
MARSHLAND
SMEETH & THE FENS WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Cliff Brown 2002
The
memorial is to be found in the cemetery at Marshland St James, Norfolk.
It takes the form of a grey cross on a plinth with a fourt-stepped base.
There are 32 names for World War 1, 16 who died and 16 who served and
returned. There are 5 names for World War 2 of those who died.
ERECTED
BY THE
INHABITANTS OF
MARSHLAND SMEETH & FEN
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THEIR FRIENDS WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-18
BLUNT |
Benjamin
W |
124405
Gnr, D Bty, 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Dow 9-1-18.
Marshland Smeeth. Tilney St Lawrence churchyard. |
BODGER |
Arthur
Leslie |
59301
Pte, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5-11-18, age
19. Born Tilney St Lawrence, enlisted Norwich. Son of Edward John
Bodger & Alice Bodger, Middle Drove. Busigny Communal Cemetery
Extension. |
BODGER,
MSM |
Edward
John |
16768
Pte, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18-9-18, age 23. Awarded
Meritorious Service Medal. Born Chelsea, enlisted Norwich. Son
of John & Alice Bodger, Middle Drove. Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery,
Epehy, France. |
BODGER |
George
William |
19266
Pte, 10th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 19-9-17, age
21. Born & living Middle Drove, enlisted King's Lynn. Son
of John & Alice Bodger, Middle Drove. Jeancourt Communal Cemetery
Extension. |
BROWN |
Leonard
|
326350
Pte, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Drowned while bathing in a
pond 22-8-17. Enlisted Wisbech. Youngest son of Mr & Mrs J
Brown, Middle Drove, Wisbech. Locre Hospice Cemetery, Belgium.
Also listed Emneth. |
CAMMACK |
Albert
E |
G/26128
Pte, 7th East Kent Regiment. Killed in action 4-11-18. Preux-au-Bois
Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Also listed Terrington St John.
|
CAMMACK |
Arthur
Leonard |
28290
Pte, 13th Essex Regiment. Killed in action 13-11-6. Born Hull,
enlisted Norwich, living Middle Drove. Son of Mr M Cammack, Middle
Drove. Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France. |
FIELDS |
Frederick
H |
probably
Alfred Henry Fields, 27158, L/Cpl, 1st Grenadier Guards. Killed
in action 3-9-17. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
GOODING |
John
William |
200185
Pte, 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18-8-16. Born Stoke,
Suffolk, enlisted Ipswich. Formerly 1579 Suffolk Regiment. Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. |
GOODING |
Leonard
Lee |
28876
Pte, 1/1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-11-18, age
25. Son of Robert & Sarah Gooding, Townshend Farm, Middle
Drove. Ehissignies Cemetery, Nord, France. |
GOODLEY |
Tom
|
326965
Pte, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 27-9-18.
Enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr Frederick Goodley, Poppy Lots Farm,
Walsoken. Horseman, aged 20, appeal for exemption at Marshland
Tribunal, but appeal disallowed (Cambs Times 3-3-16). Unicorn
Cemetery, France. Also listed Walsoken.
|
PARNELL |
George
Robert |
19649
Sgt, 10th Yorks & Lancs. Killed in action 26-9-15. Formerly
17214 Yorkshire Light Infantry. Loos Memorial, France.
|
RUST |
William
|
either
15517 Pte, 9th Norfolk Rgt, Killed in action 21-12-15, Born Hilgay,
enlisted Norwich, New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium,
or
9696 Pte (Wilfred?), 11th Suffolk Rgt, Killed in action 9-4-17,
born North Wootton, enlisted King's Lynn. Roclincourt Valley Cemetery,
France. |
UNWIN |
Frederick
George |
267523
Spr 96th Light Railway Operating Coy, Royal Engineers. Died at
sea 30-12-17. Chatby Memorial, Alexandria. Also listed March,
Cambs. and
also Liverpool Street
Station, London |
ETERNAL
REST GRANT THEM O LORD
AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
LEST WE FORGET
1939-1945
|
BRUNTON |
Reginald
Theodore |
5778153
Pte, 6th Royal Norfolk Regiment. 20-1-42, age 21. Son of George
Henry & Florence Annie Brunton, St John's Fen End, Norfolk.
Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
HOLLAND |
John
William Edward |
528167
Sgt, 207 Squadron RAF. 6-8-42, age 26. Son of John Thomas &
Edith Holland, Emneth. Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands. |
JOHNSON |
Sidney
Thomas |
 |
possibly
5780889 Pte, 1st Hampshire Regiment. 11-8-44, age 30.
Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France. |
|
WATSON |
John
|
No
information currently. |
STEPHENSON |
Cecil
Leonard |
No
information currently. |
Last
updated
31 January, 2018
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