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LITTLE
PLUMSTEAD WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2005
Little
Plumstead is situated a few miles north east of Norwich, and north of
the A47 Norwich to Yarmouth road. The War memorial is situated in the
St Gervase and St Protase, Little Plumstead, churchyard. Names have
been listed in alphabetical order for ease of research. For more information
and pictures of Little Plumstead church please see Simon
Knott’s Norfolk Church Website.
IN
MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
| ANDREWS |
Andrew |
Sapper
WR/320803. Royal Engineers. Died at home on 19th November 1918.
Aged 37. Buried in Little Plumstead (SS. Gervasius And Protasius)
Churchyard. West of Church. |
| BIRD |
Robert
L. |
Private
136103. 53rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Died on 17th April 1919.
Aged 19. Son of Samuel and Minnie Bird, of Little Plumstead, Norwich.
Buried in Little Plumstead (Ss. Gervasius And Protasius) Churchyard.
West of Church. |
| BRISTER |
Arthur
Frederick |
Private
40998. 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 51494 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 20th June 1918.
Aged 18. Born Great Plumstead. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Samuel and
Caroline Maria Brister, of Little Plumstead, Norwich. Buried in
Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. V. E. 7. |
| COLK |
Arthur
Robert |
[Not on SDGW] Private 37049. 1st Battalion The Queen's (Royal West
Surrey Regiment). Died on 9th May 1918. Aged 28. Son of Arthur and
Alice Colk, of Little Plumstead; husband of Eva Ellen Colk, of The
Row, Scottow, Norwich. Buried in Little Plumstead (Ss. Gervasius
And Protasius) Churchyard. South of Church. [Not on SDGW] |
| COLK |
Robert |
Private
3/6320. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 24th April 1915. Born St. Paul’s Norwich. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried in Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. B. 10. |
| GEORGE |
Arthur
Philip |
Private
28176. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 22nd May 1917. Aged 41. Born Witton, Norfolk.
Lived Little Plumstead. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Philip and Anna
Maria George, of Little Plumstead, Norwich. Commemorated in Tank
Cemetery, Guemappe, Pas de Calais, France, on Special Memorial.
Row A. Grave 46., buried near this spot. |
| PARISH |
William
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 23207. 7th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 16827 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 12th October
1917. Aged 29. Born Rackheath, Norfolk. Lived Little Plumstead.
Enlisted Norwich. Husband of Mary Frances Parish, of Little Plumstead,
Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 85 to 86. |
| POWLEY |
John
aka Jack Frederick |
Boy
Telegraphist J/51372, H.M.S. Vanguard, Royal Navy. Died at sea by
means other than disease, accident or enemy action, 9th July 1917.
Aged 17. Born 6th June 1900 in Little Plumstead, Norfolk. Son of
Charlotte E. Powley, of Horse Shoe Hotel, Wroxham, Norfolk. Admitted
to Little Plumstead National/Church of England Voluntary Aided School
23rd May 1905, son of John Powley, left 21st September 1908. No
known grave. Commemorated on Plymouth naval memorial, Devon. Panel
22. |
| POWLEY |
Walter
Thomas |
Private
5598. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 26th October 1914. Born Little Plumstead. Lived Windsor,
Berkshire. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11.
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| SIMMONS |
Alfred
John |
Rifleman
46410. 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 25th April 1918. Born Blowfield, Norfolk. Lived Little
Plumstead. Enlisted Wroxham. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 81 to 84. |
| SIMMONS |
Bertie
Edward |
Private
16832. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 10th October 1917. Aged 21. Born Blofield, Norfolk.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of B. J. and Susan Simmons, of Little Plumstead,
Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| STANFORD |
John |
(Jonathan
SDGW & CWGC). Sapper 14743. 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 21st October 1914. Aged 28.
Born and enlisted Norwich. Son of Jonathan William and Susannah
Stanford, of Little Plumstead, Norwich. Buried in Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 14. |
| WEBB |
Bertie
Victor |
Private
23216. 7th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 16841 Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 19th February 1916. Aged
20. Born and lived Little Plumstead. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert
Webb and Sarah (his wife), of Little Plumstead, Norwich. Buried
in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row D. Grave 10. |
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
1939 – 1945 |
| EVERSON |
Ronald
William |
Private
5774011, 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese
Prisoner of War on 12th February 1944. Aged 26. In the 1939 Register
he was born 30 October 1917, a Builder's Labourer, son of John Smith
Everson and Blanche Bell Everson, unmarried, resident 6 Council
Houses, Sandy Lane, Great Plumstead, Blofield and Flegg R.D., Norfolk.
Buried in Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. British Section. Plot L.
Row A. Grave 14. |
| GUNTON |
William
George |
Sergeant
1466472, 302 Ferry Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Coastal Command. Killed in action based at Oban, Argyll, flying
in a Consolidated Catalina IVB, serial number JX423, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a ferry flight from the United Kingdom
to Gibraltar on 13th January 1945. Aged 23. Native of Little Plumstead,
Norfolk. Son of William Herbert Gunton and Teresa Mary Gunton, of
Little Plumstead, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Runnymede
Memorial, Surrey. Panel 275. |
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Buried
in the churchyard, not on the Memorial |
| COLK |
Clifford
Ernest |
Lance
Corporal 14698035. 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Died on 28th
June 1947. Buried in Little Plumstead (Ss. Gervasius And Protasius)
Churchyard. N. W. Corner. |
| SYMONDS |
William
Robert |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1629992. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
7th June 1945. Aged 20. Son of Percy and Doris Mary Symonds, of
Drayton. Buried in Little Plumstead (Ss. Gervasius And Protasius)
Churchyard. |
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updated
26 September, 2025
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