UPWELL
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2009
The
memorial in St Peters' church, Upwell, consists of staniglass widows
and and a handwritten scroll for World War 1 and a granite plaque for
World War 2. The World War 1 scroll gives full name, where and how died
and the date of death. The World War 2 plaque gives full name only.
ROLL
OF
HONOUR
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends
AMPS |
Donald
William |
Private
18605, A Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
1 September 1915. Aged 18. Son
of Mr G & Mrs A H Amps, of The Lord Nelson, Lakesend. Native
of March, Cambs. Buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery,
Belgium. See
also Upwell memorial and also March |
BAINES |
Walter |
Private
345331, 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died of wounds 27 March 1918.
Aged 31. Son
of Ellen Baines, of Town St, Upwell. Formerly
290052 Norfolk Regiment and 356931 Highland Light Infantry. Buried
in St
Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime. See also Upwell
memorial |
BALDERSON |
Samuel |
Private
13725, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3
July 1916. Aged 21. Son
of Samuel Balderson, of Wisbech Rd, Outwell. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
See also Upwell memorial |
BOWLES |
John |
Private
25438, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action on
memorial but officially listed as died of wounds 4 November 1917.
Aged 27. Husband
of Hannah Grace Bowles, of 122 Norwich Rd, Walsoken. Formerly
26584 Suffolk Regiment. Buried in Noeux-les-Mines
Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
See also Upwell memorial |
CANHAM |
Stanley |
Private
16424, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of heatstroke 18 July
1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged 17. Third
son of Mrs A E Canham, of Town Street. Buried in Amara
War Cemetery, Iraq. See
also Upwell memorial |
COLE |
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 9529, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
2 January 1915. Aged 21.
Son of Mr G & Mrs S Cole, of Prospect House, Pious Drove, Upwell.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
Belgium. See
also Upwell memorial |
COOPERLLEN |
John
W |
Died
on service 1 February 1918 - This man does not appear on the SDGW,
CWGC or the main upwell memorial |
COX |
George
William |
Private
382023, 10th
Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (TF). Killed
in action 22 July 1917. Son
of Harriett Cox, Upwell. Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras,
Pas de Calais, France. See
also Upwell memorial |
DAVIS |
Thomas
[Rofle] |
Private 40434,
8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died
of wounds 18 February 1917. Aged 31. Son
of Samuel John and Sarah Jane Davis, of Upwell. Buried in Varennes
Military Cemetery, Somme, France. See
also Upwell memorial |
DEIGHTON |
Arthur |
Private
18619, 10th
Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed
in action 24 March 1917. Buried in Roclincourt
Valley Cemetery. See
also Upwell memorial |
FEETHAM |
George
Harry |
Private
32979 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, prisoner of war Saturday 14th
April 1917 who died
of wounds 24 April 1917 [reported August 1917] at Douai. Born
Outwell, Norfolk, enlisted Norwick, resident Upwell, Norfolk. Lived
Seaford Villas. Formerly 15483, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Cabaret
Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Plot XIV. Row F. Grave
19. (Brother of below.) See also Outwell
and Upwell memorial |
FEETHAM |
[William]
Herbert |
Lance Corporal 32597, 5th Ox
& Bucks Light Infantry. Missing
between 21-23 March 1918 presumed killed in action 23 March 1918.
Lived
Seaford Villas. Formerly
5325 Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. (Brother
of above.) See
also Outwell and Upwell
memorial |
HARDIMENT |
Hubert |
Private
3726m 4/1st Battalion (Battalion
police),
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Wounded in an air raid 31 March 1916 and
died at nhome 1 April 1916. Aged 21. Lived
Pingle Bridge. Buried in Upwell (St Peter) Churchyard, Upwell.
See
also Upwell memorial
Death
detailed in an article from the Wisbech
Standard
1916.
|
HARTLEY |
George
William |
Private
41549, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 30 November
1917. Aged 35. Son
of Sarah Elizabeth Harltey, of Lots Bridge, Three Holes. Born and
resident Lotsbridge Three Holes, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Formerly
5708 Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval, Nord, France.
See
also Upwell memorial |
HAYCOCK |
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 16965, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds
1 December 1917. Aged 23. Son
of Mr and Mrs Edward Haycock, Small Lode, Upwell. Buried in Tincourt
New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
HILLS |
Albert
Edward |
Private
235228, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 17
October 1918 [records state 15 October]. Aged 27. Son
of Edward & Sarah Ann Hills, Small Lode, Upwell. Buried in Cambrin
Military Cemetery.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
HILLS |
Sidney |
Lance
Sergeant 18487, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 29 April 1917 [records state 27 April].
Lived Three Holes. Buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
HOVELL |
Charles
William |
Private
203569, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27 April 1918.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne
Cot Memorial, Belgium. See
also Upwell memorial
|
JERMEY |
Walter |
[Spelt
JERMY on ROH] Private 23098, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died
while a prisoner of war 8 February 1917. Aged
19. Son of William and Maria Jermey, of Council Houses, Three Holes.
Commmeorated in Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
(Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt Memorial).
See
also Upwell memorial
|
JOHNSON |
Charles
[George] |
Private
3/9022, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22 January
1916. Aged 21. Son
of Joseph & Mary Johnson. Buried in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery,
Zillebeke, Belgium.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
JOHNSON |
George
Steward |
Private
15702, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October
1916. Aged 24. Son
of Mr & Mrs J Johnson, bakers, Upwell. Buried in Beaulencourt
British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
JOHNSON |
Hugh
[C] |
[Memorial
states died of wounds 15 April 1918] Sergeant 1967, 56th Battalion,
Australian Imperial Force.
Died
of wounds 17 May 1918 at 61st Casualty Clearing Station (wounded
15 May 1918). Aged 27. Son of Mr R Johnson, lived near the Post
Office. Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales. Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire,
the son of Robert Johnson. On 23 November
1914, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in Liverpool, N.S.W. Buried in Visnacourt
British Cemetery.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
JOHNSON |
[William]
Leonard |
Private
59516, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
21 December 1918. Buried in Ste
Marie Cemetery, Le Harve, Seine-Maritime, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
LINDSAY |
Robert |
Private
56717, 95th
Company, Labour Corps. Died
on service 8 October 1918 in Salonika. Formerly
G/29152 14th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment & 38724 Middlesex
Regiment. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
NEWELL |
Percy
A |
Died
of wounds at the YMCA 22 January 1915 - Cannot locate on CWGC or
SDGW or the main Upwell memorial |
PALMER |
Percy |
[Memorial
states Killed in action 1916]. Private
8089, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 16 August
1916. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
POLLINGTON |
[James]
Herbert |
Private
39458, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26
May 1917 [records state 27 May]. Aged 20.
Son of the late John & Rebecca Pollington. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras
Memorial, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
POLLINGTON |
John
H |
Assumed
dead 29 August 1916 - probably
Private 20707,
1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died at sea 13 August 1915; sinking
of the troopship Royal Edward in the Aegean Sea. Born Downnham Mkt,
enlisted Kings Lynn, resident Mundford, Norfolk. Formerly
8649 Norfolk Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on Helles
Memorial, Turkey.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
PRATT |
George |
Private
4041, 3/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died while in hospital
in Tring
of diphtheria 8 November 1915 [record state 9 November].
Aged 16. Youngest
son of Richard & Agnes Pratt, Town Street. Fruitgrower. Buried
in Tring Cemetery, UK. Brother of below.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
PRATT |
Sidney |
Lance
Corporal 9004, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
9 April 1918. Aged 25. Son
of Richard & Agnes Pratt, Town Street. Buried in Millencourt
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Brother of above. See
also Upwell memorial
|
PUNTER |
Frank |
Private
136443, Royal Army medical Corps. Died in hospital 18 May 1920.
Aged 23. Husband
of Henrietta Punter, 62 St Peter's Rd, Radford, Notts. Buried in
Nottingham General Cemetery, Notts. See
also Upwell memorial
|
PUNTER |
Thomas |
Memorial
states 'Assumed died'] Private 326447, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Resident
Small Lode, Upwell. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. See
also Upwell memorial
|
ROOFE |
Arthur |
Private
16713, 11th (Cambridgeshire) battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 1 July 1916 [memorial states 17 July 1916]. Aged 21. Son
of Mr & Mrs W Roofe, Upwell. No
known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
RUSSELL |
Alfred |
Private
275054, 2/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.Killed in action 10
July 1917 [records state 11 July]. Aged 29. Son
of Alfred and Rhoda Russell, of Lilybank, Upwell. Formerly
327870 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in Ribecourt
British Cemetery, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
RUSSELL |
Isaac |
Private
26365, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9 April
1917. Born Lot's Bridge, enlisted Wisbech. No knwon grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
RUST |
George
A |
Private
330860, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 20 November
1917. Formerly
9869, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in Ribecourt British Cemetery,
France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
SANDAL |
Fred |
Private
PW6609, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 24. Son
of Mr William Sandal, Thurlands Drove, Upwell. Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 3.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
SANDAL |
George |
Private
29340, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 September
1918. Son
of Mrs E Sandal, of Wingland, Sutton Bridge. Buried in Chapelle
British Cemetery, Aisne, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
SHEPHERD |
Herbert |
Private
R/463, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval
Division, Royal Naval volunteer Reserve. Died
of wounds 22 July 1917. Buried in Newmarket
Cemetery, Suffolk. See
also Upwell memorial
Able Seaman. Joined
Nelson Bn. BEF 28/4/17-6/5/17 wounded, Invalided to UK 19/5/17 DOW
at 2 a.m. in 1st London Gen. Hosp. Camberwell (GSW Arm & L.Thigh,
Comp. Frac. 6/5/17) Born Emneth, Norfolk 5/10/1885. A Licensed Victualler.
Husband of Ursula R. Shepherd, of Stanley Stores, Newmarket. (wife
re-married: Mrs. Ursula R. Evans). |
SKEELS |
Elijah |
Private
202921, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
19 April 1917 in Egypt. Born
Latebridge, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery,
Israel. See
also Upwell memorial
|
SMITH |
Bert |
Private
23392, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 July
1917. Son
of Mr & Mrs Smith, The Dovecot. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of below.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
SMITH |
Sidney |
Lance
Corporal 9002, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
31 July 1916. Son
of Mr & Mrs Smith, The Dovecot. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Brother of above.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
STEWARD |
Josiah |
Private
2267, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
24 May 1915. Aged 20. Son
of Timothy and Caroline Steward, of March Riverside, Upwell. Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. See
also Upwell memorial
|
STONE |
Horace |
Private
203572, hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30 April 1918.
Aged 28.
Lived Welney, horseman at Three Holes. Buried in Voormezeele Enclosure
No 3, Belgium.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
TAYLOR |
Walter
Henry |
Private
17892, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died on service 3 July
1918 in Salonika. Aged 22. Son
of James and Mary A Taylor, of Upwell. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi
Military Cemetery, Greece.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
THORN,
MM |
Ben |
Private
23/301, No. 1 Field Ambulance, new Zealand medical Corps. Killed
in action 20 November 1917. Aged 22. Son of Ben and Jessie Thorn,
of Seddon Avenue, Waihi, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt. Awarded
the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on Buttes
New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial, Belgium. |
TOWSON |
Frederick
William |
Private
52205, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 8 August
1918. Buried in Dive
Copse British Cemetery, Somme, France. See
also Upwell memorial
|
TROWER |
Frederick
'Fred' Edward |
Private
T/343586, Army Service Corps. Died of
dysentery at
Colchester 24 March 1919. Aged 34. Son
of Charles Trower, of Lots Bridge. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Trower,
of Town St, Upwell. Buried in Upwell (St Peter) Churchyard, Norfolk.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
VURLEY |
Walter |
Private
31452, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9
August 1916. Aged 27.
Second son of Mrs J W Vurley, Church Bridge. Baker in Scunthorpe.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
WAKEFIELD |
Herbert |
Private
50407, 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action
20 September 1917. Aged 25. Son
of George Wakefield, of Horse Head Drove, Three Holes. Formerly
69468 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. No
known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Tyne
Cot Memorial, Belgium.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
WARBY |
Joseph
Percival |
Able
Seaman Z6251, HMS President, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Died of influenza at Royal Naval Hospital
Granthom, Scotland 15 March 1919.
Age
20. Only
son of Mr & Mrs James Henry Warby. Buried in Upwell (St Peter) Churchyard.
LZ/6251; No RND service.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
WARBY |
William
Reginald |
Private
G/10875, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East kent Regiment). Died of
wounds 11 July 1917. Son
of Mr H Warby, of the Rose and Crown, Upwell. Buried in Duisans
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. See
also Upwell memorial
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WARD |
George
[Edward] |
Private
5276, 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action
29 October 1916. Aged 21. Son
of George & Elizabeth Ward, of March Riverside, Upwell. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See
also Upwell memorial
|
WENN |
Arthur |
Private
66082, 32nd Company, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 8 October
1917. Aged 28.
Formerly 31267 Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of Mr & Mrs George
Wenn, of Workhouse Lane, Upwell. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery,
Belgium.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
WEST |
John
Tom Ekin |
Gunner
13942, HMS Benbow, Royal Marine Artillery. Died in hospital 24 September
1920. Aged 27. Son of William and Mary Adelaide West, of Town St.,
Upwell, Cambs. Buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta. |
WOOLNER |
Walter
Frederick |
Private
66043, Suffolk Regiment. Died in hospital of wounds 19 March 1920.
Aged 22. Son
of Daniel and Harriet E Woolner, of Hundreds Farm, Welney. Buried
in Tottenham and Wood Green Cemetery, Middlesex. (Listed Wisbech
General Cemetery, screen wall)
See
also Upwell memorial
|
YOUNGS |
Henry |
[Listed
on both memorials as YOIUNGS but in records as YOUNG] Private 21303,
7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 30 July 1916. Aged
29. Formerly 19506 Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See
also Upwell memorial
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Grant
them Lord, Eternal Rest, and light
perpetual shine upon them. |
In
honoured & grateful memory
of the men of Upwell who, in the
Service of their King & Country
lost theor lives in the War of
1939-1945 |
GOOCH |
Douglas
[Haig] |
2617112,
L/Cpl, 6th Grenadier Guards. 8-11-45, age 25. Youngest son of Mrs.
E. Gooch, of 2, Bull Lane, Wisbech; husband of Dorthy May Gooch,
formerly of Three Holes. Before enlisting he worked at Lode Hall
Farm, Three Holes. Buried in Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.
Buried in Cassino War Cemetery,
Italy. See
also Upwell memorial
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HARGRAVE |
George |
Photograph
Courtesy & Copyright
© Peter Hunter 2004 |
Pilot
Officer149621, 57 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
based East Kirkby, Lincs, flying Lancasters. Died 28 September
1943. Aged 22. Son of James Scouler Hargrave & Mabel Annie
Hargrave., of Upwell. Buried in Upwell Baptist Chapelyard,
Norfolk. See
also Upwell memorial
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NUNN |
John |
Ordinary
SeamanJX
518552, HMS Collingwood, Royal Navy. Died 18June 1943. Aged 18.
Son of William George & Bertha Nunn, of Upwell. Buried in Upwell
Cemetery, Norfolk. See
also Upwell memorial
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PARMENTER |
Stanley |
Photograph
Courtesy & Copyright
© Richard E Hinkle 2002 |
Private
5773939, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a
PoW of the Japanese 10 February 1945. Aged 26, Son of Frederick
William & Eliza Parmenter; husband of Flossie Pearl Parmenter,
Bridport, Glamorgan. Buried in Sai
Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
See
also Upwell memorial
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PLUMB |
Harry |
Corporal
5825180,
4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of beri-beri as a prisoner
of war of the Japanese 11 December 1943. Aged 30. Son of Arthur
& Lucy Plumb, of Town St, Upwell; husband of Joyce Marion Plumb,
of Felixstowe. Buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. See
also Upwell memorial
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TOWNLEY |
Richard
Peyton |
Major,
1st (Cambridgeshire
Regiment) Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment, attached 5th Battalion, King's African Rifles.
Died 9 May 1945. Aged 34. Son of the Rev Alexander Peregrine Townley
MA & R L Townley, Upwell Rectory, Norfolk. Buried in Maynamati
War Cemetery, Bangladesh.
See
also Upwell memorial
|
WARD |
Charles
[Derek] |
Sergeant
1386499, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Froce Volunteer Reserve, based
at Systerston, Notts, flying Lancasters. Died 15 October 42. Age
31. Husband of Syliva Ward, of Lister's Drove, Upwell; husband of
Sylvia Ward, of Upwell. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
See
also Upwell memorial
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WATSON |
Ernest |
Died.
No
further information currently available. See
also Upwell memorial
|
WOOLL |
Jack |
Died.
No
further information currently available. See
also Upwell memorial
|
YOUNG |
Dennis |
Photograph Courtesy & Copright
© Richard E Hinkle 2002 |
Sapper
18592, 560 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died as a prisoner
of War of the Japanese 3 July 1945. Age 26, Son of William
Dennis & Rachel Young, of Upwell. Buried in Sai
Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
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Grant
them O Lord, eternal rest, &
let light perpetual shine upon them. |
Last updated
28 November, 2018
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