
WALPOLE
ST PETER WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Cliff Brown 2002
The
memorial stands in the churchyard and is in the form of a boxed cross
on a long tapering shaft standing on a plinth with a three stepped base.
There is another memorial in the village
hall.
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Photograph
from an old postcard |
Photograph
Copyright © Peter Hunter 2006 |
Photograph
below of unveiling ceremony from old postcards |
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IN
MEMORIUM
1914
- 1918
BAILEY |
David
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9704
Pte, 1/4th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Palestine 2-11-17.
Born Walpole St Andrew, enlisted King's Lynn. Jerusalem Memorial,
Israel. Also Walpole St Andrew. |
BULLEN |
Arthur
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M/30451,
Engine Room Artificer, HMS Vernon. Died 27-12-18. Wisbech Borough
Cemetery. |
BURNHAM |
Tom
S |
39537
Pte, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action 17-2-17. Formerly
4775 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Lived Walpole Highway. Regina Trench
Cemetery,Grandcourt, Somme, France. |
CLAXTON |
Edward
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K/16684,
Ldg Stoker, Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Killed by internal explosion
of vessel at Scapa Flow, 9-7-17, age 24. Son of George James &
Sarah Jane Claxton, of Walpole St Peter. Chatham Memorial, Kent.
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COE |
Ernest
William |
37299
Pte, BCompany, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 31-7-16, age
23. Born West Walton, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of William &
Mary Jane Coe, Station Rd, Clenchwarton. Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. 15th bde, 5th Div. Also listed West Walton. |
CRAWFORD,
DCM |
Thomas
(Tom) Samuel |
WR/290318
Sapper, 96th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died
Egypt 1-11-18. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (LG citation
3-9-19) Egypt. Formerly 16880 Norfolk Regiment. Damascus Commonwealth
War Cemetery. |
EDWARDS |
Benjamin
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50909
Pte, 2nd Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 27-11-17, age 19.
Formerly 27452 Norfolk Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Ann Edwards,
of Walpole St Peter. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
HANSLIP |
William
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40173
Pte, 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18-10-16, age 35. Born
Upwell, enlisted King's Lynn. Husband of Annie Hanslip, of Colletts
Bridge, Elm. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Emneth.
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HOLMAN |
Frank
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3/7482
Pte, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 29-1-15, Wulverghem
sector. Born Walpole Highway, enlisted King's Lynn. Lived Walpole
Highway. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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KING |
William
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20577
Pte, 1st Essex Regiment. Died at sea (on way to Gallipoli) 13-8-15,
age 33, sinking of the troopship Royal Edward, Aegean Sea. Formerly
17933 Norfolk Regiment. Born Terrington Marsh, enlisted Norwich.
Son of James and Elizabeth King, of Walpole St Andrew. Lived Terrington
Marsh. Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
MACE |
Ernest
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16691
Pte, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16. Born
Tannington (Terrington?), enlisted Wisbech. Son of Jessie Hanslip,
Walpole St Andrew. London Cemetery and Extension, France.
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MAYCRAFT |
Charles
Albert |
9035
L/Cpl, ACompany, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 5-9-16, age
21. Born Clenchwarton, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Charles &
Emily Maycraft, Clenchwarton. Dive Copse British Cemetery, Somme,
France. |
NEEDHAM |
Herbert
Edward |
22388
Pte, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27-7-16, age 19. Born
Walpole St Peter, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Edward and Elizabeth
Needham, of Walpole St Andrew. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Brother of below. |
NEEDHAM |
William
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13754
L/Cpl, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 26-9-16, age 25. Born
Walpole, enlisted Norwich. Lived Walpole Highway. Son of Edward
and Elizabeth Needham, of Walpole St Andrew. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Brother of above. |
PECKOVER |
Ernest
Edwin |
19136
Pte, 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action 14-12-15,
age 30, firing line at Rue de Paris, Gallipoli. Married, lived Walpole
Marsh. Enlisted 3-2-15. Formerly 18607 3rd Scottish Rifles. Abroad
Sept 1915. Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. |
PETERS |
John
Edward |
202056
Pte, 11th (Midland Pioneers) Leicestershire Regiment. Died of broncho-pneumonia
following gas poisoning, 5-11-18, age 29. Son of John and Mary Ann
Peters, of Walpole St Peter. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. |
PETERS |
Philip
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43099
Pte, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21-10-16, age 21. Born
Walpole St Andrew, enlisted Norwich. Son of John & Mary Ann
Peters, Walpole St Andrew. Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme,
France. |
POTTER |
George
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8880
L/Cpl, 1st Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 5-5-15, Frezenberg
area. Born Upwell, enlisted March. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke,
Belgium. |
RAWLINGS |
Ernest
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30427
Pte, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 28-4-17, age 21.
Born Tydd St Mary, enlisted Norwich, living Walpole Highway. Son
of Mr & Mrs W Rawlings, Tilney St Lawrence. Lived Walpole Highway.
Arras Memorial, France. |
SANDAL |
George
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29340
Pte, 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18-9-18. Born Upwell,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mrs E Sandal, of Wingland, Sutton Bridge.
Chapelle British Cemetery, Aisne, France. 7Also listed Upwell.
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STIMPSON |
John
Morley |
242529
Pte, DCompany, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 22-3-18,
age 21. Enlisted Holbeach, living Walpole St Peter. Son of Mrs Mary
Jane Harrod, of Walpole St Peter. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
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THOMPSON |
Joseph
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No
information. |
1939-1945 |
NICHOLS |
Ernest
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possibly
960097 Ldg Aircraftman, RAF. 30-6-43. Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia.
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NICHOLS |
Bernard
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possibly
3320007 Pte, Army Catering Corps attached Royal Artillery. 24-2-44,
age 27. Husband of Constance Nichols, Hillsborough, Yorks. Naples
War Cemetery, Italy. |
NICHOLS |
Paul
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No
information currently. |
GARROD |
Philip
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5778136
Pte, 5th Royal Norfolk Regiment. 18-1-42, age 27. Son of George
William & Annie Mary Garrod. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
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GRAPES |
William
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1874647
Spr, 1 (Malay) Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineeers. 12-89-44, Prisoner
of War, age 29. Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
BUNNING |
Geoffrey
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937988
Sgt, Wireless operator/air gunner, 214 Squadron RAF. 31-5-42.
Reichswald Forest War Cemtery, Kleve, Germany. |
REEVE |
George
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5777847
L/Cpl, 2nd (Airborne) Btn Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. 7-6-44,
age 29. Sonof Henry & Eliza Reeve, Wisbech. Ranville War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. |
WENN |
George
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5933583
L/Sgt, 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment. 21-9-44, Prisoner of War, age
24. Husband of J M E Wenn, Wisbech. Singapore Mem
orial,
Singapore. |
HATTON |
John
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No
information currently. |
PAYNTER |
Gordon
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4398171
Pte, 1st Green Howards (Yorkshire Rgt). 23-5-44, age 36. Cassino
Memorial, Italy. |
NORTHERN
IRELAND |
MASON |
Robert
Michael |
Private
24210289, 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment. Shot and killed
by Republican gunmen in West Belfast 24th October 1972 in Belfast.
Born 23rd August 1953. Buried in Andrews Village Cemetery, Police
Road, Walpole St Andrew, Wisbech. |
Last
updated
28 November, 2019
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