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TEN
MILE BANK WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2003
Additional information Peter Dearsley
The
Ten Mile Bank War Memorial is to be found outside St Mark's Churchyard,
Church Road, Ten Mile Bank, Norfolk. It takes the form of a single-stepped,
rectangular, base surmounted by a tapering rectangular with a sectioned
plinth followed by a shaft with an integrated wheel cross; there is
pinned-lead lettering and numerals forming the World War 1 and 2 inscriptions
with the names on smoothened front faces of the shaft, plinth and base.
Incised tablet added to right hand side of base step commemorating the
Korean War and Malaysian conflict. Text infilled with black paint. THere
are 31 names listed; 22 names for World War 1, 7 names for World War
2, one name for Korea and one name for the Malaysian Emergency..
LEST
WE FORGET
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
OUR BRAVE BOYS
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
OF
1914 - 1918
| ARMSBY |
William
Henry |
Private
16984, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action Wednesday 16th October
1918 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born and resident Hilgay,
enlisted Norwich. Son of Henry and Ann Maria Armsby, of Ten Mile
Bank, Downham, Norfolk. Buried in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Nord, France. Grave II. E. II. |
| BEDFORD |
George |
Served
with both the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Lincoln Regiment and
died of wounds in 1918, but does not appear on either SDGW or the
CWGC Register |
| CHAPMAN |
George
Henry |
Private
16637, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
28th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Little Ouse,
enlisted Ely. Son of John and Rebecca Chapman, of Modney Bridge,
Downham, Norfolk. Born at Black Horse Drove, Littleport, Cambs.
Buried in ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave D.
29. |
| COOPER |
Alfred |
Private
34939, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds
3rd September 1917 (wounded 7th August 1917). Age 29. Born Hilgay,
enlisted Kings Lyn, resident Manea. Son of Samuel & Rebecca
Cooper, Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay. Husband of Bertha Delina Cooper,
Fodder Fen. Formerly Norfolk Regiment. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave P. III. C. 4A. |
| DAY |
George
William |
Private
26443, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Monday
25th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born ten Mile Bank, enlisted
Norwich. Son of Walter and Rose Day, of Shippea Hill, Prickwillow,
Ely, Cambs. Formerly 12046, Royal Sussex Regiment. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
| FINCHAM |
George |
Private
17665, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Littleport.
Buried in GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France.
Grave X. S. 2. |
| GATHERCOLE |
Francis
[Frank] Walter |
Private
28508, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
30th December 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Enlisted Norwich.
Husband of Emma Bidwell (formerly Gathercole), of Witchford, Ely.
Buried in ELY CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Grave F. 1301. |
| GATHERCOLE |
George |
either
George Mansfield Gathercole, Private G/24421, 17th Battalion, Middlesex
Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday 31st August 1916 in France &
Flanders. Born Feltwell, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Ely.
Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave III.
F. 36. or G Gathecole, private
32985, 11th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died
Wednesday 25th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 36. Son
of George and Susan Gathercole, of Wretton, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk.
Buried in GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave
VII. F. 14. |
| GOOCH |
Jonathan |
Prive
16516, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 13th May
1915 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born Soham Fen, enlisted
Littleport. Son of James and Eliza Gooch, of Southery, Norfolk.
Buried in LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot 2. Row D. Grave 6. |
| HALL |
Alfred |
Lance
Corporal 3/6508, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
13th March 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born Hilgay, enlisted
Downham Market. Son of Alfred Henry and Gertrude Hall, of Hiam's
Farm, Hilgay Fen, Downham Market, Norfolk. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE
BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Grave XVII. H.
46. |
| HALL |
Bertie |
Private
1702, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died
at Gallipoli [SDGW states 28th] Thursday 12th August 1915. Age 22.
Born Hilgay, enlisted Downham Market. Son of Mrs. A. Hall, of 10,
Mile Bank, Haims Farm, Downham, Norfolk; husband of Violet L. Hall,
of Ely Rd., Hilgay, Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 42 to 44. |
| KIRBY |
Joseph |
Private
15881, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
28th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Bedwell Hay, Cambridgeshire,
enlisted Ely. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 4. |
| MISSIN |
Herbert
Edward |
Private
G/64084, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action Friday 23rd August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 20. Formerly 6258, East kent Regiment. Son of James William
and Jane Missin, of Ten Mile Bank, Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
| MISSIN |
Joseph |
Private
2173, "A" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force),
Norfolk Regiment. Died [SDGW states 29th] Thursday 12th August 1918
in Gallipoli. Age 22. Born Southery, enlisted Downham Market. Son
of James William and Joel [sic - possibly Jane] Missin, of Ten Mile
Bank, Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey.
Panel 42 to 44. |
| MOORE |
[George
Thomas] Tom |
Private
16985, No 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstrean Guards. Killed in
action Tuesday 31st July 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 22.
Born Hilgay, enlisted Norwich, resident Downham Market. Son of Sabina
Thurling (formerly Moore), of Ten Mile Bank, Downham, Norfolk, and
the late George Thomas Moore. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11. |
| NIGHTALL |
Samuel |
[Spelt
KNIGHTALL on CWGC] Private 22985, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 12th August 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 22. Born 1894, Chettisham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Downham
Market. Son of William and Hannah Knightall, of Ten Mile Bank, Downham,
Norfolk. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France, Pier
and Face 1C and 1D. |
| PAYNE |
William |
probably
William Payne, Private 42374, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died
of wounds 20th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 25.
Born Southery, enlisted Downham Market. Son of William and Rachel
Payne, of Westfield House, Feltwell, Brandon, Suffolk. Native of
Southery, Norfolk. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Grave II. A. 15. |
| PORTER |
Harold |
Lance
Corporal 41235, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 9th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 37. Born
Hilgay, enlisted and resident Cambridge. Son of Robert Porter, of
Hilgay, Norfolk; husband of Mary Elizabeth Porter, of 34, South
St., East Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 33557, Suffolk Regiment. Buried
in FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. D.
II. |
| STARLING |
Maurice |
Private
40403, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Lancashire Fusliers.
Died of wounds Friday 23rd August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Brandon Creek, enlisted Norwich, resident Downham Market. Buried
in BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France. Grave VI.
A. 14. |
| THULBORN |
Walter |
Private
3/7816, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 19th May 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 23. Born Denver, enlisted Norwich. Son of Ezra and Julia Lee
Thulborn of Ten Mile Bank, Downham, Norfolk. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| WALKER |
Percy |
Private
18318, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Monday
22nd October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born Hilgay,
Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Son of James and Sarah Walker of Ten
Mile Bank, who incidentally are buried on the opposite side of the
church to the War Memorial. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
| WATSON |
John |
possibly
John Henry Watson, Private 20940, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 14th October 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 21. Born and resident Terrington Marsh, enlisted Norwich. Son
of James and Charlotte Watson, of 39, Custom House St., Sutton Bridge,
Wisbech, Cambs. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 D |
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF |
| CORNWELL |
Walter
George |
Lance
Corporal 5770547, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Reported
missing, died between 27 May 1940 and 1 June 1940. Aged 29. Born
Downham Registration District, Norfolk, resident Norwich. Buried
in HINGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 2. |
| HANDLEY |
James |
 Warrant
Officer Class II 5771465, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
formerly Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Italy 3 April
1944. Aged 29. Born and resident Norfolk. Son of Simon and Florence
Handley; husband of Joan Margaret Handley, of Putney, London.
Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row J. Grave
10.
Extract
from the Ely Standard:
KILLED
IN ITALY.
Ten Mile Bank Family Bereaved.
C.M.S. James Handley, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Handley,
of Lows Farm, Ten Mile Bank, near Downham, has been reported
killed in action in Italy. He had been in the Army 11 years
and spent four years in India. Before he went out to Italy he
came home and spent a short time in this country. He was 29
years of age.
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| MORTON |
Reginald |
Private
5778235, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died during the
Japanese invasion of Malaya 19 January 1942. Aged 21. Born 20 March
1920, and resident, Norfolk. Son of William and Ada Morton, of Hilgay,
Norfolk. In the 1921 census he was the son of William and Ada Morton,
aged 1, born Hilgay, Norfolk, resident Ryston Road, Denver, Norfolk.
In the 1939 Register he was the son of William and Ada Morton, born
20 March 1920. single, a General Farm Labourer, resident Station
Road, Downham, Downham R.D., Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 51. |
| ROSE |
John
Stewart |
Corporal
2890175, 1st Battalion, The London Scottish (Donside), Gordon Highlanders.
Killed in action in Italy 29 October 1943. Aged 21. Born Argyllshire,
resident Croydon. Son of Clifford and Mary Rose, of Downham Market,
Norfolk. Buried in NAPLES WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row K.
Grave 18. |
| STONE |
Ronald
George |
Leading
Aircraftman 545906, 33 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mediterranean
Command. Killed in action on the ground based at Maleme, Crete,
presumed to have been killed during the evacuation of Crete, 21
May 1941. Aged 21. Native of Ten Mile Bank, Norfolk. Son of George
Henry and Georgina Stone, of Ten Mile Bank, Norfolk. In the 1921
census he was the son of George Henry and Georgina Stone, aged 1,
born Hilgay, Norfolk, resident Ten Mile Bank, Downham Market, Hilgay,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.
Column 244. |
| YARROW |
Gus |
 Private
5773300, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died during the
Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore 22 January 1942. Aged
21. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 34. Row E.
Collective grave 1-8.
Cutting
(left) from Lynn Advertiser 9 November 1945, page 8.
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| YOUNGS |
Frank |
Private
6399314, 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Missing at sea in
the Middle East while a Prisoner of War 28 January 1942. Aged 22.
Born Norfolk, resident Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 62. |
WHO
GAVE THER LIVES IN THE
1939 - 45 WAR
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MAURICE BELL
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE KOREAN WAR 1952.
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| BELL |
Maurice
[Albert] |
Private
22477716, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 June 1952.
Aged 19. Born 20 January 1933. Buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Tanggok,
Pusan, Korea. Plot 22. Row 5. Grave 1459. |
ALSO
TO
KENNETH ROSE
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE MALAYSIAN CONFLICT.
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| ROSE |
Kenneth |
Second
Lieutenant 412631, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in
action 17 February 1952. Aged 20 b. Born 21 February 1931. Buried
in Kamunting Road Christian Cemetery, Taiping, Perak. Row E. Grave
21. |
LEST
WE FORGET THEM.
HILGAY
Transcribed
from The Lynn Advertiser of early 1916 by Maureen Rust
Pte ALBERT
STOCKING, a native of Hilgay, is reported as seriously wounded and missing
from a Canadian Regiment on the Western front. He is 25 and went to
Canada a few years ago, enlisting on the outbreak of war. He is the
son of Mr A Stocking, of Holt's Lane, a well known and highly respected
lay preacher for the Wesleyans. Mr Stocking has received no tidings
of his son for over ten weeks.
Lance-Corp.
Alfred Hall, son of Mr and Mrs A Hall, Hilgay Fen, has been killed in
action on the Western front. He was in the 1st Norfolks and was home
a month or two ago on leave. A married brother has been missing since
the "Norfolks' charge" in the Dardanelles. There are three
other members of the family with the colours and they were the recipients
of Royal congratulations last year.
Last updated
3 September, 2026
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