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OLD
HUNSTANTON ST MARY'S WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, Researched
Ernie Rusdale 2007
There are two memorials, one for World War 1 and the other for World
War 2, and a Roll of Honour for World War 2 for those who served. There
is also a memorial affixed to the memorial
hall wall. There is also a plaque to the capsizing of a pleasure
boat and there are also four graves in the churchyard.
WORLD
WAR 1
THEY DIED FOR US
1914-1918
| ALLSOP |
Robert
[William] |
Private,
20733, Robert William ALLSOP, 1st Essex Regiment. Killed in action
13-08-15. Born Lakenheath, enlisted Norwich, resident Ringstead.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 144/150 and 229/233.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall |
| BARNES |
Frederick
John |
Private
6337, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
in United Kingdom 6th March 1915. Aged 32. Born Barnham, enlisted
Norwich. Son of Robert Barnes; husband of Minnie Ethel Barnes, of
Camperdown House, Hunstanton. Buried in
Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
| BROWN |
Sidney
[William] |
Private,
3/7658, 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 20-07-16. Born
King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq,
Grave V.X.18. See also Old Hunstanton
Memorial Hall |
| CROWN |
Ernest
[William] |
Private
12584, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment formerly 74962, Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 27 March
1918. Born and resident Hunstanton, Norfolk, enlisted Hertford.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 5.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall |
| DOWDY |
Herbert
"Bert" |
Private,
50156, 4th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
Mesopotamia 19-09-18, aged 26. Formerly 4806, Norfolk Regiment.
Enlisted East Dereham, resident Hunstanton. Son of Henry and Jessie
Dowdy, Rose Cottage, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
See
also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| GRAY |
Gordon |
Believed
to be: Corporal, 15324, Gordon Cronin Gray, 9th Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 26-09-15, aged 18. Born Cambridge, enlisted
Norwich 26-11-14. To France May 1915. Son of Capt. Charles Ernest
Gray (late Quartermaster and Captain 3rd (Cambs) V.B. Suffolk Regiment),
'Graystones', Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. Loos Memorial, Panels 30/31.
Also listed Hunstanton Memorial.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| MELTON |
William
John |
Private,
8556, 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 13-01-16, aged 22.
Born Hunstanton, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. W. C. and Mrs. M.
A. Melton, of School House, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried in Kut War
Cemetery, Iraq, Grave J.13.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
|
| NEWSTEAD |
Alfred
[Basil] |
Private,
240513, 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19-04-17, aged
22. Enlisted East Dereham, resident Hunstanton. Son of James and
Catherine Priscilla Newstead, 60 Hunstanton North, Norfolk. Commemorated
on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panels 12/15.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
|
| NEWSTEAD |
William
James |
Leading
Seaman (Boatman), 192850, HMS Monmouth, Royal Navy. Died/Killed
in action 01-11-14, aged 33. Son of James and Catherine Priscilla
Newstead, 60 Hunstanton North, Norfolk. Commemorated on Chatham
Naval Memorial, Panel 01.
See also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| RICHARDSON |
William
Arthur |
Private,
18082, 3rd Norfolk Regiment. Died at home 15-04-15, aged 24. Born
Old Hunstanton, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Richardson,
Old Hunstanton. Buried in Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk.
See
also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| ROYTHORNE |
Arthur |
Guardsman,
25658, 2nd Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 09-10-17, aged 19.
Born Hunstanton, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of George and Sarah Roythorne,
The Downs. Hunstanton. Norfolk. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Panel 09.
See
also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| RUMBOLD |
William
James |
[Spelt
RUMBOLDS on Memorial Hall memorial] Rifleman,
S/20116, 2nd Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 19-11-17, aged 29.
Son of Robert and Ellen Rumbold, Sea Lane, Hunstanton, Norfolk;
husband of Emily Emanuel (formerly Rumbold), 13, Bourdon Buildings,
Bourdon Street, Berkeley Square, London. Commemorated on Tyne Cot
Memorial, Panels 145/147. See
also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| SKIPPER |
Bertie |
No
further information currently available |
| Le
STRANGE |
Roland |
Captain,
General List, London District, Commanding Chinese Labour Corps.
Died 20-02-19, aged 49. Son of Hamon and Emmeline le Strange, Hunstanton
Hall, Norfolk; husband of the late Hon. Mrs. R. le Strange, only
daughter of 18th Baron Hastings. Buried in Hunstanton (St. Mary)
Churchyard, Norfolk.
See
also Old Hunstanton Memorial Hall
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| REST
IN PEACE |
Framed
handwritten Roll of Honour
ROLL
OF HONOUR
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN
FROM THE PARISH OF
OLD HUNSTANTON
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945
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| BEATON |
Frank
Wilfred Sandford |
[Listed
as Royal Army Medical Corps on RoH] Lance Corporal T/127715, Royal
Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 20 June 1941. Aged 27. Born Middlesex,
resident Norfolk. Son of Reginald Charles John Beaton and of Lilias
Mary Beaton (nee Gower), of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried in DAMASCUS
COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Syria. Section H. Grave 39.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
BEATON
Frank Wilfred Sandford of Cefn Hamilton-road Hunstanton Norfolk
died 20 June 1941 on war service Probate Llandudno
17 October to Lilias Mary Beaton widow.
Effects £7688 4s.
Extract
from The London Gazette, 28 October 1941, page 6287:
FRANK
WILFRED SANDFORD BEATON,
Deceased.
Pursuant to the Trustee Act, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claims or demands
against the estate of Frank Wilfred Sandford Beaton late of Cefn,
Hamilton Road, Hunstanton in the county of Norfolk deceased who
died on war service on the loth day of June 1941 are hereby required
to send particulars thereof in writing to us the undersigned on
or before the 15th day of January 1942 after which date the executrix
will proceed to distribute the said estate having regard only to
the claims then notified.—Dated this 24th day of October,
1941.
(134) DRUCES and ATTLEE, 82, King William Street, E.C.4, Solicitors
for the said Executrix. |
| CATHLES |
Noel
[Alfred Campbell] |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 102975, 11 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 23 July 1941. Aged 25. Son of Albert Cathles, and of Ada R.
Cathles, of Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY,
SICILY, Italy. Plot I. Row F. Grave 20. |
| HUNTER |
John
Hardwicke Cuthbert |
Wing
Commander 72862, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 18 August
1945. Aged 32. Birth registered in the July to September Quarter
1913 in the Woolwich Registration Distrcit, London. Son of John
Charles Gordon and Evelyn Mary Hunter; husband of Iris Ada (nee
Cathles) Hunter, of Hunstanton, Norfolk, married 1938 in St Martin-In-The-Fields,
Middlesex. B.Sc. Engr. (Lond.). Mentioned in Despatches. Buried
in KANDY WAR CEMETERY, Sri Lanka. Plot I. Row D. Grave 3. |
| REID |
Bruce
[Douglas George] Houston |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 42438, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 12 June
1940. Aged 20. Son of R. Douglas Houstoun Reid and Enid Nellie Reid,
of Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. His brother Ian Henry also died on service.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, France. Block "S".
Plot 4. Row T. Grave 10. |
| REID |
Ian
Henry |
Midshipman,
H.M.S. Barham, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 25 November 1941. Aged
18. Son of Douglas Houstoun Reid and Enid Nellie Reid, of Old Hunstanton,
Norfolk. Chief Cadet Captain, H.M.S. Worcester. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 60,
Column 1. |
| WARREN |
Peter
John |
Aircraftman
1st Class 547949, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 18 December
1939. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 3. |
| WINN |
Albert
Walter |
[Spelt
WIN on memorial] Private 5774182, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Missing presumed killed in action during the evacuation at Dunkirk
12 June 1940. Aged 35. Born 18 May 1905 in Norfolk, baptised 23
July 1905 in Toftrees, Norfolk, son of Timothy Charles and Ann Elizabeth
Winn. Resident Norfolk. Son of Timothy Charles and Ann Winn; husband
of Florence M. (nee Finbrow) Winn, of Hunstanton North, Norfolk.,
married April to June Quarter 1932 in Docking Registration District,
Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 5, born Toftrees, Norfolk,
son of Timothy and Ann Winn, resident Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Sutton,
Norfolk. Admitted to Burnham Westgate Board/Council School, Burnham,
Norfolk, 15 April 1912, son of Timothy, resident near Sutton Church,
left 16 May 1918 after 5 years attendance. In the Electoral Register
19129, 1930 and 1931, he was resident Caley Hall Cottage, new Hunstanton.
No known grave. Commmeorated on the DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, France. Column
44.
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R.I.P.
THE
FOLLOWING
ARE THE NAMES
OF THOSE FROM
THIS PARISH WHO
SERVED HIS
MAJESTY’S FORCES
|
| ASKER |
H
F |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| BARNARD |
A
J |
Army
Catering Corps |
| BARNARD |
J
D |
Royal
Navy |
| BATTERBEE |
G
W (Junior) |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| BATES |
D
H |
Royal
Engineers |
| BOURKE |
D
H |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| BOURKE |
R
L |
Somerset
Light Infantry |
| BURNESS |
l |
TC.
Royal Air Force |
| BURTON |
H |
Royal
Pioneer Corps |
| CAMPBELL |
A
F |
Suffolk
Regiment |
| CAMPBELL |
A
V |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| CAMPBELL |
J |
Loyal
North Lancashire Regiment |
| CLARK |
J |
Royal
Air Force |
| CASE |
C |
Women's
Royal Naval Service (WRNS) |
| DRAKE |
G
A |
Royal
Army Medical Corps |
| DOWNING |
P
T |
Royal
Army ordnance Corps |
| EVANS |
S |
Royal
Engineers |
| FERGUSON |
P |
Women's
Royal Naval Service (WRNS) |
| GILDING |
E |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| GILDING |
J
H |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| GILDING |
W
H |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| HARRIS |
H |
Women's
Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) |
| HARRIS |
M |
Sikhs,
Indian Army |
| HEATH |
P
M |
Royal
Army Medical Corps |
| HODGESON |
D |
Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) |
| HOLT |
H |
Royal
Army Medical Corps |
| HOUCHIN |
A
T |
Royal
Navy |
| HOUCHIN |
N
K |
Women's
Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) |
| HULME |
G |
Women's
Royal Naval Service (WRNS) |
| JEWELL |
A |
Royal
Air Force Regiment |
| JEWELL |
George
Robert |
Private
5779000, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Japanese Prisoner
of War. Born 22 November 1922. Son of William and caroline Jewell,
of Paddock Cottage, Hunstanton, Norfolk. |
| JEWELL |
W
E G |
Royal
Artillery |
| JONES |
H |
West
Yorkshire Regiment |
| JOYCE |
R |
Royal
Artillery |
| LAKE |
G
R |
Royal
Artillery |
| LAKE |
R
W |
Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) |
| LANE |
G |
Royal
Navy |
| Le
STRANGE |
B |
Royal
Air Force |
| LYNOTT |
A |
Royal
Army Medical Corps |
| MATSELL |
C |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| MATSELL |
E |
Royal
Air Force |
| MOTT |
T
G |
Royal
Navy |
| NEWSTEAD |
E
G |
Royal
Signals |
| NOBES |
D |
Royal
Suffolk Regiment |
| OWEN |
S
G |
Royal
Air Force |
| PARSONS |
W |
Royal
Air Force |
| PEACOCK |
E |
Royal
Army Ordnance Corps |
| PEACOCK |
J |
Auxiliary
Territorial Service (ATS) |
|
PEACOCK |
P |
Auxiliary
Territorial Service (ATS) |
| PEACOCK |
W
B |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
PROUDFOOT |
E |
King's
Own Scottish Borderers |
| PROUDFOOT |
W |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
RICHARDSON |
D |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| SAMPSON |
P |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
TUCK |
Herbert
William |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Reported missing, taken prisoner of war. He lived
to the ripe old age of 92. |
| TURKINTINE |
G
E |
Royal
Army Service Corps |
|
WAGG |
R
J W |
Royal
Army Service Corps |
| WALLACE |
C
H |
Royal
Air Force |
|
WARD |
A |
Merchant
Navy |
| WARD |
O
A |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
WATSON |
F
C |
Royal
Army Service Corps |
| WATSON |
J |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
WENNINGTON |
W
E |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| WRIGHT |
Arthur |
Sergeant
1425231, Royal Artillery. Japanese Prisoner of War. Born 5 February
1902 in Hunstanton. Son of James and Eliza Wright, of 1, The Terrace,
Hunstanton, North Norfolk. |
THE
LORD WROUGHT GREAT GLORY BY THEM, THROUGH HIS GREAT POWER
E.A. CAMP SCRIPTIST 1948.
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| Very
dark brass plaque within the church |
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| BLOOMFIELD |
Frederick
Charles |
Drowned
at sea when the Princess of Wales pleasure boat capsized on 25th
August 1895 near Hunstanton. |
| WOODS |
George |
Drowned
at sea when the Princess of Wales pleasure boat capsized on 25th
August 1895 near Hunstanton. |
| LONG |
Robert |
Drowned
at sea when the Princess of Wales pleasure boat capsized on 25th
August 1895 near Hunstanton. Baptised 9 September 1877 in Hunstanton,
Norfolk, son of David Long and Mary Ann Long. In the 1891 census
he was aged 13, born Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, son of David and Mary
A Long, resident Perfitts Cottages, Station Road, St Mary, Docking,
Norfolk. |
| HERRING |
Amos
George |
Drowned
at sea when the Princess of Wales pleasure boat capsized on 25th
August 1895 near Hunstanton. |
| CURL |
William
Algin |
Drowned
at sea when the Princess of Wales pleasure boat capsized on 25th
August 1895 near Hunstanton.
Death registered in the Rochdale Registration District, Lancashire
July to September Quarter 1895, aged 63. |
DROWNED
AT SEA BY THE CAPSIZING OF THE PLEASURE BOAT The PRINCESS OF WALES
AUGUST 25TH 1895.
Q.A.P.D.
Extract
from The Times, Saturday, 4 January 1896, page 6:
THE
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT HUNSTANTON.
—An
official report has been issued giving the result of a Board
of Trade inquiry into the accident which occurred at Hunstanton
on Sunday, August 25, to the pleasure boat Princess of Wales,
causing the death of four passengers and one of the crew. The
inspectors arrived at the conclusion that the capsizing of the
Princess of Wales was due to the fact that she was caught in
a sudden squall of wind of exceptional severity before there
was time to properly relieve her of her canvas by letting go
the peak halyards, and thereby lowering the peak, and that no
blame attaches to Riches her master.
On
the anniversary of the capsizing this extract from Norwich
Mercury - Saturday 29 August 1896, page 4:
THE
YAWL DISASTER AT HUNSTANTON.
The
anniversary of last year’s boating disaster, by which the
yawl the Princess of Wales was wrecked, and five lives lost, has
been marked by the unveiling of a brass memorial tablet in St.
Edmund’s Church, Hunstanton. The tablet bears the following
inscription:—“Jesu Mercy. In memory of Frederick Charles
Bloomfield, George Woods, Robert Long, Amos George Herring, William
Algin Curl, drowned at sea by the capsizing of the pleasure boat
the Princess of Wales, August 25th, 1895.—Q.A.P. D.”
Further, Skipper Riches has been presented with illuminated address,
which has foot a painting of the unfortunate boat, a good likeness
of Riches, and a view of the beach. The inscription is as follows:—“Presented
to Arthur Riches, together with a purse of money, by many admiring
friends in recognition of his courageous conduct the occasion
of the capsizing of the pleasure yacht the Princess of Wales,
of Hunstanton, on August 25th, 1895.”
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| Buried
in the churchyard but not on the memorial |
| COXEN |
Stephen
Arthur Thomas |
Major,
5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 6 June 1899. Of Kings Lynn
and Holme. Born Litchfield. Buried in Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard.
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| EVANS |
Francis
Bernard |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps formerly The Artists Rifles. Killed
while flying at Sedgeford 17 February 1918. Aged 22. Son of Alfred
and Florence Evans, of 27, North Side, Clapham Common, London. Served
in France (1915-17) with the Artists' Rifles. His wife Florence
Nelson is buried in the same grave. Buried South of the Church in
Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
| GRIFFITHS |
Dudley
George |
Private
2633, 1st Battalion, Lovat Scouts. Died in United Kingdom 8 July
1915. Born Wales, resident Pembroke. Buried in North-West corner
of Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
|
NELSON |
Frederick
Charles |
Sapper
84755. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds at home
on 6 August 1916. Aged 20. Born Ashill, Norfolk. Lived Hunstanton.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of George Nelson, of Tymperley Hill St., Hunstanton.
Buried in Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. See also 34th
Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers and Hunstanton.
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|
PALMER |
Basil
Victor |
Private
71402, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Died of wound sin United KIngdom 7 May 1917. Age 19.
Born Colby, enlisted Norwich, resident Wolstanton, Staffordshire.
Son of William and Gertrude Palmer, of "Rocksand," Hunstanton.
Formerly 26656, Norfolk Regiment. Buried South-East of the Church
in Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
|
TAPLIN |
Walter
William |
Sergeant 26841, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 22 May 1920.
Aged 21. Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. E. A. Taplin, of 44, Station
Rd., Marlow, Bucks. Buried South of the Church in Hunstanton (St.
Mary) Churchyard. |
|
WALES |
C
S |
Corporal
7223, Army Pay Corps. Died 24 February 1919 [CWGC states 1918].
Aged 36. Buried South-East of the Church in Hunstanton (St. Mary)
Churchyard. |
| WITLEY |
Leslie
Norman |
Corporal
3800, 98th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Died 26 March 1918. Aged
23. Son of Mrs. Mary Witley, of Hill St., Hunstanton. Buried in
North-West corner of Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
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