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WIMBOTSHAM
& STOW BARDOLPH (EAST) WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2- Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
The
memorial stands in the centre of the village, on the green and commemorates
those fallen in both wars from Wimbotsham and Stow Bardloph (East). Wimbotsham
is next door to Downham Market.
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004
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GREAT
WAR
1914 - 1918
SACRED TO THE
MEMORY OF THE
GALLANT FALLEN
FROM
WIMBOTSHAM AND
STOW BARDOLPH E.
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BARKER
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Ernest
E
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Private
16128, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 28th June 1916 in Mesopotamia.
Born Wimbotsham, enlisted Norwich.
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BARKER
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Richard
Lee
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Private
18487, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 7th May
1917 in France & Flanders.
Born Wimbotsham, enlisted Norwich.
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BENIFER
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Arthur
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Private
20645, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died at sea 13th August 1915.
Born Congham, enlisted Norwich, resident Wimbotsham. Formerly 17655,
Norfolk Regiment.
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BOWERS
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George
Henry
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Private
271064, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd
August 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Battersea, Surrey, enlisted
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, resident Wimbotsham. Formerly 3774, London
Regiment.
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CLARKE
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Herbert
Pymer
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Private
G/24264, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Wimbotsham, enlisted King's Lynn.
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COOK
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[James]
Bert
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Private
202043, Tank Corps. Killed in action 1st December 1917 in France
& Flanders. Born Wimbotsham, enlisted West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
Formerly 68754, Machine Gun Corps.
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CRANE
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Robert
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Private
15439, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Wimbotsham, enlisted
Norwich, resident Downham Market.
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DICKERSON
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Edward
Leara
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Private
8146, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28th February
1916 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Downham Market.
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EAGLE
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John
W
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possibly:
John EAGLE, Rifleman 12751, 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Died
of wounds 3rd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Belfast,
enlisted Belfast.
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GOODRUM
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Albert
V
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Detailed
information
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HAZEL
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Harry
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Corporal
85550, 208th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 1st
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born West Ham, Norfolk (sic),
enlisted Norwich, resident Wimbotsham. See also 34th
Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers.
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JARVIS
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Frank
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Lance
Corporal 15964, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
13th October 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Wimbotsham, enlisted
Norwich.
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JERMANY
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Frederick
William
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[Spelt
GERMANY on SDGW] Lance Corporal 28095, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 19th March 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Stow Bardolph, enlisted Norwich.
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LAKE
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Thomas
J
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probably:
Thomas James, LAKE, Sergeant 7867, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 29th October 1914 in France & Flanders. Born
Waltington, Downham (sic), enlisted Spalding, Lincolsnhire, resident
Stourbridge, Downham, Norfolk (sic).
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NEWBORNE
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Albert
J
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Private
3060, 16th Lancers (The Queen's). Killed in action 26th January
1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Stow, Norfolk,
enlisted Downham Market.
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NEAL
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Reginald
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probably:
Reginald NEAL, Corporal 203073, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's OWn (Royal
Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 29th August 1918 in France
& Flanders. Born Peterborough, enlisted Denver, Downham Market.
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SAYLE
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Archie
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probably:
Archibald SAYLE, Private
43103, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 2nd October
1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted and resident Colchester.
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STANNARD
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Ernest
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No
further information currently.
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WORLD
WAR - 1939 - 1945
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CHURCHILL
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W
D
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Detailed
information
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MANN
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K
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Detailed
information
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RIGG
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A
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Detailed
information
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July 2004
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