
KING'S
LYNN WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Chris Harley - 2005
additional research Rev. Damon Rogers
The
memorial is located in Tower Gardens, St James Street, adjacent to King's
Lynn Public Library in an area originally occupied from the early thirteenth
century by the friary of the Greyfriars. There are 569 men listed for
World War 1 and 19 civilians for World War 2. The memorial takes the
form of a small plain latin cross on tall slender pillar, massive square
plinth bearing the name panels and mounted on a three stepped base.
The Borough coat of arms, in blue and gold, is on the front face above
the inscription. There are Battle honours listed between the name panels
and wreaths on each face of the plinth. The memorial was designed by
Mr Oswald Partidge-Milne and was dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of
Thetford and unveiled by Her Royal Highness Princess Mary 26 January
1921. It was rededicated on 15 October 2010. The site originally cost
£2,250. Details appeared in the The Lynn News and County Press
8 and 29 January 1921 and the Lynn Advertiser 28 January 1921, pages
4 and 7. The names of those listed on the memorial appeared in the Lynn
Advertiser 21 January 1921, page 7.
Extract
from Lynn Advertiser - Friday 28 January 1921, page 4:
THE
WAR MEMORIAL.
There
is cause for considerable satisfaction in the ceremony which was so
graciously and gracefully performed by PRINCESS MARY on Wednesday
afternoon, for it marks the consummation of a work to which the people
of Lynn had set their hand, and which was regarded both as a privilege
and a duty. The duty was one that was owed as much to the living as
to the dead. Those gallant souls who went from our midst at the call
of their country to face her enemies in the field, who stood as a
bulwark between us and our foes, who presented an impassable barrier
to those who had planned the downfall of England, and who died that
we might live, have earned a right to be remembered by those in whose
defence they gave their lives; and they have left behind them mothers,
sisters, wives and children whose greatest sorrow resides in the fact
that their loved ones lie in scattered graves under foreign skies,which
they may never be able to visit, while many of them rest beneath the
waves of unknown seas. It is natural that these sorrowing relatives
of the fallen heroes should crave for nothing so much as for a visible
memorial to their sons and brothers, erected in a quiet corner of
their native town—a memorial at the foot of which they may from
time to time lay their tributes of affection, and where they may point
with pride to a loved name on the town's roll of honour. Whatever
other schemes might have been devised for honouring the gallant dead,
the idea of a visible and lasting memorial was the one to be desired
above all others, and this has been carried out in Lynn in what we
think will be generally regarded as a fitting manner. To the MAYOR
and the Committee by whom he has been supported thanks are due for
the way in which they have brought their task to completion, and the
architects may be complimented on the production of a very handsome
monument. The spot chosen for it is an ideal one. It is set among
surroundings of both natural and architectural beauty, in a spot somewhat
apart from the bustle of everyday life. yet visible from some of the
main thoroughfares of the town. This may henceforth be regarded as
sacred ground—sacred to the memory of those men of Lynn who
form part of that vast army of whom it has been rightly said: "THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
The
service personnel who died in World War 2 are listed in the Roll of
Honour for King's Lynn, 116 names in total. The Roll of Honour is held
in the Public Library at the junction of Millfleet and London Road,
Millfleet, King's Lynn. It takes the form of a framed, glazed, Roll
of Honour with the Arms of the Borough of Kings Lynn at the top. The
inscription reads:
NORFOLK
COMMEMORATING THE NAMES OF SAILORS, SOLDIERS
AIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY FORCES OF THIS
BOROUGH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF
1939 - 1945
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
REQUIESCANT
ON PACE AMEN
THIS ROLL OF HONOUR WAS PRESENTED TO THE KINGS LYNN CORPORATION
BY THE KINGS LYNN & DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION
The names
for World War 2 Service personnel have NOT yet been
transcribed.
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2008 |
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Erected
by the Citizens of King’s Lynn
to the memory of their gallant comrades
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1918
In
the memory of
all who lost their lives
by enemy action
1939 -1945
The
memorial is inscribed with the following Battle Honours on the 4 corners
AISNE |
AMEINS |
ARRAS |
ASIAGO |
BALTIC |
CORONEL |
CTESIPHON |
DARDANELLES |
DOIRAN |
EAST
AFRICA |
EYGPT |
FALKLAND
ISLANDS |
FLANDERS |
FRANCE |
GAZA |
HELIGOLAND |
HELLES |
HINDENBURG
LINE |
INDIA |
ITALY |
JERUSALEM |
JUTLAND |
KUT |
LOOS |
LYS |
MACEDONIA |
MARNE |
MEDITTEREAN |
MEGIDDO |
MESPOTAMIA |
MONS |
NORTH
SEA |
OSTEND |
PALESTINE |
PASCHENDALE |
RUSSIA |
SAMBRE |
SOMME |
STRAITS
OF DOVER |
SUVLA |
VALENCIENNES |
WHITE
SEA |
YPRES |
ZEEBRUGGE |
1914-1918
ADAMS |
Ernest
William |
Private
14967, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds
Belgium 13 August 1917. Buried in Lijssentheok Military Cemetery,
Plot XII. Row F. Grave 15. Aged 22. Son of William and Elizabeth
Adams of Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Born Rotherham. Enlisted Norwich,
September 1914. Had worked at Cooper Roller Bearings, Kings
Lynn. Two other brothers served. Company runner. Had received a
commendation for bravery.
Also
named on St Michael's, South
Lynn and All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
AINGER |
William |
Private
45891, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd
October 1919 in United Kingdom. Aged 31. Born Carbrook, enlisted
King's Lynn, resident South Lynn. Son of William Ainger; husband
of Eva May Ainger, of 26, Double Row, Highgate, King's Lynn. Formerly
566, Army Service Corps. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk.
Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 171. |
ALDREN |
Harry
Leonard |
Private
203034, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 31st July
1917. Aged 18. Born Gaywood, enlisted and resident King's Lynn.
Formerly 203713, Norfolk Regiment. Son of Robert and Hilary Aldren,
of 8, Harrod's Place, Providence St., King's Lynn. No known grave.
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 39. |
ALDREN |
John
Cottam |
Private
3/7652, 7th (Service) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
27th March 1918 while the battalion were holding the line by the
sunken road just north of Albert and south of the Aveluy-Bouzincourt
road. In this German counter attack 5 officers were killed, 9 missing
and five wounded and Ordinary Ranks 6 killed, 72 wounded, and 202
missing. Born Setch, enlisted King's Lynn. Next-of-Kin was Mrs M
Aldren, 8 Harrods Yard, Providence Street, King’s Lynn. No
known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel
23. |
ALLEN |
Alfred
Albert |
Sergeant
240148, 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at
Gallipoli 22 January 1917. Born St Nicholl's, King's Lynn, enlisted
Hu8nstanton. Commemorated in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery,
Iraq on the Angora Memorial. Panel 13.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
Note:
In 1914, Baghdad was the headquarters of the Turkish Army in Mesopotamia.
It was the ultimate objective of the Indian Expeditionary Force
'D' and the goal of the force besieged and captured at Kut in 1916.
The city finally fell in March 1917, but the position was not fully
consolidated until the end of April. Nevertheless, it had by that
time become the Expeditionary Force's advanced base, with two stationary
hospitals and three casualty clearing stations. The North Gate Cemetery
was begun in April 1917 and has been greatly enlarged since the
end of the First World War by graves brought in from other burial
grounds in Baghdad and northern Iraq, and from battlefields and
cemeteries in Anatolia where Commonwealth prisoners of war were
buried by the Turks. At present, 4,160 Commonwealth casualties of
the First World War are commemorated by name in the cemetery, many
of them on special memorials. Unidentified burials from this period
number 2,729. |
ALLEN |
George |
Private
3/8224, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 4th September
1916. Aged 40. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Husband of Emily
Ann Allen, of 16, Priory Lane, King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
ALLEN |
Sam |
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant 6910, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died
of wounds 10th December 1917. Aged 35. Born Felney St Lawrence (sic),
enlisted Wisbech. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Allen, of 26, Church St.,
King's Lynn, and the late Edward Allen. Buried in Le Cateau Military
Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 21. |
ALLEN |
Thomas
Martin |
[Listed
as T N ALLEN on the memorial] Seaman. C.3133. Royal Naval Reserve.
Serving on the cruiser HMS Aboukir
when it was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 22 September 1914.
Chatham
Naval Memorial Aged 31. His parents lived at West Lynn. Married
with three children, lived at 64 Checker Street, King's Lynn. Had
been master of the King's Lynn Conservancy Board tug 'T. Brown'
from July, 1914. Called up 2 August 1914. Served on the Aboukir
with his brother William who last saw Thomas signalling the Cressy
and the Hogue shortly after the Aboukir had been hit.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and West
Lynn Church War Memorial. |
ANDERSON |
Charles |
Private
241083, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in Palestine 19th April 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Plot
XXIII. Row D. Grave 15.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
ANDERSON |
John |
|
ANDERSON |
Thomas
B |
Private
40793, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th
June 1917. Aged 36. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Spalding,
Lincolnshire. Husband of Florence E. Fox (formerly Anderson), of
33, Cheeker St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.
See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
ANDREWS |
Charles
Henry |
Lance
Corporal T4/1186984, 163rd Horse Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 9 December 1918. Aged 24. Son of Thomas Henry and Maria
Thirza Andrews, of High St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Mikra
British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Grave 1644. |
ARMES |
Raymond
Linay |
Captain,
7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).
Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) 9 April 1916. Son of William
L and Sarah J Armes, he had at least 3 other sibklings one of which,
William, is listed below. Born King's Lynn, 1878, birth registered
in the July to September Quarter 1878 in King's Lynn Registration
District. Resident at St Nicholas Street, Kings Lynn St Margaret,
Kings Lynn in 1881. His father owned a Cocoa Matting manfacturing
company employing 200 people in 1881. On the 12 January 1900, aged
22, he attested with the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 43
Imperial Yeomanry Company (Suffolk) as Private 6832. He was taken
prisoner and escaped on 12 August 1900 at Banks Station. In 1901
he was living with his sister Edith at Princeston Man, 10, St Andrew
Holborn above the Bars and St George the Martyr, Holborn, London.
In 1911 he was living with his brother, William, at Chilton, Sudbury,
Suffolk, listed as a Coir Mat and Matting Manufacturer. No known
grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 34.
The
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills
and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Raymond Linay Armes reads:
ARMES
Raymond Linay of Colchester captain 7th battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment died 9 April 1916 in Mesopotamia
on active service Probate London 2 November [1916]
to Sydney Gross Wheeler estate agent Henry Joseph Thompson matting
manufactruer and Ernest Durrant clerk. Effects £11444 19s
11d.
|
ARMES,
TD |
William
Morriss |
Lieutenant-Colonel,
5th Battalion (Territorial), Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
12 August 1915. Awarded Territorial Decoration (T.D.). Son of William
L and Sarah J Armes, he had at least 3 other siblings one of which,
William, is listed below. Born King's Lynn, birth registered in
the April to June Quarter 1872 in King's Lynn Registration District.
Resident at St Nicholas Street, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Kings Lynn
in 1881. His father owned a Cocoa Matting manfacturing company employing
200 people in 1881. In 1884 he is shown on the Admission Register
for King Edward Vii Grammar Boys' School, King's Lynn. In 1891 he
was working as a Manufacturer's Clerk for the family business, aged
18, resident Hardwicke House, Stour Street, Sudbury, Suffolk. In
1901 he was living with his sister Edith at Princeston Man, 10,
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars and St George the Martyr, Holborn,
London; he was now part of his family's business being listed as
a Mat Manufacturer. In 1911 he was head of the family, his brother,
Raymond, was living with him at Chilton, Sudbury, Suffolk, listed
as a Coir Mat and Matting Manufacturer. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 46 and 47.
The
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills
and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Raymond Linay Armes reads:
ARMES
William Morriss of Chilton House Chilton Suffolk lieutenant-colonel
5th battalion Suffolk Regiment died 12 August 1915 at Sulva Plain
in Gallipoli on active service Administration (with Will) London
14 September [1916] to Reginald John Armes majore His Majesty's
Army.
Effects £11940 17s 3d. Resworn £11873 12s. 2d.
|
ARNELL |
Richard |
Private
G/32830, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 13 April
1917. Aged 30. Born Hackney Wick, enlisted Norwich. Son of Richard
Arnell, of Church Close, Norwich; husband of Elsie May Arnell, of
7A, Burkitt St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
ASHBY |
George
Stanley |
Private.
20585. 1st Essex Regiment. Commmeorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Died at sea 13th August 1915 when the troopship Royal Edward was
sunk. Aged 22. Son of Mrs. Manning. Lived at 4 Friars Street, King's
Lynn. Born King's Lynn and enlisted Norwich. Had worked at the West
Norfolk Farmer's Chemical Company, King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
BADCOCK |
Harold
J |
No
further information currently available |
BAILEY |
Alfred
Arthur |
Private
25728, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 8 May
1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Norwich. Son of Albert Alfred Andrews
Bailey and Betsy Bailey, of 18, Birchwood St., King's Lynn, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 6. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
BAILEY |
William
Henry John |
Private
241076, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in
Plaestine 2 November 1917. Enlisted East Dereham. Birth registered
in the October to December Quarter 1897 in the King's Lynn Registration
District. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot XXVI. Row F. Grave 5. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
BAKER |
S
S |
No
further information currently available |
BARBER |
Frank
Vivian |
Private.
7-30928. 7th East Yorkshire Regiment. Missing
France 25 November 1916. Thiepval
Memorial Aged 23. Born Hull. Third son of Mr. Alfred Barber, London
Road, King's Lynn. He
left a wife and two children, living at Hull. He enlisted at Hull,
where for six years he had been a sailor. Some sources give date
as 5th. Two brothers also served in the army and three others worked
in munitions.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
BARDELL |
Robert
John |
Private.
SPTS-3935. 23rd Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action France 29 July
1916. (Battle for Delville Wood?). Thiepval Memorial Aged 35. Born
Middleton, Norfolk. Son of the late William and Mrs. Bardell of
King's Lynn. Enlisted at London, September 1915 and went to France
in early 1916. From the age of 18 Robert managed the building contracting
business of his late father and later became a partner in the Lynn
Building Material Company. He was a sidesman at All Saints and a
playing member of King's Lynn Lawn Tennis Club.
A
window dedicated to his memory is in the north side of All Saints
Church. This window was dedicated by the Bishop pf Thetford in November,
1920.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, and King
Edward's School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
BARNABY |
John
[Augustus] |
Corporal.
240436. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12 August
1915, but see the account of the 'Vanished Battalion'. Azmak Cemetery,
Suvla, I.C.6. Age
25. Son of Mr. John and Mrs. Georgina Barnaby, of, 33 South Everard
Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted Dereham, service number 2624. Mentioned
on his parents' grave at Hardwick Cemetery, King's Lynn, which shows
John A., died Gallipoli, 1915. 'Soldiers Died' states 'died 28 August
1915'.
See
Tim Carew, Famous Regiments: The Royal Norfolk Regiment, page 91,
regarding the fate of the 1/5th Norfolk Regiment :
"For
the next four years the fate of the bulk of 1/5th Norfolk was shrouded
in mystery. It was not until September 1919 that a Graves Registration
Unit at Gallipoli reported tersely: 'We have found the 5th Norfolks
- there were 180 in all, and we could only identify two - Privates
BARNABY and Cotter.'"
John
Barnaby is the only Barnaby of the 1/5th Norfolks in 'Soldiers Died'.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BARNARD |
Edward
Alfred |
Private
6066, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 27 December 1914. Born
and enlisted King's Lynn. In 1911 he was 11, at school, born King's
Lynn, living with his parents Albert and Leah Barnard, of 56 Sir
Lewis Street, King's Lynn. Buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel,
Hessen. Germany. Plot V. Row K. Grave 3. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
BARNARD |
Philip |
Seaman
3514C, H.M.S. "Hogue", Royal Naval Reserve. Killed or
died as a direct result of enemy action. in the North Sea 22 September
1914. Aged 36. Born 31 July 1879 in King's Lynn. Son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Barnard, of "Fishermans Return", Pilot
St., King's Lynn, Norfolk; brother of Bertha Barnard of the same
address. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. Panel 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BARRATT |
John
Ambrose |
 |
[On
memorial as BARRETT] Second Lieutenant. 16th Rifle Brigade.
Killed in action Ypres, Belgium 31 July 1917. New Irish Farm
Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres, XVII.E.16. Age 36. Son of Joseph
and Louisa Barratt, of Romford Road, Upton, Essex. Husband
of Evelyn Marion Barratt, of 139, Newmarket Road, Norwich.
Born at 316 Romford Road, Upton, 8/1/1881. His father was
a solicitor. John was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School,
London, and at St. John's College, Oxford. He played cricket
for his school and was a 'half-blue' for tennis at Oxford.
He married Evelyn Marion Beck at Hethersett, Norfolk, 11 September
1912. They had four children and lived at 12 Portland Street,
King's Lynn, prior to the war. John was a brewer for Morgan's
based at the Lady Bridge Brewery in King's Lynn. John was
a prominent member of All Saints' Church and was at one time
the church treasurer.
Enlisted
in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at King's
Lynn, 8 December1915, number 26300. On 16 March 1916 he applied
for a commission. His recommendation stated that John was
the brother of international lawn tennis player Roper Barratt.
John
completed a course at number 1 O.C.B., Denham Barracks, Bucks.
However his application for a commission was turned down as
he had not received any previous military training. On 29
April 1916 he joined the Oxford University O.T.C. and on 11
July 1916 was posted to 4 O.C.B. and discharged to a commission
in the Rifle Brigade on 24 October 1916 (London Gazette 15
November 1916).
He was immediately sent overseas.
He
was a signalling officer and well liked by his fellow officers;
the young officer's called him 'Father Barrett'. He was killed
in action 31 July 1917, this confirmed by a GHQ communication
dated 4 August 1917, and initially buried north west of Fortuin.
He was reburied in 1920.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/65847).
Note: in some sources his surname is given as Barrett.
Played
rugby for Upper Clapton and Eastern Counties and is on their
war memorial.
Also
named on All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
Above
John Barratt with his third child.
Below John playing tennis at Norwich 1906 |
 |
|
BARRETT |
Thomas
William |
 |
Photograph
Copyright © Christopher Wilkinson 2018 |
Private
10/156616, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 24 July
1919. Aged 40. Son of the late Robert and Catherine Barrett; husband
of Daisy Rye (formerly Barrett), of Baptist Chapel Yard, Broad St.,
King's Lynn. Formerly 20526, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in King's
Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 126. |
BARRETT |
William
Edward |
Acting
Fireman, King's Lynn - Private 2623, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial
Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea 21 September 1915. Aged 22.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in East
Dereham, Norfolk. Acting Fireman, King's Lynn, GER. Buried in PORT
SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section K. Grave 8. See also
Liverpool Street Station,
London |
BARTLE |
Thomas |
Private
5931, "G" Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment). Died 20 October 1914. Aged 36. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
Lancaster. Husband of Alice Bartle, of 58, Quarry Rd., Lancaster.
Served in the South African Campaign. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
2. |
BARTRAM |
A
H |
No
further information currently available |
BASSHAM |
Reginald
Owen |
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Rifle Brigade. Killed in action France 31 May 1917.
Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy les Mofflaines, I.G.23. Born at
Wolferton 13 August 1893. Son of Luke and Ellen Bassham. His father
was an accountant at Sandringham Estate. His mother lived at York
Avenue, Hunstanton. Married to Dorothy Gwendoline Smithard just
a few weeks before he was killed. Dorothy remarried in 1921.
He
won scholarships that enabled him to be educated at King Edward's
School, King's Lynn, and subsequently at University College, London,
where he was a member of the O.T.C.
Left
for Australia in 1912 and worked on his brother-in-law's estate.
He tried to enlist in the Australian Army but was rejected due to
defective eyesight, however his brother, Sgt. R.H. Bassham, AIF,
was successful and won the M.M. (two other brothers served in the
British Army).
He
returned from Noumea, New Caledonia, to the UK to enlist, 21 September
1915, travelling on the SS Canastota. However a blockade of the
Panama Canal meant that he had to travel from Panama to Boulogne
on the SS Niagara. This journey generated a lot of correspondence
as he claimed back the travelling expense from the War Office.
Attested
at the Central Recruit Depot, Whitehall, 6 December1915 and posted
to the Rifle Brigade Depot, service number S/14556. Posted to the
6th Battalion and applied for a commission. Posted to No. 2 Officer
Cadet Battalion, Pembroke College. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant,
Special Reserve, 5th Rifle Brigade, on 4 July 1916 (London Gazette
7 July 1916).
Posted
to France. Received severe shell wound to left thigh and sent to
No.1 Red Cross Hospital, Le Touquet, 9 November 1916, before being
sent to Guy's Hospital, London. Joined 13th Battalion on 3 May 1917.
Several of his effects were returned to the UK, including his tobacco
pouch, his broken pipe and his marriage certificate.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/74565).
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, and King Edward's School War Memorial,
King's Lynn. |
BATES |
William
|
Second
Lieutenant. 101st Labour Company, Labour Corps. Died due to effects
of shell-wounds and gas poisoning 13 May 1918. St. Sever Cemetery,
Rouen, France, Officer's B.4.27. Born West Lynn, 24/2/1895, the
son of William, a railway signalman, and Sarah Ann Bates, of 6,
Louisa Terrace, West Lynn. Baptised at All Saints', 17/7/1895. Server
at All Saints' Church from the age of 14. He was the first pupil
from West Lynn School to win a scholarship to King Edward's School,
King's Lynn. Became a theological student at St. Chad's College,
Durham.
Applied
for a commission in the Artists Rifles, February, 1916, but was
rejected due to defective eyesight. He joined the Durham Light Infantry
on 10/2/1916, service number 32278. Joined the DLI Depot at Newcastle,
16 May 1916 and was transferred to the Labour Corps, as 316911,
Private, 471 (Home Service) Employment Company on 30 June 1917.
On 13 May 1917 he again applied for a commission and was described
as 'a suitable candidate for a Labour or Works Battalion,' He was
attached to the Garrison Officer Cadet Battalion, Jesus College,
Cambridge, from 20 August 1917 and he joined the O.C.B. at Cambridge
on 27 August 1917. He was subsequently commissioned into the Labour
Corps, London Gazette 6 December1917.
8
March 1918 posted to Labour Corps Base Depot, Boulogne. 13 March
1918 to hospital with Tonsillitis. 10 April 1918 posted to 101 Company,
Labour Corps. 13 May 1918, died of wounds (gas) at No. 2 British
Red Cross Hospital, Rouen. His company had been involved in laying
communication lines near Foncquevillers and was caught by heavy
German gas shelling. The company sustained heavy casualties - the
heaviest losses of the Labour Corps in the war. Several of his effects
were sent home, including his rosary.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/108992). Note
CWGC gives his Regiment as the DLI.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, King Edward's School War Memorial, King's
Lynn, and West Lynn War Memorial. |
BATTERBEE |
Alfred
John |
[Listed
as BATTERBY on SDGW] Private. 17019. 7th Norfolk Regiment Killed
in action Loos, 13 Ocotber 1915. Loos Memorial, France. Born 24
March 1898, son of John Robert and Ada Caroline Batterbee, of Terrace
Court, King's Lynn (his mother later remarried, to Mr. Daisley,
and lived Checker Street). Baptised at All Saints' Church and a
pupil at All Saints' School. Employed as an engine cleaner at South
Lynn railway station. Enlisted Norwich in December 1914 and went
overseas in June, 1915. Killed by a shell explosion. Name given
as Batterby on his medal card.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BATTERBEE |
Edward
Robert William |
Private.
8999. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 13 August 1916.
Thiepval Memorial. Born North Runcton, 1895. Son of Mrs. William
Mitchell, Providence Street, King's Lynn. Worked as a boy porter
at West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital. Enlisted King's Lynn. Wounded
whilst serving on the Western Front. He was a company stretcher-bearer
and known for his first aid skills. Killed by a shell. His uncle,
CSM Walter Mitchell, also served in the 7th Battalion and wrote
home to tell of his nephew's death (Walter Mitchell was himself
killed in action).
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BATTERBEE |
Robert |
Probably
either
BATTERBEE,
Robert Frederick - Private 41940, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 16th August 1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Dersingham,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of John and Caroline Batterbee, of The
Lodge, Hill House, Dersingham, Norfolk. Formerly 26754, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99.
Or
BATTERBEE,
Robert William - Private PLY/17821, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion,
Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 26th April
1917. Aged 22. Son of Robert William and Harriett Jane Batterbee,
of Park Farm, Thorney, Peterborough. Native of West Winch, King's
Lynn, Norfolk. His brother Walter Henry also fell. Buried in STE.
CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave
2. |
BEATY |
George
William |
Private
203439, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed inm action 19
April 1917. Enlisted East Dereham. Birth registered in the October
to December Quarter 1896 in the King's Lynn Registration District.
In the 1901 he was aged 4, son of John A (Dock Labourer) and Jessie
Beaty, born Kings Lynn, resident Hillington Square, King's Lynn.
In the 1911 census he was the son of John Andrew and Jessie Beaty,
aged 14, a scholar, born King's Lynn, resident Purfleet Street,
Kings Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. |
BECK,
MC |
Bernard
|
Lieutenant
(Temporary Captain). 3rd attached 4th Liverpool Regiment. Awarded
the Military Cross, London Gazette, 25 August 1916: 'For conspicuous
gallantry during operations. Under heavy fire he established and
maintained for six hours communications between the front line and
the H.Q.'s of an infantry brigade.' Killed in action France 18 August
1916. Flat
Iron Copse cemetery, Mametz, I.B. 28 Note: until 2000 his headstone
did not show the award of the M.C., this has since been corrected.
Born
Winton Lodge, Leyton Court Road, Streatham, 13/6/1890, son of Harry,
a wine merchant, and Julia Beck. He was well known for his interests
in farming and held High House Farm, Weasenham. Married Enid Brown,
of King's Lynn, and had one child. His wife subsequently remarried,
to Mr. Neill, and emigrated to Australia on 26 September 1919.
Enlisted
in the 8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, 24 August 1914, this unit was
affiliated to the 16th and 17th Lancers and he is noted as being
6462, Private, 16th Lancers.
Commissioned
15 October 1914. To the Western Front, June, 1915. He was acting
second in command of his battalion when he was killed. Death notified
by telegram 23 August 1916.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/29583).
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BELDING |
Frederick
Ernest |
Private
2416, "B" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force),
Norfolk Regiment. Died 28 August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 31. Enlisted
East Dereham. Son of Mrs. E. J. Belding, of "Thetis,"
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, In 1911 he was aged 26, son
of Eawston and Eliza Jane Belding, a Railway Clerk, born HUnstanton,
resident Mount Field, Victoria Avenue, New Hunstanton. and the late
Rawston Belding. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London, Hunstanton
Cenotaph and Hunstanton St
Edmunds
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1858-1959:
BELDING
Frederick Ernest of Lincoln Inn Mill Fleet King's Lynn Norfolk
private Norfolk regiment died on or since 28 August 1915 at gallipoli
in Turkey Administration Norwich 23 October [1918]
to Eliza Jane Belding widow.
Effects £119 4s 5d. |
BENEFER |
George |
Lance
Corporal 240886, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment.
Died in Paplestine 14th July 1918. Aged 34. Born at Northend, King's
Lynn, enlisted Dereham. Son of George Benefer; husband of Alice
Maud Benefer, of 8, Stagg Row, Highgate, King's Lynn. Buried in
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row U. Grave
18. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
BENTLEY |
Joseph
[William] |
Private.
3411. B Company 1/5 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
Gallipoli 12 August 1915. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Panel
42 to 44. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph William Bentley of
9 Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Enlisted Dereham, November 1914.
Had worked for Messrs. Watts & Rowe, Printers, Kings Lynn.
Also named on St Michael's, South
Lynn and All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
BIRD |
George
Frederick |
Private.
15104. 4th Lincolnshire Regiment Killed in action , near Vermelles,
22 November 1917. Pilosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France,
III.A.35. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Bird. Southgate House,
London Road, King's Lynn. Born King's Lynn 1891. Unmarried. Enlisted
at Norwich. Served in Gallipoli and Egypt. Killed by shellfire.
Brother of Sidney John Bird. Two of his brothers served in the 1st
Norfolk Regiment.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BLACKBURN |
Alfred
Herbert |
Private.
20712. 1st Essex Regiment. Died at sea, Transport 'Royal Edward',
13 August 1915. Helles Memorial.Born Brancaster 1896, son of Frederick
and Alice Susannah Blackburn, of 1, Church Lane, King's Lynn. Lived
King's Lynn, educated at St. Mary's Roman Catholic School. Apprenticed
as baker and confectioner to C. Winlove Smith, High Street, King's
Lynn. Unmarried. Enlisted in the 7th Norfolk Regiment, service number
12157, at King's Lynn, 21 August 1914. Was hospitalised and so did
not go overseas with the battalion. Transferred to 3rd Battalion
and volunteered to join the 1st Essex Regiment. Lost when the transport
was torpedoed in the Agean Sea.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BLOCK |
Ernest |
No
further information currently available |
BLOOM |
Henry
(Harry) Charles |
Lance
Corporal. 7182. 1st Norfolk Regiment Killed in action La Bassee
31 January 1915. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium,
I. A. 23. Eldest
son of Mr. Charles F. and Mrs. Jenny Bloom, of 18, Checker Street,
King's Lynn. Born Holloway, London, 1888. Married to Jeannie Bloom,
of 11, Edwards Yard, King's Lynn; two children. Enlisted in the
2nd Norfolk Regiment and went to South Africa with the battalion
in 1906. Also served in India before the war. Returned to England
on long leave in February 1913, and was for some time employed at
Cooper Roller Bearings. Recalled and drafted to the 1st Battalion
on the outbreak of war. On Christmas Day 1914 he was involved in
the Christmas 'truce' and met with German soldiers in 'no man's
land'. Brother of John Edward Bloom.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BLOOM |
John
Edward (Eddie) |
Private.
26128. 1st Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Falfemont Farm, Combles,
France 4 September 1916. Thiepval Memorial. Son
of Mr. Charles F. and Mrs. Jenny Bloom, of 18, Checker Street, King's
Lynn. Born Holloway, London, 1890. Married with two children. A
pre-war regular soldier he had served for eight years before working
as a painter for the Great Eastern Railway Company at King's Lynn;
subsequently he joined the staff at the West Norfolk Fertilizer
Works. Recalled to the colours on the outbreak of war, he joined
the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, service number 3/6332. To France
in January 1915, but returned to England in October 1915 as 'time-expired'.
He re-enlisted and went to France again in July 1916. Initially
listed as missing in he attack on Falfemont Farm.
Brother
of Henry Charles Bloom.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BLYTH |
James |
Private
240777, 1st/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
11th October 1918. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
Leicestershire, resident Coleorton, Leicestershire. Buried in Busigny
Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave
6. |
BLYTH |
Walter |
Corporal
6434, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 2nd June
1916. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens
Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 12.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
BOBBIN |
William
[Groom] |
Battery
Quartermaster Serjent 38701, 42nd Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Died 16 June 1916. Aged 34. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
Chesterfield. Husband of Rosa Bobbin, of 65A, Fairlight Rd., Tooting,
London. Buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 2. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BOLDERO |
Arthur
James |
Lance
Corporal 18445, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action
28th March 1918. Aged 34. Born Middleton, Norfolk, enlisted Stratford,
Essex, resident King's Lynn. Son of George and Martha Boldero; husband
of Caroline Boldero, of 39, South Clough Lane, King's Lynn. Native
of King's Lynn. Buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 15. |
BONE |
Henry |
Private
35072, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 31st July
1917. Aged 23. Born, resident and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mr.
M. J. and Mrs. E. Bone, of 56, St. Lewis St., King's Lynn. Formerly
24720, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
BONHAM |
William
Daniel |
Second
Lieutenant. 10th posted 7th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action France
14 October 1917. Arras Memorial. Born
Derby, 9/11/1892, son of Thomas William, a coal merchant, and Ann
Bonham, of The Chase, King's Lynn. Educated at St. James' Boys School
and won a county scholarship to King Edward's School, King's Lynn.
Unmarried. Worked with his father in the wholesale coal business.
Attested at King's Lynn, 17 September 1914 and joined the 4th Public
Schools Battalion, 21st Royal Fusiliers, service number PS 2463.
Served overseas from 14 November 1915 to 24 March 1916; promoted
Lance Corporal, 21 December1915.
Posted
to No. 1 O.C.B., 24 March 1916 and commissioned into the 10th Norfolk
Regiment, 5 August 1916. Posted to the 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment,
28 October 1916. He was a bombing instructor and a musketry instructor,
having undertaken courses at the 3rd Army School from May to August
1917.
He
was initially listed as missing, possibly a prisoner. A report,
sent via the Germans, from 2nd Lieutenant D.C. White, who had been
taken prisoner, confirmed that William had been killed. His father
received a telegram, dated 30 January 1918, stating that the Germans
had found William's body and had buried him near Monchy. Captain
J.M. Howlett wrote to William's father stating that William had
been killed by a sniper whilst signalling to the stretcher bearers
to bring in a wounded officer; this letter also stated that William
had been killed in a raid on the German trenches. William's company
commander wrote stating that William had actually been killed while
trying to rescue the wounded officer.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/60710).
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and King
Edward's School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
BOURNE |
William |
Private
8000, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
3rd November 1914. Born Gaywood, enlisted KIng's Lynn. Formerly
7778, North Staffordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 43 and 45. |
BOWEN |
John
F |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BOWEN |
John
William |
No
further information currently available |
BOWKER |
Francis
J |
No
further information currently available |
BOWMAN |
Frederick |
Seaman
1793C. (Ch.), H.M.S. "Aboukir",
Royal Naval Reserve. Lost in action when his ship torpedoed by the
German U-boat U9 22 September 1914. Aged 34. Born 23 June 1879 in
East Winch, Norfolk. Son of Jane Bowman, of Kings Lynn; husband
of Ada Alice Bowman, of 1, Miles Court, Chapel St., Kings Lynn,
Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 31, married to Ada Alice
Bowman, a Labourer and Longshoreman, born Setch, Norfolk, two sons
and two daughters, resident Laws Yard, High Street, Lynn, St Margarets,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BRACEBRIDGE |
Charles
Albert |
Private.
5696. 1/7th Worcestershire Regiment Killed in action France 21 September
1916. Thiepval Memorial. Born
1892, son of Albert and Fanny Bracebridge, of 22, Gladstone Street,
King's Lynn. Served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Thew and Son,
Printers, High Street, King's Lynn. Charles then went to live in
Bexley Heath, but subsequently returned to work for Thew and Sons
before the war. Enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment at East Dereham,
service number 2632, after the outbreak of war and was transferred
to the Worcestershire Regiment. Went to France April, 1916. Killed
in an attack on a German trench, initially listed as missing.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
BRADFIELD |
Reginald
Charles |
Private.
56147. 74th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Killed in action
France 10 September 1918. Vis-en-Artois Memorial. Born
King's Lynn, 1891. Eldest son of Mr. William Charles and Mrs. Ellen
Winlore Bradfield, Hamilton House, The Chase, King's Lynn. A pre-war
member of the Norfolk Yeomanry, service number 1397, he was called
up on the outbreak of war and served with the Yeomanry in Gallipoli,
the Libyan Desert and Palestine before serving in Flanders from
May 1918 At this time 74 Battalion MGC was composed of men who had
served in the Yeomanry units of 74 Division. Reginald was killed
by a sniper.
Brother
of William Leslie Bradfield.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and King
Edward VII's School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
BRADFIELD |
William
Leslie |
Corporal.
760872. 'C' Company, 1/28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Commissioned
Second Lieutenant and posted to Royal Berkshire Regiment, but died
before taking up new rank and posting. Died (accidentally?) France
20 June 1917. Hesdin Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave
2.Born King's Lynn, 1893. Son of Mr. William Charles and Mrs. Ellen
Winlore Bradfield, Hamilton House, The Chase, King's Lynn. Went
to London to work for Selfridges, before returning to King's Lynn
to manage his father's business in the High Street. Enlisted in
London, November, 1915, joining the Artists Rifles. Having spent
the first year f his service in London he went overseas and was,
for a time, part of the guard at Sir Douglas Haig's Headquarters.
He was promoted Lance-Corporal upon being posted overseas and rapidly
gained promotion to Corporal and then Acting Sergeant. In this latter
capacity he was attached to another battalion of the London Regiment
in order to gain experience in the trenches; during this time he
suffered trench fever and shock. He completed his final training
for a commission and would have joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
However, whilst feeling unwell he fell from a first floor 'French
window' and died as a result of his injuries. This may well have
been an accident, but his medal card is inscribed 'suicide'. Brother
of Reginald Charles Bradfield.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and King
Edward VII's School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
BRAYBROOK |
Harry
E |
Private
204070, 1/4th (Territorial) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 26 October 1917. Born and enlisted King's Lynn.
Formerly 6248, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 19
to 23 and 162. |
BRIDGES |
John |
Private
240026, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Palestine 30 November 1917. Aged 27. Born St Nicholas, Lynn, enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of Mr. J. S. Bridges, of Mafeking House, Walker
St., King's Lynn. Buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq.
Plot XXi. Row U. Grave 15. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BRIGHTMORE |
John
Cuthbertson |
Private
3/10413, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9 November
1915. Aged 33. Born St Nicholas, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn.
Son of Fredrick and Eleanor Brightmore, of Pilot St., Kings Lynn.
In the 1911 census he was a boarder, aged 30, single, a Bookbinder,
living at 6 Esher Mill Cottages, Walton on Thames, born King's Lynn.
Buried in Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 15. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BROCK |
Ernest
V |
Private
241001, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Noroplk Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine 2 November 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Mr. E. and Alice Brock, of Estuary Bank, King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot XXII. Plot G. Grave 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BROCK |
Gabriel |
Private
241113, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Palestine 19 April 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted King's Lynn. Son of George
and Sarah Brock, of Rosedale House, Burkitt St., King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).
Plot XXIII. Plot D. Grave 6. |
BROOKS |
Walter
James |
Shoeing
Smith 51038, 11th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Killed
in action 1 December 1917. Aged 32. Born St Nichol's, King's Lynn,
enlisted Sutton Bridge. Son of the late James and Martina Brooks.
In the 1911 census he was serving overseas with the military in
Mhow, Central India, aged 27, single, born St Nicholas, King's Lynn.
Formerly 7604, Lincolnshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 13. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
BROWN |
Alfred |
Private
6840, 2/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in United Kingdomm
11 August 1916. Enlisted King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery,
Norfolk. Section Y. Grave 92. |
BROWN |
E
T |
No
further information currently available |
BROWN |
John
G |
No
further information currently available |
BROWN |
Sidney
William |
Private
3/7658, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 20
July 1916. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried
in basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot V. Row X. Grave 18. |
BROWNING |
Guy
A |
No
further information currently available |
BRUNTON |
C |
No
further information currently available |
BUNFIELD |
William
Charles |
Sapper
229779, R.O.D., Royal Engineers. Died 27 February 1917. Aged 38.
Born and resident King's Lynn. Son of Charles and Martha Bunfield,
of "Grassendale," Gaywood, King's Lynn. In the 1911 ceneus
he was the son of Martha Bunfield, a widow; he was aged 33, a railway
clerk, born King's Lynn, living in Field House, Gaywood, Kings Lynn.
Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section O. Plot IV. Row P. Grave 8. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
BUNN |
George |
Seaman
5222B, H.M.S. "Cressy",
Royal Naval Reserve. Died 22nd September 1914. Aged 27. Son of Thomas
and Sarah Bunn, of Begley's Yard, North St., King's Lynn, husband
of Margaret Bunn, of Devonshire Yard, North St., King's Lynn, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
8. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
BUNN |
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
BUNNING |
William
Henry |
Private
241131, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Palestine 19 April 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mrs.
S. A. Bray, of 34, Sir Lewis St., King's Lynn. Buried in Gaza War
Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XX. Plot F.
Grave 12. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
BUNTING |
Charles |
Private
240348, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Egypt 3 August 1917. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of Edith Margaret
Bunting, of Arms Yard, High St., King's Lynn. Buried in Alexandria
(Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Section D. Grave 164. |
BUNTING |
David |
Guardsman
14560, 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 28 February 1920.
Aged 29. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section G. Grave
921. |
BUNTING |
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
BUNTING,
MC |
William
aka Willie |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 11 August 1917.
Aged 22. Born 2 March 1895 in St John, Wisbech, Norfolk, resident
Dublin, Ireland. Son of John and Sarah Bunting, of Terrington
St. John, Wisbech. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Admitted
to school 16 January 1908, son of John Bunting, of Church End,
Terrington St. John, Wibech (Tenant Farmer); previously at Terrington
St. John Elementary School for 7 years. Left school 20 July 1912.
Studied at King's College, London where he qualified for an honorary
war degree in the Arts. He enlisted in the Universities and Public
Schools Corps at the outbreak of war. Commissioned January 1916.
In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Terrington St. John. Norfolk,
resident with his parents, John and Sarah Bunting, in Church Road,
Terrington St John, Norfolk. Buried in THE HUTS CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 20. See also Terrington
St. John and Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
MC
Citation: Lieutenant Bunting, a Captain and 3 NCOs were on patrol
close to the German lines when the Captain was shot, Lt Bunting
and the 3 NCOs were awarded the Military Cross for their bravery
in bringing the Captain back to the British trenches.
|
BURRELL |
Frederick
Charles |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Private 40628, 8th
Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 16 August 1917.
Aged 25. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of James Fred Burrell,
of 1, St. Ann's St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 25554, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 144 to 145. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
BURTON |
Claude
Valentine |
Private
2516, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died 23 August
1915. Aged 20. Son of John and Laura Burton, of 11, Wyatt St., King's
Lynn. Awarded the London County Council Medal (see below). No known
grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Panel 42 to 44.

|
BURTON |
E
L |
No
further information currently available |
BUSH |
Walter
Sidney |
Private
8701, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 September
1918. Born St Margaret's, Norwich, enlisted King's Lynn. Buried
in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 19. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
CANNELL |
William
George |
Private.
47464. 8th (Cyclist) Essex Regiment. Died at sea in the loss of
RMS Leinster, 10 October 1918. Hollybrook Memorial. Age 19. Youngest
son of Mr. G.H. Cannell, 'Fleece Inn', Paradise Parade, King's Lynn.
Born and lived King's Lynn. Worked as an engineer at Cooper Roller
Bearings, South Lynn, before joining the Bedfordshire Regiment at
Norwich in 1918, service number 49379. Transferred to the 8th Essex
and served in Ireland.
Some
sources give his first names as George Robert.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CARTER |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
7194, "B" Squadron, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Killed
in action 20th January 1916. Aged 19. enlisted in the 9th Lancers
in London. Son of John and Anne Carter, of 11, Lansdowne St., King's
Lynn. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row N. Grave 3. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
Note:
Killed with Lt Hugh Durant and L/Cpl Eric Stone when a 2 inch mortar
shell fired from Guildford trench by a detachment of the 62nd Trench
Mortar Battery under the temporary command of Lt Durant, 9th lancers,
prematurely exploded immediately after firing, Carter and Stone
were with the remainder of their 9th Lancer Company in the trench
immediately in front of the battery, Sticky Trench, and they caught
the full extent of the blast and died instantly. The trio were buried
the following day in Vermelles British Cemetery with full honours,
the ceremony was attended by the Brigade Commander Brigadier-General
Beale-Browne, (also 9th lancers). A funeral in the middle of this
war was rare but Beale-Browne and Lt Hugh Durant would have been
well aquainted with one another as both had joined the lancers in
1890's. Durant would have been a NCO when Beale-Browne was a junior
officer. Durant had been severely wounded at the charge at Moncel
against German Lancers as a SSM. He was commissioned during his
convalescence and returned to the Regiment in April 1915, having
served 17 years and 343 days in the Regimental ranks. |
CARTER |
Charles
William |
No
further information currently available |
CARTER |
William
Edward |
Private.
61365. 13th Royal Fusiliers Died of wounds France 15 April 1917.
Etaples Military Cemetery, France, XXII.J.15.A. Age
39. Born Pimlico. Son of Edward and Susan Carter, of Setch Bank,
near King's Lynn; husband of Lucy Irene Carter, of Windsor Road,
King's Lynn. Five children.
An
upholsterer for Messrs. Scott and Son, High Street, King's Lynn.
Enlisted at King's Lynn into the Royal West Kent Regiment, service
number 16103, June 1916. To the Western Front, November 1916. Wounded
11 April 1917, died at the 7th Canadian General Hospital.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CATTON |
James
Colby |
Private.
40639. 2nd South Wales Borderers Killed in action Belgium 14 April
1918. Ploegsteert Memorial. Age
29. Born King's Lynn, son of Walter, a sailor, and A. Elizabeth
Catton, of 4 Providence Street, King's Lynn. A keen footballer,
played in the King's Lynn Junior League. Employed by Messrs. A.
Bear and Son, St. James Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's
Lynn into the Bedfordshire Regiment, service number 27115, on the
outbreak of war. Wounded once. Date of death given as 11 April 1918
in some sources.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CAUSTON |
Ernest
Edgar |
Private
240960, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died of
wounds in Palestine 20 April 1917. Aged 22. Born London, enlisted
East Dereham. Son of Mrs. Alice Causton, of 3, Garden Row, Highgate,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Section A. Grave 72. |
CAVELL |
John
R |
No
further information currently available |
CAWSTON |
Horace
James |
Private
6249, 2/4rh (City of bristol)(Territorial) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died of wounds 30 July 1916. Aged 21. Born and enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of Alfred and Sarah Eliza Cawston, of 57, Cresswell
St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. In 1911 he was single, aged 16, a clerk,
born King's Lynn, living with his parents at 57 Cresswell Street,
King's Lynn. Formerly 1072, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Laventie
Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave
11. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
CHAMBERLAIN |
Joe
|
Private.
15197. 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 18 October
1916. Thiepval Memorial. Age
23. Born St. Margaret's, King's Lynn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain,
of 45, Friars Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn, September
1914. Served as a stretcher-bearer and had been wounded. Believed
to have died in the attack on Gueudecourt. Killed by a sniper while
retrieving a wounded man stranded in front of the trench.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CHAMBERLAIN |
William
George |
C.S.M.
1362. 17th Battalion Australian Infantry. Killed in action
France 3 October 1918. Buried in Bellicourt Military Cemetery, V.N.1
Son of Mr and Mrs. John Chamberlain 9 Queens Avenue, Kings
Lynn. Emigrated to Australia 1911. Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW.
Overseas 29 March 1915. Had been employed in the building trade.
Served in Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Twice wounded. See also St
Michael's, South Lynn
and West Lynn Church War Memorial. |
CHAPMAN,
DCM |
Albert
Edward |
Lance-Sergeant.
13699. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
London Gazette 20 October 1916: 'For conspicuous gallantry on several
occasions during operations, when he led patrols and gained valuable
information under heavy fire. He constantly rendered valuable assistance
by showing the greatest intelligence and courage.' Killed in action
France 26 September 1916. Thiepval Memorial. Age 22. Born King's
Lynn, son of Mrs. J. Burch, of 3a, Bridge Street, King's Lynn. Unmarried.
Worked as an agricultural labourer at Stanhoe before enlisting at
Norwich, 10 September 1914. Went overseas 25 July 1915. Believed
to have been killed in the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, Thiepval.
He was initially reported wounded and missing; in August 1917 he
was officially presumed to have been killed during the previous
September. Two of his brothers also served.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CHAPMAN |
A
G |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
CHAPLIN |
Ernest
B |
Ernest
Chaplin was married to Margaret Pets, they had one son, Morris,
who he never saw. He was the manager at Brenners Bazzar in the High
Street. See also Kings Lynn St
Nicholas. |
CLARKE |
Alfred |
Private
240848, 1/5th |Battalion, Norfolk Regiment Killed in action in Palestine
2 November 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk. Son of
John and Jane Clarke, of 7, Russell Place, Benedict St., King's
Lynn. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot XXVI. Row F. Grave 6. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
CLARKE |
Charles |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
CLARKE |
William |
Born
1882 Crimplesham Norfolk, killed 9th April 1917 (first day of the
Battle of Arras), buried Houdain Lane Cemetery Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines
France. Service No 40893 Private in the 9th Bn Essex Regiment. Aged
35. Son of Henry and Sarah Clarke from Crimplesham. Wife of Ethel
May living at 16 Lavender Terrace Gaywood King's Lynn.

9th
Essex attack
The following comes from Burrows, Essex Units in the War 1914-1919
Service Battalions The Essex Regiment Vol. 6.
How the 9th Essex attacked from Arras.
The 9th Essex left the Museum, Arras, at 2.40 am on April 9th 1917
(Easter Monday) and proceeded above ground as far as the entrance
to the trench at Pont de Fer. The plan that the Battalion should
be clear of the exit of the tunnel in Broad Walk at zero-10m. could
not be adhered to owing to the congestion caused by the presence
of the 36th and 37th Brigades in the O.B trenches. Progress through
the tunnel proved to be much quicker than anticipated and the men
had a halt of one and a half hours in London Cove before entering
the O.B lines. At zero the Battalion left the Cove and took up the
allotted positions, the two leading companies being in the front
line and "T" Trench and the other two companies in the
support line and Ink Trench. Shelter was obtained in the dug-outs.
Casualties were incurred in reaching the jumping-off positions.
The enemy had registered accurately a communication trench and one
platoon lost ten of its forty effectives. At 10.20 am the Battalion
moved forward to the attack, with the 7th Suffolks on the right
and 5th Royal Berkshires on the left. The advance was in artillery
formation until the imaginary line drawn between Henley Lane and
Havant Lane was reached. At this point the Battalion came under
fairly heavy machine gun-fire from Hotte Work and also from the
direction of Tilloy. The leading companies immediately extended,
but shortly afterwards the advance was held up and the men sought
cover in shell-holes. With the Hotte Work still in hostile possession,
further progress was impossible and so two-inch trench mortars were
bought up by the 37th Brigade, but before the gun could be put into
action 2nd Lieut. Barker, of the 9th Essex, led his platoon to the
flank and after vigorous bombing, captured the garrison of the work
to the number of thirty. The advance was then resumed until Observation
Post was gained. Progress down the eastern slopes of the Ridge was
somewhat slow owing to the point-blank fire from hostile guns in
Battery Valley firing point-blank at a distance of 200 yards. Lewis
guns were turned upon them and the Essex advanced as occasion offered,
with the result that in a final rush nine 77mm. guns were captured,
together with the surviving members of the crews.
This was a remarkable experience, wrote Captain Barltrop. We had
hardly known what free movement at the front was like, but as soon
as Lieut. Barker had cleared up the machine gun nest which had poured
a deadly fire upon us, the Battalion simply streamed forward in
a long irregular mass and at a run went cheering up the slops of
the ridge. For the moment it seemed as if we had really broken through,
especially when, topping the ridge, we saw nothing but German artillery,
most of which as being put out of action by the German gunners,
as explosion after explosion bore witness. But here and there gunners
fired point blank at us and we soon ceased to cheer, as the shells
could hardly miss. We were soon thinned out and the advance by rushes
became much more cautious. The gunners ceased their fire as the
pressure increased and before long we were in the gun pits, glad
to take cover from the machine gun and rifle fire.
Movement in Battery Valley continued to be slow for some time, in
consequence of the barrage not having lifted in places and also
because of fairly intense machine gun-fire from the Feuchy-Wancourt
line. Companies had become somewhat disorganised and touch was lost
in some cases.
"C" Company under 2nd Lieut. F C W Brown with its flank
on the Cambrai Road, was in touch with the 7th Suffolks on its right
and advanced, with a platoon of "D" company, by short
rushes until some dead ground was reached. There the company halted
and reorganised before continuing the advance. This company did
excellent work and later captured Feuchy Chapel Redoubt, without
support. "A" company was very reduced in strength by reason
of a number of men having become seperated, but, nevertheless, the
Company, with a few men of "D" company, entered Tilloy
Lane and worked up the trench as far as Chapel Road. At this point
it was discovered the Germans had commenced to tunnel under the
road and several casualties were incurred by reason of men attempting
to cross in the open. Further progress as delayed until the tunnel
could be secured. 2nd Lieut. Peters led a bombing attack up the
trench, but could get no farther than the edge of the enemy's wire
and after the party had nearly all become casualties and the officer,
himself, had been wounded, he was forced to retire, having erected
a bomb stop fifty yards from the wire. There enterprising work was
donw by snipers and Lewis gunners. |
CLOVER |
Harwood
L |
No
further information currently available |
COATES |
Arthur
|
Corporal.
7191. 4th King's Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action Belgium 29 January
1915. Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial. Born
St. John's, Norwich, 1894. Son of James Coates, of 6, Windsor Row,
Windsor Road, King's Lynn. Lived King's Lynn and enlisted Norwich.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
COBBOLD |
Albert
Garnett |
Private.
240670. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gaza
19 April 1917. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXII. Row
E. Grave 16. Aged 22. Third son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cobbold 1
Ouse Avenue, Kings Lynn. Enlisted Dereham August 1914. Had
worked at the Cooper Digger Works, South Lynn. Served in Gallipoli
and Egypt. Also named on St Michael's,
South Lynn, West Lynn Church
War Memorial, and All Saints
Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CONNELLY |
John |
No
further information currently available |
COLLISON |
Henry
Thomas |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Deck Hand 1000/SD,
H.M.S. Actaron, Royal Naval Reserve. Died of disease 22 September
1918. Aged 24. Born 9 April 1894. Son of Robert and Susanna Collison;
husband of Alice Maud Collison, of 58, Norfolk St., King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Buried in Sutton Road, Cemetery, Southend-onpSea, Essex.
Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 3499. |
COOK |
George
Spilman |
Deck
Hand 3722SD (CH), H.M. Trawler "John High", Royal Naval
Reserve. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 7 August
1916. Born 8 October 1897 in King's Lynn, baptised 21 November 1897
at King's Lynn, St Margaret with St Nicholas. Son of the late Thomas
Cook and Mrs. M. E. Cook, of 3, Little Checker Yard, Purfleet Place,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Lynn,
Norfolk, son of Thomas and Margaret Cook, resident Whitening Yard,
North Street, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Norfolk. In the
1911 census he was aged 13, born Kings Lynn, a Fisherman, resident
with his unclwe, John Cook, in North Street, King's Lynn, St Margarets,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 19. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
COOPER |
Charles
Veasey |
Lance-Corporal. 6244. 4th Battalion Australian Infantry.
Died of wounds France 19 September 1918. Buried in La Chaplette
British and Indian Cemetery, III.D.13 Born 22/7/1899. Eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooper, The South House, Kings Lynn.
An adventurer, he had lived in East Africa and South Africa before
journeying to Australia and becoming a sheep farmer. Was twice rejected
for military service. Enlisted at Whitton, NSW. Overseas 11 April
1916. Also named on St Michael's,
South Lynn, West Lynn Church
War Memorial, and All Saints
Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
COOPER |
Edward
Charles |
Private.
62909. 7th Royal Fusiliers Died of wounds France 16 April 1917.
Aubigny Communal Cemetry Extension, Aubigny-en-Artois, France, II.E.58.
Age
19. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mrs. E. Cooper, of 6, Daisley's Buildings,
Providence Street, King's Lynn. Employed by Mr. J.W. Beaty, fruiterer,
London Road, King's Lynn. Enlisted in the Queens Regiment, service
number 39270, at Norwich, December 1916. Had been serving in France
for about a month when wounded
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
COOPER |
Josiah |
No
further information currently available |
COOPER |
Reginald |
Lance-Corporal.
20372. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds France 28 October 1917.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, XXX. G. 22. A. Aged 24. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper of 30 Wisbech Road, Kings Lynn.
Husband of Elizabeth Cooper of 2 Lynn Road, Gaywood. Born Terrington
St. Clement. Enlisted Kings Lynn and went overseas during
1916. Had been a hairdresser. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, Gaywood War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CORTEEN |
Walter |
Private
29318. 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 31 March 1918.
Aged 25. Born Peel, Isle f Man. enlisted Wakefield, resident Norfolk.
Son of Mr. W. S. and Mrs. E. J. Corteen, of Ivy Villa, Loke Rd.,
King's Lynn. Native of Peel, Isle of Man. Formerly SS/1258, Royal
Amy Service Corps. Buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 11. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
COULTON |
Aubrey
Ewan |
Captain,
6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment attached 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 July 1916. Aged 26. Son
of Mr. R. C. Coulton, of Pentney, Swaffham, Norfolk; husband of
Mrs. K. A. C. Latham (formerly Coulton), of Weaste Hall, Manchester.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium.
Panel 3. See also Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School and Pentney
Born
18th March 1889, killed in action 19th July 1916. Educated Felsted
School: Sept 1902 - July 1907. Son of Mr Richard Calthrop Coulton
of Pentney Swaffham Norfolk and husband of Mrs K.A.C. Latham (formerly
Coulton) of Weaste Hall Manchester. He was born in Kings Lynn and
raised in Pentney, Norfolk. Prefect. Captain of Gymnasium. 1913,
1st in 1st Class Honours, Solicitors' Final. Joined the family's
law firm and lived at Swaffham, Norfolk. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut
in 6th Norfolk Reg. (Cyclists') in 17th Sept 1908. July 27 1916
he was seconded to the Warwickshire Rgt. WWI: He joined BEF in France
Went to attached to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. on 4th June
1916. Capt 6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 19th July 1916. Killed
in Action, Fromelles, France, while leading a charge against German
lines. Seen to fall, no body recovered but notification of death
from German authorities. Dog tag returned to widow. [Details
kindly supplied by Jules Wallis]
Baptised
15 May 1889 at King's Lynn, St Margaret with St Nicholas, son of
Richard Calthorpe and Amy Coulton. Admitted to King Edward Vii Grammar
Boys' School, King's Lynn 1898. [National School
Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914- Norfolk Record Office
Archive reference: Acc2014_114_Arseries 1 no. 2, Folio/page no.
14] In the 1901 census he was aged 12, living with hist
father [widowed] and siblings, born King's Lynn, resident Queen
Street, Kings Lynn. In the 1911 census he was a Solicitor's Articled
Clerk, aged 22, born King's Lynn, resident Holiday House, Park Road,
New Hunstanton, Norfolk. |
COWEN |
William
Charles |
Lance
Serjeant 1129, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment.
Died at Gallipoli 28 August 1915. Aged 21. Born St Margret's, Lynn,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of David and Fanny Cowen, of 2, Miller's
Court, Bridge St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. |
CRABTREE |
Charles |
Private
20080, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 4 March 1917.
Aged 21. Born Leeds, enlisted King's Lynn, resident Farnley, Yorkshire.
Born at Walls, Lerwick, Shetland. Son of James and Williamina Coutts.
Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in Varennes Military Cemetery,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row I. Grave 68. |
CRACKNELL |
E
V |
No
further information currently available |
CRAKE |
Bertie
Clarence aka Bert |
Private
2522, "B" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died 12 August 1915. Aged 19. Enlisted at East Dereham in August
1914 and embarked at Liverpool on 29th July 1915, landing at Suvla
Bay on 10th August 1915. son of Thomas and Elizabeth Crake, of The
Ship Inn, Bridge Street, King's Lynn. His name was Bertie Clarence
CRAKE and prior to enlisting, worked as a painter. Two brothers,
Percy and Leonard, went to Gallipoli with Bert and survived. A third
brother, Wilfred, was sent to France and returned home after being
wounded. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
Peninsula, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44.
Photograph
Copyright © David Chilvers 2018 |
CREEK |
George
Franklin |
Private
79104, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 21 September 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident King's
Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. Lizzie Creek, of 9, Wyatt St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 136243, 53rd Y.S. Battalion, Buried
in Ephey Wood Farm Cemetery, Ephey, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row
E. Grave 12. |
CREIGHTON |
Bernard
|
Private.
2044. 'B' Company, 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Also known as Bill. Some
sources give his first names as Edward William Bernard. Died at
sea, on HM Hospital Ship Aquitania, from dysentery, 3 December1915
Netley Military Cemetery, Hound, Hampshire, C.E.1763. Age
19. Born at Wisbech (Walsoken?), son of Edward and Mary Anne Creighton
of 15, South Everard Street, King's Lynn. Served in Gallipoli. A
contemporary letter from W.F. Dent to his mother stated that Bernard
had been evacuated to Alexandria and that she should not worry.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CRESSWELL
|
Francis
Joseph |
Captain,
1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 24th
August 1914. Aged 31. Baptised 16 August 1883 in North Runcton Parish,
son of George Francis Addins and Harriet Eva Louisa Cresswell. Son
of the late Col. G. Cresswell (5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.),
and of Mrs. G. Cresswell, of Garden House, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Norfolk, resident with his
parents, George F A and Eva L Cresswell, at King Street, St Margaret,
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Buried: Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Nord,
France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 17. See also Hunstanton
War Memorial
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, Page 93-94:
CAPTAIN
FRANCIS JOSEPH CRESSWELL, ADJUTANT 1st BATTN. NORFOLK REGIMENT,
son of George and Eva Cresswell, was born on the 15th July, 1883,
at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and was educated at Radley College. He
served with the 3rd Battalion in the South African War, 1901-02,
taking part in operations in the Orange River Colony and in Cape
Colony, for which he received the Queen's medal with four clasps.
He was given his commission in the Norfolk Regiment from the Militia
in October, 1902, serving with the 1st Battalion in India, and
with the King's African Rifles in British East Africa. He was
promoted Lieutenant in February, 1905, and Captain in March, 1912,
and passed the examination for his Majority, gaining also the
special Signalling Certificate. In August, 1913, he was appointed
Adjutant of his battalion.
Captain Cresswell was killed during the retirement from Mons on
the 24th August, 1914, while he was taking a message to a battery
of Royal Field Artillery.
He was a member of the Isthmian Club, and a Freemason. His favourite
sport was shooting, and he had killed elephant, lion, rhinoceros,
and buffalo in Africa.
He married Barbara, niece of Sir W. H. B. Ffolkes, Bart., and
left two daughters, Barbara, age three years, and Eve, age eleven
weeks, at the time of his death.
|
CRISP |
William |
Private
241785, 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died 14 November 1916. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk.
Formerly 6237, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12
B. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
CROWE |
Henry
William |
Private.
201953. 2/5th Durham Light Infantry. Died Salonika 8 August 1917.
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Grave 80.Age 31. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Crowe, of 5, Valinger's Place, King's
Lynn; husband of Mrs. J. Crowe, of 8 Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn.
Employed by Messrs. Edwards and Sons as a dairyman before setting
up his own business as a milk vendor. A football enthusiast, he
had been chairman of the Lynn Rangers Football Club. Enlisted at
King's Lynn, 29 July 1916; basic training at Catterick. Embarked
for Salonika 4 November 1916. Served in the machine-gun section.
He was taken ill and hospitalised. Initially he was reported to
have died on 1 July 1917, but that was later corrected. Died at
the 43rd General Hospital.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
CULEY |
William
David |
Private
10028, 55th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
9 April 1918. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn.
In the 1911 ceneus he was the son of William and Frances Culey,
of Albion Street, King's Lynn, aged 16, an Errand Boy, born King's
Lynn. Buried in Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 18. |
CURREY |
Edmund
[William] |
Corporal
388009, 8th (County of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles, London
Regiment. Killed in action 10 August 1918. Born and resident King's
Lynn, enlisted Norwich (Depot). Formerly 2645, 5th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Somme, France.
Plot VIII. Row H. Grave 16. |
CUSHING |
Alfred |
No
further information currently available |
DABB |
Henry
George |
Pioneer
206614, "E" Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 21 March 1918. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 10 to 13.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
DABB |
Joseph
Charles |
[Listed
as DABBS on SDGW, CWGC and many official documents] Private 28091,
6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action France 6
April 1918 [other sources state 26 March 1918]. Born and lived in
King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. and some give his surname as Dabbs.
Birth registered in the King's Lynn Registration Distrit January
to March Quarter 1882. Baptised 24 February 1882 in Lynn, Norfolk,
son of Joseph and Dinah Dabb, at St Nicholas, St Margaret's, King's
Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he is listed as Joseph Dabbs,
unmarried, he was an Assistant Fishmonger, aged 28, born King's
Lynn, resident No 2 Austin Street, Kings Lynn, living with aunt
and uncle Hannah and Henry Slater. In the 1891 census he is aged
9, a scholar, living with his uncle and aunt, Henry and Hannah Slater,
at Fines Yard, North Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn. Buried in
Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, France. Plot V. Row
H. Grave 20.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.. |
DAVIS |
Charles |
Private
21913, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
31 March 1917. Aged 37. Born West Winch, Norfolk, enlisted Leamington,
Warwickshire. Son of Charles Davis, of 1, Regent St., King's Lynn,
Norfolk; husband of Lily M. Davis, of 27, Villiers St., Leamington
Spa. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 3. |
DAWBER |
John
Henry |
There
is a John Henry DAWBER, born February 1859, admitted to school 9
August 1870 as a Day Boy, son of J. S. Dawber, of St. Margaret's
Place, Lynn. Left school Easter 1876 and sailed for Demerara, Guyana,
in June 1876. In the 1861 census he was aged 2, born Lynn, Norfolk,
resident with his parents, John L and Lois E Dawber, at St Margaret
Place, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1871 census he was
aged 12, born Norfolk, son of John S and Lois E Dawber, resident
St Margaret Place, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, his father
was a Proprietor of Houses and Granaries.
See
also Kings Lynn,
King Edward VII Grammar School memorial |
DAWSON |
George
Herbert |
Private
14889, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 8 August
1918. Aged 23. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. A. Dawson, of 19, Archdale St., King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 7. |
DAY |
John
William |
Private.
240949. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in the Second Battle
of Gaza 19 April 1917. Jerusalem Memorial. Age
37. Born Downham Market. Lived in King's Lynn. Worked at the West
Norfolk Farmers' Chemical Company. A keen footballer, he had acted
as linesman for the Lynn team on several occasions. Enlisted at
Dereham, June 1916.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
DENT |
Sidney
Oliad |
Private.
21392. 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action France 5 July 1916.
Thiepval Memorial. Born
King's Lynn. Husband of Mrs. R. Dent, of 6 Frederick Place, King's
Lynn; three children. Employed by Messrs. Cranfield, millers. Enlisted
into the Norfolk Regiment, number 17310, at King's Lynn, December
1914. Went overseas in late 1915. Initially reported wounded and
missing. (Born Wiggenhall St. Germans 1885?)
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
DEPEAR |
Henry
James |
Private.
37324. 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action
Belgium 16 August 1917. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Panels
105 to 106 and 162. Aged 21. Left a widow. His mother also lost
two brothers in the war. Enlisted in the Berkshire Yeomanry in January
1916 (number 3153) and subsequently transferred to the Royal Berkshires.
Had worked at Cooper Roller Bearings, South Lynn. Also named on
St Michael's, South Lynn,
and All Saints Church, South Lynn,
Memorial Window. |
DEXTER |
Irving |
No
further information currently available |
DINES |
Joseph
|
Lieutenant.
13th Liverpool Regiment. Killed in action France 27 September 1918.
Grand Ravine British Cemetery, Havrincourt A.42. Born
King's Lynn 12/4/1889. Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Dines,
of 4, Whitefriars Terrace, King's Lynn. Husband of Ethel Henrietta
Eugenie Dines, of 176, Chigwell Road, South Woodford, London.
A
well known footballer, he began his playing career at Lynn All Saints',
subsequently he played, at various times, for Lynn United and Lynn
Second Eleven; Lynn Town, where he played in the Senior Cup Final
in 1904; Norwich City Reserves and Woolwich Arsenal Reserves. He
played for the Lynn team that opposed Aston Villa in the cup. He
was awarded county colours in 1905-6 and played in the Norfolk team
that secured the Southern Counties Championship in 1908. He became
known as the 'smiling footballer'. Made his debut for England against
Wales, in 1910, and was a regular in the pre-war England team. He
also played international matches in the Olympic series and for
Millwall.
Educated
at All Saint's School, King's Lynn, and the Technical Institute,
King's Lynn. Employed as a pupil-teacher at Hunstanton before training
at Peterborough. Became assistant master at St. Margaret's School,
King's Lynn, before accepting an appointment under the Ilford Educational
Committee. He married Ethel Burgoyne at St. Margaret's, King's Lynn,
27 December1913.
He
responded to a call for additional store-men in the A.O.C.; attested
at Woolwich, 29 November 1915 as Private (storeman), 014613, A.O.C.
He was appointed Lance Corporal, 1/2/1916, and 2nd Corporal, 11
January 1917. At this time he served at Weedon Camp, Northamptonshire.
He applied for a commission, 16 December1916,but was turned down.
Transferred to be G/87780, 'F' Company, 6th Middlessex Regiment
at Chatham, 18 June 1917. Transferred to be 118720, Machine Gun
Corps and posted to the Machine-Gun School, Harrowby, Grantham,
13 September 1917 to train on 'tanks'. He again applied for a commission
and was posted to the Provisional Cadet Company, Wareham, 9 November
1917 and transferred to No. 24 O.C.B., Winchester, 11 January 1918.
He
wanted a commission in the Tank Corps and although he was already
a qualified musketry instructor his assessor felt he needed additional
experience to develop his leadership skills, therefore he was discharged
to a commission in the Liverpool Regiment, 25 June 1918, and posted
to the 51st Graduated Battalion, 22 July 1918.
It
is unclear when he was promoted to Lieutenant. To France 16 September
1918. He was killed by machine-gun fire and his death notified by
telegram 3 October 1918. There is confusion about what happened
to his personal effects.
Three
of his brothers also served. There is a plaque in his memory on
the wall of his home at Whitefriars Terrace.
His
service papers are at the National Archive (WO339/82351)
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and King George V Hospital Memorial, Newbury
Park, Ilford, Essex. |
DIXON |
Ernest |
Private
26538, 9th Battalion, King' Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died
in Salonika 19 September 1918, Aged 36. Born St Bees, Cumberland,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of the late John A. and Helen Dixon, of
Darlington. Formerly 18732, Northamptonshire Regiment. No known
grave. Commemorated on Doiran Memorial, Greece. |
DOBSON |
Ernest
Wilfred |
Private
38276, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 May
1918. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. in the 1911 census states
he was born 1891, aged 20, born King's Lynn, a Clerk, single, son
of Maragret Dobson, a widow, all, living at Albert Terrace King's
Lynn. Buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIV. Row E. Collective grave 5. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
DOCKING |
James |
Sergeant
3/9850, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16 September
1916. Aged 42. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Saxmundham. Son of John
and Sophia Docking, of King's Lynn; husband of Beatrice Alice Docking,
of Widney Manor, Knowle, Warwickshire. Buried in Guillemont Road
Cemetery, Guillemont, Somme, France. Plot X. Row D. Grave 1. |
DONGER |
Thomas
William |
Private
20714, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died ar sea 13 August 1915.
Aged 39. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Mrs Charlotte Ann Donger, of 7, Spencer Square, Checker St., King's
Lynn. Formerly 17047, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
DOY |
Sydney
Merlin |
Corporal
204705, 11th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 23rd May 1919.
Aged 22. Son of William James and Isabella Doy, of Bank Buildings,
Market Place, King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk.
Section A. Grave 91. |
DREW |
E |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
DREW |
George
William Henry |
Lance
Corporal. 6795. 1/5th West Riding Regiment. Killed in action France
14 January 1917. Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension, France, N.2.
Born
King's Lynn, 12/7/1896. Son of Mrs. Drew, of 2, St. John Street,
King's Lynn. Baptised All Saints' 15/8/1896. Had been a butcher's
assistant working initially for Mr. Southerland and then for Mr.
Yates of King's Lynn. Enlisted at Dereham on the outbreak of war.
Killed when a shell struck his billet. His father also served in
the war.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
DUNBABIN,
DCM |
John
Herbert |
Sergeant.
17311. 1st Norfolk Regiment. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
London Gazette 22 January 1916: 'For conspicuous gallantry on
1st December, 1915, near Mametz. Immediately after a German mine
had been exploded he led his grenadiers to repel and attack, and,
when all remained quiet, he had himself lowered down the shaft.
On spite of foul gas and falling gantries he succeeded in bringing
two unconscious men to the surface, and helped to get out several
others. He was the first man down the mine after the explosion.'
Died at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, 30 September 1917. Hardwick
Cemetery, King's Lynn. Section Y. Grave 210. Age
41. Born King's Lynn, son of the late John and Ellen Dunbabin; Husband
of Ellen Susannah Elizabeth Dunbabin, of 24, Exton's Road, King's
Lynn. Five children.
Joined
the Lynn Borough Police Force 21 April 1900. Appealed to the 'Watch
Committee' to be allowed to join the forces and enlisted at Norwich
14 December1914. Undertook basic training at Felixstowe and went
overseas 18 May 1915, as a Lance-Corporal. Promoted Corporal 12
June 1915 and Sergeant 27 June 1915. Served at Hill 60. Remained
on the Western Front until 22 March 1916 when he lost a portion
of a finger through a bomb explosion. He was given his discharge,
to dated from 13 October 1917, and returned to King's Lynn with
a view to rejoining the police. However he was taken ill and died
on 30 September 1917 after an operation. He was buried with full
military honours and many police officers attended.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
DUNN |
John |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
DYE |
Ernest |
Private
7184, "B" Company 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
in Mesopotamia 31 December 1916. Aged 28. Born Heywood, Bury, Lancashire,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Alfred Claxton Dye and Isabella Dye,
of "Birtle Dene," Ferry St., King's Lynn. Buried in Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row O. Grave 12. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
DYE |
Walter
Hammond |
Able
Seaman R/391, Nelson Battaliohn, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 25 December 1917. Born 30 December
1917 in St. Margaret's, King's Lynn. A Lighterman & Dock Labourer.
Father, James, 32 Lansdowne St., King's Lynn. Entered the Army Reserve
2 March 1916, then entered Royal Naval Reserve 23 October 1916.
With draft for BEF 14 January 1917, joined Nelson Battalion 14 March
1917 until 24 April 1917 when he was wounded, rejoined Nelson Battalion
19 May 1917 until his death. Buried in Villers-Plouich Communal
Cemetery, Nord, France. Section A. Grave 37. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
EAGLETON |
Frederick
Ernest |
Gunner
39330, 50th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in Sierra Leone
6 February 1916. Born St John's, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery Memorial,
Sierra Leone.
Note:
The memorial located in Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery commemorates
35 casualties from both World Wars whose graves elsewhere in Sierra
Leone were deemed unmaintainable. |
EAGLETON |
Samuel
Thomas |
Gunner
39329, 26th Heavy Battery, Royal garrison Artillery. Killed in action
4th March 1917. Aged 21. Born St. John's, King's Lynn, enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of Samuel Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Bunn) Eagleton,
of 3 Kirby St., King's Lynn, and the late Hannah Eagleton. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 8 A. |
EARL |
Edward
G |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
EARL |
William
Charles |
Born
in 1897 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk and attended St Nicolas School.
His parents were William Jacob Earl and Sarah Francis Earl (Nee
Fysh), they lived at 39 George Street. He was a well known local
sportsman excelling at Football and Boxing, and while serving with
the colours at Cambridge he won a medal for swimming.
On leaving school he was employed by Bristow and Copley who were
a timber merchants in the town.
Billy enlisted as a territorial on 4th February 1915 in East Dereham
where he joined the 1st/5th Norfolk Battalion (Service No 240827).
For the first few months they were stationed in East Dereham, then
on 30th January 1916 they sailed for Alexandria from Liverpool.
The regiment then supported front line troops in defending the Suez
Canal and then in 1917 they embarked on the First Battle of Gaza.
During the second Battle of Gaza, Billy was taken prisoner of war
by the Turks, his last letter to his parents was sent on 23rd November
1917 and was received on 16th February 1918 (3 days after his death),
therein he mentioned that he was in hospital and expected shortly
to be removed to a rest camp, no reference was made to a wound and
the official report attributed his death to sickness.
It was consoling to know that he was treated kindly by the 'Turks'
during captivity; testimony to this effect was furnished by Pte
Charles Sheen of 2 Argyle St, Lynn, a fellow prisoner.
Billy died on the 13th February 1918 he was 21 years old, he was
buried in Bagdad on 14th July 1918.
Transcript
from Lynns War Hero's
William Charles Earl Private 240827 1/5 Norfolks, eldest son
of Mr and Mrs William Earl Jnr of 39 George St, Lynn. Died while
a prisoner of war at Bore, Turkey, 13th February 1918 aged 21. He
was taken prisoner of war at the second battle of Gaza, 19th April
1917. The last letter written by him to his parents was dated 23rd
November 1917 and was received on 16th February 1918. (So received
3 days after his death). Therein he mentioned that he was in hospital
and expected shortly to be removed to a rest camp. No reference
was made to a wound and the official report attributed his death
to sickness. Pte Earl a singleman, was one of the gallant band which
the North End of Lynn sent to the forces. Educated at St Nicholas
School, he had worked for messrs Bristow and Copley, timber merchants.
He enlisted in the 5th Norfolks at Dereham on 4th February 1915
and sailed for Egypt on 30th January 1916. Like his uncle 'Duke'
he was a well known local sportsman, while serving with the 'Colours'
at Cambridge he won a medal for swimming. It was consoling to know
that he was treated kindly by the 'Turks' during captivity; testimony
to this effect is furnished by Pte Charles Sheen of 2 Argyle St
Lynn a fellow prisoner.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
EBLING |
Bert |
M.5739
(Portsmouth). Engine Room Artificer 4th Class. Royal
Navy. Serving on the destroyer HMS Gurkha when it was sunk, in the
English Channel, due to a mine explosion 8 February 1917. Commemorated
on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 25. Aged 25. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Ebling of Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Husband of Alice
Neal (formerly Ebling) of 14 Malmesbury Road Southampton. Had worked
at an engineering works at Melton Constable before the war. Two
of his brothers also served. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
EDWARDS |
Alfred
[William] |
Guardsman
22337, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action Tuesday
31 July 1917. Born West Lynn, enlisted Stowmarket. No known grave.
Comemorated on Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 9 and 11. Also named on the West
Lynn Church War Memorial |
EGLEN |
Walter
Elijah |
Private
51339, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25
May 1918. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried
in Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row H. Grave 19. |
ELLIS |
G
R |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
ELLWOOD |
Oliver |
Private
29997, 3rd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died in United
Kingdom 8 November 1918. Aged 24. Born Wilbraham, enlisted King's
Lynn, resident Norfolk. Formerly 25689, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Buried in Dersingham (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Norfolk. |
ELMS |
Albert
Edward |
Private.
40191. 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Hamel,
near Albert, France, 7 February 1917. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery,
Beaumont-Hamel, VII F 25. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Elms
of 1 Diamond Street, Kings Lynn. Left a widow and three children.
Born Tydd St. Giles, Cambs. Enlisted at Norwich in 1916, previously
served in the Essex Regiment. (number 28182). Had worked for Messrs.
Salter and Salter, boot and shoemakers, eventually becoming their
manager in Bradford before returning to Kings Lynn, via Wisbech,
to manage their store on the High Street. A keen footballer and
billiards player, had played for the All Saints eleven. Three
of his brothers also served in the war. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
ELVIN |
Arthur
James |
Private
1698, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22 March
1918. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Wisbech. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
EMPSON |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
ENGLISH |
George
[Herbert] |
Private
5279, 3/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in United Kingdom
29 March 1916. Aged 28. Born Oxborough, Norfolk, enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Mrs. Sarah Ann English, of Oxborough. Buried near the
South wall of the church in St John Churchyard, Oxborough, Norfolk. |
ERRINGTON |
Thomas
William |
Private
65141, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 39. Born and resident King's
Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert William and Isabella Errington,
of King's Lynn; husband of Phyllis E. Errington, of King St., King's
Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 15864, Royal West Kent Regiment. No known
grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
3. |
ESS,
MM |
Charles
Robert |
Private.
3/8410. 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal. London
Gazette 14 May 1919. Killed in action France 8 October 1918. Rumilly-en-Cambresis
Communal Cemetery, Nord, France I.E.3. Age 23. Born South Lynn,
son of George and Susannah Ess, of 5, Providence Street, King's
Lynn. Baptised at All Saint's Church 31/1/1895. Enlisted Wisbech,
29 December1911. A reservist working for the G.N. Railway Company
and mobilised 8 August 1914. Went to France 15 September 1914. Served
in the battles of Marne, Aisne, La Bassee, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres,
Hill 60, Loos, Somme, Passchendaele and Cambrai. Twice hospitalised
because of an 'internal complaint'. Suffered 'trench feet' and hospitalised
at the London General Hospital. Wounded in the head and leg and
received surgical treatment at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Returned
to the front in August 1918 after being wounded. Awarded
the 1914 Star.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
ESS |
Frederick
J |
No
further information currently available |
EVANS |
Thomas
A |
No
further information currently available |
EWEN |
John
Edward |
Private.
17024. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 12 October
1916. Thiepval Memorial. Born
King's Lynn, 24/3/1897, baptised at All Saint's Church 5/10/1898.
Son of Edward Ned and Mary Ann Ewen. Worked with his father as a
chimney sweep. Enlisted at Norwich in November 1914, went overseas
in 1915.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window.
Photograph
copyright © Ann Roberts 2017 |
FAKE |
Herbert |
Private
20659, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died at sea 13 August 1915.
Aged 22. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Alfred and Elizabeth Fake, of 19, Eastgate St., King's Lynn. Formerly
17732, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles
Memorial, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. |
FALL |
Joseph
|
Private.
9684. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 10 August 1917.
Menin Gate Memorial. Born
Littlebury, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fall, Southgate Street, King's
Lynn. Worked as a parcel delivery worker for the Great Eastern Railway
Company at King's Lynn, and was later a porter with the G.E.R. Enlisted
in the Norfolk Regiment at King's Lynn, September 1914, but was
discharged for medical reasons. After an operation he was bale to
enlist in January 1916 and went overseas in June 1916. On July 19th,
1916, he was wounded in the face and hospitalised at the Ontario
Military Hospital, Orpington. He returned to the front in November
1916 and was later buried by a shell explosion and suffered shell
shock. His brother, Corporal W.H. Fall, M.M.P., met him in the lines
on the day before his death and wrote to their parents telling them
of Joseph's death.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and Liverpool
Street Station, London |
FARR |
John |
Seaman
3525C, HMS Aboukir, Royal
Naval Reserve. Lost in action in the North Sea 22 September 1914.
Aged 30. Born 1 April 1884 in Kings Lynn. Son of James Farr, of
King's Lynn; husband of Ethel E. Farr, of 21A, South St., King's
Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial,
Kent. Panel 8. |
FARROW |
William
Arthur |
[Arthur
William on SDGW and CWGC] Private 16472, 1st Battalion, Bedfordhire
Regiment. Killed in action 17 April 1915. Born Ipswich, enlisted
Hitchin, hertfordshire, resident King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31
and 33. Also listed on the Hitchin
Memorial and also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
FAYERS |
Thomas
Robert |
Private
G/15279, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds
12 October 1916. Aged 18. Born King's Lynn, enlisted East Dereham.
Son of R. H. Fayers, of 3, Marshall St., King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Buried in Contay British cemetery, Contay, Somme, France. Plot
III. Row B. Grave 31.
Also
listed on St Nicholas Chapel
Memorial, King's Lynn
Extract
from local paper:
FAYERS,
Thomas Robert (Boys Brigade Private 15279 5th Battalion Norfolk
Regiment, attached Royal Sussex Regiment, son of Mr & Mrs
R.H. Fayers of the "Crystal Palace" Inn, Railway Rd
Lynn & afterwards of 3 Marshall St Lynn; died of wounds received
in action on the Western front, Oct 12th, 1916; aged 18 years.
Private Fayers was treated on the 10th at a casualty clearing
station for a serious wound in the thigh, the injury having been
sustained in one of the later Somme battles. Two days later he
succumbed to septic pneumonia. In civilian life deceased had been
a carpenter in the employ of Tash Langley & Co. of Lynn.
|
FELGATE |
John |
Royal
Navy. No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
FENDLEY |
Hewson
Cornelius |
Private
12461, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 November
1917. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated
on Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
FICKLING |
Alfred |
Serjeant
240022, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine 19 April 1917. Born St Margaret's, Norwich,
enlisted King's Lynn. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Plot XXIII. Plot C. Grave 3. |
FINCH |
Reginald
George |
Lance
Corporal 43194, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
5 September 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Alfred Tom
and Kate Emma Finch, of "Harrowdene," Wellesley Street,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Was serving in Norfolk Territorial Force at
the outbreak of War. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 4. |
FINNEY |
John
Robert [Samuel] |
Private.
40219. 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 8 August 1918.
Nine Elms British Cemetery, near Poperinghe, Belgium, XV.C.4. Age
24. Married with one child. Worked as a striker at Dodman's Foundry,
King's Lynn. Enlisted at East Dereham, September 7th, 1914. Overseas
in 1915 and after six weeks in the lines was severely wounded by
a bayonet thrust to his thigh. Returned to the front in January
1916 and on 21st March 1918 was gassed and buried by a shell explosion.
On August 4th, 1918 he played a part in a film recorded to mark
the fourth year of the war.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FISHER |
George
Arthur |
Deck
Hand 3249SD (CH), H.M. Drifter "Lily Reaich", Royal Naval
Reserve. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 25 February
1916. Born 4 August 1888 in King's Lynn. Husband of Maud Gertrude
Fisher, of 6, Daisley Buildings, Providence St., Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Lynn, Norfolk, son of William
and Mary J Fisher, resident 5, North Street, North Place, Kings
Lynn, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was
aged 22, born King's Lynn, Norfolk, a Fisherman, son of William
and Mary Jane Fisher, resident North Place, Kings Lynn, St Margarets,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 19. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
FLANDERS
|
Valentine
[Thomas] |
Lance
Corporal 14163, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 12 April 1917. Aged 23. Born King's Lynn, resident and enlisted
Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Brother of Mrs. A. J. Large, of 2, Ridge
Rd., Letchworth, Herts. In the 1911 census he was living with his
sister Ellen and brother Walter (below), aged 18, an errand boy,
born King's Lynn, all living at Hillington Square, King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 5. |
FLANDERS |
Walter
[William] |
Private
2426, hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 November 1914.
Aged 19. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Royston, Hertfordshire, resident
Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Brother of Mrs. Agnes J. Large, of 2,
Ridge Rd., Letchworth, Herts. In the 1911 census he was living with
his sister Ellen and brother Valentine (above), aged 15, an errand
boy, born King's Lynn, all living at Hillington Square, King's Lynn.
No known grave. commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
FLEGG |
Harry |
Private
6863, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed inaction 24 August
1914. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated
on La Ferte=Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
FOX |
Benjamin
Robert |
Private.
645862. British Columbia Regiment: 7th Battalion Canadian Forces.
Killed in action in the attack on Hill 70, France 5 August 1917.
Vimy Memorial. Born
King's Lynn 5/12/1890. Son of Edward and Maria Fox, of 8, Kirby
Street, King's Lynn. Lived at 816 Granville Street, Vancouver. Employed
as a clerk at the Wilkinson Steelworks, Vancouver. Served for six
months in the 3rd Norfolk Regiment before he emigrated in 1911.
Attested Vancouver 21/2/1916. Brother of George Alfred Fox also
killed.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FOX |
David |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
FOX |
George
Alfred |
Private.
645967. Quebec Regiment: 24th Battalion Canadian Forces. Died of
wounds France 18 August 1917. Etaples Military Cemetery XXV.N.15.
Born King's Lynn 16/8/1893. Son of Edward and Maria Fox, of 8, Kirby
Street, King's Lynn. Educated at All Saints' School, King's Lynn.
Lived at the Canadian Pacific Railway bungalow, Vancouver. Employed
as a cook with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Emigrated, with two
brothers, in 1911. Attested Vancouver 3 March 1916. Died of shrapnel
wounds received on 15 August 1917. Brother of Benjamin Fox also
killed. National Archives of Canada Accession reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3252 - 36.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FOX |
James
Felstead |
Sergeant.
T/499. 54 (East Anglian) Divisional Train, Army Service Corps. Died
Egypt 28 November 1915. Helles Memorial. Age 23. Born King's Lynn.
Son of Mrs. Fox, 35 Checker Street, King's Lynn and the late James
Felstead Fox. Employed as a cellarman at the Eagle Hotel, Norfolk
Street, King's Lynn. A pre-war territorial he was mobilised in August
1914. Landed Gallipoli 2 August 1915 and died from exposure having
worked in extremely difficult conditions and adverse weather conditions.
His name had been forwarded to the Divisional Headquarters with
a request that his service at Gallipoli be recognised.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FRANKLIN |
David |
Deck
Hand 3379SD, H.M. Trawler "Thomas Young", Royal Naval
Reserve. Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or
enemy action 3 June 1917. Aged 24. Born 16 June 1892 in King's Lynn.
Son of Frederick and Hannah Franklin of 5, Arme's Yard, High St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval
Memorial, Kent. Panel 26. |
FRANKLIN |
Henry
William |
Private
327972, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 21 March
1918. Aged 26. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. Charlotte
Ann Franklin, of Lifts Yard, Norfolk St., King's Lynn. No known
grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
4. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
FRANKLIN |
Lloyd
Fairfax |
Private.
8649. B Company 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action Hill 60, Belgium, 21 April 1915. Commemorated on Menin
Gate Memorial, Panel 4. Aged 20. Son of the late Mr. Lloyd Franklin
of Portland Street, Kings Lynn, and Mrs. Fanny Jane Terrey
(formerly Franklin) of 5 Hockland Street, Kings Lynn. Born
Peterborough. Enlisted Norwich 15 May 1912. Had worked for Messrs.
Baron Bros., printers, Kings Lynn. Served in France and Belgium
from the beginning of the war including engagements at Mons, Le
Cateau, Missy, Aisne, Marne, La Bassee. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, Grimston War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FROGGITT |
William
George |
Sapper.
33414. 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action France
21 January 1917. Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, II
E 12. Age
22. Born Fakenham. Son of Mary Ann Coates (formerly Froggitt, see
Arthur Coates) of 6, Windsor Row, Windsor Road, King's Lynn, and
the late William Froggitt. Native of Guist, Norfolk. Enlisted Lincoln,
to France 20 July 1915. Rank shown on grave as L/Cpl., buried next
to Sapper Symonds who was killed at the same time.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FROMOW |
Eric
Frank |
Private
G/2643, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 12
March 1915. Aged 21. Born 8 May 1893 in Snettisham, Norfolk, enlisted
London. Son of William John and Lucy Fromow, of Durban Cottage,
Marsham, Great Yarmouth. Admitted to school January 1905, son of
W. J. Fromow, of Snettisham, King's Lynn (a Baker); previously educated
at Heacham Elementary School. Left school Middlemas 1907. In the
1901 census he was aged 8, born Snettisham, Norfolk, son of William
J and Lucy Fromow, resident Confectioners Shop, Snettisham, Docking,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34.
See also
King Edward's School, King's Lynn.

|
FROST |
Francis
[Frederick Christmas] |
[Known
as Frank] Seaman. 8226 A(Chatham) Royal Naval Reserve, S.V. (Schooner)
Gleaner. Drowned, off Runcorn, 8 November 1918. Chatham Memorial.
Born December 1893. Son of Frederick George and Mary Jane Frost,
of Austin Street, King's Lynn. Husband of Emily Frost, nee Collison,
of Plowright's Yard, Friars Street, King's Lynn. Married at King's
Lynn Registry Office 13 April 1915. There were two vessels called
'Gleaner' employed by the Admiralty in WW1, a Motor Drifter and
a 160 ton Special Service Tender.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FROST |
Robert
Henry |
Royal
Navy. No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
FYSH |
Gerard
Ebenezer |
Private.
608029. 14th Royal Irish Rifles: 1st London Irish Rifles posted
23rd Entrenching Battalion, Killed in action France 23 March 1918.
Pozieres Memorial (London Irish Section). Age
22. Youngest son of Alfred and Jane Anne Fysh, 1 London Road, King's
Lynn. One of five brothers who served. He was educated at the British
School, King's Lynn (captain of the school team which won the School
Cricket Shield Competition 1909) and at Croad's School. He played
regularly for the King's Lynn hockey team and the Lynn 2nd XI cricket
team. On leaving school he entered the office of Durrant and Wright
and also served the Lynn and West Norfolk Conservative Association
in a clerical capacity. In 1914 he enlisted as a driver in the second
line of the Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade Transport and Supply Co.,
recruited from King's Lynn and the surrounding villages. He was
transferred to the infantry in the autumn of 1916 and went to France,
being posted to the 36th (Ulster) Division. Also listed as 18th
London Regiment.
Note
608021, Pte., William Mitchell of King's Lynn (KIA F&F 16 August
1917) was also 18 Londons attached Royal Irish Rifles, and 608019,
Pte., Robert Henry Newman of King's Lynn (DOW F&F 18 August 1917)
was in same unit(s) and had transferred from ASC in April, 1917.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
FYSH |
Herbert |
No
further information currently available |
FYSH |
John
William |
Royal
Navy. No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
FYSH |
William |
No
further information currently available |
GAGE |
Henry
Thomas |
Private
DM2/171077, 886th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps,
attached to XVIII Corps, Heavy Artillery. Died of wounds 2 August
1917. Aged 27. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich, resident Gayton,
Norfolk. Husband of Alice Gage, of Lynn Rd., Gayton, King's Lynn.
Buried in Dozingheim Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row I. Grave 2.
Also named on the West Lynn Church
War Memorial |
GAMBLE |
Edward |
Private
7339, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotmia 10 February
1917. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn. Buried
in Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I.
Row I. Grave 17. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GAMBLE |
Ernest
Albert |
Private
65627, 104th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 17
March 1916. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Buried in Longuenesse
(St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
B. Grave 43. |
GAMBLE |
Fernley
Hazel |
[Known
as Sonnie] Sergeant. 15471. 'B' Company, 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action France 15 September 1916. Thiepval Memorial. Born Grimston,
Norfolk. Son of Mr. H. Gamble, 257 Portnall Road, Paddington, London
and formerly 3 Valinger's Road, King's Lynn. Employed at Eau Brink
Hall Farm, St. Mary's, near King's Lynn. Enlisted Norwich. Letters
to his father in 1915 were printed in the Lynn News. Sergeant Gamble
complained about the weather but stated that the 'Tommy' was happy
if he had warm clothes and plenty of 'smokes', also Sergeant Gamble
was perplexed at the unwillingness of many to enlist in the Army.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GAMBLE |
William
Matthew |
Riflman
50078, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
24 September 1918. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted Norfolk,
resident King's Lynn. Formerly TR/13/59067, 53rd T.R. Battalion,
Buried in Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislan, Nord,
France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 34. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GARDINER |
Eric
John |
2nd
Lieutenant. 5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Palestine 19
April 917 (Battle of Gaza, six officers killed). Jerusalem Memorial.
Born Leicester 18/8/1896. Son of Dr. Arthur, surgeon, MD, CM, the
anaesthetist at King's Lynn Hospital and Margaret Wyndham Gardiner,
nee Pearce. They had lived at 320 Humberstone Road, Leicester, when
Eric was born. Later they moved to Tuesday Market Place, King's
Lynn and subsequently to Reading. Before enlisting Eric worked in
a corn business. He joined Epsom College OTC on 7 July 1913 and
was posted to 3/5 Norfolks, at East Dereham, from Epsom on 17 July
1915. His referee for his commission application was Rev. B.V.V.
Edwards, vicar of Gayton and senior curate of St. Margarets, King's
Lynn, who had known him for 10 years. Eric was mentioned in despatches
16 January 1918.
As
Eric was missing in action his details were published in the Egyptian
Gazette of 14 May 1917 but no information was forthcoming. A committee
of adjustment was formed at Alexandria under General Murray and
this considered his case on 30 May 1917. No claims were found against
him and his remaining kit was forwarded to his father who also received
his scroll and plaque. Private Arthur Howes, of King's Lynn, wrote
home stating that he had seen Eric fall in action and that Eric's
was the only company of the battalion to reach its objectives at
Gaza.
Twin
brother of Ivan Jephson Gardiner, also killed.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, Kings
Lynn St Nicholas and the memorial at
King Edward's School, King's Lynn. |
GARDINER |
Ivan
Jephson |
Lieutenant.
5th Norfolk Regiment, attached Royal Air Force. Drowned from HT
Leasowe Castle 27 May 1918. Chatby Memorial, Alexandria. Son of
Dr. Arthur, surgeon, MD, CM, the anaesthetist at King's Lynn Hospital
and Margaret Wyndham Gardiner, nee Pearce. Later they moved to Tuesday
Market Place, King's Lynn and subsequently to Reading.
Ivan
Gardiner, a medical student of Guy's Hospital, was gazetted to the
Norfolk Regiment about October 1915. He went to Egypt at the beginning
of 1916 and was with his Regiment for about a year. Then he trained
in Egypt for the Air Force and was on active service from April
1917, to the end of the following August doing observation work
in the neighbourhood of Gaza. Later his health broke down. During
the winter of 1917-18 he was lecturing at No.3 School of Military
Aeronautics. He drowned as the result of the torpedoing of a vessel
in which he was returning (invalided home) from Egypt to England.
Shortly before he joined the ship, while cycling, he had been knocked
down by a tender and he was in hospital with his injuries. Several
eyewitnesses saw Ivan on the night of the sinking and, according
to the accounts, he gave up his place in a lifeboat to allow others
to be saved.
Twin
brother of Eric John Gardiner, also killed.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, Kings
Lynn St Nicholas and the memorial at
King Edward's School, King's Lynn. |
GARLAND |
Vincent
R |
No
further information currently available |
GARNETT |
William |
Private
G/10578, 13th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 18 August 1916. Aged 44. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
Poplar, Middlesex. Husband of Annie Messenger (formerly Garnett),
of 4, Prospect Place, Poplar, London. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
GASH |
George |
Private
40221, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 October
1916. Enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
GATHERCOLE |
William
John |
Lance
Bombardier 884533, 534th Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Died in the United Kingdom 6 November 1920. Aged 48. Birth registered
in the July to September Quarter 1872 in the King's Lynn Registration
District. Husband of Lillian Harriett Gathercole, of 3, Union Lane,
King's Lynn. In the 1911 census he was aged 38, married to Harriet
with 3 children, born King's Lynn, resident 77 Friars St Kings Lynn,
South Lynn, Norfolk. Married in the July to September Quarter 1904
in the King's Lynn Registration District to Lillian Harriett Smith.
Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section K. Grave 26. |
GAZLEY |
John
W |
Private
35131, 10th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshie Light Infantry). Died
of wounds 22 October 1916. Aged 29. Born and enlisted King's Lynn.
Formerly 24641, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GAZLEY |
Percy
George |
Rifleman
569. 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 27 October 1914. Born St Peter's, Cambridge, enlisted
and resident King's Lynn. Son of George H. and Harriett Ellen Gazley,
of 120, Norfolk St., King's Lynn; husband of the late Alice Maud
Gazley. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 10. |
GEE |
George |
Deck
Hand 1140/SD, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Naval Rserve. Died 27 February
1917. Aged 56. Son of Thomas and Ellen Gee, of Wittlesey; husband
of Elizabeth Gee, of 40, Austin St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried
in Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent. Naval Plot/row/Section
24. Grave 1251. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GILBERT |
Amos |
Private
G/63152, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Born Gedney, Lincolnshire, enlisted
King's Lynn. Formerly G/9285, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3. |
GILBERT |
George
Stevens |
Private.
23299. 13th Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action France 29 April
1917. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord II
B 8. Age
28. Born Gidney, Lancashire. Oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Gilbert,
18, Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn. Married with four children. Lived
at Eastrington, Brough, Yorkshire. Enlisted at Howden in 1915, possibly
serving initially with the East Yorkshire Regiment. His brother
Amos Gilbert was also killed.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GILES |
Frederick
Thomas |
Private.
22994. 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Died of dysentary Mesopotamia, 12 September
1916. (Likely to have been in the 'newly formed' 2nd Battalion which
was constituted on 16 July 1916) Basra War Cemetery. Age 20. Born
King's Lynn. Son of Mr Thomas William and Mrs. Lucy Giles, 11 Checker
Street, King's Lynn. Employed by Mr. Bradfield, draper, High Street,
King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn in January 1916 and served
overseas from about July 1916. Mentioned on parents grave at Hardwick
Cemetery, King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GILES |
John
George |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class 160893, Aeroplane Supply Depot, Royal Air Force.
Died 17 March 1919. Aged 22. Son of Walter John and Hannah Giles,
of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery,
Wimille, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV. Row B. Grave 26. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
GILL |
John
Thomas |
Leading
Seaman 3829B, S.S. "Birtley", Royal Naval Reserve. Killed
or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action 4
January 1918. Aged 32. Born 5 August 1885 in King's Lynn. Son of
the late Richard and Ann Elizabeth Gill, of King's Lynn; husband
of Ellen Gill, of Pilot St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 30. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
GIRDLESTONE |
B |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
GIRDLESTONE |
Bertie
Fenton |
Private
3/6967,. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 February
1915. Born St Margaret's, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Buried
in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 1. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GOATE |
George
Frederick |
Private.
3/10576. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 13 October
1915. Loos Memorial. Age
32. Born St. Margaret's, King's Lynn. Husband of Louise Neve, formerly
Goate, of Middleton, King's Lynn, one child. Had lived at 4 Exton's
Road, King's Lynn. Employed as a checker at the Great Eastern Railway's
Harbour Goods Station, Boal Quay, King's Lynn. Enlisted at Norwich
before the war and was a National Reservist recalled on August 17th
1914. He was the company cook and was known as a good all-round
sportsman, he was fond of football, cricket, and boxing.
Brother
of Richard Thomas Goate, also killed. Uncle of Percy Goate, killed
in the 1915 air raid on King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GOATE |
Richard
Thomas |
Private.
21336. 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action France 1 July 1916.
Thiepval Memorial. Born
King's Lynn. Enlisted Norwich and formerly served as 18657, Norfolk
Regiment. During the night of January 19, 1915, his home in Bentinck
Street, King's Lynn, was destroyed by a bomb from a German airship.
Richard Goate was on leave at Lynn at the time, but happened at
that hour to be visiting some friends in the southern quarter of
the town. Brother of George Frederick, also killed. Uncle of Percy
Goate, killed in the 1915 air raid on King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
GOLDING |
Frank |
No
further information currently available |
GOLDSMITH |
Frederick |
Private
60377, 101st Company, Labour Corps. Died of wounds 14 May 1918.
Aged 28. Born and resident King's Lynn. Formerly 70621, Duke of
Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) and 54122, 34th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers. Buried in Douleems Communal Cemetery Extension
No. 2, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 25. |
GOODENS |
E |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
GOODENS |
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
GOODSON |
Frederick
James |
Private
242549, 1/5th Battalion (Territoiral), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Plestine 19 April 1917. Born St Nicholas, Norfolk, enlisted King's
Lynn. No konown grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GORDON |
Robert |
Private
28179, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 8
August 1916. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. No
nown grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GRANGER |
Albert
Frederick |
Private.
19715, 8th Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action France 3 February
1918. Ages 19. Born Littleport. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Granger,
of Exton's Place, King's Lynn. Employed as a porter for the Great
Eastern Railway at Lynn station. Enlisted King's Lynn, 1916, and
formerly served as 45506, Suffolk Regiment. Killed, along with five
others, during a night raid. Buried in Hargicourt British Cemetery,
France Plot I. Row I. Grave 16.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and Liverpool
Street Station, London |
GRANGER |
Arthur
Lee |
Private
55791, 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 2 August
1917. Aged 30. Born King's Lynn, enlisted London. Son of Robert
and Rhoda Granger, of King's Lynn; husband of Annie Granger, of
125, Mallinson Rd., Clapham Junction, London. Formerly 23851, Lancers
and 22680, the Queens. Baptsied 14 March 1886 at St Margaret's,
Kings Lynn, son of Robert and Rhoda Granger. In the 1891 census
he was the son of Robert amnd Rhoda, aged 5, a scholar, born Kings
Lynn, resident 41 Autin Street, Kings Lynn. Buried in Dozinghem
Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row G. Grave
3. |
GREEN |
Arthur
Edwin |
Private
M2/076460, 332nd Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Accidentally died in the Balkans 28th December 1916. Aged
38. Born East Dereham, enlisted Lincoln, resident Holbeach. Previously
employed as a chauffer. Husband of Florence Hannah Green (nee York),
father of Winfred Sybil Green. Previously resident Homer's Weal,
Wlney. Buried in LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot II. Row
D. Grave I.
|
GREEN |
Charles
William |
Acting
Serjeant 20534, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died at sea 13 August
1915. Aged 27. Born and resident kIng's Lynn, enlisted Norwich.
Son of Arthur William and Margaret Ann Green, of 3, New Conduit
St., King's Lynn. Formerly 3/10235, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
144 to 150 or 229 to 233. |
GREEN |
E
G |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
GREEN |
Edwin
John |
Corporal.
9659. 2nd Coldstream Guards Killed in action France 1/2/1915. Cuinchy
Communal Cemetery. Born
24/9/1893, South Lynn. Baptised at All Saints Church, 13/5/1898.
Son of Mr. Frederick William and Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Green,
of 7, Thomas Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted Norwich, 1 July 1912.
Left England for France 12 August 1914. Took part in early battles
of the war including Mons and Ypres. Edwin wrote several letters
that were published in the Lynn News, these convey much of the enthusiasm
of the pre-war British Army and a great spirit for the cause. In
one letter, printed in the paper on 6/2/1915 he wrote: "I only
hope I am lucky enough to scrape through. When we left England I
had charge of a section of 15 men. Now there are only four of us
left. All the others have either been killed or wounded. It makes
one think when one repeatedly sees young men between the ages of
20 and 25 killed or maimed for life, and it puts more hatred into
one than anything. Still we keep getting our own back."
Awarded
the 'Mons Star'.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GREEN |
Horace
[Henry] |
Private
15688, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire regiment. Killed in action 1
July 1916. Born Gayton, enlisted Norwich, resident King's Lynn.
Buried in Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row
M. Grave 6. |
GREEN |
John
William |
Private
19115, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 September
1916. Aged 27. Born Castleacre, Norfolk, enlisted Shoreham, Sussex.
Son of Mrs. Rebecca Green, of 1, Pales Green, Castleacre, King's
Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
GREENACRE |
Henry
Richard |
Killed
in action France 28 April 1917. Arras Memorial. Born
North Runton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Greenacre, of 2 Railway Cottages,
Hardwick Road, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn. Employed on Sommerfield
and Thomas' barges and then at the Farmers' Chemical Works (as was
his brother Willie). Enlisted in 1911. To Flanders in September
1914 with the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Shot through the left
thigh at Hill 60, 12 July 1915, and treated initially at the 2nd
Canadian Field Hospital, Le Treport, and later at Bagthorpe Hospital,
Nottingham; Felixstowe Hospital, and the Nerve Hospital, Croydon.
He was still recovering from this wound as late as July 1916. He
was posted as missing June, 1917, and afterwards presumed killed
in action. The first intimation to the parents came from Captain
C. W. Archdale, a local officer, who wrote that "nothing has
been heard of him lately. Brother of William Hugh Greenacre, also
killed."
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GREENACRE |
William
Hugh |
Known
as Willie. Private.
23409. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds France, Delville Wood,
20 July 1916. Peronne
Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme I F II. Age
22. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Greenacre, of 2 Railway
Cottages, Hardwick Road, King's Lynn. Employed on Sommerfield and
Thomas' barges and then at the Farmers' Chemical Works. Enlisted
King's Lynn January 24, 1916, under the Derby scheme and went to
France about the middle of the following June. The official date
of his death was initially given as 2 July 1916, but his fiancée
received a letter from him dated 6 July 1916. His brother, Henry
Richard Greenacre, was also killed
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GREEVES |
Carl |
[Listed
a Karl on SDGW and CWGC] Private 25276, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died in India 28 February 1917. Born Gayton, enlisted King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India.
Face C. |
GRIBBLE |
Frederick |
Private
320861, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 7 November
1917. Aged 26. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Deptford. Son of Mrs.
A. Gribble, of 269, Chapter Rd., Willesden Green, London. Native
of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 24098, Norfolk Regiment. Buried
in Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).
Section O. Grave 67. |
GRIFFIN,
DCM |
Ambrose |
Private
7603, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 2 October 1916.
Aged 30. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn in 1887. Son of William
and Elizabeth Griffin, of King's Lynn. Awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Originally attested 8 March 1905 aged 18,
Private 5471, 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Warloy-Baillon
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave
6. |
GRIFFIN |
Edmund |
Private
28377, 51st Company, Royal Defence Corps. Died 7th March 1919. Aged
56. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Grave
reference G. 1030. |
GRIFFIN |
Edward |
Deck
Hand 13903/DA/ H.M. Trawler "Lweyland", Royal Naval Reserve.
Died 7 December 1918. Aged 33. Husband of Estella Griffin, of Cross
Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre,
Seine-Maritime, France. Division 62, Plot IV, Row G. Grave 6. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
GRIFFIN |
Edmund |
Private
28377, 51st Company, Royal Defence Corps. Died 7 March 1919. Aged
56. Born King's Lynn. Son of John J and Keziah Griffin; husband
of Clara Griffin (nee Bench), married 15 April 1883 in King's Lynn,
St Margaret with St Nicholas. In the 1871 census he was born Norfolk,
resident with his parents, John J and Keziah Griffin, in Purfleet
Street, Purfleet Tavern Yard, St. Margaret, Kings Lynn. In the 1911
census he was aged 49, born Lynn, Norfolk, a bricklayer, married
to Clara, resident Custom House Inn, King Street, Kings Lynn, St
Margarets, Norfolk. Buried in KING'S LYNN CEMETERY, Norfolk. Section
G. Grave 1030. |
GRIFFITHS |
Walter |
Private
205691, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London
Regiment. Killed in action 26 August 1918. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
Hounslow, resident Holborn. Posted 2/2nd Battalion, London Regiment.
Buried in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 30. |
GRIFFITHS |
William
Spencer |
Private
25968 [SDGW] or 25698 [CWGC], 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 21 March 1918. Born Merionethshire, enlisted King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3. |
GUNNS |
Frederick
William |
Private
1021, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 26 February
1917. Aged 25. Son of Frederick James and Clara Gunns, of 10, Coburg
St., King's Lynn. Birth registered in the October to December Quarter
1892 in King's Lynn Registration District. Death registered in tthe
January to March Quarter 1917 in King's Lynn Registration District.
His attestation papers show him being 20 years of age when he enlisted,
a railway clerk for the Midland & Great Northernn Railway, resident
10 Coburg Street, KIng's Lynn, born St Margaret's, King's Lynn,
enlisted 4 June 1913. Height 5 feet 2½ inches, girth 33 inches,
vision good, eyes brown, hair brown, complexion fair. He was discharged
with heart problems at Overstrand being no longer fit for war service
12 December 1916. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section
W. Grave 95. |
GRIMES |
George
William |
Private
GS-55318, 8th Royal Fusiliers Killed in action France 3 May 1917.
Arras Memorial. Born North Walsham, enlisted and lived Newark. Formerly
S/4/184674, ASC. Married Ellen Kelsie-Pycroft at All Saints Church
on 3 August 1914.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
GUY |
Ernest
William |
Ernest
William Guy (Jock) was a fisherman on a whelk smack and was married
to Daisy Backham, they had 1 son also nick-named Jock. Jock was
involved in rowing troops to safety from the Turks before being
captured and then was killed by them during a forced march across
the desert to Tarsus. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
GUY |
Frederick
Thomas |
Private
22795, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 27 September
1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of George and
Sarah Rebecca Guy, of 33, Melbourne St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried
in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 16. |
HALL |
Frederick |
Private
19493, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 16 September
1916. Aged 20. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Augustus
and Rosina Hall, of 2, Lansdowne St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried
in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row
19. Grave 22. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
HALL |
Robert
William |
Private.
240850. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. D Company. Killed in action
Palestine 19/4/1917 (Second Battle of Gaza), with no known grave.
Name inscribed on Jerusalem Memorial. Born at King's Lynn on 3/1/1899.Eldest
son of Mrs Florence Rose and the late Walter Hall of 22 Cresswell
Street, King's Lynn. Before enlisting Robert was employed by Mr
Yates, butcher in Lynn.
Robert joined the colours at East Dereham in 1915 and had served
in Egypt and Palestine for fifteen months. Private F W Rudd of King’s
Lynn wrote home stating that in the attack on Gaza that they had
not gone far when he saw Bob stagger and fall. He knew he was hit
and stayed with him. They were under heavy fire and he did as much
as he could but Bob was hit in the chest and never regained consiousness.
Named on the memorial stone in St
Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn, which is dedicated to the memory
of men from the North End area of King's Lynn who gave their lives
in the Great War. |
HAMMOND |
Christmas |
Private
41258, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
2 July 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Jane
Maria Hammond, of 6, The Downsway, Sutton, Surrey, and the late
Michael Thomas Hammond. Formerly 3384, Yeomanry Cyclists. No nown
grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 54
to 56. See also Kings Lynn St
Nicholas. |
HAMMOND |
H
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
HAMMOND |
R |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
HAMPSTON |
William |
Private
20355, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action11 August
1917. Born Kirton-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, enlisted King's Lynn. Buried
in Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLIX. Row D.
Grave 16. |
HAMSON |
Antony
William Frankland |
Sapper
85508, 422nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21
May 1918. Aged 27. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Joseph
and Emily Hamson; husband of Dorothy M. Hamson, of 37, Railway Rd.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12. See also King
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School |
HANSELL
* |
Frederick
J |
Royal
Navy. No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
HARBAGE |
Thomas
William |
Private
2579, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died on
service at Gallipoli 12 August 1915. Aged 21. Born 6 May 1894 in
Warwick, Warwickshire, baptised 6 June 1894 in Warwick, St Mary.
Enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk. Son of Mrs. Jane Harbage, of 22,
Queen Street, King's Lynn, and the late Thomas Hirons Harbage. Admitted
to school May 1904 as a Day Boy, son of Thomas H. Harbage, of 29,
Gaywood Road then Penarth Villa, Tennyson Avenue, King's Lynn (an
Ironmonger - Proprietor); previously educated Lynn High School.
Left school 22 July 1910. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born
Warwick, Warwickshire, son of Thomas H and Jane harbage, resident
29, Gaywood Road, King,s Lynn St Margaret, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, an Ironmonger's Assistant, born
Warwick, Warwickshire, son of Thomas Hirons and Freda Jeanie Harbage,
resident Rose Villa, Gaywood Road, St Margaret's, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. See also King
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School |
HARDY |
Albert
G |
Private
20669, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment . Died at sea 13th August 1915
when the hospital ship Royal Edward was torpedoed. Born South Lynn,
Norfolk, resident King’s Lynn, Norfolk and enlisted Norwich.
Son of Alice L. Hardy, of 20, Pleasant Row, Windsor Rd., King's
Lynn, and the late George Hardy. No known grave. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233.
Note:
Private Hardy is listed on the IWM records (Irish War Memorial Records
Page No: Volume IV, Page 46.) as ”Drowned in sinking of Royal
Edward, Aegean Sea, August 13, 1915.” |
HARDY |
Edward
James |
6400
Sergeant 1st Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Gouzicourt, near
Cambrai 29 September 1918. Vis-en-Artois
Memorial Aged 29. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mr.R. J. Hardy, 11, Birchwood
Street, King's Lynn. Unmarried. Employed by Messrs. Leake and Sons
of Lynn. Enlisted Norwich (pre-war?) and served throughout the war.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
HARRIS |
John
Bertie |
Private
43622, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21 October
1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mr. J. Harris,
of 28, Providence St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
HARRISON |
Ernest
George |
Private
50392, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 17 February 1917. Aged 36. Born St Peter's, Suffolk,
enlisted and resident King's Lynn. Husband of Mrs. H. E. Harrison,
of 13, Windsor Rd., King's Lynn. Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery,
Grandcourt, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 5. |
HARRISON |
Frederick
William G |
Private
40222, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 21 October
1916. Aged 23. Born St Margaret's, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn.
Son of Frederick Gathercole Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison, of
"Wollaston," Park Avenue, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Late Bandsman
of the 5th Battalion, Norfolk Territorials. Buried in Grove Town
Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 40. |
HARRISON |
George
William |
Possibly
(1) George William Harrison
He was the son of William Harrison and Elizabeth Sarah Robertson.
His siblings were born in the 1850s and they lived in Sprowston,
Norfolk.
or
(2) George William Harrison, fisherman
He was baptized 3 June 1867 at the church of St. George, Rollesby,
Norfolk. He was the son of James Harrison and Sarah Harbord of Rollesby.
This George William Harrison married Annie Elizabeth Powley.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HARRISON |
Launcelot
E |
[Listed
as Launcelot G Harrison in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No
further information currently available |
HART |
Albert
Thomas |
Private.
28342. 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Missing, France,
25 March 1918. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Panels 54 to 56.
Aged 25. Son of Richard and Agnes Elizabeth Hart of 6 Langham Street,
Kings Lynn. Born South Lynn, enlisted Kings Lynn. Formerly
served with the Suffolk Regiment. (number 32244) (see also W.G.
Tice below). Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
HART |
Herbert |
Private
745, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
at Gallipoli 30 August 1915. Born Heacham, Norfolk, enlisted King's
Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. |
HART |
Walter
W H |
No
further information currently available |
HAVERSON |
Leonard
[George] |
Corporal
242107 6th Kings Own Scottish Borderers Killed in action France
24 March 1918. Pozieres Memorial. Born
King's Lynn, 19/7/1898. Baptised All Saints Church, 5/8/1898. Son
of James Arthur and Lucy Ethel Haverson, 'Deacons Vale', Chase Estate,
King's Lynn. Enlisted in the 5th Norfolk Regiment at King's Lynn,
August 1914 but was not allowed to serve overseas due to his age.
Transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1916 and drafted
to France in August 1916 to serve on the Somme. Transferred to the
KOSB and served in Ireland before returning to France in January
1918. Posted missing 21 March 1918.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
HEIL |
Sidney
|
Private
40072 7th Norfolk Regiment Died of wounds France 24 September 1918.
Saulcourt Churchyard Extension, Somme, A.27. Age
26. Born St. Mary's, King's Lynn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Heil,
of 22, South Clough Lane, King's Lynn. Husband of Florrie Heil,
nee Dent, two children. Employed by his father as a brick-layer.
Known as a keen footballer having been a member of the Congregational
church team. Enlisted at King's Lynn 1916. Served in Flanders before
being sent to hospital in Birmingham with 'trench feet', returned
to France 24 September 1917. Died at a Red Cross Hospital. Sidney's
wife died from influenza in late 1918.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
HENDRY |
Percy
Robert |
Private
40674, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 19564, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died 28 April 1917. Aged 27. Born in September 1890 in
Gaywood, King’s Lynn. His father, George, was born in 1860
in Weasenham and was an engine driver on the railway. His mother,
Mary Ann née Barwood, was born in 1865 in Clenchwarton. George
was their fourth child (of six, two of whom were daughters). He
was baptised aged one year and ten months on 17th July 1892. The
1891 census found the family living at 12 Albion Terrace, Gaywood.
The 1901 census lists them living on the Spread Eagle Estate –
near the pub of that name – in Gaywood. By 1911 they lived
at 1 Archdale Street, King’s Lynn. By then, Percy was working
as a grocer’s assistant and his older sister Maudie was a
schoolteacher. Percy was nearly 24 on the outbreak of war in August
1914. His service records have not survived but he enlisted at Whittlesey,
near Peterborough. Percy never married or had children; his parents
and all his siblings remained in Norfolk except his youngest brother,
Wilfred, who emigrated to Canada. No known grave. Commemorated on
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
Information
kindly supplied by Christopher Jary - June 2022 |
HESELTINE |
Frank
|
Private
2679 'B' Company, 1/5th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Gallipoli
15 August 1915. Helles Memorial. Age
20. Born Borrowash, Derbyshire. Son of Harriet Hannah Heseltine,
of 5 Mount Street, King's Lynn, and the late Edwin Charles Heseltine.
Attended Mrs. W. O. Jones' preparatory school and then to Mr. C.
W. Croad's. Employed in the office of the traffic manager (M. and
G. N. R. Co). A keen cricketer, he had played for the Lynn club.
He was working as a clerk at South Lynn railway station when war
broke out and he enlisted straightaway. Mentioned on father's grave
at Hardwick cemetery, King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
HEWITT |
John
Henry |
Private
16269, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 14 October
1917. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried in St. Patrick's
Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 5. |
HITCHCOCK |
Frank
Newman |
Bombardier
[Gunner on SDGW] 66214, "C" Battery, 107th Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery. Killed in action 25 January 1916. Aged 22. Born
King's Lynn, enlisted Bedford. Son of Frederick and Annie Hitchcock,
of 6, Hampton Court, Nelson St., King's Lynn. Was serving in the
R.F.A. at the outbreak of war. Buried in Dickebusch New Military
Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section H. Grave 11. |
HOLMAN |
Jesse
James |
Private
G/21551, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 27 September 1918. Aged 27. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
North Walsham, Norfolk. Son of James and Agnes Mary Holman, of "Avenue,"
Avenue Rd., King's Lynn. Formerly 1253, Norfolk Regiment. Buried
in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot VIII. Row
A. Grave 16. |
HOLMES |
Arthur
Albert |
Private
L/5483, 12th Lancers (Priced of Wales Royal). Died of wounds 17
May 1915. Born Briggate, Leeds, enlisted Norwich, resident King's
Lynn. Buried in Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Enclosure No.2 Plot IV. Row A. GRave 66. |
HOLROYD |
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
HORSLEY |
Henry
E |
Royal
Navy. No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
HOWARD |
Charles |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Private 40225, 7th
Bttaliomn, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1917. Born
and enlisted KIng's Lynn. Buried in Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row O. Grave 4. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HOWARD |
Charles
E |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HOWARD |
Harry
Shaw |
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant 240683, 2nd/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died in United Kingdom on active service 13th May 1917. Aged 31.
Born King's Lynn, enlisted East Dereham. Chorister in St Margaret's
Church, King's Lynn. Commemorated in St. Margaret's Church, King's
Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section V. Grave
341.
|
HOWARD |
John
William |
Sapper
178686, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers. Died in United
Kingdom 20 March 1917. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich.
Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section V. Grave 276. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HOWELL |
Robert |
Private
26737, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 8 September 1917. Aged
19. Born 24 January 1898 in Fulham, Middlesex, enlisted Norwich,
Norfolk. Son of Robert and Harriett Conquest Howell, of 91, Campden
Houses, Peel Street, Kensington, London. Admitted to school 17 January
1912. Ward of J. Harry Pollard, of Westgate Street, Shouldham, Downham,
Norfolk (a Milk Deliver Assistant); previously educated at Shouldham
Elementary (National/Church Of England) School 1905-1911, admitted
3 April 1905 left 20 December 1911. Left school 14 December 1915.
In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Kensington, Middlesex, son
of Robert (a Milk Carman) and Harriett Howell, resident 34, Allestree
Road, Fulham, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born
Addison Road, London, at school, nephew of J H and Sarah Pollard,
resident Shouldham, Downham, Norfolk. Buried at MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY,
GRENAY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row L. Grave 12. See also
King Lynn King
Edward VII Grammar School |
HOWLETT |
James
|
Private
formerly Border Regiment. Died as a result of wounds received in
action 5 November 1918. Hardwick Cemetery, King's Lynn Y527 (grave
re-used in 1955). James service papers are available at the National
Archive. Born
St. Nicholas' King's Lynn, January 1886. His mother lived at Daisleys
Buildings, Providence Street, King's Lynn, and his father at Ferry
Lane, King Street, King's Lynn. He attested at Norwich 27 May 1905.
A 'town labourer' he had previously served in the 3rd Norfolk Regiment
and joined the Northumberland Fusiliers, service number 1301. He
was posted to the 4th battalion on 5 July 1905 and transferred to
the Border Regiment on 16 August 1906. He served in Gibralter and
for four years in India and received a good conduct badge and his
3rd class certificate in education. He became a pioneer private
on 10 December1910.
He
returned home 15 March 1912 and transferred to the reserve 13 May
1912. While on reserve he appears to have worked for the Great Eastern
Railway at King's Lynn. James married Pleasance Lusher at KL on
11 November 1912, the witnesses were George and Martha Howlett.
His first son, James Henry was born at King's Lynn on 27 May 1913.
He was mobilised at Carlisle on 5 August 1914 and posted to the
2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. He had some incidents of absence,
from 9.15 pm on 18 September 1914 to 24 September 1914, for which
he lost pay, and at/from 10 pm on 19 December1914, for which he
also lost pay. (Interestingly his second son Alfred Frederick was
born at King's Lynn on 16 August 1915.) Although the battalion was
posted to France on 6 October 1914 he does not appear to have been
with them as his service papers make no mention of overseas service
before he joined the 1st Battalion, He was posted to the 1st on
2/2/1915 and his papers show service with the MEF from 17 March
1915 to 11 May 1915. The Battalion tookpart in the landings at Gallipoli
on 25 April 1915 when James was wounded (though his papers show
21st of April!) A sniper's bullet entered his right temple and passed
through his eye, damage was also done to his left eye. On 28 April
1915 he is recorded on the Hospital Ship, SS Delta, then he went
to hospital in Alexandria. He was sent home disembarking at Southampton
on 12 May 1915 before being sent to the Chichester Hospital. His
records show that he was posted to the strength of the depot on
12 May 1915 and the 3rd Battalion on 10 October 1915. He was found
to have a 60% disability and pensioned to 27 May 1919. He was discharged
at Conway, Wales on 30 June 1916, then being 8945, Private, 3rd
Border Regiment. His papers show that he was 'no longer physically
fit for war service' and that his conduct and character were good.
His intended residence was 8 Providence Street, King's Lynn. A third
son, Arnold Edward, was born at King's Lynn, 8 May 1917. From 8
May 1918 his address was 1 Union Lane, King's Lynn. He was awarded
the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
James
died at his home, 1 Union Lane, King's Lynn, November 5, 1918, and
was buried in Lynn Cemetery on Armistice Day. He was connected with
the Surrey Street Mission.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
. |
HOWLETT |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
HUDSON |
G
E |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HUGHES |
John |
No
further information currently available |
HUMPHREY |
Wilfred
Lyal |
Private
2683, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died on
service at Gallipoli 28 [SDGW] or 12 [CWGC] August 1915. Aged 21.
Born 24 May 1894 in Lynn, Norfolk, baptised 22 June 1894 in King's
Lynn, St Margaret with St Nicholas, enlisted Dereham, Norfolk. Son
of Frederic S. and Rose Alice Young Humphrey, of St. Ann's St.,
King's Lynn. Admitted to school 22 April 1902 as a Day Boy, son
of F. S. Humphrey, of St. Anee's Street, King's Lynn (a Ship's Chandler);
previously educated at Lynn High Scool. Left school 9 December 1910.
In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Lynn, Norfolk, son of Frederic
Stockdale and Rose Alice Young Humphrey, resident St Ann's Street,
Kings Lynn St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45.
See also Kings
Lynn, King Edward VII Grammar School memorial and Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
|
HUNT
|
Douglas |
Private
96749, 10th Battalion, Tank Corps. Killed in action 9 August 1918.
Aged 20. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Charles and Caroline
Hunt, of Beck House, Beck Row, Ely. Formerly 2346, 21st Training
Battaliom Reserve. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 11. |
JACKSON |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
G-18713 11th Royal Sussex Regiment Killed in action France. Pozieres
Memorial. Age
19. Born Grimston, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Jackson of 1,
Frederick Place, King's Lynn. Unmarried. Employed at Messrs. R and
W. Paul's Mill. Enlisted Norwich. Posted missing between 21/3 and
3 April 1918.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JACKSON |
George
Robert William |
Company
Sergeant Major 40274 9th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action France
18 October 1916. Thiepval Memorial. Age
38. Born Tottenhill (Totting Hill?) Norfolk. Son of Mrs. Emma Jackson,
of 5, Graham Street, King's Lynn; husband of Helen E. Jackson, of
1, Russell Street, King's Lynn. A plumber and decorator based at
Tower Street, King's Lynn. A pre-war territorial he was mobilised
in 1914 but was discharged as time expired. Later he worked in a
munitions factory before re-enlisting.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JACOB |
Charles
Henry |
Private
206327 1st Middlesex Regiment Killed in action France 20 May 1917.
Arras Memorial. Born 8/4/1897. Baprised at All Saints 26/5/1897.
Son of the late Thomas William and Elizabeth E. Jacob of North Everard
Place, King's Lynn. Enlisted and lived King's Lynn. (Some sources
give his Christian names as Henry Charles)
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JACOB |
Donald
Allen |
Lieutenant,
1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of
wounds 12 November 1917. Aged 20. Born 3 July 1897 in Royston,
Hertfordshire. Son of George Henry and Florence Mary Jacob, of
34, Burleigh St., Cambridge. Admitted to school 19 September 1911,
son of George Henry Jacob, of 85, High Street, Lynn (a Tailor
- Managing Director); previously educated privately in King's
Lynn. Left school 3 May 1912. In the 1901 census he was aged 3,
born Royston, son of George H and Flornce M jacob, resident Gower
Road, Royston, Hertfordshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13,
born Royston, Hertfordshire, at school, son of George Henry and
Florence Mary Jacob, resident 85, High Street, King's Lynn, St
Margarets, Norfolk. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 2. See also Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School Memorial,
Cambridge Short Street Methodist and Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
Hills Road Weslyan Methodist
|
JACOBS |
William
George |
possibly
George William JACOBS, Lance Corporal 15546, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Born East Dereham, enlistd Loughborough, Leics., resident
King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme,. France. Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. |
JARVIS |
Herbert
James |
[Transcribed
as A J JARVIS] Private. 17789. 11th Essex Regiment. Killed
in action, France, 18 September 1916. Buried in London Cemetery
and Extension, Longueval, France, collective grave 6 D 18-22. Aged
25. Born Kings Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. M. Jarvis
of 42 Diamond Street, Kings Lynn. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JARY |
Sydney
Robert |
Private.
50189. 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (London Gazette 12 March 1919). Killed in action,
France, 18 September 1918. Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial,
Panels 4 and 5. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Jary of 3 Diamond
Terrace, Kings Lynn. Born Kings Lynn. Enlisted Norwich
(conscripted 1916). Twice mentioned for bravery, awarded
divisional certificate for gallant conduct near Ronsoy on 18 September
1918. Had worked at Cooper Steam Digger Works, South Lynn. Went
to France April 1918. His brother recalls that his family received
a letter from the mother of a wounded soldier whom Syd had saved
telling how Syd had himself been fatally wounded in this act. This
is believed to be the act for which Syd was awarded both the divisional
certificate and the DCM. One of his brothers also served in the
war. Also named on St Michael's,
South Lynn, and All Saints
Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JENNINGS |
Henry
Jarvis |
Private
229 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces Died of wounds at
sea 30 August 1915. Line Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. Born
King's Lynn, 2/9/1895. Baptised All Saints' Church 25/9/1895. Son
of Frederick Miller and Frances Elizabeth Jennings, of 5, Union
Street, King's Lynn (his mother later moved to Liverpool). Attended
King's Lynn Council School. Trained as a Ships Steward. He emigrated
to Australia in 1913. He worked for the Um line and later the New
Zealand-Australia line. At the start of the war he enlisted at Melbourne.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
JOHNSON |
Albert
V |
Pribvate
40230, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 October
1916. Aged 27. Born Rudham, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of
Mrs. S. Johnson, of West Dereham, King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,. France. Pier and
Face 1 C and 1 D. |
JUBY |
John
Silas |
Rifleman
45805, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) posted to 1/17th Battalion,
(London Regiment). Died of wounds 2 September 1918. Born Castle
Rising, Norfolk, enlisted and resident kIng's Lynn. Formerly 11141,
23rd Training Reserve. Buried in Dernancourt Communl Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 7. |
JUBEY |
Sydney
Allen |
[Spelt
JUBY on memorial and in some other reference places] Private 59540,
17th Liverpool Regiment. Killed in action, Belgium, 31 July 1917.
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial. Born 11/4/1896, baptised
at All Saints' 5/5/1896. Son of James and Alice Jubey of Chesson's
Yard, Checker Street, King's Lynn. Married Martha Jane Bateman at
Liverpool, 11/2/1917. Employed as a clerk at a Liverpool steamship
office. Enlisted at Seaforth, Lancashire, in April 1917 having married
just three days earlier. Posted as missing just three months after
enlisting.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window.
Photograph
© Tony Jubey - 2006 |
JUNIPER |
Arthur
Frank [Isaac] |
2nd
Corporal UR/255011 Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers.
Died King's Lynn 28 October 1919. Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Juniper,
Burleigh Terrace, King's Lynn. Married to Alice May Balls at London
Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, King's Lynn, 8 April 1916. Employed
as a shunter for the Great Eastern Railway at King's Lynn docks.
Enlisted in April 1916 and was demobilised about seven weeks before
his death. [Listed as A F L JUNIPER on CWGC] Buried in King's Lynn
Cemetery, Norfolk. Section G. Grave 1012.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and Liverpool
Street Station, London. |
KELLY
|
B
H |
[Listed
as E H KELLY in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
KEMP |
Hubert
[Alfred John] |
Private
41559, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 23 August
1918. Enlisted and resident King's Lynn. Formerly 5281, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
KENDAL |
Frederick
E |
[Listed
as KENDLE in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
KENT
|
Walter |
Private
240853, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment.
Died on service (probably of disease) in Palestine 19 April 1917.
Born Hildon's Yard, Norfolk Street, King's Lynn, 19 January 1878
(14 January in baptism record). Baptised 17 March 1878 in King's
Lynn, Norfolk, resident Black Horse P.H., Kettlewell Lane, (listed
as Black Horse Street on baptism record), King's Lynn. Enlisted
East Dereham, Norfolk. Son of Harry and Jemima Kent; husband of
Agnes (nee Riches) Kent, married 1 March 1905 in King's Lynn, St
Margaret with St Nicholas. In 1905 he was the licensee of The Recruiting
Sergeant, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn. He also lived at The
Rising Sun, 9 Stonegate Street, King's Lynn, his grandparents public
house. In the 1881 census he was aged 3, born King's Lynn, a scholar,
son of Harry and Jemima Kent, resident Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Chapel
Street, Kings Lynn St. Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1891
census he was aged 13, born King's Lynn, a scholar, son of Harry
and Jemima Kent, resident Chapel Street, St Margaret, King's Lynn,
Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 23, born King's Lynn, an
Assistant Inn Keeper, son of Harry and Jemima Kent, resident Spread
Eagle Hotel, King's Lynn St. Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. In the
1911 census he was aged 33, born Norfolk, King's Lynn, a Baker,
married, resident 29, Norfolk Street, King's Lynn, St Margarets,
Norfolk; his widowed mother, Jemima, was living with himNo known
grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panels 11 to 15.
Extract from the England & Wales Government Probate Death
Index 1921:
KENT
Walter of Norfolk-street King's Lynn Norfolk died
19 April 1917 in Egypt Administration (with Will) London 11 June
to Gertrude Holden (wife of Thomas Holden). Effects £342 6s.
8d. |
KEW |
William
Edward |
Private
43813, "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Killed in action 26 March 1918. Aged 19. Born Terrington, Norfolk,
enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Elizabeth Marshall (formerly Kew),
of 30, King St., King's Lynn, and the late John Kew. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 23 and 24. |
KING |
George |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died between 12 and 13 February 1917. Aged 20. Born 1 October
1896. Son of Julia King, of Caley Hall, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and
the late Herbert Charles King. Admitted to school 7 May 1908,
son of H.C. King, of Bavington House, King's Lynn (a Retired Civil
Servant); previously educated at a private preparatory school
in Clapton. Left school 16 December 1913 to be a Bank Clerk. In
the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Hackney, Middlesex, at school,
son of Herbert Charles and Julia King, resident Chapel Street,
King's Lynn, St Margarets, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See
also Hunstanton, Kings
Lynn St Nicholas and Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
pages 170-171:
KING,
GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk
Regiment., yr. s. of Herbert Charles King, of Hunstanton,
Civil Servant in the Inland Revenue Department (retired), by his
wife, Julia, dau. of the late Robert Pratt, of Wing-land, Terrington
St. Clement, co. Norfolk ; b. Stamford Hill, London,
N., 30 Sept. 1896 ; educ. Private School, Clapton Common, and
King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn; was a Bank Clerk
at Diss; joined the 1st Public Schools Battn. The Royal Fusiliers
in June, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders from the following Oct.; was badly gassed near La
Bassée on 13 Feb. 1916, and, being recommended for a commission,
returned to England in May; trained at Cambridge, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. The Suffolk Regiment. 26 Sept. 1916; returned to France
30 Oct., being attached to the Divisional Scouting Coy. in Jan.,
and was killed in action on the Hulluch Road, near Vermelles,
the night of 12-13 Feb. 1917, during a raid on German dug-outs.
His Colonel wrote : "I am particularly sorry to lose your
son, as he was a most excellent officer; brave, very keen on his
work, and getting on very well. I think his greatest pleasure
was when he was patrolling well out by the German lines. When
I selected him to join the raiding party he was very pleased,
and told me it was just what he would like, and thanked me for
choosing him. On the 11th inst. he asked me whether he could take
part in a rumoured raid to take place in the future," and
another: "The raid was unsuccessful, and he was killed by
the explosion of the mobile charge ; it was impossible to bring
his body back to our lines, owing to the casualties amongst the
raiding party." Unm.
|
KING |
William
Edward |
Private
23283, "C" Company, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City
Of London Regiment). Killed in action 7 October 1916. Aged 21. Born
15 September 1895 in Alford, resident Alford, enlisted Spilsby.
Son of William Johnson King and Jane King, of 80, High St., King's
Lynn, Norfolk. Admitted to school 3 May 1909, son of William J King,
of Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn (a Jeweller - Retail Proprietor);
previously educated privately in Lynn. Left school 20 July 1914
to be a Bank Clerk. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Lynn,
son of William J and Jane King, resident Tuesday Market Place, Kings
Lynn, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was
aged 15, born Kings Lynn, at School, son of William J and Jane King,
resident Tuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn St Margaret,
Norfolk. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS, Somme, France. Plot
IX. Row H. Grave 4. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas and Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School. |
KNIGHT |
Frederick
Nelson |
Sapper
8279, 1st Company, Australian Tunnelling Company. Died of wounds
4 November 1918. Aged 40. Son of Frederick Thomas and Elizabeth
Knight, of Thurdow Cottage, King's Lynn formerly Holme-next-Sea,
Norfolk. Resident Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia. Religious
denomination Church of England. Miner by trade. Buried in PREMONT
BRITISH CEMETERY, Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardie, Aisne, France.
Plot II. Row D. Grave 7. See full
biography. |
KNIGHT |
Samuel |
No
further information currently available |
KINGHTS |
Cecil
Walter |
[Listed
as KNIGHT on CWGC] Fitter L/8246, "C" Battery, 152nd Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 13 October 1917. Enlisted
Boston, Lincolnshire, resident King's Lynn. Son of Beatrice Eleanor
Knight, of 46, Queen St., King's Lynn, and the late John Percival
Knight. Buried in Solferino Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 13. See also Kings
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School. |
LAKE |
Charles
William |
Rifleman
41411, 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in action 7 JUne
1917. Enlisted King's Lynn. Formerly 4936, Norfolk Regiment. Son
of Mr. Lake, of Ebor House, King's Lynn.Buried in Lone Tree Cemetery,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 8. |
LAKE |
William
|
Private
3/10838, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Belgium
20 April 1915. Born
Gayton. Lived at Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn. Married with four
children. Enlisted King's Lynn and believed to have been a pre-war
regular soldier who was on the reserve and working at the West Norfolk
Farmers' Chemical Company when the war began. Buried in Poperinghe
Old Military Cemetery. Plot II. Row N. Grave 11.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
LAMBERT |
Edwin
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 43654, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
in France 23 October 1918. Born All Saints, King's Lynn, 12 January
1898. Baptised All Saints 2 February 1898. Son of Thomas and Agnes
Anne Lambert, of Checker Street, King's Lynn. Employed at Cooper's
Roller Bearing Works, South Lynn. Known as a good footballer he
played for South Lynn Old Boys and for the 6th Norfolks. Enlisted
in the 6th Norfolk Regiment (Cyclists) at King's Lynn at the outbreak
of war. He was wounded in 1916 and again in 1917 during the Cambrai
operations. After hospital treatment in England he went out to the
Western Front a third time in July, 1918. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery
Extension, Rouen. Section S. Plot II. Row DD. Grave 18.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
LANCASTER |
Robert |
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 28
April 1917. Born 8 September 1880. Aged 36. Son of Sir William and
Lady Lancaster, of Putney; husband of Clare B. Lancaster, of 16,
St. Petersburgh Place, London. In the 1901 census he was aged 20,
born Putney, Surrey, a Printer's apprentice, son of William John
Lancaster (a widower), resident South Lynn, Putney Hill, Putney,
Wandsworth, London & Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged
30, born Putney, London S.W., a Publicher, married to Clare Lancaster
with a son, resident 79, Elgin Crescent, Kensington, London &
Middlesex. Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 6. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey
From
the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1894:
Lancaster,
Robert. b. 8 Sept., 1880. (Robinites-Pageites); Left L.Q., 1898.---
Partner in firm of Messrs. Whittaker & Co. (Publishers).
P. Lancaster, Esq., South Lynn, Putney Hill, S.W.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
LANCASTER
Robert of 22 Sheen Gate-gardens East Sheen Surrey
died 28 April 1917 in France Probate London 27
September to Mark Francis Waters solicitor and Henry Lancaster
barrister-at-law. Effects £22714 4s. 9d.
Extract
from Lynn Advertiser - Friday 11 May 1917, page 5:
SEC.-LIEUT.
R. LANCASTER.
Much
sympathy will be felt for Sir William Lancaster on the death of
his third son, Lieut. Robert Lancaster, of the Norfolk Regiment,
who was killed in action on 28th April. He was 36 years of age.
His wife resides in Sheen-gate Gardens, London.
|
LANGFORD |
A
F |
No
further information currently available |
LANGLEY |
Albert
Edward |
Private
204372, 12Th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, Killed in action 20
September 1917. Aged 30. Born Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, enlisted
Norwich, resident King's Lynn. Husband of Alice Mildred Langley,
of 32, Little's Crescent, Stoke, Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 79 to 80 and
163A. |
LAWRENCE |
John
George |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Second Lieutenant,
Norfolk Regiment attached 2nd Battalion, West India Regiment. Sent
to India to train the West India Regiment but en route he contracted
malaria and subsequently died of pneumonia 15 February 1918. Aged
38. Son of George and Elizabeth A. Lawrence, of King's Lynn. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.). Attested 22 September 1897, passed fit
23 September 1897 at Norwich, aged 17 years 11 months, as 3857,
3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, born 22 October 1880 in St John's,
King's Lynn, resident St. Margaret's, Kings Lynn, worked for Mr
Pryke of King's Lynn as a Carriage Smith, unmarried, height 5 feet
5¼ inches, weight 105lbs, chest 32 inches. sallow complexion,
brown eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England.
In 1888 he was admitted to St Margaret's National/Church Of England
School, King's Lynn. In the 1891 census he was aged 10, a scholar,
born Norfolk, residing with his parents, George and Elizabeth A
Lawrence, in Bridge Terrace, St Margaret, Kings Lynn. In the 1911
census he was aged 31, born King's Lynn, married, Sergeant, 1st
Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, resident the Marlborough Lines, Aldershot.
Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 4. Row G. Grave
3. |
LEAFORD |
Charles |
Wheeler/Corporal
T4/160608, 486th Company, 27th Division Train, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died in the Balkans 24 September 1918. Aged 25. Born and
resident King's Lynn, enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Wallace
and Jane Leaford, of King's Lynn. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military
Cemetery, Greece. Grave 105. |
LEE |
John
Sidney Charles |
Private
16/753 16th Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of wounds France 2
September 1916. Flat Iron Copse Cemetery, Mametz. Born
All Saints', King's Lynn, 2/5/1896. Baptised All Saints 29/5/1896.
Son of William Charles and Ellen Lee, of 5, Windsor Road, King's
Lynn. Employed as a clerk in the offices of Messrs. Sommerfield
and Thomas at King's Lynn and afterwards in the Valuation and Revenue
Office. Had been a footballer with the Lynn Excelsior team. Enlisted
at Leamington, Warwickshire October, 1914, and had served on the
Western Front about a year.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
LEEDER |
Arthur
|
Sergeant
GS-15495 7th Royal Fusiliers Died of wounds France. Varennes Military
Cemetery III C 5. Age 41. Born Gaywood. Son of John and Thomasina
Leeder, of Gaywood. Husband of L. Leeder, of 21 Melbourne Street,
King's Lynn., Lived at Bishop's Waltham. Enlisted into the Royal
Field Artillery, number 86788, and was later transferred to the
Royal Fusiliers. Went to Gallipoli with the 2nd battalion, landed
there 15 December1915 and whilst overseas was wounded. Upon recovery
he was sent to the 7th battalion.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
LEGGETT |
Abel |
No
further information currently available |
Le
GRICE |
Harold
C |
No
further information currently available |
LESTER |
Jack
Noel |
Acting
Lance Corporal 65776, 132nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical
Corps. Died of wounds 6 July 1917. Aged 20. Born West Newington,
Surrey, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Robert and Frances Emma Lester,
of 2, Kathleen Rd., Lavender Hill, London. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XV. Row C. Grave
15. |
LEWIS |
Austin |
Corporal
240163, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine 18 April 1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of John H. and Ethelburga Lewis, of 6, Bridge St.,
King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. |
LIFT |
Alfred
Linford |
[Listed
as Linford Alfred Lift on CWGC] Rifleman S/37741, "D"
Company, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Died of wounds 5 April 1918. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of Arthur and Eliza Lift. Born at King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Formerly 10/6152, Training Reserve. Buried in Vignacourt
British Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 5. |
LINCOLN |
Alfred
Thomas Rose |
Rifleman
374796, 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London
Regiment. Killed in action 30th October 1917. Aged 19. Son of Alfred
M. R. and Margaret Lincoln, of 12, Tuesday Market Place, King''s
Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 150 to 151. See also King's
Lynn Post Office Memorial |
LINK |
Oswald
Leonard Edward |
[Listed
as LINKS on SDGW] Guardsman 29356, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Killed in action 30 March 1918. Aged 35. Born King's Lynn, enlisted
St. Swithins Lane, London E.C. Son of James and Ada Link, of Jessamine
Cottage, North Lane, Aldershot; husband of Nellie Link, of 1, East
St., Westbourne, Emsworth, Hants. No known grave. Commemorated on
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
LINK |
Sydney
James |
Private
81553, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 27 October 1918. Born, resident and enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Mrs. A. Link, of 24, Coronation Square, King's Lynn.
Formerly 75224, 107th Training Reserve. Buried in Moorseele Military
Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. PLot/Row/Section A. Grave 18. |
LITTLE |
Albert
V [U] |
Lance
Corporal 110323 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Killed in action France
between 15 and 17 September 1916. Courcelette British Cemetery,
Albert, Somme III F 19. Born King's Lynn 26/12/1888. Second son
of David Little, Gladstone Road (formerly Pound Lane), King's Lynn.
Husband of Minnie Little of 219 Chatham Street, Montreal. Emigrated
in 1910. Had been a cabinet maker for Messrs. Scott and Son, King's
Lynn and carried out similar work in Montreal. Served with the 6th
Norfolk Regiment from 1907 to 1910. Attested Montreal 22/2/1915.
Several of his letters were printed in the Lynn News. Initially
reported him as wounded on September 15, 1916and then as wounded
and missing, but on January 11, 1917, his parents received from
a comrade of their son, a packet containing Albert's wrist-watch
which bore the name and address of its owner. NationArchives of
Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5674 - 2
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
LOVELL |
Thomas
[Abraham] |
Private
17179, st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Friday 28
July 1916. Aged 38. Born West Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs.
Susan Beaty; husband of Martha Lovell, of West Lynn, King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Also named on the West
Lynn Church War Memorial |
LUSHER |
William
Henry |
Private
57010, 15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 10
August 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mrs.
Anna Lusher, of 13, Waterloo St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 5 and 6. |
LYON |
Albert
Ernest |
Private
3/8769, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. In June 1916 he received
a gun shot injury to the head and after suffering for a fortnight
in No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples he died of those wounds
22 June 1916. Born South Lynn, Norfolk. Son of Mrs W Lyon. 3 Dalsely’s
Buildings, Providence Street, Kings Lynn, nephew of Mr Miles John
Jackson, a former Mayor of the Borough. Enlisted between between
July & September 1913 at Wisbech with the 3rd Battalion, Went
to France on 12 November 1914 to join the 1st Battalion, later transferred
to the 9th Battalion, In 1915 he had been wounded by a shell fragment
in the left knee, during a bayonet charge at Ypres. Buried in Etaples
Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave
51.
|
LYON |
Ernest
[Arthur] |
Private
1969 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12 August
1915. Helles Memorial. Age 23. Born South Lynn. Son of Edmund Thomas
and Edith Annie Lyon of 10 Windsor Row, Windsor Place, King's Lynn.
Employed at the West Norfolk Farmer's Chemical Works. Missing presumed
killed in the action at Antafarta.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
MAIN |
George
William |
Private
30756, 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 4 October
1917. Aged 21. Born Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mrs. A.
Main, of 29, South Clough Lane, King's Lynn, and the late Thomas
William Main. Formerly 162848, Royal Field Artillery. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
54 to 60 and 163A. |
MAJOR |
Ernest
Frederick |
Corporal.
25844. 2nd Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 27 August
1918. Buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, France, V.D.9. Aged
30. Only son of Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Margaret Major, Laurel Villa,
Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Husband of Maud E. Major, 383
Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. Left one child. Enlisted May 1916. Served
in France from 1916 being gassed in July 1917 and thereafter hospitalised
in England for 6 months. Returned to France in April 1918. Had been
a shop worker employed in various drapery establishments before
setting up his own business, as a curtain specialist, in Broad Street,
Kings Lynn. See also St
Michael's, South Lynn and also Ilford Baptist Church Memorial,
Ilford High Road, Ilford, Essex |
MAJOR |
John
Gregory |
Private
22438 8th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Belgium 22 October 1917.
Tyne Cot Memorial. Age
26. Born St. Nicholas', King's Lynn. Son of Mrs. Anna Major , of
38 Checker Street, King's Lynn. Employed by Messrs. Peatlings, wine
merchants, and subsequently at Messrs. R. and W. Paul's mill. Enlisted
by Captain Wilkin at King's Lynn in 1915. He was wounded whilst
serving in France in July 1916 and was at home on sick leave at
Christmas 1916. Missing presumed killed.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
MANN |
Alfred
[James] |
Private
G-50576 4th Middlesex Regiment. Died of pneumonia and pleurisy 5/2/1917.
Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France II A 47. Age
30. Husband of Mrs. A.J. Mann, of 5 Windsor Terrace, King's Lynn.
Enlisted in the Essex Regiment, number 30769 and transferred before
going overseas. Died at No. 70 Casualty Clearing Station.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MANNING |
Arthur |
Sergeant
24005, 1st/5th Battalion (T.F.), Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in Palestine 19th April 1917. Born King's Lynn and enlisted in Kings
Lynn on 6th August 1915. Fourth child of Louise and Peter Manning-Coe
who had ten children. Most of the children dropped the Coe. In the
1901 census he was listed as a Deal porter Dock L and was living
in Burkitt Street with his parents. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery,
Israel Plot XXX. Row F. Grave 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
Photographs
Courtesy & Copyright © Brenda Powell 2008

|
MANNING |
Horace
Frank |
Private
107558, 206th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)/ Killed in action
26 October 1917. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Formerly 3561, Norfolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. |
MARRIOTT |
Edwin
|
Private
328177 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Accidentally killed 24 October
1918. Sameon Churchyard, Nord, France. Age 21. Born King's Lynn.
Son of Edwin and Mary Marriott, of 75 Tower Street, New Fletton,
Peterborough. A pupil at St. James' Council School, he won a scholarship
to the King Edward VII Grammar School. Enlisted at East Dereham
into the Norfolk Regiment, number 5/2786, August 1916. Transferred
to the Cambridgeshire Regiment and went to France in 1916. He served
as a Lewis gunner and was wounded three times. He was accidentally
killed by a bullet from a rifle being cleaned by one of his fellow
soldiers
Also
named on Old Fletton,
Huntingdonshire, All Saints
Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window and King
Edwards School War Memorial. |
MARSTERS |
Ernest |
Able
Seaman J/19209, H.M.S. Racoon, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship when
it was wrecked off Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland, 9th January 1918.
Aged 21. Born 17th February 1896 in King's Lynn. Son of Mr. H. and
Mrs. Louisa Marsters, of 3, South Clough Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel
28.
Note:
H.M.S. Racoon was a Beagle class, three funnelled coal burning destroyer
displacing some 950 tons - she was built and launched from the Cammell
Laird shipyard in 1910. Armaments included - one 4" Primary
and three 12 lb secondary guns plus two 18" centreline torpedo
tubes - she carried four torpedoes. Her official crew compliment
was 96 but at the time of her loss she was carrying 91 seamen under
the command of Lt. George Napier. During the early hours of January
9th, 1918 she was en route from Liverpool to Lough Swilly to take
up anti-submarine and convoy duties in the Northern Approaches,
in heavy sea conditions and while experiencing snow blizzards she
struck rocks at the Garvan Isles and sank with the loss of all hands.
A subsequent enquiry was held. |
MARSTERS |
Fred
A |
[Listed
as MASTERS in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Royal Navy. No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MARSTERS |
Horace
Sydney |
Private
551963, Labour Corps. Died in United Kigdom 10 October 1918. Aged
31. Born Gayton, enlisted King's Lynn. Husband of Jane Marsters.
Formerly 5749, 2/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Buried in
King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section W. Grave 367. |
MARSTERS |
John
Victor Harold |
Lieutenant
6th Kings Own Scottish Borderers Killed in action Loos 25 September
1915. Loos Memorial. Born
28/2/1887. Youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marsters,
of Saddlebow, and brother of Mr. Charles W. Marsters. He served
in the 2nd King Edwards Horse and while doing so applied to join
the KOSB. He was attested on 9 December1914, in London and joined
the Regiment as 17294. He applied specifically for a commission
in the 6th KOSB and was passed fit for this on 11 January 1915,
giving his occupation as farmer and address as the Argentine Club,
1 Hamilton Place, Piccadilly. He gave two referees, the headmaster
of King Edwards School, King's Lynn, and William D. Turner, Capt
(Retd) IA, who also resided at the Argentine Club. He was promoted
to a commission in the 6th on 3/2/1915. Promoted Lieutenant in July
1916.
He
was originally reported missing but his brother, Charles, received
some of his letters marked deceased. His brother wrote to the War
Office and on 12 October 1915 received a telegram confirming that
he had been killed.
His
estate was divided between his surviving brothers and sisters John's
service papers are at the National Archive.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School |
MASON |
Samuel
Arthur |
Private
240469, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 16 April 1919. Aged
26. Death registered in the April to June Quarter 1919 in the King's
Lynn Registration District. Admitted to the United Society of Boilermakers
& Iron Shipbuilders, KIng's Lynn branch, as a boilermaker &
iron shipbuilder 1914, aged 22. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery,
Norfolk. Section W. Grave 17. |
MASSINGHAM |
John |
Private
23096 [SDGW] or 23094 [CWGC], 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died
13 January 1918. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich.
Formerly 18986, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt
Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row C.
Grave 21. |
MAYES |
Frank
|
Private
240470 (formerly 2700) 1/5th Norfolk Regiment Died of wounds Palestine
22 May 1917. Haifa War Cemetery, Israel B 74. Born
2/12/1896. Baptised All Saints Church 23/12/1896 (Francis). Son
of Francis and Rose Mayes of 6, Union Place, King's Lynn. Employed
by Cooper Roller Bearings, King's Lynn. Wounded and taken prisoner
at the Second Battle of Gaza, died at hospital in Constantinople.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
MAYES |
Frederick
H |
Private
22297 7th East Kent Regiment Killed in action Belgium 12 October
1917. Tyne Cot Memorial. Age
33. Born Stow, Norfolk. Married with four children. Lived at King's
Lynn. Employed by Mr. Reeve, butcher, for 13 years and enlisted
at King's Lynn 1 May 1917.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
McCLUNE |
Sidney |
Private
L/368, 16th (The Queen's) Lancers. Died 9 October 1918. Aged 34.
Son of James and Elizabeth McClune, of Daisy Cottage, Extons Place,
King's Lynn. Birth registsred in the October to December Quarter
1884 in the King's Lynn Registration District. In the 1891 census
he was aged 6, son of James and Elizabeth McClune, born Norfolk,
resident Market Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn. In the 1901 census
he was aged 16, a book binder, born Norfolk, resident 3, Market
Street, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Kings Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn
Cemetery, Norfolk. Section W. Grave 36. |
McLEAN |
Percy
Douglas |
Private
2583 'B' Company 1/5th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Gallipoli
12 August 1915. Helles Memorial. Born
21/12/1895. Baptised All Saints 15/1/1896. Son of Joseph Thomas
and Florence McLean of 32 South Everard Street, King's Lynn. Educated
at St. John's School, King's Lynn. Employed by Mr. R. Catleugh at
the Great Eastern Stores, King's Lynn. Enlisted 4 September 1914.
Sailed from Liverpool on the Aquitania with the 5th battalion, 29
July 1915 and landed Suvla on 10 August 1915.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
MEARS |
Alfred
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
MEDLOCK
|
Bertie |
Private
4924, 61st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infntry). Killed in action
1 April 1916. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Seaforth.
Formerly 27882, Kings' (liverpool Regiment). Buried in Essex Farm
Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Pl;ot I. Row J. Grave 3. |
MEDLOCK |
Frederick
[John] |
Private
26510, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 4 July
1918. Aged 37. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Husband of Eva Mary
Ann Medlock, of 18A, Austin St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known
grave. Commemorated on Tehran Memorial, Iran. Panel 2. Column 2. |
MEDLOCK |
William
John |
Private
35323, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 12 May 1917.
Aged 33. Born West Lynn, enlisted and resident King's Lynn. Husband
of Maude A. Medlock, of 3 Front Row, Highgate, King's Lynn. Formerly
36242, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
MEGGITT |
Elijah
Morris |
Sgt.-Instructor
240232, Signal Staff, 5th Norfolk Regiment; the third son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward B. Meggitt of Broad Street, King's Lynn, to lose
his life during the war. As a lad, Morris Meggitt was a Boy Scout
and later served in the Territorials. He worked for Messrs. Bolton
and Co. as a letterpress printer before training as a chauffeur
at the garage of Mr. L. E. Taylor in King's Lynn. All three ill-fated
brothers left England for Egypt on 30th July, 1915. Morris went
through the Gallipoli campaign without a wound or a day's illness
and proceeded to Egypt after the evacuation of the Peninsula and
was attached to the staff of the Imperial School of Instruction,
Zeitoun, where he worked as Sgt.-Instructor of Signalling. Eventually,
at his own request, he returned to his unit in time to participate
in the last advance in Palestine. On reaching Beirut he contracted
influenza and was admitted to hospital at Alexandria, where he died
of broncho-pneumonia on 1st December, 1918, aged 20. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MEGGITT |
Frederick
Charles |
Stretcher-bearer,
240471, 5th Norfolk Regiment; son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meggitt
of Broad Street, King's Lynn. Fred Meggitt was captured by Turkish
forces on 28th November, 1917, during the Jerusalem operations and
died on 8th January, 1918, while a prisoner-of-war in Turkey, aged
28. Two other brothers lost their lives in the war. Fred had been
employed by Charles Allflatt as a bricklayer and was about to start
out on his own when he joined the Colours on 8th September, 1914.
While serving in Gallipoli he was wounded twice in the leg and right
foot and was in hospital in Malta. He returned to Gallipoli, leaving
when the Peninsula was evacuated. He later took part in the invasion
of Palestine, being captured at the battle of Nebi Samwil. He was
buried at Nigde prisoner-of-war cemetery. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MEGGITT |
Richard
Dring |
Signaller
1622, 5th Norfolk Regiment, one of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
B. Meggitt of Broad Street, King’s Lynn to die in the war.
Prior to enlisting, Richard was working as a french polisher, having
served his apprenticeship with Mr. Winlove of Purfleet Street, Lynn.
He was a well-known footballer with the Lynn Swifts. With his brothers
Frederick and Morris, he was in the Sulva Bay landing. He was wounded
by a bullet on 12th August, when the troops he was with were withdrawing
and he was left behind, being posted as missing on 4th September.
Richard was 21 years old. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MIDDLEGE |
John |
Private
68549, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 30 November 1917. Enlisted Norwich, resident King's
Lynn. Formerly 6496, 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France.
Panel 3 and 4. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
MINDHAM |
F
T |
[There
is a J T MINDHAM included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18]
No further information currently available |
MINISTER |
George |
Private
7701, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 28 May
1916. Born St Margaret's, Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn.Buried in Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot VI. Row K. Grave 11. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
MISSON |
Leslie
Vere |
Lance
Corporal 40195 3rd Worcestershire Regiment Died of wounds France
12 April 1918. Godwaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord I.Q.24. Age
23. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Misson ,of 20 North
Everard Street, Kings Lynn. Employed as a clerk by Mr. Walter Cross,
and later Mr. G.A. Hayes at King Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted at
King's Lynn. Wounded through an enemy shell-burst whilst sleeping
in a barn with the battalion's five signallers.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window |
MITCHELL |
Walter
George |
Corporal
8974, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 29 July 1916.
Born Blackborough End, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Susan
Mitchell, of Laws Yard, High Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Buried
in Cornie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot 1. Row
H. Grave 4. |
MITCHELL |
William |
Rifleman
608021, 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles).
Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 30. Enlisted and resident
King's Lynn. Formerly 608, Army Service Corps, posted 14th Battalion,
Royal Irish Rifles. Son of Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, of 72, Norfolk St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54. |
MITCHELSON |
Frederick
[Daniel] |
Private
(served as Frederick BAKER) (Fred, Snowy) No.766 No.14 Platoon,
“D” Company (formerly “G” Company), Original,
6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Born in 1891 in King’s
Lynn, Norfolk, England, the fifth of nine children of the late Daniel
Gibbs Mitchelson, dock labourer (died December 3, 1911, at 25, George
Street, King’s Lynn), and Phoebe (née Nobes) Mitchelson
of 35, Austin Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was
unmarried. In civil life he was employed as an electrician. He claimed
to have served in the 14th (London Scottish) Battalion The London
Regiment for two years before emigrating to Australia. On August
18, 1914, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in Melbourne, Vic. He claimed
to have been born in April 1890 in Kilburn, London. At the time
of his enlistment he was described as being 5’ 8” tall
and weighing 11 stone 10 lbs. with fair complexion, blue eyes and
fair hair. He noted Mrs. Mabel Squires (his sister-in-law) of Marton,
New Zealand, as his next of kin. Later he was promoted to lance
corporal, but on January 12, 1915, he reverted to private. Killed
in action in the assault across the Daisy Patch during the Second
Battle of Krithia on May 8, 1915, aged 24 years (he was originally
listed as wounded and missing, but on April 24, 1916, a court of
enquiry held at Erquingham determined that he had been killed on
that date). Name commemorated on the Helles Memorial and the King’s
Lynn War Memorial, Norfolk.
The Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society investigated
Private Mitchelson’s fate. On August 18, 1916, Private J.J.
Palmer of “D” Company, 6th Battalion, gave the following
statement at Etaples in France:
"I knew Baker; he was in D. Co., was in the original
Battalion, and his name was Fred. He was wounded at Cape Helles
on 8.5.15. and missing from the regiment ever after. I remember
reading in the Sydney Referee this year that Baker, who was known
as Snowy, a man called Stone and another man of D. Co. were all
back in Australia and had been seen at the Stadium. This caused
discussion amongst the men of old D. Co. Stone has since returned
and joined the 22nd Battalion,, and I saw him on Tuesday week,
at Warley, near Albert. He could confirm the news about Baker.
There was only one Fred Baker in D. Co. He was in my platoon,
No.XIV, at Mena, and was Drum Major."
Corporal R.J. Wheelans (No.1007) of “D” Company stated
from No.3 London General Hospital in Wandsworth, London, in August
1916:
"Informant
states that on May 8th 1915 at Cape Helles, was seen to fall,
shot through the legs. He couldn’t have been taken prisoner
by the Turks. Probably when the English buried him, his disc was
missing and so he was buried with the rest."
Private Mitchelson’s personal effects were sent to his next
of kin in a brown paper parcel from the A.I.F. Kit Store in London
in the S.S. Ulysses in 1918. The parcel contained two handkerchiefs,
a pair of brushes in a case, two brushes, a comb, cigarette case,
letters, cards, a pencil, notebook, a leather case and a scarf.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
MITCHLEY |
Sidney
Robert |
2nd
Lieutenant 10th attached 7th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action France
12 October 1916. Thiepval Memorial. Born South Lynn, 29/4/1888.
He was a son of Robert and Anna Mitchley of the Lodge, Wisbech Road,
King's Lynn. He attended the British School, King's Lynn, later
winning a scholarship at the Technical School. Upon deciding to
enter the teaching profession he returned to St. John's School,
King's Lynn, as an assistant master, and went from there to the
Borough Road Training College, Isleworth. On completing his training
he obtained an appointment at Newport Pagnell, and in 1911 became
as assistant master at St. Ann's Road School, Harrow.
He
was an enthusiastic footballer, being one of the very best junior
backs of his time. Sometimes he played for Lynn Town. At College
he was deputy captain of the football team and captain of the lawn
tennis club. He had been a scholar at the Lynn United Methodist
Sunday-school and occasionally has acted as organist at the church
services. He married Miss Elizabeth Owen Chilvers, of Church Farm,
North Runcton, who was a teacher at All Saints' Girls School, King's
Lynn, and left one child.
He
enlisted in the 1/18th Battalion, London Irish Rifles 1 September
1914 and gave his address as 2 Merivale Road, Harrow. His number
was 2351. He applied for a commission with his referee being the
vicar of St.Peters, Harrow.
He
was promoted L/Cpl. 2 August 1915 and Cpl. 7 October 1915. He served
home 1 September 1914 to 8 March 1915 and BEF 9 March 1915 to 7
December1915, including the Battle of Loos. He landed in France
on 10 March 1915 and joined the battalion at Festubert on 24 April
1915, before returning home 8 December1915 to 23 December1915. It
is believed that he married on 22 December1915 and was commissioned
in the 10th Norfolks on 23 December1915.
On
28 August 1916 he embarked for France, having been posted to the
7th Norfolks and he arrived with the battalion on 1 September 1916.
On 12 October 1916 he was reported wounded and killed. This dual
report caused some confusion and the details had to be checked.
Apparently when he was wounded he refused to go back to the dressing
station, and he continued to lead his platoon in the attack on Flers
His
estate valued at £291-2-0 was awarded to his wife. His
service papers are at the Nation Archive.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and North Runcton War Memorial. |
MOATES |
Herbert
|
Private
24012 9th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action France 19 October 1916.
Thiepval Memorial. Age
24. Son of Mrs. E. Moates of 20, All Saints' Street, King's Lynn.
Employed by Messrs. Bowker, of King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn
10/2/1916 and went to France in May 1916. Shot in the head whilst
holding a section of German trench captured by the Norfolks during
the previous day.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
MORGAN |
Walter
Chapman |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19
July 1916. Born 5 September 1887 in Swanton Morley, Norfolk. Admitted
to King Edward VII Grammar School school January 1898 as a Day Boy,
son of Rev W G Morgan, of St. John's Vicarage, Kings Lynn (a Clergyman);
previously privately educated. Left Easter 1906 for Durham University.
In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Swanton Morley, Norfolk,
son of Rev. Walter Giles and Alice Eva Jane Morgan, resident Blackfriars
Road, Kings Lynn St Margaret, King's Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1911
census he was aged 24, born Swanton Morley, Norfolk, a Schoolmaster,
unmarried, an Assistant at The Dene, Caterham, Surrey. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11 A and 11 D. See also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School

|
MORLEY |
Joseph
S |
No
further information currently available |
MORRIS |
William
Burns |
[Listed
as MORRISS on memorial] Able Seaman R.1797 Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve, Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Killed in action
Marcoing, France 19/2/1918. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Nord
II C 5. A
native of Hull, William had lived in King's Lynn for 11 years before
he enlisted on 15 June 1917. Went overseas in October 1917. Married
with two children. Some sources give his surname as Morriss.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
MORRISS |
E |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
MOY |
James |
Private
14905, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 September
1915. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Brother of Horace Moy,
of 36, Exton Rd., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,. France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
MURRELL |
A |
No
further information currently available |
MYERS |
Charles
|
Private
240855 1/5th Norfolk Regiment Died of wounds Palestine 20 April
1917. Gaza War Cemetery. Age
21. Son of the late Mr. C. Myers of 2 Union Place, King's Lynn.
Employed by Messrs. Morgans at the Lady Bridge Brewery, King's Lynn.
Enlisted following Major Woodwark's recruitment drive in the West
Norfolk area early 1915. Wounded at the Second Battle of Gaza.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
NEALE |
Arthur
|
Private.
G-40981. 4th Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 31 July
1917. Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. Age
31. Son of Richard Neale. Husband of Olive Neale of 55 Checker Street,
King's Lynn. Enlisted King's Lynn. Sources state he was formerly
30763, Essex Regiment, however his medals card shows that he was
awarded the British War and Victory Medals as 23020, Pte., Royal
West Kent Regiment, and mentions his service in the Middlesex Regiment.
Prior to enlistment he was employed as a plumber by Mr. A.F. Foreman,
Railway Road, Lynn. He was initially posted as wounded, then as
missing. Had three children, the eldest, Ruby, last saw her father
heading off to war when she was six, this would have been in 1914.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
NEALE |
Robert
Henry |
Private.
33147. 11th Essex Regiment. Died of wounds France 5 April 1917.
Longuenesse (St.Omer) Souvenir Cemetery IV. B. 48. Born
Gaywood, 1880. Son of Alfred Martin Neale, of Gaywood. Husband of
Edith Kate Neale, of 12, Garden Row, Highgate, King's Lynn. He left
seven children with ages ranging from 16 years to 8 months. Robert
received shrapnel wounds in both thighs, the left eye, and the abdomen;
and he succumbed in No. 7 General Hospital on April 5, 1917. He
had been employed for fourteen years by the G.E.R. Co. as a shunter,
but at the time of joining the Army, at King's Lynn, was in the
service of the King's Lynn and County Stores Co.
Some
sources give surname as Neal.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
NEAVE |
William
Robert |
Private
43393, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action 10 July 1917. Aged 27,. Born St Margaret's, King's
Lynn, and enlisted King's Lynn. Formerly 1949, Norfolk Regiment.
Son of William and Celia Neave, of 1, Albert St., King's Lynn. No
known grave. Commemorated on Nieuport Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
NELSON |
Charles
John |
Private
240630, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine 2nd November 1917. Aged 22. Enlisted East
Dereham. Son of Mrs. Lucilla Nelson, of 7, Minns Court, Magdalen
St., Norwich. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Plot XXIII. Row
A. Grave 3. See also King's Lynn
Post Office Memorial |
NEWDICKE |
George
Elijah |
[Spelt
NEWDICK on memorial and CWGC] Private. 41568. 1st Essex Regiment.
Died home 29 April 1917 as the result of the torpedoing of HMS Donegal
on 17 April 1917. Buried, with his father, at Hardwick Cemetery,
King's Lynn. Age 21. Son of George Henry and Harriett Elizabeth
Newdick, of 14, Thomas Street, King's Lynn. Had worked successively
for Messrs. Scott, Guanock Terrace, and for the Star Tea Co., High
Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment, number 5034,
at King's Lynn in November 1915. He was transferred to the Essex
Regiment and went to France in November 1916. He saw fighting on
the Arras front, and was admitted into hospital with inflammation
of the right foot on April 4, 1917. He was being conveyed to England
on the "Donegal when that hospital ship was torpedoed, and he
suffered acutely before being rescued. His exposure brought on pneumonia,
and he died in the Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol. He had been a
member of the 'Foresters', Court 1307."
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
NEWMAN |
Robert
Henry |
Rifleman
60819, 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles),
London Regiment. Died of wounds 19 August 1917. Aged 21. Resident
and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mary and the late James Newman,
of 135, Norfolk St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 623, Army Service
Corps posted to 14th Battalion, Royal Rish Rifles. He was entitled
to the Victory and British War Medals. In the 1911 census he was
an errand boy, aged 15, born in King's Lynn, living at 3 Paradise
Lane, King's Lynn. Buried in Bramhoek New Military Cemetery No.
2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row G. Grave 5. |
NICHOLLS |
E |
No
further information currently available |
NICHOLLS |
Horatio
George |
[Spelt
NICOLS on SDGW & CWGC] Private 41691, 1st Battalion, Princess
Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers). Killed in action 27 March 1918.
Born St Margaret's, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Formerly 022680,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 76 and 77. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
NUCCOLL |
Harold
William |
Rifleman
S/10301, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Killed in action 26 June 1916. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted
Norwich. Buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 7. |
NUCCOLL |
Thomas
[Btertram Manuel] |
Private
242463, 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 10 April 1918. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Dereham,
Norfolk. Formerly 2707, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 82 to 85 and
162A |
OAKES |
Daniel
Edmund |
Private.
28163. 13th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action France 8 November
1917. Arras Memorial. Age
27. Youngest son of Arthur and Fanny Oakes of 'The Dolphin', Friars'
Street, King's Lynn. Born and lived King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich.
Formerly 6053, Norfolk Regiment. Wounded 10 November 1916 and killed
during a trench raid near Cambrai.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
OAKES |
Edward
Jasper |
Private.
25082. 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 16
August 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial. Born
King's Lynn, 1878. Married to Margaret Oakes (formerly Ryan) at
King's Lynn Registry Office 14 August 1916. Left five children.
Lived in King's Lynn. Worked at the West Norfolk Farmers Manure
Works and was also known as a porter at King's Lynn docks. Enlsted
at King's Lynn early in 1916. Wounded and hospitalised in September
1916.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
OAKES |
Henry
George |
Private
5638, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regimnt. Died 4 November 1916. Buried
in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section Y. Grave 144. |
OLLETT |
James
William |
No
further information currently available |
OSBORNE |
H |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
OVERLAND |
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
OVERTON |
Ethelbert |
No
further information currently available |
OWEN |
Thomas
A |
No
further information currently available |
OWEN |
Thomas
Edward |
Private
2709, 3/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 24 August 1916. Aged
21. Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Livinia Owen, of 9, Wellesley St.,
King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section V.
Grave 324. |
OXBURY |
Morris |
Private
19800, 8th Battaklion, Northamptonshire Regiment transferred to
TR/9/288, 29th Battalion, Training Reserve (Northamptonshire Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 16 December 1916. Born Neeton, Norfolk, enlisted
King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section Y.
Grave 57. |
PAGE |
H |
No
further information currently available |
PALFREY |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private
37204, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Aged 29. Killed in action
28 October 1916. Born Ipswich, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of the
late John Firman Palfrey and Elizabeth Ann Palfrey. Formerly 2869,
Berkshire Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. |
PARK |
Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
PARTRIDGE |
Robert
H |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
PATRICK |
Charles
Bridges |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
PATTERSON |
Arthur
William |
Commonly
known as Fred. Private. 3/7833. A Company 1st
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 22 May 1915. Commemorated
on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium, Panel 4. Aged 18. Son of
Mrs. Sarah Patterson of 4 Diamond Terrace, Wisbech Road, Kings
Lynn. Born Daws Mere, Lincolnshire. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Shot
through the head. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, West Lynn Church War Memorial,
and All Saints Church, South Lynn,
Memorial Window. |
PATTERSON |
Leonard
Victor |
Commonly
known as Pat. Private. 32665. A Company 1/4th
Norfolk Regiment. 28 December 1917. Buried in Kantara War Memorial
Cemetery, Egypt, C.139. Aged 19. Youngest son of Mrs. Sarah Patterson
of 4 Diamond Terrace, Wisbech Road, Kings Lynn. Native of
Lower Edmonton, London (born there). Enlisted Kings Lynn.
Also named on St Michael's, South
Lynn War Memorial, West Lynn
Church War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window (gives initials as
J.V.). |
PATTERSON |
Robert
George |
Private.
3/7832. A Company 1st Norfolk Regiment. Missing
22 July 1916 (presumed dead 27/7). Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
France, Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Aged 26. Second son of Mrs.Sarah
Patterson of 4 Diamond Terrace, Wisbech Road, Kings Lynn.
Born Clenchwarton. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Wounded at the same
time that his brother Arthur was killed. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, West
Lynn Church War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
PATTRICK |
Arthur
Devereux |
Captain.
1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12 August 1915
(see Vanished Battalion). Helles Memorial. Age
32. Only son of the late Alderman Thomas Pattrick and Mrs. Pattrick
of St. Augustine's, King's Lynn. Educated at King Edward's School,
King's Lynn. Married Alice Isobel Mary Gibson Hoff at Shouldham
Thorpe on 30 August 1911. They had three children. He was a partner
in the firm of Pattrick and Thompson Ltd., timber merchants, Lynn.
His Officer's Service Paper details (WO374/52729) show that he was
commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment, 27 September 1902, and Lieutenant 14 December1906. The
battalion became the 5th Norfolk Regiment, territorial Force on
1 April 1908. He trained with the Grenadier Guards at Chelsea Barracks
and there qualified for his captaincy, which he received on the
retirement of Capt. E. M. Beloe in February 1914 (actual date 7
March 1914). Embodied for service 5 August 1914. Reported missing
12 August 1915, death accepted as this date by a committee of adjustment
under General Murray, 11 July 1916. Arthur commanded the Lynn Company
of the 1/5th at Anafarta. In the attack he was seen to have been
wounded, and was reported to have been disarmed and taken prisoner.
Speculation as to his fate continued well into 1916 with newspaper
reports claiming that photographs of him in a Turkish prison camp
had been seen.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, Kings
Lynn St Nicholas, West
Lynn Church War Memorial, and King
Edward VII School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
PEARMAN |
William
Frederick |
Private
23342, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 8 October
1918. Aged 22. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pearman, of Laws Yard, High St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais. France. Panel 4. |
PELLS |
John
William |
Leading
Stoker, Royal Navy, Service No. K516, b. 23 Jan 1888 - Kings Lynn,
Norfolk, d. 1 Jan 1915 - HMS Formidable. John Pells had died from
exposure in the ships boat by the time it landed in Lyme Regis after
being adrift for 22 hours. The Son of Mr J. W. and Hannah Pells,
of Kings Lynn. He is buried in Kings Lynn Cemetery. Section Y. Grave
268. See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas.
|
PERCY |
Edward
D |
No
further information currently available |
PING
|
William
Robert Wellington |
Lance
Corporal 140731, 237th Field Company (Training Centre, Newark) ,
Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in the United Kingdom 25 October
1917. Aged 30. Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, resident King's
Lynn. Son of James Wellington Ping and Charlotte Ping, of Garden
House, Tilney St. Lawrence, King's Lynn. Buried in the south-east
part of Tilney St Lawrence Churchyard, Norfolk. |
PISHORN,
MiD |
Frank |
Private
14351, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4
June 1915. Aged 24. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Lincoln.
Son of Charles and Susan Pichorn, of Holden's Yard, Norfolk St.,
King's Lynn; husband of Maud Pichorn, of 331, Wellington St., Grimsby.
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
PITCHER |
George
William |
No
further information currently available |
PITCHER |
John
Henry |
Private.
27559. 1st Wiltshire Regiment. Died
while a Prisoner of War, Belgium, 26 October 1918. Erquelinnes
Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium, grave 123. Age
19. Born Paddington, London, the son of Mrs. Pheobe Pitcher, 3,
Waverley Terrace, Harrow Road, London. John lived in King's Lynn
and was the nephew of both Mrs. W. E. Lacey, 10, Priory Lane, King's
Lynn and of Driver George William Pitcher, R.F.A. He joined the
Army at King's Lynn on April 5, 1917, and served initially with
the Rifle Brigade, number 38554. He was captured by the Germans
on April 12, 1918, and died six months later while in hospital at
Jeaumonth.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
PITT |
C
A |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
PLAIN |
Horace
Henry |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class 43276, Royal Flying Corps. Died 7 September 1916.
Aged 26. Son of William and Ann Plain; husband of Florence Plain,
of 12, Coburg St., King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery,
Norfolk. Section V. Grave 39. |
PLAIN |
John
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
PLAYFORD |
John
Frederick |
Private
G/24364, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
21 March 1918. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 46 and 47. |
PLOWRIGHT |
William
|
Gunner.
30792. C Battery, 74 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
France 20 December1916. Guards
Cemetery, Lesbeoufs, Somme VIII T 5. Age
46. Born Castle Rising. Son of Richard and Elizabth Plowright, of
Pleasant Row, King's Lynn. Lived Kentish Town. Husband of Mrs. A.
E. Plowright, of 33, Hartland Road, Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town,
London. William worked for Bass Breweries, London. He volunteered
in August 1915 and enlisted at St. Pancras. Killed by German shell-fire.
His funeral was attended by his brother-in-law, Sergeant S. J. Barker,
D.C.M., of King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
PRIESTLEY |
Dyker
S |
No
further information currently available |
PRYKE |
Ernest
William |
Sapper WR/195551, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers. Died
of pneumonia in Egypt 10 March 1919. Aged 26. Son of the late Palmer
Edward and Mary Elizabeth Pryke, of King's Lynn. Joined Great Eastern
Railway December 1907, Clerk, King's Lynn Harbour. Enlisted September
1914. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section C.
Grave 162. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
PYSHORN |
George
F |
Private
15114, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 26
June 1917. Aged 32. Born King's Lynn, enlisted West Hartlepool,
Son of Mrs. Sarah Ann Pyshorn, of 12, Birchwood St., King's Lynn,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 36 and 38. |
QUINSEE |
Ernest
C |
No
further information currently available |
RAMM |
Vivian
Charles |
He
was the son of Henry Ramm. Vivian was born at King's Lynn in 1893,
and in 1901 his family lived at 122 Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn.
Also named on St Michael's, South
Lynn War Memorial. |
RAPER |
William
Thomas |
Deck
Hand 6353 D.A. (CH), H.M. Trawler Dagon, Royal Naval Reserve. Missing
believed killed when H.M. Trawler Dagon was sunk by mine 8 December
1916. Born 1 January 1888 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Baptised 26 September
1888 in South Lynn, All Saints, son of William Thomas and Helleana
Raper. Husband of Emma Eliza Raper, of 128, Rutland St., New Clee,
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, married Emma Eliza Dodd 9 February 1912 in
Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 19. See also King's
Lynn, St Nicholas. |
RASBERRY |
Robert
[William] |
Private
241007, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died in
Palestine 19 April 1917. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. No known
grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. |
RASBERRY |
Wiliiam |
Gunner
281080, 51st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 28 June 1917. Born Ask Wickin (sic), Norfolk, enlisted Norwich,
resident King's Lynn. Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Hainaut,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 9. |
RAYNER |
Joseph |
Private
41416, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 25 October
1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Joseph and
Eliza Rayner, of 27, Regent St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly
TR/9/6486, Training Reserve. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41
and 162 to 162A. |
READ |
Edward
Percy |
Sergeant
203611. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds France 9
August 1918. Buried in Pernois British Cemetery, Somme, France,
III E 2. Aged 34. Husband of Lily Jane Read of 61 Portland Street,
Unthank Road, Norwich, and late of St. Elmo, Ouse Avenue, Kings
Lynn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Read of Wymondham. Born East Dereham.
Enlisted in a cyclist battalion, Norwich, May 1915. Drafted to France
June 1918. Had been a clerk at Morgans Brewery, Kings Lynn.
Left one child. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, West
Lynn Church War Memorial (Percy E. Read), and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
REAM |
Alfred
Douglas |
No
further information currently available |
REED |
Frederick
W |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
REED |
Robert
James |
Private
15439, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 May 1917.
Born St. Nicholas, King's Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave.
Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and
31. |
RICHARDSON |
Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
RICHES |
A
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
RINGWOOD |
George |
Private
3/6518, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 October
1918. Aged 40. Husband of E. E. Ringwood, of 22, Chapel St., King's
Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section Y. Grave
775. |
ROBINSON |
Charles
S |
No
further information currently available |
ROBOTHAM |
James
Frederick |
A/2nd
Corporal. 14135. 2 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
France 23 March 1918. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Panel 10
to 13. Aged 31. Son of James John and Rebecca Robotham of Norwich.
Husband of Sabrina Mary Robotham of 7 Edward Street, Kings
Lynn. Born Norwich. Enlisted Norwich. A reservist he was called
up on 4 August 1914 and went overseas in October 1914. Served at
La Bassee and Ypres. During the German attack of March 1918 he held
a position whilst others withdrew, thereby saving several lives.
However, he was killed in the next attack a few minutes later. Also
named on St Michael's, South
Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
RODGERS |
Henry
G |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
RODGERS |
Herbert
Scott |
No
further information currently available |
ROGERS |
[Reginald]
Cecil [Stephen] |
[Listed
as C on memorial] Commonly known as Cecil. Private. 92178. 9th
Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action by shell
explosion, France 27 September 1918. Buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads
Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, F.38. Aged 27. Son of Logan Edward
and Emily Rogers of 9 Diamond Street, Kings Lynn. Born Gillingham,
Dorset. Enlisted Chelsea, 1914, and served in France for two years.
Had been a tailor working for Mr. G.G. Sadler, Tuesday Market Place,
Kings Lynn. His father was also a tailor. Choirboy and later
server at St. Michaels Church. His brother, Leonard, served
in the war and died in 1920 whilst serving with the Army Service
Corps. Cecils medals were initially issued with his surname
incorrectly spelt (Rodgers) and duplicates had to be sent to his
mother. Also named on St Michael's,
South Lynn War Memorial, St. Edmunds Church War Memorial, Hunstanton,
and All Saints Church, South Lynn,
Memorial Window. |
ROPER |
Charles |
Private
50669, 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 August
1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Formerly 27166, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Son of Charles and Rosanah Roper, of 5, Miles Square,
Chapel St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 19 to 22.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
ROSE |
Charles |
Private
8483 [SDGW] or 8443 [CWGC], "D" Company, 2nd Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 17 June 1916 [SDGW] or 18
June 1916 [CWGC]. Aged 22. Born West Lynn, enlisted King's Lynn.
Son of John and Clara Rose, of 10, Whincop Place, Plough Lane, King's
Lynn. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot VI. Row O. Grave
2. |
ROSE |
G |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
ROSE |
John |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Gunner 71258,130th
Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 21 March
1918. Born St Margarite's (sic), Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Panel 10. |
ROSE |
John
Nathaniel |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
ROSE |
Thomas
[George] |
Acting
Company Serjeant Major 16311, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 12 October 1916. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. No
known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
ROWE |
Harry |
Private
47199, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died at Seafield Military Hospital,
Blackpool, from gastritis, 1 November 1918. Buried in Old (Broadway)
Cemetery, Peterborough (a civilian headstone), 8.2.704. Aged 31.
Son of Robert and Alice Rowe, of Kings Lynn. Married Lilian
Barnes of Peterborough ten weeks before he died. Her address was
84 Taverners Road, Peterborough. Born Kings Lynn. Enlisted
Shepherds Bush, 1914. Served on a hospital ship for over three years
(believed to be the Neuralia). Had worked for Messrs. Coeling and
Sons, London. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
ROWE |
John
Francis |
Private
8905, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19 July
1916. Aged 26. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Youngest son
of the late Mr and Mrs W.C. Rowe, of the "Maid's Head"
inn, Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn. His brother William T. Rowe,
of the Royal Sussex Regiment also gave his life in 1917. Cousin
of Thomas Robert Fayers who also gave his life. He was a clerk in
Messrs. Bowker's Shipping Office in King's Lynn. Early in 1915 he
had he had been wounded and returned to the front Christmas Eve
1915. His brother William Charles Rowe also gave his life (see below).
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
ROWE |
William
[Charles] |
[W
T ROWE and William Charles Rowe are the same person] Private G/15175,
11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 31 October
1916. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of the late Mr and Mrs
W.C. Rowe, of the "Maid's Head" inn, Tuesday Market Place,
King's Lynn. He joined the Colours in the early part of 1916 and
went to France in September receiving injuries in the Battle of
Ancre Heights, which ultimattely proved fatal. Formerly 28999, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Before enlisting he worked as a plasterer for Alderman
Richard Green, of Tower Place, Lynn. His brother John Francis Rowe
also gave his life (see above). Buried in Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval,
Somme, France. Plot X. Row M. Grave 10. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
ROWE |
W
T |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] W T ROWE and William
Charles Rowe are the same person. See above. |
RUDD |
Alfred |
No
further information currently available |
RUST |
George
Arthur |
Private
20106, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 17 February
1917. Born Pentney, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 1 D. |
RUSSELL |
A
C |
No
further information currently available |
RUSSELL |
Frederick
|
Private.
60460. 101st Company, Labour Corps. Died of gas poisoning, France,
14 May 1918. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Q.I.B.10 Age 42.
Born King's Lynn. Enlisted King's Lynn as number 26648, 34th Royal
Fusiliers, this battalion became 101 and 102 companies, Labour Corps
in April 1917.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
RUTLAND |
Athur
Edward |
Private
2104, 1/5 Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli
28 August 1915. Aged 18. Born South Lynn, Norfolk, enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Arthur Robert Rutland, of 1, Kirby St., King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 42 to 44. |
SADLER |
R
H W |
No
further information currently available |
SAMPHER |
John
[Smith] |
Private
T.F.203325, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died of wounds 23 August 1917. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted
Ipswich, Suffolk. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen,
Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot II. Row H. Grave 11B. See
also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
SAUNDERS |
David |
No
further information currently available |
SCALES |
Basil
William Walter |
Private.
20935. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds received in action near
Arras, 14 May 1917. Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, II.E.3
Age 19. Son of Mrs. Newman, of 16, Duoro Street, King's Lynn. Born
South Lynn. Enlisted King's Lynn, 1916. Trained at Felixstowe and
went overseas 1 January 1917. Served as a stretcher bearer
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SCOTT |
Charles
Henry |
Seaman
2930A, H.M.S. Aboukir, Royal Naval Reserve. LOst with his ship when
it was torpedoed 22 September 1914. Aged 22. Son of David Thomas
and Annie Scott, of 54, Birchwood St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Born
at King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SCOTT,
CHARLES HENRY; First-class Seaman A/2930, R.N.R. A single
man of the age of 22, second son of Mr. and Mrs. David Scott, of
11 Pilot-st.. Lynn. He was called up for naval service at the outbreak
of war and lost his life when the cruiser "Aboukir" was
torpedoed on Sept. 22. 1914. He, was a fisherman in civilian life,
and took great interest in the Ouse Amateur Sailing Club.
|
SCOTT |
John
Robert |
Private.
43039. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 4 October 1917.
Arras Memorial. Born
King's Lynn 6/12/1896, baptised at All Saints' 28/2/1897. Son of
John Henry and Martha Mary Scott, of 2, The Terrace, Hunstanton,
late of King's Lynn. Employed by Mr. Kirby, hairdresser, London
Road, King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn November 1915. Went overseas
July, 1916. Posted as missing and in August 1918 presumed dead.
In March 1919 his parents received, from the War Office, John's
wallet, but no trace of John's body was found.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SCOTT,
JOHN ROBERT; Pte. 43039, 7th Batt. Norfolk Regiment.; son
of Mr. and Mrs J.H. Scott, of 8, Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton and
formerly of Lynn; posted as missing on the Western Front, Oct. 14,
1917; and in the following August ,was officially presumed to have
been killed. In March, 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Scott receoived from the
War Office a pocket wallet which undoubtedly had belonged to their
son; it, contained two discs bearing his regimental number and photographs.
No trace of the soldier himself has been discovered, Pte. Scott,
who formerly was in the employ of Mr. KIrby, hairdresser, London-rd.,
Lynn., joined the Army in Nov., 1915, and went to the Western Front
in July. 1916, when the battles of the Somme were raging.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SEALES |
William
Henry |
Acting
Corporal 25808, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in
India 25 October 1918. Born Burnham Sutton, Norfolk. enlisted King's
Lynn, resident Folkestone. Formerly 9191, Norfolk Regiment. Buried
in NASIRABAD GOVERNMENT CEMETERY, India. Plot E. Row B. Grave 17.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SEALES,
WHILIAM HENRY; Corporal 25808. C Coy 2nd Garrison Batt.,
Essex Regiment., died at Nairabad, India, June 17, 1918. |
SEARLE |
George
William Stephen |
Rifleman
48798 , Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) posted to 1st/8th
Bn London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Killed in action 25 July
1918. Enlisted Attleborough, Norfolk, resident King's Lynn. No known
grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 81
to 84.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SEARLE
GEORGE WILLIAM STEPHEN; Rifleman, 48798, Rifle Brigade,
attached 8 Batt. London Regiment.; son of Mrs. M. A. Searle, 11.
Guanock-terrace, Lynn; posted as missing July 25, 1918 and afterwards
officially presumed to have been killed on that day; aged 19.
Deceased had been in the army only six months when be gave his
life in the Allied counter attack in Champagne, France.
|
SHAW |
[Henry]
Lynn |
Captain,
10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 3
July 1916. Aged 44. Son of John Henry and Katharine Shaw, of King's
Lynn; husband of Grace E. Lynn Shaw, of 2, Pakenham Rd., Edgbaston,
Birmingham. Brother of Philip and John Herbert (below). Buried in
BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
C. Grave 7.
Listed
in the book "Lynn Book of Heroes". |
SHAW |
Philip |
Lieutenant,
6th Battalion (Territorial) attached 5th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 October 1917. Aged 41. Son of Henry
William Cross Shaw and Katharine Shaw, of Rosehill, Budleigh Salterton,
Devon, husband of Alice A. Shaw. Brother of Henry Lynn (above) and
John Herbert (below). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 19 to 23 and 162.
Listed
in the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SHAW,
Philip; Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers; second son of
the late Henry William Cross Shaw, of Birmingham, and of Katherine
Shaw, of Leamington Spa; killed while leading his company into action
near Houlthuis Forest during the third battle of Ypres, 26th Oct.
l917; aged 41. Educated at Solihull Grammar School, Philip Shaw
became a partner in his father's firm, Henry Shaw and Son, nail
manufacturers. He joined the Artists Rifles in 1916 and, obtained
his commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916 (a Territorial
battalion). He went to the Western Front in May, 1917. He married
Alice Hayhurst, daughter of Lieut.-Col. J. Hayhurst, of Temuka,
New Zealand. |
SHAW |
John
Herbert aka Bob [R for Robertb on memorial] |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 26 October 1917. Brother of Philip and Henry Lynn
(above). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 19 to 23 and 162.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SHAW.
J. H. (commonly called "Bob”: the initial letter
"R'' is attached to his name on the Lynn War Memorial); Second
Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers; third son of the late Henry Wm.
Cross Shaw (Birmingham), and of Katherine Shaw, of Leamington Spa;
killed in action Oct. 26, 1917, while; leading his platoon near
Houlthuist Forest during the third battle of Ypres, aged 35. He
was educated at Solihull Grammar School. He served in Boer War with
the Worcestershire Yeomanry 1900-1901, and in the campaign in South-West
Africa 1914-1915 with the Natal Carabineers. He was gazetted to
the Northumberland Fusiliers in May, 1916, and after serving with
the second line of his battalion went to the Western Front in May,
1917. He fell in action while serving with one of the Territorial
Force Battalions. Lieut. Shaw left a widow, Alice Jacqueline, daughter
of the late James Perry, of Galway. |
SHAW |
Walter
Victor |
Corporal
267242, "B" Company, 2/6th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died of wounds 26 March 1918. Aged 21. Born King's Lynn,
enlisted Norwich. Son of John William and Lucy Ellen Shaw, of 31A,
Chapel St., King's Lynn. Formerly 2028, 6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section P. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 1B.
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SHAW,
Walter Victor; Corporal 267242, Gloucestershire Regiment.;
died on 27th March, 1918, from wounds receieved in an engagement
on the Western Front. He was the second son of Mr. J.W. Shaw, sanitary
inspectior for the Borough of King's Lynn. Formerly employed in
the Town Clerk's office at Lynn and later at Barclays Bank, Swaffham;
he joined the Army in Feb., 1915, and went to France in May the
following year, being transferred from the Norfolk Regiment. to
the Gloucesters. His age was 21. At one time he had been staff-sergeant
in the Tower-st. (Wesleyan) company of the Boys' Brigade. |
SHEARMAN |
Arthur
[Charles] |
Private
174403, "A" Company, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun
Corps. Died 24 September 1918. Aged 33. Born 24 September 1887 in
King's Lynn. Son of the late Robert and Clara Shearman, of King's
Lynn, Norfolk. His next of kin was Rhoda Knights, his sister, living
at 12 Front Road, King's Lynn. He was a Foreman by trade. Unmarried.
Attested 30 August 1915 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, aged 28, passed
fit 22 September 1915, height 5 feet 6¼ inches, girth 35
inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair very fair, religious denomination
Church of England. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row H. Grave 46. National Archives of
Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8857 - 29
Arthur
Charles Shearman was born in King’s Lynn in 1885 and baptised
at All Saints South Lynn on 11 November 1885 although his attestation
papers say he was born 24 September 1887. His parents were Robert
Christopher Shearman, born King’s Lynn in 1856, and Clara
Watts, born Grantchester, Cambs in 1855.
At
the time of the 1891 Census the family was living at 75 Norfolk
Street where Robert Christopher, a Brush Manufacturer, had a shop.
Also at that address were his wife Clara, son Albert Edward age
13, daughters Rhoda Elizabeth age 10 and Florence age 8, and son
Arthur Charles age 6.
Both
parents died in 1894 of consumption and the children were sent to
live with various relatives. Eldest son Albert Edward went to Leicester
and died there in 1897. Daughter Florence also went to Leicester
and died there in 1907. In 1901 daughter Rhoda Elizabeth was a boarder
at Folly Farm, Gaywood. She married Frederick Knights in 1904 and
died in King’s Lynn in 1956.
The
younger son, Arthur Charles Shearman was admitted to a National
Children’s Home & Orphanage in London on 14 April 1896.
His character was said to be “Bright, happy, good natured,
good manners”. In 1901 aged 15 he was an inmate at Wesleyan
Orphanage Children’s Homes near Victoria Park, Bethnal Green.
This organisation had a Canadian Branch in Hamilton, Ontario and
Arthur Charles Shearman travelled there in June 1906. Records of
his crossings between Canada and the USA show that he lived in Hamilton
until 1914.
He
enlisted with the Canadian Forces during WW1. See link to Attestation
Paper dated 30 August 1915 attached.he is recorded as SHERMAN on
the Candian index but SHEARMAN on the papers. His year of birth
is incorrect by 2 years on this document. He died in France in 1918.
Arthur
Charles was a first cousin to Edgar & Edward Thomas Shearman
whose names also appear on the King’s Lynn Roll of Honour.
Their fathers Edward Thomas (Snr) & Robert Christopher Shearman
were brothers. |
SHEARMAN |
Edgar
|
Private.
7021. 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 6 December1914.
Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial. Age
32. Youngest son of the late Edward Thomas and Mrs. E. Shearman
of Sugar Alms Houses, King's Lynn. Husband of Jane Shearman, of
Wanford's Cottages, Wood Street, King's Lynn. Born at Gaywood. Moved
to Scunthorpe in 1912. One child. He was a reservist having completed
eight years service before the war. Recalled to his Regiment at
the outbreak of war, to France 6 August 1914. He was twice posted
as missing in the fighting around Ypres. Although he has no known
grave, at present, it is believed that Edgar is buried at Poelcapelle
Cemetery, Belgium with a headstone reading: 'An unknown soldier
of the Norfolk Regiment, 6 December1914'. Brother of Edward Thomas
Shearman.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SHEARMAN |
Edward
Thomas |
Corporal.
43723. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 17 May 1917.
Rookery British Cemetery, France, C.28. Age
39. Son of the late Edward Thomas and Mrs. E. Shearman of Sugar
Alms Houses, King's Lynn. Husband of Mrs. I.J. Shearman, of 13,
Coronation Square, King's Lynn. Born Highgate. Three children. A
pre-war regular soldier, he completed twelve years service and joined
the Territorials in 1907. He worked at the West Norfolk Farners'
Co. Chemical Works, Wisbech Road until he was called up on the outbreak
of war. He was wounded in 1916. Killed by a German shell whilst
digging a trench. Brother of Edgar Shearman.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SHEARMAN |
William |
No
further information currently available
Extract
from the book "Lynn Book of Heroes":
SHEARMAN,
William; 3rd Batt. Norfolk Regiment.; killed in action
on the Western Front, April 1916. |
SHEARS |
George |
No
further information currently available |
SHIRLEY |
Donald
Michael Edward |
J.70973.
Ordinary Seaman. Royal Navy. Serving on the battleship HMS Marlborough
when he died in action at Constantinople. Buried in Haidar Pasha
Cemetery, Turkey, I.G.6. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial. |
SHIRLEY |
John
[H] |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
SHREEVE |
George
J |
No
further information currently available |
SIMMONDS |
Percy
G |
No
further information currently available |
SLATER |
W
J |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
SLEGG |
Walter
George |
Private.
40794. 9th Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds received in action at Bapaume, 24 March 1918. Etaples
Military Cemetery, France, XXXI.H.28. Age
37. Son of Alfred and Mary Slegg. Husband of Annie Slegg, of 18,
Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn. Three children. Employed by the M
and G.N. Railway Company. Enlisted at King's Lynn, November 1914.
Went overseas January 1917.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SMITH |
Bernard
Alfred |
Second
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion attached 'D' Company, 9th Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds received at Mont Kemmel 16 April 1918. Haringhe Military
Cemetery (Bandeghem) I.E.13. Born 2/5/1897, son of Claude E.T. and
Ellen Smith, of 3, Checker Street, King's Lynn. Educated at All
Saints' School and had been a member of the All Saints' Company
of the Church Lads' Brigade and the Lynn All Saints Boys Club F.C.
Enlisted
7 September 1914 as Private 2726, 5th Norfolk Regiment. Home service
to 31 August 1916. Promoted Corporal in the 2/5th Norfolks 31 October
1914 and Acting Sergeant, 8 August 1915. Joined the Northumberland
Fusiliers, 1 September 1916 and send to the BEF. 2 September 1916
to the 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers, later transferred to D Company,
1/4th Northumberland Fusiliers and he served as a Sergeant with
this battalion from 1 October 1916.
Applied
for a commission 4 December1916, giving Revd. Hayes, the vicar of
All Saints', as a referee. Joined No. 15 O.C.B. on 5 July 1917.
Commissioned as a Special Reserve officer in the 3rd Norfolk Regiment,
28 December1917 (London Gazette 20 December1917). Posted overseas
to the 9th battalion. His family was notified on 17 April 1918 that
he had been wounded. Three of his brothers also served.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SMITH |
D
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
SMITH |
Frederick
William |
Private.
2731. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli
12 August 1915. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Panel 42 to 44.
Aged 22. Son of Mr. T.W. and Mrs. E. Smith of Primrose Cottage,
Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Enlisted East Dereham, September
1914. Had worked at Kings Lynn railway station. Also named
on St Michael's, South Lynn
War Memorial, and All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SMITH |
George
Thomas |
Sergeant.
2459. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12 August
1915. Helles Memorial. Age
29. Husband of Catherine Emily Smith, of 5, Windsor Road, King's
Lynn. Employed as an assistant booking clerk at the G.E. Railway
station, King's Lynn. A territorial who volunteered for service
in September 1914. Enlisted East Dereham. Presumed killed at Antafarta
(the vanished battalion). See also Liverpool
Street Station, London
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SMITH |
Herbert
Walter |
Private.
43365. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 17/2/1917.
Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais I.C.1. Born
King's Lynn 12/8/1896, son of Mrs. J.H. Davison, of 14 Albert Avenue,
King's Lynn. Known as 'curly'. Baptised at All Saint's 5/9/1896.
An apprenticed printer at Messrs. Thew and Son, High Street, King's
Lynn. He was a member of St. Nicholas' Boys Brigade and the Railway
Band. He was also a member of the YMCA. Enlisted in the 6th Norfolk
Regiment (cyclists), service number 2396, in September 1915. Went
to the Western Front July 1916. Seriously wounded by shrapnel, 18
August 1916 and received treatment in hospitals in France, Bradford
and Saltaire. Returned to France January 1917.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
SMITH |
Sidney
Octavious |
Private.
2729. 'A'Company, 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli
12 August 1915.Helles memorial. Age 21. Son of Mrs. W.L. Smith,
of 65 Buckingham Terrace, King's Lynn. Had been an acting foreman
at the G.E.Railway locomotive department in King's Lynn before enlisting,
at East Dereham, on 7 September 1914.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and Liverpool
Street Station, London |
SMITH |
William |
Private
22208 [SDGW] or 22298 [CWGC], 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 1 July 1916. Born St. Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted
King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
SMITH |
William
[Henry] |
 |
Photograph
Copyright © Christine Yaxley 2018 |
Private
5280, 3/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 7 February 1919. Aged
31. Death registsred in the January to march Quarter 1919 in the
King's Lynn Registration District. Birth registered in the January
to March Quarter 1888 in the King's Lynn Registration District.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Smith, of 1, Stag Row, Highgate, King's Lynn.
In the 1911 census he is aged 23, sdon of James and Hannah, a general
labourer's porter, born Highgate, Lynn, resident 16a Front Row,
Highgate, Kings Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section
A. Grave 43. |
SNELLING |
Edward
Thomas |
Lance-Corporal.
19497. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Ovillers,
France, 4 July 1916. Buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension,
II.B.27. Aged 22. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Snelling, 9 Lansdowne
Street, Kings Lynn. Born St. Germans. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial and also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
SPARKES |
Herbert |
No
further information currently available |
SPRECKLEY |
Frederic
Alan |
[Also
spelt Frederick] Private 2412, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Reported missing presumed killed in action 21 August 1915. Aged
19. Born 20 December 1895 in Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Son of George
and Agnes Porter (nee Leonard) Spreckley, of 45, Norfolk St., King's
Lynn formerly resident 1, Railway Road, King's Lynn. Attested 31
August 1914 at East Dereham, aged 20 years, resident 1, Railway
Road, King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 43 and 45. |
STALEY |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
STALHAM |
Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
STANFORD |
William |
Private
33856, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 18
April 1917. Born King's Lynn, enlisted and resident Luton, Bedfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 41. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
STANNARD |
Sidney
Ernest |
Private.
241009. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Died Palestine 30 September 1918.
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, XXI.V.44. Age 23. Youngest
son of William and Susan Stannard, of 4, Elsdens Houses, Friars
Street, King's Lynn. Born King's Lynn, baptised at All Saints' 27/1/1895.
Employed by Mr. Heckford, baker, of Norfolk Street, King's Lynn,
before enlisting at King's Lynn in June 1915. Original service number
4700. Landed Egypt December 1915. Captured at the Battle of Gaza,
19 April 1917 and died whilst a prisoner of war. Two of his brothers
also served.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
STEBBINGS |
Frederick
J |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
STEPHENSON |
Arthur
Hector |
Boy
Mechanic. F.31030. Royal Naval Air Service. Killed in action over
the North Sea 15/2/1918. Chatham Naval Memorial Born
16/2/1900. Son of Arthur Percy and Annie Gertrude Stephenson of
Gretadale, The Chase, King's Lynn. Educated at St. James' Boys School,
King's Lynn and won a scholarship to King Edwards School, King's
Lynn. Employed as a clerk in the traffic manager's office of the
M. and G.N. Railway at King's Lynn before enlisting. Joined the
RNAS as a boy-mechanic (wireless-telegraphist) 19 June 1917. Sent
to Cranwell for training and transferred to Eastchurch, 15 October
1917. Based at Felixstowe from 22 November 1917. Served on seaplanes
patrolling the North Sea. He was killed when his plane was attacked
by five German aircraft which forced the British plane towards the
Belgian coast and forced it to crash into the sea.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, and King
Edward VII School War Memorial, King's Lynn. |
STEPHENSON |
Claud |
No
further information currently available |
STEVENS |
Harry
Cheslyn |
Private.
242488. 1/5th West Riding Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 16
August 1917. Nieupoort Memorial. Born
King's Lynn, 1898, son of Mr. William and Mrs. Stevens, of 1, Pleasant
Row, King's Lynn. Worked for Messrs. Edwards and Sons, St. James
Street, King's Lynn, then for Mr. Bradfield, High Street, King's
Lynn, before working with has father for the Edison Steam Roller
Company, Dorchester. Enlisted at East Dereham, October 1914. Went
to the Western Front August, 1916. Spent five weeks in hospital
suffering from trench foot.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
STEVENS |
Sidney
James |
No
further information currently available |
STEWARD |
Harvest
Joseph |
Corporal.
60028. 101st Company, Labour Corps. Died from effects of gas poisoning,
France, 15 May 1918. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen P.XI.K.8A
Born Middleton, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Steward of Hardwick,
King's Lynn. Married, his widow living at 33 Friar's Street, King's
Lynn. Enlisted King's Lynn and was a Lance Corporal, number 31315,
34th Royal Fusiliers, this battalion became 101 and 102 companies,
Labour Corps in April 1917. He served on the Western Front for two
years. Harvest was a member of Middleton Band. Three of his brothers
also served, one being killed in 1918.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, Middleton War Memorial and North
Runcton War Memorial. |
STOKES |
Morris
Kew |
Private.
32002. 12th Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action Balkans 25 April
1917 Doiran Memorial, Salonika, Greece. Age
26. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mr. T. and Mrs. Elizabeth Stokes of
5 South Everard Street, King's Lynn. Worked as a cashier for Messrs.
Stanton and Co., timber merchants, King's Lynn. Enlisted King's
Lynn in September 1914, initially serving as 6705, 4th Reserve Cavalry
Regiment. Wounded in September 1916 and reported wounded and missing
on 25 April 1917. His brother served in the Royal Engineers.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SUGGETT |
Frank
Edward |
Private.
10254. 2nd Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 7 June
1917 (Battle for Messine Ridge). La Clytte Military Cemetery VI
A 12. Age
33. Born King's Lynn. The fifth son of Mr. John Dix Suggett and
Mrs. Suggett of Valinger's Road, King's Lynn. Husband of Florence
Gertrude Atterbury (formerly Suggett) of 60 Highbury Grove, London.
Enlisted at Mill Hill into the Royal Field Artillery, number 146729.
Lived at Hornsey, Middlesex, at time of enlistment.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
TAYLOR |
Albert
William |
Seaman
7279/A, H.M.S. Research, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 19 February 1919.
Aged 42. Born 29 December 1876 in King's Lynn. Son of G Thomas pf
30 Birchwood Street, King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery,
Norfolk.Section G. Grave 1017. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
TAYLOR |
Thomas
G |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
TAYLOR |
William |
Private
23982, 8thn Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19 July
1916. Aged 23. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of James and Elizabeth
Taylor, of 32, Birchwood St., King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
See also Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
TERRINGTON |
Charles
Edward |
Private
19578, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 28 April
1917. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. No known ngrave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
TERRINGTON |
Frederick
Ralph |
Private
G/8075, 8th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 10 July 1918. Aged 29. Born South Lynn, Norfolk, enlisted
and resident King's Lynn. Son of Mr E. B and Mrs M. J. Terrington,
of 10, Broad St., Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Bully-Grenay Communal
Cemetery, British Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row
F. Grave 8. |
TERRY |
Robert |
Details
unknown. Believed to have served with the Royal Air Force and died
just after the armistice.
Possibly
also named on All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window (Leonard Robert Terry). |
THORLEY |
Robert
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
THORPE |
Charles
[William] |
Private.
3/7828. 'A' Company, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Belgium
6 June 1915. Aged
19. Born West Lynn. Son of William Richard Thorpe, of 51, Silver
Street, Barnetby, Lincolnshire, formerly of West Lynn, and Emily
Thorpe. Enlisted King's Lynn. Served in the same company as Robert
Patterson and they were both wounded by the explosion of a trench
mortar shell. Charles was wounded in the head and chest and did
not regain consciousness. He had been at the front for six weeks.
Corporal Pollard wrote to his sister describing Charles as a good
soldier. Buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery F.35.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window and West
Lynn War Memorial |
THURSTON |
Albert
Ernest |
Private.
20448, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli
6 August 1915. Buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Special Memorial
C. 435. Aged 22. Eldest son of Mr. M. L. Thurston, 3 Riffley Terrace,
Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Born North Walsham. Enlisted in
Norwich at the start of the war. Initially he joined the tradesmens
company of the 3rd Norfolk Regiment, but volunteered to be
transferred, with 100 others, to the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Had been apprenticed at the International Stores, Kings Lynn,
and afterwards worked for Messrs. Green and Wright, Magdalen Street,
Norwich. His brother also served in the war. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
THURSTON |
Michael
Ebenezer |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] Private 7234, 1st
Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died on service 24 August 1914. Born
1888 in Gaywood, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Baptised 7 July 1888
in Gaywood with Bawsey & Mintlyn Parish, son of Michael John
and Harriet Thurston, resident Gaywood. Son of Michael John and
Harriet (nee Fox) Thurston. In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born
Gaywood, Norfolk, son of Michael John and Harriet Thurston, resident
Wootton Road, Gaywood, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1911 census
he was agd 23, born King's Lynn, Norfolk, Plumber by trade, a Professional
Soldier, Private, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, billetted in
Belgaum, India. Married Edith A Thompson in the April to June Quarter
1914 in King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne,
France. See also Kings Lynn St
Nicholas. |
THURSTON |
W
F |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18 - F W on St Nicholas
Memorial] No further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
TICE |
Walter
George |
Private.
47848. 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
France 25 March 1918. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial Panels 54
to 56. Aged 19. Second son of Herbert Richard and Sarah Tice, of
Dyes Field House, Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn. Born Gresham.
Enlisted in the Army Service Corps on 15 February 1917 (number M/295852).
Became a signaller and went to France on 28 January 1918. Had been
a chauffeur, initially for the West Norfolk Farmers Chemical
Company, and then for the late Sir Somerville Arthur Gurney at North
Runcton Hall. (See A.T. Hart above) Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
TILSON |
Walter |
Gunner
446 [SDGW] or 440 [SDGW], Motors, Machine Gun Corps (Motor Branch).
Died of wounds 4 February 1915. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted
Harringay. Son of Mrs. M. A. Tilson, of 5, Portland St., King's
Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 7617, Royal Fusiliers. Buried in Bethune
TownPas de Calais Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row
B. Grave 74. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
TOWLER |
Henry
|
Private.
40348. 'A' Company, 4th Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
France 22 August 1918. Borre British Cemetery II H 7. Age 35. Born
Tottenhill. Husband of Mrs. R. Towler of 64 Checker Street, King's
Lynn. Left six children. Enlisted King's Lynn. Had been a member
of the Oddfellows (Perseverance Lodge). Served with the Buffs (East
Kent Regiment). Invalided home because of trench foot in 1917. Served
at 'batman' to Lieutenant George Stewart Kipps. Henry Towler, Lieutenant
Kipps and the C.S.M. where killed 'instantaneously' (shell-fire?).
Henry and Lieutenant Kipps are buried in adjacent graves.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
TRENOWATH |
William |
No
further information currently available |
TULLETT |
Arthur
William |
Lance
Corporal 241564, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment.
Died in Palestine 19 April 1917. Aged 30. Born and enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Walter William and Rebecca Tullett, of 4, Clough Lane,
King's Lynn. No known grave, Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. |
TURNBULL |
John
George |
No
further information currently available |
TURNER |
Augustus
George |
Private
G/8056, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Rotal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 28 September 1916. Aged 28. Born, resident and enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of George and Elizabeth Turner, of 52, Checker
St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D. |
TURNER |
Reginald |
Private
G/7219, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds
10 October 1916. Aged 23. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn, enlisted
and resident King's Lynn. Son of Henry and Hannah Turner, of go,
North St., Bourne, Lincs. Native of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried
in Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France. Plot II.
Row D. Grave 42. |
TWEEDY |
Reginald
Vernon |
Private.
27100. 8th Norfolk Regiment Killed in action Belgium 11 August 1917.
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. Age 19. Born King's Lynn. Son of Stephen
and Elizabeth Tweedy, of 'Clovelly', 41 Tennyson Avenue, King's
Lynn. Educated at All Saints' School, he joined Steward and Pattersons
in 1916 and enlisted at King's Lynn on November 18, 1916. Drafted
overseas on Good Friday, 1917. Killed by a sniper and buried where
he fell. Letters to his family described him as an efficient Lewis
gunner and a very gallant soldier and companion who was always cheery.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
TYZACK |
William
Henry |
[Family
know him as Charles William henry but listed in official records
and on memorial as W H Henry] Private 15580, 9th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1915. Aged 20. Born St Margaret's,
King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Son of Charles Z. and Margaret Elizabeth
Tyzack, of Hillington Square, King's Lynn. In the 1911 census he
was a Draper's porter, aged 16, born King's Lynn, living with his
parents at Hillington Square, Kings Lynn, known as William Tyzack.
No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 30 and 31. |
VALENTINE |
J
W |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
VARNEY |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
WAGG |
Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
WAGG |
Bertie |
No
further information currently available |
WAGG |
Herbert
Stanley |
Private
203517, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20
October 1917. Born and resident South Wootton, Norfolk, enlisted
King's Lynn. |
WAGG |
James
[Henry] |
Private
G/35489, 20th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 12 April 1918. Aged 35. Born and enlisted King's
Lynn, resident Hunstanton. Husband of Eva Wagg, of 5, Seagate Rd.,
Hunstanton, Norfolk. Buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La
Chapelle D' Armentieres, Nord, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 7. |
WAGG |
Percy |
Private
52228, 1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died at sea 4 May 1917.
Aged 20. Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Mrs. Mildred Wagg,
of 2, Laws Yard, High St., King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 25079,
Suffolk Regiment. Buried in Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 24. |
WAKEFIELD |
Albert
Henry |
Private
71418, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 20 October 1917. Born Hull, Yorkshire,
enlisted King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to
162A. See also Kings Lynn St
Nicholas. |
WALKER |
Henry
Alfred |
Private.
G-8055. 7th Queens Regiment. Killed in action France 26/2/1917.
Adanac Military Cemetery, France III A 2 Aged 30. Born South Wootton.
Son of Mr. And Mrs. A.W. Walker, 13 South Everard Street, King's
Lynn. Had been employed as a clerk in the office of Messrs. W. and
S. Burkitt, corn merchants, King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn,
September 1914. He was killed whilst carrying a message from his
company commander. Henry, also known as Harry, was a prominent member
of the brotherhood of St. Andrew at All Saints' Church. Note there
is some disagreement between sources about the date of his death,
given as the 27th in Soldiers Died.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WALKER |
Reginald
[John] |
Corporal
15052, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia
2 April 1916. Aged 31. Born Tilney All Saints, enlisted King's Lynn.
Son of James and Mary Ann Walker. No known grave. Commemorated on
Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 10. |
WALKER |
Sidney |
Private
G/24444, 2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died
of wounds in Italy 29 December 1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted
King's Lynn, resident Heacham. Son of Spenton and Mary Ann Walker,
of 12, Kirby Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 29652, East Surrey
Regiment. Buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy. Plot
4. Row E. Grave 2. |
WALLIS |
Reginald
|
[Spelt
WALLACE on memorial] Private. 20683. 1st Essex Regiment. Died at
sea when the transport 'Royal Edward' was sunk, 13 August 1915.
Helles
Memorial. Aged 20. Born Gaywood. Son of Mr. And Mrs. G. Wallis,
of 10 Southgate Street, King's Lynn. He enlisted at Norwich into
the 3rd Norfolk Regiment (number 17735) at the outbreak of war and
transferred to the Essex Regiment. He had been employed by Mr. Oakes,
coal merchant, King's Lynn. His last letter home was dated 12th
August 1915.
Commemorated
on his sister's grave at the Hardwick Cemetery, King's Lynn and
also named on All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WANFORD |
Arthur
James |
[James
Arrthur WANFORD on SDGW and CWGC] Lance Corporal 269778, 2/7th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed
in action 21 March 1918. Aged 21. Born Norfolk, enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Arthur James and Jane Elizabeth Wanford, of 4, Littleport
Terrace, King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
WARD |
Arthur
George |
Private
S4/244541, 556th H.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at
sea 15 April 1917. Enlisted Peterborough, resident King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatby Memorial, Egypt. |
WARD |
James
William aka Bill |
Serjeant
25705, 346th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 23 July 1917. Born St Margaret's (Kings Lynn), Norfolk, enlisted
Dover, resident King's Lynn. Birth registered in the July to September
Quarter 1881 in the King's Lynn Registration District. In the 1891
census he was the son of Edward and Ann M Ward, aged 9, born Norfolk,
resident Queens Yard, Surrey Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
In the 1901 census he was the son of Edward Ward, a widower, he
was aged 19, a General Labourer by trade, born King's Lynn and resident
Little Port Terrace, King's Lynn. In the 1911 census he is aged
26, born King's Lynn, a Gunner, 100 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery,
resident Malta, formerly a Labourer. His attestation papers give
his age as slightly different. Born St Margaret's, King's Lynn,
Norfolk, resident 41 Commercial Street, Spitelfields, London, Middlesex,
employed by Mr Isaacs of 83 & 85 Commercial Road, London, as
a General Labourer. Unmarried. He attested 29 October 1906 in London,
and was passed fit the same day, aged 22 (probably incorrect), height
5 feet 8 inches, girth 39 inches. Complexion fresh, eyes brown,
hair brown, religious denomination Church of England. He served
as Gunner 8013, Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery, from 29 October
1906 to 13 December 1906 when he joined the Kent Royal Garrison
Artillery, Dover, 14 December 1906, he was of 'good character'.
At this time his father was listed as Edward Ward, 7 George Street,
King's Lynn, his elder brother Edward George Ward is listed as being
in the Royal Navy at this time. Buried in Bully-Grenay Communal
Cemetery, British Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
C. Grave 1. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
WARD |
Samuel
Alfred |
Lance
Serjeant 40497, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in
action 17 November 1917. Aged 29. Born Walton, Norfolk, wnlisted
King's Lynn, resident Wakefield, Yorkshire. Son of Robert Ward,
of Neaton, Watton, Norfolk; husband of Alice Ward, of Hyde Hall
Gardens, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. Formerly 2345, Norfolk Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A. |
WARDBY |
Walter |
No
further information currently available |
WARNES |
David
H |
No
further information currently available |
WATKINS |
Arthur
Robert |
Sapper
85627, 208th Feild Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 31 March
1917. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted Norwich. Buried in
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot IV. Row D. Grave 10. |
WATLING |
George
Victor |
[Transcribed
as G H] Private. G-11965. 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment.
Died of wounds France 4 November 1918. Buried in St. Souplet British
Cemetery, France, III.G.4 Aged 21. Youngest son of Frederick and
Agnes Watling, of 3 Hospital Walk, Kings Lynn. Enlisted Norwich,
May, 1916. Served as a Lewis gunner and subsequently as a stretcher-bearer
and was fatally wounded while doing ambulance duties. In the winter
of 1917-18 he was hospitalised at Rouen, for three months, with
trench foot. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window (surname given as
Watting).
|
WATLING |
L
E |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
WATSON |
Charles
R |
No
further information currently available |
WATSON |
Frederick |
Gunner
77335, 91st heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in Palestine
14 October 1918. Aged 40. Born Sheldonthorpe. Norfolk, enlisted
Long Sutton, resident King's Lynn. Brother of Miss Florence Ellenor
Watson, of 27, Coronation Square, King's Lynn. Buried in Kantara
War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Section F. Grave 48. |
WATSON |
H
B |
No
further information currently available |
WATSON |
Horace
James |
Private.
40252. 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action France 3 January 1917.
Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais V E 33 Aged 26. Son of
Mr. And Mrs. William Watson of Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn. Married
with two children. Horace, also known as Nyer, enlisted at East
Dereham on 5 September 1914, but was unable to pass examination
for overseas service until 1916. Drafted to France in August 1916.
Horace had worked for Messrs. Dye and Allen, King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WATTS |
Horace
Sidney |
Private
G/70151, 6th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 7 September 1918. Born, resident and enlisted King's Lynn.
Buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot
III. Row P. Grave 37. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
WATTS |
Vivian
George |
Private
8266, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 February
1915. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. No known grave.
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 21. |
WATTS |
William
Herbert |
Lance-Corporal.
G-9312 13th Royal Sussex Regiment, transferred to Machine Gun Corps
Killed in action Belgium 31 July 1917. Buffs Road Cemetery, St.
Jan-les-Ypres D22 (Buried 1 August 1917) Aged 31. Born King's Lynn.
Son of Alfred Hockhisstone Watts and Amelia Elizabeth Watts of 11a
Extons Road, King's Lynn. He enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment
at Norwich on 3 March 1916 and was drafted to France in October
1916. During the winter he served in the trenches near Ypres and
contracted trench fever and trench foot. In February 1917 he was
sent to hospital in Salisbury and upon recovery, in May 1917, he
was sent to France to join the Machine Gun Corps.
William
had been a clerk for Mr. Montagu Smith, coal merchant, before joining
Morgans Brewery. For eleven years he worked for Morgans at King's
Lynn before moving to their offices in Norwich. He had been a member
of the Kingston Club, King's Lynn, and was a member of the Kingstonian
Football Club. He was unmarried.
Commemorated
on his parent's grave at the Hardwick Cemetery, King's Lynn and
also named on All Saints Church,
South Lynn, Memorial Window. See also Norwich
Breweries Memorials. |
WEBB |
[Frederick]
Thomas |
Private.
235106. 5th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Killed
in action Belgium 22 October 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial Aged 22. Born
Uxbridge. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. Emma Webb, of 5 Hertford Terrace,
Harefield Road, Uxbridge. Enlisted at Oxford into the Queens Own
Oxfordshire Hussars (number 2596). He lived in King's Lynn for nine
months prior to enlisting and was engaged to marry a woman from
King's Lynn. Killed in a bombardment while his platoon was in a
support line.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WEBSTER |
George
Victor |
Private
G/15272, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
24 September 1917. Aged 19. Born Attleborough, Norfolk, enlisted
King's Lynn. Son of Mrs. Angelina Webster, of 12, Wellington St.,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot LVII. Row F. Grave 41. |
WEBSTER |
Percy |
Driver
T4/250072, No 4 Company, 59th Division Train, Army Service Corps.
Died 20 November 1918. Son of Angelina Webster, of 12, Wellington
St., King's Lynn, and the late William James Webster. Buried in
King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section Y. Grave 685. |
WELDRICK |
Albert
Edward |
Lance Corporal 27886, 13th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment).
Died (probably gassed or injured in Callone) 4th May 196. Aged 26.
Born 1890 in King's Lynn, enlisted Seaforth, Lancashire, resident
King's Lynn. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann (nee Shipley) of 22 Purfleet
St, King’s Lynn. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 15. |
WELHAM |
Walter
F |
No
further information currently available. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
WELLSMAN |
Cyril
|
Private.
2749. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12th August
1915. Helles Memorial Aged 18. Son of Mrs. Alice Wellsman, of 54
London Road, King's Lynn (she subsequently emigrated to Alberta,
Canada). Enlisted East Dereham before 12th September 1914.
Local
accounts state that he died on or before 28th August 1915.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WENN |
Robert
William |
Private
G/40564, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Pwn (Middlesex Regiment).
Died 13 April 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident King's Lynn, enlisted
Norwich. Son of Maria Wenn, of 17, Regent St., King's Lynn, Norfolk,
and the late Thomas Wenn. Buried in Duidans British Cemetery, Etrun,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row J. Grave 26. |
WEST |
Frederick
William |
Private
C/25652, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East kent Regiment). Died 11
September 1918. Aged 18. Son of John and Susan West, of 21, Queen
St., King's Lynn. Buried in King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Section
Y. Grave 438. |
WEST |
George |
Private
7672, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 23 September
1916. Born Dickleburgh, enlisted King's Lynn. Buried in Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row N. Grave 42. |
WESTFIELD |
Richard |
Private
G/6518, 8th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surret Regiment). Died
of wounds 1 May 1916. Born King's lynn, enlisted Guildford, Surrey,
resident Chertsey, Surrey. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery
Extension, Nord, Nord, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 136. See also
Kings Lynn St Nicholas. |
WHITRICK |
William
[Charles] |
Private
G/67360, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)., Killed
in action 8 August 1918. Born St John's Wood, Middlesex, enlisted
and resident King's Lynn. Buried in Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 28. |
WHOMES |
Thomas
William |
Private.
290019. 1st Norfolk Regiment. Missing, Belgium, 9 October
1917. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Panels 34 to 35 and 162A.
Lived at 16 Ouse Avenue, Kings Lynn. Born All Saints, Kings
Lynn. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Had been employed by Mr. G. Belding
and had been a member of the Territorial Band (a pre-war territorial?)
Also named on St Michael's, South
Lynn War Memorial, and All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WILDBUR |
Sidney
Arthur |
Private.
22959. 8th Norfolk Regiment. Missing Delville Wood, Somme, France
19 July 1916 (see also W.H. Greenacre) Thiepval
Memorial Aged 19. Born King's Lynn. Son of Mr. And Mrs. W.T. Wildbur,
of All Saints' Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted at King's Lynn into
the 3rd Norfolk Regiment and transferred to 8th battalion. Had been
employed by Messrs. Jermyn and Perry, High Street, King's Lynn.
Initially reported wounded and missing. He was unmarried.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WILKIN |
George
Henry |
A/Sergeant.
8209. 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Vimy Ridge
23 April 1917. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Bay 3. Aged 24. Sonof
Mr Robert and Mrs. Sarah Wilkin of 32 Diamond Street, Kings
Lynn. Left a widow, Eliza Jane Wilkin of 49 Moscow Street, Belfast,
and a child. Born Gaywood. Enlisted Kings Lynn. Served overseas
from the beginning of the war. Also named on St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial |
WILKINSON |
John
Gamble |
Private
41383, 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds
11 October 1917. Born Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk, enlisted and resident
King's Lynn. Buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot III. Row N. Grave 7A. |
WILLIAMS |
Ernest
Edward |
Private.
20446. 1st Essex Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 6 August 1915.
Helles Memorial Aged 19. Born Tilney St. Lawrence. Son of Mr. And
Mrs. George Williams, of 10 Guanock Terrace, King's Lynn. Enlisted
at Norwich into the 3rd Norfolk Regiment (number 17744) and transferred
to the Essex Regiment. Had been employed by the Lynn Building Company.
Gave his life when in action for the first time. His brother, Lewis
James Williams, died from Pneumonia whilst serving with the RFA
in France, 1918.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WILIAMSON |
James
Thomas |
Private.
G-27336. 2nd Queens Regiment. Killed in action Belgium 26 October
1917. Tyne Cot Memorial Aged 33. Born King's Lynn. Son of James
and Sarah Ann Williamson, Lime House, Checker Street, King's Lynn.
Educated at Croad's School, King's Lynn. Had been employed by Messrs
A and J Bowker of King's Lynn. Enlisted in August 1916. He had been
a member of the St. John's Ambulance and the local VAD. After initial
service with the Queens Regiment he transferred to the RAMC (number
2708), but was recalled to the Queens and went overseas in early
1917. Was a stretcher-bearer. James had been a member of the Order
of Foresters. He was not married.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WILLIMOT |
Henry
Herbert |
Commonly
known as Harry. Private. 7127. 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Belgium 2 November 1914. Ypres,
Menin Gate Memorial Aged 32. Born at Melton Constable. Husband of
Evelyn Grace Willimot of 18 Keppel Street, King's Lynn. Enlisted
King's Lynn.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
WINCH |
Edward
Lawson |
[Known
as Lawson WINCH] Private G/40572, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 April 1918. Aged 31.
Born, resident and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Elizabeth Cook (formerly
Winch), of 6, Littleport St., King's Lynn, and the late Henry Winch;
brother of Stephen Winch. Attested 9 December 1915 as T10/40572,
4/8th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), height
5 feet 5 inches, weight 123 lbs. Attested 9 December 1915t, Army
Reserve 10 December 1915. mobilized 29 February 1916, posted 11
March 1916 and then on subsequent occasions, last posting 12 December
1917. Metal turner by trade. In the 1901 census he was aged 13,
a boarder with George Cook, his mother was Cook's housekeeper, born
King's Lynn, on School Duties, resident Hanwells Yard, Pilot Street,
Kings Lynn St Margaret, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged
21, unmarried, born King's Lynn, a Riveter in Foundry, resident
with his mother, Elizabeth Cook, at Ferry Street, Kings Lynn, St
Margarets, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert
Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. See also Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
WITT |
John
Henry |
Deck
Hand 3473SD, H.M. Trawler "Ruby", Royal Naval Reserve.
Died 17th October 1917. Aged 23. Son of Maria B. Witt, of 39, Front
Row, Highgate, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Father Matthew Cornwallis George
Witt. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 26. See also Kings Lynn
St Nicholas. |
WOODBY |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
WOODHOUSE |
Charles
R |
Serjeant
572931, 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).
Killed in action 1 September 1918. Aged 25. Born and enlisted King's
Lynn. Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Woodhouse, of 5, Burtons Court,
New Conduit St., King's Lynn. Formerly 63625, Royal Army Medical
Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 10. |
WOODHOUSE |
George
W |
No
further information currently available |
WOODWARK |
Ernest
Reginald |
Captain.
1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli 12 August 1915.
Helles Memorial Aged 37. Son of Mrs. A.E. and the late Alderman
G.S. Woodwark, J.P. Ernest was an articled solicitor with the firm
of Sadler and Woodwark. Educated at King Edward VII Grammar School,
King's Lynn.
He
joined the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, which became
the 5th Battalion (T.F.). He became a Lieutenant in February 1904.
Having retired from his military associations, he re-entered the
service on the outbreak of war, being promoted Captain. His official
record in the National Archives (WO 374/76764) is rather sparse.
Newspaper accounts by serving soldiers state that he was last seen
leading his troops into action with Colonel Beachamp, Captain Pattrick
and Adjutant Ward. Two of his brothers also served (Col. W. Woodwark,
RAMC, and Major G.G. Woodwark).
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window, Kings
Lynn St Nicholas and King
Edward VII School Memorial. |
WRIGHT |
Arthur |
Private
242503, "C" Company, 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's
(West Riding Regiment). Died of wounds 2 December 1917. Aged 24.
Born and enlisted King's Lynn. Son of Henry and Margaret Wright,
of 28, King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 1509, Norfolk
Regiment. Buriedin Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime,
France, Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 13A.

Brothers:
Walter Wright (killed in action, 17th February 1917), Henry Wright,
Frank Wright, Charles Wright, Christian Wright, Charles Tyson (brother
in law) and Arthur Wright (died of wounds, 2nd December 1917). The
family lived in King Street.
Photograph copyright © Cherryl Davey 2017 |
WRIGHT |
Percy
Rodwell |
Private
325477, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
31 July 1917. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Wisbech. Formerly 2015,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. |
WRIGHT |
R |
[Not
included in the Norfolk Roll of Honour 1914-18] No further information
currently available |
WRIGHT |
Robert
Charles |
Private.
241093. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Gaza 19 April 1917.
Jerusalem Memorial. Aged 27. Enlisted King's Lynn at the outbreak
of war (original number 2755). Lived at Providence Street. Had been
a carpenter and builder working for Foreman and Sons, King's Lynn.
Served through the Gallipoli campaign. Last known to be alive in
the attack on Gaza, 19 April 1917, and officially presumed to have
died by 19 July 1917. Robert had been a well-known local footballer
playing for the Swifts F.C.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Windowm and Kings
Lynn St Nicholas. |
WRIGHT |
Wilfred |
Private.
5593. 1/6th Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action at
Butte de Warlencourt, Somme, 5 November 1916. Buried in Warlencourt
British Cemetery, France, I.E.32. Aged 20. Born King's Lynn, 1897.
Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Anne Wright. William Henry Wright
was the Town Crier for King's Lynn in 1901. In 1901 the family lived
at 76 Edward Place.Believed to have lived at 20 South Everard Street,
Kings Lynn. Enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment at Kings
Lynn (number 5818). Also named on All
Saints Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window and St
Michael's, South Lynn War Memorial. |
WRIGHT |
William
P |
*Son
of Herbert A. and Agnes E. Wright of 14 Wellington Street, King's
Lynn (1901). William was born in 1892. Other
details unknown at present.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
YOUNGE |
George
Henry |
[Spelt
YOUNG on CWGC] Private 21296, 1st B(Garrison) attalion, East Yorkshire
Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 29 November 1918. Born and resident
King's Lynn, enlisted Northallerton. Buried in Newport Cemetery,
Lincoln, Lincolsnhire. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 139. |
YOUNGE |
Horace
Osborne |
Private.
240696. 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. Died Palestine 19 October 1917.
Jerusalem
Memorial. Aged 23. Born St. Nicholas', King's Lynn. Son of Osborne
and Harriett Younge of 14 Valingers Place, King's Lynn. Horace had
been a French polisher working for Mr. W. Trenowath of King's Lynn.
A pre-war territorial, enlisted in King's Lynn (original number
1675) and re-enlisted when 'time expired' in April 1917. Horace
was known for his swimming and running and won prizes for shooting
whilst in the territorials.
There
is some confusion about what actually happened to Horace. He was
reported killed, then wounded and a prisoner in Turkish hands. Official
records state he died Palestine October, 1917, but some local accounts
maintain that he was killed in action at the Second Battle of Gaza.
Horace had served all through the Gallipoli campaign and whilst
there was wounded by a sniper.
Also
named on All Saints Church, South
Lynn, Memorial Window. |
YOUNGS |
John
William |
[Cannot
locate a SDGW record for this man] Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, South
Staffordshire Regiment attached 151st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
Died 12 April 1918. Aged 21. Born 3 July 1897 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Son of John H. and S. A. Youngs, of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Was a
member of the London University O.T.C. Admitted to school 16 January
1908, son of John Holland Youngs, of The Oaks, Gaywood Road, Lynn
(a Corn Merchant); previously educated at Horncastle National School
and private preparatory school King's Lynn. Left school 24 July
1914, went to City Guilds techincal College, Finsbury. In the 1901
census he was aged 3, born King's Lynn, son of John H and Sarah
A Youngs, resident The Oaks, Gaywood Road, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn
St Margaret, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born King's
Lynn, at school, son of John Holland and Sarah Ann Youngs, resident
The Oaks, Gaywood Road, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn St Margaret, Norfolk.
Buried at LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, Nord, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 30.
Also
listed on Kings
Lynn King Edward VII War Memorial |
WORLD
WAR 2
The
list is of those civilians killed during World War 2. |
ALDREN |
J
C |
No
further information currently available |
BUNTING |
D |
No
further information currently available |
CARTER |
C
T |
No
further information currently available |
DREW |
E |
No
further information currently available |
GATHERCOLE |
W
J |
No
further information currently available |
GOODENS |
E |
No
further information currently available |
GOODENS |
W |
No
further information currently available |
HAMMOND |
M
W |
No
further information currently available |
LANGLEY |
A
E |
No
further information currently available |
LAWRENCE |
J
G |
No
further information currently available |
MISSON |
L
V |
No
further information currently available |
RAMM |
V
C |
No
further information currently available |
RINGWOOD |
G |
No
further information currently available |
ROSE |
J |
No
further information currently available |
STEWARD |
H
J |
No
further information currently available |
THURSTON |
A
E |
No
further information currently available |
THURSTON |
M
E |
No
further information currently available |
THURSTON |
W
E |
No
further information currently available |
YOUNGE |
H
O |
No
further information currently available |
World
War 2 - Additional Names not on memorial |
TWAITE |
Arthur
Charles |
Private
14746096, 1st Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died 17
February 1945. Aged 19. Born 1926. Buried in Reichswald Forest War
Cemetery , Kleve, Klever Landkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot 45. Row C. Grave 7. |
JOHNSON |
John
Norton |
Private
5836084, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at Changi Hospital
12 March 1942 as a Japanese Prisoner of War. Aged 31. Son of Henry
Herbert Norton and Lizzie Johnson, of 18, North Street, King's Lynn,
Norfolk; husband of Gladys (nee Kirby) Johnson, father of Jill,
of 77 Saddlebow Road, King's Lynn, norfolk. Employed as a Greaser
with the britiash Sugar Corporation. He was born into the close
knit North End Fishing Community. he was an excellent swimmer and
a decorated Water Polo competitor. Buried at KRANJI WAR CEMETERY,
Kranji, Singapore. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 19. |
A
further memorial exists to those who died in the Burma Campaign in World
War 2

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