
FLEGGBURGH
ST MARGARET & BILLOCKBY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
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additional information Lucy Hall
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A
village located a few miles west of Gt Yarmouth. The memorial cross
was unveiled by the widow of G K T Fisher, listed below, 10th December
1922. The memroial takes the form of a cross mounted on a tiered base
inset into the churchwall, whichis recessed.
IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF BURGH & BILLOCKBY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914
– 1918
BLOGG |
Matthew |
Private
32086. 8th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 14 October
1917. Age 44. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Rebecca Blogg,
of Thurne Rd., Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. Commemorated: TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and
162A |
CARTER |
T
G |
No
further information available at present |
DURRANT |
William
Ernest |
Private
870104. 2nd/6th Battalion,, Manchester Regiment. Formerly 202965 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918. Born Fleggburgh.
Lived Great Yarmouth. Enlisted Wroxham. Commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 64 to 67 |
DYBLE |
R |
Possibly:
Robert Dyble. Gunner 11536. 25th Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Field
Artillery. Died Tuesday 13 August 1918. Born Great Yarmouth. Enlisted
Reading, Berks. Buried: VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Aisne,
France. Ref. II. C. 2. |
FISHER |
George
Kenneth Thompsin |
Captain,
1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
3rd September 1917; he was on patrol duty on the night of September
2nd/3rd when a sniper took a shot at him then threw a grenade. He
was carried to the first line trench but only lived an hour. Aged
38. Born 4th August 1879. Originally from Ashdown Park, Sussex.
Educated Cheam School, London (now Headley, Berkshire). Eldest son
of Bishop George Carnac Fisher and Mary Penelope Gwendoline Fisher
of Burgh House Fleggburgh; husband of Janet Fisher, of 23, Launceston
Place, London, S.W (married August 1914) and father of two sons.
Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot XXIV. Row A. Grave 12.
Also commemorated on Cheam School War Memorial Board. His son died
in World War 2 [see World War 2 transcription].
Probably
from Harrow School publication. (Head Master's is the name of one
of the boarding houses at the school and the years 1893-1897 would
be right for his secondry school years):
CAPTAIN
G. K. T. FISHER
Norfolk
Regiment
Aged
38
The
Head Master's 93-97
September
3rd, 1917
ELDEST
son of George C. Fisher, successively Bishop of Southampton and
Ipswich, and Hon. Canon of Norwich, of Burgh House, Fleggburgh,
Norfolk, and of Mary Penelope Gwendoline, daughter of the late T.
C. Thompson, of Ashdown Park, Sussex, late M.P. for Durham City.
New College, Oxford, B.A., 1902. Studied Art under Mr. G. A. Storey,
R.A., Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A., and Mr. Arnesby Brown, R.A. Travelled
in Asia Minor and the Balkans. Took an appointment in the Labour
Exchange under the Board of Trade.
Married,
in 1914, Janet Katherine Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anson and
sister of the late Sir Denis Anson, Bart., and leaves two sons.
Captain
Fisher was given a Commission on the outbreak of the War in the
4th Norfolks and with them sailed for Gallipoli in June, 1915, taking
part in the landing at Suvla Bay. He was mentioned in Despatches.
He was invalided home suffering from dysentery and then held a Staff
Appointment and subsequently a position in the Ministry of
Munitions, but returned to his Regiment and sailed for Egypt in
March, 1917. On the night of September 2nd, 1917, he was out on
patrol and, being somewhat in advance of the rest, was mortally
wounded by a bomb thrown by a Turkish sniper. He was brought back
into the lines by the patrol, but died a few minutes after his return.
He was buried in the cemetery four miles south of Gaza.
His
Colonel wrote :
“Ever
since I took over the command of the Battalion he had been one of
my chief supporters. . . . I can't tell you what a help he was to
me. I cannot replace him either as an Officer or companion.”
The
Chaplain wrote :
“We
could ill afford to lose such a fine character. He was a great favourite
and beloved by all who knew him. He was always the same, cheerful
and good-humoured. I may say that I have lost a true friend.”
Sir
George Barnes, K.C.B., Member of the Indian Council, wrote :
“He will be a real loss to the Board of Trade, for, starting
at the very bottom, he had steadily won his way upwards by his industry
and by his force of character. . . . All the advancement he got
he won for himself, and it is no easy thing to win advancement from
the bottom in Government employ.” |
GOWING |
A
J |
Possibly:
Private DM2/171259. "L" Siege Park, Royal Army Service Corps
attd. 119th Army Bde XI Corps., Royal Field Artillery. Died Wednesday
12 February 1919. Buried: HALLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Halle, Vlaams-Brabant,
Belgium . Ref. A. 38. |
GOWING |
Frederick
George |
Private
203432. 1st/4th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday 26
April 1917. Age 36. Enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk. Son of John
and Elizabeth Gowing, of Billockby, Norfolk; husband of Emma Matilda
Gowing, of Clippesby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. Buried: KANTARA
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Ref. B. 131. |
HARDIMAN |
W
J |
Serjeant
19208. 1st Provisional Coy., Royal Engineers. Died Wednesday 20
November 1918. Age 29. Buried: BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
MILLER |
John
Frederick |
Engineman
2383ES. H.M. Drifter "Cosmos., Royal Naval Reserve. Died Friday
15 February 1918. Age 31. Son of John and Emily Miller, of Ormsby
St. Michael; husband of Flora Miller, of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Commemorated:
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom. Ref. 31.
Special
note: H.M. Drifter Cosmos: Admiralty No 1435, Pennant No LT.477,
91 tons launched 1914, 1 x 3 pounder AA gun, net sweeper, sunk 15th
February 1918 by German Destroyers in the Dover Straits. |
NARBURGH |
Albert
Henry |
Private
4011. 1st/4th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 23 December
1914. Age 33. Son of the late Henry and Caroline Narburgh; husband
of Edith Mary Narburgh, of Ivy Cottage, Fleggburgh. Born at Fleggburgh.
Buried: BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk, United
Kingdom. |
SAUNDERS |
Jonathan
Barlow |
Private
40501. 4th Battalion,, Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly 29086 Essex Regiment.
Killed in action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Born Billockby, Norfolk.
Lived Fleggburgh Marshes. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and
162A |
TOOKE |
George
Edward |
Rifleman
565080. 15th Battalion,, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles). Killed
in action on Thursday 16 August 1917. Age 41. Born Fleggburgh. Lived
Yarmouth. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert and the late Sarah Ann
Tooke, of Fleggburgh; husband of Mabel May Tooke, of Fleggburgh,
Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 |
TURNER |
Arthur
[William] |
Private
STK/1441, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 17 April 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Great Yarmouth,
enlisted Cockspur St. London. Son of Alfred Arthur and Vestal Sabina
Turner, of Pear Tree Cottage, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. In the
1891 census he is listed as aged 2, born Norfolk, resident with
his parents, Alfred and Upstal Turner, in Street Road, Flegg Burgh,
Flegg, Norfolk. In the 1901 census he is aged 12, born Burgh St
Margaret, Norfolk, resident with hhis parents, Alfred and Westal
Turner, in Rollesby Road, Burgh St Margaret, Flegg, Norfolk. Buried
in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row B. Grave 33. |
TURNER |
Herbert
James |
Private
77795. 17th Battalion,, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 63906 Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action on Thursday 6 June 1918. Age 18. Born and lived
Fleggburgh. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. E. Turner, of Somerton
Rd., Martham, Great Yarmouth. Native of Fleggburgh. Buried: BIENVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XVIII. B. 14. |
WATERS |
Robert
George |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class. 25701. 11th Res. Lorry Park, Royal Air Force.
Died Tuesday 29 October 1918. Age 21. Son of Robert and Caroline
Waters, of Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. Buried: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY,
ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VIII. B. 42. |
WATERS |
William |
Hawserman.
Steam Trawler "Copious (Yarmouth), Mercantile Marine. Died Tuesday
3 November 1914. Age 36. Son of Hannah Waters and the late William
Waters; husband of Mary Jane Waters (nee Turner), of Burgh St. Margaret,
Gt. Yarmouth. Born at Thurne, Norfolk. Commemorated: TOWER HILL
MEMORIAL, London, United Kingdom. |
1939
– 1945 |
BALDWIN |
Geoffrey
Charles |
Private
7953941. 1st Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Tuesday 6 June 1944.
Aged 22. Born 15 August 1921. Son of Frederick and Elsie Baldwin.
Before enlistment employed as an Apprentice & Joiner Carpenter.
Resident in 1939 at 61 Wolseley Road, Great Yarmouth C.B., Norfolk.
Buried: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Ref.
IX. F. 5. |
COOPER |
Alfred
Percy |
Aircraftman
1st Class. 648356. Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday 19 June 1940.
Age 20. Son of Alfred Ernest and Ethel Elizabeth Cooper, of Horningtoft.
Buried: CLIPPESBY (ST. PETER). CHURCHYARD, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
DURRANT |
James
Harry William |
Flight
Sergeant 1333947. Nav.Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
14 September 1944. Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Durrant, of Fleggburgh.
Buried: BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk, United
Kingdom. |
FISHER |
Basil
Mark |
[Transcribed
as BNM] Flying Officer (Pilot) 72382, 111 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 August 1940. Son of George and Janet
Fisher. Buried in ETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCH CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire.
Grave 41. His father died in World War 1 [see transcription
above]
Extract
from The
Battle of Britain Monument (see link for photographs):
Basil
Mark Fisher was born on 8th October 1916 and educated at Eton. he
went on to read Modern Languages and History at Trinity College,
Cambridge. He was commissioned in the RAFVR in July 1938 and called
to full-time service in October 1939. He was then working for the
Board of Customs and Excise.
Fisher completed his training and joined 111 Squadron at Croydon
on 12th May 1940. On 15th August, in an action with Ju88's and Me110's
over Selsey, Fisher was shot down in flames. He baled out but was
killed. His Hurricane, P3944, crashed at Greenwoods Farm, Sidlesham.
He
was 23 and is buried in St John's Church Cemetery, Eton.
His
older brother, F/O AGA Fisher, also served in 111 Squadron and survived
the war. |
FISHER |
Michael
John Carnac |
Second
Lieutenant 113753. 2nd Battalion,, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment.).
Died Friday 31 May 1940. Age 20. Son of William Lawrence Thompson
Fisher and Eleanor Mary Fisher, of Billockby, Norfolk. Buried: OOSTDUINKERKE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. Row
F. Grave 131. |
GEDGE |
Walter
George |
Sergeant
2235544. 189 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Wednesday
7 March 1945. Age 19. Son of William George and Violet May Gedge,
of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Buried: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Soltau,
Niedersachsen, Germany. Ref. 24. A. 4. |
JACKSON |
Gordon
Henry |
Warrant
Officer 1284578. 139 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Monday 29 November 1943. Age 20. Son of Henry Charles Jackson, and
of Leah Ursula Jackson, of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Buried: RANGOON
WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Ref. Coll. grave 6. E. 1-6. |
LEBAN |
Leon
Phillip |
Private
5778862. 2nd Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday 4 May 1944.
Age 29. Son of Andre Joseph Leban and Louise Elizabeth Leban; husband
of Edna Noreen Leban, of Ormesby-St. Michael, Norfolk. Buried: KOHIMA
WAR CEMETERY, India. Ref. 2. C. 16. |
PAUL |
Frank
Robert |
Volunteer.
11th Norfolk Battalion,, Home Guard. Died Wednesday 18 March 1942. Age
49. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paul; husband of Alice Jane Paul,
of Clippesby. Buried: CLIPPESBY (ST. PETER). CHURCHYARD, Norfolk,
United Kingdom. |
QUANTRILL |
W
H |
No
further information available at present |
SMITH |
Edwin
Jarvis |
Seaman
C/X 10860B. H.M.S. Pintail, Royal Naval Reserve. Died Friday 1 November
1940. Age 24. Son of Sarah Smith, of Fleggburgh. Buried: Sec. A.
(Naval Reservation). GREAT YARMOUTH (CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk,
United Kingdom. Ref. Grave 94. |
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