EAST
AND WEST WRETHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Bob Bailey, researched martin
Edwards 2006
The
memorial is to be found in the grounds of the parish church East Wretham.
It takes the form of a stone cross mounted on a plinth with a two stepped
base; it covers both East and West Wretham. There are twenty-eight names
for World War 1 and one for World War 2 listed by surname, rank, initials,
battalion and Regiment or service. An additional plaque at the base
of the front face of the memorial reads:
"THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
THE VISIT BY SURVIVORS OF THE
359TH FIGHTER GROUP/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE
WHO SERVED AND DIED IN/ THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
3RD AUGUST 1985"
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004 |
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War
Memorial cleaned and restored by the Parish Council 2013
Copyright
© J ulian Gibson - Clerk to Wretham Parish Council- 2014
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IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
OF EAST AND WEST
WRETHAM
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1918
1939-1945
CHASE |
Frederick
Albert Ernest |
Private
59525, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
4 November 1918. Born Sco-Rushton, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk.
Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row
B Grave 15. |
CURREY |
Arthur
William |
Private
G/15236, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
21 October 1916. Born Little Cressingham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich.
No known grace. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 7 C. |
GATES |
Frederick
John Harry |
Lance
Corporal 200484, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in
action 19 April 1917. Aged 21. Born East Wretham, Norfolk, enlisted
Norwich, Norfolk. Son of George and Harriett Gates, of Little Hockham,
Attleborough. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot XXX Row
F Grave 6 |
KEMP |
Charles
Walter |
Private
59524, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
29 September 1918. Aged 19. Born West Wrentham, Norfolk, enlisted
Norwich. Son of Robert and Julia Kemp, of West Wretham, Thetford,
Norfolk. Buried in UNICORN CEMETERY, VEND'HUILE, Aisne, France.
Plot IV Row D Grave 8 |
KIDD |
Charles
Henry |
Ordinary
Seaman J63650, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died from disease in
Welcome hospital, Chatham, 15 January 1917. Born 6 February 1898
in Thetford, Norfolk. Son of Walter Kidd, East Wretham, Thetford,
Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born East Wretham, Norfolk,
son of Walter and Alice Rhoda Kidd, resident Keepers Corner, East
Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born
East Wretham, Norfolk, at school, son of Walter and Alice Rhoda
Kidd, resident Keepers Corner, East Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk.
Farm labourer by trade. Enlisted 21 December 1916 for the duration
of the hostilities, height 5 feet 8½ inches, chest 36 inches,
brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. Buried north-west of the
church in ST. ETHELBERT CHURCHYARD, EAST WRETHAM, Norfolk. |
KIDD |
Henry
George |
Private
13920, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds 16 September
1916. Aged 27. Born Shetford, Norfolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds.
Son of William Elijah and Louisa Jane Kidd, of West Wretham, Thetford,
Norfolk; husband of Ethel Mary Kidd, of 17, Lower Vauxhall, Wolverhampton.
Buried 20 January 1917 in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE,
Somme, France. Plot II Roiw E Grave 11 |
LOCKWOOD |
Louis
John |
Lance
Corporal 12818, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
13 October 1915. Aged 24. Born Croxton, Norfolk, elisted Norwich,
Norfolk. Son of William G. and Esther Lockwood, of East Wretham,
Thetford, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. |
MENDHAM |
Harry
Christmas |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Lance Corporal 41097, 2nd Battalion, Essex
Regiment formerly 25777, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 3 May
1917. Born and resident Wretham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
7. |
NICHOLS |
Herbert |
Private,
1st Norfolk Regiment - Born 17 July 1892. Admitted to East Wretham
With West Wretham School 15 June 1896, son of Henry Nichols, resident
resident Barracks, Village, West Wretham, left 30 June 1906. In
the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Norfolk, son of Henry and Lucy
Nichols, resident Barracks, Village, West Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Wretham, Norfolk, a Domestic
under gardener, working at The Bothy, Lynford Gardens, Mundford,
Lynford, Norfolk. *** Have not found military records for this man
as yet *** |
NOBLE |
Marc
Andrew Patrick |
Second
Lieutenant, "C" Battery, 121st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 1 July 1917. Aged 20. Baptised 14 July 1897 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Northumberland, son of Saxton and Celia Noble. Son of Saxton and
Celia Noble, of Kent House, Knightsbridge, London, and Wortham Hall,
Norfolk. Educated Eton College. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 3. Row G. Grave 22.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:
NOBLE
Marc Andrew Patrick of Kent House Knightsbridge Middlesex
died 1 July.1917 in France Administration London
12 March to Saxton William Armstrong Noble esquire.
Effects 205 15s. 7d. |
ROWLEY |
Hugh
Travers |
Captain,
9th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's
(Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 23.
Son of the Rev. Herbert Seddon Rowley, M.A., and Mrs. F. L. Rowley,
of Wretham Rectory, Thetford. Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was
aged 8, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, son of Herbert Geddon abd Fanny
Louisa Rowley, resident Rectory, Village, East Wretham, Thetford,
Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Mildenhall, Suffolk,
a Bank clerk, boarding at 32, Breakspears Road, Brockley S.E., St
Paul, Deptford, London & Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. |
SANGSTER |
Frederick |
Private
2652, 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 7 April
1915. Aged 22. Born Towcester, Northants, resident Thetford, Norfolk,
enlisted Leicester. Son of Amelia Sangster, of The Scheddles, West
Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk, and the late Alexander Sangster. Buried
in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD), Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
J. Grave 66. |
SCOTT |
Frederick |
Private
1410, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in United
Kingdom 8 November 1915. Aged 23. Born Banham, Norfolk, enlisted
Thetford, Norfolk. Son of Mrs. Alice Scott, of Butterfly Farm Cottage,
Attleborough. Buried north-west of the church in ST. ETHELBERT CHURCHYARD,
EAST WRETHAM, Norfolk. |
WRIGHT |
Thomas
Edmund |
Private
B/200149, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Killed in action 21 March 1918. Born West Tofts, Norfolk, enlisted
Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 81 to 84. |
1939-1945 |
BUCK |
Ronald
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 5825628, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France 29 May 1940. Aged 26. Born 6 September 1913. Born Norfolk,
resident Suffolk. Baptised 11 Octber 1913 in Westacre, Norfolk,
son of John and Frances Ellen Lydia Buck. Son of John and Frances
Buck. Buried in OOSTVLETEREN CHURCHYARD, Vleteren, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave 5. |
Last updated
28 June, 2021
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