
HADDISCOE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Mark Crame 2005
The
memorial stands in St Mary's Churchyard at the junction of Church Lane
and Church Hill (A143), Haddiscoe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It takes
the form of a stone cross on a straight shaft with flint set into the
front and rear, standing on a two-stepped square base. The First World
War dedication and names are cut into the stone on the base and the
Second World War dedication and names are on an oval metal plaque attached
to the north side of the base. There are 23 names for World War 1 and
7 for World War 2. Within the church for World War 1 is a brass plaque
with incised and painted lettering listing the men of Haddiscoe who
gave their lives in the Great War and a handwritten Roll of Honour hangs
next to it in a wooden frame; for World War 2 there is a wooden plaque
with incised and painted lettering listing the men of Haddiscoe who
gave their lives in the Second World War.
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Photograph Copyright © Helen Steed 2015
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THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
HAVING DIED THEY ARE NOT DEAD
BALDRY |
Harry |
Private
14384, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 October
1916. Born Toft Monks, enlisted Norwich. In the 1901 census he was
aged 7, born Toft Monks, resident with his parents, Arthur and Elizabeth
Baldry, in Thorpe Road, Haddiscoe, Loddon, Norfolk. In the 1911
census he was aged 17, born Toft Monks, a Farm Labourer, resident
with his parents, Arthur and Elizabeth Baldry, in Haddiscoe, Loddon,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
BEEVOR |
Harold |
Private
29321, 1st/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in
action 4 October 1917. Born Haddiscoe, Norfolk, enlisted Wroxham,
Norfolk, resident Loddon, Norwich. Formerly 45285, Norfolk Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. |
BEEVOR |
Victor |
Private
16606. 7th Battalion, Norfolk, Regiment. Killed in action 13 October
1915. Aged 21. Born Haddiscoe, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Son of
Victor and Martha Beevor, of Haddiscoe, Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and
31. |
BUXTON |
Jeffery |
[Listed
as Geoffrey on memorial] Private M2/106034, G.H.Q. Res. Coy. Mechanical
Transport, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service 23 October
1918. Born Hellington, Norfolk, resident Loddon, enlisted Gt. Yarmouth.
Buried in MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Italy.
Plot 6. Row C. Grave 8. |
CULLEY |
Leonard
[Robert] |
Gunner
60871, 2nd Heavy Artillery Group, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
25 April 1917. Aged 25. Son of Charles Cully, of Haddiscoe, Norwich.
Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
XIX. Row J. Grave 7A. |
FLAXMAN |
Absalom
[Clayton] |
Private
16608, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 October
1915. Born Haddiscoe, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and
31. |
FLAXMAN |
[Marcus]
Barry |
Trimmer
5046TS, H.M. Trawler "Loch Ard", Royal Naval Reserve.
Died 10 September 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 27. |
GRIMMER |
George |
Sergeant
14482, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 4 December
1917. Born Oulton, Suffolk, enlisted Norwich. Awarded the Military
Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL,
LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
GRIMMER |
Henry
[Septimus] aka Harry |
Private
14398, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 September
1916. Aged 23. Born Haddiscoe, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Son of
William and Mary Ann Grimmer, of Haddiscoe, Norwich, Norfolk. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
HAINES |
George
[Henry] |
Serjeant
200874, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 19 April 1917.
Aged 24. Son of George Edward and Dorothy Annie Haines, of Haddiscoe,
Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 11 to 15. |
HAINES |
Leonard |
Rifleman
TR/13/84827, 10th Battalion attached 53rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort's Own). Died in United Kingdom 24 October 1918.
Aged 18. Buried in HADDISCOE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
HAYDEN |
Harry |
Rifleman
2083, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died
of wounds 17 March 1915. Born Brandon, Suffolk, enlisted Great Yarmouth,
resident Haddiscoe. Son of Arthur and Sybilla Hayden, of Haddiscoe
Station, Great Yamouth, Norfolk. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 5. Grave 15. |
MEEN |
Harold
[Aubrey] |
Corporal
14455, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 26 September 1915.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 30 and 31. |
MILLS |
William
[Charles] |
Private
G/96971, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died Wednesday 24th April 1918. Aged 19. Son of Charles Henry and
Eliza Mills, of Station House, Haddiscoe, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 60 and 61. |
PATRICK |
Ernest |
Private
14400, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 17 February
1917. Born Yarmouth, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried
in STUMP ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Row C. Grave
33. |
PATRICK |
William |
Private
16612, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 October
1915. Born Haddiscoe, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and
31. |
RANDLESOME |
Reginald
[Horace] |
Lance
Corporal 16597, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 24 September
1918. Aged 20. Son of John Randlesome, of Haddiscoe, Norwich, and
the late Sarah Randlesome. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born
Haddiscoe, resident with his parents, John and Sarah Randlesome,
in By the Street, Haddiscoe, Loddon, Norfolk. Buried in South-East
part of HADDISCOE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. |
REVELL |
William
[Edward] |
Private
21297, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 5 July 1916.
Aged 22. Born Bunwell, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, resident Haddiscoe.
Husband of Alice Revell, of Rockland St. Mary, Norwich. Formerly
19182, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
STANNARD |
Walter
[Henry] |
Private
18512, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
25 July 1916, wounded 23 July 1916 sent to 44 Casualty Clearing
Station where he died of groin, lower back and abdominal wounds.
Aged 30. Born Spexhall, enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Maria
Stannard, of Spexhall, Suffolk; husband of Mary Anne (nee Gowing)
Stannard, of Cliff Cottage, Haddiscoe, Loddon, Norfolk, married
1910 in Loddon. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 49. |
SYMONDS |
Henry |
Engineman
472ES, H.M. Drifter Golden Rule, Royal Naval Reserve. Killed in
Dover Raid 15 February 1918. Aged 35. Born 2 April 1893 at Toft
Monks. Son of William and Mary Ann Symonds, of Toft Montes, Haddiscoe,
Norwich; husband of Marian Ellen Symonds, of 3, Factory Street,
Lowestoft. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, a Drift Net Fisherman,
born Toft Monks, Norfolk, married to Marian Ellen, with three sons
and two daughters, resident 14 Oulton Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
31. See also Lowestoft
St Margaret's and Lowestoft |
WRIGHT |
George |
Private
5588, 1st Battalion, Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
23 November 1914 at Ypres. Born in Toft Monks in 1877, enlisted
Beccles. Brother of Mr. Joseph Wright, of Guyton Cottages, Toft
Monks later 29 Dalman Square, South Town, Great Yarmouth. In the
1881 census he was aged 5, a scholar, resident with his parents,
James The Younger and Mary Ann Wright, near Maypole Green, Toft
Monks, Loddon, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, boarding
with the Palmer family at Haddiscoe, working as a farm labourer.
He enlisted in 1900 in the Norfolk Regiment, aged 24, and was posted
to India, serving in Darjeeling until 1908. He re-enlisted 4 April
1912 for four years. Hweight 5 feet 5 inches, weight 124 lbs, chest
34 inches, fresh complexdion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination
Church of England. Qualified Stretcher Bearer. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
4. |
YOUNGS |
Isadore
[Jacob] |
[Also
spelt Isidore] Private 28857, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 7 June 1917. Aged 27. Born 30 March 1890 and resident
Haddiscoe, enlisted Norwich. Son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Youngs.
Attested 7 September 1914 at Norwich, aged 24 years 162 days, resident
Haddiscoe, Farm Labourer, unmarried, posted 12 September 1914, discharged
as medically unfit and not likely to become an efficient soldier
20 October 1914, later recalled, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight
148 lobs, chest 35 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair,
religious denomination Church of England. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY
(CHINA WALL), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave 13. |
1939-1945
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BEEVOR |
John
[W] |
Corporal
518096, Royal Air Force. Died 15 April 1941. Aged 28. Son of Victor
and Laura Martha Beevor, of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Buried in PIETERMARITZBURG
(FORT NAPIER) CEMETERY, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Row D. Grave
2. |
CULLEY |
Leonard
[Pinfold] |
Flight
Sergeant 1802431, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 9 January 1945. Aged 21. Son of William Charles and Hephzibah
May Culley, of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 450.

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MEEN |
Neville
[James] |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1443704, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Flying out of Kairouan West,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE266, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Viterbo airfield,
Italy 16 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Son
of Frederick J. and Rose Meen, of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 9, Column 1. See also
Malta Memorial |
READ |
Jack |
Seaman
LT/JX 186673, H.M. Trawler Rodino, Royal Naval Patrol Service. Died
24 July 1940. Aged 32. Son of John Richard and Annie Maria Read,
of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Buried in DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY, Kent.
Row G. Joint grave 24. |
RUSTED |
John
[Robert] |
Private
5772783, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 21 May 1940.
Aged 20. Son of Elijah John and Elisabeth Rusted, of Haddiscoe,
Norfolk. Buried in CHERCQ CHURCHYARD, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave 9. |
Not
Recorded: |
BRABBEN |
Fredrick
[James] |
Private
300006, 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died
age 35 on 28 August 1917 Son of William Brabben, of Thorpe, Haddiscoe,
Norfolk; husband of Adelaide Brabben, of 4, Walmer Rd., Kirkley,
Lowestoft, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. (NOT ON MEMORIAL
or BOARDS) |
STONE |
John
William |
Lance
Corporal E/490, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London
Regiment). Killed in action 13 November 1916. Born Ddiscoe, enlisted
London, S.W., resident Dalston. In the 1901 census he was aged 9,
born Haddiscoe, resident with his parents, James and Fanny Stone,
at Haddiscoe Station, Haddiscoe, Loddon, Norfolk where his father
was Station Master. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Haddiscoe,
a Draper's Assistant, boarding at 11 Salisbury Road Dalston N E,
St John At Hackney, London & Middlesex. Buried in MAILLY WOOD
CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 15. |
Also
mention of (war unknown, details unknown) |
MACK |
South |
Died
of Wounds - No further information currently available |
MACK |
Edmund |
possibly
Lieut-Commander GEORGE EDMUND MACK H.M.S. Orlando, Royal Naval Reserve
who died age 54 on 18 November 1941 Son of George and Helen A. Mack;
husband of Marie Irene Corbeil Mack. Buried in MILLPORT NEW CEMETERY
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JENNIS |
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
GRIMMER |
Charles |
Squadron
Leader 685482G, RAF Uxbridge, Royal Air Force. Died 23 September
1988. Aged 45. Born 11 March 1943. Cremated at EARLHAM CREMATORIUM,
Norwich. |
PITCHER |
Cecil |
No
further information currently available |
Last updated
19 August, 2024
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