WWI & WWII, Sandringham War Memorial, Sandringham Estate.

The War Memorial stands near the church at Sandringham. It is very badly weathered in places and is in Gothic script. Consequently it is difficult to read. The following is an attempt to research those commemorated, but we will appreciate any further information. Some extracts have been taken from "War Service Roll of the Members of the Royal Household" reprinted by Naval & Military Press. The names listed were also found on a Roll of Honour relating to thiose who died in World War 1. The Roll has William James BOND as dying on 12 August 1915, not 21 August and similarly Roland Edward RINGER also died on 12 August 1915; it also has William Arthur RINGER, not Arthur William.

Recently the Queen paid tribute and this was covered in an article by the Eastern Daily Press 24 which they have kindly allowed us to reproduce.

Within the stables is also a Roll of Honour listing the men from the Parishes of Sandringham, West Newton, Appleton and Babingley on active service for their King and Country.

 

TO THE MEMORY OF

CAPTAIN FRANK REGINALD BECK M.V.O.

5th NORFOLK REGIMENT

and in

GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF 25 YEARS

FAITHFUL SERVICE AS LAND AGENT of the SANDRINGHAM ESTATES

TO KING EDWARD VII, QUEEN ALEXANDRA & KING GEORGE V.

KILLED IN ACTION GALLIPOLI DURING THE GREAT WAR

ON AUGUST 12th 1915

AGED 54 YEARS.

THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY TO HONOUR

THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SANDRINGHAM COMPANY

5TH BATTALION, NORFOLK REGIMENT AND THOSE ON THE ESTATE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

 

1914 – 1918

 

▪︎ADAMS [James] Albert – Private 22220, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th July 1916 in France & Flanders.

▪︎ALLEN Phillip – Private 26712. 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Egypt 6th November 1917 of wounds received at the Battle of Gaza. Aged 20.

▪︎BATTERBEE – Albert Edward – Corporal 56171. 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment.). Died on 9th May 1917.

▪︎BATTERBEE Robert Frederick – Private 41940. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 26754, 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 16th August 1917. Aged 20.

▪︎BECK, M.C. Albert Edward Alexander – Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 12th August 1915. Aged 34.

▪︎BECK, M.C. Arthur Evelyn – Captain, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 19th April 1917. Aged 31.

▪︎BECK, M.V.O. Frank Reginald – Captain, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 12th August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 54.

▪︎BECKETT Arthur Robert – Private 17670. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 20th March 1916. Aged 21.

▪︎BECKETT [G] Charles – Company Serjeant Major 240014. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917. Aged 27.

▪︎BENSTEAD Frederick Matthias – Lance Corporal 17133. 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st July 1917.

▪︎BIRD E A – No further information available at present.

▪︎BOND George William – Lance Corporal 17587, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers attd. 99th Trench Mortar Battery, Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th February 1918.

▪︎BOND William James – Private 2418. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 20.

▪︎BRIDGES Allen – Private 29284. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home on 16th August 1917. Aged 36.

▪︎BRIDGES Arthur – Private 1537. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at home on 13th March 1917. (CD gives date as 13th March 1915) Aged 25.

▪︎BRIDGES Ernest Edgar – [Listed a Lance Corporal on SDGW CCD] Private 6815. 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Formerly 1st/5th, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme.

▪︎BRIDGES Frederick – Private 41635. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 7005, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th January 1917.

▪︎BRIDGES Leonard Arthur – Private 3335. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.

▪︎BROADWATER Henry Edward – Private G/15317. 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment.). Formerly 14486 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13th April 1918. Aged 23.

▪︎BUNN William [Albert] – Private 240111. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at the second battle of Gaza 19th April 1917. Aged 23.

▪︎CARTER Albert – Albert Carter. Driver T4/041243 attached to 75th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action on 1st May 1918. Aged 25.

▪︎CARTER Sidney – Private 1555. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.

▪︎CLARKE William – Private 40893. 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 32928 Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th April 1917. Aged 35.

▪︎COOK James Alfred – Private 240349. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 2nd November 1917 at Gaza, Palestine. Aged 20.

▪︎COOMBER Herbert – Private G/18728, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds 7th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 38.

▪︎COPELAND Alfred – Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class (PO) M/1025, H.M. S/M ''E49'' Royal Navy. When his submarine hit a German mine and sank with no survivors 12th March 1917.

▪︎COX Edgar Samuel – [Listed as S E COX on memorial] Private 1376. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th August 1915 (CD gives date 28th August). Aged 22.

▪︎CROSS Walter – Private 202959. 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 4/5999 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th November 1916 at Warlencourt. Aged 27.

▪︎DANIELS Harold [Frederick Gerrad] – Private 240201. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine on 2nd November 1917. Aged 21.

▪︎DOVE [Robert] George – Corporal 819, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Sulva Bay, Gallipoli on 12th August 1915 (CD gives date as 28th August).

▪︎EASTWICK A E – No further information currently available.

▪︎EMMERSON Ernest – Corporal 2129, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli 12th August 1915.

▪︎GREEN H E – No further information currently available.

▪︎GRIEF Edward Hugh – [Listed as H E GRIEF on memorial] Private/Corporal 240816, 1st/5th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th April 1917 in Palestine.

▪︎GRIMES Charles Edward – Private 1521. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Gallipoli 18th November 1915.

▪︎GRIMES Thomas – Private 240354, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of service in Palestine 19th April 1917.

▪︎GRIMES William Charles – Lance Corporal 322. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th September 1915.

▪︎HANSLIP Thomas Leslie – [T C HANSLIP on memorial] Private 65462. 104th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4th October 1918.

▪︎HARDY Charles N – [G H HANSLIP on memorial] Corporal 4204. 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 8th February 1917.

▪︎HAYLETT Frederick Samuel – Private 19428. 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia on 13th April 1916.

▪︎HAYLETT William James – Private 16308. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917. Aged 25.

▪︎HOOKS George Leonard – Private 89364. 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died as a prisoner of war in Germany 7th October 1918.

▪︎HOOKS John George – Private 10/21271. 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Formerly 18746 Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 9th July 1916.

▪︎HOWELL G – Possibly: George Howell. Private 19588. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st September 1917. Aged 29.

▪︎HOWELL James – Private 241092, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 19th April 1917 at Gaza. Age 20.

▪︎HUDSON Ernest Louis – Private 240059. ''E'' Company. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died on 18th November 1918. Aged 30.

▪︎HUMPHREY William John – Private 1523. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.

▪︎HUNTER Charles – Lance Corporal 321, 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died 12th [SDGW states 21st] August 1915 at Gallipoli. Age 25.

▪︎JORDAN William – Private 240356, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th April 1917 in Palestine. Age 23.

▪︎KERRISON Frederick Robert James – Private 1751. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 19.

▪︎LARRINGTON Alfred – Private 42462. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 8th October 1918. Aged 23.

▪︎LEWIS F – Rifleman S/26112. 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Formerly R/29211 King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 26th March, 1917. Aged 33.

▪︎MICKELBURGH William – Lance Corporal 21272. 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Formerly 18836 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st July 1916.

▪︎MINDHAM Water William – Private 240053. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917.

▪︎MUSSETT Reginald – Lance Corporal 1544. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Sea on 20th November 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 20.

▪︎NEEDS George William – Lance Serjeant 711. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. Aged 28.

▪︎NEGUS G W – No further information currently available.

▪︎NURSE [Wallace] Robert – Private 2130. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 22.

▪︎OLLEY James Osbourne – Private G/38859. 11th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment.). Formerly 26204 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on 1st August 1917. Aged 20.

▪︎OVERMAN Robert – Private 240054. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in Egypt on 14th May 1917.

▪︎PHILLIPS Frederick Ernest aka Fred – Lance Corporal 2025. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. (CD gives date as 21st August). Aged 21.

▪︎PILCHER A – Possibly: Alfred Edward Pitcher. Private 17425. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 27th July 1916.

▪︎PILCHER R – Possibly: Robert Pitcher. Private 241067. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917.

▪︎REED Horace – Lance Corporal 30005, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 20th March 1918 received at Noyon. Aged 33.

▪︎RINGER Roland Edward – Private 1559, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 23.

▪︎RINGER Arthur William – [W A RINGER on memorial] Private 41634. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Formerly 7010, 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 14th April 1917. Aged 37.

▪︎RIX Ernest – Private 28974. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 8th May 1918.

▪︎RIDLEY W – No further information available at present.

▪︎SEAMAN G H – No further information available at present.

▪︎SMITH John [Rathie] – Private S/8050, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Died 27th September 1915 of wounds recieved at the Battle of Loos 25th September.

▪︎SMITH W – No further information available at present.

▪︎STEEL Ernest Edward – Private 17889. 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 21.

▪︎TWAITE Arthur – Private 3/10495. 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10th August 1916. Aged 31.

▪︎WALDEN Morris [Mallett] – Private 2385. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.

▪︎WALKER Robert – Gunner 93453. 350th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4th October 1918. Aged 33.

▪︎WALKER William – Private 2842. 1st/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. Aged 24.

▪︎WILLIAMSON George Henry – Lance Corporal 12273. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13th October 1915.

▪︎WILLIAMSON P F – No further information available at present.

 

– UNDER THE ROYAL CREST –

 

1939 – 1945

 

▪︎BARRETT Albert John – Gunner 1552718. 453 Battery, 136 Light A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery. Died on 10th November 1944.

▪︎BESSEY Kenneth Edward – Corporal 5776981. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 8th September 1943. Aged 26.

▪︎DAW Percy John – Sergeant (W. Op. Air) 1447529. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 27th April 1944. Aged 22.

▪︎HOWARD Albert Eric James – Lance Corporal 408844. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Royal Armoured Corps. Died on 24th May 1940. Aged 20.

▪︎MAYHEW P – Possibly: Percy Mayhew. Private 5774895. 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 24th July 1943. Aged 24.

▪︎MORSE J E – No further information available at present.

▪︎PATTINGALE Raymond Victor – Trooper 7958629, 44th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died 29th June 1944. Aged 22.

▪︎REYNOLDS P – No further information available at present.

▪︎UNWIN R H – Probably Rupert Harding UNWIN, Private 5772847, 6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died as a POW 29th September 1943. Age 22.

 

Information sourced from and for further details, please follow link – www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Sandringham.html

 

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