
RUNHALL
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Tim Hammond 2009
The
Runhall memorial is to be found within the parish church of All Saints.
The memroial takes the form of a bronze plaque inscribed with black
lettering inset into the interior wall of the church. There are nine
men listed on the plaque.
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Photographs
Copyright © Tim Hammond 2009 |
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
MEN OF RUNHASLL
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
ALLEN |
Thomas
Long |
Private
26236, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 27 September 1917. Aged 35. Born Runhall,
enlisted Norwich, resident Hardingham. Husband of Elsie May Allen,
of Plough Lane, Hardingham. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, RUNHALL,
Norfolk. |
BRASNETT |
Archibald
Henry |
Petty
Officer Stoker K/5384, H.M.S. Mallow, Royal Navy. Died 22 February
1919. Aged 29. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Brasnett, of Runhall,
Attleborough, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 32. |
BRASNETT |
Clarke
John |
[Listed
as John Clarke BRASNETT on CWGC and Canadian Archives] Private 12820,
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). Died 27
September 1916. Aged 24. Born Runhall, 1893. Farmer by trade. Unmarried.
Son of the late Frederic George and Laura Brasnett, of Runhall,
Norfolk. Enlisted 18 September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada, aged
20 years 4 months. Height 5 feet 9¼ inches, girth 37 inches,
complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light; Church of England. Buried
in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E.
Grave 4. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1021 - 25 |
DUFFIELD |
Alfred
Robert |
Private
G/15237, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
4 November 1915. Aged 31. Born Hindringham, enlisted Wymondham.
Son of Robert and Charlotte Duffield, of Kimberly, Wymondham. Buried
in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII.
Row D. Grave 163. |
DUFFIELD |
Charles
John |
Private
66606, 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
24 July 1918. Born Hindringham, enlisted Norwich, resident Hardingham.
Formerly 26245, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in ST. IMOGES CHURCHYARD,
Marne, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 13.
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HAMMOND |
Robert
Henry |
Lance
Corporal 23071, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action
7 August 1916. Aged 36. Born and resident Runhall, enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mrs. Matilda Hammond, of Little Ellingham, Norfolk; husband
of Laura Amelia Hammond, of 69, Low St., Hardingham, Norwich. Formerly
17869, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. e: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
HARTT |
Charles
Edgar Whitby |
Private
G/5552, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 26
February 1916. Aged 17. Born Carbrook, enlisted Norwich. Son of
James and Emma Hartt, of Mount Pleasant, Barnham Broom, Norwich.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 6. |
SPINKS |
Leonard
Arthur |
Stoker
1st Class K/5939, H.M.S. Staunch, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship
when it was torpedoed 11 November 1917. Aged 25. Son of Mrs. A.
E. Spinks, of Runhall, Attleborough, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 26.
Note:
HMS Staunch was an Acorn Class Destroyer, built by William Denny
& Brothers, Dumbarton, launched 29 October 1910 and torpedoed
and sunk by U-boat UC.38 off Gaza, Palestine, 11 November 1917. |
TILLS |
Henry
'Harry' |
Lance
Corporal 10809, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 16 June 1915. Born hardingham, enlisted
Oxford, resident Runhall. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37
and 39. |
Last
updated
21 December, 2009
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