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LYNG
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 & Sout Africa - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Mick Peck 2019
The
memorial is located in St Margarets Church, Church Lane, Lyng, Breckland,
Norfolk. It takes the form of a brass, nowy wall-mounted, headed plaque
with wooden backboard with the plaque bordered by a geometric, foliate,
pattern. The inscription is headed by a red cross contained within a
laurel wreath. The names are below the dedication in two columns for
World War 1 and a second wall mounted plaque placed below for the World
War 2 names that are presented as nine names in two columns. All of
the inscription is formed in black upper-case lettering. There are 95
men commemorated for World War 1, 79 who served and 16 who gave their
lives; there are 9 name listed on a separate plaque below containing
9 names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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THE GREAT WAR
LYNG ROLL OF HONOUR.
ERECTED BY THIS GRATEFUL VILLAGE
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO
COMMEMORATE THE NAMES OF
ITS FAITHFUL SONS WHO FOUGHT FOR
ENGLAND AND LIBERTY.
| ARTHURTON |
A |
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| BARNARD |
C
B |
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| BARRETT |
F
R |
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| BRIGHAM |
C
E |
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| BRIGHAM |
E
W |
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| BRIGHAM |
O
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| BRIGHAM |
R
F |
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| BROWN |
A |
R.I.P.
France 1917.
Private 21086. 6th Battalion, Border Regiment, formerly
18105 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 29th July 1917. Son of John
and Sarah Ann Brown (nee Steward). Born 1894 Hingham, enlisted Norwich
and resident Lyng, Norfolk. Commemorated Gwalia Cemetery. I.E.32.
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| BUCK |
E |
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| BUNNETT |
H
R |
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| BUTON |
A
C |
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| BUTON |
D
R |
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| BUXTON |
G
H |
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| CLARKE |
C
A |
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| CLARKE |
E
E |
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| CLARKE |
F |
R.I.P.
Mons 1914.
Private 7255. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 24th August 1914. Son of George and Maria Clarke (nee
Spooner) of Elsing Road, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born 1885 Lyng
and enlisted East Dereham (regular soldier Norfolk Regiment 1911),
Norfolk. Commemorated Elouges Communal Cemetery. Sp Memorial C.9. |
| COMER |
Isaac
[William] |
R.I.P.
Banbury 1920.
Private 316911. Lincolnshire Regiment transferred 238212
Labour Corps. Died 15th February 1920 Upton, Banbury, WAR. Son of
Isaac William and Agnes Elizabeth Comer (nee Mallow). Born 1887
Hockering and resident Manor Farm, Lyng, Norfolk (as probate). Commemorated
Lyng (St Margaret) Churchyard. |
| DUFFIELD |
W
F |
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| EARL |
Albert |
R.I.P.
France 1917.
Private 23031. 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 28th March 1917. Son of Robert and Ellen Earl (nee
Adcock) of Post Office Lane, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born 1883
Worthing, Norfolk, enlisted Long Sutton, LIN and resident Lyng,
Norfolk. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 6. |
| EARL |
Frederick
[William] |
R.I.P.
France 1918.
Gunner 16327. 211th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died 9 General Hospital gas poisoning 20th October 1918. Son of
Robert and Ellen Earl (nee Adcock) of Post Office Lane, Lyng, Norfolk
(as 1911). Husband of Daisy F J Earl (nee Fullick, now wife of Alfred
T Heal). Born 1886 Worthing and enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk.
Commemorated St Sever Cemetery Extension. S.II.R.18. |
| ENGLISH |
W |
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| FISHER |
B
R |
R.I.P.
Lyng 1919. |
| FROST |
A
W |
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| FROST |
Percy
James |
R.I.P.
France 1917.
Private 23968. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
9th October 1917. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Frost (nee Skipper)
of Primrose Green, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born 1888 Elsing and
enlisted Reepham (attested 12th December 1915, mobilized 9th February
1916), Norfolk. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 34 to 35 and
162A. |
| FROST |
W
S |
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| GREAVES |
A |
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| HAYWARD |
F
R |
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| HAYWARD |
Jesse
Walter |
R.I.P.
Newark 1917.
Pioneer 85071. 78th Field Company (as CWGC, Soldiers Effects has
4th Depot Company), Royal Engineers. Died London Road General Hospital,
Newark, NTT 21st February 1917. Son of Robert and Charlotte Hayward
(nee Brighty) of Elsing Road, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Husband of
Violet Mabel Hayward (nee Shickle, now wife of Richard Pearce) of
Lawns Lane, Carr Gate, Wakefield, YKS. Born 1891 Lyng, enlisted
Norwich and resident Lyng, Norfolk. Commemorated Norwich Cemetery.
24.299. |
| HAYWARD |
V
C |
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| HENRY |
W |
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| HOLDEN |
Robert
Chilvers |
R.I.P.
France 1916.
Private 22704. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
13th August 1916. Son of Frederick and Emily Holden (nee Chilvers)
of Elsing, Norfolk (as 1911). Born 28th June 1896 Marham and enlisted
Norwich, Norfolk. Commemorated London Cemetery and Extension. 3.C.16.
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| HOWARD |
A
C |
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| HOWARD |
C
L H |
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| HOWARD |
C
W |
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| HOWARD |
P
H D |
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| HOWARD |
V
C |
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| JOHNSON |
A
E |
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| JOHNSON |
Frederic
[Arthur] |
R.I.P.
Beccles 1918.
Corporal 26544. Royal Defence Corps. Died 30th March 1918.
Son of James William and Charlotte Johnson (nee Boast). Husband
of Elfrida Elizabeth Johnson (nee Reynolds) of Lyng, Norfolk (as
military record). Born 1874 St Martin at Oak, Norwich. Initial enlistment
Norfolk Regiment 9th October 1891, to Reserve (in India, marries
in India on Reserve) 1st May 1899 and discharged 18th October 1903.
Enlists 9th April 1915. Commemorated Beccles Cemetery. 49.278. |
| LONG |
F
C |
R.I.P.
France 1917.
Charles Frederick Long. Private 29332. 2nd Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 2nd August 1917. Son of
John and Celia Long (nee Isbell). Born 1885 Lyng, enlisted Norwich
and resident Lyng, Norfolk. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Panel 31 and 33. |
| MAYES |
W
G |
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| MEALE |
W
F |
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| MELTON |
W
J |
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| MELTON |
W
G |
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| MILES |
Ernest
Arnold |
R.I.P.
Haslar 1916.
Stoker 2nd Class SS/117482, Royal Navy. HMS ‘Victory’
(shore establishment). Died Naval Hospital Haslar of Tubercular
Meningitis 18th August 1916. Son of Alfred James William and Elizabeth
Ann Miles (nee Buxton) of The Common, Lyng, Norfolk. Born 3rd January
1898 Lyng, Norfolk and enlisted 8th February 1916. Commemorated
Lyng (St Margaret) New Churchyard. |
| MILES |
W
W |
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| MOORE |
J |
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| MURRAY |
George
Thomas |
R.I.P.
Colchester 1916.
Private 23908. A Company, 10th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died Pneumonia Colchester Military Hospital 9th March 1916. Son
of Alfred and Charlotte Elizabeth Murray (nee Rudd) of Lyng, Norfolk.
Born December 1890 Elsing and enlisted Reepham (attested 11th December
1915, mobilized 9th February 1916), Norfolk. Commemorated Lyng (St
Margaret) New Churchyard. |
| MYHILL |
W |
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| PARNELL |
E
R |
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| PARNELL |
S
T |
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| PATRICK |
A |
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| PUMMELL |
A
T |
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| PUMMELL |
L
G |
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| PUMMELL |
O |
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| REEVE |
J |
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| REEVE |
J
T |
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| REEVE |
R
B |
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| REEVE |
S
W |
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| REEVE |
W |
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| ROWLANDS |
H
J |
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| SEWTER |
C
A |
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| SEWTER |
F
A |
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| SEWTER |
H
A |
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| SKIPPER |
B
J |
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| SKIPPER |
E |
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| SKIPPER |
E
W |
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| SKIPPER |
Thomas
George |
[Listed
as G T SKIPPER on memorial] R.I.P. France 1917.
Private 30575. 8th Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Killed in action 26th September 1917. Son of Thomas and Alice Marian
Skipper (nee Rudd) of Elsing Road, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born
21st September 1897 Lyng, Norfolk and enlisted Fulham, LND. Commemorated
Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 18 and 19. |
| SKIPPER |
Herbert
James |
R.I.P.
Kut 1916.
Private 18718. 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of
wounds Mesopotamia 28th April 1916. Son of Arthur William and Margaret
Skipper (nee Reeve) of Elsing Road, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born
1893 Lyng and enlisted 1st February 1915 Norwich, Norfolk. Commemorated
Basra War Cemetery. V.H.7. |
| SKIPPER |
S |
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| SKIPPER |
W
A |
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| SKIPPER |
W |
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| SPEAKMAN |
A
W |
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| SPEAKMAN |
C |
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| SPEAKMAN |
F
I |
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| SPEAKMAN |
Oliver
Leslie |
R.I.P.
France 1916.
Private 22683. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 12th August 1916. Son of Alfred and Gertrude Speakman
(nee Wright) of Post Office Lane, Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Born
6th January 1895 Lyng and enlisted Norwich (attested 12th December
1915, mobilized 21st January 1916), Norfolk. Commemorated Thiepval
Memorial. Pier and Face 1C and 1D |
| SPEAKMAN |
R |
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| SPEAKMAN |
S
E |
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| TURNER |
A |
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| WILLSHER |
F
J |
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1939
- 1945 |
| BELL |
Alan |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1330621, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. 21 Squadron. Killed in action 3rd September 1943 (crewing
Lockheed Ventura aircraft AE776. On operation against ammunition
storage dump and shot down). Son of Florence M Bell (later wife
of Herbert G Chamberlain of Lyng, Norfolk). Born 1923. Commemorated
Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 4. Grave 29. |
| DURRANT |
Anthony |
Edmund
Anthony Durrant. Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1335535, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit. Killed in action
5th June 1944 (crewing Handley Page Halifax aircraft JD462 on day
training exercise over sea. Lost for unknown reason, no survivors).
Son of Frederick and Lizzie Durrant (nee Willgress) of Lyng, Norfolk.
Born 1916. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial. Panel 217. |
| FENWICK,
MM |
Hebert |
Captain
150583. Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly Sergeant 4340929 East Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 22nd May 1942. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Fenwick
(nee Juggins). Husband of Mary Fenwick (nee Beer) of Gainsborough,
LIN. Born 1913 Grimsby and resident 151 Second Avenue, Nunsthorpe,
Grimsby, LIN (as probate). Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Commemorated
Sheringham Cemetery. Section AW. Grave 425. |
| FROST |
Percy
[James] |
Private
5775107. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 24th January
1942. Son of William Skipper and Sarah E Frost (nee Allison) of
Lyng, Norfolk. Born 1921. Commemorated Kranji War Cemetery. 18.D.7-12. |
| GOLDSMITH |
Stanley |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant) 5764175. 2nd
Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 8th July 1942. Son of Henry
George and Charlotte Ellen Goldsmith (nee Browne). Husband of Catherine
May Goldsmith (nee Crawford, now wife of Daniel R Burton) of Lyng,
Norfolk. Born 21st January 1902 Somerleyton, SFK. Commemorated Kirkee
War cemetery. II.C.4. |
| KING |
Herbert |
Unable
to identify and no further information. |
| LAND |
Charles
[Richard] |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1332099, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9 Squadron.
Killed in action 4th February 1943 (piloting Avro Lancaster aircraft
ED496 WS-P on day air test, aircraft crashed for unknown cause at
Scopwick, LIN. Air Force records indicate ‘possible structural failure’.
No survivors.). Son of James Herbert and Beatrice Maria Land (nee
Whall) of Taverham, Norfolk. Husband of Margaret Maud Land (nee
Lanman, believed now wife of Frank Marshall) of New Costessey, Norfolk.
Born 1906 (born 9th October 1907 as 1939 Register, birth actually
recorded 1906) Drayton, Norfolk. Commemorated Weston Longville (All
Saints) Churchyard. |
| REEVE |
[George]
Reginald |
Signalman 5768081. 5th Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
Died 1st September 1942. Son of John and Emma Lavinia Reeve (nee
Woodbine). Husband of Laura Evelyn Reeve (nee Cox, now wife of Jack
W Watson) of High House Catfield, Norfolk (as probate). Grandson
of George Stephen and Anna Maria Woodbine of Sparham, Norfolk. Born
11th August 1908 Lyng, Norfolk (as 1911). Commemorated Basra War
Cemetery. 7.H.11. |
| SOANES |
Cecil
[Wilfred] |
Private
5775110. 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 12th June 1940.
Son of Percy Wilfred and Laura Anna Soanes (nee Melton) of Lyng,
Norfolk. Born 1920. Commemorated Ste. Marie Cemetery. Divn 67. Row
S. Grave 3. |
WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM |
| COSSEY |
William |
Private
9914. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 11th December
1899. Son of William and Elizabeth Cossey (nee Ellett). Born 1873
Lyng Easthaugh, Norfolk. Commemoration unknown.
In
memory of William Cossey, Coldstream Guard of this parish, who
fell fighting for his Queen and country at the battle of Magersfontein
South Africa December 11th 1899 aged 26.
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Last updated
2 October, 2026
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