HUNSTANTON
ST EDMUNDS WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, Researched
lynda Smith - 2003
additional information Ernie Rusdale
The
Memorial is in the Church of St Edmunds, Hunstanton. Most of the people
commemorated here are also on the main War Memorial on Hunstanton seafront.
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Photograph
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
1914
- 1918
TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
ADCOCK
|
Thomas
William |
Private
203609. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 30th May 1918. Aged 35. Born Hunstanton.
Enlisted Kings Lynn. Son of William and Agnes Adcock; husband
of Clara Ellen Adcock, of 197, Palgrave Rd., Great Yarmouth. Buried:
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. II. N. 6. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
ALLEN
|
Alfred
Albert |
Serjeant
240148. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on
22 January 1917. Born St. Nicholls, Kings Lynn. Enlisted Hunstanton.
Commemorated: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY. Angora Mem. 13.
See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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ANDREWS
|
Clement
|
Possibly:
Clement Charles Andrews. Private G/16205. 12th Battalion
Royal Sussex. Killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force
on 17th October 1916. Born Woodford Wells, Essex. Enlisted
Brighton. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 7 C See
Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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ANDREWS
|
(Charles)
Cyril |
Private
SD/1948. 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action with the British Expeditionary Force on 30th
June 1916. Aged 26. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted London. Son of Charles
and the late Caroline Andrews, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: St.
Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. III. K. 11.
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume 1, Part 2, Page 8 ANDREWS, Charles Cyril. Private, 1948,12th
(Sevice)battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 3rd and youngest son
of Charles Andrews, of Hunstanton, Wine and Spirit Merchant and
brother to Private E.C.Andrews (q.v). Born Hunstanton, co Norfolk,
16-4-1890; educated Lynfield Preparatory School there, and King
Edward V11 grammar school, Kings Lynn; was apprenticed as a chemist
at Hunstanton, being subsequently employed with several London firms,
during which time he studied at a Pharmaceutical College with a
view to passing his final examination; enlisted in Nov 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action at the Battl of the Somme early in the morning of 1st
July 1916. Buried in the British Soldiers Cemetery, just behind
the firing line. A comrade wrote "Quite early on the morning
of July 1st we were ordered to attack; he was one of the first to
go over, and was last seen throwing his bombs at a machine gun".
Unm
See
Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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BASSHAM
|
Reginald
Owen |
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action
on 31st May 1917. Buried: Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. G. 23. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
BELDING
|
Frederick
Ernest |
Private
2416, "B" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force),
Norfolk Regiment. Died 28 August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 31. Enlisted
East Dereham. Son of Mrs. E. J. Belding, of "Thetis,"
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, In 1911 he was aged 26, son
of Eawston and Eliza Jane Belding, a Railway Clerk, born HUnstanton,
resident Mount Field, Victoria Avenue, New Hunstanton. and the late
Rawston Belding. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London, Kings Lynn
and Hunstanton Seafront memorial
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1858-1959:
BELDING
Frederick Ernest of Lincoln Inn Mill Fleet King's Lynn Norfolk
private Norfolk regiment died on or since 28 August 1915 at gallipoli
in Turkey Administration Norwich 23 October [1918]
to Eliza Jane Belding widow.
Effects £119 4s 5d.
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BREE
|
Edward
E. |
Possibly:
Ernest Emil Henry Bree. Private 52916. 19th Battalion Machine Gun
Corps (Inf). Formerly 21410 2nd Cavalry Reserve Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Born Shoreditch.
Enlisted Aldershot. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 10. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
BOUCH
|
Wilfred |
Private
16863. 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment.).
Died on 24th April 1915. Aged 21. Born Raunds, Northamptonshire
on 26th March 1894, the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Bouch, of "Fernside,"
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. In Canada Private
Bouch was a florist. He was unmarried. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 18 - 28 –
30. |
CRESSWELL
|
Francis
Joseph |
Captain.
1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 24th
August 1914. Aged 31. Son of the late Col. G. Cresswell (5th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment.), and of Mrs. G. Cresswell, of Garden House, Hunstanton,
Norfolk. Buried: Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref.
IV. B. 17. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
CROWN
|
Charles
Robert Nelson |
Pioneer
191897. 29th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 31st May 1918. Aged 21. Born
and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Son of Robert George
and Lily Beatrice Crown, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Cinq Rues
British Cemetery, Nord, France. F.8. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
CROWN
|
William
|
Private
240161. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on
19th April 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Hunstanton.
Son of Levina Crown, of 8, Church St., Hunstanton, Norfolk, and
the late Abram Crown. Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial. Panels 12
to 15. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
DOVE
|
George
|
Possibly:
Ordinary Seaman, J/33497, George William Dove, HMS ‘Hampshire’,
Royal Navy. Killed in action 05th June 1916. Commemorated on Chatham
Naval Memorial, Panel 16. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
EGLINGTON
|
[Robert]
Cecil |
Able Seaman, 171790, (RFR/CH/B/1075) HMS ‘Cressy’, Royal
Navy. Killed in action 22nd September 1914, aged 36. Son of Mrs.
A. Eglington, 2, Belvoir Terrace, Hunstanton; husband of Gertrude
Alice Raisbury (formerly Eglington), 5, Ethel Terrace, Hunstanton,
Norfolk. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 02. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
EMMERSON
|
Claude
Victor |
Private
40674. 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly
41058 City of London Yeomanry. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 16th October 1917. Aged 30. Born Cambridge.
Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted East Ham, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Emmerson, of 42, Panton St., Cambridge; husband of Agnes Emmerson,
of 2, Charlbury Terrace, Hunstanton. Buried: Cement House Cemetery,
Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I.K.3. See
Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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FLECKNOE
|
Percy
James Deane |
Lieutenant
"C" Bty. 64th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds on 25th
November 1917. Aged 29. Son of James and Mary Annie Bell Flecknoe,
of Peterborough. Buried: Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge,
West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. IX. A. 11. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
FROST
|
Edward
|
Lance
Corporal 55695. 41st Battalion Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
30238 Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 9th April 1918. Born Coggeshall, Essex. Lived Hunstanton.
Enlisted Kings Lynn. Buried: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery
No.3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. O. 4. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
GENTLE
|
Albert
Thomas |
Bombardier
63835. 86th Bty. 32nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917 (CD gives
date as 22nd April 1917), Aged 24. Born St. Ives, Huntingdonshire.
Enlisted Bordon Camp, Hampshire. Son of Albert and Harriett Mary
Gentle, of Harpenden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Duisans
British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. IV. A. 6. See
Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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GENTLE
|
Cecil
Charles |
Driver
105999. 64th Bty. 5th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 16th September 1917. Aged
23. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Albert and Harriet
Mary Gentle, of Harpenden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4
to 6 and 162. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
GREY
|
Gordon
Cronin |
[Spelt
GRAY on CWGC and SDGW] Corporal 15324, 9th (Service) Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 26th September 1915 in France
& Flanders. Age 18. Born Cambridge, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Capt. Charles Ernest Gray, of Graystones, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated
on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
1, Part 2, Page 145. GRAY, Gordon Cronin. Corporal, 15324, 9th (Service)
battalion, The Norfolk Regiment. Son of Captain Charles Ernest Gray,
of Old Hunstanton Lodge, Hunstanton co. Norfolk, Quartermaster 3rd
battalion Norfolk Volunteer Regiment, late Quartermaster and Captain
3rd (Cambs) V.B., Suffolk Regiment. Born Cambridge 3-1-1898; educated
Ruskin School and the Friends School, Saffron Walden; enlisted in
the Norfolk Regiment 26-11-1914 after the outbreak of war; went
to France may 1915; and was killed in action during the Battle of
Loos 26-9-1915, by the explosion of a bomb.
See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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HARRIS
|
Daryl
Leslie |
Pioneer
282404. Fourth Army Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Died in France
and Flanders on 3rd November 1917. Aged 26. Born Stansted,
Essex. Enlisted Newmarket. Son of Alfred and Evangeline Harris,
of Grosvenor House, Westgate, Hunstanton, Norfolk; husband of the
late Dorothea Jannie Harris (formerly Brockwell). Buried: Zuydcoote
Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. II. C. 24. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
HERRING
|
John
Robert |
Corporal
203367. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds on 31st
May 1918. Aged 28. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted New Hunstanton. Son
of Martha Bloomfield, of 6, Roseneath Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Buried: Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. E. 19.
See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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HEYGATE
|
Reginald
|
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed
in action on 11th June 1918. Aged 21. Son of James and
Bessie Annette Heygate, of 30, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge. Commemorated:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
5. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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KING
|
George
|
Second
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion attd. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action between 12th and 13th February
1917. Aged 20. Son of Julia King, of Caley Hall, Hunstanton, Norfolk,
and the late Herbert Charles King. Commemorated: Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
LANGFORD
|
Albert
E. |
No
further information available at present. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
LAWS
|
Robert
F |
No
further information available at present. |
LENTON
|
Gerald
|
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment . Died of wounds
on 27th July 1917. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Lucy Lenton,
of 8, Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XIV.
A. 6. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
MANNING
|
Horce
Frank |
Private
107558. 206th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Formerly 3561 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 26th October
1917. Born and enlisted King’s Lynn. Commemorated: Tyne Cot
Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159
and 163A. |
NELSON
|
Fredrick
Charles |
Sapper
84755. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds at home
on 6th August 1916. Aged 20. Born Ashill, Norfolk. Lived
Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of George Nelson, of Tymperley
Hill St., Hunstanton. Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard.
See also 34th Norfolk
Division, Royal Engineers. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
NICHOLS
|
Herbert
Edmund |
Herbert
Edward on CD. Sapper 85370. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 26th June 1916.
Aged 36. Born Necton, Norfolk. Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Harrison John and Martha Nichols; husband of Agnes Mary Nichols,
of 7, Charlbury Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Albert Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. I. G. 30. See also 34th
Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
NORTON
|
Charlie
|
No
further information available at present. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
PALMER
|
Percy
Harold |
Corporal
G/53075. 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 23989
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 24th
April 1917. Aged 21. Born Colby, Norfolk. Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted
East Dereham. Son of William H. and Gertrude Palmer, of Rocksand,
Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 3. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
PALMER
|
Basil
Victor |
Private
71402. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and
Derby Regiment.). Formerly 26656 Norfolk Regiment. Died at home on 7th
May 1917. Aged 19. Born Colby. Lived Wolstanton, Staffordshire.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Gertrude Palmer, of "Rocksand,"
Hunstanton. Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
PARTRIDGE
|
Robert
Henry |
Captain.
1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed on 4th September
1917. Aged 27. Born at King's Lynn. Son of Frederick Henry and Elizabeth
Partridge (nee Birdsall), of "St. Helier," Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. XXIV. A. 6. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
PAYNE
|
Sidney
E. |
Possibly:
Sidney Edward Payne. Private 25911. 9th Battalion
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st
May 1917. Born Bow, Middlesex. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31 See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
RANGER
|
Herbert
William |
Sapper
74404. "SX" Cable Sect. Royal Engineers. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 4th May 1915. Aged 28. Born and lived Hunstanton.
Enlisted Birmingham. Son of Emma Ranger, of 15, Church St., Hunstanton,
Norfolk, and the late Charles Ranger. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 23 to 25 or 325 to 328. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
RANSOME
|
Frederick
H. |
Private
202135. 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 28th July 1918. Born
Snettisham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Buzancy Military Cemetery,
Aisne, France. Ref. I. B. 14. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
RANSOME
|
Reggie
(Reginald) Hugh |
Rifleman
44131. 11th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) attd.
King's Royal Rifle Corps. Formerly TR/9/11159 27th T.R.
Battalion & TR/10/7477 22nd T.R. Battalion, Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 22nd September
1918. Born and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Son
of Harry and Emma Ransome, of 5, The Grove, Hunstanton. Buried:
Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France. Ref.
VI. E. 30. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
REYNOLDS
|
Leonard
Archibald |
Corporal
P/970. 3rd Sqdn. Traffic Control Military Mounted Police, Military
Police Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 14th March
1919. aged 29. Born Dersingham. Lived East Dereham. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Daniel and Rebecca Reynolds, of The Shop, Dersingham, Norfolk.
Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Ref. III. C. 22. See
Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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RIDGERS
|
Bertie
|
Possibly:
Albert Ridgers. Private 12/621. 2nd Rn. Auckland Regiment,
N.Z.E.F. Died on 21st September 1916. Aged 38. Son of
the late George and Elizabeth Ridgers. Commemorated: Caterpillar
Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
ROYTHORNE
|
Reginald
|
Company
Quartermaster Serjeant L/8154. 2nd Battalion Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary
Force on 20th September 1916. Born Heacham. Enlisted
Ely. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI.
X. 21. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
SEXTON
|
Arthur
Edward |
Private
G/18221. 7th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Formerly
PS/10959 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 31st October 1916. Aged 25. Born Hunstanton. Lived
and enlisted Coventry, Warwickshire. Son of William Sexton, of 26,
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and the late Jane Lydia Sexton.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11
C. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
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SHERINGHAM
|
Edward
Oswald |
Lieutenant.
1st Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Died on 1st
October 1918. Aged 21. Born in Canada, on 3rd February,
1987, the son of George and Daisy Sheringham, of Grand Forks, British
Columbia. Sister of Miss L. Sheringham of West Norfolk Hospital,
England. Buried: Sancourt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. II.
A. 8. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
SMITH
|
Alec
V. |
No
further information available at present. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
SMITH
|
William
|
Private
18550. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st October 1915. Born Hunstanton.
Enlisted Cambridge. Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. II. H. 5. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
SOUTHGATE
|
Frank
Edward |
[Edward
Frank on CWGC] Private
2745. 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Died in France & Flanders
on 23rd February 1916. Aged 43. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted
Wells, Norfolk. Son of Samuel and Mary Southgate, of Hunstanton,
Norfolk; husband of Ethel Southgate. of 32, Maitland Park Villas,
Hampstead, London. Buried: Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. IV. E. 24. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
STAINES
|
Herbert
George Bishop |
Private
M2/045967. Mechanical Transport attd Canadian Field Artillery, Army
Service Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 17th
October 1918. Aged 22. Born and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Peterborough.
Son of Edward and Emma Staines. Native of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried:
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France.
Ref. VII. K. 3A. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
THOMPSON
|
Edward
|
Probably:
Private 73161. 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment.) Died on 14th June 1916. Aged 26. Only son of Arthur
and Fanny Thompson, of 36, Queen St., Lutten Bridge, Lincs, England;
husband of Alice May Nunn (formerly Thompson), of 43, Friars St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 18 - 26
28. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
|
TOMS
|
Peter
H.G. |
Private,
435780, 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (CEF). Killed in action
Vimy Ridge 10th April 1917. Born Eastbourne, Sussex, enlisted Canada
4th January 1916. Son of Alfred and Florence Toms, ‘Rutland’,
Glebe Avenue, Hunstanton. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, Arras.
See Hunstanton Seafront memorial also.
|
TOMS
|
Arthur
George St.John |
Private
59994. 21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Regiment.). Died between 15th and 17th September
1916. Aged 22. Son of Alfred Augustus and Florence Toms, of "Rutland,''
Glebe Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Commemorated: Vimy Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WAGG
|
Arthur
|
Probably:
Arthur Thomas Wagg. Private 1907. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk
Regiment. Died in Egypt on 25th November 1915. Born Sutton,
Lincolnshire. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Son of Mrs. Mildred Wagg,
of 2, Laws Yard, High St., Kings Lynn. Buried: Alexandria (Chatby)
Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. B.59. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WAGG
|
Bertie
|
Private
1904. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th
august 1915 (CD gives date as 28th August 1915). Aged
20. Born and enlisted Hunstanton. Son of Alfred and Phoebe Wagg,
of Dorset House, Park Rd., Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles
Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44 See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WAGG
|
James
Henry |
Private
35489. 20th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 9th April 1918 (CD has date
12th April 1918) aged 35. Born and Enlisted Kings
Lynn. Lived Hunstanton. Husband of Eva Wagg, of 5, Seagate Rd.,
Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres,
Nord, France. Ref. VII. A. 7. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WAGG
|
William
|
Lance
Corporal 41298. 13th Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly
5998 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 28th April 1917. Commemorated: Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Bay 7. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also.
|
WILLIAMS
|
Cecil
Arthur |
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. attd. 9th
Battalion, Killed in action on 21st March 1918. Aged
19. Son of Annie E. Williams, of Barclay's Bank House, Hunstanton,
Norfolk, and the late A. W. Williams. Commemorated: Arras memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WILLOUGHBY
|
Stanley |
Private
44307. 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 23rd November 1917.
Born Hunstanton. Lived Llanrhaiadr, Denbigh. Enlisted Denbigh. Buried:
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord, France. Ref.
I. A. 44. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
WITLEY
|
Leslie
Norman |
Corporal
3800. 98th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Died 26th March
1918. Aged 23. Son of Mrs. Mary Witley, of Hill St., Hunstanton.
Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WALES
|
Charles S |
Corporal
7223. Army Pay Corps. Died on 24th February 1918. Aged 36. Buried:
Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. South-East of Church. (Not on
CD). |
Not
on memorial but present working in Hunstanton at the outbreak of
war |
STONE
|
Gilbert Edward |
Private
24087, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 19th September 1918 in Palestine. Born
Thorpe St Andrew's, enlisted in King's Lynn, 1916, resident Hunstanton,
working at Glebe House as a Footman. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel. Grave T. 54. |
1939-1945
COUSINS |
Leslie
Walter |
Private
5772857. 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Died on 30th
July 1944. Aged 24. Son of Walter William and Edith Rachel Cousins,
of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. Ref. II. A. 6. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
CROWFOOT
DFC |
(Thomas)
Bernard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 129665. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 15th October 1942. Aged 30. Son of George and
Ellen Crowfoot; husband of Gladys Dorothy Crowfoot, of Thetford,
Norfolk. Buried: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Ref. 2. B. 19. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
CROWN |
Robert
Thomas |
Gunner
1584715. 1 Army Observation Bty. Royal Artillery. Died on 13th
March 1941. Aged 23. Buried: Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, Kwazulu
Natal, South Africa. Ref. Block F. Grave 31. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
CROWN |
Sydney
Reginald |
Private
5777183. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
30th December 1943. aged 27. Son of Robert George and
Lily Beatrice Crown, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Chungkai War
Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 3. G. 4. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
FLINT |
Alfred
Arthur |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1251995. 901 Balloon Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 12th January 1941. Aged 33. Son of Arthur
Clayton Flint and Minnie Eliza Flint, of Hunstanton. Buried: New
Hunstanton Cemetery. Ref. Row O. Grave 5. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
FRAMINGHAM |
Peter
William |
Private
5772845. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
29th June 1943. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Framingham,
of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
Ref. Coll. grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
HORNE |
Robert
T.C. |
Probably:
Robert Thomas Horne. Private 5779850. 5th Battalion Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Died on 6th August 1943. Aged 27. Buried:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 2.L.2. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
HUGHES
|
Gordon
William |
Sailor
S.S. Avonwood (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. Died on 12th
December 1942. Aged 22. Son of John Henry Hughes, and of Maud Hughes,
of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Panel 13. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
IRELAND |
Eric
William |
Sergeant
902411. 218 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
11th October 1941. Aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Ireland, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Runneymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 46. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
WALKER
|
Alfred
Cole |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 905129. 49 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on 29th September 1941. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker,
of Haywards Heath, Sussex. Buried: New Hunstanton Cemetery. Row
P. Grave 5. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
WINN |
Albert
Walter |
Private
5774182. 7th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
12th June 1940. Aged 35. Son of Timothy C. and Ann Winn;
husband of Florence M. Winn, of Hunstanton North, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 44. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
LANG
|
Bernard
|
Probably:
Captain 174477. York and Lancaster Regiment. died on 20th
January 1944. Aged 37. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lang; husband
of Gwyneth Mary Lang. Buried: Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Ref.
II, F, 10. See Hunstanton Seafront memorial
also. |
WOODROW |
George
Albert |
Serjeant
5770071. 2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on 16th May 1944. Aged
31. Son of Arthur George and Rose Alice Woodrow; husband of G. M.
Woodrow, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.
Ref. XII. F. 16. See Hunstanton Seafront
memorial also. |
LAHIFF |
Colin
|
Serjeant
14439684. attd. Indian Catering Corps, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died on 12th June 1945. Aged 26. Son of Alfred James
Lahiff, and of Agnes Lahiff, of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried: Delhi
War Cemetery, India. Ref. 2. G. 4. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
WARREN |
Peter |
No
further information available at present. See Hunstanton
Seafront memorial also. |
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