Martham War Memorial WW2 - Panel 1
With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour (RoH) web-site that served as the starting point for my research.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Martham.html
Armes, Cubitt Stanley George……………………………………………(RoH)
Driver T/212014. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 17th November 1940. Aged 28. Son of Stanley George and Ruth Armes, husband of Stella M. Armes, of Martham. Buried: Martham (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764074
The death of Cubitt S G Armes, aged 28 was recorded in the Luton District of Bedfordshire in the October to December 1940 quarter.
The headstone reads
To the Beloved Memory of
CUBITT ARMES
Died 17th November 1940
Aged 28 years.
Beane, Stanley Robert……………………………………………………..(RoH)
Private 5768867. Royal Corps of Signals attd. II. Corps Signals, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 31st May 1940. Aged 33. Son of Robert and Maud Mary Beane; husband of Hilda May Beane, of Martham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 43.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2770563
Chamberlain, Robert………………………………………………………..(RoH)
Private T/2654738. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 17th June 1940. Aged 26. Son of Fred Chamberlain, and Clara H. Chamberlain, of Martham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 150.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2771016
There is a possibility that Private Chamberlain was lost in the sinking of the RMS Lancastria, bombed while evacuating troops from France. Sources put the dead at over 4,000, though known deaths run to at least 1,100 – but the ship was over-crowded and no records were available of the individuals on board.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria
Certainly the Lancastria Association believe him to have been one of those on board
www.lancastria.org.uk/Victim_List/victim_list.html
Durrant, Robert William…………………………………………………..(RoH)
Able Seaman C/SSX 17507. H.M.S. London, Royal Navy. Died on 20th December 1941. Aged 26. Son of Robert and Alice Elizabeth Durrant, of Martham. Buried: Martham (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764076
The death of a Robert W Durrant, aged 27 was recorded in the Tynemouth District of Northumberland in the October to December 1941 quarter.
The headstone inscription reads
Treasured Memories
Of our dear and only son
ROBERT W.DURRANT
Passed peacefully away
At North Shields Hospital
December 19th 1941 Aged 26 years
Royal Naval Net like the CWGC database records his death as the 20th, and simply lists him as “Died”
Martham War Memorial WW2 - Panel 1
With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour (RoH) web-site that served as the starting point for my research.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Martham.html
Armes, Cubitt Stanley George……………………………………………(RoH)
Driver T/212014. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 17th November 1940. Aged 28. Son of Stanley George and Ruth Armes, husband of Stella M. Armes, of Martham. Buried: Martham (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764074
The death of Cubitt S G Armes, aged 28 was recorded in the Luton District of Bedfordshire in the October to December 1940 quarter.
The headstone reads
To the Beloved Memory of
CUBITT ARMES
Died 17th November 1940
Aged 28 years.
Beane, Stanley Robert……………………………………………………..(RoH)
Private 5768867. Royal Corps of Signals attd. II. Corps Signals, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died on 31st May 1940. Aged 33. Son of Robert and Maud Mary Beane; husband of Hilda May Beane, of Martham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 43.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2770563
Chamberlain, Robert………………………………………………………..(RoH)
Private T/2654738. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 17th June 1940. Aged 26. Son of Fred Chamberlain, and Clara H. Chamberlain, of Martham, Norfolk. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 150.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2771016
There is a possibility that Private Chamberlain was lost in the sinking of the RMS Lancastria, bombed while evacuating troops from France. Sources put the dead at over 4,000, though known deaths run to at least 1,100 – but the ship was over-crowded and no records were available of the individuals on board.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria
Certainly the Lancastria Association believe him to have been one of those on board
www.lancastria.org.uk/Victim_List/victim_list.html
Durrant, Robert William…………………………………………………..(RoH)
Able Seaman C/SSX 17507. H.M.S. London, Royal Navy. Died on 20th December 1941. Aged 26. Son of Robert and Alice Elizabeth Durrant, of Martham. Buried: Martham (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764076
The death of a Robert W Durrant, aged 27 was recorded in the Tynemouth District of Northumberland in the October to December 1941 quarter.
The headstone inscription reads
Treasured Memories
Of our dear and only son
ROBERT W.DURRANT
Passed peacefully away
At North Shields Hospital
December 19th 1941 Aged 26 years
Royal Naval Net like the CWGC database records his death as the 20th, and simply lists him as “Died”