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WEST
WINCH WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, Researched
lynda Smith - 2004
The
village of West Winch is situated just south of King’s Lynn. The
memorial takes for form of a granite cross inset with marble in front
of the church.
Note:
Stan Langley researched the 1914-18 casualties listed on the memorial
some five to six years agon in connection with the Norfolk Museums Service
War Memorials Project. Copies of a booklet, produced as a result of
his enquiries, were deposited with the Norfolk Regimental Museum, the
Norfolk Family History Society, Trues Yard (North End Trust, King's
Lynn) and the King's Lynn Library. In addition to the information gathered
from the CWGC, contents include transcripts of press reports - and reference
to some other casualties who had links to West Winch and to neighbouring
Setchey.
As
direct result of his endeavours the local branch of the British Legion
benefited from the sale of the booklets, and the West Winch Parish Council
arranged for refurbishment of the memorial as part of their programme
to mark the Millennium. Insertion of a new panel listing the names of
the fallen was included in the refurbishment - as is clear from Carolynn's
excellent photograph - and this corrected an error by the masons on
the original.
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Photograph
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO UNDYING HONOUR
OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
| ARCHDALE |
Charles
William |
Captain.
5th Battalion attached 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in
action on 20th November 1917. Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval,
Nord, France. Panel 4. |
| BARRETT |
William |
Gunner
159077. "C Battery, 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of
wounds in France & Flanders on 10th September 1917. Aged 20. Born
West winch. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of Isaac William and Emily
Barrett, of West Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried: Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XXV. P. 6. |
| COWARD |
Thomas
Alban |
Private
PO/16570. H.M.S. "Black Prince Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died
on 31st May 1916. Aged 21. Adopted son of Mrs. H. Randall, of West
Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Hampshire. Column 22.
Special
note: The armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince was sunk at the Battle
of Jutland with a loss of all hands. |
| DREW
|
Montague
John |
 Private
19761. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds at home on
1st October 1916. Born Gaywood, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Buried:
West Winch (St. Mary) Churchyard. Opposite the entrance.
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| FROST |
William
Edward |
Private
240517. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on 15th April 1918. Born North Runcton, Norfolk. Enlisted East Dereham.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| NEWELL |
Thomas
John |
Driver
T4/059469. 29th Div. Train, Army Service Corps. Died in Egypt on
4th September 1915. Aged 34. Lived King’s Lynn. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of John and Emma Newell, of Setchey, Norfolk. Buried: East Mudros
Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece. Ref. II. L. 207. |
| SPAXMAN |
James
Henry |
Serjeant
3362. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 7th May 1915. Born South Lynn. Enlisted King’s
Lynn. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 8 and 12. |
| 1939
- 1945
|
| MOUGHTON |
Horace
V |
Private
2756070. 1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died on
9th May 1940. Aged 21. Son of Frederick James Moughton, and Edith
Moughton, of West Winch, Norfolk. Buried: Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-et-Moselle,
France. Ref. 3. A. 10. |
| OAKES |
E |
Possibly:
Earnest Oakes. Private 5776232. 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment
. Died on 20th May 1940. Aged 21. Buried: Outtersteene Communal
Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Ref. Plot 5. Row A.
Grave 62. |
"THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" ECC.XI.17
16 October 2004 |
