
COLBY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
Colby
is a village north east of Aylsham.There are stone tablets in the Church
south porch, St Giles Church, Long Lane, Colby, North Norfolk. Thre
are 13 names for World War 1 and 2 names for World War 2.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE
MEN WHO DIED FOR KING AND
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
BURDETT |
Cecil
Henry |
Private
23421. 8th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday 23 July
1916. Age 21. Born Colby. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Mary Anna Bates,
of Colby, Norfolk. Buried: LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE,
Somme, France. Ref. I. D. 34. |
COOPER |
Arthur
Walter |
Private
40351. 7th Battalion,, Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 28198 Essex Regiment.
Killed in action Wednesday 27 March 1918. Age 26. Born Erpingham.
Enlisted Cromer. Son of Mrs. J. Williamson; husband of Kate Edith
Earl (formerly Cooper), of Suffield St., Suffield, Norwich. Commemorated:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25. |
DOUGHTY |
Frederick
|
Private
269577. Hertfordshire Regiment. Formerly 5658 Essex Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 31 July 1917. Age 24. Born and lived Colby. Enlisted
Luton. Son of James and Emily Doughty, of Colby, Aylsham, Norfolk.
Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 and 56 |
DANIELS |
William
Edward |
Private
1637. 2nd/6th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Died Saturday 20 March 1915.
Enlisted North Walsham. Buried: COLBY (ST. GILES) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk,
United Kingdom. |
HARDINGHAM |
D’Arcy
Walter William |
Private
G/27181. 13th Battalion,, East Surrey Regiment. Died Saturday 28 September
1918. Age 19. Born Colby. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Ellen
Hardingham, of Buck Brigg, Hanworth, Norwich. Born at Colby. Buried:
COLBY (ST. GILES) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
JORDAN |
Stanley
Arthur |
Private
51351. 15th Battalion,, Cheshire Regiment. Formerly S/32823 RASC. Killed
in action Wednesday 27 March 1918. Born Southrepps. Enlisted Norwich.
Commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 35 and 36 |
LEE |
Charles
Herbert |
Pioneer
356736. Royal Engineers. Died Thursday 14 November 1918. Age 26.
Husband of K. G. Scott (formerly Lee), of Plumstead Hall Cottage,
Aldborough. Buried; COLBY (ST. GILES) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk, United
Kingdom. (Not on CD) See also Liverpool
Street Station, London. |
LOWN(E) |
Bertie
Harold |
Private
22779. 8th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 11 August
1917. Age 19. Born Colby. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Laura
Leo Norah Lown, of Bridge Rd., Colby, Aylsham, Norfolk. Commemorated:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
MATTHEWS |
Frederick
John |
Private
16077. 7th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday 13
October 1915. Age 19. Born Colby. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Frederick
and Edith M. Matthews, of Suffield, Norwich. Commemorated: LOOS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. |
ROUSE |
Stanley
Herbert |
Private
G/67256. 2nd Battalion,, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Formerly 18679
29th T.R. Battn. Died of wounds Wednesday 3 April 1918. Age 19.
Born Burnham. Lived Aldborough. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Walter George
and Martha Rouse, of Long Rd., Colby, Norfolk. Buried: CHAUNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Ref. 5. G. 11. |
SARSBY |
Reginald
Ambler |
Second
Lieutenant. 10th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
22 December 1915. Age 22. Son of Charles Anthony and Emily Sarsby,
of "Aireville, Colby, Aylsham, Norfolk. Native of Bradford. Yorks.
Buried: GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref II. T. 10. |
TURNER |
Alfred
Edward |
Private
15323. 9th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday 21 September
1916. Age 30. Born Rollesby. Enlisted Norwich. Son of John and Elizabeth
Turner, of Walcot, Norfolk; husband of Mrs. N. Turner, of Colby,
Long Rd., Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE,
Somme, France. Ref. I. H. 9. |
"WHO
DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE."
IN
MEMORY OF THE
BRAVE MEN WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING
AND COUNTRY IN THE WAR
1939 – 1945
|
HALL |
Edward
Lewis |
Corporal
5772889. 5th Battalion,, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Saturday 23 October
1943. Age 21. Son of Harry and Mabel Elizabeth Hall, of Colby, Norfolk.
Buried: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Ref. 6. P. 8. |
HUDSON |
Sidney |
Private
977178. 2nd Battalion,, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died Saturday 8 July 1944.
Age 24. Son of George Donald and Charlotte Elizabeth Hudson, of
Colby, Norfolk. Buried RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.
Ref. II. C. 25. |
Last updated
21 February, 2018
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