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SUFFIELD
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
Suffield
is a small village north of Aylsham. The War memorial is situated in
the churchyard of St Margaret’s Church, Suffield Common, Suffield,
Norfolk. It is prominently situated in the churchyard near to the east
window of the church. It comprises a rough-hewn wheel-head cross on
a plinth with two-stepped base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in
leaded lettering. There are seven names listed for World War 1 and none
for World War 2.
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Photograph
Copyright © Evelyn Jenner 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM SUFFIELD WHO FELL DURING
THE GREAT WAR, A.D. 1914 – 1919
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AMIES
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Albert
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Private
23443. 9th Battalion,, 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 in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
VI. Row B. Grave 83. |
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AMIES
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William
G |
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 in EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row H. Grave 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 in MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.
Plot IV. Row A. Grave 12. (further information can be obtained from
the Australian Roll of Honour www.awm.gov.au/database)
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LOWN
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Frederick
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Private
53112. 2nd Battalion,, 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 in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY,
SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row P. Grave 42.
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PIKE
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Lacey
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Private
2588. "A" Coy. 1st/5th Battalion,, 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.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey. Panel 42
to 44.
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THIRST
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John
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Private
8095. 6th Battalion,, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment.)
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 in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row N. Grave 3. |
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THIRST,
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William |
Private
9353. "B" Coy. 7th Battalion,, 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 in SUFFIELD (ST.
MARGARET) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Not
on the memorial but connected with Suffield
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| GOTTS |
Eric
William |
Marine
PO/X 2274, No. 40 R.M. Commando, Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines.
Killed in action at Dieppe 19 August 1942. Aged 23. Born 28 August
1918 in Antingham, North Walsham, Norfolk. Son of William Edward
Gotts, and of Gertrude Gotts, of Suffield, Norfolk. Buried in DIEPPE
CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER, Seine-Maritime, France. Row
A. Grave 30. |
Last
updated
1 December, 2020
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