917. Age 20. Born Colby. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Matthew and Anna
Amies, of Suffield, Aylsham, Norfolk; brother of William below.
Buried: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI. B.
83.
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William
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Pioneer
354231, 74th Div. Signal Company, Royal Engineers. 17th Brigade.
Killed in action 26 September 1918. Age 27. Born Norfolk, enlisted
Derby, resident Suffield. Son of Matthew and Anna A. Amies, of Suffield,
Norwich, Norfolk; brother of Albert above. Formerly 99377, Royal
Field Artillery. Buried: EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme,
France. Ref. III. H. 7.
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BUGDEN
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John
Cyril |
Gunner
2007. 4th Div. Ammunition Col., Australian Field Artillery. Died
of broncho- pneumonia in No. 2 Aus. Gen. Hospital, Marseilles on
Thursday 15 June 1916. Age 26. Born at Elm Farm, Suffield, Norfolk,
England. Enlisted Geraldton, Western Australia. Son of John Henry
and Sophia Bugden, of The Laurels, Rushmere, Lowestoft, England.
Buried: MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.
Ref. IV . A. 12. (further information can be obtained from the Australian
Roll of Honour www.awm.gov.au/database)
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Frederick
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Private
53112. 2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment. Formerly 64597 Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action on Tuesday 14 May 1918. Age 28. Born Suffield.
Lived Aylsham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Elizabeth Lown,
of Suffield, Norfolk. Buried: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VIII. P. 42. |
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PIKE
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Lacey
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Private
2588. "A" Coy. 1st/5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday 12 August
1915. Age 19. Enlisted Dereham. Son of Walter and Susannah Pike,
of Church Farm Cottage, Antingham, North Walsham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
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John
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Private
8095. 6th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Killed in action
Wednesday 4 April 1917. Age 20. Born and lived Suffield. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Mrs. A. Thirst, of Suffield, Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried:
FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. III.
N. 3. |
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THIRST,
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William |
Private
9353. "B" Coy. 7th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds Friday
4 October 1918. Age 30. Born Suffield. Enlisted Cromer. Son of James
and Mary Anne Thirst, of Suffield. Buried: SUFFIELD (ST. MARGARET)
CHURCHYARD, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
20 July 2004
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