
LOWESTOFT,
C & E MORTON LTD WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour
with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
The memorial
for C & E Morton Ltd, Lowestoft is now held in the Lowestoft
War Memorial Museum. Several other memorials are also held in the
museum. The World War 1 memorial is in the form of a highly ornate hand
script Roll of Honour. It lists all those from the company, wherever
they were in the country, who served in World War 1. Those who died
are highlighted in red lettering. This pages merely lists some of those
who died, there are mmore listed.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lowestoft War Memorial Museum 2006 |
PRO REGE ET PATRIA
(for King and Country)
C
& E MORTON LTD
ROLL
OF HONOUR
NAMES
OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO JOINED
HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
BIRD |
C |
Suffolk
Regiment. Worked in the C & E Morton Ltd., Factory, South Wharf,
Lowestoft. See also Lowestoft
St Margaret's Memorial - Not as yet identified properly. |
BURWOOD |
Bert |
Lance
Sergeant 12616, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
16th September 1916. Born and enlisted Lowestoft. Worked in the
Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY,
GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row N. Grave 5. |
COLEMAN |
W
E |
Sergeant,
Suffolk Regiment. Worked in the Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft.
- No further information currently available |
CORBYN |
Alonzo
Joseph |
[Spelt
CORBIN on CWGC] Seaman 4187A, H.M.S. Cressy, Royal Naval Reserve.
Died 22nd September 1914. Aged 21. Son of Joseph and Lottie Corbin,
of 29, Sandringham Rd., Lowestoft; husband of Maude Christina Corbin,
of 41, Oxford Rd., Lowestoft. Worked in the Factory, South Wharf,
Lowestoft. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 8. See also Lowestoft
St Margaret's |
COX |
Edward |
Private
78042, 131st Company, Labour Corps. Died of wounds 21st March 1918
in France & Flanders. Aged 29. Born Lowestoft, Suffolk, enlisted
Lowestoft, Suffolk. Husband of Phoebe Louisa Cox, of 55, Edinburgh
Road, North Lowestoft. Worked in the C & E Morton Ltd, Factory,
South Wharf, Lowestoft. Formerly 48481, 23rd Infantry Labour Company,
The Quee's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row D. Grave
18. See also Lowestoft
St Margaret's |
FENNELL |
Edward
Arthur |
Private
325024, 1st/8th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in action 27th August 1917. Born and enlist Lowestoft. Formerly
6495, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row G. Grave 20. See also Lowestoft
St John's and
Lowestoft St Margaret's
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LAMBERT |
Samuel
William |
Private
57972, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 8 August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 39. Born
Lowestoft, enlisted Lowestoft, resident Lowestoft. Husband of Eleanor
Isabella Gertrude Lambert, of 55, Lawson Rd., South Lowestoft. Worked
in the C & E Morton Ltd, Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. Buried
in BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE, Somme, France. Plot III. Row
C. Grave 13. See also Lowestoft
St Margaret's |
MELVIN |
A |
Unknown |
STEPHEN |
Charles |
Sergeant
128, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 18th June
1915. Born Curragh, Co. Kildare, enlisted Aberdeen. Son of James
and Isabella Stephen, of 5, Jackson Terrace, Aberdeen. No known
grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 39 to 41. |
STOLLWORTHY |
Thomas |
[Spelt
STOLWORTHY on CWGC and SDGW] Lance Corporal 16949, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 10th December 1916. Aged 32. Born
Great Yarmouth, enlisted Lowestoft. Husband of Jane M. Stolworthy,
of 5 Row, 137, South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Buried in ETAPLES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XX. Row F. Grave
11A. |
Last updated:
16 April, 2006
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