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TRUNCH
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed
by David Rudram; Researched by Lynda Smith - 2003
Trunch
is a village midway between Mundesley and North Walsham. The memorial
is a rough grey, granite, cross on a rectangular stone plinth in churchyard
of St Botolph's Church, Front Street, Trunch. It is a listed monument.
The memorial was presumably erected, around 1920. The memorial commemorates
14 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and one man who
fell in the Second World War.
IN
MEMORY OF
THE TRUNCH MEN WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
| BULLMORE |
John |
Private
3/8123, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
19 June 1915. Age 36. Born Walcot. Enlisted Norwich. Husband of
Chadotte Matilda Bullimore, of Church St., Trunch, Norwich. Buried
in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot
I. Row E. Grave 66. |
| BURNETT |
Arthur |
Private
15871, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died Thursday 28 October
1915. Age 20. Born and lived Trunch. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Henry
and Anna Burnett, of Chapel Rd., Trunch, Walsham, Norfolk. Buried
in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot D. Grave 165. |
| BURNETT |
Thomas
Henry |
Private
242538, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died Thursday 19 April
1917. Age 24. Born Trunch. Enlisted Cromer. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Burnett; husband of Ida Burnett, of Brick Kiln Rd., Trunch, North
Walsham, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL,
Israel. Panels 12 to 15. |
| CUTTING |
Alfred
George |
Private
317831, 1st Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Friday
12 March 1915. Born Trunch. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 4. |
| CUTTING |
John
Percy |
Private
3/7880, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 May
1915. Born Knapton, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. In the 1911
census he was aged 15, born Knapton, a Gardener Marker, son of Afred
Cutting, resident Trunch, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
4. |
| FLAXMAN |
Herbert
James |
Private
20547, 1st Battalion,, Essex Regiment. Died at sea Friday 13 August
1915. Age 24. Born and lived Trunch. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Henry
H. and Louisa C. Flaxman, of Brewery Rd., Trunch, Norwich. No known
grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150
or 229 to 233. |
| FULLER |
Alfred
Sydney |
Private
20549, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 17818, Norfolk Regiment.
Died at sea 13th August 1915. Born and resident Trunch, enlisted
Norwich. Born June Quarter 1888 in Erpingham 4b 63. In the 1891
census he was aged 3, born Trunch, son of Thomas and Susanna Maria
Trunch, resident Chapel Street, Trunch, Erpingham, Norfolk. In the
1911 census for Trunch he is listed as aged 23, living in Chapel
Road with parents Thomas and Maria and also with brother Owen (see
below) aged 12, born March 1899 Erpingham 4b 68. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
146 to 151 or 229 to 233. |
| FULLER |
Charles
Henry |
Private
26560, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 6 November
1918. Aged 40. Enlisted Walthamstow. Husband of Mary J. Fuller,
of 7, Brettenham Rd., Walthamstow, Essex. In the 1881 census he
was new born in Trunch, son of Henry and Hannah Fuller, resident
Trunch, Erpingham, Norfolk. In the 1891 census he was aged 10, born
Trunch, a scholar, son of Henry and Hannah Fuller, resident Chapel
Street, Trunch, Erpingham, Norfolk. Buried in South corner of OBIES
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. |
| FULLER |
Frederick
Henry |
Private
PW/5866. 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Formerly 28977 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday 20th November 1917. Age 36. Born
Trunch. Lived North Walsham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and
Mary Ann Fuller, of Rose Cottage, Front St., Trunch, North Walsham.
Buried in POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 9. |
| FULLER |
Louis
aka Lewis |
Private
43150, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 10th May
1917. Aged 26. Born Trunch, enlisted Norwich. Husband of Mrs. Lewis
Fuller, of New Cottages, Heath Farm, North Walsham, Norfolk; father
of Charlie Sidney Fuller born 1914. In the 1901 census he was aged
9, born Trunch, son of James and Mary Fuller, resident Cottage,
Village, Trunch, Erpingham, Norfolk. Buried in BOIS-CARRE BRITISH
CEMETERY, THELUS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 11. |
| FULLER |
Owen
Charles |
Gunner
96962. 8th Battalion, Tank Corps formerly 5978 26th Battalion, Training
Reserve. Died of wounds Thursday 9 May 1918. Born Crunch, enlisted
Cromer. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Kassel, Hessen, Germany.
Plot VI. Row L. Grave 13. |
| FULLER |
Thomas |
Private
14978. 9th Battalion,, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
26 September 1915. Age 29. Born Trunch. Enlisted Norwich. Son of
the late Thomas and Sarah Fuller. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. |
| SPURGEON |
Arthur
Callum |
Private
148415. 62nd Battalion,, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Killed in action
Thursday 12 September 1918. Born Trunch. Enlisted Cromer. Lived
Walsham. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10. |
| TEMPLE |
Robert
Arthur Henry |
[Listed
as H TEMPLE on CWGC] Private 15869, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 28 November 1915. Born Bradfield,
Norfolk, resident North Walsham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. In the
1901 census he was aged 6, born Bradfield, Norfolk, son of Isaac
and Ellen Temple, resident Common, Bradfield, Smallburgh, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Bradfield, Norfolk, a Labourer
on Farm, son of Isaac and Ellen Temple, resident Bradfield North
Walsham, Bradfield, Norfolk. Buried in AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA, Turkey
(including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row G. Grave 4. |
FAITHFUL
UNTO DEATH
1939-1945
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| FLAXMAN |
Arthur
Frederick |
[Listed
a Frederick Arthur Flaxman on CWGC] Private 5774971, 5th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 19th January
1943. Aged 21. Taken prisoner 15 February 1942 in Singapore during
the japanese invasion. Son of John Dennis Flaxman and Eliza Christmas
Flaxman, of Trunch, Norfolk. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 12. Row E. Grave 14. |
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19 November, 2019
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