EAST & WEST BECKHAM WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2004

The villages of East & West Beckham lie to the south of Sheringham. The Roll of Honour which commemorates both those who died and those who served, stands in the churchyard of St Helen & all Saints Church. The plain stone slab is not in very good condition and is showing signs of the effects of the weather with considerable flaking. Note: This is a Roll of Honour. Those men that died are marked with a poppy. All the others survived.

Photograph Copyright © Lynda Smith - 2004

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
OF THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

	BIRD	Arthur Cook	Private M/333496. Advanced Motorised Transport Depot, Army Service Corps. Died in Mesopotamia on 5th May 1918. Aged 30. Born West Beckham. Lived Sheringham. Enlisted Cromer. Son of K. H. Bird, of West Beckham, Holt, Norfolk, and the late Samuel Bird; husband of Jessie M. Bird, of "Babbacombe, South St., Sheringham, Norfolk. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. V. A. 6.
	BIRD	Owen Wells	No further information available at present.
	BREESE	John Stanley	Married 1923. No further information available at present.
	BREESE	Robert Henry	Discharged as medically unfit due to a growth in his neck. No further information available at present.
	BROUGHTON	James William	Private 16206. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in The Balkans on 16th January 1916. aged 29. Born West Beckham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Edward and Ann Broughton, of West Beckham; husband of Kate Knights (formerly Broughton), of West Beckham, Holt, Norfolk. Buried: Plovdiv Central Cemetery, Bulgaria. Ref. H.2.
	BROUGHTON	William Robert	No further information available at present.
	BROUGHTON	Ernest Edward	No further information available at present.
	BUMFREY	Harry	Private 40221. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly 5299 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd April 1918. Aged 30. Born and lived West Beckham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Bumfrey, of Church Farm, Upper Sheringham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Poziers Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 28 and 29.
	BUMFREY	John Henry	No further information available at present.
	CHESTNEY	Albert Frank	[Chesney on CD & CWGC]. Private 23427. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 9th July 1916. Born West Beckham. Enlisted Cromer. Buried: Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. VI. P. 4.
	CHESTNEY	Isaac	[Chesney on CWGC]. Private 16241. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th October 1915. Born West Beckham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: La Brique Military Cemetery No.2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I. F. 27.
	CHESTNEY	Jacob	No further information available at present.
	CHESTNEY	John Henry	No further information available at present.
	CHESTNEY	William Leeder	No further information available at present.
	CROWE	Alfred	No further information available at present.
	EMERY	John Edward	No further information available at present.
	FARROW	Frank	No further information available at present.
	FARROW	Robert Henry	Lance Corporal 21095. 6th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 18171 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 3rd December 1916. Aged 20. Born and lived West Beckham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James Henry and Hannah Elizabeth Farrow, of Saxthorpe, Norfolk. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XX. D. 11A.
	GRAY	Albert Edward	No further information available at present.
	GRAY	George Sydney	No further information available at present.
	HOLLAND	Arthur	No further information available at present.
	IVES	Henry Herbert	No further information available at present.
	KNIGHTS	Fred	No further information available at present.
	LARWOOD	Charles John	No further information available at present.
	LARWOOD	Robert Lemon	Private 29224. 9th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home on 26th April 1916. aged 38. Born Gresham. Enlisted East Beckham. Buried: Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Chatham, Kent. Ref. 1390.
	LOADS	Robert	No further information available at present.
	MANN	Albert	No further information available at present.
	MANN	George	No further information available at present.
	MANN	John Thomas	No further information available at present.
	MANN	Mark	Private 16533. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st October 1915. Born West Beckham. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.
	MANN	Robert	No further information available at present.
	MANN	Russell	No further information available at present.
	MANN	Thomas	No further information available at present.
	PAINTER	Thomas Allen M	No further information available at present.
	RICHES	William Harold	No further information available at present.
	STEWARD	Henry Robert	No further information available at present.
	THORNTON	Frank	No further information available at present.
	THORNTON	Thomas Reggie	No further information available at present.
	WEBSTER	Herbert	No further information available at present.
	WELLS	Edwin	No further information available at present.
	WELLS	George	Possibly either: Gunner 31490. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home on 10th May 1915. Aged 26. Born Cley, Norfolk. Lived West Beckham. Enlisted Cromer. Son of George Wells; husband of Marie Ellen Wells, of 15, Clanwilliam Rd., Deal. Born at Corpusty, Norfolk. Buried: South Shields (Harton) Cemetery. Ref. F. 4760. Or: Private 27817. 7th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Formerly 9/14482 T.R. Battalion, Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 18th April 1918. aged 19. Born Cawston. Lived Aldborough. Enlisted Cromer. Son of James and Edith Wells, of Aylsham Rd., Cawston, Norwich. Buried: Tourcoing (Pont-Neuville) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. AA.6.
	WELLS	John Henry	No further information available at present.
	WRIGHT	Frederick	No further information available at present.
	WRIGHT	Oliver Fenton S	No further information available at present.
	WRIGHT	Reginald John	No further information available at present.
	WRIGHT	Reginald John	No further information available at present.
GOD SAVE THE KING West Beckham connections. Not on the Memorial.
	SHEPHERD	Charles Henry	Private 8496. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 6th February 1915. Born West Beckham. Enlisted Cromer. Buried: Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. III. A. 16.

17 May 2005