BODHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2004
Bodham
is a village a couple of miles east of Holt, and to the north of Baconsthorpe.
The War memorial is set in the outside wall of the tower of All Saints
Parish Church.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2004 |
To
the Glory of God
and in loving memory of
The Bodham Men
who fell in the Great War
this tower was restored in 1921.
1914
– 1919
| TUCK |
George
Charles |
Private
14265. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 7th January 1916. Born Kelling, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried: Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. G.
3. |
| DIX |
William
Ernest |
Sergeant
14600. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 25th May 1916. Born Salthouse, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Husband of Alice Mary Dix, of 3, Foundry Cottages, Bodham,
Holt, Norfolk. Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. VII. A. 20. |
| NICHOLS |
George |
[Nicholls
on CD & CWGC] Private 14512. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd February 1916.
Born Bodham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: White House Cemetery, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I. F. 23 |
| BALLS |
Walter |
Private
18354. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 3rd March 1917. Aged 28. Born Beckham. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Mrs. Emily Balls, of Overton Square, Bodham, Holt,
Norfolk. Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. V. B. 45. |
| GANT |
William |
Private
18528. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 29th November 1917. Aged 23. Born Lower Bodham.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of the late Mrs. Harriet Sarah Gant. Commemorated:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
| EMERY |
William |
Private
G/9386. 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action with
The British Expeditionary Force on 4th November 1918. Born Beckham.
Enlisted Cromer. Buried: Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois,
Nord, France. Ref. I. F. 14. |
To
the Glory of God
and
In moving Memory of
Francis William Digby
Who Fell in Action
Feb. 12 1942
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| DIGBY |
Francis
William |
Lance
Corporal 5774906. 5th Batallion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
7th February 1942. Aged 21. Son of Alfred Henry and Mary E. Digby,
of Bodham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Column 48.
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Buried in the Churchyard, not on the Memorial. |
| PLATFORD |
Herbert
Arthur |
 Private
14519982. 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. Died on 23rd October
1943. Aged 19. Son of Mark and Bessie Platford, of Hempstead. Buried:
Bodham (All Saints) Churchyard. |
15 February
2005 |
