STOKE
FERRY WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Mike Smith; Researched by
Lynda Smith 2005
Stoke
Ferry is situated not far from Downham Market. The War memorial is on
the hill by All Saints Church (Redundant) entrance, High Street, Stoke
Ferry, Norfolk. It takes the form of a plain, Celtic, wheel cross mounted
on a tapering plinth and broad shallow two-stepped base. There are seventeen
names listed for World War 1 and two for World War 2.
IN
HONOURED
MEMORY OF
OUR GALLANT
FALLEN FROM
THIS VILLAGE
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1918
| BONNETT |
Raymond |
Corporal
240287. 1st/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine
on 19th April 1917. Aged 23. Born Oakham, Rutland. Enlisted East
Dereham, Norfolk. Son of Thomas and Emily Bonnett, of Wereham Rd.,
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXX.
E. 1. |
| BOYCE |
Alfred |
Private
29298. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers attached 19th Battalion Manchester
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 23rd July 1916.
Aged 31. Born and lived Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Norwich. Son of the
late William and Mary Ann Boyce. Buried: Serre Road Cemetery No.2,
Somme, France. Ref. XXV. D. 14/15. |
| BROOKS |
Aubrey
Arthur |
Private
615947. 1st/19th Battalion London Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 22nd August 1918. Aged 19. Born Stoke Ferry.
Lived Brockley. Enlisted Camberwell. Son of William Brooks, of The
Nag's Head, Wereham, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10. |
| BROWN |
R
C |
Possibly:
Robert Christopher Brown. Private 39938. 10th Battalion Worcestershire
Regiment. Formerly 5148 South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 18th November 1916. Born Croxton,
Norfolk. Lived Thetford. Enlisted Burton-on-Trent. Buried: Connaught
Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Ref. VIII. G. 1. |
| DARKINS |
Bert
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 11227. 15th (The King's) Hussars. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 28th November 1917. Born and lived Stoke Ferry. Enlisted
Downham. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt,
Somme, France. Ref. IV. A. 9. |
| ENGLISH |
Bertie
Stephen |
Private
40249. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly 5281 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd July 1918.
Aged 27. Born and lived Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Maria
and the late Richard English, of Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: Tannay
British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord, France. Ref. Plot 3. Row G. Grave
2. |
| LOCK |
W |
Possibly:
Walter Locke. Private 14448. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 18th October 1916. Aged 24. Born
Methwold. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Herbert and Rose Locke, of Eaton
Farm, Sedgeford, King's Lynn. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| MEE |
Howard
John |
Serjeant
14272. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 22nd
July 1917. Aged 25. Born Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Norwich. Son of John
and E. Mee, of Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate)
War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. VI. E. 10. See also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School |
| MORTON |
Bertie |
Gunner
128968. 16th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Died on 5th December
1918. Husband of Mrs. L. Morton, of Hill House, Wereham, Stoke Ferry,
Norfolk. Buried: Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Charleroi, Hainaut,
Belgium. Ref. O. 14. |
| OFFICE |
Robert |
Private
16918. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders. Born Stoke Ferry. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Cambrai
Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
| POLLARD |
H
E |
Private
47038. 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Died on 3rd June 1915. private Pollard was born in Stoke Ferry,
Norfolk on 25th August 1877. He served four years in the militia
in England before he emigrated to Canada where he worked as a labourer.
Buried: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. III. H. 10.
|
| REEVE |
R
S |
No
further information available at present |
| RICHES |
Frank |
Private
23367. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 14th
August 1917. Aged 23. Born Stoke Ferry. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son
of George Rymer Riches and Hannah Riches, of Salisbury House, Stoke
Ferry, Norfolk. Buried: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XIV. A. 15.
|
| SHARPE |
H |
No
further information available at present |
| TUCK |
William
Reginald |
(CD
gives William Randall). Lance Corporal 2284. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk
Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. (CD gives 28th
August). Aged 23. Born Nordelph, Norfolk. Enlisted East Dereham.
Son of William Henry and Ellen Grace Tuck, of The Homestead, Stoke
Ferry, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42
to 44. |
| TURNER |
G |
No
further information available at present |
| WEST |
A
E |
Private
M/281238. Army Service Corps. Died on 17th June 1918. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. West, of Wretton Rd., Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Buried:
Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France. Ref.
1. L. 16. |
|
WORLD
WAR TWO |
| HUGHES |
J |
No
further information available at present. |
| WILBY |
Percy
Charles |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 97139. H.M.S. Gallant, Royal Navy. Died on 10th January
1941. Aged 21. Son of Jack and Ethel Florence Wilby, of Stoke Ferry,
Norfolk. Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 48,
1. |
|
Buried
in the graveyard. Not on the memorial |
| SARLAND |
Victor
Henry |
Major
66719. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on 4th June 1944. Aged 39.
Son of Victor Egmont Sarland and Mabel Gertrude Sarland; husband
of Florence Mary (Jane) Sarland, of Farnham, Surrey. Buried: Stoke
Ferry Cemetery. Ref. Grave A. 19. |
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March 2005 |
