WOOD
DALLING WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2005
Wood
Dalling is a village almost central of a diamond-shape formed by Holt
in the north, Aylsham in the east, East Dereham in the south and Fakenham
in the west. The village memorial is situated in the churchyard and
there is a hand-written memorial in the church. The stone memorial in
the churchyard.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2005 |
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS
PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
The
memorial in the church is hand-scripted behind glass and in a wooden
frame. The names are identical to those above.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
(there follows the list of names)
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE WAR OF
1939 – 1945
(there
follows the list of names)
“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”
BARNES |
Richard |
Private
1877, 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. killed in action in the
assault across the Kuchak Anafarta Ova, Suvla sector, Gallipoli,
on 12th August 1915 (CD gives 28th August 1915). Born Wood Dalling.
Enlisted Aylsham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Panel 42 to 44. |
BREWSTER |
John |
Private
290636, 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on 9th October 1917. Aged 36. Born wood Dalling. Enlisted Cromer.
Son of Mrs. Louisa Mears, of 9, The Common, Hildolvestone, Guist,
Norfolk; husband of Beatrice Ann Selina Brewster, of Falgate Rd.,
Hindringham, Walsingham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
CODLING |
Harry
Henry William |
Private
1879, 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. killed in action in the
assault across the Kuchak Anafarta Ova, Suvla sector, Gallipoli,
on 12th August 1915. (CD gives 28th August 1915). Born Hindolvestone,
Norfolk. Enlisted Aylsham. Son of William Thomas Codling, of Hindolvestone,
Guist, Norfolk, and the late Edith Elizabeth Codling. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
COTTRELL |
George |
Private
40198. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 18th October 1916. Born Wood Dalling. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1
C and 1 D. |
COTTRELL |
Richard |
Probably:
Richard Charles Cottrell. Private 437967. 2nd Battalion Canadian
Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Died on 9th September 1916.
Commemorated: Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
EGLINGTON |
Edward
John |
Private
240793. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Palestine on 19th April 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted East Dereham. Son
of Walter Robert and Sarah Ann Eglington, of Wood Dalling, Aylsham,
Norfolk. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXIII. C. 14. |
EGLINGTON |
Marshall
Hugh |
Private
240170. 1st/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Palestine on 2nd November 1917. Aged 23. Born and lived Wood Dalling.
Son of Walter Robert and Sarah Ann Eglington, of Wood Dalling, Aylsham,
Norfolk. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXIII. A. 2. |
FISHER |
William |
No
further information available at present. |
GAMBLE |
[Harry]
Noel |
Corporal
G/44168. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 7th June 1917. Aged 27. Born Great Snoring,
Norfolk. Lived Dalling, Norfolk. Enlisted Tring, Hertfordshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gamble, of Wood Dalling, Norwich, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 49 and 51. |
HOWARD |
Frederick
[James] |
Private
18683, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 12th October
1916. Born Cawston, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. The Electoral
Register shows him as resident Wood Dalling between 1914 and 1915.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
KERRISON |
Stanley |
Sapper
147559. 174th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Formerly 1858
Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 24th August 1918. Born Ingworth, Norfolk. Enlisted North Walsham,
Norfolk. Buried: Berles New Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. V. A. 4. |
MORTLOCK |
Victor
Claude |
Lance
Corporal 12961. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment transferred to (495111)
428th Company, Labour Corps. Died at home on 6th April 1918. Born
Gislington, Suffolk. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Thwaite (St. Mary)
Churchyard, Norfolk. In South-East part. |
RANSOME |
Cyril
Francis |
Private
24328. 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Died in France &
Flanders on 15th January 1919. Aged 22. Born Binham, Norfolk. Enlisted
Reepham, Norfolk. Son of Francis and Sarah Ransome, of Wood Dalling,
Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried: Selestat (Schlestadt) Communal Cemetery,
Bas-Rhin, France. Ref. B.1. |
SMITH |
[Arthur]
Gerald |
Private
29842. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 2nd December 1917. Born Wood Dalling. Enlisted Norwich.
Buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. III.
B. 8. |
SMITH |
George
Thomas |
Private
16794. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 13th October 1915. Born Wood Dalling. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and
31. |
WHITE
|
Lynton
Woolmer |
Lieutenant.
1st Dragoon Guards (King's) attached to The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon
Guards). Died of wounds on 3rd September 1914. Aged 28. Son of Sir
Woolmer White, 1st Bart., and Lady White, of Southleigh Park, Havant,
Hants; husband of Dorothea White. Buried: Baron Communal Cemetery,
Oise, France. |
ALSO
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WAR
1939 – 1945
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BARNES |
Edward |
No
further information available at present. |
ETHERIDGE |
Percy |
No
further information available at present. |
ETHERIDGE |
Ernest
Alfred |
Private
5772859. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 22nd January
1942. Aged 21. Son of Robert and Ethel Marina Etheridge, of Wood
Dalling, Norfolk. Buried: Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Ref. 23.
E. 20. |
FITT |
James |
Possibly:
Private 5774915. 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 17th
February 1942. Aged 21. Commemorated: Singapore Civil Hospital Grave
Memorial. Column 1. |
FROSTWICK |
Ernest
Samuel |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1332384. Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 27th April 1943. Husband of J. E. Frostwick, of
Carlton Colville. Buried: Carlton Colville (St. Peter) Churchyard,
Suffolk. |
Last updated
27 July, 2021
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