Captain. 5^th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 12^th August 1915. Aged 54. Son of Edmund and Anna Maria Beck, late of Sandringham, Norfolk; husband of Mary Plumpton Beck, of Dersingham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Company Serjeant Major 240014. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on 19^th April 1917. Born Mickleham, surrey. Enlisted Dersingham. Son of Charles and Alice Beckett, of Chilton Gardens, Hungerford, Berks. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXIII. B. 9. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

BENSTEAD

Frederick Matthias

Lance Corporal 17133. 1^st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 31^st July 1917. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Hillingford. Buried: Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. VIII. C. 7 See also Sandringham,

Lance Corporal 17587. 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers attd. 99th Trench Mortar Bty. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28^th February 1918. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France. Ref. I. A. 6. Also commemorated on Sandringham memorial.

Private 2418. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21^st August 1915. Aged 20. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Julia Riches (formerly Bond), of Alexandra Cottages, West Newton, King's Lynn, and the late John William Bond. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44.Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Private 6815. (CWGC gives Lance Corporal) 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, transferred from 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th September 1916. Aged 20. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Sandringham. Son of Frederick James and Louisa Hannah Bridges, of Fir Cottage, West Newton, King's Lynn. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B. See also Sandringham

Private 240349. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 2^nd November 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Charles Cook, of Church Cottage, West Newton, King's Lynn. Buried: GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Ref. XXIV. C. 16.Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class (PO) M/1025, H.M. S/M "E49," Royal Navy. When his submarine hit a German mine and sank with no survivors 12 March 1917. Born 28 April 1887 in Dersingham, Norfolk. Son of Joseph and Annie Copeland. Baptised 4 September 1887 in the parish he was born. Husband of Roberta Copeland, of Foliet House, Poplar Grove, 5th Bank. Middlesboro; son of Annie Copeland, of Park Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk. Youngest child of six on the 1891 census, aged 3, the family still living in Dersingham. He next appeared on the 1901 census aged 13, living at Park Cottage, West Newton, Norfolk with his parents and older sister. Height 5’5” with brown hair, blue eyes and tattoos of an anchor, laurels and a ship on his chest. His Star, Victory and British war medals were claimed by his widow of just a few short months after his death. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 25. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Details kindly supplied by the website Lost in Waters Deep, HMS E-49

Corporal 819. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12^th August 1915 (CD gives date as 28^th August). Born Harlesdon, Norfolk. Enlisted Sandringham. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Photograph Copyright © Chris Harley 2008

Private 65462. 104th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4^th October 1918. Aged 22. Born West Newton. Lived King’s Lynn. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Arthur and Priscilla Hanslip, of West Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried: Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. G. 24. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Lance Serjeant 711. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment . Killed in action in Gallipoli on 12^th August 1915. Aged 28. Born King’s Lynn. Enlisted West Newton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Needs, of 26, Alfred Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Lance Corporal 2025. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12^th August 1915. (CD gives date as 21^st August). Aged 21. Born Icklingham, Suffolk. Enlisted Sandringham. Son of Thomas and Annie E. Phillips, of West End, Costessey, Norwich. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Private 1559. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21^st August 1915. Aged 23. Born West Newton. Enlisted Sandringham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ringer, of Victoria Cottages, West Newton, King's Lynn. Commemorated: Helles memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Private 41634. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 7010 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 14^th April 1917. Aged 37. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ringer, of West Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Commemorated: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville - St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France. Special Memorial. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.

Rifleman 41237. 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Formerly 3010 Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 8^th May 1918. Aged 39. Born and lived Hillington. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Maria Smith, of Thatch Cottage, Hillington, King's Lynn, and the late J. Smith. Buried: Solferino Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. D. 6. Also commemorated on Sandringham Memorial.