Northrepps, Norfolk - Roll of Honour WW 2
Men of Northrepps
Who died during the World War
1939 -1945
5772273 Private Walter George Bloom, 6th. Battalion,
Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born at Overstrand, Norfolk, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bloom of Northrepps.
Died on 9th. January 1944 of as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thailand of beriberi, aged 27.
Buried in Grave: 3. F. 4. at Chungkia War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
14205724 Private Ronald Victor Dennis, 6th. Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, formally a Private in the East Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Victor George and Ruby Eleanor Dennis of Cromer, Norfolk.
Killed near the Rhine on 26th. March 1945, aged 22.
Buried in Grave: 58. K. 14. at Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany with the personal inscription,
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A BROTHER AND SON.
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE'
Also remembered on the Overstrand War Memorial.
102724 Lieutenant Hugh Christopher Gurney, 'C' Squadron, 2 SAS, Army Air Corps. Mentioned in Dispatches.
Born in London, the son of Christopher Richard and Dorothy Clara Gurney, nee Ruggles-Brise, of Northrepps Hall.
Hugh Gurney's army career began in the 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. He also serviced with No.7 Commando in Crete where he was wounded, the Libyan Arab Force in North Africa, the Druse Regiment in Syria and 11th. Battalion, Parachute Regiment in Palestine and the Aegean Sea.
On 19th. August 1944, as a member of 2 SAS, he, along with 60 other men, were sent behind enemy lines. There task, known as 'Operation Wallace', was to attack the retreating Germany army and destroy there communications. He was shot and killed, aged 27, while withdrawing from an ambush with the French Maquis, on a German transport truck at Velorcey, Haute-Saone, France.
He was Mentioned in Dispatches for his part in 'Operation Wallace' and is buried at Velorcey Communal Cemetery, where his grave is the only war grave.
*Note: Listed as Major on the Roll of Honour.
1470769 Leading Aircraftman William Henry Golden, RAFVR, No. 5042 Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) at Cox's Bazaar, serving with 182 Wing.
The son of William Henry and Harriet Mary Golden of Northrepps.
Died on 15th. June 1944 of an internal haemorrhage at 61 Military Field Hospital in Chittagong, aged 38.
Buried in Grave: 6. G. 6. at Chittagong War Cemetery, Chattogram, Bangladesh with the personal inscription,
'DEARLY LOVED SON OF W.H. AND H.M. GOLDEN. AWAITING THE RADIANT MORN'
*Note: Cause of death listed as malaria on Roll of Honour.
5781842 Private Norman Payne, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Emma Elizabeth Payne of Northrepps.
Died on 6th. September 1943 as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the Bangkok - Moulmein railway of colitis, aged 25.
Buried in Grave: B1. E. 8. at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar with the personal inscription,
'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'
1269945 Ft. Sgt. Charles Walpole Roberts, Navigator, RAFVR, 617 Sqn. RAF.
Born on 19th. January 1921 in Northrepps, the only son of Charles Augustus and Dorcus Roberts.
Educated at Paston School, the school of Admiral Lord Nelson, he was a trainee accountant in civilian life, before enrolling in the RAF in 1940. He was selected for pilot training and was sent to Rhodesia for training at an Elementary Flying Training School. Like many would-be pilots, he ended up qualifying as a navigator.
Serving with 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on 25th March 1943 he was reposted to 617 Squadron to take part in 'Operation Chastise', the dams raid.
Flying in Avro Lancaster III, ED887, coded AJ-A, the bomber was in first wave, and the fourth aircraft to attack Möhne dam. Their 'bouncing bomb' was dropped accurately, causing a small breach. After attacking the Mohne dam the Lancaster headed for the Eder dam before turning for home. AJ-A was shot down by flak at 02.59 after they had passed over the Dutch coast at Castricum aan Zee. The whole crew died on 17th. May 1943
On 19th. May, Charles Roberts’s body was the first of those of the crew of AJ-A to be washed ashore, and he was buried two days later in Plot 2. Row E. Grave 17 at Bergen General Cemetery, near Alkmaar, The Netherlands. He was aged 22.
Charles was engaged to Irene Mountney, a WAAF who worked at Scampton packing parachutes.
170408 Lt. Richard High Killigrew Wait, 150th. (10th. Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment.) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, S.E.A.C
Born in 1921,the son of Maj. Geoffrey Killigrew Wait, M C, Wiltshire Regiment (killed on active service 23rd. August 1942), and of Laura Mabel Wait of Cromer, Norfolk.
Educated at Rugby School.
Killed in action at Mandalay on 21st. February 1945, aged 23.
Buried in Grave: 18. D. 4. at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Htauk Kyant, Yangon, Myanmar.
"Whosoever would save his life will lose it; but whosoever loses his life for my sake will find it"
Matt. XVI. 25.
Northrepps, Norfolk - Roll of Honour WW 2
Men of Northrepps
Who died during the World War
1939 -1945
5772273 Private Walter George Bloom, 6th. Battalion,
Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born at Overstrand, Norfolk, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bloom of Northrepps.
Died on 9th. January 1944 of as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thailand of beriberi, aged 27.
Buried in Grave: 3. F. 4. at Chungkia War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
14205724 Private Ronald Victor Dennis, 6th. Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, formally a Private in the East Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Victor George and Ruby Eleanor Dennis of Cromer, Norfolk.
Killed near the Rhine on 26th. March 1945, aged 22.
Buried in Grave: 58. K. 14. at Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany with the personal inscription,
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A BROTHER AND SON.
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE'
Also remembered on the Overstrand War Memorial.
102724 Lieutenant Hugh Christopher Gurney, 'C' Squadron, 2 SAS, Army Air Corps. Mentioned in Dispatches.
Born in London, the son of Christopher Richard and Dorothy Clara Gurney, nee Ruggles-Brise, of Northrepps Hall.
Hugh Gurney's army career began in the 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. He also serviced with No.7 Commando in Crete where he was wounded, the Libyan Arab Force in North Africa, the Druse Regiment in Syria and 11th. Battalion, Parachute Regiment in Palestine and the Aegean Sea.
On 19th. August 1944, as a member of 2 SAS, he, along with 60 other men, were sent behind enemy lines. There task, known as 'Operation Wallace', was to attack the retreating Germany army and destroy there communications. He was shot and killed, aged 27, while withdrawing from an ambush with the French Maquis, on a German transport truck at Velorcey, Haute-Saone, France.
He was Mentioned in Dispatches for his part in 'Operation Wallace' and is buried at Velorcey Communal Cemetery, where his grave is the only war grave.
*Note: Listed as Major on the Roll of Honour.
1470769 Leading Aircraftman William Henry Golden, RAFVR, No. 5042 Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) at Cox's Bazaar, serving with 182 Wing.
The son of William Henry and Harriet Mary Golden of Northrepps.
Died on 15th. June 1944 of an internal haemorrhage at 61 Military Field Hospital in Chittagong, aged 38.
Buried in Grave: 6. G. 6. at Chittagong War Cemetery, Chattogram, Bangladesh with the personal inscription,
'DEARLY LOVED SON OF W.H. AND H.M. GOLDEN. AWAITING THE RADIANT MORN'
*Note: Cause of death listed as malaria on Roll of Honour.
5781842 Private Norman Payne, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Emma Elizabeth Payne of Northrepps.
Died on 6th. September 1943 as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the Bangkok - Moulmein railway of colitis, aged 25.
Buried in Grave: B1. E. 8. at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar with the personal inscription,
'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'
1269945 Ft. Sgt. Charles Walpole Roberts, Navigator, RAFVR, 617 Sqn. RAF.
Born on 19th. January 1921 in Northrepps, the only son of Charles Augustus and Dorcus Roberts.
Educated at Paston School, the school of Admiral Lord Nelson, he was a trainee accountant in civilian life, before enrolling in the RAF in 1940. He was selected for pilot training and was sent to Rhodesia for training at an Elementary Flying Training School. Like many would-be pilots, he ended up qualifying as a navigator.
Serving with 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on 25th March 1943 he was reposted to 617 Squadron to take part in 'Operation Chastise', the dams raid.
Flying in Avro Lancaster III, ED887, coded AJ-A, the bomber was in first wave, and the fourth aircraft to attack Möhne dam. Their 'bouncing bomb' was dropped accurately, causing a small breach. After attacking the Mohne dam the Lancaster headed for the Eder dam before turning for home. AJ-A was shot down by flak at 02.59 after they had passed over the Dutch coast at Castricum aan Zee. The whole crew died on 17th. May 1943
On 19th. May, Charles Roberts’s body was the first of those of the crew of AJ-A to be washed ashore, and he was buried two days later in Plot 2. Row E. Grave 17 at Bergen General Cemetery, near Alkmaar, The Netherlands. He was aged 22.
Charles was engaged to Irene Mountney, a WAAF who worked at Scampton packing parachutes.
170408 Lt. Richard High Killigrew Wait, 150th. (10th. Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment.) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, S.E.A.C
Born in 1921,the son of Maj. Geoffrey Killigrew Wait, M C, Wiltshire Regiment (killed on active service 23rd. August 1942), and of Laura Mabel Wait of Cromer, Norfolk.
Educated at Rugby School.
Killed in action at Mandalay on 21st. February 1945, aged 23.
Buried in Grave: 18. D. 4. at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Htauk Kyant, Yangon, Myanmar.
"Whosoever would save his life will lose it; but whosoever loses his life for my sake will find it"
Matt. XVI. 25.