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WALCOTT
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed
by David Rudram; Researched by Lynda Smith - 2003
Walcott
is a coastal village mid-way between Cromer and Great Yarmouth. The
memorial is located in All Saints Church, Coasr Road (A1159), Walcott,
North Norfolk. The memorial is a carved wooden board at the west end
of north wall in the church; it takes the form of a protruding board
with a decorative top; figures of saints to each side; tcentral section
contains World War 1 names with Latin crosses above and below and two
World War 2 names with a name each side on the lower edge with the quotation
in between; the lettering is in gold. There are nine names for World
War 1 and two for World War 2.
1914
– 1918
| BESFORD |
Walter
John |
Private
142023. 6th Battalion,, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Formerly 9735.
3rd Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 29 June
1918. Aged 18. Born and lived Walcott. Enlisted Norwich. Son of
Emma Besford of Walcot Green, Norwich, and the late Walter Besford.
Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. V. E. 10. |
| COWLING |
Robert
George |
Lance
Corporal 44560. 2nd Battalion,, Essex Regiment. Died Sunday 30 March
1919. Aged 19. Son of George and Matilda Cowling, of Manor Farm,
Walcot-on-Sea, Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. LXXII. E. 30. |
| EATON |
Edmund
William |
Private
22314. 8th Bn, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 1 July
1916. Aged 25. Born Happisburgh. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William
George and Charlotte Eaton, of Walcot, Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 1 D |
| GOTTS |
George |
Private
3/7088. 1st Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. (memorial gives 3rd
Battalion, Norfolks) Died Tuesday 27 February 1917. Aged 26. Born
Ridlington, Norfolk. Enlisted North Walsham. Son of John and Alice
Gotts, of Ridlington Common, Happisburgh, Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 &
31. |
| NICKERSON |
Alfred
William Victor |
Lance
Corporal 6837. 1st/5th Battalion,, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment.) Formerly 3032 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
20 September 1916. Aged 19. Born Bradford. Lived Irstead, Norfolk.
Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Mrs. Sarah M. Nickerson, of Tistead,
Neatishead, Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B. |
| PALMER |
William
Kerry |
Private
183785. 75th Battalion,, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment.)
Died Saturday 22 September 1917. Aged 28. Son of John and Emily
Palmer, of Walcot, Norwich, England. Buried in VILLERS STATION CEMETERY,
VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XI. A. 20. |
| WEN |
William |
CWGC
spells name Wenn. Captain 1st/5th Battalion, , Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds Sunday 1 April 1917. Aged 31. Son of William and
Edith Wenn, of Walcot, Norfolk; husband of Ruth Wenn, of Ludham,
Norfolk. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Ref. C.
45. |
1939
– 1945 |
| WILSON-NORTH |
Bruce
|
Sergeant
(W.Op./Air Gnr.) 908795, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Tuesday 26 November 1940. Aged 19. Son of Will and Florence Laura
Wilson-North, of Walcott. Buried in WALCOTT (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD,
Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| WILSON-NORTH |
Oscar
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Flying
Officer 163152. 213 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Monday 2 July 1945. Aged 21. Son of Will and Florence Wilson North,
of Walcot, Norfolk. Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Ref. XVI.
F. 4. Interned at Bari, Italy. |
Last
updated
5 August, 2020
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