Burgh next Aylsham War Memorial - Names of the Parish Fallen

William Hubert Postle

 

Name: POSTLE, WILLIAM HUBERT

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment: Rifle Brigade

Unit Text: 10th Bn.

Age: 20

Date of Death: 12/12/1916

Service No: B/200099

Additional information: Son of John and Mary Ann Postle, of Burgh, Aylsham, Norfolk,. Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 11. Cemetery: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=31595

 

No match on Norlink

 

The 5 year old William, born Burgh, is recorded on the 1901 census at “Cottages“. Burgh.. This is the household of his parents, John, (aged 45 and an Agricultural Labourer from Burgh, Aylsham) and Mary Ann, (aged 43 and from East Ruston). Their other children are:-

Charles……..aged 20.…..Agricultural Labourer……Born Burgh

Lily…………aged 7.……born Burgh

Sarah……….aged 11.…..born Burgh

 

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

In September 1916, the 34th and 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Stations were established at this point, known to the troops as Grove Town, to deal with casualties from the Somme battlefields. They were moved in April 1917 and, except for a few burials in August and September 1918, the cemetery was closed. Grove Town Cemetery contains 1,395 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=3200&a...

 

While the battle of the Somme had finally petered out in November. There were numerous small actions along the Ancre Heights during the winter of 1916-1917, plus the constant attrition of life in the front-line and illness.

 

Updated 10th March 2021 - see comment 1 below

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Robert Charles Quadling

 

Possibly

Name: QUADLING Initials: R C

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Fusiliers

Unit Text: 8th Bn.

Date of Death: 18/04/1917

Service No: 34581

Additional information: Husband of R. Quadling, of Lamas, Buxton, Norwich.

Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 15. Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=40976

 

No match on Norlink

 

Military Genealogy has a Robert Charles Quadling born “Causton, Norfolk” and resident Gillingham when he enlisted. On the 1901 census there is an 11 year old Robert, (born Cawston), who is recorded at a dwelling, “Near the Rectory”, Salle near Aylsham. This is the household of his parent, Robert, (aged 47 and a Farm Bailiff from Seething, Norfolk) and his wife Matilda (aged 47 and from Berghapton). Their other children are:-

Frederick…………………….aged 16.……..Harness Maker…….born Seething

Matilda………………………aged 9.………born Cawston

 

Also in the household is Robert’s uncle, William Quadling, (aged 49 and a General Farm Labourer from Seething), and his mothers sister, Lily Smith, who is married, aged 26 and from Ashby, Norfolk.

 

The baptism of Robert Charles took place at St Agnes, Cawston on the 27th February 1893. His parents are listed as Robert and Matilda, with his fathers occupation listed as Labourer. The baptism was overseen by the Reverend Theodore H Marsh, Rector of this Parish.

 

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

 

The area around Duisans was occupied by Commonwealth forces from March 1916, but it was not until February 1917 that the site of this cemetery was selected for the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. The first burials took place in March and from the beginning of April the cemetery grew very quickly, with burials being made from the 8th Casualty Clearing Station (until April 1918), the 19th (until March 1918), and the 41st (until July 1917). Most of the graves relate to the Battles of Arras in 1917, and the trench warfare that followed.

www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=4300&a...

 

The 8th Battalion were part of the 12th (Eastern) Division, a Division which included the 7th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. As the war progressed it was not uncommon for training drafts from one divisional regiment to be switched to make a sudden shortfall arising from combat. Also soldiers returning from convalescence could find themselves posted elsewhere in the Division for the same reason.

 

The division itself had recently been involved in the First Battle of the Scarpe. 9-14 Apr 1917, including the capture Monchy le Preux and the Wancourt Ridge.

warpath.orbat.com/divs/12_div.htm

 

Updated 10th March 2021 - see comment 2 below

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Robert Stackwood

 

Name: STACKWOOD, ROBERT

Rank: Private

Regiment: Norfolk Regiment

Unit Text: 9th Bn.

Age: 22

Date of Death: 05/05/1916

Service No: 14784

Additional information: Son of John and Jane Stackwood, of Burgh, Aylsham, Norwich. Born at Roughton, Norwich.

Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. 151. Cemetery: NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk

CWGC: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2803329

 

No match on Norlink

 

The 7 year old Robert, (born Sustead, Norfolk), is recorded at 6, The Cottages and Shop (Burrs), Burgh. This is the household of his parents, John, (aged 39 and an Agricultural Labourer from Carbrooke, Norfolk) and Jane, (aged 39 and from Roughton). Their other children are:-

John Henry…………aged 8.……..born Roughton

William Lawrence….aged 14.……born Roughton….Agricultural Labourer

 

The death of Robert, aged 22, was recorded in the Norwich District in the April - June 1916 Quarter

 

Updated 10th March 2021 - see comment 3 below

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