
THURNING
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2005
Thurning
is a small village a few miles south of Holt and close to Corpusty.
There are two war memorials inside the church, both relating to World
War One. One is a hand-inscribed Roll of Honour behind glass in a wooden
frame commemorating both those who served and those who died. The order
of the names on this memorial have been put into alphabetical order
for ease of searching. The brass memorial remembers only those who died.
There is also a small plaque commemorating a man who died on active
service in Cyprus in September 1956.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2005
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BARTRAM
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Arthur
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Private
29081. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Died in France &
Flanders on 5th October 1917. Born Barningham Parva,
Norfolk. Lived Craymere Beck, Norfolk. Enlisted Cromer. Buried:
Denain Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. D. 50. |
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CHAPMAN
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Albert
V. |
Private.
No further information available at present. |
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CHAPMAN
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Robert
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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GODDARD
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Alfred
Walter |
Gunner
L/36670. "D" Battery, 183rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 27th September
1916. Aged 25. Lived and enlisted in Hampstead, London NW. Son of
Walter and Louisa E. Goddard, of Lyng, Norwich. Buried: Delville
Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Ref. XII. B. 7.
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LADELL
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Fred
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Gunner.
No further information available at present. |
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LADELL
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Gordon
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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LADELL
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John
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Private
21263. 8th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 18883
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 12th
August 1917. Born Thurning. Lived Melton Constable, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 35. |
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MEARS
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George
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Private
43248. 2nd/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
Formerly 24051 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 26th September 1917. Aged 25. Born Wood Dalling,
Norfolk. Lived Hindolvestone, Norfolk. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Stephen
C. and Louisa Mears, of 92, The Common, Hindolvestone, Guist, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Norfolk.
Ref. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A. |
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MEARS
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Percy
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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NEAL
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Edward
J. |
Lance
Corporal. No further information available at present. |
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PARTRIDGE
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Arthur
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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PARTRIDGE
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Charles
Herbert |
Private
G/9277. 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in
action with the British Expeditionary Force on 6th August
1916 (Memorial gives 5th August 1916). Born Briston,
Norfolk. Enlisted Cromer. Buried: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier,
Nord, France. Ref. IV. E. 27. |
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PARTRIDGE
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Robert
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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PARTRIDGE
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Willie
(William)
C
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Private
G/15171. 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of
wounds with the British Expeditionary Force on 17th August
1917. Born Sheringham. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Mr. G. Partridge,
of Craymere Beck, Briston, Melton Constable, Norfolk. Buried: Godewaersvelde
British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. D. 11. |
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PYE
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Richard
Burton |
Lance
Corporal 26191. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 11th May 1917.
Born Southrepps, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Nine Elms Military
Cemetery, Thelus, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. B. 32. |
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SCARFFE
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Fred
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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SCARFFE
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Robert
J. |
Corporal.
No further information available at present. |
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SPALDING
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Benjamin
James |
Private
13838. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Born Thurning.
Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3. |
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SPALDING
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Thomas
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
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TWIDDY
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Edward
T |
Corporal.
No further information available at present. |
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TWIDDY
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William
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Private.
No further information available at present. |
The
brass Memorial commemorating those who died.
THEY
ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRYS CALL
AND DIED IN HER DEFENCE
1914 1918
Sacred
to the Memory of
PTE. CHARLES PARTRIDGE
GNR. ALFRED W. GODDARD
PTE. RICHARD B. PYE
PTE. JOHN LADELL
PTE. WILLIE C PARTRIDGE
PTE. GEORGE MEARS
PTE. ARTHUR BARTRAM
PTE. BENJAMIN J. SPALDING
Under
this memorial is a small wooded plaque
In
Loving Memory of
NORMAN GRAHAM EGGLETON
Died in Cyprus. Aged 19
September 1956.
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EGGLETON
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Norman
Graham |
Private,
Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 14th September 1956 from injuries sustained
in a traffic accident two weeks previous. Aged 19. Buried in Wayne's
Keep Military Cemetery, Nicosia.
HQ
Cyprus District:
We
regret to report the death yesterday of:
Pte.
N. G. Egg;eton, HQ Company,
1st Bn, The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Pte.
Norman Egleton, 19, died in the British Military Hospital Nicosia
from injuries sustained in a traffic accident that occurred two
weeks ago. He is buried in Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery, Nicosia. |
Last updated
15 October, 2019
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