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Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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| PAFFORD | James Sidney George |
Smith,
Smithy Stamping Shop, Stratford C & W - Private 46692, 18th
Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 1 June 1918. Aged
26. Born Stratford, Essex. Son of the late James Paffard, of 21,
Beddingfield St., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1907. Enlisted September 1914 in London. Formerly 48558, Royal
Engineers. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 32 to 34. |
| PAGE, MM | George | Horsekeeper,
Bishopsgate, London Cartage - Sergeant 147113, 2nd Battalion, Special
Brigade, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Aged
30.Born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Resident Gillingham, Kent.
Son of George and Sarah Page. of Cedaro Rd., Lower Edmonton, London;
husband of Lydia Phoebe Maria Clements (formerly Page), of 74, Victoria
St., Gillingham, Kent. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1914. Enlisted
August 1914 in Tottenham, Middlesex. Formerly 10890, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 8 A and 8 D. |
| PALMER | John Stanton |
Fitter's
Assistant, Stratford Cheif Mechanical Engineer's Department - Private
12053, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 24
August 1915. Born 22 September 1884 in Hackney, Middlesex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 22 June 1914. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex.
Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO. 3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot X. Row B. Grave 15. |
| PALMER | Richard James | [Listed
as J R PALMER on memorial] Goods Porter, Bishopsgate - Private G/21232,
3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds in
United Kingdom from shock following amputation 27 August 1917. Aged
27. Born and resident Romford, Essex. Son of James and Sophie Palmer,
of 50, Queen's St., Romford; husband of Annie Louisa Palmer, of
81, George St., Romford. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1914.
Enlisted April 1917 in Romford, Essex. Buried in ROMFORD CEMETERY,
Essex. Old portion. Grave 405. |
| PARKER | Albert [Edward] |
Assistant
Porter, Yarmouth (South Town) - Private T/16037 [CGWC] or TF/6037
[SDGW], 1st/8th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 26 August 1916. Aged
31. Born and resident Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. Son of Mrs. Maria Parker,
of 47, Cobholm Rd., Cobholm Island, Great Yarmouth. Joined Great
Eastern Railway April 1902. Enlisted March 1916 in Gt. Yarmouth,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. See also Gt.
Yarmouth, Norfolk |
| PARKER | Ernest James | Porter,
Fambridge - Private G/42897, 16th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 15 July 1917. Aged 20.
Born and resident Latchington, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Parker, of Hall Cottage, Cold Norton, Maldon, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway December 1914. Enlisted 1917 in Maldon, Essex. Buried
in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I.
Row E. Grave 6. |
| PARKER, MM | Francis James |
Acting
Fireman, Ipswich - Sergeant S/2228, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 17 October 1916. Aged 26. Born Ipswich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 24 October 1908. Enlisted November 1914 in
Ipswich. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated
at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
| PARKER | Herbert Proudfoot | Clerk,
General Manager's Department - Second Lieutenant, 6th (City Of London)
Battalion (City of London Rifles), London Regiment. Died from wounds,
after several operations in Devonport Military Hospital, 8 October
1919. Aged 26. Son of John Proudfoot Parker and Catherine Parker,
of 7, Oregon Avenue, Manor Park. Joined Great Eastern Railway May
1908. Enlisted in Civil Service Rifles in April, 1915. Buried in
CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK, Essex. Grave
reference 237. 91138. |
| PARKER | Sydney Dennis |
Clerk
- Lance Corporal 720054, 2nd/24th (County of London) Battalion (The
Queen's), Essex Regiment. Killed in action in the Egyptian Theatre
of War 21 December 1917. Resident Romford. Enlisted in West Ham.
Formerly 4046, 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Buried in JERUSALEM
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section D.
Grave 17. |
| PARKINSON | Thomas Graves | Gate
Lad, Wimblington - Private 27726, 7th Battalion, King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry). Killed in action 21 August 1918. Aged 20. Born
Maned, Cambridge (sic s/b Manea), resident Wimblington, Cambs. Enlisted
September 1915 in March, Cambridgeshire. Formerly 21515, Suffolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 8. See also Wimblington,
Cambridgeshire |
| PARR | Reginald Walter Harman |
Goods
Clerk, Beccles - Rifleman A/201953, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal
Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 19 November 1917. Aged 20. Born and
resident Beccles, Suffolk. Son of Ernest David and Jane Maria Parr,
of 82, Denmark Rd., Beccles, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
May 1908. 8 January 1912. Enlisted in Lowestoft. Buried in MENDINGHEM
MILITARY 28 August 1916. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row G. Grave 6. |
| PARSONS | Stanley Ewart | Porter,
King's Lynn - Private 24008, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
28 April 1917. Aged 21. Born Sawston, Cambs. Son of Frederick and
Mary Parsons, of Long Reach, Old Chesterton, Cambs. Joined Great
Eastern Railway June 1913. Enlisted February 1916 in King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Buried in DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot VI. Row B. Grave 34. See also Sawston,
Cambridge
Guildhall, Chesterton
Arbury and Chesterton. |
| PATIENT | William John |
Carriage
Washer, Stratford and Loughton - Private 7579 [CWGC] or 9579 [SDGW],
"A" Company, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action 23 October 1914. Aged 27. Born 29 May 1917 in Loughton,
Essex. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Patient; husband of Ellen Beatrice
Patient, of 24, Ash Green, Loughton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 13 October 1913. Reservist. Enlisted in Warley, Essex. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
| PAUL | John | Goods
Clerk, Norwich (Thorpe) - Lance Corporal 13090, 9th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 15 May 1918. Born Brigham, Norfolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway June 1912. Enlisted September 1914 in Norwich,
Norfolk. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO. 3, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 8. |
| PAYNE | Oliver James |
Porter/Signalman,
Middleton - Sapper 217984, 98th Light Railway Train Crew, Railway
Operating Division, Royal Engineers. Died at sea 31 December 1917.
Aged 20. Born Kennett, Suffolk. Resident Bungay, Suffolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway April 1914. Enlisted December 1916 in Norwich.
No known grave, probably buried at sea. Commemorated om CHATBY MEMORIAL,
Egypt. |
| PAYNE | Sydney George | Casual
Labourer, Stratford, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department - Lance
Corporal G/53033, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 15 October 1918. Born October 1898 in
Leyton, Essex. Resident Leytonstone, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway August 1916. Enlisted February 1917 in Stratford, Essex.
Buried in ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row H. Grave 31. |
| PEACHMAN | Harry George |
Apprentice
Boilermaker, Norwich - Private 20703, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Died at sea drowned when the hospital ship 'Royal Edward' was sunk
13 August 1915. Born, 4 May 1896, and resident Thorpe, Norwich.
Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1911. Enlisted 1917 in Norwich.
Formerly 13995, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 146 to 151
or 229 to 233. |
| PEACOCK | William David | Porter,
Shenfield - Private 40834 [CWGC] or 49834 [SDGW], Bedfordshire Regiment
posted to Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 September
1917. Aged 25. Born Rayleigh, Essex. Resident Hutton, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway October 1914. Enlisted in Warley, Essex. Formerly
28432, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
| PEARCE | Albert Pirney |
Ticket
Taker, Yarmouth (South Town) - Private 07195, Royal Army Ordnance
Corps. Died of valvular disease in Italy 27 March 1918. Aged 27.
Born Norwich, Norfolk. Son of Frederick and Lydia Amelia Pearce,
of 12, Lady's Lane, Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1909.
Enlisted April 1915 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Buried in STAGLIENO
CEMETERY, GENOA, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 5. |
| PEARSE | Frank Arthur | Clerk,
Accountant's Department - [Listed as PEARCE on Railwaymen Memorial]
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 2 July 1916. Aged 24. Borbn 23 May 1892.
Son of Henry Charles and Clara Pearse, of 14, Eaton Place, Brighton.
Educated at Parmiter's School, Victoria Park, Bethnal Green. Joined
Great Eastern Railway October 1908. Enlisted September 1914, commissioned
July 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 A. |
| PEARSON | Arthur Charles |
Porter,
Hackney Downs - Rifleman R/14575, 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle
Corps. Killed in action 11 April 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident
Hackney, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1915. Enlisted
July 1915 in London. Buried in HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT,
Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 9. |
| PEARSON | William Charles | Porter,
North Greenwich - Private 17626, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 27 July
1916. Aged 20. Born Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
March 1915. Enlisted April 1915 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
11 D. |
| PEDLEY | Frank |
Clerk
- Gunner L/30177, "D" Battery, 231st Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action 5 July 1917. Aged 20. Resident Maldon,
Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Pedley, of 102, Causeway, Maldon,
Essex. Enlisted in London. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born
Leyton, Essex, Assistant to his father who was an Army Pensioner
Railway Porter, resident with his parents, Frank and Alise Pedley,
at 102, Causeway, Maldon, Maldon St Peter, Essex. Buried in FOSSE
NO. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 4. |
| PEGRAM | George Henry | Timekeeper
and Telegraph Lad, Temple Mills - Private 10194, 1st Battalion,
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Killed
in action in the Persian Gulf 22 April 1916. Aged 18. Born Tottenham,
Middlesex. Son of Thomas and Annie Pegram, of 55, Clonmell Rd.,
Tottenham, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1912. Enlisted
April 1915 in Tottenham, Middlesex. Formerly Gunner 96035, Royal
Field Artillery. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL,
Iraq. Panel 37 and 64. |
| PEGRAM | Joseph William |
Clerk,
Bishospgate Goods - Private 11627, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's
(Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action at Gallipoli 10 August 1915.
Aged 23. Born Bethnal Green, London. Resident Walthamstow. Son of
Mrs. H. E. Pegram, of 90, Exmouth Rd., Walthamstow, London. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 3 March 1906. Enlisted 1 September 1914 in
St. Paul's Churchyard, London. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES
MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 156 to 158. |
| PEGRUM | Charles William | [Listed
as PREGRAM in some records] Porter, Liverpool Street - Lance Sergeant
39039 [CWGC] or 39038 [SDGW], 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died
23 August 1918. Aged 27. Born and reside4nt Romford. Son of Charles
W. and Emily H Pegrum, of 3, Marion Villas, Old Church Rd., Romford,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1905. Member of the Ilford
Railway Workers Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen 1913.
Territorial. Enlisted August 1914 in Romford. In the 1891 census
he was newborn, born Essex, resident with his parents, Charles W.
and Emily H Pegrum, in Frederick Place, Albion Street, Romford,
Essex. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Romford, Essex, resident
with his parents, Charles W. and Emily H Pegrum, in Queen Street,
Romford, Essex. Buried in BUCQUOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas
de Calais, France. Row A. Grave 30. |
| PERRY | Archibald [Benjamin] |
Chief
Engineer (First Engineer), SS Vienna, Parkeston - Engineer Lieutenant
(Temporary), H.M.S. "Vienna", Royal Naval Reserve. Died
from pneumonia 6 October 1916. Aged 42. Born Stratford, London.
Son of Benjamin and the late Elizabeth Perry; husband of Ellen M.
Perry, of "Bushwood," Fronks Rd., Dovercourt. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 16 June 1888. In the 1911 census he was aged 36,
born Stratford, Essex, married to Ellen Matilda with a son and two
daughters, a Sea Going Engineer, resident Glenmore 48, Oakland Road,
Dovercourt, Essex. Commissioned as Engineer 1915 [L.G. 26 January
1915]. Buried in DOVERCOURT (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Essex. See
also Upper Dovercourt, Essex |
| PERRY | Charles []Baxter] | Labourer,
Engineers Department - Private 7763, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 18 November 1914. Born and resident Colchester.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 23 June 1914. Reservist. Enlisted in
Warley, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 7. |
| PETO | James |
Porter,
Harold Wood - Lance Corporal S/11960, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Killed in action 7 January 1916. Born and resident
Enfield, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1912. Enlisted
September 1914 in Tottenham, Middlesex. Formerly Trooper 3113, 9th
Lancers. Buried in MESNIL RIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme,
France. Row G. Grave 3. |
| PETTIT | Arthur | Labourer,
Stratford, Civil Engineer's Department - Private 2/5097, 6th Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Died in hospital of wounds 1 September 1915 in United
Kingdom. Resident Manor Park, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1896. Reservist, called up with the National Reserve 1915. Enlisted
in West Ham, Essex. Served in the South African (Boer) War. Buried
in WEST HAM CEMETERY, Essex. Screen Wall. 116554 J.C. |
| PETTMAN | John |
Porter,
Hoe Street - Private 634397, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath
and Woolwich), London Regiment. Killed in action 30 September 1918.
Aged 29. Born Bermondsey, Surrey. Resident Walthamstow. Joined Great
Eastern Railway circa 1915. Enlisted April 1917 in Walthamstow.
Buried in MASNIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, MARCOING, Nord, France. Plot
I. Row A. Grave 2. |
| PETTY | Frederick Alfred | Private
275718, 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine
27 March 1917. Resident Canning Town, Essex. Enlisted in West Ham,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 32 to 38. |
| PILBRO | David |
Locomotive
Fireman, Palace Gates - Private 11502, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds at a base
hospital in France 5 March 1915. Born 19 July 1885 in Leyton, Essex.
Resident Wood Green, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway February
1904. Enlisted in Islington, Middlesex. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 30. |
| PIPER | Walter George | Acting
Fireman/Cleaner - Able Seaman R/1157, Drake Battaloion, Royal Naval
Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed or died as a direct
result of enemy action on 21 March 1918. Aged 19. Son of Walter
and Emily Piper, of Lowestoft. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY,
LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France . Plot VI. Row E. Grave 8B. See
also Lowestoft
St Margaret's and Lowestoft |
| PITCHER | Walter John |
Machineman,
Locomotive Wheel Shop, Stratford - Sergeant 9247, "C"
Battery, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 9
April 1917. Aged 25. Born Edmonton, London. Son of William Henry
Pitcher. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1911. Enlisted September
1914 in Stratford, London, E. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY,
ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 11. |
| PITCHERS | Frank Robert | Parcels
Clerk, Liverpool Street - Rifleman 302036, "C" Company,
1st/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London
Regiment. Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 20. Born Wood Green.
Resident Loughton. Son of Robert James and Ellen Pitchers, of 27,
Meadow Rd., Loughton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1911.
Enlisted November 1915 in Epping. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 4. |
| PLANT | Richard [John] |
Porter,
Bishopsgate, Lower Level - Gunner 632263 [CWGC] or 63226 [SDGW],
"A" Battery, 91st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 11 August 1917. Aged 25. Born West Ham, Essex. Son of
Richard and Elizabeth Plant, of 51, Amwell St., Hoddesdon, Herts.
Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1910. Enlisted in Warley, Essex.
Buried in WELSH CEMETERY (CAESAR'S NOSE), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 15. See also Hoddesdon
War Memorial |
| PLUCK | Frederick James | Acting
Fireman, Lowestoft - Private 8991, 11th Company, Machine Gun Corps
(Infantry). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 26. Born 1 March
1890 in Lowestoft. Son of Ernest and Caroline Pluck, of 12, Beckham
Rd., Lowestoft. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1908. Enlisted April
1915 in Lowestoft. Formerly 18937, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in SERRE
ROAD CEMETERY No. 2, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 13. See
Lowestoft St
Margaret's, Lowestoft
and Lowestoft
St Andrews |
| POINTER | Clarence John |
Parcels
Van Lad, Norwich (Thorpe) - Private G/63649, 10th Battalion, Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 27 March 1918. Aged 18. Resident
Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk. Nephew of Mrs. B. Shimmens, of 3, Guelph
Rd., Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa
1915. Enlisted May 1917 in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in ONTARIO CEMETERY,
SAINS-LES-MARQUION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave
2. |
| POND | Percy Robert | Engine
Painter,Stratford, CME - Air Mechanic 3rd Class 307895, Royal Air
Force. Died of pneumonia 2 November 1918. Aged 27. Husband of Florence
C. Pond, of 30, Chestnut Avenue, Forest Gate. Joined Great Eastern
Railway circa 1905. Admitted to Stratford (1) Railway Workers Branch
of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1913, aged 22. Buried in
WEST HAM CEMETERY, Essex. Grave reference 123782 K.E. |
| PONDER | Frederick |
Goods
Clerk, Romford - Private 47227, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 24 August 1918. Aged 18. Born London. Resident
Romford. Son of Frederick and Ada Hannah Ponder, of 5, Russell St.,
Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway 10 June 1914. Enlisted 1918
in Chelmsford. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 5. |
| POORE | Ernest [Augustus] | Porter,
Cambridge Heath - Private C/3657, 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle
Corps. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident
Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Son of Mrs. E. M. Poore, of 117, Canrobert
St., Bethnal Green, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway February
1915. Enlisted June 1916 in Hackney, Middlesex. Buried in MAILLY-MAILLET
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row D. Grave 25. |
| PORTER | George Frederick |
Clerk,
District Commerical Superintendent's Office, Norwich - Private 13085,
7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916.
Aged 21. Born Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk. Brother of Mrs. A Sparkes,
of 39, Onley St., Unthank Rd., Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway
May 1912. Enlisted September 1914 in Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| PORTER | William | Porter,
Bishopsgate (Goods) - Gunner 98662, 8th Division Ammunition Column,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds in hospital at St. Omer, France,
31 July 1916. Aged 24. Born St. George's-In-The-East, London. Son
of Joseph James and Elizabeth Porter, of Stepney, London. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 21 June 1913. Enlisted December 1915 in Stratford,
E. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 26. |
| POTTER | Charles Daniel |
Apprentice
Engine Fitter, Norwich - Private 39107, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died from pneumonia contracted on demobilisation crossing from Germany
19 April 1919. Aged 20. Son of William Daniel and Harriet Potter,
of 5, Stuart Rd., Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1 December
1913. Enlisted 24 October 1914. Buried in NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk.
Grave reference 54. 510. |
| POTTER | Walter John | Porter,
Hatfield Peverel - Able Seaman J/43893, H.M.S. "Surprise",
Royal Navy. Killed in action 23 December 1917. Aged 21. Born 18
September 1896 in Sudbury, Suffolk. Baptised 6 December 1896 in
Holy Trinity Chruch, Long Melford. Son of Arthur Robert and Lucy
Potter, of Westgate Street, Long Melford, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway December 1912. Enlisted 3 September 1915 for the
duration of hostilities, a Railway Porter, height 5 feet 8 inches,
chest 37 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. In the
1911 census he was aged 14, a Grocers Assistant, born Long Melford,
Suffolk, resident with his parents, Arthur Robert and Lucy Potter,
in Westgate Lane, Long Melford, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 22. See also Long
Melford, Suffolk
Note: H.M.S. Surprise, British, "R" Class Destroyer was mined in the North Sea 23 December 1917 whilst going to meet a convoy. |
| POULTER | Bertram Philip |
[Listed
as B T POULTER on memorial] Porter/Signalman, Stratford, Wallis
Road - Private 275870, 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in
action in Palestine 27 March 1917. Aged 22. Resident Manor Park,
Essex. Son of Mrs. Harriet Poulter, of 90, Gantshill Terrace, Ilford,
Essex, and the late William Poulter. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1909. Enlisted May 1915 in West Ham, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Panels 32 to 38. |
| POWELL | George Henry | Clerk,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 11560, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's
(Wiltshire Regiment). Died of wounds 7 May 1917. Aged 35. Born Bow,
London. Resident West Leytonstone, Essex. Brother of Miss Powell,
of 66, Forest Drive West, Leytonstone, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 13 December 1887. Enlisted 1 September 1914 in St. Paul's
Churchyard, Middlesex. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot XIX. Row P. Grave 7A. |
| POWLES | Austin William |
Clerk,
London, Devonshire Street Goods - Private 42735, 8th Battalion,
Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 April 1918. Aged 19. Born
Ware, Hertfordshire. Resident Claygate, Surrey. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 27 January 1914. Enlisted 2 March 1917 in Epping, Essex.
No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3 and 4. |
| PRESTON | Ernest James | Clerk,
Whitlingham Junction - Gunner 906467, 337th Brigade (Territorial
Force), Royal Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia in Mesopotamia
25 October 1918. Aged 22. Resident Norwich. Joined Great Eastern
Railway June 1911. EnlistedAugust 1916 in Norwich. Buried in BASRA
WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot I. Row S. Grave 3. See also Aylsham |
| PRETT | Jesse |
Donkeyman
- Petty Officer Stoker 165403, H.M.S.
"Cressy", Royal Navy. Killed when his ship was hit
by a torpedo from German submarine U9 in the North Sea 22 September
1914. Aged 45. Born 1 May 1871 in Reculvers, Kent. Baptised 29 May
1870 in St. Mary's Church, Reculvers, Kent. Son of James and Ann
Prett, of Kent; husband of Mary J. Irven (formerly Prett), of "Ravenscourt,"
Upper Dovercourt, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 18 January
1904. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 4. |
| PRIOR | Albert John | Platelayer,
Bishop's Stortford - Private 325184, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 26 October 1917. Born Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1915. Enlisted May 1917 in
Ely, Cambridgeshire. Formerly 1448, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 148. See also Ely
War Memorial |
| PRYKE | Ernest William |
Clerk,
King's Lynn Harbour - Sapper WR/195551, Railway Operating Division,
Royal Engineers. Died of pneumonia in Egypt 10 March 1919. Aged
26. Son of the late Palmer Edward and Mary Elizabeth Pryke, of King's
Lynn. Joined Great Eastern Railway December 1907. Enlisted September
1914. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section C.
Grave 162. See also King's Lynn,
Norfolk |
| PUNCHER | William | Turner/Fitter,
Stratford, Carriage Department - Private 13929 [CWGC] or 13927 [SDGW],
7th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).
Killed in action in Salonika 27 October 1916. Aged 20. Born West
Ham, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Puncher, of 200, Chandos Rd.,
Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1907. Enlisted
September 1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY
CEMETERY, Greece. Plot B. Grave 336. |
| PURCHESS | Harry |
[Listed
as PURCHES on CWGC and SDGW] Labourer, Engineers Department - Private
8905, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskiling Fusiliers. Killed in action
10 November 1914. Born West Ham, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
August 1912. Enlisted in Warley. Reservist. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5. |
| PURKIS | Alfred Joseph | Carman,
Bishopsgate, London Cartage Committee - Gunner 3579, "V"
12th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
12 June 1917. Aged 26. Born Walthamstow. Son of the late Joseph
and Barbara Purkis. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1905.
Enlisted September 1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH
CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row J. Grave 26. |
| PURKIS | Charles Edwin |
Parcels
Clerk, Cambridge - Corporal G/25993, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds 1 October 1918. Aged 20. Born
and resident Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Purkis, of 32, Thoday
St., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway Februay 1912. Enlisted
March 1917 in Cambridge. Formerly 30671, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Buried at HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIX. Row J. Grave 2. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Philips. |
| PURLING | Ethelbert James | Clerk,
Trowse - Sergeant (Mechanic) 409129, 14th Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Killed in action 21 September 1918. Aged 22. Son of William and
Eliza Purling, of 7, Burlingham Cottages, Hardy Rd., Thorpe Hamlet,
Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 30 May 1910. Enlisted, 2nd/4th
Norfolk Regiment, in October 1914. Also served in the Dardanelles,
Egypt and Palestine. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Lakenham,
Norfolk, a Railway Goods Clerk, resideent with his parents, William
and Eliza Purling, at 7, Hardy Road, Norwich, Norfolk. Height 6
feet 1 inch, chest 34 inches. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM
MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panel 55. |
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