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POTTER
HEIGHAM WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright ©Michael Peck 2017
The
memorial is to be found in the grounds of St Nicholas Church, Church
Lane, Potter Heigham. It takes the form of an unadorned, rough hewn,
stone, Latin cross on a two tier, rough hewn, stepped base. The centre
of both front tier bases are smoothed and slightly recessed and the
upper tier contains the dedication in black lettering while the bottom
tier contains a poetic inscription in similar coloured lettering. There
are eight names listed for World War 1 and three for World War 2. Within
the church is an ornate hand written Roll of Honour.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE GIVER OF VICTORY
THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED A.D. 1919
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR
AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON INSCRIBED
AND IN HONOUR OF
ALL WHO SERVED IN THE FORCES
ON LAND AND SEA
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
ECCLUS 44.14
| BENSLEY |
Wr |
Walter
Bensley. Deck Hand 10/34DA, Royal Naval Reserve. HM Trawler ‘Gwenllian’
(survived war). Died 19th May 1918. Son of Charles and Hannah Bensley.
Husband of Mabel Bensley of Decoy Road, Potter Heigham, Norfolk
(as both CWGC and Sailors Died Great War). Born 30th June 1889 Potter
Heigham, Norfolk (as both RN Graves Roll and RNR Service Record).
Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 30.
Note: Mabel Jane Bensley (nee Mason) of Decoy Road in 1911 described
as ‘widow’, and widow of George Charles Bensley who dies 1910.
Walter Bensley (brother of George Charles Bensley) marries Mabel
Florence Craske Sept ¼ 1911 and she appears to be next of kin
Walter Bensley.
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| BROOKS |
B
J |
Benjamin
James Brooks. Leading Deck Hand 11390/DA, Royal Naval Reserve. HMS
‘Victory’ (shore establishment). Died of disease 21st October 1918.
Son of James and Edith Ellen Brooks of Chapel Road, Potter Heigham,
Norfolk (as 1911). Husband of Gertrude E Brooks (nee George). Born
3rd March 1893 Repps with Bastwick. Commemorated Haslar Royal Naval
Cemetery. E.34.8. |
| GOODWIN |
G
F |
George
Frederick Goodwin. Deck Hand 3621 DA, Royal Naval Reserve. HM Drifter
‘Enterprise II’ (sunk by mine laid by German submarine UC-12). Killed
in action 8th March 1916. Son of William and Harriet Goodwin of
Mill Cottage, Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Born 31st January 1893 Potter
Heigham, Norfolk. Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 19. |
| HADINGHAM |
L
G |
Lewis
George Hadingham. Corporal 46041. 19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers,
formerly 179114 Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 18th April 1918.
Son of Hannah Rebecca Hadingham (daughter of (the late) James and
Hannah Hadingham, now wife of Thomas Wright). Born c1878 (as census,
birth not found) Tharston, enlisted Great Yarmouth and resident
Wymondham, Norfolk (as SDGW, of Mill House, Potter Heigham 1911).
Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
Note: property to Edith Carr (relationship unexplained).
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| LING |
J
W |
John
William Ling. Private G/21388. 2nd Battalion, Royal West Surrey
Regiment, formerly 21186 East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
11th May 1917. Son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth Ling of Marsh Lane,
Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Born 1897 Potter Heigham, enlisted Great
Yarmouth and resident Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Commemorated Arras
Memorial. Bay 2. |
| WHITE |
S
J M |
Spencer
John Meadows White. Lieutenant (Pilot). 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
attached 47 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action 15th
January 1917. Son of Rev Lewis Meadows and Elizabeth White of Potter
Heigham Vicarage, Norfolk. Born 1889 Horning Vicarage, Norfolk.
Commemorated Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery. 1602.
Note: pilot of Armstrong Whitworth FK3 aircraft with Second Lieutenant
(Observer) Henry Matthews.
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| WOODS |
E
J |
Ernest
John Woods. Private 240378. 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
Palestine 19th April 1917. Son of Walter G and Harriet Woods of
Riverside, Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Born 1894 Brundall and enlisted
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Commemorated Gaza War Cemetery. XXIII.D.4.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PRIVATE ERNEST J WOODS 5TH BATT, NORF REGT
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF GAZA
IN THE HOLY LAND
APRIL 19TH 1917. AGED 22 YEARS
R.I.P.
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| BENSLEY |
J
E |
ACCIDENTALLY
DROWNED WHEN ON LEAVE.
John Edmund Bensley. Deck Hand 134SD (RN Graves Roll has Leading
Deck Hand), Royal Naval Reserve. HM Motor Launch 76. Died 18th August
1918. Son of George Sidney and Charlotte Jane Bensley of Bungalow,
Church Lane, Potter Heigham, Norfolk (as CWGC, naval record has
of Chapel Corner, Potter Heigham). Born 7th June 1893 Potter Heigham,
Norfolk. Commemorated Potter Heigham (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
1939-1945
WORLD WAR |
| BARBER |
A |
Aubrey
George Barber. Sergeant 327558, Royal Air Force. Died 9th May 1944.
Son of Sydney George and Mary Ann Maria Barber. Husband of Susie
Elizabeth Grendon Barber (nee Nutt) of Windyridge, Riverside, Potter
Heigham, Norfolk (as probate). Born c1902 Horstead, Norfolk. Commemorated
Potter Heigham (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
| CHITTLEBURGH |
K |
Kenneth
Trevor Chittleburgh. Lieutenant 186045. D Squadron (Section Commander),
1st Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps. Killed in action
by mortar fire 21st September 1944. Son of Charles Frederick and
May Mildred Chittleburgh (nee Snell) of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Born 1921, commissioned Norfolk Regiment 10th May 1941 and transferred
27th October 1942. Commemorated Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
3.B.6. |
| THACKER |
J |
Unable
to identify and no further information. |
Roll
of Honour
Note: partially obscured, paper slipped behind decorative card
frame.
[Names in order as memorial]
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| August
4th 1914 Nov 11th 1918
HOLY FATHER in Thy mercy
Hear our anxious prayer,
Keep our loved ones, now far absent,
Neath Thy care.
Roll of Honour |
| GOODWIN |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. March 8th 1916. |
| WILKINSON |
Obscured |
Royal
Garrison Artillery. |
| WHITE |
John
? |
4th
Bn, Norfolk Regiment, attached Royal Flying Corps. Jan 15th 1917. |
| AMIS |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| BENSLEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| BENSLEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. Accidentally drowned Aug 18th 1918. |
| WOODS |
Obscured |
5th
Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. April 19th 1917. |
| POWLEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| MASON |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| APPLEGATE |
Obscured |
Army
Service Corps. |
| APPLEGATE |
Obscured |
Royal
Engineers. |
| GOODWIN |
Obscured |
Petty
Officer, HMS ‘Yarmouth’. |
| HOWARD |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| LING |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| BENSLEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| BENSLEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. May 19th 1918. |
| BENSLEY |
Obscured |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. |
| LING |
Obscured |
East
Surrey Regiment. May 11th 1917. |
| BAILEY |
Obscured |
Royal
Navy. |
| APPLETON |
Obscured |
Yorkshire
Regiment. |
| AMIS |
Obscured |
Royal
Flying Corps. |
| GEORGE |
Obscured |
Royal
Engineers. |
| GOODWIN |
Cornelius
? |
Royal
Sussex Regiment. |
| STIMPSON |
Obscured |
Northamptonshire
Regiment. |
| BROOKS |
Obscured |
Royal
Naval Reserve. 21 Oct 1918. Died RNR Hospital from pneumonia. |
| GEORGE |
Obscured |
Royal
West Surrey Regiment. |
| COX |
Harry
? |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| HUNT |
Walter |
Royal
Flying Corps |
| HADINGHAM |
Obscured |
Royal
Engineers. April 18th 1918. |
| AMIS |
John
W |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| GEORGE |
Alfred
R |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| FLATT |
George |
Royal
Naval Reserve. |
| GRAPES |
Harold
C |
London
Scottish. |
| HOWARD |
Robert
J |
Royal
West Surrey Regiment. |
| JERMY |
H
C |
Royal
Fusiliers. |
| WILKINSON |
Leonard |
Rifle
Brigade. |
Grant
them eternal rest O LORD. |
Last
updated
21 November, 2017
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