
OULTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Lynda Smith 2004
Oulton
is a small village situated north east of Aylsham. The church is some
considerable distance from the village. The First World War Memorial
is made of marble and is in the shape of a scroll.
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
BARNARD |
Albert |
Private
200905. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Palestine on 19th April 1917. Aged 20. Born Aylsham. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mr. G. H. Barnard, of Oulton, Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried: Gaza
War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXIII. G. 10. |
FIELD |
Charles |
(CWGC
& Gravestone spell as Fields). Private 23725. Depot, The Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 20th April 1919. Aged 20.
Son of Mrs. B. Fields, of Oulton. Buried: Oulton (Ss. Peter And
Paul) Churchyard, North of Church. |
FIELD |
William |
Private
41257. 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 30992 Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 10th April 1917. Born and
lived Oulton. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Aubigny Communal Cemetery
Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. L. 32. |
GAY |
(Frederick)
Gordon |
Serjeant
320082. 15th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 1603 Suffolk Yeomanry.
Killed in action in Egypt on 6th November 1917. Aged 26. Born Briston,
Norfolk. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Son of Robert and Mary
Gay, of 18, Stracey Rd., Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. Native of Oulton,
Norwich. Buried: Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. M. 53. |
GOLDING |
Alfred |
Private
29303. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 20th September 1917. Aged 22. Born and lived
Oulton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of George and Anna Golding, of Oulton,
Aylsham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
GOLDING |
John
William |
Private
20469. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 17026 Norfolk Regiment.
Died in Gallipoli on 9th August 1915. Born and lived Oulton. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Sarah Ann Golding, of Hall Rd., Oulton, Aylsham,
Norfolk, and the late Thomas Walter Golding. Buried: Alexandria
(Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. J. 133.
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GRAVES
MC & Bar |
Adrian
Hubert |
Captain.
40th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 22nd March 1918. Aged 21. Awarded the Military
Cross and Bar. Son of Charles L. and Alice Graves, of Oulton Lodge,
Aylsham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 10. |
HODGE |
Fred |
Rifleman
474024. 12th Battalion London Regiment (The Rangers). Formerly G/9352
3rd Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on
2nd December 1917. Born Oulton. Lived Aylsham. Enlisted Cromer.
Son of John and Harriet Hodge, of Oulton, Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried:
Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I.
C. 11. |
MARTINS |
Frederick |
Serjeant
202624. 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Born Oulton. Lived Aylsham.
Enlisted East Dereham. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 6. |
The
Second World War Memorial is of brass in a wooden frame.
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE OUR MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR COUNTRY 1939 – 1945 |
HARVEY |
George
Dennis John |
Able
Seaman C/SSX 19447. H.M.S. Ivanhoe, Royal Navy. Died on 1st September
1940. Aged 21. Foster-son of Laura Stearman, of Oulton, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Column 35, 2.
Special
note: HMS Ivanhoe was mined and sunk in the North Sea off Texel,
Holland on 1 September 1940. |
LEE |
Jasper
Victor |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) 1180518. 178 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 15th August 1944. Buried: Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery,
Poland. Ref. Coll. grave 1. A. 2-7. |
LEE |
John |
Probably:
Sapper 1873099. 22 Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. Died between
8th and 25th December 1941. Aged 29. Son of Lottie Reed, of Itteringham,
Norfolk, England. Commemorated: Sai Wan Memorial, China. Column
8. |
MARTINS |
Frederick |
Probably:
Sapper 2076234. 251 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers. Died on
9th February 1945. Aged 26. Son of Henry Edward and Henrietta Martins;
husband of Vera Martins, of Norwich. Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery,
Japan. Ref. Brit. Sec. H. D. 7. |
GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
RAF
Oulton was a Bomber Command Aerodrome during the Second World War,
and also was home to 803rd Bombardment Squadron, 8th USAAF.
There
is a brass memorial in the church commemorating this

I N MEMORY OF
ALL THOSE WHO SERVED
AND THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES AT
RAF OULTON
1940 – 1945
Among
the many beautifully worked kneelers in the church, there is one with
the badge of RAF Bomber Command, and another with a Mk IV Blenheim.
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A
short distance away by the side of the old aerodrome, is a memorial
to all those who served at RAF Oulton.

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
RAF
OULTON
In
memory and in honour of the men
and women of the British Commonwealth
and American Air Forces
who served AT RAF OULTON
1940 – 1945
THOSE WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM
WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
ROYAL
AIR FORCE
18, 21, 88, 114, 139, 214, 223, 236 SQNS
1428 AND 1699 CONVERSION FLIGHTS
8TH USAAF
803RD BOMBARDMENT SQN
There
is very little left to see of the old aerodrome apart from some concrete
runways and a few building and hangers given over to agricultural
and industrial use.
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