Woodbastwick - 1939-45 - Those who served

Gunner Richard Barnes Royal Artillery

A\C W2 Sylvia Blackburn W.A.A.F

LAC Basil Calver Royal Air Force

Cook Jocelyn Calver NAAFI

AS Arthur Eglen Royal Navy

Private Ruth Eglen ATS

Private Sidney Eke Royal Norfolk Regiment

LAC Edgar Forder Royal Air Force

A\C W1 Evelyn Forder W.A.A.F

Flt.Sgt Donald Gray Royal Air Force

Private Edward Gray Commandos

Private Leonard Gray Black Watch

Subaltern Isabel Habgood ATS

Lt John Habgood MC Royal Norfolk Regiment

Corporal Charles Hubbard R.C.M.P

Sergeant John Hubbard Cheshire Regiment

Corporal Walter Hubbard Yorks & Lancs Regiment

Bombdr William Hubbard Royal Artillery

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+Marine Albert Harber Royal Marines

 

Name: HARBER, ALBERT CHARLES GEORGE

Rank: Marine Regiment/Service: Royal Marines Unit Text: H.M.S. Galatea.

Age: 22 Date of Death: 15/12/1941 Service No: PLY/X 100003

Additional information: Son of Frederick Charles and Agnes Harber, of Woodbastwick, Norfolk.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 59, Column 2. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2480459

 

The loss of HMS Galatea

Hit by salvo of torpedoes fired by U557 whilst entering swept channel 30 miles NW

of Alexandria. Sank in three minutes. 150 survivors were rescued by HMS GRIFFIN

and HMS HOTSPUR.

www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Galatea.htm

 

. (Capt E W B Sim+), 14th December 1941, Eastern Mediterranean off Alexandria, Egypt (31.17N, 29.13E) - torpedoed by German ‘U.557’ (Paulshen). Returning to Alexandria with Mediterranean Fleet cruiser force after hunt for Italian convoy to Libya; 472 men lost

www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1225.html

www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4006.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Galatea_(71)

www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=557

www.yourtotalevent.com/events/galatea.htm

 

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Private David Jermany Royal Norfolk Regiment

Private Robert Jermany R.A.S.C.

Private Peggy Kenyon ATS

LAC Norman Kingston Royal Air Force

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+Henry Maling Civil Defence

Name: MALING, HENRY THOMAS

Civilian War Dead Age: 30 Date of Death: 11/05/1941

Additional information: B.A.; Home Guard; Firewatcher; of 9 Queen's Gate Terrace.

Son of Henry Bromley Maling and Harriot Emily Maling, of Woodbastwick Vicarage, Norwich, Norfolk. Died at 22 Elvaston Place.

Reporting Authority: KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH

 

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3132318

 

Separate Memorial Plaque in the church reads

 

In loving memory of Henry Bromley Maling, Vicar of this parish from January 1914 to July 1944, Died 2nd September 1946, aged 82 years.

 

And of his only son,

 

Henry Thomas Maling

Killed Fire-fighting in London, May 11th 1941. Aged 30 years.

 

Also his wife Harriott Emily Maling, Died May 26th 1954, aged 76 years.

 

The last major attack on London was on 10 May: 515 bombers destroyed or damaged many important buildings, including the British Museum, the Houses of Parliament and St. James's Palace. The raid caused more casualties than any other: 1,364 killed and 1,616 seriously injured

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz

www.timeout.com/london/features/315/The_Longest_Night-10-...

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Private Herbert Oakes Royal Norfolk Regiment

Private Leslie Oakes Royal Norfolk Regiment

Sergeant Dorothy Plumbly ATS

Stoker Godfrey Poll Royal Navy

Fusilier Jack Pratt Lancashire Fusiliers

Private Richard Pratt R.A.M.C.

Private Sidney Pratt Tank Corps

Cook Ellen Pratt NAAFI

Private Sidney Rivett R.A.S.C

Lt Anthony Riviere RNVR

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Captain Daniel Riviere Royal Hussars

31.10.1943 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

(06.)1944Officer Commanding, 1 Troop, "C" Squadron 13th/18th Hussars (Normandy / NW Europe)

20.09.1948 transferred to Inns of Court Regiment - Territorial Army

14.07.1954 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_R01.html

Captain Daniel Riviere died in 1974 and is commemorated at Wiveton

www.roll-of-honour.org/Norfolk/Wiveton.html

The 13th/18th Hussars went ashore in Sherman swimming tanks in the early hours of D-Day and assisted the Commando’s in the house-to-house fighting to clear strongpoints that would have blocked the allies from leaving Sword beach.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars_(Queen_Mary...

www.allposters.com/-sp/British-Troops-of-the-13th-and-18t...

www.normandie44lamemoire.com/versionanglaise/fichesvilles...

www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/84/a2044784.shtml

www.d-daytanks.org.uk/diary/june6.html

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1493319/The-way-we-went.html

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Captain Michael Riviere Sherwood Foresters

LAC David Saunders Royal Air Force

Private Grace Saunders ATS

Air Mechanic John Saunders Royal Navy

Private Freda Thrower ATS

Sergeant James Thrower Royal Norfolk Regiment

Corporal Alice Waterton ATS

Private John Whisken R.A.S.C

Sergeant Madge White W.A.A.F

Sapper Fred Woods Royal Engineers

L.Bdr Arthur Youngs Royal Artillery

 

 

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