
SOUTH
WALSHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Jane Taylor; Researched
Lynda Smith 2004
The
memorials are to be found at the church of St Mary & St Lawrence,
The Street, South Walsham, Norfolk. The World War 1 tablet takes the
form of a stone tablet with ornate edging and the name, rank and regiment
of the men who lost their lives in black lettering down the centre;
there are 14 names listed. The World War 2 memorial is immediately below
the First World War tablet and takes the form of a simple, stone tablet
with the names only; there are three names listed.
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Photograph
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF
BARBER |
Herbert
Samuel |
Private
16265. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in The Balkans on
9th December 1915. Born Marlingford. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated:
Doiran Memorial, Greece. |
BROWN |
Herbert
James |
Private
73202. 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment.).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st October 1916. Aged
30. Born and lived South Walsham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William
Brown, of 18, North Burlingham Green, Norwich. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
EBBAGE |
John
W. |
Private
B/21505. 16th Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Formerly 41386
R.G.A. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 1st August 1916.
Aged 26. Born and lived Norwich. Enlisted Great Yarmouth. Son
of John and Harriett Ebbage, of South Walsham, Norwich. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 108 to 112. |
HOWLETT |
Reginald
Coleman |
Lance
Corporal 200839. 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine
on 19th April 1917. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated: JERUSALEM
MEMORIAL. Panels 12 to 15. |
CHAPMAN |
George
Granville Garfield |
Sapper
500375. 2nd Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers. Died on 31st
May 1917. Aged 32. Born in Norfolk on 19th June 1884, he was the
son of Jane Ellen Chapman, of The Lodge, South Walsham, Norfolk,
England, and the late James Chapman. Sapper Chapman was a Lineman.
Buried: Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Ref. I. E. 22. |
CLARE |
(Francis)
Phillip |
Private
16285. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 8th August 1918. Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4. |
CURTIS |
E.C. |
Deck
Hand 3584/DA. H.M. Drifter "Hastfen. Royal Naval Reserve. Died
11th February 1915. Aged 21. Son of Henry James and Harriet Emily
Curtis, of Staithe Cottage, South Walsham, Norfolk. Buried: Dartmouth
(Longcross) Cemetery, Devon. Ref. 149. |
JERMY |
Gerald
Arthur |
Private
48848. 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly 202303 Middlesex
Regiment. Killed in action in France and Flanders on 2nd September
1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Frederick and Charlotte
Jermy, of Charity Farm, South Walsham, Norwich. Commemorated:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 5 and 6.
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PARKER |
Bertie |
Private
161002. 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment.) Died
of wounds in France on 11th April 1917. Aged 26. He was born in
Hemplington, Norfolk on 28th January 1891, the son of Lillian
and Anne Parker, of Venture Cottage, South Walsham, Norwich, England.
Private Parker was a farmer. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XXII. F. 20. |
PEARSON |
Reginald
Oswald |
Second
Lieutenant. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
on 16th June 1915. Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
PRATT |
Bertie
James |
Private
(Lance corporal on memorial) 26112. 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry
(Quebec Regiment.). Died on 25 July 1918. Aged 37. Son of Frederick
James and Emma Pratt. Born at South Walsham, Norfolk, England
on 21st December 1880. Pte. Pratt was a grocer in Canada. He was
unmarried. Buried: Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension. Ref.
II. B. 21. |
PRATT |
James
Robert |
Able
Seaman R/604. Anson Battalion R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 26th October 1917. Aged 19. Son of Frederick
James Pratt, of South Walsham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Tyne Cot
Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen. Panel 2 to 3 and 162 to
162A . |
TURNER |
Ethelbert
Palmer |
Petty
Officer Stoker 290487. H.M.S. "Arethusa. Royal Navy. Died on 11th
February 1916. Aged 35. Son of Robert and Eliza Turner, of Hunstanton,
Norfolk; husband of Emma M. Turner, of South Walsham, Norfolk.
Commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 17. Special
Note: HMS Arethusa was a Light Cruiser. She hit a German mine
off Felixstowe, and broke in two and sank. |
WRIGHT |
Harold
William George |
Lance
Corporal GS/52828. 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Died on 6th
April 1918. Aged 28. Son of William and Minnie Eliza Wright ;
husband of Emma Wright of Marsh Road, South Walsham, Norwich.
Commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL. Addenda Panel. |
ALL
OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
"THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE
1939-1945 |
BULL |
Alfred |
Corporal
5770069. 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died between 26th
and 27th May 1940. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bull, of Ramsgate,
Kent; husband of Daisy Kathleen Bull, of South Walsham, Norfolk.
Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial. Column 43. |
BROWN |
Norman
|
Private
14631269. Gloucestershire Regiment, attd. 8th Battalion Parachute
Regiment, A.A.C. Died on 10th September 1944. Aged 19. Son of
Arthur Bramwell Brown and Hilda Brown, of South Walsham, Norfolk.
Buried: Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France.
Ref. Divn. 67. Row H. Grave 9. |
MOORE |
Douglas
[Robert William] |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1803619, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HF476, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the Xenia oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, believed to have
crashed northeast of Lake Scutari, 19 August 1944. Born 21 November
1924. In the 1939 Register he is listed as the son of Charles
W and Elsie T Moore, at school, resident The Street, South Walsham,
Blofield and Flegg R.D., Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 15, Column 2. Also commemorated
on Malta
Aircrew Memorial |
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28 September, 2024
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