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NORTON
SUBCOURSE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled
and Copyright © Transcribed
and researched Lynda
Smith 2005
Norton
Subcourse is a small village a mile or so north east of Loddon. For
more information and pictures of the church please see Simon’s
Norfolk Church Website. The memorial stands
in St Mary's churchyard and takes the form of a cross mounted on a tapering
shaft atop a plinth with a three stepped base. The inscription and names
are on the plinth.
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Photograph
Copyright © Simon Knott 2005 |
IN
GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
| BARNES |
Walter
William |
Private
G/13870. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 24th June 1917. Aged 19. Born Heckingham,
Norfolk. Lived Norton St. Cross (sic). Enlisted Norwich. Son of
John and Ellen Lucy Barnes, of Norton Subcourse, Norwich. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 15 to 19. |
| EDWARDS |
Hubert
James |
Lance
Corporal 23908. 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 12th October 1917. Aged 27. Born Morton,
Norfolk. Enlisted Colchester, Essex. Son of Robert Frederick and
Mary Anne Edwards, of Loddon; husband of Rhoda Edwards, of Norton
Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9. |
| FULCHER |
Edward
Clifford |
Private
8910. 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 14th September 1914. Born and lived Norton Subcourse.
Enlisted Bury. Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne,
France. |
| FULLER |
John
Sayer |
Private
20582. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 17819 Norfolk Regiment.
Died at sea on 13th August 1915. Aged 34. Born Toft Monks, Norfolk.
Lived Norton Subcourse. Enlisted Norwich. Son of the late John and
Jane Fuller, of Thurlton, Norfolk; husband of Charlotte Elizabeth
Fuller, of 3, Ravens Meer East, Beccles, Suffolk. Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. |
| GARWOOD |
James |
Private
20859. 13th Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 17587 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917. Born and
lived Norton Subcourse. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| HAMMOND |
A
G |
No
further infomation currently available |
| HAMMOND |
John
William |
Private
23158, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds 26th March
1916. Aged 20. Born Martham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, resident
Norton Subcourse. Formerly 19103, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in BAILLEUL
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot II. Row B.
Grave 30. |
| HAMMOND |
Percy
Raymond |
Deckhand
8759/DA, H.M.S. "Pembroke", Royal Naval Reserve. Died 5th February
1919. Aged 29. Son of Arthur William Hammond, of Norton Subcourse,
Norwich. Buried in south-west part of NORTON SUBCOURSE (ST. MARY)
CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
| LAMB |
Walter
James Roberts |
Gunner
145692, 391st Battery, 172nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in Palestine 27th March 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Norwich,
resident Loddon. Son of Albert Porter Lamb and Margaret Emma Lamb,
of Norton Subcourse, Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section S. Grave 26. |
| LANHAM |
A
C |
No
further infomation currently available |
| REEVE |
Harry
H |
Private
38619, 16th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
transferred to 89744, 150th Company, Labour Corps. Killed in action
23 May 1917. Aged 39. Born Norton Subcourse, enlisted Norwich. Husband
of Emily E. Reeve, of Boundary Cottage, Norton Subcourse, Norton,
Norwich. Native of Norton Subcourse. Formerly 30385, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Buried in LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 15. |
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GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS. THAT A MAN LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
PEACE,
PERFECT PEACE.
Buried
in the churchyard. Not on the memorial.
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| SELF |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
43337. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died at home on 27th November
1916. Aged 21. Born Heckingham, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Buried:
Norton Subcourse (St. Mary) Churchyard. Against West boundary (North
part). |
Last
updated
11 August, 2016
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