
NORTH
TUDDENHAM WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
North
Tuddenham is situated a few miles east of Dereham. The War Memorial
is in St Mary's churchyard, North Tuddenham, and takes the form of a
stone Calavary cross with pitched top on a tapering column mounted on
a three-stepped stone base. The re 11 names listed for World War 1 and
4 for World War 2 although the National Inventory sates 6 names.
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
BEAVIS |
Ernest |
Private
13319. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Monday
3 July 1916. Born Swanton Morley. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
BETTS |
Edgar
Charles |
Gunner
46552. Signaller 19th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed
in action Sunday 13 October 1918. Age 33. Born Tuddenham. Lived
Norwich. Enlisted Middlesbrough. Son of Mrs. Betts, of North Tuddenham,
East Dereham; husband of Rosa A. Betts, of 126, Aylsham Rd., Norwich.
Buried: LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Ref. II. E. 3.
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BETTS |
Walter |
Private
18226. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
19 April 1917. Age 28. Born North Tuddenham. Enlisted Norwich. Son
of S. and H. Betts, of North Tuddenham, East Dereham, Norfolk. Buried:
VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI. B. I.
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BULLOCK
|
Charles
[Samuel] |
Private
203433. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
27 March 1918. Aged 17. Enlisted E. Dereham. Son of James and Louisia
Bullock, of North Tuddenham. Commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 23 |
CURSTON |
Harry |
Private
29071. "D" Coy. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Sunday 29 April 1917. Age 28. Born Hockering. Lived North
Tuddenham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Alfred and Charlotte Curston,
of North Tuddenham, East Dereham, Norfolk. Commemorated: ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
EWING |
Charles
Robert |
Private
142800. 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 22154 Glos. Regiment.
Died of wounds Sunday 21 April 1918. Age 21. Born and lived North
Tuddenham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Herbert and Eliza Ewing, of
North Tuddenham, East Dereham, Norfolk. Buried: PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. C. 10. |
GILHAM |
Robert |
Serjeant
4237. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
30 May 1918. Age 49. Born and lived North Tuddenham. Enlisted Cranmer
Hall, Norfolk. Son of Robert and Sarah Gilham, of East Dereham,
Norfolk; husband of Florence R. Gilham, of 59, Englefield Rd., Southgate
Rd., London. Buried: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme,
France. Ref. III. A. 2. |
MACK |
James |
Private
201391. 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 4189 Suffolk
Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday 22 November 1917. Age 26. Born
Norwich. Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of James and Rose Mack,
of Main Rd., North Tuddenham, East Dereham, Norfolk. Buried: LIJSSENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XXVII.
B.B. 9. |
NEWELL |
Ernest |
Private
5466. 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment. Formerly 124220 Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action Tuesday 31 July 1917. Born Tuddenham,
Lived and enlisted E. Dereham. Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 44. |
SHICKLE |
Lewis
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 2398. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday
12 August 1915. Enlisted E. Dereham. Commemorated: HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
WIER |
George
Wright |
Private
240821. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday 19 April
1917. Enlisted E. Dereham. Commemorated: JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel.
Panels 12 to 15. |
WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
R.I.P.
ERECTED BY THEIR
SORROWING RELATIVES
AND GRATEFUL FRIENDS
1939
1945
|
MORTIMER |
Ernest |
No
further information available at present. |
STURMAN |
William |
No
further information available at present. |
HALL |
(Arthur)
Alfred William |
Private
5778091. 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Monday 15 November
1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of North Tuddenham, Norfolk.
Buried: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Ref. 6. E. 5. |
LEITCH |
William
Robson |
Sergeant
657352. 501 Sqdn., Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday 5 August 1942.
Age 26. Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Leitch; husband of Eva Jane
Leitch, of Bawdeswell, Norfolk. Commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey, United Kingdom Panel 88. |
Last
updated
30 August, 2014
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