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SEETHING
& MUNDHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, researched
Lynda Smith 2004
Seething
is situated a few miles north of Bungay. The War Memorial stands at
a road junction in village behind church of St. Margaret & St. Remigius
and covers both Seething and Mundham villages.
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Munham
Church |
Seething
Memorial & Church |
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Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004 |
IN
MEMORY OF THE SEETHING MEN
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914- 1918
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BALE
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William
Christopher
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Serjeant
11131. 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 15th April 1918. Aged 29. Born
and lived Seething. Enlisted Grimsby. Son of Arthur and Emily M.
N. Bale, of Seething, Brooke, Norwich. Buried:
Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. I. M. 9.
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BIRD
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John
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Private
14732. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 15th September 1916. Aged
27. Born Seething. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Lewis and Hannah Bird,
of Upgall, Seething, Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
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BLIGH
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Alfred
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Private
472064. 46th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment.) Died on 19th November 1916. Aged 29. Born in Berghapton,
Norfolk on 17th August 1887. Lived in Wadena, Sask. where
he was a farmer. Son of Walter and Emma Bligh, of Seething Fen,
Brooke, Norwich, England. Private Bligh was unmarried. Commemorated:
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
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KNIGHTS
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William
George
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Lance
Corporal 18863. 2nd Battalion (Memorial gives 3rd
Battalion) Norfolk Regiment. Died in India on 16th July
1916. Aged 27. Born Hartley, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Son of George
Richard and Jane Knights, of Seething, Norfolk. Commemorated: Kirkee
1914-1918 Memorial, India. Face 3.
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RICHES
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Herbert
Henry
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Private
G/21243. 2nd Battalion Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Formerly 19778 East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 2nd April 1917. Born Kirstead. Lived
Seething. Enlisted Norwich. Buried: Croisilles British Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. A. 24. See also Kirstead Memorial.
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LET
THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM
FORGET NOT THEIR NAMES.
IN MEMORY OF THE MUNDHAM AND SEETHING MEN
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 -1945
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BALE
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Ernest
Edward
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Captain
117749. Royal Corps of Signals. Died on 8th October 1941.
Aged 33. Son of Arthur and Emily M. R. Bale, of Seething, Norfolk.
Buried: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. K. 169.
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BUTCHER
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Herbert
Bertie Reginald
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 Guardsman
2658972. 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died on 22nd
April 1941. Aged 21. Son of Arthur John and Ethel May Butcher, of
Mundham. Buried: Mundham (St. Peter) Churchyard, Norfolk.
PZ
658972 GUARDSMAN
H.B.R. BUTCHER
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
22ND APRIL 1941 AGE 21
LOVED BY ALL
GOD KNOWS BEST.
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RINGER
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Michael
Beverley
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Captain
138787. 9th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on
15th February 1943. Aged 22. Son
of Arthur Beverley Ringer and Marion Beverley Ringer; husband of
Jean Muriel Ringer, of Norwich. Buried: Seething (St. Margaret Of
Antioch And Remigius) Churchyard.
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RUDD
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Charles
Ewart
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Gunner
1114539. 105 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on 28th
June 1944. Aged 25. Son of Fred and Mary Rudd; husband of Olive
Rudd, of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. Buried:
Orvieto War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. I, G, 9.
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WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM
At
the Church to the right of the pathway is a
marble memorial to the 448th Bomb Group. USAAF.
448TH BOMB GROUP
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF 448TH BOMB GROUP
8TH UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WHO SERVED AT SEETHING AIRFIELD
DECEMBER 1943 TO APRIL 1945
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
350 MEN KILLED IN ACTION
DEDICATED JUNE 6TH 1989
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Commemorated
in Mundham Churchyard
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DOUBLEDAY
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Edward
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 Private
16506, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 4th June
1916 in France. Aged 32. Born Mundham, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Mrs. Maria Doubleday, of Mundham Common, Brooke, Norwich. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.
Photograph
Copyright © Simon Knott 2004 |
16 April 2005
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