DILHAM WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith
2003 A
small village south east of North Walsham.
| 1914-1918 |
| DEWING | Lawson
J | Private
82723. 29th Battalion,, Middlesex Regiment transf. to (197924) 429th Agricultural Coy.
, Labour Corps. Died Tuesday 25 February 1919. Age 21. Son of Mrs. J. Hannant,
of Broad Fenn, Dilham. Buried: DILHAM (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
| DURRANT
| Frederick
William | Private
23084. 7th Battalion,, Border Regiment. Formerly 18995 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
Tuesday 20 November 1917. Age 25. Born Wicklewood. Lived Smallburgh. Enlisted
Bridgend, Glamorgan. Son of James and Sarah Durrant, of Dilham, Norwich. Commemorated:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 85 to 86. |
| FAULKE | William
James | Lieutenant
9th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918. Commemorated:
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| FISKE | Harold
| Lance
Corporal 20856. 2nd Battalion,, Essex Regiment. Formerly 17780 Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds Monday 15 July 1918. Age 25. Born and lived Dilham. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of James and Mary Fiske, of Dilham, Norfolk. Buried: NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY,
Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Ref. VIII. B. 8. |
| MORTER | Arthur |
Private 20575.
1st Battalion,, Essex Regiment. Formerly 17880 Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea Friday 13
August 1915. Age 29. Born and lived Dilham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Walter and
Sarah A. Morter, of Dilham, Norfolk. Commemorated: HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel
144 to 150 or 229 to 233. | | MORTER | Sidney
| Private
20576. 1st Battalion,, Essex Regiment. Formerly 17882 Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea n
Friday 13 August 1915. Age 28. Born and lived Dilham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of
Walter and Sarah A. Morter, of Dilham, Norfolk. Commemorated: HELLES MEMORIALTurkey
Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. | |
1939-1945 |
| FISKE | Sidney
Harold | Private
5775590. 6th Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Monday 26 January 1942. Age 24.
Commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 50. |
| GOLDER
| Basil
Albert | Private
5775595. 4th Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Friday 13 February 1942. Age 25.
Son of James Albert and Blanche Constance Golder, of Dilham, Norfolk. Buried:
KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Ref. 27. A. 19. |
| MORTIMER
| Bertie |
Royal Artillery
- Probably: Bertie William Mortimer. Gunner
6100191. 72 Anti-Tank Regiment., Royal Artillery. Died Sunday 4 June 1944. Age 24.
Son of Edgar and Gertrude May Mortimer. Buried: CASERTA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Ref.
II, A, 5. | | HANNANT
| Gilbert |
Bombardier 951054.
1 Regiment., Royal Horse Artillery. Died Friday 29 May 1942. Age 24. Son of Hilda
M. Dugdale, of Dilham, Norfolk. Buried: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya.
Ref. 8. E. 21. | | SIMPSON | Alexander |
Norfolk Regiment
- Probably: Alexander Brown Simpson. Private
5772635. 7th Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 12 June 1940. Age 25.
Buried: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. Divn. 67.
Row S. Grave 1. | 13
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