Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Walpole St Andrew & Walpole Cross Keys, Norfolk

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

WALPOLE ST ANDREW & WALPOLE CROSS KEYS*

World war 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Cliff Brown 2002
Grave photographs copyright © Peter Hunter 2005

The memorial stands in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, Wisbech Road, Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk. It takes the form of a bronze cross on octagonal steps; the shaft is decorated with cow, pig, goat and sheep figures and passant horse and dog, with the inscription above and below the figures with the fallen names listed on the opposite face of the shaft; leaves are engraved on all sides of the cross. The memorial was dedicated 1 July 1920.

*Note The same men appear on the Walpole Cross Keys memorial except where mentioned.

Extract from Lynn News & County Press - Saturday 17 July 1920, page 5:

WALPOLE ST. ANDREW.

“REMEMBER US.” —A large concourse of parishioners and others assembled in the church and in the churchyard on Sunday afternoon, the occasion being the unveiling and dedication of two memorials of parishioners who made the supreme sacrifice in the war. A brass tablet, inscribed with 21 names of the fallen, has been placed at the west end of the church, and a bronze Cross in the churchyard. Both are finely designed and executed, and the Cross, in addition to the words of dedication and the names of the fallen, bears the following suitable inscriptions:

Ye that live on mid English pastures green,
Remember us and think what might have been.

The unveiling of the memorials was entrusted to Vice-Admiral Eyres, D.S.O., who delivered a moving address in the churchyard. The ringers gave muffled peals. The short service in the church as taken by the vicar, and the Lessons read by the Rev. Mowbray Smith. A small orchestra of four violins accompanied the organ in the singing. A company of Boy Scouts, under Scoutmaster the Rev. H. C. Staveley, attended the service. A collection for the Memorial Fund realised £10. The following names are inscribed on the memorials: Robert Bailey, John Thomas Bailey, Walter Edward Bailey (three brothers), David Bailey, Arthur Barber, James Bloy, Herbert Bloodworth, Charles H. Jackson, George Jackson (brothers), Perry Large, Reginald William J. Lowe, William Newton, Arthur Nobbs, Benjamin Nobbs (brothers), Charles Herbert Nobbs, John Gillison Parkins, John Richard Richmond, Philip Charles Richmond (brothers), William Rout, Robert Charles Wiskin, Thomas Winterton.

TO
THE
GLORY
OF
GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
THE SOLDIERS
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED
FOR
KING
AND
COUNTRY
IN
THE GREAT
WAR
1914-1918
YE THAT LIVE ON
MID ENGLISH PASTURES
GREEN
REMEMBER US -
AND THINK WHAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN

BAILEY	Robert	43561 Pte, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 11-11-16, age 24. Born Walpole St Andrew, enlisted Terrington. Son of Thomas & Alice Bailey, of Walpole St Andrew. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of J T & W E Bailey, below.
BAILEY	John Thomas	43554 Pte, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21-10-16, age 19. Born Walpole St Andrew, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of the late Thomas & Alice Bailey, of Walpole St Andrew. London Cemetery and Extension, Somme, France. Brother of above & below.
BAILEY	Walter Edward	30332 Pte, 10th (1st Hull - Commercials) East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 7-9-18, age 19. Son of Thomas & Alice Bailey, of Walpole St Andrew. Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Brother of R & J T Bailey, above.
BAILEY	David	9704 Pte, 1/4th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Palestine 2-11-17. Born Walpole St Andrew, enlisted King's Lynn. Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
BARBER	Arthur	possibly 201135 Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8-10-18. Enlisted Ipwich. Masnieres British Cemetery, Marcoing.
BLOY	James	possibly 13375 A/Sgt (Jack), BCompany, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Dow 7-10-16, age 21. Born Ickborough, enlisted Norwich. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. or 203323 Pte, 1st Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 31-5-17. Henin Communal Cemetery Extension.
BLOODWORTH	Herbert	66651 Pte, 217th Coy, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 16-8-17. Formerly 22277 Norfolk Regiment. Lived Walpole Cross Keys. Tyne Cot Memorial.
JACKSON	Charles Henry	No information.
JACKSON	George	possibly 15292 Guardsman, 2nd Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 16-9-14 at Soupir. La Ferte-sous-Jouaree Memorial, Seine-Maritime.
LARGE	Percy Leslie	11470 Pte, 241st coy Machine Gun Corps. Dow 3-12-17, age 19. Formerly 32498 Norfolk Regiment. Son of John Large, of Walpole St Andrew. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
LOWE	Reginald William J	83213 Pte, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 9-12-17, age 23. Son of Mrs E J Lowe, of Kirnfield, Walpole St Andrew. Formerly 29280 Bedfordshire Regiment. Walpole St Andrew Churchyard.
NEWTON MM	William	9288 Cpl, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 12-10-16. Awarded Military Medal. Born Wisbech, enlisted Norwich. Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy.
NOBBS	Arthur	12267 Pte, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 2-10-15, age 19. Born Walpole St Andrew, enlisted London. Son of Isaac and Mary Ann Nobbs, of Walpole St Andrew. Delville Wood Cemetery, Somme, France. Brother of below.
NOBBS	Benjamin	43278 Pte, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 4-9-16, age 19. Born Walpole, enlisted Norwich. Son of Isaac & Mary Ann Nobbs, Walpole St Andrew. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval. Brother of above.
NOBBS	Charles Herbert	70691 Pte, 15th coy Machine Gun Corps (formed in 5th Div, 27-12-15). Dow 30-6-17, age 19. Formerly 43135 Norfolk Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs T H Nobbs, of Walpole St Andrew. Buried Duisans British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
PARKINS	John Gillson	8460 Pte, 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Died Mesopotamia 22-9-16. Born Walpole, enlisted King's Lynn. Basra Memorial. Note 2nd Norfolks captured at Kut 29-4-16.
RICHMOND	John Richard	43006 Pte, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19-5-17, age 26. Born Walpole, enlisted Walpole St Andrew. Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France.
RICHMOND	Philip Charles	13386 Pte, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Died 19-7-16, age 23. Born Walpole, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs Charlotte Richmond, of Walpole St Andrew. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
ROUT	William	17241 Pte, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 9-5-17, age 22. Born Clenchwarton, enlisted Norwich. Son of James & Mary Rout, of Walpole St Peter. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
WISKIN	Robert Charles	1313436 Pte, 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 6-11-17, Egypt, age 22. Son of Robert & Emma Wiskin, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Bearsheba War Cemetery, Israel.
WINTERTON	John Thomas	29935 Pte, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 22-11-17, age 24. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Mary Ann Winterton, of Walpole St Andrew, and the late John Winterton. Listed Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.
		Not on memorial, but buried in churchyard
PARKINS	George William	131833 Gnr, No 6 TF Artillery School, Royal Field Artillery. 20-7-16, age 31. Walpole St Andrew Churchyard, Norfolk.
1939-1945
VINCENT	Douglas Robert	Sergeant 1625175, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Lost in action while based at Abu Sueir, Egypt, 10 November 1945. Resident Walpole Island. His father Robert was a blacksmith and owned a tiny village shop. His mother died when the family were young and an Aunt in Sutton Bridge brought several of the family up, and he actually joined up whilst living in Sutton Bridge. No known grave. Commemorated on Malta Memorial, Malta. Panel 18, Column 2. Also listed on Sutton Bridge Memorial. See also Malta Memorial
WHISKER	Thomas Harvey	2090376 L/Cpl, 287th Field Coy Royal Engineers. 7-10-43, Prisoner of War, age 27. Son of Mr & Mrs J T Whisker, Walpole Cross Keys. Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.
CARTER	Thomas	1874621 L/Cpl, 1 (Malaya) Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers. 2-8-43, Prisoner of War, age 28. Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Extract from local newspaper: L/CPL. THOMAS CARTER The official news that their second son, L/Cpl. Thomas Carter, Royal Engineers, died in a Thailand Camp on August 2nd, 1943, was received by Mr. and Mrs. T. Carter, No. 2, Council Houses, Walpole St. Andrew, yesterday (Thursday) week. L/Cpl. Carter joined the Royal Engineers in June, 1937, and went to Singapore in 1938, being captured after its fail and interned in Malaya. His parents received two cards from him while he was a prisoner, the last one arriving at Christmas, 1943. L/Cpl. Albert Carter is still serving with the R.A.F. in Hong Kong. Mr. and Mrs. Carter wish to thank all friends for their kind inquiries concerning their son during the period of anxious waiting.
PRINCE	Frank	C/J17590 Ldg Seaman, HMS Crispin, Royal Navy. 4-2-41, age 44. Son of Frank & Charlotte Prince; husband of Ada Prince, Walpole Cross Keys. Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
HALL	Horace	5775555 Pte, 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment. 25-5-43, Prisoner of War, age 33. Son of Emily Hall, Walpole St Andrew. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
The same men are listed at Walpole Cross Keys, with the addition of:
BARKER	William Merril	5047354 Sgt, 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment. 2-6-44, age 31. Son of William Merril Barker & Edith Louie Barker; husband of Daisy Barker. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Extract from local newspaper: KILLED IN ITALY Sad News of Sergt. W. M. Barker Mrs. W. M. Barker, of Station-road. Walpole St. Andrew, has received the sad news that her husband, Sgt. William Merrill Barker, has been killed in action in Italy. Sgt. Barker, who was a baker by trade, was the second son of Mrs. E. L. Barker and of the late Mr. W. M. Barker, of Carlton, Nottingham, and he married Miss Daisy Fox, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Fox, of Walpole St. Andrew. The Commanding Officer, in a letter to the widow expressing the sympathy of the Company, states that Sgt. Barker, who was killed on June 2nd, “was very popular with us all and had earned our respect by his conduct in past battles. In him we have lost a fine comrade and a gallant leader.” Much sympathy has been expressed to the widow in her bereavement.
Buried in the graveyard but not on memorial
CLARKE	Douglas	1505223 Gunner, 116 Battery, 15 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 2nd October 1939, age 21. Son of George and Beatrice Emily Clarke, of Walpole Highway. Buried in Walpole St Peter Churchyard. Row 6. Grave 33.
LICQUORICE	Ernest William	5772219 Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 1st December 1942, age 25. Son of John James Licquorice and Hilda Licquorice, of Walpole Highway; husband of Joan Agnes Licquorice, of Walpole Highway. Buried in Walpole St Peter Churchyard. Row 4. Grave 32.
YEOMAN	Brenda Gladys	W/318083 Private, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Died 20th November 1946, age 20. Daughter of Clare and Gladys May Yeoman, of Walpole Highway. Buried in Walpole St Peter Churchyard. Row 8. Grave 38.

25 March 2005

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