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REDENALL,
HARLESTON & WORTWELL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed David Neville; Researched Lynda
Smith 2005
additional information Mick Tilley
A
cross beside the main road in a small well-tended garden area not far
from the St John the Baptist Church. It takes the form of a Celtic cross
decorated with carved animals in the top section and entwined snakes
on the arms of the cross and down the shaft forming the knotwork design;
it is set on a tapering plinth and base. The inscription and names are
in black lettering on three sides of the plinth, with the additional
plaque/tablet for Ward VC at the bottom of the shaft, just above the
main inscription on the front face. There are 73 names listed for World
War 1 and 24 for World War 2 plus the VC recipient.
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Photograph Copyright © David Neville 2005
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TO
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF THE
REBENHALL HARLESTON WORTWELL MEN
WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1914-1918.
AND THE WAR 1939-1945.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
| ALDERTON
|
Herbert
Arthur |
Serjeant
200525,‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 23rd August 1918. Aged 24. Born Haverhill,
Suffolk. Enlisted Harleston. Son of Mr. R. T. and Mrs. M. A. Alderton,
of Thorofare, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Adanac Military Cemetery,
Miraumont, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 23. |
| BACON |
Arthur
James |
Private
25256, (25250 on SDGW),‘B’ Company, 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd August 1917. Aged 34.
Born Harlesden, Middlesex (perhaps this should be Harleston). Lived
Child’s Hill, Middlesex. Enlisted Mill Hill. Son of the late Henry
and Rosa Bacon, of Needham Rd., Harleston, Norfolk; husband of Ethel
Louise Bacon, of 50, West St., Crawley, Sussex. No known grave.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. |
| BALDWIN |
Charles |
Private
2062, 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on 18th
September 1915. Aged 22. Born Top Croft, Norfolk. Enlisted Brook,
Norfolk. Son of George Baldwin, of Marsh House, Wortwell, Harleston,
Norfolk. Grave lost. Commemorated in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery,
Turkey. Special Memoril. Row B. Grave 46. |
| BARBER |
F |
possibly
Townley James Fountain Barber, Private 23483, 7th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action 5th March 1917. Aged 25. Born Tivetshall.
Enlisted Lowestoft. Baptised 16 August 1891 in Tivetshall St. Margaret,
Norfolk, son of George and Maria Barber. Son of George and Maria
Barber of Water Lane, Heybread, Harleston, Norfolk. NOT listed on
the Tivetshall St. Margaret memorial. Buried in Maroc British cemetery,
Grenay, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row O. Grave 17. |
| BENTHAM |
Archibald
Thomas |
Sapper
194995, 14th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died in France
& Flanders on 22nd September 1917. Aged 28. Born Haynford, Norfolk.
Enlisted Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Son of Supt. T. Bentham, of North
Walsham, Norwich; husband of Lilian Bentham, of 19, Ramnoth Rd.,
Walsoker, Wisbech, Cambs. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension
(Nord), Nord, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 167. |
| BOND |
Leonard |
Private
40048, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 18th October
1916. Born Harleston, enlisted Norwich. In the 1911 census he was
aged 14, born Harleston, Norfolk, an Eraands Boy, son of John and
Emma Bond, resident Old Market Place, Harleston, Rodenhall with
Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 4. |
| BORRETT |
Frederick
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 201963, 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in Palestine on 19th April 1917. Aged 29. Born Redenhall, Norfolk.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Harriet Borrett, of Wortwell,
Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Plot XXX.
Row F. Grave 16. |
| BORRETT |
John
Samuel |
Sapper
85513, 209th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died in France & Flanders
on 10th July 1917. Aged 31. Born Wortwell, Norfolk.. Lived Harleston.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Harriet Borrett, of Wortwell,
Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent Pas
De Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 18. |
| BORRETT
|
Stanley
Frank |
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Photograph
Copyright
© Chris Harley 2008 |
Lance
Corporal 29773. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 14th October 1917. Aged 22. Born Harleston.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Harriet Borrett, of Wortwell,
Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 17. |
| BROWN |
Albert |
No
further information available at present. |
| BROWN |
Allen |
Private
28686. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 12th October 1916. Aged 31. Born, lived and enlisted
Harleston. Son of Robert and Esther Brown, of Jay's Green, Harleston,
Norfolk; husband of Harriet Elizabeth Brown, of Wilson Square, Harleston,
Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D. |
| BUCK |
Arthur
Louis |
Serjeant
14447. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 6th March 1917. Aged 24. Born Hoxton, Middlesex. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Buck, of London Rd., Harleston,
Norfolk. Buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Pas
De Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 36. |
| BUSSEY
|
Frederick
Arthur |
Private
205858. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Formerly 265414 Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 25th October
1917. Lived Harleston. Enlisted Saxmundham, Suffolk. Buried in Hooge
Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row K.
Grave 15. |
| CAREY |
Herbert
Jesse |
Private
41584. 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly
25249 Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders on 15th April
1918. Born Woodton, Norfolk. Enlisted Harleston. Buried in Le Grand
Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France. Plot III. Row
D. Grave 14. |
| COOK
|
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 21163. 9th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 19542 Norfolk
Regiment. Died in Salonika on 9th October 1918. Aged 22. Born Harleston.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Eliza Cook, of Sale Yard, Harleston, Norfolk.
Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave 284.
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| COOK |
Frederick
James |
[CWGC
& CD both give James Frederick]. Private 41305. 10th Battalion Essex
Regiment. Formerly 5476 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 2nd September 1918. Aged 40. Lived Harleston. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Liest, of Meedham, Harleston; husband
of Mrs. F. E. Bussey (formerly Cook), of Mendham Lane, Harleston,
Norfolk. Buried in Rancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref.
B. 15. |
| COOPER |
George
Clarence |
Private
21165. 6th Battalion Border Regiment. Formerly 19422 Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 2nd October 1916. Aged 20.
Son of Harriett Cooper, of ‘The Common,’ Harleston, Norfolk. Buried
in Etretat Churchyard, Seine Maritime, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave
13A. |
| COOPER
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Percy
Banyard |
Private
18464. 10th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died at home on 15th February
1915. Aged 19. Born Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Banyard
and Harriett Cooper, of The Common, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in
Felixstowe (Walton) Cemetery, Suffolk. |
| DALLISTON
|
Edward
[Bly] |
Corporal
M1/7973. 52nd Motorised Transport Company (Aldershot), Army Service
Corps. Died at home on 1st December 1915. Aged 43. Born Denton,
Norfolk. Lived Kew, London. Enlisted London. Son of Henry William
and Elizabeth Dalliston; husband of Louisa Dalliston, of II, Cambridge
Cottages, Kew. Served in the South African and the Somaliland Campaigns.
Buried in Richmond Cemetery, Surrey. Plot/Row/Section/Area W. Grave
5518. |
| DOVE |
George
[Harold] |
Lance
Corporal 19604. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 25th March 1916. Born and enlisted Great Yarmouth.
Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. Plot V.
Row B. Grave 85. |
| DOWLING
|
Denis
William |
Shoeing
Smith Corporal 68763. 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Aged 24.
Born and enlisted Harleston. Son of William and Minnie Dowling,
of High Rd., Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt
Road British Cemetery, Manancourt Somme, France. Plot X. Row E.
Grave 17. |
| DURRANT |
Lombe
Atthill |
Second
Lieutenant. 65 Squadron, Royal Air Force and General List. Died
on 6th June 1918. Aged 25. Son of George and Mary K. Durrant, of
3, Turle Mansions, Tollington Park, Finsbury Park, London. Native
of Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Vignacourt British Cemetery Somme,
France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 11. |
| FARLEY
|
Michael
Francis |
Private
37736. 7th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 2nd March 1917. Born Folkestone,
Kent. Lived Harleston. Enlisted Camberley, Surrey. Buried in Regina
Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt Somme, France. Plot VII. Row D. Grave
8. |
| FEAVIOUR
|
William
Clacy |
Serjeant
1838. 2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 6th December 1916. Aged 35. Lived Watford,
Herts. Enlisted Armoury House. Son of Robert Feaviour, of Harleston,
Norfolk; husband of the late Blanche Sarah Feaviour. Buried in Mailly
Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave
9. |
| FLEGG |
John
Alfred |
Private
20491, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 16639, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 6th August 1915. Born Wortwell, Norfolk,
resident Rednhall, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Buried in Twelve Tree
Copse Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special
memorial Section C. Grave 352. |
| FROST |
George
Henry |
Private
200533. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine on
19th April 1917. Born Redenhall, Norfolk. Enlisted Harleston. No
known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial.
Panels 12 to 15. |
| FROST |
W
B |
No
further information available at present. |
| GOFFIN |
Frederick
James |
Private
31213. 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 11th September 1918. Born Wroxham,
Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row O. Grave 6. |
| GOLDSMITH
|
John |
Private
203211. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5433 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th March 1918.
Born and lived Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Henry Goldsmith,
of Brood St., Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Bienvillers Military
Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. Plot XIV. Row B. Grave 7. |
| GOWER
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Austin
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 14441. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 15th September 1916. Aged 24. Born Wortwell,
Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Robert Edward Gower, of Low St.,
Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier And Face 1 C And 1 D.
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| HAZARD
|
William
Noel |
Second
Lieutenant. 14th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Killed in action on 27th
August 1918. Aged 25. Son of William Henry and Marguerite Hazard,
of Caltofts, Harleston, Norfolk. Native of Pulham St. Mary, Harleston.
Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Plot
XXII. Row G. Grave 3. |
| HEWITT |
Ernest
Frederick |
Private
200596. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine
on 28th April 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Norwich. Brother of Mr. L.
J. Hewitt, of Low St., Woodton, Bungay, Norfolk. Native of Flixton,
Bungay. Buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Egypt. Section B.
Grave 171. |
| HEWITT
|
F
J |
No
further information available at present. |
| HINES |
William
John |
Lance
Corporal 6639. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 22nd October 1914. Aged 24. Born Waterford,
Cork. Lived Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Martin,
of Mill Terrace, Joy's Green, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Poperinge
Communal Cemetery Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II.
Row A. Grave 1. |
| JAMES |
George
Ernest John |
Private
67272, Royal Fusiliers, posted to 2nd/1st Battalion London Regiment
(Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action 20th September 1917. Aged
25. Enlisted 21 April 1917. Husband of Florence May James, of
The Street, Dickleborough, Scole, Norfolk. In the 1901 census
he was aged 8, born Wortwell, Norfolk, son of Mark and Hannah
James, resident Wortwell Railway Gate House, Village High Street,
Wortwell, Depwade, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 18,
born Wortwell, Norfolk, a Bridge Carpenters G.E.R., resident with
his parents, Mark and Hannah James, at Gate House G. E. Railway,
Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk. He was a Bridge Carpenter's Labourer
in the Chief Civil Engineers Department, Great Eastern Railway
(G.E.R.), joined the railway 11 November 1910, a member of the
National Union of Railwaymen, joined 20 November 1913 as Railway
Workers, Labourer, Norwich Branch. Buried
in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row C. Grave 35. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London
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| JOHNSON |
Thomas
James |
Bombardier
876027. 411th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 4th April 1918. Aged 34. Born Pulham St Mary.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of Herbert Johnson, of Norfolk; husband of
Gertrude Alice Dennis (formerly Johnson), of Police Station, Grimston,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row N. Grave 8. |
| MARKWELL |
Herbert
Charles |
Private
29166. 1st/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly 46003
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 4th October 1917. Aged 30. Born and lived Wortwell, Norfolk.
Enlisted Harleston. Husband of Martha Markwell, of High St., Wortwell,
Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 2. |
| MITCHELL |
Reginald
James |
Private
40020. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 2nd October 1917. Aged 20. Born Burgh Apton, Norfolk.
Enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Harriet E. Mitchell, of Pulham
Market, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay
Pas De Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 10. |
| NUTHALL |
E
W |
Possibly:
Sergeant 4374. 1st Regiment (Infantry), South African Infantry.
Died on 10th April 1918. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A. |
| OLLEY |
Clare
[Davey] |
Private
21039. 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own). Died on 9th May 1917. Aged 28. Born at Wortwell, Norwich.
Son of William and Rose Olley husband of Mary Jane Olley, of 276,
Burley Rd., Leeds. Buried in Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery. Ref. Screen
Wall. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Leeds (General) Cemetery.
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| OSBORNE |
F |
No
further information available at present. |
| OXBORROW |
James
Edwin |
(Spelt
Oxborough on CD & CWGC). Private 16540. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 5th March 1916. No known grave.
No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 10 |
| PALLENT |
Richard |
Private
33240. 13th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 14th July 1917. Born Strenbrook, Suffolk. Lived
Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in Fins New British Cemetery,
Sorel-Le-Grand, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 19. |
| PAYNE |
O
J |
No
further information available at present. |
| PECK |
William
Henry |
Lance
Corporal 25397. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Born and enlisted Harleston.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| PHILLIPS |
J |
No
further information available at present. |
| RAY |
Herbert
Edward |
Private
2661. Leicestershire Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 13th May 1915. Born Diss. Lived Harleston. Enlisted Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
5. |
| RAYNER |
Leonard
Arthur |
Private
10750. 2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 9th October 1917. Born Norfolk. Lived Hornsey.
Enlisted Mill Hill. Son of Arthur Frank and Elizabeth Ann Rayner,
of Harleston, Norfolk; husband of Doris Kathleen Rayner (nee Martin),
of ‘Kia-Ora,’ 51, Ethelbert Gardens, Ilford, Essex. No known grave.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 7. |
| RAYNER |
Sidney
Joseph |
Private
33623, "B" Company, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action 27th March 1918. Aged 33. Born Wortwell, Norfolk,
resident Harlesden, Middlesex, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rayner, of Wortella Harleston, Norfolk;
husband of Elizabeth Alice Garnham (formerly Rayner), of Hill Farm
Cottage, St. John'S, Bungay, Suffolk. No known grave. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 44 and 45.
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| REEVE |
Hector
Macdonald |
Private
79288. 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly TR/LON/136524. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 6th September 1918. Born and lived
Wortwell. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 7. |
| RICHES |
Henry
George |
(George
Henry on CWGC). Private 28489. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 18th August 1916. Aged 20. Born
Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Riches, of
The Common, Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave.
Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| ROUSE |
H |
No
further information available at present. |
| SADLER |
Robert |
Private
300093. 1st/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly
2906 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment in which he enlisted in
September 1914. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th August
1917. Aged 21. Born Hardley, Norfolk. Lived Alburgh, Norfolk. Enlisted
Harleston. Son of Daniel and Alice Sadler, of ‘Tunbeck,’ Alburgh,
Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
23 to 28 and 163A. |
| SAUNDERS |
Herbert
Waller |
Private
41953. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 9718 Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 2nd August 1917. Aged 19.
Born Stradbroke, Suffolk. Lived Wortwell, Norfolk. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Albert E. and Lottie Saunders, of Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. Plot
XXII. Row N. Grave 20. |
| SAUNDERS |
James
Edward |
Private
22302. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 18th September 1918. Aged 26. Born Harleston. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Albert E. and Lottie Saunders, of Hillside Cottage,
Low St., Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Chapelle British
Cemetery, Holnon Aisne, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 7. |
| SAYER |
Thomas
[Edward] |
Private
12731. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on 7th November 1918. Born Harleston, Norfolk. Enlisted St Paul’s
Churchyard, Middlesex. Buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany.
Plot II. Row D. Grave 1. |
| SHORT |
Charles |
Gunner
30828. 7th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in Salonika
on 3rd October 1918. Aged 30. Born Bungay, Suffolk. Lived Wortwell,
Norfolk. Enlisted Great Yarmouth. Son of William and Susan Short,
of High St., Wortwell, Harleston, Norfolk; husband of Beatrice Short,
of 59, Sheringham Avenue, Manor Park. London. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi
Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave 224. |
| SMITH |
Philip |
Private
19353. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, transferred to (405077) 864th
Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 27th October 1917. Born Fressingfield, Norfolk. Lived
Harleston. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery,
Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 3. |
| SMITH |
R
James |
No
further information available at present |
| SMITH |
R
J |
No
further information available at present |
| STAFF |
Reginald |
Corporal
14565. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 15th September 1916. Born Flixton, Suffolk. Enlisted
Norwich. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| STONE |
J
W |
No
further information available at present |
| TIDMAN |
Percy
Robert |
Private
16925. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Aged 23. Born Harleston. Enlisted
London. Son of William Tidman, of Broad St., Charleston, Norfolk.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas De Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| TIDMAN |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| TURNER |
E
W |
No
further information currently available |
| TURNER |
Robert
Joshua |
Corporal
21248. 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 10th October 1917. Aged
33. Husband of Phoebe Cordelia Turner, of Lush Bush, Redenhall,
Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
85 to 86. |
| WALLER |
William
A |
Private
1617. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
on 13th September 1915. Born Redinghall, Norfolk. Enlisted Harleston.
Grave lost. Commemorated in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Turkey.
Special Memorial Section C. Grave 8. |
| WARNES |
Donald
George |
Private
2327. 1st Norfolk Yeomanry. Died in Malta on 12th November 1915.
Aged 22. Born Redenhall, Norfolk. Lived Harleston. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of George and Jane E. Warnes, of Redenhall, Harleston, Norfolk.
Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot D. Row V. Grave 3.
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| WEBB |
Frederick
John |
Rifleman
3691, 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) .
Died 21st May 1916. Aged 23. Son of Jonathan and Annie Webb, of
Redenhall Rd., Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave.
Commemorated on Arras Memorial Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
| WEBB |
Horace |
Corporal
3/10243. 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 27th July 1916. Aged 25. Born Harleston. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of William and Alvina Webb, of London Rd., Harleston,
Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| WHITAKER |
B |
No
further information currently available |
| WOOLTERTON |
E
R |
No
further information currently available |
| 1939-1945 |
| BRETT |
P
G |
No
further information available at present. |
| CALVER |
L
V G |
No
further information available at present. |
| CHAMBERLAINE |
H |
No
further information available at present. |
| CHAPMAN |
Herbert
Samuel |
Lance
Corporal 7017985, 10th (2nd Battalion, The Tower Hamlets Rifles)
Battalion, Rifle Brigade Died: 6th July 1944. Aged 24. Son of Walter
Samuel J. and Florence Louisa Chapman, of Harleston, Norfolk. No
known grave. Commemorated on Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel 11. |
| DANIELS |
Albert
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1160552, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial
number Z7801, when his aircraft was shot down by flak from an escorting
destroyer when attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Sidra during an
anti-shipping strike 5 November 1941. Aged 21. Native of of Harleston,
Norfolk. Son of Frederick and Senor Florence Mary Daniels, of Harleston,
Norfolk. Panel 1, Column 2. See also Malta
Memorial
Extract
from the Diss Express, 19 June 1942, page 4:
DEATH
PRESUMED
News has also been received from the Air Ministry that in view
of the lapse of time and the absence of any further news regarding
Sgt. A. F. Daniels, since the date on which he was reported
missing, they must regretfully conclude that he is lost, and
his death has now been presumed for official purposes to have
occurred on 5th November, 1941. Sgt. Daniels' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. Daniels, reside at No. 4, Broad Street, Harleston
|
| DRAKE |
Harry
John |
Lieutenant
269431, 5th Battalion,Wiltshire Regiment,.Died 26th August 1944.
Son of Wilfred Harry and Dorothy Alice Drake, of Harleston, Norfolk.
Buried in St. Desir War Cemetery Calvados, France. Plot IV. Row
C. Grave 1. |
| DUFFY
|
J
J |
Flight
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 1312519, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 3rd June 1944. Aged 27. Son of James and Bridget Duffy; husband
of Dorothy Lily Duffy, of Wortwell, Norfolk. Buried in Malabo Cemetery,
Bioko Equatorial Guinea. Protestant Section. Grave 1. |
| FARROW |
F
S |
Probably:
Frederick Stanley FARROW, Driver T/14247090, 354 General Transport
Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 21 August 1943. Aged 23.
Son of Frederick Harry and Rosa Emily Farrow; husband of Ivy Edna
Farrow. Buried in Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia. Plot II. Row
A. Grave 16. |
| HARDY |
Percy
Frederick |
 Private
5780467, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 13th November
1940. Aged 28. Son of Frederick John and Ada Elizabeth Hardy;
husband of Gertrude May Hardy, of Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in
Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery Lincolnshire. Ref. Sec. 116. Row
A. Grave 2.
Photograh
Courtesy & Copyright © Tony Emptage 2010
|
| HOWARD |
Dennis
Marshall |
Second
Lieutenant 201370, The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured
Corps. Died 21st July 1942. Aged 23. Awarded the Military Cross
(M.C.). Son of Harry Fredrick and Persis Jenery Howard, of Harleston,
Norfolk. Buried in Florence War Cemetery Italy. Plot I. Row E. Grave
4. |
| HOWARD |
Leonard
George |
Private
5769861, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 31st August
1943. Aged 34. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot
2. Row N. Grave 53. |
| JOHNSON |
Frank
Walter |
Chief
Petty Officer C/JX 128624, H.M. Submarine ‘Triad’, Royal Navy. Died
20th October 1940. Aged 29. Son of William Gower Johnson and Emma
Johnson; husband of Dorothy Ethel Johnson, of Harleston, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel
34, Column 2. |
| LAIT |
John
[Frederick] |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 928878, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7790,
when his aircraft was shot down by return fire when attacking Ju52/3m
transports 40 miles off Lampedusa 13 January 1942. Aged 19. Native
of Harleston, Norfolk. Son of Charles and Doreen Lait, of Harleston,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Malta Memorial. Panel 4,
Column 1. See also Malta
Memorial |
| LOOME |
James
Robert |
Private
5774840, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 6th March 1944.
Aged 38 Son of William James Loome and Edith Loome; husband of Ida
Ellen Maud Loome, of Swanton Morley, Norfolk. No known grave. No
known grave. Commemorated on Yokohama War Cemetery Japan. British
Section. Plot J. Row B. Grave 8. |
| LOVE |
G
A |
Probably:
George Albert LOVE, Corporal 7644990, Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers. Died 9th July 1944. Aged 32. Son of Albert and Alice
P. Love; husband of Dorothy M. Love, of Denton, Norfolk. Buried
in Arezzo War Cemetery. Plot I. Row E. Grave 28. |
| LUSHER |
Noel |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) 581401, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed
26th August 1941 flying out of R.A.F. Coningsby, Lincolnshire,
in a Handley Page Hampden I, serial number AE301, on a night raid,
a minelaying sortie to the Baltic, when his aircraft was shot
down by a flak ship, crashing in Limfjorden, Denmark. Aged 28.
Resident Harleston, Norfolk. Husband of Hilda Beatrice Ellen Lusher
(nee Bush) of Harleston, Norfolk, married 30 November 1940. Buried
in Frederikshavn Cemetery Denmark. Allied Plot. Grave 8.
Extract
from the Diss Express, 6 December 1940, page 4:
HARLESTON
WEDDING
A
wedding of considerable local interest took place at Redenhall
Church on Saturday between Mr. Noel Lusher, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Lusher, Old Bank House, Harleston, and Miss Hylda
Beatrice Bush, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bush of
the Magpie Hotel. Harleston.
The
bridegroom is a sergeant-observer in the R.A.F., and the bride
gave up a commission in W.A.A.F., just prior to her marriage.
The
ceremony was performed by the Rector (the Rev. B. M. Pickering),
and Mr. A. C. P. Browne of Norwich, was the organist. The
hymns were "Love divine, all loves excelling,'' and "O
perfect Love."
The
bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white
moire taffeta, with veil and orange blossom, and carried a
bouquet of red roses. Her youngest sister, Miss Jeanne Frances
E. Bush, was bridesmaid, and she was attired in a blue satin
dress with blue net over, and Juliet cap. She carried a Victorian
posy.
The
bridegroom's cousin, Mr. Ronald Batch, was best man. and the
ushers were Messrs. Peter Reeve and lan Reeve.
Afterwards
a reception was held at the Magpie Hotel, Harleston. On leaving
for the honeymoon the bride travelled in a powder-blue crepe
frock, navy coat, with squirrel and navy accessories.
Extract
from the Diss Express, 29 August 1941, page 4:
HARLESTON
REPORTED MISSING
News was received on Wednesday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Lusher, of Old Bank House, that their son, Sergt. Noel
Lusher, an Observer in the R.A.F. was reported missing.
Sergt. Lusher who joined the R.A.F. in August, 1939, married
in December last Miss Hylda Bush, the elder daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Bush of the Magpie Hotel, Harleston.
Extract
from the Diss Express, 19 June 1942, page 4:
LATE
FLT.-SGT. N. LUSHER, R.A.F.
The
wife and relatives of Flight Sgt. Noel Lusher, R.A.F., have
been informed through the British Red Cross, that the body of
Flight Sgt. Lusher, previously reported believed to have been
killed in action, was washed ashore at Hals, Denmark; and that
he was buried in the Military Cemetery at Frederikshaven. The
Society added that the two remaining members of the crew, who
also lost their lives, were buried at the same cemetery. Flight
Sgt. Lusher's parents reside at Harleston, and in December,
1940, he married Miss Hylda B. E. Bush, elder daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Bush, of the Magpie Hotel, Harleston.
|
| MATHEWSON |
Thomas
Ivor |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 33323, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 12th February
1942. Aged 23. Son of Flying Offr. T. F. Mathewson, R.A.F., and
of Violet Theresa Mathewson, of Redenhall, Norfolk. Buried in The
Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Allied
Plot. Row 2. Grave 24. |
| PEARCE |
H
E |
No
further information available at present. |
| PEMBERTON |
Richard
Herbert Stote |
Lieutenant
H.M.S. Southampton, Royal Navy. Died 11th January 1941. Son of Bertram
Roper Stote Pemberton and Norma Augusta Pemberton, of Harleston,
Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham
Naval Memorial. Panel 41, Column 1. |
| SNELLING |
Godfrey
William |
Gunner
983020, 11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regiment., Royal Horse Artillery.
Died 14th November 1942. Aged 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Snelling,
of Harleston, Norfolk. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Alamein Memorial. Egypt. Column 14. |
| TURNER |
L
L |
Probably:
Lewis Leslie TURNER - Driver 4855612, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died 13th February 1942. No known grave. No known grave.
Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Column 68. |
| WARDEN |
E
J |
Probably:
Edward Jack WARDEN - Private 5772422, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk
Regiment. Died as a Prisoner of War 6th June 1944. Aged 30. Son
of Hannah Warden; husband of Anne E. Warden, of Hackney, London.
Buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ref. II. D. 1. |
| WILES |
Arthur
William |
Leading
Stoker C/K 57685, H.M.S. Woolwich, Royal Navy. Died 29th June 1943.
Aged 41 . Son of Arthur William and Susan Wiles; husband of Eva
Wiles, of Harleston, Norfolk. Buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial
Cemetery, Egypt. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 15. |
| WISKEN |
Walter |
Corporal
5771946, 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 24th July 1943.
Aged 29. Son of Walter and Lilian Wisken, of Harleston, Norfolk.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 48. |
| 
Photograph
Copyright © Helen Steed 2015
Special
Panel to Private Henry Ward Norfolk’s First VC
78th
Regiment 1823 to 1867 |
| WARD,
VC |
Henry |
Quartermaster
Sergeant. Born 1823, Harleston. Died 12 September 1867, Malvern
Worcestershire. Buried in Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire.
At the time of his V.C. he was a Private with the 78th Regiment.
Indian Mutiny 1857 - First Releif of Lucknow - 25th September
1857 - At Lucknow, he was escorting the dhoolie containing
LieutenantHavelock. Another wounded man, Private Pilkimgton, threw
himself into the dhoolie. The bearers were about to drop this double
load, but Ward compelled them to remain by his example, exertions
and cheerfulness. Under heavy fire, the dhooliewas brought to the
'Baillie Guard' in safety. Ward later became Lieutenant Havelock's
servant. |
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