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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 in the form of a stone cross mounted on a plinth with a
two stepped base. it covers both East and West Wretham. There are fourteen
names for World War 1 and one for World War 2 listed by surname, rank,
initials, battalion and regiment or service.
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
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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
| 1914-1918 |
| CHASE |
F
A E |
Private
59525, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 4th November
1918. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
II. Row B Grave 15. |
| KEMP |
Charles
Walter |
Private
59524, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 29th September
1918. Aged 19. 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 |
Henry
George |
Private
13920, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 16th September 1916.
Aged 27. Son of William Elijah and Louisa Jane Kidd, of West Wretham,
Thetford, Norfolk; husband of Ethel Mary Kidd, of 17, Lower Vauxhall,
Wolverhampton. Buried in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme,
France. Plot II Roiw E Grave 11 |
| NICHOLS |
H |
Private,
1st Norfolk Regiment - NO further information currently available |
| NOBLE |
M
A P |
Second
Lieutenant, "C" Battery, 121st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 1st July 1917. Aged 20. Son of Saxton and Celia Noble, of Kent
House, Knightsbridge, London, and Wortham Hall, Norfolk. Buried
in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
3. Row G. Grave 22. |
| SANGSTER |
F |
Private
2652, 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died 7th APril 1915.
Aged 22. Son of Amelia Sangster, of The Scheddles, West Wretham,
Thetford, Norfolk, and the late Alexander Sangster. Native of Towcester.
Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD), Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
J. Grave 66. |
| WRIGHT |
Thomas
Edmund |
Private
B/200149, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 21st March 1918. No
known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel
81 to 84. |
| CURREY |
Arthur
William |
Private
G/15236, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 21st October
1916. 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. Died 19th
April 1917. Aged 21. Son of George and Harriett Gates, of Little
Hockham, Attleborough. Born at East Wretham, Norfolk. Buried in
GAZA WAR CEMETERY, israel. Plot XXX Row F Grave 6 |
| KIDD |
Charles
Henry |
Ordinary
Seaman J63650, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died 15th January 1917.
Buried north-west of the church in ST. ETHELBERT CHURCHYARD, EAST
WRETHAM, Norfolk. |
| LOCKWOOD |
Louis
John |
Lance
Corporal 12818, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 13th october
1915. Aged 24. 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. Died 3rd May 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| ROWLEY |
Hugh
Travers |
Captain,
9th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Died 1st July 1916. Aged 23. Son of the Rev. Herbert Seddon Rowley,
M.A., and Mrs. F. L. Rowley, of Wretham Rectory, Thetford. Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 11 D. |
| SCOTT |
Frederick |
Private
1410, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 8th November 1915.
Aged 23. Son of Mrs. Alice Scott, of Butterfly Farm Cottage, Attleborough.
Buried north-west of the church in ST. ETHELBERT CHURCHYARD, EAST
WRETHAM, Norfolk. |
| 1939-1945
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| BUCK |
Ronald
Aarthur |
Lance
Corporal 5825628, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 29th May
1940. Aged 26. Son of John and Frances Buck. Buried in OOSTVLETEREN
CHURCHYARD, Vleteren, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave 5. |
Last updated
21 September, 2006
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