GREAT
GLEMHAM WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© Stuart Green 2006
The
memorial stands beside the parish church and takes the form of a Celtic
Cross made of Portland stone on a single stepped base. There are 15
names from World War 1 and 6 for World War 2. The memorial was unveiled
on 13th June 1920 and a reported appeared in the East Anglian Daily
Times 16th June 1920.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
1914-1918
BRIDGES |
Ernest |
Believed
to be Private G/41748, 19th Battalion, Middlesex
Regiment. Died 23/02/1917. Buries at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
CLARKE |
Wilfred
|
No
further information currently available |
CLOSE-BROOKS |
Arthur
Brooks |
MC.
Captain, 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 10/01/1917. Age
32. Son of John and Emily Close-Brooks of Birtles Hall, Cheshire.
husband of Frances Mary Close-Brooks of Glemham Grove. Buried at
the Amara War Cemetery, Iraq |
CLOW |
Frederick
Levett |
Lance
Corporal 18110, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died
09/10/1917. Born in, and resident of, Great Glenham. Commemorated
on the Tyne Cot Memorial |
JOHNSON |
George |
Rifleman
555819, 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles).
Died 11/11/1918. Age 18. Son of Henry and Eliza Johnson of Low Road,
Great Glenham. Born at Glenham. Buried at Great Glenham (All Saints)
Churchyard. Rifleman Johnson’s death is recorded at Fulham |
JOHNSON |
Lester
Samuel |
Believed
to be Private 34509, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died 09/05/1917. Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt |
MATTIN |
Frederick
|
Private
200832, 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 28/07/1918. Buried
at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois |
MATTIN |
John |
Private
200962, "B" Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died 15/07/1916. Age 19. Son of Arthur and Rose Mattin of Brookheath,
Fordingbridge, Hampshire. Commemorate on the Thiepval Memorial |
MATTIN |
Stanley
Walter Augustus |
Private
200897, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 23/04/1917. Age 27.
Son of Mrs C Mattin of Rose Cottage, Great Glemham. Commemorated
on the Arras Memorial |
MAYHEW |
Percy
James |
Private
14832, 8th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died 17/05/1917. Age 19. Son of James and Norah Mayhew of Great
Glemham. Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
PALMER |
Alfred
|
No
further information currently available |
PENDLE |
Frederick
John |
Private
15463, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 15/12/1914. Born at
Rendham. Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery |
PLEASANCE |
Ernest
A |
Lance
Corporal 22853, 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died
19/10/1918. Age 23. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Pleasance of New
Cottage, Great Glenham. Buried at Iwuy Communal Cemetery |
SMITH |
Bert
William |
Private
10613, 10th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died 18/08/1917. Age 29. Son of Harry and Anna Maria Smith of Manor
Farm, Kirton. husband of Jessie May Smith – Resident of Saxmundham.
Buried at Bertenacre Miltary Cemetery, Fletre |
STONE |
Ernest
James |
Rifleman
A/205401, 8th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died 21/03/1918.
Born in, and resident of , Great Glenham. Buried at St Souplet British
Cemetery |
WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY |
ALSO
OF |
1939-1945 |
ABBOTT |
Arthur
William |
Private
S/106859, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 17/06/1940. Age 24. Son
of Edward Abbott and of Edith M Abbott of Great Glemham. Commemorated
and buried at Les Moutiers-En-Retz Communal Cemetery. All but one
of those buried here lost their lives when the troopship Lancastria
was bombed and sunk off St. Nazaire, 29 kilometres north of Les
Moutiers, on 17th June, 1940. There are now over 60, 1939-45 war
casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a quarter are unidentified.
Lack of space prevented the erection of individual headstones, and
all the men are commemorated by a memorial in the form of a screen
wall, with a number of Portland stone panels upon which the names
are carved. Between these panels are others bearing the badges of
the various Regiments, and across the memorial, above the names,
runs the inscription "In honoured memory of these British soldiers
who perished in the loss of the troopship Lancastria on June 17th,
1940, and who are buried here" |
CRISP |
Jack
Wilfred |
Lance
Corporal 5825903, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 28/06/1944.
Age 30. Son of Sarah Crisp and Stepson of J W G Cattermole of Stratford
St Andrew. Buried at Hermanville War Cemetery |
FAIRHEAD |
Alfred
William |
Sergeant
5826435, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 12/09/1944. Age 28.
Son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fairhead. husband of Kathleen Elizabeth
Fairhead of Stowmarket. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
FOSTER |
John
Conway |
Squadron
Leader 85149, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10/07/1945.
Age 49. Son of Michael Gloye Foster and Charlotte Shipley Foster.
husband of Franklin Foster (nee Engs) of Great Glemham. Commemorated
at Golders Green Crematorium. The cause of death of Squadron Leader
Foster is unknown |
JARVIS |
Angus
Wiliam |
Rifleman
1795572, 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 18/01/1945.
Age 23. Son of Ambrose and Anne Jarvis. husband of Phyllis Jarvis
of Great Glemham. Buried at Sittard War Cemetery |
SCACE |
William
Charles Barnabus |
Sergeant
5827642, 1/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
Died 25/10/1942. Buried at the El Alamein War Cemetery |
THE
MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US
AND WE WERE NOT HURT
THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US
BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT |
Last
updated
9 November, 2021
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