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SEDGEFORD
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley, Researched
Lynda Smith 2003
The
War memorial is situated on a triangle in the village on Cole Green.
The memorial gives full names and Regiments. There is also a second
memorial to those who died in World War 2. See further down the page
for details.
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Carolynn Langley 2003 |
1914
– 1919
| BARRETT |
William |
Lance
Corporal 12282, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on Friday 16 March 1917. Born Townsvelle,
Australia. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY,
ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 12. |
| BATCH |
George
William |
Pioneer
151760, 8th Signalling Company,, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on Monday 25 March 1918. Age 20. Born Sedgeford.
Enlisted Hitchin, Herts. Son of Mary Ann Batch, of Sedgeford, King's
Lynn, Norfolk, and the late George Batch. No known grave. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 10 to 13. |
| BELL |
Herbert |
Private
TF/242740, 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on Wednesday 1 August 1917. Age 32. Born
Bircham. Lived King’s Lynn. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Albert
and Ann Marie Bell, of Heacham Rd., Sedgeford, King's Lynn. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.
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| BINKS |
Basil
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment). Killed in action Monday 23 October 1916. Age 28. Son
of Herbert B. and Martha B. Binks, of Sedgeford, Norfolk. B.A. (Queen's
College), Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B. See also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
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| BOCKING |
Henry aka
Harry |
Private
240194, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment.
Died in Palestine 18 April 1917. Born Sporle, enlisted Thornham.
No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panels 12 to 15. |
| CARTER |
James
Robert |
Private
17527, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in France & Flanders
on Thursday 27 July 1916. Age 27. Born Sedgeford. Enlisted Norwich.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Carter, of 11, Littleport Terrace, Sedgeford,
King's Lynn; husband of Minnie Maria Carter, of High St., Sedgeford,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
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| CARTER |
Walter [Frederick] |
[Listed
on memorial as Private 6th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.]
Private 43580, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
on the Somme 5 October 1816. Aged 23. Born 26 July 1892 Snettisham,
enlisted King's Lynn; married 12 February 1916 in North Walsham
to Laura Harriett Rebecca Howard.
Husband of Laura H. R. Smith (formerly Carter), of 12, Upper Brents,
Faversham, Kent. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 10. |
| COPPIN |
George
William |
Private
61847,. 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 11843 Royal Sussex
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on Sunday 6 October
1918. Born Whiting, Norfolk. Lived Burnham Market. Enlisted King’s
Lynn. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XVI. Row C. Grave 17. |
| GOODERHAM |
Walter
Edgar |
Private
25459, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on Tuesday 9 October 1917. Age 27. Born Gasthorpe,
Norfolk. Enlisted King’s Lynn. Son of Alfred Gooderham, of
Knettishall, Diss; husband of Ethel H. Gooderham, of Church Farm,
Thelnetham, Diss, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9. |
| HINES |
Ernest
Frederick |
Driver
T2/9859,. Base Horse Transport Depot, Army Service Corps. Died in
Mesopotamia on Wednesday 15 November 1916. (CD gives year as 1915).
Born and lived Sedgeford. Enlisted Marylebone. Buried in BASRA WAR
CEMETERY Iraq. Plot III. Row O. Grave 14. |
| JORDON
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Stephen
James |
[JORDAN
on CWGC & CD]
Private 29720, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on Monday 9 April 1917. Born Tottenhill,
Norfolk. Enlisted King’s Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.
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| KENDALL |
Cecil |
Private
850174, 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment.)
Died Monday 2 September 1918. Age 28. Born 21 October 1890, Sedgeford,
Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kendall, of Norfolk, England;
husband of Ethel L. Bambridge (formerly Kendall), of Amigari, Ontario.
Il. Buried in DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 18. |
| LARGE |
William
Henry |
Private
23092,. 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Formerly 18846 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on Friday 7 July 1916.
Age 39. Born Flitcham, Norfolk. Lived Sedgeford. Enlisted Norwich.
Husband of Caroline Riches Large, of Docking Rd., Sedgeford, King's
Lynn, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C.
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| LOCKE |
Walter |
[Spelt
LOCK on SDGW CD] Private 14448, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on Wednesday 18 October
1916. Age 24. Born Methwold. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Herbert and
Rose Locke, of Eaton Farm, Sedgeford, King's Lynn. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 1 D.
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| MARSHALL |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private
28395, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Formerly
8943 The Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on Friday 22 March 1918. Born and resident Sedgeford.
Enlisted Norwich. Formerly 8943, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Buried
in BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI MILITARY CEMETERY No. 1, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot/Row/Section I. Grave A. |
| PARSONS |
George
Edgar |
Sick
Berth Attendant M/3515, H.M.H.S. "Rohilla.", Royal Navy. Died on
Friday 30 October 1914. Age 22. Son of George Press Parsons and
Emma Ellen Parsons, of The King William Inn, Sedgeford. Buried in
SEDGEFORD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
See also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
Special
note: The Rohilla was originally a liner with the British
India Steam Navigation Company. She was converted to a hospital
ship in 1914. Carrying a full crew including medical staff, she
hit a reef south of Whitby. Then followed one of the great rescue
operations carried out by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution,
in which three gold and four silver medals were awarded to the
lifeboat crews. To read the full story see HMHS
Rohilla - The Wreck of The Rohilla
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| PENDRIL(L) |
John |
Lance
Corporal 16545, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. (Memorial gives
Private in 10th Battalion Norfolk Regiment). Died of
wounds in France & Flanders on Monday 19 February 1917. Born
Loddon. Enlisted Norwich. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 9. |
| RAINES |
Frank
Henry |
Private
15495, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. (Memorial states 8th
Norfolks). Killed in action in France & Flanders on Friday 15
September 1916. Born Sedgeford. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 1 D.
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| RAINES |
Harry |
Private
36883, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on Monday 15 April 1918. Enlisted
Sedgeford. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XXIX. Row B. Grave 20. |
| TUCKER |
Duncan
Johnson |
Tuck
on CWGC & CD. Captain 3rd Battalion, Oxford. and Bucks Light
Infantry. Died of wounds Monday 3 July 1916. Buried in AVESNES-LE-COMTE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row
A. Grave II. |
| WALDEN |
Sidney
Peel |
Private
240754. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Egypt on Wednesday
18 July 1917. Age 22. Enlisted East Dereham. Son of George and Mary
Walden, of Sedgeford, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried in DEIR EL BELAH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Ref. D. 21. |
| WARNES |
John |
Serjeant
42472. 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 12939 Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on Tuesday 28 May 1918.
Age 34. Born Tattersett, King’s Lynn. Lived Sedgeford. Enlisted
Norwich. Son of Jabez and Helen Peace Warnes, of Fring Lane, Sedgeford,
King's Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99. |
| WILLIAMSON |
James
William |
Private
22325. 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on Saturday 11 August 1917. Born Sedgeford. Enlisted
King’s Lynn. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4.
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1939
– 1945 |
| CHAPMAN
|
Arthur
Albert |
Private
5775092. 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 12
June 1940. Age 19. Son of Albert Edward and Maud Jane Chapman, of
Sedgeford, Norfolk. Buried in GRANDCOURT WAR CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime,
France. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 12. |
| HUBBARD,
M.C. |
Percy
Richard |
Lieutenant.
H.M.S. Rajalzya., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday 11
November 1943. Age 59. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hubbard; husband
of Doris Catharine Hubbard, of Chelsea, London. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Panel 80, Column 1. |
| KIRBY |
Wiliam
Alfred |
[Listed
on CWGC as William Kirby] Private 5774896, 5th Battalion, Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Died as a japanese Prisoner of War 6 March 1944.
Aged 22. Son of Alfred and Edith Emily Kirby, of Sedgeford, Norfolk.
Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 9. Row M. Grave
6.
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| OTWAY
|
[James]
Herbert |
Ordinary
Seaman. S.S.
Rotorua (Plymouth), Merchant Navy. Died Wednesday 11 December
1940. Age 18. Son of Frederick Robert and Kathleen Otway; nephew
of Celia A. Smith, of Sedgeford, Norfolk. Buried in SANDWICK CEMETERY,
Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom. Section M. Grave 2969. |
| SEWELL |
Albert
James |
Private
5778286. 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Monday 6 January
1941. Age 26. Son of Frederick John and Hannah Eliza Sewell, of
Sedgeford. Buried in SEDGEFORD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
A
lamp with a brass plaque underneath it set into the churchyard wall
of St Mary the Virgin Church, on the left of the entrance gate.
THIS LAMP WAS PLACED HERE
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
SEDGEFORD
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO KEEP
THE LIGHT BURNING
1939 – 1945
| CHAPMAN |
Arthur
Albert |
See
Village Memorial (above) |
| CROWN |
Gordon
Frederick William |
Guardsman
14655719. 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died on 25th September
1944. Aged 20. Son of Frederick Charles and Stella Crown, of Sedgeford,
Norfolk; husband of Betty Crown, of Fring, Norfolk. Buried in Jonkerbos
War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 22. Row C. Grave 5.
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| HUBBARD |
Percy
Richard |
See
Village Memorial (above) |
|
OTWAY |
Herbert
James |
See
Village Memorial (above) |
| SEWELL |
Albert
James |
See
Village Memorial (above) |
| WILLIAMSON |
Lancelot
Percy |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 621628. Royal Air Force. Died on 13th July 1945.
Aged 25. Son of Percy George and Annie Maud Williamson, of Sedgeford.
Buried in Fring (All Saints) Churchyard, Norfolk. |
Last
updated
1 October, 2018
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