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DISS
SECONDARY SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL
(LATER GRAMMAR SCHOOL)
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by Brian Evans and Philip Clarke,
Researched Martin Edwards - 2007
The
following transcriptions of war memorials listing former pupils of Diss
Secondary (later Diss Grammar) School. Photographs of the memorials
appeared in an edition of the Old Dyssean magazine. The catchment area
of the school lay on both the Norfolk and Suffolk sides of the border.
The memorials are now located in the Chapel at Diss Cemetery.
1914-1918
| ALEXANDER |
Felix
Edward |
Died
14 November 1916. Born 18 April 1896 |
| BECKETT |
Albert
Victor |
Died
26 April 1917. Born 25 September 1897 |
| BLACKBURN |
Ernest
John Hardy |
Died
13 August 1916. Born 24 March 1897 |
| BRAME |
Allan
Ernest |
Died
20 March 1917. Born 29 August 1897 |
| CURRY |
Jack
|
Died
20 September 1918. Born 15 August 1898 |
| ORFORD |
Harry
|
Died
29 September 1918. Born 7 July 1898 |
| STUDD |
Archibald
Charles Ellis |
Died
1 July 1916. Born 21 August 1894 |
| THOMPSON |
Ernest
Edward |
Died
16 October 1918. Born 7 January 1884 |
| Sacred
to the memory of
Old Dysseans who gave their
lives in the Second World War
1939-1945 |
|
COLEMAN |
Philip |
No
further information currently available |
| CROWFOOT,
DFC |
[Thomas]
Bernard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 129665, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 15th October 1942. Aged 30. Son of George and Ellen
Crowfoot; husband of Gladys Dorothy Crowfoot, of Thetford, Norfolk.
Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Ref. 2. B. 19. |
|
CULLUM |
Jack
Leonard |
Sergeant
(Observer) 748640. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 24th June 1941. Buried: Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau,
Niedersachsen, Germany. Ref. Joint grave 12. F. 4-5. See also Diss
Town |
| GOFF |
Alan
Frank |
Sergeant
1176030. 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
10th November 1942. Aged 22. Son of Frank and Eva Goff, of Earlham,
Norwich. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 84. See
also Diss Town |
|
GOTOBED |
Leonard
Gilbert |
Sapper
1917076. 678 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died
between 16/05/1940 and 22/05/1940. Aged 24. Son of Frank W. and
Ellen Gotobed, of Diss, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Column 25. See also Diss
Town |
| HARRIS |
Eric |
Sergeant
(Nav.) 1802331. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 11th
December 1943. Son of Mrs. F. M. Harris. of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery.
Ref. Sec. F. Grave 22. See also Diss Town |
|
HILTON |
Stanley |
probably
Stanley Herbert Hilton, Private 5780868, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk
Regiment. Died between 26th and 27th January 1942. Aged 26. Son
of Herbert and Gertrude Hilton, of Old Buckenham, Norfolk; husband
of Beryl Olive Hilton, of East Harling, Norfolk. Commemorated: Singapore
memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 51. |
| HOLKER |
Volney |
Corporal
5774296. 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 23rd January
1943. Aged 20. Son of Harold and Mary Ann Holker, of Diss, Norfolk.
Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 4. F. 12. See
also Diss Town |
|
KEMP |
Roland |
possibly
Rowland Kemp, Stoke 1st Class R/KX 163873, HMS Porthos, Royal Navy.
No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval memorial, Hampshire.
Panel 89, Column 3. |
| NUNN |
Jack
William |
Corporal
5775698. Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 18th August 1943. Aged
26. Son of Frederick and Alice Nunn, of Diss, Norfolk; husband of
Joyce Winifred Nunn, of Diss. Buried: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery,
Myanmar. Ref. B3. C. 8. See also Diss Town |
|
RICHES |
Tony |
possibly
Henry Antony Charles Riches, Able Seaman C/JX 600652, SS Garoet,
Royal Navy. Died 19th June 1944. Aged 19. Son of Henry William and
Grace Mary Canler Riches, of Scole, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 76, Column 1. |
| SADLEIR |
Robert
Edgar |
Sergeant
(Bomb Aimer) 1288558. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
6th July 1943. Aged 21. Son of Charles Hare Sadleir and Margaret
Mable Sadleir, of Diss. Buried: Diss Cemetery. Ref. Sec. N. Grave
453. See also Diss Town |
|
SEAGO |
Ernest |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A), HMS Colossus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 27th April
1945. Aged 22. Son of Henry and Mabel Seago, of Quidenham, Norfolk.
Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt. ef: O. 168. |
| WITTON |
Alec
George |
Gunner
1522935, 7/4 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 29th June
1941. Aged 24. Son of Leonard and Ethel Witton, of Fersfield, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated: Plymouth Naval memorial, Devon. Panel
62, Column 3. |
|
YOUNGS |
Leslie
Reginald |
Sergeant
(Observer) 580905. 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died on 13th August
1940. Aged 21. Son of George Byles Youngs and Bertha Louisa Youngs,
of Diss, Norfolk. Buried: Vadum Cemetery, Denmark. Ref. Coll. grave
C. See also Diss Town |
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15 January, 2026
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