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HUNSTANTON
CENOTAPH WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, Researched
lynda Smith - 2003
additional information Ernie Rusdale
Situated
on the sea front by bowling green gardens, and the memorial to the victims
of the east coast floods of 1953. Those appearing on this memorial for
World War 1 and World War 2 are also to be found on Hunstanton,
St Edmund's Memorial.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Shaz Ann 2017 |
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From
an old postcard |
1914 - 1918
TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
| ADCOCK
|
Thomas
William |
Private
203609. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 30th May 1918. Aged 35. Born Hunstanton.
Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of William and Agnes Adcock; husband
of Clara Ellen Adcock, of 197, Palgrave Rd., Great Yarmouth. Buried:
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. II. N. 6. |
| ALLEN
|
Alfred
Albert |
Serjeant
240148. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on
22 January 1917. Born St. Nicholls, King’s Lynn. Enlisted Hunstanton.
Commemorated: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY. Angora Mem. 13.
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| ANDREWS
|
Clement
|
Possibly:
Clement Charles Andrews. Private G/16205. 12th Battalion,
Royal Sussex. Killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force
on 17th October 1916. Born Woodford Wells, Essex. Enlisted
Brighton. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 7 C
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| ANDREWS
|
[Charles]
Cyril |
Private
SD/1948. 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action with the British Expeditionary Force on 30th
June 1916. Aged 26. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted London. Son of Charles
and the late Caroline Andrews, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: St.
Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. III. K. 11. See also Kings
Lynn, King Edward VII Grammar School
From
De Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following:
Volume 1, Part 2, Page 8 ANDREWS, Charles Cyril. Private, 1948,12th
(Sevice)battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 3rd and youngest son
of Charles Andrews, of Hunstanton, Wine and Spirit Merchant and
brother to Private E.C.Andrews (q.v). Born Hunstanton, co Norfolk,
16-4-1890; educated Lynfield Preparatory School there, and King
Edward V11 grammar school, Kings Lynn; was apprenticed as a chemist
at Hunstanton, being subsequently employed with several London firms,
during which time he studied at a Pharmaceutical College with a
view to passing his final examination; enlisted in Nov 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action at the Battl of the Somme early in the morning of 1st
July 1916. Buried in the British Soldiers Cemetery, just behind
the firing line. A comrade wrote "Quite early on the morning
of July 1st we were ordered to attack; he was one of the first to
go over, and was last seen throwing his bombs at a machine gun".
Unm |
| BASSHAM
|
Reginald
Owen |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 31 May
1917. Born 13 August 1893. Baptised 10 September 1893 in Norwich.
Admitted to school September 1902, aged 9 years, Day Boy, son of
Luke Bassham, Esq. (an Insurance Agent), of Paradise House, Cattle
Market, Lynn; previously educated at Harrow School and Ripley School,
Lynn. Left school 22 July 1910 for University College, London. In
the 1911 census he was aged 17, a Civil Service Student, born Wolferton,
Norfolk, resident with his parents, Luke and Ellen Seeley Bassham,
at 3 Haylett Ice, Extons Road, King's Lynn, South Lynn, Norfolk.
Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 23. See also
King's Lynn King
Edward VII Grammar School |
| BELDING
|
Frederick
Ernest |
Private
2416, "B" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force),
Norfolk Regiment. Died 28 August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 31. Enlisted
East Dereham. Son of Mrs. E. J. Belding, of "Thetis,"
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, In 1911 he was aged 26,
son of Eawston and Eliza Jane Belding, a Railway Clerk, born HUnstanton,
resident Mount Field, Victoria Avenue, New Hunstanton. and the
late Rawston Belding. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London, Kings Lynn
and Hunstanton St Edmunds
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1858-1959:
BELDING
Frederick Ernest of Lincoln Inn Mill Fleet King's Lynn Norfolk
private Norfolk regiment died on or since 28 August 1915 at gallipoli
in Turkey Administration Norwich 23 October [1918]
to Eliza Jane Belding widow.
Effects £119 4s 5d.
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| BREE
|
Edward
E |
No
further information available at present. |
| CRESSWELL
|
Francis
Joseph |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on
24th August 1914. Aged 31. Baptised 16 August 1883 in
North Runcton Parish, son of George Francis Addins and Harriet Eva
Louisa Cresswell. Son of the late Col. G. Cresswell (5th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment.), and of Mrs. G. Cresswell, of Garden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Norfolk, resident with his
parents, George F A and Eva L Cresswell, at King Street, St Margaret,
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Buried: Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Nord,
France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 17. See also King's
Lynn War Memorial
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, Page 93-94:
CAPTAIN
FRANCIS JOSEPH CRESSWELL, ADJUTANT 1st BATTN. NORFOLK REGIMENT,
son of George and Eva Cresswell, was born on the 15th July, 1883,
at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and was educated at Radley College. He
served with the 3rd Battalion, in the South African War, 1901-02,
taking part in operations in the Orange River Colony and in Cape
Colony, for which he received the Queen's medal with four clasps.
He was given his commission in the Norfolk Regiment from the Militia
in October, 1902, serving with the 1st Battalion, in India, and
with the King's African Rifles in British East Africa. He was
promoted Lieutenant in February, 1905, and Captain in March, 1912,
and passed the examination for his Majority, gaining also the
special Signalling Certificate. In August, 1913, he was appointed
Adjutant of his battalion.
Captain Cresswell was killed during the retirement from Mons on
the 24th August, 1914, while he was taking a message to a battery
of Royal Field Artillery.
He was a member of the Isthmian Club, and a Freemason. His favourite
sport was shooting, and he had killed elephant, lion, rhinoceros,
and buffalo in Africa.
He married Barbara, niece of Sir W. H. B. Ffolkes, Bart., and
left two daughters, Barbara, age three years, and Eve, age eleven
weeks, at the time of his death.
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| CROWN
|
Charles
Robert Nelson |
Pioneer
191897. 29th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 31st May 1918. Aged 21. Born
and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of Robert George
and Lily Beatrice Crown, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Cinq Rues
British Cemetery, Nord, France. F.8 |
| CROWN
|
William
|
Private
240161. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on
19th April 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Hunstanton.
Son of Levina Crown, of 8, Church St., Hunstanton, Norfolk, and
the late Abram Crown. Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial. Panels 12
to 15. |
| DOVE
|
George
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No
further information currently available. |
| EGLINGTON
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[Robert]
Cecil |
Able Seaman, 171790, (RFR/CH/B/1075) HMS ‘Cressy’, Royal
Navy. Killed in action 22nd September 1914, aged 36. Son of Mrs.
A. Eglington, 2, Belvoir Terrace, Hunstanton; husband of Gertrude
Alice Raisbury (formerly Eglington), 5, Ethel Terrace, Hunstanton,
Norfolk. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 02. |
| EMMERSON
|
Claude
Victor |
Private
40674. 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly
41058 City of London Yeomanry. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 16th October 1917. Aged 30. Born Cambridge.
Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted East Ham, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Emmerson, of 42, Panton St., Cambridge; husband of Agnes Emmerson,
of 2, Charlbury Terrace, Hunstanton. Buried: Cement House Cemetery,
Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. I.K.3. See
also Liverpool Street Station,
London |
| FLECKNOE
|
Percy
James Deane |
Lieutenant
"C" Battery, 64th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds on
25th November 1917. Aged 29. Son of James and Mary Annie
Bell Flecknoe, of Peterborough. Buried: Nine Elms British Cemetery,
Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. IX. A. 11. |
| FROST
|
Edward
|
Lance
Corporal 55695. 41st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
30238 Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 9th April 1918. Born Coggeshall, Essex. Lived Hunstanton.
Enlisted King’s Lynn. Buried: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery
No.3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. O. 4. |
| GENTLE
|
Albert
Thomas |
Bombardier
63835. 86th Battery, 32nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917 (CD gives
date as 22nd April 1917), Aged 24. Born St. Ives, Huntingdonshire.
Enlisted Bordon Camp, Hampshire. Son of Albert and Harriett Mary
Gentle, of Harpenden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Duisans
British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. IV. A. 6.
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| GENTLE
|
Cecil
Charles |
Driver
105999. 64th Battery, 5th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 16th September 1917.
Aged 23. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Albert and Harriet
Mary Gentle, of Harpenden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4
to 6 and 162. |
| GREY
|
Gordon
Cronin |
[Spelt
GRAY on CWGC and SDGW] Corporal 15324, 9th (Service) Battalion,
, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 26th September 1915 in France
& Flanders. Age 18. Born Cambridge, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Capt. Charles Ernest Gray, of Graystones, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated
on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.
 From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
1, Part 2, Page 145. GRAY, Gordon Cronin. Corporal, 15324, 9th (Service)
battalion, The Norfolk Regiment. Son of Captain Charles Ernest Gray,
of Old Hunstanton Lodge, Hunstanton co. Norfolk, Quartermaster 3rd
battalion Norfolk Volunteer Regiment, late Quartermaster and Captain
3rd (Cambs) V.B., Suffolk Regiment. Born Cambridge 3-1-1898; educated
Ruskin School and the Friends School, Saffron Walden; enlisted in
the Norfolk Regiment 26-11-1914 after the outbreak of war; went
to France may 1915; and was killed in action during the Battle of
Loos 26-9-1915, by the explosion of a bomb. |
| HARRIS
|
Daryl
Leslie |
Pioneer
282404. Fourth Army Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Died in France
and Flanders on 3rd November 1917. Aged 26. Born Stansted,
Essex. Enlisted Newmarket. Son of Alfred and Evangeline Harris,
of Grosvenor House, Westgate, Hunstanton, Norfolk; husband of the
late Dorothea Jannie Harris (formerly Brockwell). Buried: Zuydcoote
Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. II. C. 24. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London and Newmarket
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| HERRING
|
John
Robert |
Corporal
203367. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds on 31st
May 1918. Aged 28. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted New Hunstanton. Son
of Martha Bloomfield, of 6, Roseneath Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Buried: Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. E. 19.
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| HEYGATE
|
Reginald
|
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed
in action on 11th June 1918. Aged 21. Son of James and
Bessie Annette Heygate, of 30, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge. Commemorated:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
5. |
| KING
|
George
|
 Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died between 12 and 13 February 1917. Aged 20. Born 1 October
1896. Son of Julia King, of Caley Hall, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and
the late Herbert Charles King. Admitted to school 7 May 1908,
son of H.C. King, of Bavington House, King's Lynn (a Retired Civil
Servant); previously educated at a private preparatory school
in Clapton. Left school 16 December 1913 to be a Bank Clerk. In
the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Hackney, Middlesex, at school,
son of Herbert Charles and Julia King, resident Chapel Street,
King's Lynn, St Margarets, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See
also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
pages 170-171:
KING,
GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk
Regiment., yr. s. of Herbert Charles King, of Hunstanton,
Civil Servant in the Inland Revenue Department (retired), by his
wife, Julia, dau. of the late Robert Pratt, of Wing-land, Terrington
St. Clement, co. Norfolk ; b. Stamford Hill, London,
N., 30 Sept. 1896 ; educ. Private School, Clapton Common, and
King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn; was a Bank Clerk
at Diss; joined the 1st Public Schools Battn. The Royal Fusiliers
in June, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders from the following Oct.; was badly gassed near La
Bassée on 13 Feb. 1916, and, being recommended for a commission,
returned to England in May; trained at Cambridge, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. The Suffolk Regiment. 26 Sept. 1916; returned to France
30 Oct., being attached to the Divisional Scouting Coy. in Jan.,
and was killed in action on the Hulluch Road, near Vermelles,
the night of 12-13 Feb. 1917, during a raid on German dug-outs.
His Colonel wrote : "I am particularly sorry to lose your
son, as he was a most excellent officer; brave, very keen on his
work, and getting on very well. I think his greatest pleasure
was when he was patrolling well out by the German lines. When
I selected him to join the raiding party he was very pleased,
and told me it was just what he would like, and thanked me for
choosing him. On the 11th inst. he asked me whether he could take
part in a rumoured raid to take place in the future," and
another: "The raid was unsuccessful, and he was killed by
the explosion of the mobile charge ; it was impossible to bring
his body back to our lines, owing to the casualties amongst the
raiding party." Unm.
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| LANGFORD
|
Albert
E |
No
further information available at present. |
| LENTON
|
Gerald
|
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment . Died of wounds
on 27th July 1917. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Lucy Lenton,
of 8, Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XIV.
A. 6. |
| NELSON
|
Fredrick
Charles |
Sapper
84755. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds at home
on 6th August 1916. Aged 20. Born Ashill, Norfolk. Lived
Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of George Nelson, of Tymperley
Hill St., Hunstanton. Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard.
See also 34th Norfolk
Division, Royal Engineers and Old
Hunstanton St Mary's. |
| NICHOLS
|
Herbert
Edmund |
Herbert
Edward on CD. Sapper 85370. 208th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 26th June 1916.
Aged 36. Born Necton, Norfolk. Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Harrison John and Martha Nichols; husband of Agnes Mary Nichols,
of 7, Charlbury Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Albert Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. I. G. 30. See also 34th
Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers. |
| NORTON
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Charlie
|
No
further information available at present. |
| PALMER
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Percy
Harold |
Corporal
G/53075. 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 23989
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 24th
April 1917. Aged 21. Born Colby, Norfolk. Lived Hunstanton. Enlisted
East Dereham. Son of William H. and Gertrude Palmer, of Rocksand,
Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 3. |
| PALMER
|
Basil
Victor |
Private
71402. 15th Battalion, . Sherwood Foresters (Notts and
Derby Regiment.). Formerly 26656 Norfolk Regiment. Died at home on 7th
May 1917. Aged 19. Born Colby. Lived Wolstanton, Staffordshire.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Gertrude Palmer, of "Rocksand,"
Hunstanton. Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
| PARTRIDGE
|
Robert
Henry |
Captain.
1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed on 4th September
1917. Aged 27. Born at King's Lynn. Son of Frederick Henry and Elizabeth
Partridge (nee Birdsall), of "St. Helier," Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. XXIV. A. 6. |
| PAYNE
|
Sidney
E |
Possibly:
Sidney Edward Payne. Private 25911. 9th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st
May 1917. Born Bow, Middlesex. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31 |
| RANGER
|
Herbert
William |
Sapper
74404. "SX" Cable Sect. Royal Engineers. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 4th May 1915. Aged 28. Born and lived Hunstanton.
Enlisted Birmingham. Son of Emma Ranger, of 15, Church St., Hunstanton,
Norfolk, and the late Charles Ranger. Commemorated: Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 23 to 25 or 325 to 328 |
| RANSOME
|
Frederick
H. |
Private
202135. 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 28th July 1918. Born
Snettisham. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Buzancy Military Cemetery,
Aisne, France. Ref. I. B. 14. |
| RANSOME
|
Reggie
(Reginald) Hugh |
Rifleman
44131. 11th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) attd.
King's Royal Rifle Corps. Formerly TR/9/11159 27th T.R.
Battalion, & TR/10/7477 22nd T.R. Battalion, . Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 22nd September
1918. Born and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son
of Harry and Emma Ransome, of 5, The Grove, Hunstanton. Buried:
Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France. Ref.
VI. E. 30. |
| REYNOLDS
|
Leonard
Archibald |
Corporal
P/970. 3rd Sqdn. Traffic Control Military Mounted Police, Military
Police Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 14th March
1919. aged 29. Born Dersingham. Lived East Dereham. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Daniel and Rebecca Reynolds, of The Shop, Dersingham, Norfolk.
Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Ref. III. C. 22.
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| RIDGERS
|
Bertie
|
Possibly:
Albert Ridgers. Private 12/621. 2nd Rn. Auckland Regiment,
N.Z.E.F. Died on 21st September 1916. Aged 38. Son of
the late George and Elizabeth Ridgers. Commemorated: Caterpillar
Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France. |
| ROYTHORNE
|
Reginald
|
Company
Quartermaster Serjeant L/8154. 2nd Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary
Force on 20th September 1916. Born Heacham. Enlisted
Ely. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI.
X. 21 |
| SEXTON
|
Arthur
Edward |
Private
G/18221. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly PS/10959 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 31st October 1916. Aged 25. Born Hunstanton.
Lived and enlisted Coventry, Warwickshire. Son of William Sexton,
of 26, Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and the late Jane Lydia
Sexton. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11 C |
| SHERINGHAM
|
Edward
Oswald |
Lieutenant.
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Died on 1st
October 1918. Aged 21. Born in Canada, on 3rd February,
1987, the son of George and Daisy Sheringham, of Grand Forks, British
Columbia. Brother of Miss Lucy Sheringham of West Norfolk Hospital,
England. Buried: Sancourt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. II.
A. 8. See also Kings
Lynn, King Edward VII Grammar School memorial |
| SMITH
|
Alec
[James] Victor |
Lance
Corporal 3859, 2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died
19 July 1916. Enlisted Leamington, Warwickshire,. resident Warwick.
In the 1911 census Alec James Victor Smith, was aged 13, apprentice
to grocer, born Framlingham, Suffolk, resident with his parents,
George and Isabella, at Sunny Side Bois Crescent Road, New Hunstanton,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 22 to 25. |
| SMITH
|
William
|
Private
18550. 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st October 1915. Born Hunstanton.
Enlisted Cambridge. Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. II. H. 5. |
| SOUTHGATE
|
Frank
Edward |
[Edward
Frank on CWGC] Private
2745. 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died in France & Flanders
on 23rd February 1916. Aged 43. Born Hunstanton. Enlisted
Wells, Norfolk. Son of Samuel and Mary Southgate, of Hunstanton,
Norfolk; husband of Ethel Southgate. of 32, Maitland Park Villas,
Hampstead, London. Buried: Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. IV. E. 24. |
| STAINES
|
Herbert
George Bishop |
Private
M2/045967. Mechanical Transport attd Canadian Field Artillery, Army
Service Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 17th
October 1918. Aged 22. Born and lived Hunstanton. Enlisted Peterborough.
Son of Edward and Emma Staines. Native of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried:
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France.
Ref. VII. K. 3A. |
| THOMPSON
|
Edward
|
Probably:
Private 73161. 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment.) Died on 14th June 1916. Aged 26. Only son of Arthur
and Fanny Thompson, of 36, Queen St., Lutten Bridge, Lincs, England;
husband of Alice May Nunn (formerly Thompson), of 43, Friars St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 18 - 26 –
28 |
| TOMS
|
Peter
H.G. |
Private,
435780, 50th Battalion, , Canadian Infantry (CEF). Killed in action
Vimy Ridge 10th April 1917. Born Eastbourne, Sussex, enlisted Canada
4th January 1916. Son of Alfred and Florence Toms, ‘Rutland’,
Glebe Avenue, Hunstanton. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, Arras.
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| TOMS
|
Arthur
George St.John |
Private
59994. 21st Battalion, , Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Regiment.). Died between 15th and 17th September
1916. Aged 22. Son of Alfred Augustus and Florence Toms, of "Rutland,''
Glebe Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Commemorated: Vimy Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
| WAGG
|
Arthur
|
Probably:
Arthur Thomas Wagg. Private 1907. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Died in Egypt on 25th November 1915. Born Sutton,
Lincolnshire. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of Mrs. Mildred Wagg,
of 2, Laws Yard, High St., Kings Lynn. Buried: Alexandria (Chatby)
Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. B.59. |
| WAGG
|
Bertie
|
Private
1904. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on
12th august 1915 (CD gives date as 28th August
1915). Aged 20. Born and enlisted Hunstanton. Son of Alfred and
Phoebe Wagg, of Dorset House, Park Rd., Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44 |
| WAGG
|
James
Henry |
Private
35489. 20th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 9th April 1918 (CD
has date 12th April 1918) aged 35. Born and Enlisted
King’s Lynn. Lived Hunstanton. Husband of Eva Wagg, of 5, Seagate
Rd., Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Ration Farm Military Cemetery,
La Chapelle-D'Armentieres, Nord, France. Ref. VII. A. 7.
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| WAGG
|
William
|
Lance
Corporal 41298. 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly
5998 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 28th April 1917. Commemorated: Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Bay 7. |
| WILLIAMS
|
Cecil
Arthur |
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. attd. 9th
Battalion, . Killed in action on 21st March 1918. Aged
19. Son of Annie E. Williams, of Barclay's Bank House, Hunstanton,
Norfolk, and the late A. W. Williams. Commemorated: Arras memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. See also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School Memorial |
| WILLOUGHBY
|
Stanley |
Private
44307, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 23
November 1917. Born Hunstanton, Norfolk, enlisted Denbigh, resident
Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire. Baptised 25 May 1884 at St. Mary’s,
Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, son of Walter and Lucy Willoughby. Born
28 April 1884, admitted to Hunstanton Church Of England School 1891.
In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Hunstanton, Norfolk, resident
with his parents, Walter and Lucy, and 6 siblings, at Royal Parade,
4, Greeve Gate, New Hunstanton, Docking, Norfolk. Buried in CITE
BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot I. Row
A. Grave 44. |
| WITLEY
|
Leslie
Norman |
Corporal
3800. 98th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Died 26th March
1918. Aged 23. Son of Mrs. Mary Witley, of Hill St., Hunstanton.
Buried: Hunstanton (St. Mary) Churchyard |
| Not
on memorial but present working in Hunstanton at the outbreak of
war |
| STONE
|
Gilbert Edward |
Private
24087, 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 19th September 1918 in Palestine. Born
Thorpe St Andrew's, enlisted in King's Lynn, 1916, resident Hunstanton,
working at Glebe House as a Footman. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel. Grave T. 54. |
1939-1945
| COUSINS |
Leslie
Walter |
Private
5772857. 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died on 30th
July 1944. Aged 24. Son of Walter William and Edith Rachel Cousins,
of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. Ref. II. A. 6. |
| CROWFOOT
DFC |
(Thomas)
Bernard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 129665. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 15th October 1942. Aged 30. Son of George and
Ellen Crowfoot; husband of Gladys Dorothy Crowfoot, of Thetford,
Norfolk. Buried: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Ref. 2. B. 19. |
| CROWN |
Robert
Thomas |
Gunner
1584715. 1 Army Observation Battery, Royal Artillery. Died on 13th
March 1941. Aged 23. Buried: Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, Kwazulu
Natal, South Africa. Ref. Block F. Grave 31. |
| CROWN |
Sydney
Reginald |
Private
5777183. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 30th December 1943. aged 27. Son of Robert George
and Lily Beatrice Crown, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Chungkai
War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 3. G. 4. |
| FLINT |
Alfred
Arthur |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1251995. 901 Balloon Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 12th January 1941. Aged 33. Son of Arthur
Clayton Flint and Minnie Eliza Flint, of Hunstanton. Buried: New
Hunstanton Cemetery. Ref. Row O. Grave 5. |
| FRAMINGHAM |
Peter
William |
Private
5772845. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 29th June 1943. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P.
Framingham, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery,
Thailand. Ref. Coll. grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4. |
| HORNE |
Robert
T.C. |
Probably:
Robert Thomas Horne. Private 5779850. 5th Battalion,
Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 6th August 1943. Aged
27. Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 2.L.2. |
| HUGHES
|
Gordon
William |
Sailor
S.S. Avonwood (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. Died on 12th
December 1942. Aged 22. Son of John Henry Hughes, and of Maud Hughes,
of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Panel 13. |
| IRELAND |
Eric
William |
Sergeant
902411. 218 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
11th October 1941. Aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Ireland, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Commemorated: Runneymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 46. |
| WALKER
|
Alfred
Cole |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 905129. 49 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on 29th September 1941. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker,
of Haywards Heath, Sussex. Buried: New Hunstanton Cemetery. Row
P. Grave 5. |
| WINN |
Albert
Walter |
Private
5774182. 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 12th June 1940. Aged 35. Son of Timothy C. and Ann
Winn; husband of Florence M. Winn, of Hunstanton North, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 44. |
| LANG
|
Bernard
|
Probably:
Captain 174477. York and Lancaster Regiment. died on 20th
January 1944. Aged 37. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lang; husband
of Gwyneth Mary Lang. Buried: Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Ref.
II, F, 10. |
| WOODROW |
George
Albert |
Serjeant
5770071. 2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on 16th May 1944. Aged
31. Son of Arthur George and Rose Alice Woodrow; husband of G. M.
Woodrow, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.
Ref. XII. F. 16. |
| LAHIFF |
Colin
|
Serjeant
14439684, Royal Army Service Corps attached to Indian Catering Corps.
Died on 12th June 1945. Aged 26. Son of Alfred James
Lahiff, and of Agnes Lahiff, of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried: Delhi
War Cemetery, India. Ref. 2. G. 4. |
| WARREN |
Peter |
No
further information available at present. |
EVEN
IN PEACE
| FENN |
Claude |
Signaller
21062939, Royal Signals. Died 16 July 1949. Aged 19. Born 23 September
1929. Buried in Benghazi War Cemetery, Cirenaica, Libya. Section
3. Row A. Grave 17. |
|
O'DELL |
Stephen
John Leonard |
Trooper
24394108, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. Died 4 May 1979. Aged 18.
Born 2 October 1960. |
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