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THURTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled
and Copyright © Transcribed
and researched Lynda
Smith 2005
Thurton
is a village on the A146 between Norwich and Loddon. For more information
and pictures of tHURTON church please see Simon’s
Norfolk Church Website.
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Photograph
Copyright © Simon Knott 2005 |
TO
THE MEMORY OF
| BROWN |
Horace
William |
Private
61284 Labour Corps. Formerly 38896. 35th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Died in France & Flanders on 1st March 1918. Born and lived Thurton.
Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. IX. E. 10. |
| FARROW |
Charles
George |
Private
G/9096. 7th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 26th February 1917. Lived
and enlisted Norwich. Buried: Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt,
Somme, France. Ref. IX. A. 7. |
| WITHAM |
Wallace |
(Spelt
Wallis on CWGC & CD). Private G/50821. 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
Formerly G/11828 Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 10th October 1917. Aged 19. Born Thurston, Norfolk
(Possibly this should be Thurton). Lived Thurton. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mrs. Agnes Witham, of 24, The Street, Thurton, Norwich. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 113 to 115. |
| HARVEY |
Miles |
Private
71177. 29th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Transferred to (180419)
339th Company, Labour Corps. Died at home on 29th March 1919. Aged
35. Buried: Thurton (St. Ethelbert) Churchyard West of church. [This
was a later addition to the memorial and the memorial was rededicated
on Sunday 14th November 2021 including his name] |
OF
THIS PARISH
WHO DIED ON MILITARY SERVICE DURING
THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 |
AND
OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED
1939 – 1945 |
| HERWIN |
Eric
George |
Private
5772113. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 17th November
1943. Aged 25. Son of Lewis Sydney and Letha Maria Herwin, of Thurton,
Norfolk. His brother Thomas William also died on service. Buried:
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. Ref. B3. X. 1. |
| HERWIN |
Thomas
William |
Private
5774223. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 7th October
1943. Aged 22. Son of Lewis Sydney and Letha Maria Herwin, of Thurton,
Norfolk. His brother Eric George also died on service. Buried: Chungkai
War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 2. G. 4. |
| PURLING |
John
Edward |
Serjeant
5777527. 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 11th June
1944. Aged 27. Son of William E. B. Purling and Mabel G. F. Purling,
of Thurton; husband of Emma Purling, of Swafield. Buried: Thurton
(St. Ethelbert) Churchyard. |
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FAITHFUL
UNTO DEATH |
Last updated
1 December, 2021
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