
FLEGGBURGH
ST MARGARET, BURGH & BILLOCKBY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
additional information Lucy Hall and Gemma Robbins-Flowerdew
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Photographs
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A
village located a few miles west of Gt Yarmouth. The memorial cross
was unveiled by the widow of G K T Fisher, listed below, 10 December
1922. The memorial takes the form of a cross mounted on a tiered base
inset into the churchwall, which is recessed.
IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF BURGH & BILLOCKBY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914
– 1918
BLOGG |
Matthew |
Private
32086. 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
14 October 1917. Age 44. Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Rebecca
Blogg, of Thurne Rd., Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34 to 35 and 162A |
CARTER |
Isaac
George |
Private
44500, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action in
France & Flanders 9 September 1918. Resident Fleggburgh, near
Gt. Yarmouth, enlisted Norwich. Son of Isaac Carter, chaffeur, and
Catherine “Bessie” Carter; he lived with them and his
siblings in Fleggburgh. He was born on 31 August 1898 and baptised
on 2 October 1898 at St. Margaret Church in Fleggburgh. No known
grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 9. |
DURRANT-ROSE |
William
Ernest |
[Listed
as DURRANT on memorial] Private 270104 [Listed as 870104 on SDGW],
2nd/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment formerly 202965, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918. Born Fleggburgh,
resident Great Yarmouth, enlisted Wroxham. Buried in ASSEVILLERS
NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 3. |
DYBLE |
Percy
Thomas |
Private
40011, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Palestine 11 December 1917. Born Fleggburgh, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich,
Norfolk. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Section D. Grave 57. |
DYBLE |
Robert |
Gunner
11536. 25th Div. Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died
as a Prisoner of War, Tuesday 13 August 1918. Born Great Yarmouth,
enlisted Reading, Berks. Son of Frederick and Mary Ann Dyble. Buried
in VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 2. |
FISHER |
George
Kenneth Thompsin |
Captain,
1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
3rd September 1917; he was on patrol duty on the night of September
2nd/3rd when a sniper took a shot at him then threw a grenade. He
was carried to the first line trench but only lived an hour. Aged
38. Born 4th August 1879. Originally from Ashdown Park, Sussex.
Educated Cheam School, London (now Headley, Berkshire). Eldest son
of Bishop George Carnac Fisher and Mary Penelope Gwendoline Fisher
of Burgh House Fleggburgh; husband of Janet Fisher, of 23, Launceston
Place, London, S.W (married August 1914) and father of two sons.
Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot XXIV. Row A. Grave 12.
Also commemorated on Cheam School War Memorial Board. His son died
in World War 2 [see World War 2 transcription].
Probably
from Harrow School publication. (Head Master's is the name of one
of the boarding houses at the school and the years 1893-1897 would
be right for his secondry school years):
CAPTAIN
G. K. T. FISHER
Norfolk
Regiment
Aged
38
The
Head Master's 93-97
September
3rd, 1917
ELDEST
son of George C. Fisher, successively Bishop of Southampton and
Ipswich, and Hon. Canon of Norwich, of Burgh House, Fleggburgh,
Norfolk, and of Mary Penelope Gwendoline, daughter of the late
T. C. Thompson, of Ashdown Park, Sussex, late M.P. for Durham
City.
New College, Oxford, B.A., 1902. Studied Art under Mr. G. A. Storey,
R.A., Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A., and Mr. Arnesby Brown, R.A. Travelled
in Asia Minor and the Balkans. Took an appointment in the Labour
Exchange under the Board of Trade.
Married,
in 1914, Janet Katherine Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anson
and sister of the late Sir Denis Anson, Bart., and leaves two
sons.
Captain
Fisher was given a Commission on the outbreak of the War in the
4th Norfolks and with them sailed for Gallipoli in June, 1915,
taking part in the landing at Suvla Bay. He was mentioned in Despatches.
He was invalided home suffering from dysentery and then held a
Staff Appointment and subsequently a position in the Ministry
of Munitions, but returned to his Regiment and sailed for Egypt
in March, 1917. On the night of September 2nd, 1917, he was out
on patrol and, being somewhat in advance of the rest, was mortally
wounded by a bomb thrown by a Turkish sniper. He was brought back
into the lines by the patrol, but died a few minutes after his
return. He was buried in the cemetery four miles south of Gaza.
His
Colonel wrote :
“Ever
since I took over the command of the Battalion he had been one
of my chief supporters. . . . I can't tell you what a help he
was to me. I cannot replace him either as an Officer or companion.”
The
Chaplain wrote :
“We
could ill afford to lose such a fine character. He was a great
favourite and beloved by all who knew him. He was always the same,
cheerful and good-humoured. I may say that I have lost a true
friend.”
Sir
George Barnes, K.C.B., Member of the Indian Council, wrote :
“He will be a real loss to the Board of Trade, for, starting
at the very bottom, he had steadily won his way upwards by his
industry and by his force of character. . . . All the advancement
he got he won for himself, and it is no easy thing to win advancement
from the bottom in Government employ.”
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GOWING |
Alfred
James |
Private
DM2/171259. "L" Siege Park, Royal Army Service Corps attached
to 119th Army Brigade, XI Corps, Royal Field Artillery. Died Wednesday
12 February 1919. Birth registered in the January to March Quarter
1885 in Flegg Registration District, Norfolk. In the 1911 census
he was aged 26, born Billockby, Norfolk, a Horseman on Farm, son
of John and Elizabeth Gowing, unmarried, resident Billockby, Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk. Buried in HALLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Halle, Vlaams-Brabant,
Belgium. Row A. Grave 38.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
GOWING
Alfred James of Billockby Norfolk private R.A.S.C.
died 12 February 1919 in France Administration Norwich
27 September to Elizabeth Gowing widow. Effects £446 3s.
8d.
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GOWING |
Frederick
[George] |
Private
203432. 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
26 April 1917. Age 36. Enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk. Son of John
and Elizabeth Gowing, of Billockby, Norfolk; husband of Emma Matilda
Gowing, of Clippesby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. Buried in KANTARA
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section B. Grave 131. |
GOWING |
R
A |
No
further information currently available |
HARDIMAN |
William
James |
Serjeant
19208. 1st Provisional Company, Royal Engineers. Died at Fort Fitt
Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent from influenza Wednesday 20 November
1918. Age 29. Only son of William and Esther Hardiman, born 31 December
1888, baptised 10 February 1889. Married Olive Emma Johnson. Buried
in BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
MILLER |
John
Frederick |
Engineman
2383ES. H.M. Drifter "Cosmos., Royal Naval Reserve. Died Friday
15 February 1918. Age 31. Son of John and Emily Miller, of Ormsby
St. Michael; husband of Flora Miller, of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. No
known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United
Kingdom. Panel 31.
Special
note: H.M. Drifter Cosmos: Admiralty No 1435, Pennant No LT.477,
91 tons launched 1914, 1 x 3 pounder AA gun, net sweeper, sunk 15th
February 1918 by German Destroyers in the Dover Straits. |
NARBURGH |
Albert
Henry |
Private
4011. 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 23 December
1914. Age 33. Son of the late Henry and Caroline Narburgh; husband
of Edith Mary Narburgh, of Ivy Cottage, Fleggburgh. Born at Fleggburgh.
Buried in BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk, United
Kingdom. |
SAUNDERS |
Jonathan
Barlow |
Private
40501. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly 29086 Essex
Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Born Billockby,
Norfolk. Lived Fleggburgh Marshes. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 48 to 50 and 162A |
TOOKE |
George
Edward |
Rifleman
565080. 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles).
Killed in action on Thursday 16 August 1917. Age 41. Born Fleggburgh.
Lived Yarmouth. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert and the late Sarah
Ann Tooke, of Fleggburgh; husband of Mabel May Tooke, of Fleggburgh,
Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 |
TURNER |
Arthur
[William] |
Private
STK/1441, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 17 April 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Great Yarmouth,
enlisted Cockspur St. London. Son of Alfred Arthur and Vestal Sabina
Turner, of Pear Tree Cottage, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. In the
1891 census he is listed as aged 2, born Norfolk, resident with
his parents, Alfred and Upstal Turner, in Street Road, Flegg Burgh,
Flegg, Norfolk. In the 1901 census he is aged 12, born Burgh St
Margaret, Norfolk, resident with hhis parents, Alfred and Westal
Turner, in Rollesby Road, Burgh St Margaret, Flegg, Norfolk. Buried
in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row B. Grave 33. |
TURNER |
Herbert
James |
Private
77795, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 63906 Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action on Thursday 6 June 1918. Age 18. Born and resident
Fleggburgh, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. E. Turner, of Somerton
Rd., Martham, Great Yarmouth. Native of Fleggburgh. Buried in BIENVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVIII. Row B. Grave
14. |
WATERS |
Robert
George |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class. 25701. 11th Res. Lorry Park, Royal Air Force.
Died Tuesday 29 October 1918. Age 21. Son of Robert and Caroline
Waters, of Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH
CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave
42. |
WATERS |
William |
Hawserman
(Whaleman), Steam Trawler "Copious" (Yarmouth), Mercantile
Marine. Drowned at sea when his ship struck a mine Tuesday 3 November
1914. Age 36. Born at Thurne, Norfolk. Last place of abode Yarmouth,
Norfolk. Son of Hannah Waters and the late William Waters; husband
of Mary Jane Waters (nee Turner), of Burgh St. Margaret, Gt. Yarmouth.
In the 1901 census he was aged 23, born Burgh St Margaret, Norfolk,
a Fisherman, stepson of John and Hannah (formerly Waters) Blogg,
resident Common, Burgh St Margaret, Flegg, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London, United Kingdom. |
1939
– 1945 |
BALDWIN |
Geoffrey
Charles |
Private
7953941, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in North-West Europe Tuesday 6 June 1944. Aged 22. Born 15 August
1921. Born and resident Great Yarmouth. Son of Frederick and Elsie
Baldwin. Before enlistment employed as an Apprentice & Joiner
Carpenter. Resident in 1939 at 61 Wolseley Road, Great Yarmouth
C.B., Norfolk. Buried in LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados,
France. Plot IX. Row F. Grave 5. |
COOPER |
Alfred
Percy |
Aircraftman
1st Class 648356, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday 19 June 1940.
Age 20. Son of Alfred Ernest and Ethel Elizabeth Cooper, of Horningtoft.
Buried in CLIPPESBY (ST. PETER). CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
DURRANT |
James
Harry William |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1333947, 6 Operational Training Unit, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Silloth, Cumberland,
in a Wellington XIV, serial number HF200 he was killed when his
aircraft stalled and crashed on ther approach to Silloth due to
an engine fire duriing a training flight Thursday 14 September 1944.
Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Durrant, of Fleggburgh. Buried in
BURGH ST. MARGARET CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk. |
FISHER |
B
W M |
possibly
Basil
Mark FISHER, Flying Officer (Pilot) 72382, 111 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 August 1940. Son of George
and Janet Fisher. Buried in ETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCH CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire.
Grave 41. His father died in World War 1 [see transcription
above]
Extract
from The
Battle of Britain Monument (see link for photographs):
Basil
Mark Fisher was born on 8th October 1916 and educated at Eton. he
went on to read Modern Languages and History at Trinity College,
Cambridge. He was commissioned in the RAFVR in July 1938 and called
to full-time service in October 1939. He was then working for the
Board of Customs and Excise.
Fisher completed his training and joined 111 Squadron at Croydon
on 12th May 1940. On 15th August, in an action with Ju88's and Me110's
over Selsey, Fisher was shot down in flames. He baled out but was
killed. His Hurricane, P3944, crashed at Greenwoods Farm, Sidlesham.
He
was 23 and is buried in St John's Church Cemetery, Eton.
His
older brother, F/O AGA Fisher, also served in 111 Squadron and survived
the war. |
FISHER |
Michael
John Carnac |
Second
Lieutenant 113753, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action with the Expeditionary Force in France
Friday 31 May 1940. Age 20. Born London, resident Norwich. Son of
William Lawrence Thompson Fisher and Eleanor Mary Fisher, of Billockby,
Norfolk. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born London, son of William
Lawrence and Eleanor Mary Fisher, grandson of Mary Penelope Gwendoline
Fisher, resident Burgh House, Fleggburgh, Rollesby Road, Burgh St
Margaret & St Mary, Norfolk. Buried in OOSTDUINKERKE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row F. Grave 131. |
GEDGE |
Walter
George |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 2235544, 189 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying out of Felbeck, Lincolnshire, in a Lancaster III, serial
number ME452, he was killed when his aircraft crashed at Frelsdorf
10 miles west of Bremervorde during a raid on an oil refinery at
Harburg, 3 of the crew survived and were captured, Wednesday 7 March
1945. Age 19. Native of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Son of William George
and Violet May Gedge, of Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Buried in BECKLINGEN
WAR CEMETERY, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 24. Row A. Grave
4. |
JACKSON |
Gordon
Henry |
Warrant
Officer 1284578, 139 Squadron [CGWC] or 62 Squadron [Air Records],
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (India/Burma Command). Died as
a Prisoner of War Monday 29 November 1943; originally flying out
of Cuttack, India, he was shot down in Hudson V9221 at Setse, Burma,
during a raid on the Andaman Islands on 18 April 1942; he died in
an Allied air raid on Rangoon Gaol. Age 20. Born 11 September 1923.
Son of Henry Charles Jackson, and of Leah Ursula Jackson, of Fleggburgh,
Norfolk. In the 1939 Register he was single, bon 11 September 1923,
son of Leah U Jackson (a widow), resident Rollesby Road, Fleggburgh,
Blofield and Flegg R.D., Norfolk. Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY,
Myanmar (Burma). Plot 6. Row E. Collective grave 1-6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
JACKSON
Gordon Henry of 13 Council Houses Fleggburgh Norfolk
died 29 November 1943 on war service Administration
Norwich 23 May to Leah Ursula Jackson widow.
Effects £169 1s. 5d.
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LEBAN |
Leon
Phillip |
Private
5778862, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in Burma Thursday 4 May 1944. Age 29. Born 22 October 1914. Born
and resident Great Yarmouth. Son of Andre Joseph Leban and Louise
Elizabeth Leban; husband of Edna Noreen Leban, of Ormesby-St. Michael,
Norfolk. In the 1939 Register he was born 22 October 19145, a Sugar
factory Pulp Carrier Labourer, married to Edna N (nee Fenner) Leban,
resident Low Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Blofield and Flegg R.D.,
Norfolk. Buried in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 2. Row C. Grave
16. |
PAUL |
Frank
Robert |
Volunteer,
11th (Norfolk) Battalion, Home Guard. Died Wednesday 18 March 1942.
Age 49. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paul; husband of Alice Jane Paul,
of Clippesby. Buried in CLIPPESBY (ST. PETER). CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
QUANTRELL |
Walter
Henry |
[Spelt
QUANTRILL on memorial] Private 5947770, 5th Battalion Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died in Malaya (now Singapore) following
a traffic accident in Yeoh Choo Kang Village near Selatar during
the Japanese invasion on 14/15 February 1942. Aged 29. Born in
Norfolk in 1912 to parents William Frederick and Alice Emma Quantrell,
and married Irene Kate Moore in 1940. No known grave. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column
64.
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SMITH |
Edwin
Jarvis |
Seaman
C/X 10860B, H.M.S. Pintail, Royal Naval Reserve. Died at sea when
his ship was lost after striking a mine in the Humber estuary while
escorting Thames/Forth convoy FN44 Friday 1 November 1940. Age 24.
Born 15 June 1915 in Fleggburgh, Norfolk. Son of Sarah Smith, of
Fleggburgh. Buried in GREAT YARMOUTH (CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk.
Section A. (Naval Reservation). Grave 94. |
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31 March, 2024
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