
GAZELEY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Copyright © 2005 - Transcribed Dave Male; researched Martin Edwards
The
War Memorial can be found inside the parish church All Saints in the
village of Gazeley. The memroial takes the form of a wooden backboard
upon which are mounted three tablets, the centre tablet carries the
inscription, the outer two tablets have gold wreaths above the lists
of names. There are 15 names listed for World War 1. The memroial was
dedicated 22 February 1920 by Rev. G.A. Chase, MA, MC. Details appeared
in the Bury and Norwich Post 27 February 1920.
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Photograph
copyright © David Male 2005 |
IN
MEMORIAM
this Tablet was erected
by the Parishioners
of GAZELEY to
perpetuate the glorious
self-sacrifice of their
fellow-parishioners
who gave their lives
in response to their
Country's call during
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
CARLTON |
Albert
aka Bertie |
Private
16296, 11th Battalion, Sufflk Regiment. Died of wounds 8th June
1916. Born Gazeley, enlisted Luton. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY,
MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3. |
CARLTON |
Victor
[George] |
Private
14606, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
7th October 1918. Aged 21. Born Gazeley, enlisted Newmarket. Son
of Rachel and Gabriel Carlton, of Gazeley, Newmarket. Buried in
ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot VII. Row K. Grave 16. |
COCKERTON |
Ernest
[Edward] |
Private
1663, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooter Hussars). Died
in United Kingdom 28th November 1915. Aged 45. Enlisted London,
resident Bradfield St George. Son of Frederick William and Ann Cockerton.
Buried near North-West corner of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, GAZELEY,
Suffolk. |
HUSON |
Sidney
Walpole |
Lance
Corporal 430856, 123rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers. Died 21st October
1917. Aged 33. Born 11th November 1883 in Newmarket. Son of William
Walter Walpole Huson, of Gazeley, Suffolk; husband of Catherine
Eliza Huson, of 54, Windsor Rd., West Finchley, London. Educated
at East Anglian School, Bury St. Edmund's. Electrical Engineer by
trade. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit 31st March 1915 at Victoria,
British Columbia, aged 31 years 4 months, height 5 feet 7 inches,
girth 42 inches, complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown; religion
Church of England. Buried in DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row E. Grave 13. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4651 - 23 |
JOHNSON |
Arthur
[John] |
Private
15708, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 27th August
1917. Aged 32. Born Kentford, enlisted Cambridge. Son of William
and Ellen Johnson, of Church Hill, Gazeley, Newmarket. Buried in
TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave
18. |
KEMP |
Charles
[Ammon] |
Stoker
1st Class K/15865, H.M.S. Firely, Royal Navy. Died 1st December
1915. Aged 22. Son of Alfred and Ellen Kemp, of Gazeley, Newmarket,
Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel
1 and 60.
Note:
H.M.S. Firely was a Fly Class River Gunboat. Launched in 1915. Built
in Abadan. Taken over by the Turks while participating in the Baghdad
advance on 1st December 1915. Recaptured on 26th February 1917 but
was sunk on 14th June 1924 while on the Euphrates river.

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MOSS |
Alfred |
Private
41495, 13th Battalion (West Ham Pals), Essex Regiment. Killed in
action on Sunday 22nd April 1917. Born and resident Gazeley, enlisted
Newmarket. Formerly 23315, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
Alfred
Moss was born in Gazeley (Newmarket Q3-1882 3B:489), baptised
in Gazeley (All Saints) on 6th November 1882, son of Isaac and
Maria Moss (née KILDY). in the 1891 census he was aged
8, residing at Mill Road, Gazeley, with his widowed mother Maria
[33] laundress, born Colchester; his brothers Isaac [12], Alexander
[10] and sister Rosaline [6]. All the children were born in Gazeley.
Also there were lodgers Elizabeth SWAN [25] and her children Gertrude
[4] and Theodore [2]. His father had died earlier that year and
his mother married Edward BILLIMORE in Q4 that year. In the 1901
census he was aged 18, a farm labourer, still residing at Mill
Road, Gazeley with his mother, step father Edward BILLIMORE [45]
horse keeper, born Gazeley, and his brothers Isaac ( farm labourer)
and Alexander (platelayer) and a boarder, Robert OUTLAN [35] labourer,
born Gazeley. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, single, a maltster,
he was boarding at 70 Henry Street, Burton on Trent with Gazeley
born Edward COCKERTON and his wife Alice and their children. His
mother was still at Mill Road, Gazeley with her husband Edward
BILLIMORE and her children, Rosalie and Isaac.
His
elder brother, Isaac (see below) died on the Somme in 1916
He
enlisted in Newmarket.
The
13th Essex (West Ham) battalion were 'enjoying' a quiet spell
in the front preparatory to the attack on Oppy Wood. the 22nd
April was the middle of this spell when a total 14 were killed
over 11 days. That all came to an end when they lost 126 on the
28th. From the History of the Second Division we learn that:-
A
new front trench within 300 yards of the Oppy line had been dug
by the Brigade on the 20th, but a gap had been left in the centre
between the two battalion sectors. The right sub-sector of the
line was held by the 2nd South Staffords, and the left by the
13th Essex Regiment, the 1st King's were in close support, and
the 17th Middlesex in reserve.
The battalion raided was the 13th Essex. About 9 p.m.,preceded
by a heavy barrage, the enemy sent over two strong raiding parties
against both flanks of the new forward trench. The Essex sent
up an " S.O.S." to the artillery, who promptly opened
fire. The enemy had, however, succeeded in getting round the left
flank of the new trench, and had captured some men of the Essex
Regiment, marching them back to his own front lines. Another company
was immediately sent forward and reoccupied the trench, finding
in it a wounded German officer of the 76th Bavarian Regiment.
A number of enemy " other ranks " were also wounded.
The Essex Regiment lost in this affair 5 other ranks killed, 3
wounded, and 22 missing. The enemy's barrage was particularly
heavy.
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MOSS |
Isaac |
Private
23685, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Monday
13th November 1916. Aged 37. Born Gazeley, enlisted Newmarket. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 C and 2 A.
Isaac
Moss was born in Gazeley (Newmarket Q2-1879 3B:561), baptised
in Gazeley (All Saints) on 11th May 1879, son of Isaac and Maria
Moss (née KILDY). In the 1881 census he was ged 2, residing
at Mill Road, Gazeley, with his father Isaac MOSS [35] farm labourer;
his mother Maria [25] and brother Alexander [4 months]. They were
all born in Gazeley except his mother who in the following census
was recorded as born in Colchester. In the 1891 census he was
aged 12, residing at Mill Road, Gazeley, with his widowed mother
Maria; his brothers Alexander [10] and Alfred [8] and sister Rosaline
[6]. All the children were born in Gazeley. Also there were lodgers
Elizabeth SWAN [25] and her children Gertrude [4] and Theodore
[2]. His father had died earlier that year and his mother married
Edward BILLIMORE in Q4 that year . In the 1901 census he was aged
22, a farm labourer, still residing at Mill Road, Gazeley with
his mother, step father Edward BILLIMORE [45] horse keeper, born
Gazeley, and his brothers Alfred (farm labourer) and Alexander
(platelayer) and a boarder, Robert OUTLAN [35] labourer, born
Gazeley. In the 1911 census he was aged 32, single, a farm labourer,residing
with his mother at Mill Road, Gazeley with his stepfather Edward
BILLIMORE and sister Rosalie.
His
younger brother, Alfred, died in France in 1917 (see above). He
enlisted in Newmarket.
The
2nd Suffolk moved into the area behind Serre in the middle of
October. The weather prevented any large scale operations for
some time, but eventually they were ordered into their assembly
positions, across open the open such was the state of the trenches.
At 05:00 on the 13th November they floundered forward into No
Man's Land, a sea of mud, movement being almost impossible. The
mist, added to the smoke from the barrage, made direction very
difficult to maintain and within a short time all the officers
in the leading companies had fallen, and little progress had been
made. In spite of the conditions, some leading Suffolk companies
did reach the German second line, but in vain as they were forced
to return to their original front line, waiting there the rest
of the day before marching back to Courcelles the next morning.
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NEAL |
Frederick
John |
Private
23314, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 18th October
1916. Aged 19. Born Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Newmarket.
Son of George and Emma Neal, of Gazeley. Buried near North West
corner of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, GAZELEY, Suffolk. |
PENDRICK |
Percy |
Private
16054, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th September
1917. Aged 26. Born Kentford, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Harry
and Alice S. Pendrick, of Moulton Rd., Gazeley. Buried in MAROC
BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M.
Grave 6. |
ROLFE |
Thomas |
Private
2130140, 1st Depot Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Died 12th August 1918. Born 27th August 1895 in Suffolk, England.
Resident Regent, Manitoba, Canada. Unmarried. Religion Church of
England. Farm labourer by trade. Brother of Mrs Annie Stebbings
(nee Rofle( of Hyde Cottages, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Enlisted
22nd December 1917 at Brandon, Manitoba, aged 22 years 4 months,
height 5 feet 11 inches, giurth 36 inches, complexion afir, eyes
brown, hair dark brown; accepted for sevice 10th May 1918. No known
grave. Commemorated on HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel
2. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8439 - 37 |
SORE |
Ezekiel
[Thomas] |
[Listed
as Ezekial and as a Lance Corporal on memorial] Drummer 4487, 2nd
Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 30th June 1916.
Aged 40. Born Hartest, Suffolk, enlisted Thetford, Norfolk. Son
of Charles Ezekiel and Ann Sore, of Gazeley, Newmarket. No known
grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 10. |
SUTTLE |
Walter
[Edward] |
[Listed
as a Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 3/8559, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Died 7th May 1915. Born Lackford, Suffolk, enlisted
Bury St Edmunds. Son of Samuel and Ellen Suttle, of Breighton, Selby,
Yorks. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot 1. Row G. Grave 3A. |
VALIANT |
Harry |
Lance
Corproal 12763, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
2nd March 1916. BornBury St Edmunds, enlisted Newmarket. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 21. |
TALBOT |
Ernest |
[Listed
as Canadian Light Horse on memorial] Private 151938, 43rd Battalion,
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 6th March 1918. Born
6th June 1895 at Gazeley. Son of Mr and Mrs John Talbot, 26 Long
Brackland, Suffolk. Farm labourer by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted
and passed fit 6th August 1915 at Brandon, Manitoba, aged 20 years
2 months, oath taken 17th September 1915, height 5 feet 3½
inches, girth 33½ inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair
dark brown; religion Church of England. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 13. National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9490 - 66 |
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