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UPTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed
by David Rudram; Researched by Lynda Smith - 2003
Upton
is just north of Acle. The war memorial is inside the church and takes
the form of a brass plaque mounted on an oak backboard. There are twenty
onr names listed for World War 1 and four for World War 2. The memorial
was unveiled circa 1922. There is also a Roll of Honour which gives
greater detail. The names from the war memorial have been sorted into
alphabetical order for ease of reading and research.
1914-1918
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BRIGGS
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[Arthur]
Desmond |
Captain,
9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action Saturday
25 September 1915. Aged 20. Son of Lt. Col. J. A. Briggs and Emily
A. S. Briggs, of Strathairly, Largo, Fife. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 57 to 59. |
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BROWN |
Albert |
Engineman
1466ES, H.M. Drifter "Frons Olivae.", Royal Naval Reserve. Lost
at sea Tuesday 12 October 1915. Born 14 January 1877 in Yarmouth.
Husband of Eliza Brown, of Upton, Acle, near Yarmouth. No known
grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom.
Panel 14. |
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CLAPP |
William |
Driver
85795, "D" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died Sunday
23 July 1916. [Memorial gives August] Born and enlisted Great Yarmouth.
Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot III. Row N. Section 3.
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CLARE |
Benjamin
Samuel |
Corporal
7245. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 26
February 1915. [Memorial gives 26 February] Born Ranworth. Enlisted
Norwich. Buried in DRANOUTER CHURCHYARD, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Section 7. |
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COLEMAN |
Eric |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment attached to Machine
Gun Corps. Killed in action Tuesday 31 July 1917. Aged 31. Son of
the late Capt. Coleman and Mrs. George Drury Coleman; husband of
Lilian Coleman, of 5, St. John's Terrace, Wakefield. Native of Acle,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 56.
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| COOKE |
Leonard
Arthur |
Gunner
159545. 210th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action Friday 14 September 1917. [Memorial gives 13 September] Born
Thurne. Lived Upton Acle. Enlisted Wrexham (probably Wroxham). Son
of Mr. R. J. Cooke, of Upton Ade, Norwich. Buried in BUFFS ROAD
CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave
18. |
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FULLER |
Robert
Mark |
Private
34666 transferred to 363420, Labour Corps. Died Wednesday 5 May
1920. Aged 37. Son of Mr. B. Fuller, of Upton St, Margaret. Buried in
UPTON (ST MARGARET) CHURCHYARD, UPTON-WITH-FISHLEY, Norfolk, United
Kingdom. |
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HEATH |
Frank
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 16844, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
Saturday 14 October 1916 (Memorial gives 15 October). Born Upton.
Enlisted Southwark Town Hall. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 2A. |
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HEATH |
Herbert |
Rifleman
S/21013, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. [Memorial gives Norfolk Regiment]
Killed in action Thursday 19 October 1916. Born Acle. Lived Bethnal
Green. Enlisted Shoreditch. Buried in THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY,
AUTHUILE, Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 9. |
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HEATH |
Jesse |
HMS
Uvulaira, Royal Naval Reserve. Mined in the North Sea 13 May 1920.
Aged 34. Born Upton. No known grave. |
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HIGH |
Stanley
J. |
Private
22353, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died Friday 22 November
1918. [Memorial gives 2 November] Aged 22. Son of Mrs. M. High,
of Broadlands, Upton, Norfolk. Buried in VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH)
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot L. Row E. Grave 6. |
| HOWES |
William |
Private
15862, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died of wounds
Wednesday 24 May 1916. Born and lived Norwich. Enlisted Bordon,
Hants. Buried in LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot 1. Row N. Grave 3C. |
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MIDDLETON |
[William]
Percy |
Private
203337, 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. (Memorial gives Norfolk
Regiment). Killed in action Sunday 29 September 1918. Aged 20. Born
Heydon. Lived Upton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Rosana
K. Middleton, of Church Rd., Upton, Norwich. Buried in VILLERS HILL
BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B.
Grave 12. |
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MORGAN |
George |
[Memorial
states Fell in France August 1917] possibly
Lance Corproal 26730, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born Norwich. Formerly 2923, East
Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
43 and 45.
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SMITH |
Robert
Alfred |
Private
3130, 44th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action
Thursday 4 October 1917. (Memorial gives 14 October). Aged 37. Born
Acle. Son of John and Caroline Smith; husband of Alice Blanche Sutherland
(formerly Smith), of 225, George St., Launceston, Tasmania. He was
29 when he emigrated to Australia, where he worked as a guard on
the Western Australian Railway. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 – 31.
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SUTTON |
William
Robert |
Private
G/11585, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
17 March 1917. Aged 19. Born Upton. Enlisted Norwich Son of Walter
and Louisa Sutton, of Marsh Rd., Upton, Norfolk. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XI.
Row B. Grave 40A. |
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TATE |
Albert
George |
Ordinary
Seaman J/60379, H.M.S. "Raglan.", Royal Navy. (Memorial gives RNR).
Lost at sea Sunday 20 January 1918. Aged 20. Son of James J. and
Mary Ann Tate, of Boatdyke Lane, Upton, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom. Panel
28. |
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WILGRESS |
Hector
Philip Stanley |
[CWGC
spells name Willgress] Private 28545, 6th Battalion, Somerset Light
Infantry. Formerly DM2/230742 Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in
action Saturday 3 November 1917. Aged 20. Born and lived Upton.
Enlisted Great Yarmouth. Son of Philip and Christiana Willgress,
of Council Houses, Upton, Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
41 to 42 and 163A. |
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WILGRESS
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Herbert
Arthur |
[CWGC
spells name Willgress] Serjeant 7493. Royal Engineers. Died Saturday
1 November 1919. Aged 39. Son of Robert and Happy Willgress, of
Upton. Buried in UPTON (ST MARGARET) CHURCHYARD, UPTON-WITH-FISHLEY,
Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| WILGRESS
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William |
(CWGC
spells name Willgress). Lance Corporal 18187. 7th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. (Memorial gives Surrey Regiment). Killed in action Thursday
12 October 1916. Born Upton. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
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YOUNG(S) |
Edward
James |
Second
Hand 2683SA, H.M. Trawler "Arfon", Royal Naval Reserve. Lost at
sea Monday 30 April 1917. Aged 29. Son of Edward James and Esther
Elizabeth Youngs, of Tunstall, Norwich; husband of Emily Louisa
Youngs, of 37, Donington St., Great Grimsby. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 25. |
1939
–1945 |
| BECK |
Harold
James |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 126703, H.M.S. Niger, Royal Navy. Died Monday 6 July
1942. Aged 21. Son of Albert James and Agnes Elizabeth Beck, of
Upton, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 61, Column 3. |
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CURTIS |
John
William |
Private
7626967, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died Monday 7 April 1941. Aged
22. Son of Sarah Beatrice Curtis, and stepson of Clifford Walter
Church, of Upton, Norfolk. Buried in PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece.
Plot 15. Row A. Grave 3. |
| MIDDLETON |
Gordon
William |
Private
5773660, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday
21 September 1944. Aged 25. Son of William and Rosina Kate Middleton,
of Upton, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Singapore. Column 51.
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WILGRESS |
Roy
Edward |
(CWGC
spells name Willgress). Stoker 1st Class C/KX 114923, H.M.S. Afrikander
IV, Royal Navy. Died Tuesday 19 May 1942. Aged 21. Son of Henry
James Willgress and Mildred Maud Willgress, of Upton; Norfolk, England.
Buried in DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
Block F. Grave 250. |
Last updated
10 February, 2014
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