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DISS
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Ray Goddard of Melbourne,
Australia, Researched by Lynda Smith - 2004
The
memorial sits at the base of the church wall underneath the clocktower.
The information currently listed here is for World War 1 & 2, the
names are listed a surname, initials and rank. The memorial itself is
externally mounted in a gabled recess flanked by pilastres attached
to the church wall, all this on a large rough hewn single stepped base.
The World War 2 plaque was added later and in mounted leaning against
the front of the base at ground level. There are 101 names for World
War 1 and 41 for World War 2. The original memorial was dedicated by
local clergy and dignitaries in 1921.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND AS A TRIBUTE OF HONOUR
TO THE MEN OF DISS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
THIS MEMORIAL IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY THE INHABITANTS OF DISS
AD 1921
| ALBRIGHT |
Joseph
Pearson |
Trooper
145668. "C" Squadron, 1st/1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 30th October 1918. Aged 29. Lived
Diss. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Joseph Pearson and Ann Boult
Albright, of Diss. Buried: Tezze British Cemetery, Italy. Ref. Plot
6. Row C. Grave 4. |
| BARBER |
Frederick
G |
Private
23902. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 27th July 1916. Born Roydon. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| BARBER |
Frederick
James |
Lance
Corporal 235933. (Memorial and CD give Private). 2nd/4th Battalion
York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly 5110 Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 25th August 1918. Lived Diss.
Enlisted Norwich. Brother of Mrs. E. M. Hunt, of 49, Victoria Rd.,
Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Gomiecourt South Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. IV. C. 3. |
| BARBER |
William |
Serjeant
5892. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France &
Flanders on 20th September 1917. Born and enlisted Diss. Son of
Harry Barber, of Crossing Rd., Polgrave, Diss. Buried: Duisans British
Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. V. B. 1. |
| BATLEY |
Allan
Victor |
Rifleman
A/961. 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 30th May 1916. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted
Marylebone. Son of Mr. F. Batley, of 25, Mission Rd., Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Woods Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I.
B. 7. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| BECKETT |
Albert
Victor |
Private
PO/1454(S). 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal
Marine Light Infantry. Died on 26th April 1917. Aged 19. Son of
the late Albert Henry and Ada Louisa Beckett, of "Willow Brae",
10, Victoria Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
| BENDELL |
Frederick
Albert |
Serjeant
G/11374. (Memorial gives Lance Corporal) 6th Battalion Queen's Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 7th October 1916. Aged 22. Born Fendstone, Norfolk. Lived Matfield,
Kent. Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Bendell, of Walcott Green, Diss, Norfolk; husband of Ethel Caroline
Bailey (formerly Bendell), of Bull Lane Cottages, Hook Green, Lamberhurst,
Kent. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
11 C. |
| BISHOP |
Ernest
William |
Gunner
81155. 145th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917. Born Great Barton,
Suffolk. Lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Bailleul Road East
Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. F.
6. |
| BOGGIS |
John
William |
Private
20648. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 18438 Norfolk Regiment.
Died at sea on 13th August 1915. Aged 28. Born South Lopham, Norfolk.
Lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Charles Boggis; husband of
Ethel Annette Boggis, of 9, Tavern Lane, Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. |
| BOULTON |
Arthur
George |
Private
30121 (Memorial gives Lance Corporal). 10th Battalion East Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 2702 Manchester Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 28th June 1918. Born Palgrave, Norfolk. Enlisted
Stratford. Buried: Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, Nord,
France. Ref. I. B. 10. |
| BOULTON |
Alfred
William |
Private
206784. 1st Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly
200629 Norfolk Regiment. Died in India on 29th October 1918. Aged
26. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Alfred Boulton,
of Diss, Norfolk; husband of Drucilla F. Boulton of 2, Wedderburn
Rd., Woodlands, Harrogate, N. Yorks. Commemorated: Delhi 1914-1918
War Memorial, India. |
| BOULTON |
S
W |
Private
4513. 3rd/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died on 23rd January 1917.
Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. A. 140. Not on CD. |
| BOYCE |
William |
Private
6598. 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 2869,
4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 5th November 1916. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Dernancourt
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. IV. B. 24. |
| BRAME |
Allan
Ernest |
Private
27836. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 20th March 1917. Born Diss. Enlisted Ipswich.
Buried: St. Leger British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref.
D. 11. |
| BRYANT |
Percy |
Private
5898. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in The Balkans
on 4th November 1915. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Diss. Son of Mr.
J. Bryant, of Diss; husband of Elizabeth E. Bryant, of 4, Walcot
Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Doiran Memorial, Greece. |
| BRYANT |
Reginald |
Corporal
14668. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia
on 22nd April 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Diss. Son of May
Bryant, of 6, Waveney Rd., Diss, Norfolk, and the late John Bryant.
One of six brothers who served. Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Panel 10. |
| BUCKLEY |
Sidney |
Gunner
66001. 52nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 10th January 1917. Aged 28. Born and lived
Diss. Enlisted Shepherd’s Bush, Middlesex. Son of George and Mary
Ann Buckley, of 31, Mere St., Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XXI. A. 6. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| CALVER |
L |
Lance
Corporal. No further information available at present. . |
| CARVER |
H J |
Probably:
Herbert James Carver. Trooper 1891. Household Battalion, Formerly
3115 Norfolk Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
11th April 1917. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Norwich. Husband of
Beatrice Mary Rock (formerly Carver), of 85, Bridge St., Coton,
Nuneaton. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
1 |
| CATTERMOLE |
George
E |
Private
41583. 2nd/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly
22821 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 22nd
April 1918. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Cologne
Southern Cemetery, Germany. Ref. XIII. G. 16. |
| CATTERMOLE |
Voney
Vivian |
Lance
Corporal 12278. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 3rd August 1917. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mr. W. Cattermole, of 3, Mission Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Buried:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI.
B. 3. |
| COLLETT |
Christopher
William |
Private
9673. 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia
on 15th May 1918. Aged 21. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Coventry,
Warwickshire. Son of Christopher and Rachel Collett, of 36, Fair
Green, Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery,
Iraq. Ref. XVI. L. 7. |
| COOK |
Richard
Charles |
Private
238047. 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly 1563 Northumberland
Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 15th April 1918.
Aged 31. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Hexham, Northumberland. Son
of Frederick and Annie Eliza Cook, of The Street, Rickinghall, Diss.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 50 to 51. |
| CULLUM |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private
220054. 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5301
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 23rd
April 1917. Aged 24. Born Diss. Lived Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Arthur and Joanna Cullum. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 4 and 5. |
| CULLUM |
P
F |
Possibly:
Percy Francis Cullum. Corporal 3396. 5th Battalion London Regiment (London
Rifle Brigade). Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 29th April
1915. Lived Tottenham. Enlisted Shaftesbury Street. Buried: Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France. Ref. I. A. 153. |
| CURRY |
Jack |
Private
242337. "D Company, 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Formerly 22069 Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 20th September 1918. Aged 20. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Charles and Julia Curry, of 9, Stanley Rd., Diss, Norfolk.
Volunteered when 16 years of age. Buried: Houchin British Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. III. E. 19. |
| DAVIS |
T
W |
Probably:
Thomas William Davis. Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment attd. 43rd Light Trench Mortar Battery. Died on 14th November
1918. Aged 33. Son of Thomas Edward Davis (late Norfolk Constabulary)
and Ellen Harriet Davis (nee Pigg), of 34, Cavalry St., St. James',
Norwich. A solicitor’s clerk. Born at Barham, Norfolk. Buried: Norwich
Cemetery. Ref. 55. 324. |
| DRANE |
Frank
Charles William |
Private
512834. 1st/14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish). Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Lived Charlton.
Enlisted Woolwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| DYER |
Arthur
|
Private
17347. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 1st July 1915. Born Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. IV. J. 14. |
| EASTO |
Clarence
Alfred Frederick |
Gunner
39301. 126th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1918. Born and enlisted Diss.
Buried: Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref.
H. 8. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| EASTO |
Ernest
Claude |
[Listed
as Claude Ernest EASTON on SDGW and C E ESTE on CWGC] Private 63396,
20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died
of wounds 10th November 1916. Born London, enlisted Handel Steet,
London, resident Paddington. Formerly 6411, 1st Battalion, Lodnon
Regiment. Born 1890 (GRO birth index entry: Sep, Easto, Ernest Claude
C, Depwade, 4b, 214). The GRO death index for 1916 records the death
of Claude E Easto (GRO death index entry: 1916, Easto, Claude E,
(Pte 63396 RFLR), I.82, 219). Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 44. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| EASTO |
John
George Victor |
(CD
has forename as Victor George). Private 1975. 4th Battalion Norfolk
Regiment. Died at home on 21st November 1914. Aged 18. Born and
enlisted Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. C. 66. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| ELSEY |
David
John |
Serjeant
200005. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on
19th April 1917. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Diss. Husband of Keziah
Elsey, of 5, Mission Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Jerusalem
Memorial. Panels 12 to 15. |
| FRANCIS |
W |
Sergeant.
No further information available at present. |
| FROST |
Walter Samuel |
Lance
Corporal 28970. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Aged 26. Born and lived
Diss. Enlisted Norfolk. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Frost, of 5,
Park Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| FULCHER |
George
Charles |
Private
267124. (Memorial gives Lance Corporal). 1st/1st Bucks. Battalion,
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 1st November 1918. Aged 24. Lived Diss. Enlisted Saxmundham,
Suffolk. Son of the late William and Emma Fulcher, of Diss, Norfolk,
brother of Mrs. F. Gibson, of 3, Stuston Road, Diss, Norfolk. Buried:
Granezza British Cemetery, Italy. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 5. See also
Diss Secondary School |
| GARLAND |
Edgar
George |
Sapper
85693. 34th Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 3rd August 1916. Aged 22. Born Newbold, Derbyshire.
Lived Bressingham, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. A. O. Garland,
of Lang Fen Farm, South Torpham. Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Dantzig
Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Ref. I. A. 35. |
| GARNHAM |
Henry
William |
(William
Henry on CWGC). Private 20714. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died at home on 7th November 1916. Aged 47. Born at Richinghall,
Diss. Enlisted Diss. Son of James and Selina Garnham; husband of
Mary Jane Garnham, of 10, Beehive Cottages, Denmark St., Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Harwich Cemetery, Essex. Ref. New portion. 2039. |
| GASKIN |
George |
Private
240598. 5th Battalion Border Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 24th March 1918. Aged 36. Born Stuston, Norfolk. Enlisted
Cockermouth, Cumberland. Son of John and Hannah Gaskin, of 43, Victoria
Rd., Diss, Norfolk; husband of Margaret Gaskin, of Blindcrake, Cockermouth,
Cumberland. Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel
46. |
| HARBOUR |
George
|
Private
15883. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 1st August 1916. Aged 22. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Thomas and Eliza Harbour, of 1, Walcot Rd., Diss, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1
C and 1 D. |
| HARBOUR |
Victor
Cyril |
Ordinary
Telegraphist London Z/6283. H.M.P.M.S. Queen of the North, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died on 20th July 1917. Aged 18. Son of
Thomas and Eliza Harbour, of 1, Walcot Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 27. Special note: HMPMS Queen
of the North was an auxiliary minesweeper. She was mined off Orfordness.
See also Diss Secondary School
|
| HIGH |
W
H |
Possibly:
Walter Henry High. Rifleman 393542. 9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen
Victoria's Rifles). Died at sea on 30th December 1917. Lived Maida
Vale. Enlisted London. Commemorated: Chatby Memorial, Egypt. See
also Diss Secondary School
|
| HAROLD |
Thomas
Edgar |
(CD
spells name Harrold). Rifleman R/21307. 7th Battalion King's Royal
Rifle Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 8th February 1917. Aged
39. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Southwark, Surrey. Son of the
late Thomas and Mrs. Harold, of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Doullens
Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France. Ref. IV. G. 19.
|
| HAROLD |
Edwin |
Private
G/24209. 11th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment.). Formerly
25767 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
1st August 1917. Aged 32. Born Stuston, Suffolk. Lived Roydon Norfolk.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of the late Harry Harold; husband of Beatrice
Harold, of 6, West St., Wrotham, Kent. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11 - 13 and
14. |
| HAROLD |
William
George |
Private
201602. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 32214 Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917. Aged 32.
Born and enlisted Diss. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold, of 24, Chapel
St., Diss; husband of Ethel E. Harold, of 30, Chapel St., Diss,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
4. |
| HOBBS |
David
James |
Private
G/26351. 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Aged 24. Born Roydon. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Anna Hobbs, of 1, Stanley Rd., Diss, Norfolk, and the late
Robert Hobbs. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| HOOLHOUSE |
Herbert
Ernest |
Private
19176. 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 12th October 1917. Aged 23. Born and lived
Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of the late Walter Thomas and Clara
Hoolhouse. Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3. |
| HOWE |
Charles
Frank |
Private
20380. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 16th August 1917. Aged 30. Born Milden, Suffolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Husband of Sarah Jane Howe, of 74, Arch Cottage, Victoria
Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| HOWLETT |
William |
Acting
Bombardier 54668. Attd. 832nd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 29th October
1916. Aged 37. Born Bunwell, Norfolk. Enlisted Diss. Son of James
and Sophia Howlett; husband of Rose Howlett, of 21, Fair Green,
Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Ref. II. I. 23. |
| JARMYN |
Albert
Edward |
Private
27087. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 22nd
July 1918. Aged 38. Born Bilderstone, Suffolk. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of the late Arthur Jarmyn; husband of Effie Maria Jarmyn, of
5, Heywood Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War
Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XX. F. 10. |
| MUNFORD |
Job
|
Private
41636. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 5685 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 14th April 1917. Born Shelfanger,
Norfolk. Lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| JOYCE |
E
T |
Probably:
Edgar Thorn Joyce. Private 6317. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 24th August 1914. Born
St Giles, Norwich. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Elouges Communal
Cemetery, Dour, Hainaut, Belgium. Ref. Sp. Mem. C. 21. |
| KERRIDGE |
George
Henry |
Private
43247. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 15th October 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted North Walsham,
Norfolk. Son of Mr. H. and Mrs. M. Kerridge, of 37, Mission Rd.,
Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 4. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| KERRY |
George |
Private
G/7199. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 31. Lived Diss.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Maria Kerry, of 67, Denmark St., Diss,
Norfolk, and the late William Kerry. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| KNIGHTS |
Frederick
George |
Private
28374. 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 28th March 1918. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. See
also Diss Secondary School
|
| LEEDER |
George
William |
Private
28047. 13th Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 13th November 1916. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted
Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 10 D. |
| LEEDER |
R
C |
Private.
No further information available at present. |
| LEGGETT |
Harry
|
 |
Photograph
Copyright © Chris Harley 2008 |
Private
330000. 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment. Formerly 8974
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
8th August 1918. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Beacon Cemetery,
Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France. Ref. I. D. 6. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| LINES |
John
Henry |
Private
43758. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 1481 Suffolk Cyclists.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 18th June 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Saxmundham. Son of Mr. W. A. Lines, of 55, Mere St., Diss,
Norfolk. Enlisted October 1914. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| LISTER |
Arthur
George |
Private
200042. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine
on 20th April 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Diss. Son of Agnes
Smith (formerly Lister), of Denmark St., Diss, Norfolk, and the
late Philip Lister. Buried: Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel.
Ref. A. 102. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| LONG |
Arthur
Henry |
Rifleman
4137. 1st/9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Aged 28.
Lived City of London. Enlisted London. Son of Henry and Minnie Lambert
Long, of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 9 C. |
| LONG |
Ashton
Leonard |
Private
5761. 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. Formerly 7268 Lancers
of the Line. Killed in action in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.
Born Battlesbridge, Essex. Lived Diss. Enlisted Warley, Essex. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 185 to 190. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| MANTHORPE |
Charles |
Private
50666. 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. Formerly 27149 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13th June 1917.
Aged 28. Born and lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and
Susan Manthorpe, of 76, Denmark St., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
19 – 22. |
| MARJORAM |
Daniel
|
Private
3/6342. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 12th November 1915. Born and enlisted Diss. Buried:
Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France. Ref. III.
B. 13. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| MARTIN |
G
W |
Sergeant.
No further information available at present. |
| McMURREN |
William
Robert |
Petty
Officer 236793. H.M.S. Raglan, Royal Navy. Died on 20th January
1918. Aged 27. Son of Jane Cook (formerly McMurren), of Diss, Norfolk,
and the late William McMurren. Awarded Naval General Service Medal
(Persian Gulf) and Messina Medal. Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. Column 28. Special note: HMS Raglan was sunk in the harbour
at Imbos by fire from Turkish ships. |
| MORGAN |
William
Vanstone |
Captain.
4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 19th April 1917.
Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial. Panels 12 to 15. |
| MUTIMORE |
Alfred
Edward |
Private
15695. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 18th October 1916. Born Wortham, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. VIII. D. 11. |
| NOBLE |
Walter
Charles |
Private
8920. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 6th October 1917. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Diss.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noble, of 36, Chapel St., Diss, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| PARSLEY |
Charles
William |
Serjeant
14972. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 3rd April 1917. Aged 21. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Charles Joseph and Violet Elizabeth Parsley, of Hall Cottages,
Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk. Twice previously wounded. Buried: Vermelles
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI. A. 12. See also
Diss Secondary School |
| PEARCE |
Alfred |
Driver
35452. 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 28th September 1914. Born Diss. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
Buried: Neuilly-Sur-Seine New Communal Cemetery, Hauts de Seine,
France. Ref. 4. 17. 17. |
| PEARCE |
Arthur
|
Private
41570. 10th Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 5724 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd July 1918. Aged 39.
Lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Husband of Florence Leeder (formerly
Pearce), of Mellis Rd., Thrandeston, Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Ribemont
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. IV. L. 6. |
| PENNELL |
William
Jesse |
Lance
Corporal 200542 (Memorial gives Private). 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk
Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine on 16th December 1917. Enlisted
Diss. Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. AA. 69. |
| PETTITT |
Remas
Arthur |
Private
43774. "Z" Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Formerly
1473 Suffolk Cyclists Battalion, Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 18th June 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted Saxmundham. Son of the late
Walter and Harriet Pettitt, of 5, Stanley Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| PETTITT |
Wilfred
Maurice |
Corporal
43829. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 3540 Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st December 1917. Aged
25. Enlisted Diss. Son of the late Walter and Harriett Pettitt,
of 5, Stanley Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
| PHOENIX |
C E |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class 76182. : 43rd Balloon Section, Royal Air Force.
Died on 8th November 1918. Husband of E. E. Phoenix, of 6, Shelfanger
Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Ref. III. E. 17. |
| PITCHERS |
Randle
Bertie |
Lance
Corporal 19399. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 28th June 1918. Aged 35. Born Bradley, Suffolk.
Enlisted Warley, Essex. Husband of F. M. Pitchers, of 34, Mission,
Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. III. E. 20. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| POTTER |
Frederick |
Private
203511 (memorial states Drummer). 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Born Diss.
Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3. |
| READ |
Frederick
James |
Serjeant
16110. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 18th October 1916. Aged 21. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Arthur Richard and Louisa Read, of Burnham, Overy Staithe,
King's Lynn. Buried: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. VI. M. 8. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| RICE |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private
30117. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 28th April 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Diss.
Son of Isabella Hubbard (formerly Rice), of 15, Mission Rd., Diss,
Norfolk, and the late Alfred Rice. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
| ROUT |
Christopher
William |
Private
234517. 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
in Salonika on 25th September 1918. Lived Diss. Enlisted Exeter,
Devon. Commemorated: Doiran Memorial, Greece. |
| RUDD |
Albert
Victor |
Gunner
111415. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home on 14th August 1916.
Aged 29. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref.
B. 291. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| ROLINGSON |
George
Edward |
Private
9168. "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 16th August 1917. Aged
22. Born Lambeth, Surrey. Lived Diss. Enlisted Stratford, Essex.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Rolingson, of 33, Denmark St., Diss, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 105 to 106 and 162. |
| RUNNACRES |
Augustus
Frederick |
Private
12274. 8th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Formerly 19325 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917.
Born eye, Suffolk. Lived Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
| SAUNDERS |
John
Richard |
Private
43535. 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 2777 Norfolk
Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st July 1917.
Aged 23. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. Eliza Saunders,
of 30, Mere St., Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
| SELF |
Arthur
George |
Private
8921. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 24th August 1914. Born South Lopham, Norfolk. Enlisted
Norwich. Commemorated: Elouges Communal Cemetery, Dour, Hainaut,
Belgium. Sp. Mem. C. 29. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| STEGGLES |
Alfred
Edward |
Private
17900. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 18th November 1916. Aged 38. Born Diss. Enlisted Riddlesworth,
Norfolk. Son of John and Mary Steggles. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref.
G. 117. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| SMITH |
T |
There
are two T. Smith’s who have connections in the Diss area. Both
are possible candidates for the name on the memorial.
Private
39062. Thomas Smith. 2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st August
1918. Aged 40. Born and lived East Harling. Enlisted Woolwich.
Son of Samuel and Emma Jane Smith, of Flint Cottage, East Harling,
Norfolk. Buried: Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, Aisne,
France. Ref. IX. C. 10.
or
Private
M2/285213. Thomas Smith. M.T. Reserve Depot, Army Service Corps.
Died at sea on 22nd March 1917. Aged 19. Born Nutfield, Suffolk.
Lived Harleston, Norfolk. Enlisted Lowestoft. Son of Caroline
Smith, of Metfield, Harleston, Norfolk, and the late Charles Smith.
Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 42.
|
| SMITH |
W H |
|
| TAYLOR |
V
A |
Lance
Corporal. No further information available at present. |
| TAYLOR |
S
W |
Private.
No further information available at present. |
| THOMPSON |
Ernest
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant. 228th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
of wounds on 16th October 1918. Aged 34. Native of East Haddon,
Northampton. Son of Edward and Emily Thompson, of Paddox Estate,
Hillmorton, Rugby; both taught at East Haddon C.E. Primary for 38
years, 1882 - 1920. Ernest graduated from St. Johns Cambridge and
started his teaching career at Banham School. Banham merged with
Thetford Grammar and Ernest joined the staff there. He was appointed
head at Diss Secondary School which was where he was working when
he signed up in 1916. The school governors kept his position open
for him for his return, sadly it was not to happen. Buried in Maurois
Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave 41. |
| TONGE |
Arthur
Morton |
Private
44432. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 8th October 1918. Aged 31. Born Norwich. Lived
Islington. Enlisted Holloway. Son of Mrs. Annie M. Tonge, of 42,
Victoria Rd., Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Beaurevoir British Cemetery,
Aisne, France. Ref. D.5. |
| TUFFS |
Frederick
Ernest |
Private
21462. (Memorial states Lance Corporal). 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Born Diss.
Lived Thundersley. Enlisted Southend. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| TURNER |
Sidney |
Private
13564. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 19th July 1916. Born Burgate, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Pier and Face 1 C
and 1 D. |
| TURNER |
William |
Private
39702. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 23rd October 1918. Born Easton, Norfolk. Lived
Walcot Green, Diss. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. A. Turner, of
Walcot Green, Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau,
Nord, France. Ref. II. B. 2. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| TYRRELL |
Arnold
Charles |
Gunner
100901. 19th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 19th September 1917. Aged 27. Born
Diss. Lived Streatham, Surrey. Enlisted Woolwich. Son of Arthur
and Elizabeth Tyrrell, of Diss, Norfolk; husband of Rose Tyrrell,
of 9, Linton Crescent, Hastings, Sussex. Buried: Canada Farm Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. III. C. 11. |
| WATTS |
Leslie
Edward |
Private
22820. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 10th October 1918. Aged 25. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Edward and Eliza Watts, of 8, Balaclava Terrace, Bishopgate
St., Norwich; late of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Abbeville Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. IV. G. 18. |
| WEAVERS |
Ernest
|
Private
14503. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 20th September 1916. Born Diss. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Ref. B. 22. 36. See also
Diss Secondary School |
| WILDING |
F
A |
Possibly.
Stoker 1st Class K/3735/CH. H.M.S. Cumberland, Royal Navy. Died
on 25th September 1918. Buried: Denham (St. John) Churchyard. On
North side of church. |
| WILSON |
George
James Orsan |
Petty
Officer Stoker K/10099. H.M.S. Royalist, Royal Navy. Died on 11th
August 1919. Aged 27. Son of George and Esther Wilson, of Bishopgate
St., Norwich. Buried: Norwich Cemetery. Ref. W. 629. |
|
Not
on the Memorial but buried in Diss Cemetery |
| FLATMAN |
A
E |
Private
3082. 2nd/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died on 14th October 1920.
Aged 23. Son of Mrs. Flatman, of 129, Victoria Rd., Diss. Buried:
Diss Cemetery. Ref. A. 168. |
| SORE
|
C
E |
Petty
Officer Stoker K/13050. H.M.S. Victory, Royal Navy. Died on 23rd
March 1920. Aged 28. Son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Sore, of
12, Denmark St., Diss; husband of the late Pearl Sore. Buried: Diss
Cemetery. Ref. G. 192. |
|
1939-1945 |
| BARHAM |
Frederick
Harry |
Corporal
5778672. 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 21st July
1944. Aged 27. Son of Henry and Edith Edna Barham, of Diss, Norfolk;
husband of Geraldine Jessie Barham (nee Copping), of Diss. Buried:
Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Calvados, France. Ref. III. F. 5. |
| BARKER,
DFM |
George
Leonard |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 44571. Royal Air Force. Died on 18th July 1944.
Aged 30. Son of George William and Alice Lavinia Barker, of Diss;
husband of Vera Elizabeth Barker. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Medal. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. N. Grave 436. |
| BARNES |
Arthur
Reginald |
Private
5779999. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 26th September
1943. Aged 34. Son of Frederick and Maud Barnes, of Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. Ref. Brit. Sec. A. A. 9. |
| BIRD |
F
G |
Corporal.
No further information available at present. |
| BLOOMFIELD |
Jack
Aston |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 318967. H.M.S. Blean, Royal Navy. Died on 11th December
1942. Aged 19. Son of Horace Edgar and Maud Bloomfield, of Diss,
Norfolk. Commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 57, 1.
Special note: HMS Blean was a Hunt-class Destroyer. She was escorting
a convoy off the coast of Algeria when she was struck by a torpedo
launched from German submarine U-443. |
| BOWEN |
A
J |
Private.
No further information available at present. |
| BRUNDELL |
Donald
Arthur |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gnr.) 1208264. Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 21st September 1943. Aged 32. Son of William Charles
and Eva Sabrina Brundell; husband of Ena Dorothy Brundell, of Diss.
Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. N. Grave 370. |
| CAMPBELL |
R
M |
No further information available at present. |
| CAUSER
|
George
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1267471. 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 13th July 1943. Aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and
Kate Alice Causer, of Heywood, Norfolk. Buried: St. Oulph Churchyard,
Aube, France. Ref. Coll. grave. |
| CHAMBERS |
Leonard
Verdun |
Private
5778165. 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 19th July
1943. Aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Chambers, of Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 5. H. 8. |
| COLE |
Frank
Walter |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1259937. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 1st
January 1941. Aged 34. Son of Charles and Laura Cole; husband of
Elsie Florence Cole, of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. N.
Grave 307. |
| CULLUM |
Jack
Leonard |
Sergeant
(Observer) 748640. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 24th June 1941. Buried: Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau,
Niedersachsen, Germany. Ref. Joint grave 12. F. 4-5. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| EBBAGE |
Leonard
Walter |
Private
14345619. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died on 14th April 1944.
Aged 20. Son of Walter and Alice Rosalie Ebbage, of Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Imphal War Cemetery, India. Ref. 3. B. 11. |
| GARNHAM |
George
Albert |
Private
5771079. 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 21st May
1940. Aged 26. Son of Henry William and Mary Jane Garnham. Buried:
Chercq Churchyard, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Ref. Grave 8. |
| GOFF |
Alan
Frank |
Sergeant
1176030. 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
10th November 1942. Aged 22. Son of Frank and Eva Goff, of Earlham,
Norwich. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 84. See
also Diss Secondary School
|
| GOTOBED |
Leonard
Gilbert |
Sapper
1917076. 678 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died
between 16/05/1940 and 22/05/1940. Aged 24. Son of Frank W. and
Ellen Gotobed, of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Column 25. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| GRIFFITH |
Thomas
Peter Logan |
Leading
Aircraftman 959417. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 4th
February 1942. Aged 24. Son of Thomas Logan Griffith and Lucy Irene
Beryl Griffith, of Cringleford, Norfolk. Buried: Malta (Capuccini)
Naval Cemetery. Ref. Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 82.
|
| HAROLD |
Reginald
Roy |
Gunner
1653779. 95 Battery, 48 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
on 11th December 1944. Aged 31. Son of William and Ethel Harold,
of Diss, Norfolk; husband of Joan Eileen Harold, of Diss. Buried:
Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia. Ref. U. F. 3. |
| HARRIS |
Eric |
Sergeant
(Nav.) 1802331. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 11th
December 1943. Son of Mrs. F. M. Harris. of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery.
Ref. Sec. F. Grave 22. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| HOLKER |
Volney |
Corporal
5774296. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 23rd January
1943. Aged 20. Son of Harold and Mary Ann Holker, of Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 4. F. 12. See
also Diss Secondary School
|
| HOLMES |
C
E |
Possibly:
Charles Edwards Holmes. Corporal 1437869. Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 14th April 1943. Aged 33. Son of Alfred and Gertrude
Holmes; husband of Olive Myrtle Holmes, of Hethersett. Buried: Hethersett
(St. Remigius) Churchyard, Norfolk. Ref. Old Ground. Row 4. Grave
40. |
| HUBBARD |
K
F |
Probably:
Kenneth Frank Hubbard. Bombardier 972864. 7 Mountain Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died on 19th October 1944. Aged 27. Husband of Dorothy
Margaret Hubbard, of Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Buried: Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. V. D. 27. |
| HUBBARD |
Russell
Peter |
Leading
Aircraftman 1642285. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
4th June 1946. Aged 43. Son of Harry Hubbard and of Alice Hubbard,
of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Wortham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Suffolk.
|
| JOYES |
Frederick
William |
Signalman
C/JX 140272. H.M.S. Curacoa,
Royal Navy. Died on 24th April 1940. Commemorated: Chatham Naval
Memorial, Kent. Column 36, 3. Special note: HMS Curacoa (note NOT
Curacao) was seriously damaged by bombs from German aircraft off
the Norwegian coast on 24th April 1940. |
| KEMP |
Dick |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 127417. H.M.S. Goodall, Royal Navy. Died on 29th
April 1945. Aged 34. Son of Albert and Ellen S. Kemp, of Diss, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 81, 2. Special
note: HMS Goodall was involved in escort duty and was torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine U-286. This was the last convoy to
be attacked in the war. |
| KITCHEN |
Thomas
Mitchell |
[Listed
as M T Kitchen on the memorial] Gunner 921043, 67 Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 14th November 1942. Aged 26. Son of William
Harry Kitchen, and of Florence Annie Kitchen, of Diss, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Column
36. |
| KNIGHTS |
J J |
Flying
Officer. No further information available at present possibly
either
John
James KNIGHT, Sergeant 751045, 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 8th February 1942. Aged 32. Son of John James Knight
and Eliza Knight; husband of Joan Collard Knight. No known grave.
Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 87.
or
Jack
KNIGHTS, Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1044234, 514 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 24th March 1944. Aged 26. Son
of Thomas and Mary Knights; husband of Muriel Jean Knights. Buried
in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. Plot 1. Row L.
Collective grave 7-12. |
| LARTER |
Harold
David |
Lance
Corporal 5774930. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
10th November 1942. Aged 34. Son of David E. Larter and Annie E.
Larter, of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
Ref. 8. K. 14. |
| MADGETT |
Noel James |
Sergeant
1294954. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 29th January
1943. Aged 22. Son of Albert Edward and Gennie Simonds Madgett,
of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel
158. |
| MOSS |
Victor
Frederick |
Private
3967246. 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. Died on 2nd April
1945. Aged 29. Husband of Doris Ruby Moss, of Diss, Norfolk. Buried:
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Ref. 43. H. 1. |
| NOBLE |
Bertie
George |
Marine
CH/23264. HMS Cornwall, Royal Marines. Died on 5th April 1942. Aged
38. Son of Walter Noble, of Paddington, London. Commemorated: Chatham
Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 65, 2. Special note: In April 1942
HMS Cornwall was sailing with the Eastern Fleet. She became detached
from her sister ship, the Dorsetshire, and shortly afterwards both
ships were completely overwhelmed by 50 Japanese dive bombers. 190
of the 650 complement of Cornwall were lost. |
| NUNN |
Jack
William |
Corporal
5775698. Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 18th August 1943. Aged
26. Son of Frederick and Alice Nunn, of Diss, Norfolk; husband of
Joyce Winifred Nunn, of Diss. Buried: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery,
Myanmar. Ref. B3. C. 8. See also Diss
Secondary School |
| REEVE |
Ellis
Edward |
Private
5779963. Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 10th March 1944. Aged 29.
Son of Harry and Ellen Reeve, of Diss, husband of Mabel Florence
Reeve, of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. F. Grave 24. |
| SADLEIR |
Robert
Edgar |
Sergeant
(Bomb Aimer) 1288558. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
6th July 1943. Aged 21. Son of Charles Hare Sadleir and Margaret
Mable Sadleir, of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. N. Grave
453. See also Diss Secondary
School |
| STANNARD |
A
J |
Driver.
No further information available at present. |
| STANNARD |
Thomas
Ellis |
Able
Seaman C/J 89853. H.M.S. Niger, Royal Navy. Died on 6th July 1942.
Aged 37. Son of Thomas Ellis Stannard and Caroline Stannard; husband
of Kathleen Lucie Stannard, of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Chatham
Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 56, 2. Special note: Halcyon Class
Minesweeper HMS Niger was leading a column of Merchantmen returning
to Britain. Bad weather prevented taking bearings and an iceberg
was mistaken for land. Niger tragically led the column into a British
minefield off Iceland where she and six of the Merchant ships were
mined. |
| STOLBERG |
Geoffrey
Charles |
Sergeant
(Air Gnr.) 1160153. 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 22nd September 1943. Aged 22. Son of Charles and Lily May
Stolberg, of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau,
Niedersachsen, Germany. Ref. Coll. grave 14. A. 11-14. |
| STURGEON |
Charles
William James |
Private
5775651. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 21st August
1943. Aged 25. Buried: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. Ref.
B3. G. 12. |
| SUSSAMES |
Albert Clifford |
Private
5772593. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 11th February
1942. Aged 27. Husband of L. Sussames, of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Singapore Memorial. Column 52. |
| TAYLOR |
Roy
John |
Guardsman
2665539. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died on 23rd July 1944.
Aged 19. Son of Arthur Albert and Gertrude Taylor, of Winfarthing,
Norfolk. Buried: Florence War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. VI. E. 18. |
| WARD,
DSM |
Walter
Albert Worman |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 97894. H.M.S. Kelly, Royal Navy. Died on 23/05/1941.
Son of Frederick and Georgina Ward, of Diss, Norfolk. Awarded The
Distinguished Service Medal. Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. Column 48, 1. Special note: HMS Kelly was a destroyer, probably
one of the most famous of World War 2. She was captained by Lord
Louis Mountbatten and in 1942 the film "In Which We Serve starring
Noel Coward and John Mills was based on the Kelly. She was sunk
off Crete with a loss of nine officers and 121 ratings. Prince Charles
planted a tree at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire in 2002
to commemorate his uncle and the crew of The Kelly. |
| WELLS |
Richard
John |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 39918. 108 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died on 16th
March 1942. Aged 28. Son of Richard Alexander and Ada Wells of Diss.
Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. H. Grave 44. |
| YOUNGS |
Leslie
Reginald |
Sergeant
(Observer) 580905. 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died on 13th August
1940. Aged 21. Son of George Byles Youngs and Bertha Louisa Youngs,
of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Vadum Cemetery, Denmark. Ref. Coll. grave
C. See also Diss Secondary School
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