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WOODBASTWICK
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2005
Woodbastwick
is situated right on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, a few miles south
east of Wroxham. The War Memorial in the nave of the church is of a
beautiful art nouveau design, and also includes casualties from the
Parish of Panxworth. For more information and pictures of Woodbastwick
church please see Simon
Knott’s Norfolk Church Website.
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| Photograph
Copyright © Simon Knott 2005 |
| ABEL
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John
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 748. 4th Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Formerly
13611 Scots Guards. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 27th
March 1918. Aged 22. Born Runhall, Norfolk. Lived Attleborough.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Henry and Annie Elizabeth Abel, of "Old
Bird in Hand," Hardingham, Norfolk. Buried: Cabaret-Rouge British
Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VIII. R. 51. |
| ALDEN |
Arthur
John |
Lance
Corporal 7743. 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 9th April 1915. Born Saxlingham,
Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. |
| BAILEY |
Alfred
George |
Private
11120. 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 15th November 1916. Born Keswich, Norfolk. Lived and
enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| BURROWS |
John
Mandell |
Private
34693. 9th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Formerly
164369 Royal Engineers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
7th June 1917. Aged 38. Born and enlisted Norwich. Husband of Susanna
Burrows, of Spixworth Rd., Old Catton, Norwich. Buried: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
V. F. 17. |
| ELLIS |
George
Ernest |
Private
G/67713. 6th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Formerly 3540 Yeomanry Cyclists. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 30th June 1918. Aged 19. Born and lived Woodbastwick. Enlisted
Wroxham. Son of Edward and Sarah Ellis, of Church Cottages, Sprowston,
Norfolk. Buried: Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.
Ref. I. B. 18. |
| KING |
George
Edward |
Private
320404. 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 12th September 1918. Aged 21.
Born Sprowston. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Hannah King,
of Woodbastwick, Norwich. Buried: Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Ref. VIII. M. 10. |
| LAMBERT |
George |
Private
1837. 6th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Transferred to (239024) 428th
Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died on 28th February 1919.
Aged 24. Son of Alfred and Harriet Lambert, of Woodbastwick; husband
of Carrie Lambert, of Mill Cottages, Sledmere, Malton, Yorks. Buried:
Woodbastwick (SS. Fabian And Sebastian) Churchyard. North-East of
Church. |
| WHITE |
Albert |
Rifle
Brigade. No further information available at present. |
THESE
DIED FOR ENGLAND 1914 – 1919
"Grant them O Lord, Eternal rest"
From
the Parish of Panxworth
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| CHAPMAN |
George
Granville Garfield |
Sapper
500375. 2nd Army Troops company, Canadian Engineers. Died on 31st
May 1917. Aged 32. Sapper Chapman was born on 19th June 1884, the
son of Jane Ellen Chapman, of The Lodge, South Walsham, Norfolk,
England, and the late James Chapman. In Canada he worked as a Lineman.
Buried: Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. I. E. 22. |
| CUTLER |
James |
Probably:
Corporal 9886. 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
at Gallipoli on 7th August 1915. Born Trunch, Norfolk. Lived Hemblington,
Norfolk. Enlisted Grantham, Lincolnshire. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Greece. Panel 44 to 46. |
| DAYNES |
Bertie
S |
Possibly:
Able Seaman R/747. Hood Battalion, Royal Navy Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Died on 26th October 1917. Aged 25. Son of W.
and Emily Daynes of Mill Rd. Corner, Mattishall, East Dereham, Norfolk;
husband of Alice Daynes. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 2 to 3 and 162 to 162A. |
| DAYNES |
Cecil |
Private
TF/204049. 1st/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Born Ranworth, Norfolk. Lived
Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| FOWLER |
Charles
B |
No
further information available at present |
| NEVE |
Harry |
Probably:
Private 45536. 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 1st August 1917. Aged 41. Born Hemblington,
Norfolk. Enlisted Alton Hampshire. Son of George Neve and Mary Ann,
his wife, of Norfolk; husband of Emily E. Neve, of Burkham Lodge,
Alton, Hants. Buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. III. E. 22. |
| REED |
Sidney
Alfred Frank |
Private
20626. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 17501 Norfolk Regiment.
Died at sea on 13th August 1915. Aged 21. Born Thorpe St Andrews,
Norwich. Lived Panxworth. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William Read,
of Ranworth, Norwich; husband of Dorothy Kathleen Sturman (formerly
Read), of New Cottage, Salhouse, Norwich. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. (Surname is spelt Reed on
Memorial, Read on CD and Reid on CWGC. |
| RICE |
Denis |
Private
29370. 1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly 4575
Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th
August 1917. Aged 19. Born Rackheath, Norfolk. Lived Panxworth,
Nr. Norwich. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Rice,
of Little Plumstead, Norwich, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. |
| SOUTHGATE |
William
Robert |
Private
328204. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment. Formerly 21982 Norfolk
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 1st August 1917.
Born Panxworth. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. J. 10. |
| TIDMAN |
Charles
Zachariah |
Private
28850. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 30th July 1916. Aged 32. Born Ranworth. Lived
Panxworth. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Edward Tidman, of 2, Scott's
Corner, Panxworth, Norfolk, and the late Emily Tidman. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
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