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WIGHTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Michael Peck 2013
The
Wighton memorial is to be found at the crossroads of Kirkgate Lane and
High Street, in KIrkgate Lane, Wighton. It takes the form of a base
surmounted by a plinth with a tapering shaft, a sword is on the front
face of the shaft, and floriate cross; there is carved inscription on
the sides of the plinth; the whole is set within railings mounted onto
a low concrete wall. There are 14 names listed for World War 1 and 5
for World War 2. The cross was damaged in a storm and repaired in 1993.
The men listed for World War 1 are listed in year groups.
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Photographs
Copyright © Michael Peck 2013 |
IN
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 FROM THIS PARISH
| 1915 |
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| SAVORY |
William |
Private
8054. 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30th April
1915, aged 25 years. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Savory of Wighton.
Born North Tuddenham and enlisted Wells, Norfolk. Buried St Sever
Cemetery. A.8.19. |
| BRITTON |
Alfred |
Alfred
Robert Britton. Private 2968. 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
Gallipoli 12th August 1915. Enlisted East Dereham, Norfolk. Missing
and commemorated Helles Memorial. Panel 42 to 44. |
| CLAXTON |
William
George |
Private
9356. 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th September
1915. Born Leith, Scotland and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried
Norfolk Cemetery. I.C.1. |
| HORMSBY |
Harry |
Unable
to identify Harry Hormsby. Possibly
mistake and should read Harry Hornsby. Private 18470. 2nd Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Died Salonika 22nd November 1915, aged 37 years.
Son of Nehemiah and Anne Hornsby of Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire.
Born Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk.
Present Branthill Cottages, Wighton 1911. Missing and commemorated
Doiran Memorial. |
| 1916
- 17 |
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| BURTON |
William
Albert |
William
Albert Burton birth registered 1895. Noted as William Burton on
census and enlists as William Burton. Private 9387. 2nd Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Mesopotamia 22nd April 1916.
Son of (the late) Robert and Agnes Burton. Born Langham and enlisted
Norwich, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Basra Memorial. Panel
10. |
| WHITE |
Charles
Edward |
Private
25490. 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action
8th September 1916. Son of Edward John and Harriet Mary White of
Wighton, Norfolk. Born Wighton, Norfolk and enlisted Parkgate, Rotherham,
Yorkshire. Missing and commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial. Panel
8. |
| ROWE |
Sidney
Charles |
Private
41675. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 5311 Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 2nd March 1917. Son of Alfred and Sarah Rowe of (as
1911) 20 Bridge View, Wighton, Norfolk. Born 1892 Wighton, enlisted
Norwich and resident Wighton, Norfolk. Buried Grove Town Cemetery.
III.C.5. |
| WHITE |
George
William |
Private
14775. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th October
1917, aged 25 years. Son of Edward John and Harriet Mary White of
Wighton, Norfolk. Born Wighton and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Missing
and commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 34 to 35 and 162. |
| YAXLEY |
Frederick
William |
Private
267190. 2/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, formerly 992
Norfolk Cyclists Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 2nd
December 1917. Born Walsingham and enlisted Wells, Norfolk. Missing
and commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 6. |
| 1918 |
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| ELEY |
Robert
Violey |
Private
17464. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 31st January
1918, aged 28 years. Son of Ebenezer and Emma Eley of Wighton, Norfolk.
Born Whiting (mistranscribed Wighton?) and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk.
Buried Mont Huon Military Cemetery. VI.F.10B. |
| ROWE |
Robert
John |
Possibly
Robert John Rowe birth registered 1882. Noted as Robert Rowe on
1911 census and enlists as Robert Rowe. Private G/87420. 21st Battalion,
Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 25th March 1918. Son of Alfred
and Sarah Rowe. Husband of Matilda Susanna Rowe (nee Raines). Born
Wighton (as census) or Kettlestone (as SDGW) and enlisted Norfolk
(place unspecified). Missing and commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay
7. |
| ROWE |
Robert
John |
Possibly
Robert John Rowe birth registered 1891. Noted as John Rowe on 1911
census and enlists as John Rowe. Private 12334. 7th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment, attached 35th Trench Mortar Battery. Died of wounds 19th
February 1918. Son of Henry and Ann Rowe of Crabbe, Wighton, Norfolk.
Born Houghton in the Dale (now Houghton St Giles) and enlisted Norwich,
Norfolk. Buried Merville Communal Cemetery Extension. I.C.3. |
| ROWE |
Frederick
William |
Lance
Corporal 22497. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
21st August 1918, aged 23 years. Son of Frederick and Sarah Rowe
of Wighton, Norfolk. Born Whiting (mistranscribed Wighton?) and
enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried Bagneux British Cemetery. IV.B.1. |
| BECKHAM |
John |
Private
206377. 7th Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment, formerly
1036 Norfolk Regiment. Died 21st November 1918. Born Melton Constable,
enlisted Norwich and resident Walsingham, Norfolk. Buried Cologne
Southern Cemetery. XVII.A.22. |
1939-1945
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| BATTERBY |
Frederick
George |
Private
5775169. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 21st September
1944, aged 23 years. Son of Edward Arthur and Mary Ann Harriet Batterby
of Wells, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Singapore Memorial.
Column 49. |
| FRANCIS |
Arthur
William |
Stoker
16076, Royal Australian Navy. HMAS ‘Kuttabul’. Died 1st June 1942,
aged 41 years. Son of Sarah J Francis of Wighton, Norfolk. Buried
Rookwood Necropolis. C of E Naval Section 4. Grave 829 |
| LANE |
Frederick
John |
Private
5775157. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 5th January
1945, aged 25 years. Son of James William and Daisy Ethel Lane of
Wighton, Norfolk. Buried Chungkai War Cemetery. 1.A.10. |
| WEST |
Francis
Lewis |
Corporal
885515. Royal Engineers. Died 28th August 1944, aged 26 years. Son
of Frank Francis and Florence Beatrice West. Husband of Eva Mary
West (nee Wilmot) of Bournemouth, HAM. Buried Wighton Cemetery.
Grave 20. |
| WOODS |
Stanley
Robert |
Possibly
Stanley R W Woods, birth recorded Aylsham District 1921 (mother
nee Stearman) but unable to identify as casualty or civil death
and no further information. |
Last
updated
10 August, 2016
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