| The
Roll of Honour is Handwritten and painted on silk and resides
to the right of the bell tower. |
|
|
Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
THE
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
THESE MEN OF STIFFKEY WERE KILLED IN ACTION |
| BULLIMORE |
Herbert
Spencer |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Lance Sergeant 267062, 1/6th Battalion
(Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 March
1918. Enlisted East Dereham. Formerly 3424, Norfolk Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Panel 16 to 18. |
|
CURSON
|
Francis
[Albert] |
Private
41612, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 14 April
1917. Aged 29. Born and resident Stiffkey, enlisted Holt. Son
of Mary Ann Curson, of Chapel Cottage, Stiffkey. Formerly 5668,
Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| HUST
|
Sidney
[James] |
Private
56866, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action
20 April 1916. Born Stiffkey, enlisted Wells. Son of Jabez and
Mary Ann Hust; husband of Ethel Maria Hust. Formerly 202979, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60 and 163A. |
|
PEARSON
|
George
W |
[Listed as 7 August on memorial] Private 23120, 7th Battalion,
Border Regiment. Killed in action 5 August 1916. Born North heigham,
enlisted Noriwich, resident Stiffkey. Formerly 16213, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
| REYNOLDS
|
Clifford
[Thomas] |
Private
29034, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 1
August 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Stiffkey, enlisted Norwich.
Son of Thomas and Rose Reynolds, of Morston Rd., Stiffkey. Buried
in BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 3. |
|
RINGWOOD
|
Bertie |
[The
date from the memorial has been transcribed as 7 June 1918] Private
26502, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 7 June
1917. Born and resident Stiffkey, enlisted Salford. Son of Mrs.
E. Ringwood, of Stiffkey No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Panel
35. |
| TIMBERS
|
Joseph
Arthur |
[Not
listed on the silk and under Arthur Joseph TIMBERS on CWGC] Private
17895 [SDGW} or 17295 [CWGC], 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 28 September 1915. Aged 27. Born Kerdiston, enlisted
Norwich, resident Brandiston. Brother of Mrs. M. B. Skipper, of
Brandiston, Alderford, Norwich. Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row DA. Grave 2. |
|
WORDINGHAM
|
Charles
Douglas |
Private
8833, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 4 June
1916. Aged 21. Born Stiffkey, enlisted Fakenham. Son of John Robert
and Esther Mary Wordingham, of Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk. His
brother James Reginald John also fell. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS
CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 17. |
| WORDINGHAM
|
James
Reginald John |
Private
14922, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 23 March
1918. Aged 24. Born Stiffkey, enlisted Norwich, resident Holt.
Son of John Robert and Esther Wordingham, of Walnut Villa, Letheringsett,
Holt, Norfolk. His brother Charles Douglas also fell. Buried in
MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, , Nord, France. Plot III.
Row C. Grave 1. |
|
WORDINGHAM
|
Vincent
Robert |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and General
List, New Armies. Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 27. Son
of Samuel Francis and Elizabeth Wordingham; husband of Annie Wordingham,
of 1822, Morgan Place, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. Buried in
ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
III. Row F. Grave 3. |
| Also
in memory of |
| GRAY |
John
Robin |
 Lt.
Col. Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Died 11 February 1926.
A
memorial can be found on the wall leading to the Manor.
HERE
REST
THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
Lieut. Col.JOHN ROBIN GRAY
late THE KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.
OF STIFFKEY OLD HALL and
LORD OF THE MANOR
WHO DIED 11 FEBRUARY 1926
GODS
FINGER TOUCHED
HIM AND HE SLEPT
|
| GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. |
| THESE
ALSO LEFT THEIR HOMES TO SERVE KING AND COUNTRY. |
|
BAKER |
Arthur
|
No
further information currently |
| BAKER |
Herbert
|
No
further information currently |
|
BAYFIELD |
Clarence
|
No
further information currently |
| BAYFIELD |
Noah
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No
further information currently |
|
BAYFIELD |
Sam
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No
further information currently |
| BRITTON |
Gerald
|
No
further information currently |
|
BRITTON |
Percy
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No
further information currently |
| BUCK |
Robert
|
No
further information currently |
|
CARTER |
Edward
|
No
further information currently |
| CURSON |
George
|
No
further information currently |
|
CURSON |
Harry
|
No
further information currently |
| CURSON |
James
|
No
further information currently |
|
CURSON |
Richard
|
No
further information currently |
| CURSON |
Walter
|
No
further information currently |
|
DAGGETT |
Ernest
C |
No
further information currently |
| DAVIDSON |
Rev
H F |
No
further information currently |
|
DOWSING |
Bernard
|
No
further information currently |
| DOWSING |
Charles
|
No
further information currently |
|
DOWSING |
Ernest
F |
No
further information currently |
| DOWSING |
George
|
No
further information currently |
|
DOWSING |
Richard
|
No
further information currently |
| ELWOOD |
Bertie
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No
further information currently |
|
ELWOOD |
George
|
No
further information currently |
| ELWOOD |
Timothy
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No
further information currently |
|
ENGLEDOW |
Harry
|
No
further information currently |
| FRANCIS |
John
R |
No
further information currently |
|
FRANCIS |
William
E |
No
further information currently |
| GIDNEY |
Charles
|
No
further information currently |
|
GIDNEY |
George
|
No
further information currently |
| GRAY |
J
R |
Lieut
Colonel |
|
GROOM |
J
E |
Colonel |
| GREEN |
Nathaniel
|
No
further information currently |
|
GROOM |
Mary
Gladys |
No
further information currently |
| HANNANT |
Ernest
|
No
further information currently |
|
JARVIS |
George
|
No
further information currently |
| JARY |
Charles
E |
No
further information currently |
|
JORDAN |
Charles
|
No
further information currently |
| JORDAN |
Lewis
T |
No
further information currently |
|
LEE |
William
|
No
further information currently |
| LEWIS
|
Osborne
|
No
further information currently |
|
MALLETT |
Edgar
|
No
further information currently |
| MALLETT |
Ernest
|
No
further information currently |
|
PELLS |
Bertie
A |
No
further information currently |
| PELLS |
James
|
No
further information currently |
|
PELLS |
Septimus
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No
further information currently |
| REYNOLDS |
Charles
|
No
further information currently |
|
REYNOLDS |
George
|
No
further information currently |
| REYNOLDS |
James
E |
No
further information currently |
|
RHODES |
Stanley
|
No
further information currently |
| RINGWOOD |
Alec
|
No
further information currently |
|
RINGWOOD |
Richard
|
No
further information currently |
| RINGWOOD |
Tom
|
No
further information currently |
|
SNELL |
Walter
|
No
further information currently |
| SUTTON |
Harold
|
No
further information currently |
|
SUTTON |
Walter
|
No
further information currently |
| TOOKE |
Charles
|
No
further information currently |
|
WARNES |
William
|
No
further information currently |
| WINNER |
Cyril
|
No
further information currently |
|
WORDINGHAM |
Kimberley
|
No
further information currently |
| WORDINGHAM |
Samuel
|
No
further information currently |
|
WORDINGHAM |
Walter
|
No
further information currently |
| WORDINGHAM |
Walter
|
No
further information currently |
|
WRIGHT |
John
|
No
further information currently |
| YAXLEY |
Tom
|
No
further information currently |
| "ALL
YE WHO LIVE IN ENGLANDS PASTURES GREEN,
REMEMBER US, AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?"
" HE REMEMBERED US WHEN WE WERE IN TROUBLE
FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER!"
The
paint has run at bottom. |
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|
Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
ROLL
OF HONOUR 1939 – 1945 |
|
GREEN
|
George |
Petty
Officer P/JX 139805, H.M.S. Express, Royal Navy. Died 1 September
1940. Son of Samuel and Florence Nora Green, of Stiffkey. No known
grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel
37, Column 2. |
| JARVIS |
Ernest
Cornelius |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 3032389, 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 23 February 1945. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY,
Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Plot 8. Row B. Joint grave 27-28. |
|
GREENACRE |
Alan
George |
Private
5775177, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 24 January
1942 in Malaya when the Japanese pushed through from Thailand
to Singapore. Aged 22. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore.
Plot 29. Row E. Collective grave 1-4. |
| JARVIS |
Mark
James |
Private
5775220, 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died as a prisoner of
war of the Japanese 6 June 1943.
Aged 28. Son of Thomas Edward and Maud Elizabeth Jarvis; husband
of Florence Ellen Jarvis, of Fakenham. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row M. Grave 8. |
| THE
FOLLOWING ALSO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY |
|
BETTS |
Robert |
R
A |
| BUTTERS |
Robert |
R
N |
|
CARVER |
Robert
John |
R
A S C |
| CLAXTON |
William |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
CODMAN |
Gordon
William |
R
A F |
| CURSON
|
Dennis
John |
M
N |
|
CURSON
|
Geoffrey
Robert |
R
A F |
| CURSON |
Edgar
George Sydney |
R
E |
|
CURSON |
George
Robert |
R
N |
| DOWSING |
Robert
George |
R
A |
|
DOWSING |
Stanley
John |
R
E M E |
| ENGLEDOW |
James
Horace |
Intelligence
Corps |
|
FITCH |
David
Cloudsley |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| GREEN |
Nathaniel
Thomas |
R
N |
|
GREEN |
Phillip
John |
M
N |
| GREENACRE |
John
Gilbert |
R
A F |
|
GREENACRE |
Robert
John |
R
A F |
| GREENACRE |
Walter
George |
R
A F |
|
HANNANT |
Ernest
John |
R
N |
| HANNANT |
Joan
Margery |
W
A A F |
|
HORNE |
Kenneth
Ernest |
R
A M C |
| JARVIS
|
Harold
Edward |
Royal
Pioneer Corps |
|
JARVIS |
Harold
George |
R
E M E |
| JARVIS |
Lily
Gertrude |
W
A A F |
|
JARVIS |
John
Edward |
R
A F |
| JOHNSON |
Arthur
Stanley |
R
A F C |
|
MARSHALL |
Doreen
Mary |
A
T S |
| MURRELL |
Alfred
Thomas |
R
A S C |
|
PEARSON |
Alfred
George |
R
A |
| PEARSON |
Reginald
Arthur |
R
A |
|
PELLS |
Alan |
M
N |
| PLAYFORD |
Olive
Margaret |
W
A A F |
|
REYNOLDS |
George
Robert |
R
A F |
| ROBERTS |
Margaret
Mclarty |
W
R N S |
|
ROWE |
Robert
John |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
| SMITH |
Derrick
John George |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment |
|
SWELL |
John
Charles |
R
E M E |
| SUTTON
|
Clifford
John |
Oxford
& Bucks Light Infantry |
|
WINNER
|
Bertie
Charles |
R
A F |
| WORDINHGAM |
James
Arthur |
R
A |
|
WRIGHT |
Anthony
Mons |
R
A F |
