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SANDRINGHAM
WAR SERVICE ROLL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Martin Edwards 2024
additional information
Michael Anstey
Within
the Sandringham Stables was originally displayed the War Service of
The members of the Royal Households and Esates of The King and The Queen.
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WAR
SERVICE ROLL
of
The Members of The ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS
and Estates of the KING and The QUEEN
KILLED
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| ADAMS |
Arthur
aka [James]
Albert |
Private
22220, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. The War Service Roll calls
him 'Arthur Adams' but Soldiers Died and the CWGC have James Albert
with the same Regiment and date of death so it would appear that
this is the same man. Born Narford, enlisted King's Lynn. He was
an underkeeper on the Sandringham Estate, Congham Shooting, Sandringham,
November, 1915. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D
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| ALLEN |
Phillip |
Private.
Gardener, Sandringham. Joined 12th October 1916. 1/4th Norfolks.
Battle of Gaza. Died from wounds received at Battle of Gaza.
Private
26712. 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Egypt 6th
November 1917 of wounds received at the Battle of Gaza. Aged 20.
Born Dersingham. Enlisted Norwich 12th October 1916. Son of Christian
Allen, of Malt House Yard, Dersingham, King's Lynn, and the late
Philip Allen. Gardener at Sandringham. Buried in Kantara War Memorial
Cemetery, Egypt. Section E. Grave 408. Also commemorated on Dersingham
Memorial.
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| BATTERBEE |
Robert
Frederick |
The
War Service Roll states Private, Sandringham. Joined 12th October
1916. 3rd Norfolks; 1st Essex. One engagement. Killed, 27th January
1917. The date of death differs.
Private
41940. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 26754, 3rd Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
16th August 1917. Aged 20. Born and lived Dersingham. Enlisted
King’s Lynn 12th October 1916. Son of John and Caroline Batterbee,
of The Lodge, Hill House, Dersingham, Norfolk. Worked on the Sandringham
Estate. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99. Also commemorated on
Dersingham Memorial.
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| BECK,
M.V.O. |
Frank
Reginald |
 Captain,
1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 12th August
1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 54. Son of Edmund and Anna Maria Beck, late
of Sandringham, Norfolk; husband of Mary Plumpton Beck, of Dersingham,
Norfolk. Agent to H.M. King, Sandringham. No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also on Roll of Honour
at West Newton and on a plaque in
Sandringham Church.
Extract
taken from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, part
2, page 24.
BECK,
FRANK REGINALD, M.V.O., Capt., 5th Battn. The Norfolk Regiment.
(T.F.), s. of the late Edmund Beck, Land Agent to H.M. The King
at Sandringham; b. Oxwlch, Co. Norfolk, 3 May, 1861; educ. Elmham
County School, Norfolk; was Land Agent at Sandrlngham to H.M. the
late King when Prince of Wales, 1891—1901, to King Edward
VII. 1901-10, and to H.M. the King from 1910 till his death, and
was mainly instrumental in the formation of the Sandringham Company.
of Volunteers (E Company., 5th Norfolk Regiment.), of which he was
appointed first Capt. 19 May, 1906. He volunteered for foreign service
alter the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force at the Dardanelles, and was in command of his company during
the attack on Anafarta on 12 Aug. 1915. On this day a large party
of the Norfolks (including Capt. Beck and many of the Sandringham
Company.) disappeared Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch], and it
is now supposed that they were cut off and killed; but nothing has
ever been definitely ascertained as to their fate. He was made a
Member of the Victorian Order (4th Class) 28 May, 1901, and created
a Knight of the Order of St. Olaf by the King of Norway 13 Nov.
1006. He m. at West. Newton, co. Norfolk, Jan. 1891. Mary Plumpton
(Sandringham, Co. Norfolk), dau. of the late Captain Clifford Wilson,
of the Connaught Rangers, and 5th Northumberland Fusiilers, and
had six children: Edmund Edward Jack. Alice Alexandra Margarotta,
Ruth Mary Plunipton, Phyllis Mavis Sophla, May Barbara Joyce and
Victoria Olga Joan Merle. |
| BECKETT |
Charles |
Company
Serjeant Major 240014. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917 at 2nd Battle of Gaza.
Born Mickleham, Surrey. Enlisted Dersingham 4th August 1914; Corporal
to Company Sergeant Major; served at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli Gaza.
Son of Charles and Alice Beckett, of Chilton Gardens, Hungerford,
Berks. Worked in the gardens at Sandringham. Went from Corporal
to CSM. In the 1911 census he was aged 27, a Domestic Gardener,
born Mickleham, Surrey, resident The Botheys, Sandringham. Buried
in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Plot XXIII. Row B. Grave 9. Also
commemorated on the Roll of Honour at West
Newton.
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| BOND |
George
William |
Lance
Corporal 17587, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers attached to 99th
Trench Mortar Battery, Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 28th February 1918. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Norwich
29th May 1915. Labourer on Sandringham Farm. Buried in Fifteen Ravine
British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A.
Grave 6. Also commemorated on the Roll of Honour at West
Newton. |
| BRIDGES |
Ernest
Edgar |
[Listed
a Private on CWGC] Lance Corporal 6815, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke
of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment formerly 1st/5th, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th September
1916 at the Battle of the Somme. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted
Sandringham 1st September 1914. Under keeper at Sandringham. Son
of Frederick James and Louisa Hannah Bridges, of Fir Cottage, West
Newton, King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B. See also West
Newton |
| BRIDGES |
Frederick
|
Private
41635, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 7005, 1st/5th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th
January 1917. Born and lived Flitcham. Enlisted Norwich 4th August
1914. Worker on Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D. |
| COOK |
James
Alfred |
Private
240349. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on
2nd November 1917 at Gaza, Palestine. Aged 20. Enlisted East Dereham
1st September 1914; served in Gal;lipoli, Gaza, Palestine. Son of
Charles Cook, of Church Cottage, West Newton, King's Lynn. Milk
Boy at Sandringham Farm. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot
XXIV. Row C. Grave 16. Also commemorated on Roll of Honour at West
Newton. |
| COOMBER |
Herbert
|
Private
G/18728, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of
wounds 7th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 38. Born
Lingfield, Surrey, enlisted King's Lynn June 1916, resident Conyham.
He was a gamekeeper atCongham on the Sandringham Estate. Son of
Edmund and Frances Coomber, of Cernes Farm, Edenbridge, Kent; husband
of R. E. Coomber, of 30, Warwick St., Birdholme, Chesterfield. Previously
employed in Kent by W.G. Grace the cricketer. Buried in Bethune
Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row G. Grave 35. |
| CROSS
|
Walter |
Private
202959, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment formerly 4/5999 Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th November
1916 at Warlencourt. Aged 27. Born Nyddisthorpe, Norfolk. Lived
Dersingham. Enlisted King’s Lynn 7th April 1916. Son of Harry
and Harriet Cross, of Holly Cottage, Dersingham husband of Florence
Rachel Cross, of Malt Cottages, Dersingham, Norfolk. Employed in
the gardens at Sandringham. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C Also commemorated on
Dersingham Memorial. |
| DANIELS |
Harold
[Frederick Gerrad] |
Private
240201, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine
on 2nd November 1917. Aged 21. Born Dersingham. Enlisted Sandringham.
Son of Robert and Eliza Daniels, of Victoria Cottage, Dersingham,
Norfolk. Worked in the Engineers' Department at Sandringham. Served
at Gallipoli and Palestine. Buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery,
Israel. Section B. Grave 88. Also commemorated on Dersingham
Memorial. |
| DOVE |
Robert
[George] |
Corporal
819, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Sulva Bay, Gallipoli
on 29th August 1915 (CWGC gives date as 12th August 1915; SDGW gives
date as 28th August). Born Harlesdon, Norfolk. Enlisted Sandringham
4th August 1914; served at Gallipoli and Sulva Bay. Went from Private
to Corporal. Worked in the gardens at Sandringham. No known grave.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also on
Roll of Honour at West Newton Church.
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| EMMERSON
|
Ernest |
Corporal
2129, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli 12th
August 1915. Born 1887 in Dersingham, enlisted Dersingham. Enlisted
4th August 1914; served at Gallipoli and Sulva Bay; wnet from Private
to CorporalBirth reference is Docking 4B 312. Son of John &
Mary Ann (nee Morgan) Emmerson. John born 1849 at Ingoldisthorpe.
In the 1911 census Ernest is shown as single and living with his
parents and siblings at Brook Terrace, Dersingham and his occupation
is shown as 'Domestic Gardener'. No known grave. Commemorated on
Helles Memorial, Turkey. See also Dersingham |
| GRIEF |
Edward
Hugh |
[Listed
as H E GRIEF on memorial] Private 240816, 1st/5th Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 19th April 1917 in Palestine. Enlisted East Dereham
4th August 1914; served at Gallipoli and Palestine. Worked at Sandringham.
Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Hipkin, she remarried after he died to
Edward Callaby, of The Buildings, Tilney St. Lawrence, King's Lynn.
Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Plot XXIII. Row D. Grave 12. |
| HARDY |
George
Henry |
Private
328129, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment formerly 30451, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 26th September 1917. Enlisted 16th June
1916. Born Gaywood, Norfolk, enlisted King's Lynn. Worked at Sandringham.
Service Roll states he served with Bedfordshire, Suffolk and 1st
Cambridgeshire Regiment and was attached to Royal Engineers at the
Battle of Polygon Wood on 26th September 1917. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. |
| HOOKS
|
George
Leonard |
Private
89364, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died as a prisoner of
war in Germany 7th October 1918. Born and lived Dersingham. Enlisted
Norwich 21st April 1917. Worked in the Engineers' Department, Sandrigham.
Buried in Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Nord. France. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 18. Also commemorated on Dersingham
Memorial. |
| HOWELL |
James |
Private
241092, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 19th
April 1917 at Gaza. Age 20. He worked in the gardens at Sandringham.
Enlisted King's Lynn May 1916. Son of George and Elizabeth Howell,
of 5, Manor Rd., Dersingham, King's Lynn. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery.
Plot XXII. Row G. Grave 10. |
| JORDAN
|
William
|
Private
240356, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1917 in Palestine. Age 23. An underkeeper on the Sandringham
Estate. Born Starton, Lincolnshire, enlisted East Dereham 1st September
1914; served at Gallipoli and Palestine. Son of Thomas and Ruth
Jordan, of Stourton, Lincoln. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Israel.
Plot XXIII. Row B. Grave 8. Also commemorated on Wolferton
Roll of Honour. |
| KERRISON |
Frederick
[Robert James] |
Private
1751, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on
21st August 1915 [Service Roll states 12th August]. Aged 19. Born
Walworth, surrey. Enlisted Sandringham 4th August 1914; served at
Gallipoli and Suvla Bay. Son of Frederick E. and Louisa Kerrison,
of Fox Farm, Carleton Rode, Attleborough, Norfolk. Worked in the
gardens at Sandringham. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 42 to 44 Also commemorated on Dersingham
Memorial. |
| MUSSETT
|
Reginald
|
Lance
Corporal 1544, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Sea
on 20th November 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 20. Born Cley-next-the-Sea.
Enlisted Sandringham. Son of Alfred and Charlotte Mussett, of Whitehall
Cottages, Syderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Worked as an Under-keeper
at Sandringham. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial,
Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
| NEEDS |
George
William |
Lance
Serjeant 711, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
at Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. Aged 28. Born King’s Lynn.
Enlisted West Newton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Needs, of 26, Alfred
Rd., Cromer, Norfolk. Employed in the Enginerers' Department, Sandringham.
No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42
to 44. Also on the Roll of Honour at West
Newton Church. |
| NURSE
|
Robert
Wallace |
Private
2130, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on
21st August 1915. Aged 22. Born North Heigham, Norfolk. Enlisted
Dersingham 5th August 1914. Son of Robert G. F. Nurse, of 19, Centre
Vale, Dersingham, King's Lynn. Employed on Sandringham Farm. No
known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to
44. Also commemorated on Dersingham Memorial.
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| OLLEY |
James
[Osbourne] |
Private
G/38859, 11th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Formerly 26204 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 1st August
1917. Aged 20. Born docking. Lived Amner. Enlisted King’s Lynn
25th July 1916. Only son of Herbert Robert and Mary Ann Olley, of
High Park, Little Massingham, King's Lynn. Private Olley was an
Under Keeper on the Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, France. Panel 11
- 13 and 14. |
| PHILLIPS |
Frederick
Ernest aka Fred |
Lance
Corporal 2025. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli
on 12th August 1915. (SDGW gives date as 21st August). Aged 21.
Born Icklingham, Suffolk. Enlisted Sandringham. Son of Thomas and
Annie E. Phillips, of West End, Costessey, Norwich. Employed as
an Under Keeper at Sandringham. No known grave. Commemorated on
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44 Also commemorated on Roll
of Honour at West Newton. |
| REED |
Horace
|
Lance
Corporal 30005, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 20th March 1918 received at Noyon. Aged
33. Born Ashwicken, Norfolk. Lived Dersingham. Enlisted King’s
Lynn 2nd June 1916. Son of William and E. Reed, of Ashwicken, Norfolk;
husband of Annie E. Reed, of Parker's Cottages, Dersingham, King's
Lynn, Norfolk. Employed in the gardens at Sandringham. Buried in
Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 8.
Also commemorated on Dersingham Memorial. |
| RINGER |
Arthur
William |
[W
A RINGER on memorial and William Arhur RINGER in rectory records,
Arthur William RINGER in military records and on Service Roll] Private
41634, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 7010, 1st/5th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 14th
April 1917. Aged 37. Born and lived West Newton. Enlisted Norwich
August 1914; served at Gallipoli and Suvla Bay. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Ringer, of West Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Employed on the
Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated on Canadian Cemetery
No. 2, Neuville - St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France. Special Memorial.
Also commemorated on West Newton Roll
of Honour. |
| RINGER |
Roland
Edward |
Private
1559, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at Sulva
Bay, Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 23. Born West Newton. Enlisted
Sandringham August 1914; served at Gallipoli and Suvla Bay. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ringer, of Victoria Cottages, West Newton, King's
Lynn. Employed on the Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. Also commemorated on
Roll of Honour at West Newton. |
|
SMITH |
John
[Rathie] |
Private
S/8050, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Died 27th
September 1915 of wounds recieved at the Battle of Loos 25th September.
Born Dyne, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Norwich January 1915. Employed
in the gardens at Sandringham. Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 45. |
| STEEL |
Ernest
Edward |
Private
17889, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 21. Born and lived Appleton.
Enlisted Norwich 12th June 1915. Son of Robert and Charlotte Steel,
of Appleton, King's Lynn, Norfolk. He was an Underkeeper on the
Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. Also commemorated on Roll of Honour
at West Newton. |
|
TWAITE |
Arthur |
Private
3/10495, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 10th August 1916. Aged 31. Born Royden. Enlisted
Norwich 3rd September 1914. Son of Mrs. Martha Twaite, of Trinity
Hospital, Castle Rising, Norfolk. Farm Labourer at Sandringham.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton,
Belgium. Panel 3 |
| WALKER |
Robert |
Gunner
93453, 350th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 4th October 1918. Aged 33. Served
in France from 31st December 1916 to 4th October 1918 taking part
in various battles during this period of service, wounded 22nd September
1917. Born Thornham, Norfolk. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of
Haylett and Ann Walker; husband of Lilian Louise Crowe (formerly
Walker), of Shire Stud, Wolferton, King's Lynn. Employed as a Shire
Stud Groom on Sandringham Farm. Buried in Dadizeele New British
Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row D. Grave
6. Also commemorated on Wolferton Roll
of Honour. |
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WALKER
|
William |
Private
2842, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on
21st August 1915. Aged 24. Enlisted East Dereham 9th September 1914.
Son of Mr. H. W. and Mrs. A. E. Walker, of Roydon, King's Lynn.
Employed on Sandringham Estate. No known grave. Commemorated on
Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 42 to 44 |
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