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SWAFFHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Carolynn Langley; Researched
by Lynda Smith - 2003
Situated
by the Market Square is a marble plaque with the names carved into it.
Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
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TO
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE 90 SWAFFHAM MEN
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN
| ALCOCK |
Edwin |
(Allcock
on CWGC & CD). Driver 801575. 44th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Died on 3rd October 1917 in Palestine. Born Swaffham.
Enlisted Grimsby. Buried: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Ref. E. 117. |
| ALCOCK |
Sidney |
(Allcock
on CWGC & CD). Private 41030. 8th Battalion Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers. Formerly 26656 Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 16th August 1917.
Aged 19. Born Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Arthur Allcock,
of Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 70 to 72 |
| ANCELL |
Ernest
|
1st
Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died 1st July 1916. No further information
available at present. |
| BARKER |
Percy
E |
Private
G/18289. 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 7th October 1916 (memorial
gives 6th October). Aged 30. Born St. Thomas, Norfolk.
Lived Southacre, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Charles and
Elizabeth Barker, of Field Barn, Southacre, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
11 C |
| BEAN(E) |
Stanley
William |
Probably:
Private 29950. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 1st May 1917.
(Memorial gives 3rd April). Born Aylsham. Enlisted East Dereham.
Son of Stanley Beane, of Erpingham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Loos
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. |
| BLOOM |
Alfred
A |
(Albert
on CD) Driver T4/038223. Attd. 76th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 25th October 1918. Born Knapton. Lived Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen,
France. Ref. S. II. FF. 1. |
| BLOYE |
Herbert
(Henry) |
Private
18227. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Born Castleacre.
Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 3 |
| BRANCH |
Edward
James |
Gunner
876086. 403rd Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery. Killed in
action in Mesopotamia on 27th October 1918. Aged 23.
Born and enlisted Swaffham. Son of William Charles and Hannah Elizabeth
Branch, of May Terrace, Lynn Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Basra memorial, Iraq. Panel 3 and 60. |
| BREWSTER,
MM |
Charles
Frederick |
Acting
Company Serjeant Major 7772. 10th Battalion Lincolnshire
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 21st October
1917. Aged 30. Born Landour, Bengal, India. Lived Mapperley,
Notts. Enlisted Swaffham. Son of Colour Serjeant C. F. Brewster,
of Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk. Husband of M. Wheals (formerly
Brewster), of 1, Palmer St. , Lincoln. Buried: Solferino Farm
Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I. C. 3. |
| BRIGHTWELL |
Bertie
William |
Private
26471. 96th Company Machine Gun Corps. Formerly G/18956
Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd
July 1916 (memorial gives 3rd July). Born Swaffham. Enlisted London.
Son of William Francis and Annie Maria Brightwell, of Theatre St.
, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. |
| BROUGHTON |
George
Henry |
Private
53129. 3rd Battalion, 150th Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
25330 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 8th October 1918. Aged
21. Born Eastmoor, Norfolk. Lived Swaffham. Enlisted King’s
Lynn. Son of John Broughton, of Eastmoor, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk.
Buried: Ribecourt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. II. C.
2. |
| BUCK |
Christopher
Philip |
Private
47182. 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland
Fusiliers. Formerly 185283 Royal Engineers. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 27th March 1917. Aged 39. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Robert and Sarah Buck, of Swaffham; husband of Elizabeth
Martha Clarke (formerly Buck), of Silfield, Wymondham, Norfolk.
Buried: Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. III. K. 18. |
| BULLARD |
William |
Private
202246 (5161 on CD) 1st London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers. Posted
1/9th London Regiment. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 15th September 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted Handel Street.
Lived St. Pancras. Son of Mrs. E. Tyrell, of Back Lane, Swaffham,
Norfolk. Buried: Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Ref. V. B. 10. |
| BUNTING |
Donald
Morton |
Private
6260. 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 24th November 1915. Aged 22. Born
and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Ashtead. Son of George Harry and
Daisy Mary Bunting, of Western House, Swaffham, Norfolk. Educated
at Rydal Mount, Colwyn Bay, and Guy's Hospital. Buried: Woburn
Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. B. 17.
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| BANHAM |
Karl
Felgate |
Able
Seaman J18609. HMS Pembroke (Memorial gives HMS Actaeon). Royal
Navy. Died on 19th February 1919. Buried: Swaffham (SS. Peter
And Paul) Churchyard. |
| CALVER |
Ernest
Edwin |
Corporal
G/4075. 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action with the British Expeditionary Force on 21st
October 1916. Aged 23. Born Swaffham. Enlisted London. Son of
Edgar and Maria Calver, of Gooderstone; husband of Margaret Calver,
of Globe Hill, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. |
| CHRISTOPHERSON |
Clifford
Bunting |
Private
2988. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th
August 1915. (The memorial and the CD give the date as 28th
August). Aged 19. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Fred and Mary
Ellen Christopherson, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles
Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
| CHAMBERLAIN |
William
Chapman |
Company
Serjeant Major 6384. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 3rd November 1914. Aged
37. Husband of Jane Chamberlain, of 9, Buckland Rd. , Leyton, London.
Native of Swaffham, Norfolk. Born Burnham. Enlisted Swaffham.
Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Ref. III. A. 37.
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| COPSEY |
Charles
Henry |
Corporal
3035. 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 26th March 1918. Aged 30. Born and
enlisted Swaffham. Son of Anna Jane Copsey, of Lynn St. , Swaffham,
Norfolk, and the late Benjamin Copsey. Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial,
Somme, France. Panel 2. |
| DAWSON |
Stanley |
Rifleman
48999. 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. Formerly 13/78320
53rd T.R. Battalion. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 1st November 1918. Aged 18. Born and lived
Swaffham. Enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex. Son of Eliza Anne Dawson,
of Gordon Terrace, London St. , Swaffham, Norfolk, and the late
Albert W. Dawson. Buried: Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension,
Nord, France. Ref. C. 28. |
| DIAPER |
Frederick |
(Listed
as P. Diaper on CWGC). Private 242154. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 23rd
April 1917. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried:
Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Ref.
B.8. |
| DRAKE |
Alexander |
Gunner
875889. "D" Battery 44th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 30th September
1918. Born Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Unicorn Cemetery,
Vend'Huile, Aisne, France. Ref. II. C. 23. |
| EVERITT |
Percy |
(Everritt
on CWGC). Private 18920. 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 26th February
1917. Aged 24. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Finsbury Barracks.
Son of Emma H. Everritt, of White Hart Lane, Swaffham, Norfolk.
Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Ref. O. V. D. 14. |
| FOUNTAIN |
Robert |
Private
7680. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in Mesopotamia on 14th April 1915 (Memorial gives 15th
April). Born Hilgay. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Basra War Cemetery,
Iraq. Ref. III. D. 14. |
| FULLER |
George |
Private
51555. 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 6861
25th Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action in France
and Flanders on 31st July 1917. Born North Wold. Lived Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. |
| FRANKLIN |
Herbert
Thomas |
Private
1571. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on
12th August 1915. (The memorial and the CD give the
date as 28th August). Born and enlisted Swaffham. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
| GOUT |
Ernest |
 |
Photograph
Copyright © Chris Harley 2008 |
Corporal
8631. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 12th July 1915. Aged 21.
Born and enlisted Swaffham. Son of Mrs. W. Gout, of Lynn St., Swaffham,
Norfolk. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France.
Ref. I. D. 99. |
| GUYMER |
Robert
Henry Edward |
Lance
Corporal 16513. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 21479 Hussars.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd October
1915. Aged 26. Born Swaffham. Lived S. Harrow. Enlisted Sherborne.
Son of Philip and Phoebe Guymer. Commemorated: Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 25 to 27. |
| HEYHOE |
William
Sidney |
Private
19573. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France and Flanders on 15th September 1916. Born
Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| HOWARD |
Frank
Edward |
Serjeant
240306. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in
Palestine on 25th April 1917. Born Westacre. Enlisted East Dereham.
Son of Charles Abram and Emma E. Howard, of 2, Post Office Terrace,
Lynn St. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Port Said War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt. Ref. J. 24. |
| HOWARD |
William
James |
Private
28695. 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 28th March 1918. Born Great Yarmouth. Lived
Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| HORSLEY |
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 3/7281. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. (Memorial
gives 1st Norfolks). Died of wounds in France & Flanders on
10th July 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Swaffham. Son of Walter
and Susannah Horsley, of 2, May Terrace, Lynn Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk.
Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. IV. O. 20. |
| HUDSON |
Arthur
G |
Private
300076. 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly 225745
Northamptonshire Regiment. Died at home on 25th October 1918.
Aged 37. Lived Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Swaffham
(Ss. Peter And Paul) Churchyard. |
| HUDSON |
Cecil
Rupert |
Private
67180. London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), Posted to 2nd/2nd Battalion
Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 18670 29th T.R. Battalion.
Killed in action in France and Flanders on 26th October
1917. Born Swaffham. Lived and enlisted Norwich. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 28
to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A. |
| JOHNSON |
William |
Probably:
Lance Corporal 7590. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Died in Mesopotamia on 28th November 1916. (Memorial
gives 3rd December). Born Ashill. Enlisted East Dereham. Buried:
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI. L. 33. |
| KEMBERY |
(Ernest
John) Jack |
Rifleman
S/14805. 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 27th February 1917 (Memorial gives
26th February). Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Stratford, Essex.
Buried: Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France. Ref. II.
R. 2. |
| LAKE |
George |
Rifleman
S/21883. 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 20th September 1917. Aged 34. Born
Swaffham. Lived Forest Gate, Essex. Enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex.
Son of Robert Lake, of The Poole, Swaffham, Norfolk; husband of
Mrs. E. E. Lake, of 10, Skimmington Cottages, Reigate Heath, Reigate,
Surrey. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 145 to 147. |
| LINFORD |
Herbert |
Private
17938. 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died at home
on 15th March 1915. Born Fransham. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: Felixstowe (Walton) Cemetery, Suffolk. |
| LONG |
George |
Serjeant
15720. 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 13th July 1916. Aged 36. Born Wymondham.
Lived Swaffham. Son of John and Mary Arm Long, of Wymondham, Norfolk;
husband of E. E. Long, of Lynn Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Ref. A.29.20. |
| LUSHER |
James |
Private
40174. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly
28184 Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 19th April 1917. Aged 30. Born and lived Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Charlotte Lusher, of 26, Ash
Close, Swaffham; husband of Edith Mary Lusher, of 22, Providence
Terrace, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 41. |
| MANNING |
William |
Private
1573. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on 28th
August 1915. (CWGC gives 12th August 1915). Born Rougham.
Enlisted Swaffham. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel
42 to 44. |
| MEDLOCK |
John |
Private
9271. 2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company. Died in France
& Flanders on 7th February 1917. (Memorial gives
date as 7th February 1916). Born Swaffham. Lived Islington.
Enlisted Holloway. Buried: Hem Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
Ref. E. 5. |
| MORLEY |
John
Horace |
Private
17946. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on 5th July 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Cologne
Southern Cemetery, Germany. Ref. XI. A. 10. |
| NEALE |
John
Sidney |
Serjeant
331019. 1st/7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly 2548
2/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 27th September 1918. Born Beetley. Lived
Sheffield. Enlisted East Dereham. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 5 and 6. |
| NICHOLS |
Herbert
Edward |
(Edmund
on CWGC) Sapper
85370. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 26th June 1916. Aged 36. Born Necton.
Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Harrison John and Martha
Nichols; husband of Agnes Mary Nichols, of 7, Charlbury Terrace,
Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Ref. I. G. 30. |
| NELSON |
Edgar
William |
Private
73574. 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.
) Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th
March 1918. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted King’s Lynn.
Buried: Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Somme, France.
Ref. I. D. 20. |
| NOKES |
Robert
William |
Officer's
Steward 2nd Class L/6551. H.M.S. "Indefatigable. " Royal
Navy. Died on 31st May 1916. Commemorated: Plymouth
Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 17.
Special
note: The Battlecruiser Indefatigable was in action at the Battle
of Jutland when she was hit on the fore turret and the magazine
spaces were penetrated, blowing the ship in half. She sank with
a loss of 1017 crew. There were four survivors. |
| OFFORD |
Edgar
Lawrence |
Private
G/2905. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 23. Born
and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Lowestoft. Son of Edgar T. and Ellen
Offord, of Camping Land, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. |
| OXBOROUGH |
George
W |
Private
241090. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regt. Died in Palestine
on19th April 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted Cromer. Buried: Gaza War
Cemetery, Israel. XXIII. E. 2. |
| PAPWORTH |
Sidney
Ernest |
Company
Serjeant Major (CD gives Acting Warrant Officer Class II) 6222.
2nd Battalion Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 14th March 1915. Aged 34. Born
Islington. Lived Dulwich. Enlisted London. Son of John Papworth,
of 46, Amott Rd. , East Dulwich, London; husband of Lily Ada Papworth,
of Roseline Cottage, Campingland, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
20. |
| PARKER |
George
Edward |
Private
28681. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 12th October 1916. Born King’s Lynn. Lived
Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Bancourt British Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XI. B. 2. |
| PEEK |
Maurice
William |
Private
18714. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regt. Killed in action
in Mesopotamia on 22nd April 1917. Born Pentley. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 10. |
| PHILO |
John
Austin |
Private
10315. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 31st July 1916. Born and lived Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| POWLEY |
Charles
Henry |
Private
20533. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 3/7302
Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 22nd
November 1916. Born, lived and enlisted Swaffham. Buried: Grove
Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. Ref. II. K. 17. |
| PRESTON,
DCM |
Phillip
Chamberlayne |
Captain.
7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on
15th October 1915. Aged 36. Son of the late Capt. J. N. Preston
(3rd Hussars), and Mrs. Preston, of Flasby Hall, Gargrave, Leeds.
Served with Lumsden's Horse in the South African Campaign. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. |
| PRECIOUS |
Ernest
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 3/7654. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 6th May 1915. Born Dover.
Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension
(Nord), France. Ref. II. A. 159. |
| RASBARY |
Robert
Frederick George |
Private
13233. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Born Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| READ |
Walter
Frederick |
Private
40026. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 15th September 1916. (Memorial gives
1915). Aged 18. Born Fakenham. Enlisted Swaffham. Son
of Walter Edward and Harriett Read, of Island Cottages, Westacre
Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Native of West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk.
Buried: Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, Somme, France. Ref.
V. J. 4. |
| RALLISON |
Walter
Edward |
Trumpeter
38869. 112th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of
wounds in France & Flanders on 14th November 1915 (memorial
gives 13th November. ) Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. 52. |
| RALLISON |
Albert |
Private
8107. 1st Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.
Died in Mesopotamia on 27th February 1916. Born Swaffham. Enlisted
Canterbury. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Ref. XXI. Y. 38. |
| REEVE |
John
William |
Private
25427. 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Formerly
2702 Middlesex Regiment. Died in France and Flanders on 14th
March 1918. Aged 29. Born Beachamwell, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich.
Husband of Gertrude Reeve, of London St. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XXXI. G.
15. |
| REGESTER |
George |
Rifleman
S/26746. 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s
Own). Died at home on 23rd February 1918. Aged 28. Born Holme
Hale, Swaffham. Lived and enlisted Lewisham, Kent. Son of Charles
Salisbury Regester and Emma Regester, of Station St. , Swaffham.
Buried: Swaffham (Ss. Peter And Paul) Churchyard. |
| REGESTER |
William
James |
Probably:
Private 680586. 1st/22nd (County Of London)
Battalion, The Queen’s). Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 6th July 1917. Enlisted Bermondsey. Lived Gresham
Street. Buried: Oak Dump Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. G.5. |
| RICHARDSON |
Leslie
John |
Private
2305. 15th Battalion (County of London Regiment), (Prince
of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles). Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 15th September 1916. Aged 21. Lived Fulham.
Enlisted London. Son of James and Elizabeth Richardson, of Old
Bank House, Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Cerisy-Gailly French National
Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. I. H. 1. |
| RICHARDSON |
A
Raymond |
K
C O. Died 10th July 1919. No further information available at
present. |
| SMITH |
Clifford |
Norfolk
Regiment. Died 23rd October 1915. No further information available
at present. |
| SMITH |
Donald
Griffen |
Private
PS/6469. 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 2167
Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in France and Flanders on 18th
October 1916. Aged 22. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted London.
Son of Walter and Eleanor Smith, of "Oakleigh," Swaffham,
Norfolk. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. XII. A. 11. |
| SMITH |
Joseph |
Private
3/10083 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 9th May 1917. Aged 44. Born Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Tibbett (formerly
Smith), of Northwell Pool, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| SPENCER |
Arthur |
Sapper
189241. Corps of Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 19th December 1916.
Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Bazentin-Le-Petit
Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. E.21. |
| SQUIRES |
Robert
William |
Private
G/50308. (G/50398 on CWGC). 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Formerly 41788 R.F. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 19th August 1918. Aged 22. Born Cley. Lived Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of William and Clara Squires, of Little Thorns, Swaffham,
Norfolk. Buried: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul,
Nord, France. Ref. I. E. 33. |
| STERNE |
Frank |
Lance
Corporal G/12041. 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917. Born
Manchester. Lived and enlisted Edmonton. |
| STARLING |
George |
Rifleman
R/41237. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles),
King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Formerly TR/10/2362 21st
T.R. Battalion. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th
July 1918. Born Holme Hale. Lived Swaffham. Enlisted King’s
Lynn. Son of Mrs. E. Starling, of 2, Cley Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk.
Buried: Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, Nord, France.
Ref. I. B. 2 |
| THOMPSON |
Herbert
William |
Private
40508. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly
29085 Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 16th November 1916. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| THOMPSON |
Hubert
William |
Private
240488. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
in Palestine on 20th April 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted East Dereham.
Son of Mr. W. H. Thompson, of Prince of Wales Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk.
Buried: Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. A. 70. |
| TWAITES |
Alfred
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 501619 Labour Corps. Formerly 32842 Middlesex Regiment.
Died at home on 24th October 1918. Aged 32. Born and
lived Swaffham. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of William
and Anna Twaites, of Swaffham; husband of Ethel Marion Twaites,
of London St. , Swaffham. Buried: Swaffham Baptist Chapelyard,
Swaffham. |
| TRUNDLE |
Herbert |
Private
PO/2900. Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died on 7th
June 1915. Aged 50. Buried: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Plymouth.
Ref. E. 22. 25. |
| TURNER |
Albert |
No
further information available at present. |
| WARNES |
John
Horace |
Private
33884. 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 12th October 1917. Born Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Samuel Warner, of London. St. , Swaffham,
Norfolk. Buried: Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. III. B. 2. |
| WATTS |
William |
Private
240542. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on 19th April
1917. Aged 19. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Watts,
of 8, Row 43, Great Yarmouth. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel.
Ref. XXIII. F. 7. |
| WARD |
Edward
William |
Gunner
182727. R F Artillery. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 24th October 1918. Lived Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. (Could
not find on CWGC). |
| WARD |
Walter |
Private
40532. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly
29102 Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 16th November 1916. Aged 38. Born and lived Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of William Ward, of Brewery Yard, White
Hart Lane, Swaffham; husband of Harriet Ward, of 2, Albert Terrace,
Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| WARD |
Albert
John |
Private
20369. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 10th March 1917. Born Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. |
| WEBSTER |
Charles
Reginald |
Private
240543. "A" Coy. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died
in Palestine on 10th May 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted East
Dereham. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Webster, of 4, Station Terrace,
Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Haifa War Cemetery, Israel. Ref.
B. 73. |
| WEST |
Reginald
George |
Private
29355. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 22nd October 1917. Aged 21. Born Swaffham.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Richard and Ellen West, of Lynn Rd. ,
Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| WEST |
Sidney
Thomas |
Private
43929. 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of
wounds in France & Flanders on 13th April 1918. Aged 19.
Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of Richard
and Ellen West, of Lynn Rd. , Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines- Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
3. |
| WINTER |
Ernest |
Private
13/1494. 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 4th November 1917. Born and
enlisted Hull. Buried: Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. II. E. 14. |
| WOOD |
(Frederick)
Ernest |
(Frederick
Edward on CWGC) Private
T.F. 5956. 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 29th August 1916. Aged 23.
Lived Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Quarry Cemetery,
Montauban, Somme, France. Ref. V. G. 22. |
| WRIGHT |
Walter
John |
Lance
Corporal 8901. 1st King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th August 1915. Aged
29. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted London. Son of William Walter
and Eliza Julia Wright, of Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
47 and 49. |
| YOUNG |
Wallace
George Leicester |
Private
40283. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly
5209 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 7th February 1917. Aged 26. Born and lived Swaffham. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Charles Valentine Young and Elizabeth Young,
of Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Vermelles British
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. V. D. 38. |
| YOUNGS |
Arthur |
Private
290747. 11th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. (CD gives 8th
Battalion). Died in France & Flanders on 1st July 1917. Aged
21. Born Swaffham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Arthur and
Emma Youngs, of Oak Lodge, Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Calais Southern
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. Plot G. Row 5. Grave 7.
|
1938-1945
| BARKER |
Robert
George |
Gunner
841582. 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.
Died on 16th June 1941. Aged 30. Son of Robert and
Beatrice Barker, of Swaffham, Norfolk; husband of Kathleen Mary
Denman Barker, of Swaffham. Buried: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery,
Egypt. Ref. 6. H. 3. |
| BLOCKWELL |
Thomas
George Empire |
Private
5778138. 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 22nd June 1942. Aged 29. Son of Herbert Henry and
Minnie Lucretia Blockwell, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Thanbyuzayat
War Cemetery, Myanmar. Ref. B2. B. 3. |
| CHAMBERLAIN |
George
|
Gunner
874132. 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.
Died on 2nd December 1941. Aged 31. Son of William
John and Ellen Chamberlain, of Swaffham. Norfolk. Buried: Halfaya
Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. 11. B. 5. |
| CARTER |
James
Robert Thomas |
Trooper
7899998. 42nd (23rd Battalion The London Regt. ) Royal Tank Regiment,
R.A.C. Died 1st July 1942. Aged 23. Son of James
and Louisa Cordelia Annie Carter, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Column 22. |
| DICKERSON |
Maurice
Golden |
Private
5775783. 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 27th January 1942. Aged 22. Son of Frederick Ernest
and Alice Lucy Dickerson, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Column 50. |
| ETHERIDGE |
Harold
George |
Driver
T/6029591. 372 Tank Transporter Company Royal Army Service Corps.
Died on 25th November 1944. Aged 34. Son of William
and Frances Etheridge, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Eindhoven
(Woensel) General Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Ref. Plot
KK. Grave 229. |
| GOODYER |
William
|
Serjeant
1462152. 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.
Died on 13th December 1941. Aged 28. Son of William
and Agnes Goodyer; husband of Barbara Joyce Goodyer. Commemorated:
Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Column 39. |
| HERBERT |
William
Marton |
No
further information currently available. |
| IVES |
Ronald
C |
No
further information currently available |
| LAKE |
Reginald
W |
Possibly:
Reginald Wilfred Lake. Private 5770550. 2nd Battalion
Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died between 20th and 23rd
May 1940. Aged 25. Son of Walter and Beatrice Violet Lake; husband
of Joan Phyllis Lake, of Ash, Surrey. Buried: Mont-Bernanchon
Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France. Row D. Grave 12. |
| LAMBERT |
Henry
William |
William
Henry on CWGC. Private 5778213. 6th Battalion Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Died on 13th January 1942. Aged 27.
Husband of Mildred Lambert, of East Lexham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Singapore Memorial. Column 51. |
| MONK |
Guy
|
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 749827. 100 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 2nd January 1944. Aged 37. Son of Arthur and
Lois Monk; husband of Mabel Monk, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried:
Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Ref. Coll. Grave 6. J. 1-7. |
| NASON |
Albert
Edward Charles |
Petty
Officer Sick Berth C/M 36075. H.M.S. Eskimo Royal Navy. Died on
12th July 1943. Aged 40. Son of Alfred John and Jessie
Nason; husband of Ellen E. E. Nason, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 72,3.
Special
note: The Destroyer, HMS Eskimo, was on active service in the Mediterranean
when she was hit by a small bomb which penetrated the fuel tanks.
Following an explosion, 19 men were killed or injured. |
| OXBURY |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| PERKINS |
Francis
John |
Private
14756578. 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Died
on 24th April 1945. Aged 19. Son of Clifford R. G.
and Maud E. Perkins, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried: Becklingen
War Cemetery, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Ref. 8. H. 6. |
| ROWE |
Herbert
Reginald |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1176862. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 1st October 1942.
Aged 23. Son of Reginald George and Alice Rowe, of Swaffham, Norfolk.
Buried: Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark. Ref. AIII. 9. 11.
|
| REEVE |
Jack
V H |
No
further information currently available. |
| STIBBEN |
Thomas
K |
Possibly:
Thomas Kitchener Stibbon. Lance Serjeant 6406105. 2nd
Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Died on 4th February
1944. Aged 29. Son of John and Florence Stibbon; husband of Kathleen
Irene Stibbon, of Ealing, Middlesex. Buried: Khayat Beach War
Cemetery. Israel. Ref. D. E. 3. |
| SEAGO |
Cecil
Edward |
Private
5772956. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 23rd
January 1942. Commemorated: Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Ref.
Column 52. |
| TUFTS |
James
Clifford |
Clifford
James on CWGC. Petty Officer D/J 107649. H.M.S. Galatea, Royal
Navy. Died on 15th December 1941. Aged 33. Son of
Sidney and Ellen Tufts; husband of Constance Mary Tufts, of Southery,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel 45, Column
3.
Special
note: HMS Galatea was sunk by a German submarine on 15th
December 1941 near Alexandria with a loss of 470 lives. |
| THOMSON |
Basil
Esmond |
(Thompson
on CWGC). Serjeant 5780347. 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment,
A.A.C. Died on 25th September 1944. Aged 24. Son of
George and Harriet Ethel Thompson, of Swaffham, Norfolk. Buried:
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Gelderland, Holland. Ref. 6. D.
5. |
| WILSON |
Jack |
No
further information currently available |
| WILSON |
James
R |
No
further information currently available |
| YOUNG |
Ronald
Leicester |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 178786. 219 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 19th April 1945. Buried: Hanover War
Cemetery, Germany. Ref. 10. B. 4. |
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