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***************************Private Ernest E Plunkett**********************************
Only E E Plunkett on the CWGC database
Name: PLUNKETT, ERNEST EDWARD
Rank: Private
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 04/09/1916 Service No: 43307
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1548600
No match on Norlink
There are three possible on the 1901 census. Ernest (aged 27 and a Chemist Warehouseman from Norwich) and his son Ernest, (aged 7, born Norwich), or Ernest, (aged 10, born Norwich.)
The father and son live at 110 Philadelphia Lane, in the parish of Christchurch, New Catton.. Ernest seniors wife is Elizabeth, (aged 24 and from Norwich). Their other children are Elsie, (aged 2), and Sidney A, (aged u/1) - both born Norwich.
The other Ernest lives at 4 Church Alley, in the Parish of St Martin at Oak.This is the household of his parents, Walter, (aged 39 and a Plasterer from Norwich) and Eliza, (aged 37 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Alice……………………aged 3.…………..born Norwich
David……………………aged 11.…………born Norwich
Eliza…………………….aged 15.…………born Norwich…………Shoe fitter
Elizabeth……………….aged 2.……………born Norwich
Emily…………………..aged 9.…………….born Norwich
Ethel……………………aged 1.……………born Norwich
Walter………………….aged 17.………….born Norwich…….Bricklayers Labourer
If this is the right Ernest, then his brother Walter is probably the individual referred to below.
The tragedy of Falfremont farm has already been mentioned before in connection with Lieutenant Bertie Benn and Private Arthur Cannell who are also commemorated on this Roll of Honour.
Update October 2014
Ernest Edward Plunkett is recorded as Killed in Action on SDGW. No place of birth or residence is recorded but he enlisted in Norwich.
The Medal Index Card for soldier 43307 Norfolk Regiment is actually in the name of Edward Edmund Plunkett. It is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/16/28661
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4663826
The son of Walter and Eliza Plunkett is recorded as aged 17 on the 1911 census, which doesn’t quite tie up with the previous census.The family are recorded at 9 Rose Yard, St Augustines, Norwich. Walter and Eliza have been married 29 years. The couple have had 8 children – when the form was initially completed all were still alive, however one of he lines has been crossed through and a note added deceased, while the form has been amended to show 7 alive and 1 deceased.
***************************Private Walter Plunkett*******************************
There are only three W Plunkett’s listed on the CWGC and following investigation all three turn out to be Williams.
No match on Norlink
Possibly the brother of Ernest listed above.
The Plunketts of Norwich web-site has several potential references to this individual but without enough detail to be definate
www.the-plunketts.freeserve.co.uk/extracts.htm
Update October 2014
SDGW has a Lance Corporal 84690 Walter Edward Plunkett who was Killed in Action on the 14th January 1917 whilst serving with the 207th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Walter was born Norwich, and while no place of residence is recorded, he did enlist in Norwich.
That soldier on CWGC is
PLUNKETT, W.E
Rank:………………………………………………Lance Corporal
Service No:……………………………………..84690
Date of Death:………………………………..14/01/1917
Regiment/Service:………………………….Royal Engineers, 207th Field Coy.
Grave Reference:
IV. F. 12.
Cemetery:
BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/59168/PLUNKETT,%20W%20E
However the Medal Index card for this Royel Engineer is held in the name of William E Plunkett. It is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/16/28809
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4663974
The Goverments Probate Service also holds a Soldiers Will for 84690 William Edward who died on the 14th January 1917.
Cemetery Historical Information.
The cellar of the brewery was used as a dressing station and the cemetery was started in the orchard nearby in November 1914. It was sheltered from enemy observation by ruined houses and continued in use until January 1918
www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/5801/BREWERY%20ORCH...
*******************************Private Harry Purdy****************************
There is one Private Harry Purdys on the CWGC database, and one Harold but neither has an obvious link to Norwich
Name: PURDY, HARRY
Rank: Private
Regiment: Hampshire Regiment Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Date of Death: 03/09/1916
Service No: 19816
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1549769
There is an 11 year old Harry Purdy, (born Norwich), recorded on the 1901 census as an inmate\ scholar at what is either an orphanage or boarding school at Bowthorpe Road, Norwich. The next entry on the census return is a 9 year old William Purdy, born Norwich.
On the 1891 census, the 2 year old Harry is recorded at 246 Heigham Street
The head of the household is listed as a Matilda Purdy, (aged 31and a Laundress from Stiffkey.). Matilda is listed as single. Her children are Kate Ann, (aged 12, born Barningham Parva), Emily, (aged 3, born Norwich), Harry, and William, (aged 4 months).
No match on Norlink
Update October 2014
see comments below
*************************Private Herbert R Powell**********************************
On the Great War Roll of Honour there are no Herbert R’s on the Other Ranks or Naval Ratings list.
No match on Norlink
The Baptism of a Herbert Robert Powell took place at St James Pockthorpe, Norwich on the 27th April 1894. His birth date is given as the 15th March 1892. His parents are James, (occupation:labourer) and Mary Ann Elizabeth. The family reside at Mousehold Street.
The high-level search has one only Herbert Powell listed , with a link to Norwich. This is a Herbert R, born circa 1892 in Norwich, and still recorded in the Norwich District at the time of the census.
On the 1901 census, the 9 year old Herbert, born Norwich, is recorded at 21 Mousehold Street, in the parish of St James with Pockthorpe. This is the household of his widower father, James, (aged 47 and a General Labourer from Norwich). His siblings are:-
Claude…………….aged 16.…………born Norwich………..Boot Finisher
Daisy………………aged 12.…………born Norwich
Olive………………aged 4.………….born Norwich
An older married daughter.also lives with them. She is Leah Sayer, (aged 24, born Norwich), husband is William Sayer, (aged 34, born Norwich, General Labourer), and they have a 1 year old son Sirdar (?).
Finally, there is also a boarder resident in the house, Robert Meek, aged 37 and single, born Norwich, and a Carter on a Farm
Update October 2014
SDGW records a Gunner 875510 Herbert Powell who Died on the 17th October 1918 whilst serving with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. He was born Norwich, but while no place of residence is recorded he did enlist in Norwich.
That soldier on CWGC is:-
POWELL, H R
Rank:………………………………………………………………Gunner
Service No:…………………………………………………….875510
Date of Death:………………………………………………17/10/1918
Regiment/Service:………………………………………..Royal Field Artillery, 54th Div. Ammunition Col.
Grave Reference:
B. 71.
Cemetery:
ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/326081/POWELL,%20H%20R
The Medal Index card for Gunner 875510 Herbert Powell, Royal Field Artillery, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/16/61267 He had initially been Gunner 1589 and had reached the rank of Acting Bombardier before being demoted.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4696432
The Governments Probate Service holds a Soldiers Will for a 875510 Herbert Powell who died 17th October 1918.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Powell&Sur...
Cemetery Historical Information.
The cemetery was begun in October 1917, and used by a Rest Camp and a small British Hospital until November 1919.
www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/33986/ST.%20GERMAIN...
**************************************Private Walter Ralph*******************************
Name: RALPH, WALTER
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment Unit Text: "A" Coy. 1st Bn.
Age: 24 Date of Death: 31/07/1917
Service No: 328195
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Sarah Ralph, of 27, Leonard St., St. Augustine's, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 50 and 52. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1625348
No match on Norlink
The 9 year old Walter, born Norwich, is recorded on the 1901 census at 27 Leonards Street in the parish of St Augustine. This is the household of his parents, Henry J, (aged 42 and a Whitesmith from Norwich), and Sarah A, (aged 43 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Alfred C…………aged 21.………….born Norwich…………Whitesmith
Arthur……………aged 6.…………..born Norwich
Ernest……………aged 14.…………born Norwich……….Office Boy, Netting Manufacturer
Ethel L…………..aged 10.…………born Norwich
George…………..aged 13.…………..born Norwich
Henry J………….aged 24.………….born Norwich………..Whitesmith
Herbert W……….aged 17.………….born Norwich……….Whitesmith
Joseph…………..aged 15.………….born Norwich…………Office Boy, Netting Manufacturer
Maud S…………aged 18.………….born Norwich………….Shoefitter
May E………….aged 9.……………born Norwich
The 31st July was the opening day of the Battle of Passchendaele, (aka as Third Ypres). The 18th Division, of which the 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment were part, were involved in the attack on this day, although not the Brigade of which they were part., and which therefore presumably formed the Divisional reserve.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=11535&...
Update October 2014
The Medal Index card for Private 328195 Walter Ralph, Cambridgeshire Regiment is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/16/135175.He had previously been Private 6886 in the same Regiment.
The Government Probate Service holds a Soldiers Will for 328195 Walter Ralph who died on the 31st July 1917.
By the time of the 1911 census the family was still at Leonard Street. Parents Henry John and Sarah Ann have been married 34 years and have had 14 children, of which 11 were then still alive. Wallter, 18, like his father works as a Fitter in Foundry. Of the other children still at home:-
William Herbert…………..aged 28…….born Norwich…..Cold Iron Worker
Joseph……………………..aged 25…….born Norwich…..Core maker in Foundry
Ernest…………………….aged 24……..born Norwich…..Carpenter
George…………………….aged 22…….born Norwich……Cold Iron Worker
Ethel Laura……………….aged 20……..born Norwich……Fitter in Boot Trade
Arthur…………………….aged 16……..born Norwich……Clicker in Boot Trade
*********************************Private Fred Simpson******************************
Name: SIMPSON, FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 27 Date of Death: 14/09/1914
Service No: 6704
Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. Simpson, of 92, Calvert St., Norwich.
Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=724054
No match on Norlink
The 13 year old Frederick, born Norwich and already employed as a Labourer on “”Cord Ground???”
is recorded on the 1901 census at 174 Armes Street, in the Parish of St Bartholomews. His mother, Eliza, (aged 41, married and from Norwich), is listed as the head of household. Her other children are:-
Arthur……………aged 6.……………born Norwich
Caroline………….aged 11.…………..born Norwich
Eliza……………..aged 18.…………..born Norwich…….Coat Machinist
Ellen……………..aged 16.…………..born Norwich…….Coat Machinist
Rose……………..aged 3.……………born Norwich
William…………..aged 20.………….born Norwich………Boot Clicker
On the 1891 census, the family are recorded at 21 Neal Square, St Benedict. Frederick is listed as Freddy, and is father Henry, then aged 32 is listed as the head of household. He is from Norwich and works as a Painter. On the 1901 census he is to be found in lodgings in Bournemouth, still described as a Painter. Other lodgers includes another painter from Bungay, and a Carpenter from Essex, so presumably they were down there looking for work.
I don’t have access to the War diary of the 1st Norfolks for the period, but looking at the War Diary for a fellow divisional unit, the 1st Dorsets, the 15th Brigade were sent in to attack the German positions on the Chevres Spur around noon. The 1st Dorsets should have been with them, but were held up by shelling.
At 6.30 pm, the Dorset were advised that the attack had failed.
Additionally, the 1st Norfolks get a mention in a war memoir by a German Officer.. It seems a patrol of the 1st Norfolks sent out the evening of the 14th. They went too far into the woods held by the German troops and were ambushed and all killed in hand to hand fighting.
"Advance from Mons" by Walter Bloehm mentions the clash with the 1st Norfolks. A patrol of 34 officers and men were reported missing after they went forward around Chivres Ridge. Captain Walter Bloehm heard the clash but was not involved directly. He was told about it by a Sgt. Next day he led a patrol and came upon the bodies of the British soldiers.
1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84736
Update October 2014
The Medal Index card for Private 6704 Frederick Simpson, Norfolk Regiment, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/18/76112
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5167594
On the 1911 census Private Frederick Simpson, aged 25 and from Norwich, is recorded in barracks at Aldershot, where he is stationed with the 1st Norfolk Regiment.
The soldier who died in 1914 is recorded on SDGW as born St Margarets, Norwich. There is no place of residence shown but he enlisted in Norwich. He is recorded as Killed in Action.
**************************Private Edward J Sizer***********************************
Also a full panel dedication.
“Sacred to the memory of Edward Sizer R.A.S.C.
Teacher and an esteemed member of this choir
Who died on active service in Salonika
On the 22nd September 1918”
Name: SIZER, EDWARD JAMES
Rank: Private
Service: Army Service Corps Unit Text: 228th Bde. Train
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/09/1918
Service No: S/307337
Additional information: Son of Fickess and Bessie Ann Sizer, of Holly Lodge, Telegraph Lane West, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 140. Cemetery: SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=332126
From April to June 1917, the 35th Casualty Clearing Station was at Sarigol. It was replaced by the 21st Stationary Hospital, which remained until December 1918. From these two hospitals, 150 burials were made in the cemetery, many of them men who had been wounded in the Allied attack on the Grand-Couronne and Pip Ridge in April-May 1917, and September 1918. In February 1921, 560 graves were brought into Sarigol from Janes Military Cemetery, a few miles to the north, and serving the same front. The cemetery at Janes was on low ground, and, under the normal conditions of this region, it was found difficult to approach and almost impossible to maintain in good order. With a few exceptions, the burials were made from 31st Casualty Clearing Station between August 1916 and October 1918.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=34800&...
No match on Norlink
The 9 year old Edward, born Canning Town, Essex, can be found on the 1901 census at 8 Primrose Road, in the Parish of Thorpe, St Matthew. This is the household of his parents, George, (aged 47, and an Excavator from Barrington, Cambridge), and Bessie, (aged 42 and from Georgeham, Devon). Their other children are:-
Ada…………………….aged 16.…………….born Holloway, London………….Dressmaker
Agnes…………………..aged 6.……………..born Cromer, Norfolk
Bessie………………….aged 7.………………born Dorking, Surrey
Kate……………………aged 13.…………….born Isleworth, Middlesex
Rose……………………aged 11.……………born Canning Town, Essex.
28th Divisional Train ASC 120, 21, 122 and 123 Companies ASC joined from 13th Division in November 1915
The list of Divisional engagements for 1918 was
18-19 September 1918: the Battle of Doiran
22-28 September 1918: the pursuit to the Strumica valley
(However, it should be noted that this was a theatre where more men died as a result of disease, especially in the hot summer months, than as a result of enemy action).
Update October 2014
Both Edward Sizer and his father appear to absent on the night of the 1911 census. His mother and sisters do appear, and are recorded at 15 Chalk Hill Road, Norwich. Bessie has completed the forms but gives her relationship to the head of the household as wife. She and her husband have been married 33 years and have had 11 children, of which 7 were then still alive.
Still at home are:-
Alice………….aged 32…..born Cirencester, Glos….Norwich Town Council Elementary Teacher
Ada……………aged 26…born Holloway, Middx….Dressmaker
Kate………….aged 23…..bornIsleworth, Middx…… Norwich Town Council Elementary Teacher
Rose………….aged 21…..born Plaistow, Essex…….Haberdahsers Drapery Assistant
Bessie…………aged 17…born Dorking, Surrey…….Teaching Student
Agnes…………aged 16….born Cromer, Norfolk……Hosiery apprentice
The Medal Index Card for Private S/307337 Edward J Sizer, Army Service Corps, is held at the National Archive under reference number WO 372/18/89902
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5181384
********************************Private William Stock**********************************
10 possible matches on the CWGC database
No match on Norlink
The most likely match on the 1901 census, is a Private William Stock, aged 19 and from Somerset, recorded in the Norwich Barracks. On the high level search of the 1911 census, there are 4 William Stocks of the right age who give their birthplaces as being in Somerset. There are no new individuals recorded with a Norfolk connection and of a likely age to have served in the Great War.
The Genes Re-united transcription of the 1911 census for England and Wales does not have anyone of a likely age to have served in the Great War with the surname Stock, first or middle name William, and who is associated with Norwich. There is a Gorleston lad, born circa 1897 who was recorded in Aylsham, a Gt Yarmouth man born circa 1885 recorded at Sculcoates, (as are several other Stocks previously from Norfolk), and a Lancashire man born circa 1868 who was recorded at Acle.
Update 2014 William Stock continues to elude me. The 19 year old soldier from Somerset in Barracks on the night of the 1901 census doesn’t really give us much to go on. There is a 30 year old William Herbert whose parents lived in Frome, Somerset who died in Egypt whilst serving with the 2nd/7th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers.but that did happen until 1919, so that doesn’t tie up with the age of the 1911 census. There is also a 32 year old Trooper in the Household Battalion who died in 1917 and who has connections with Bath.
*****************************Private James Stock*********************************
10 possible matches on the CWGC database
No match on Norlink
The only Norfolk match on the 1901 census is a 28 year old married men, residing at 83 Shadwell Street, Norwich, in the parish of St Stephens and self-employed as a General Dealer. He is married to Martha, aged 27 and who gives her place of birth as Hickingham, Norfolk. (A quick google shows no such place, also a number of genealogy\family history sites have references to individuals being born there, with at least one stating its in Suffolk). Presumably that’s either a corruption of the more common name, or the place has disappeared as a settlement. Their other children are:-
Bertie J. (see below)…………………aged 3.…………..born Norwich
Leonard A……………………………aged 1.…………..born Norwich
Violet M……………………………..aged 4.…………..born Norwich.
The baptism of Bertie James took place at St Stephens church on the 8th May 1898 at St Stephens Church. His date of birth is given as the 1st April 1898. His parents are listed as James and Martha, with James working as a Fish Hawker. The family reside at Crookes Place on Queens Street, (suspect that should be Queens Road, given the location, although as a result of the 1960‘s redevelopment of the area, a lot of streets have disappeared or been re-named).
So there is a possibility that Private James Stock could be Bertie James.
However, while there are two Bertie Stocks listed on the CWGC database, neither have any additional information that would serve to resolve the matter either way.
Using the above information, we are then left with only one possibility.
Prime candidate
Name: STOCK, JAMES
Rank: Private
Regiment: Welsh Guards Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 01/12/1917
Service No: 3121
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3. Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1757101
1st December 1917
The attack on Gauche Wood and Gonnelieu
Attacking Gauche Wood from the south-west the 18th King George's Own Lancers fought on foot. The tanks who were supposed to accompany them were late in arriving (0715 hours) and then lost direction in the grey morning light.
The Lancers though advanced into the wood where they found men from the 2nd Grenadier Guards already fighting their way in from Gouzeaucourt. Machine gun nests were dealt with by the returning tanks who patrolled the perimeter of the wood.
To get into the wood the Grenadiers had chosen the tactic of running as fast as they could. The German gunners couldn't get the range right and the casualties had been light. With all of their senior officers gone the Grenadiers put themselves under the direction of the Lancers who organised the consolidation of Gauche Wood. The Lancers may well have been an Indian Army Regiment but needless to say all their officers were British!
Attacking the Quentin Mill (from which General de Lisle had made his hasty exit the day before) the 3rd Coldstream Guards and four tanks from H Battalion had little difficulty in gaining their objective though at the cost of three of the tanks.
3rd Guards Brigade had been given the objective of taking Gonnelieu itself and attacked with the 1st Welsh Guards on the right and the 4th Grenadier Guards on the left.
The Welshmen were brought to a halt at the top of the ridge in front of Gonnelieu with two thirds of their men being downed by the constant stream of fire from German Machine Gun positions in the old British trenches.
At this moment the only surviving tank of four with the battalion rolled into action cruising along the trench spraying the Germans with all her Lewis guns. The Germans began to surrender and the Welshmen seized the opportunity to grab the crest of the ridge.
The 4th Grenadiers managed to fight their way into Gonnelieu village but they arrived just as the Germans themselves had been preparing their next assault and were thus feeding the area with reinforcements. Faced by superior numbers the Grenadiers withdrew to a covering position alongside the Welsh Guards.
Captain George Paton received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his part in numerous counter attacks in the face of heavy machine gun fire until he was mortally wounded. He is buried in Metz en Couture Military Cemetery.
www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_cambrai_btl_11.htm
Update October 2014
James Stock throws up an intriguing possibility. There is a 12 year old James Henry, born St Peter Permountergate, Norwich, who was recorded on the 1911 census at No.7 Stepping Lane, Norwich. This is the household of his Step-father, William Cooper, (aged 39 and a Brick-layers Labourer from St Clement without, Norwich) and mother, Harriet, (aged 37 and from St Peter Permountergate, Norwich). The couple have been married 10 years and have had 4 children, of which 2 were then still alive. As well as James Stock, the other son in the household is William Cooper, (aged 6 and born St Clement without).
So could the William Stock recorded at St Augustines actually be William Cooper – unfortunately there are 8 soldiers with a connection to Norwich and none has the additional information that could disprove this theory.
**********************************Private William Tidd*********************************
Probably
Name: TIDD, WILLIAM
Rank: ……………………………………………..Private
Regiment: ………………………………………..York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st Bn.
Date of Death:…………………………………… 23/04/1915
Service No: ………………………………………9601
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 36 and 55. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1626522
No match on Norlink
The 11 year old William Tidd, born Norwich, is recorded on the 1901 census at 1 Bucks Yard, St Marys, in the parish of St Marys, Coslany. This is the household of his parents, John Tidd, (aged 42 and a Malsters Labourer from Norwich), and Elizabeth, (aged 40 and from Norwich) Their other children are:-
Eliza…………………….aged u/1.………………..born Norwich
Elizabeth……………….aged 6.…………………..born Norwich
Emma…………………..aged 3.………………….born Norwich
Florence M……………..aged 8.………………….born Norwich
John…………………….aged 14.…………………born Norwich…………Shoemaker
A list of the battles and engagements for the 28th Division, (of which the 1st York and Lancs were part, includes:-
Battle of Gravenstaffel. 22-23 Apr 1915.
Battle of St. Julien. 24 Apr-5 May 1915.
warpath.orbat.com/divs/28_div.htm
The Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge, 22 - 23 April 1915
Following the discharge of poisonous gas at 5pm on 22 April, a strong German infantry attack was made against the two French divisions defending the north of the Salient on the five mile front between the Ypres-Poelcapelle road and Steenstraat on the Yser canal.
The French quickly withdrew and the advancing Germans rapidly occupied Langemarck and Pilckem and, further west, threatened Steenstraat and Het Sas on the canal.
Although not immediately attacked, 1st Canadian Division, to the right of the French, opposed further German forward movements with artillery and smallarms fire and immediately sent for reserves to shore-up their now undefended left flank; by 7.30pm German attackers were digging-in on newly won ground. As night fell Canadian forces, refusing to 'budge' despite gas and shell fire, improvised an outpost defence system across the open land towards the canal while Second Army Commander appealed for a French counter-attack to restore the situation.
An attack promised for early the following morning was assisted (in anticipation, at midnight) by the successful Canadian seizure of Kitchener’s Wood; but the French response never materialised and the Canadians were forced to retire. Throughout the night British reserves were scraped together in anticipation of further German attacks on 23 April. The early morning saw an attempt to dislodge the Germans from Mauser Ridge which failed with many casualties – though a line of sorts was established to within 1,200 yards of the canal. Later, in anticipation and support of the still-promised French counter-thrust, 13th Brigade was ordered to make a general attack towards Pilckem but this assault, when launched at 4.25pm, was a disastrous failure and all forward movement halted by 7pm. By nightfall the commitment of all available reserves helped establish a new front on the exposed flank – but little ground had been regained.
www.cwgc.org/ypres/content.asp?menuid=35&submenuid=36...
There is a lot of information available on line about the actions on the 22nd, but to date little about the 23rd.
i.e 22nd April 19.15 20.00
Response of the British 28th and 27th Divisions to the German attack
As soon as the German attack was launched the commander of 28th Division, General Bulfin, and the commander of 27th Division, General Snow, made immediate arrangements to move some of their reserve battalions to assist the Canadians on their left
1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (28th Division; 83rd Brigade reserve): The battalion had been located north-west of Ypres, south of the Ypres-Brielen road. It was under orders to set off on the move to reinforce St. Jean.
www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/ypsalient/secondypres/graven...
www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/ypsalient/secondypres/graven...
Update November 2014
William Tidd.There are now two possibles on the 1911 census, including a 31 year old married man from Norwich, living nearby at Afghan Place, and a 30 year old married man from Norwich, William James, who was living with his wife and 7 year old daughter in the household of his father-in-law at Docking, Norfolk.
Private 9601 William Tidd is recorded on SDGW as Killed in Action on the 23rd April 1915 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. He was born St Mary’s Norwich, and while no place of residence is recorded, he did enlist in Norwich.
The Medal Index Card for Private 9601 William Tidd is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/20/28664
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5570694
*****************************Private Harold A V Miller******************************
Name: MILLER, HAROLD ALFRED VICTOR
Rank: ………………………………………………Private
Regiment: ………………………………………….Norfolk Regiment, "C" Coy. 9th Bn.
Age: ……………………………………………….21
Date of Death:……………………………………. 08/10/1918
Service No: ………………………………………14737
Additional information: Son of Harry Denton Miller and Alice Kiera Miller, of 13, Angel Rd., St. Augustines, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 4. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1746784
There is a picture of Harold, of the 9th Norfolks, on Norlink
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
Additional info given is that Private Miller was born in Acle on 11th May 1897, and educated at Pulham Market School and Surrey Street School, Norwich. He enlisted on 1st September 1914, and was killed in action in France on 8th October 1918
The 3 year Harold, born Acle, is recorded on the 1901 census at 239 Raglan Street, Lowestoft. This is the household of his parents, Harry, (aged 35 and a Baker & Confectioner from Norwich), and Alice, (aged 34 and from Castle Acre, Norfolk). Their other children are:-
Denton…………………aged 5.……………….born Gt Yarmouth
Dorothy…………………aged u/1.…………….born Lowestoft
By 1911, the family were in Norwich.
8th October 1918
General attack towards Bohain - 71st Infantry Brigade on left, 16th Infantry Brigade on right, 18th Infantry Brigade in Divisional Reserve with West Yorks (attached to 16th Infantry Brigade) attacking up the valley, French on right - all objectives gained by night. Took over part of line by night from 30th American Division and handed over part to 46th Division
www.archive.org/stream/hist6thdivision00marduoft/hist6thd...
Update November 2014
SDGW records Private 14737 Harold Miller as Killed in action on the 8th October 1918 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. He was born acle, Norfolk and while there is no place of residence recorded he did enlist in Norwich.
The Government Probate Service has a Soldiers will for 14737 who died on the 8th October 1918.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Miller&Sur...
On the 1911 census the family were at 121 Ber Street, Norwich. The 13 year old Harold Alfred Victor, born Acle, was still at school. Parents Harry Denton, (aged 45 and a Journeyman Baker) and Alice, (aged 44), have been married for 16 years and have had 6 children, of which 5 were then still alive. Still at home are:-
Denton Harry………….aged 15….born Yarmouth, Norfolk…….Errand Boy
Annie Eunice………….aged 9……born Lowestoft, Suffolk
Beatrice Maud…………aged 7……born Methwold, Norfolk
Gracie Elizabeth………aged 6…….born Methwold, Norfolk
*****************************Private Albert Want********************************
Name: WANT, ALBERT
Rank: …………………………………………..Private
Regiment: ……………………………………..Norfolk Regiment, 1st Bn.
Age: ……………………………………………35
Date of Death:………………………………… 01/08/1916
Service No:……………………………………. 6731
Additional information: Son of James Want, of 5, Esdelle St., St. Augustines, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=819057
No match on Norlink
There is no obvious match for an Albert Want with a Norwich connection on the Genes Re-united transcription of the 1901 Census for England and Wales. This is however two matches on the 1911 transcription - one born circa 1902 in Norwich, and one born 1916 in Norwich - both supposedly too young to have died fighting in the Great War.
The most likely match on the 1901 census for his father, James Want, is a 54 year old Boot Sewer from St Faiths, Norwich, recorded at 7, Esdelle Street, in the Parish of St Augustines. His wife is Emma, (aged 55 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Arthur……………….aged 23.……………Born Sprowston, Norfolk…………..Boot Maker
Ethel…………………aged 14.……………Born Norwich………………………Boot Machinist
Florence……………..aged 13.……………Born Norwich
James……………….aged 25.…………….Born Sprowston, Norfolk………….Boot Maker
The Want’s also have a Grand-son living with them, Terence Want, aged 4 and born Norwich.
James and Emma are on the 1891 census already living at 7 Esdelle Street. As well as then children listed above, they also have, John, (aged 22), Alice, (aged 19), Emma, (aged 17) as well as Albert, who was then aged 8.
The 1st Bedfords, a battalion in the same Brigade, were in action at Longueval on the 31st, but encountered stiff resistance. That Battalions War Diary notes:-
The position taken up could be seen from the opposite ridge & any movement attracted heavy shell fire. There was also considerable sniping from the direction of FLERS Rd. 6.0. P.M. 1/NORFOLK RGT. arrived and relieved 2/K.O.S.B. and the forward BEDF. coys, who were moved back to reserve position E. of Church. 10.30 P.M.
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/1stbn/1stbtn1916appendices.html
to be continued
Country: SPAIN
Operator: FERROCARRIL ANDORRA ESCATRON
Item: STEAM
Class or Maker: Jung
Wheel Arrangement or Type: 4-8-4T
Number: Andorra
Place details: Lineside Andorra to Escatron line
Additional notes: 1674mm F.C. Andorra-Escatron, Photos 17 to 21 Feb. JTOY.13963
Original source material: Agfa 35mm slide
Photographer: John B Toy
Copyright: Photographer
Library locator reference: JTOY.1394
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1980FEB17JTOY018cs
BACONSTHORPE 1914 - 1919
After doing my research, I found that the Roll of Honour site (RoH) has also done research on the memorials for those who died.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Baconsthorpe.html
William Barnes……………Died
No obvious match on the CWGC database - I found a Canadian soldier who’s parents are recorded as living at Cley, but his parents first names are different to those recorded below. Otherwise there are too many W \William Barnes with no age or additional information, at least two of which served with the Norfolk Regiment and so probably had a connection with the county. The Roll of Honour site was also unable to identifiy this individual.
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has an 8 year old William, (born Langham) recorded at School Lane, Baconsthorpe, This is the household of his parents, Matthew. (aged 40 and a Yardman on Farm from Langham), and Martha, (aged 44 and from Langham). Their other children are:-
Ephraim…….aged 24...born Langham……Agricultural Labourer
Ernest……….aged 6.…born Calthorpe
Florence,,,,,,,,,aged 15...born Langham
Frederic……..aged 1,,,,,born
George………aged u/1..born Baconsthorpe
Henry………aged 11.….born Langham
Matthew……aged 10.…born Langham
Fortunately I had also taken a walk round the churchyard, and although large parts had been fenced off, one headstone caught my eye.
In loving memory of Martha Elizabeth,
The beloved wife of Matthew Barnes,
Died October 7th 1914
Aged 57 years,
Also William Barnes son of the above
2nd Norfolk Regiment
Who fell in battle in Mesopotamia
April 12th 1916, aged 23 years
That leads us to this man
Name: BARNES Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 11/04/1916 Service No: 19471 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. B. 16. Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=627383
Note the discrepancy of a day in the date of death between the headstone and the CWGC entry.
The Siege of Kut
During the siege of Kut which lasted for 5 months aircraft were first used to try and drop supplies to the garrison. The aircraft could not carry enough supplies some were shot down and the attempt ended in failure. The Turks used aircraft more successfully in bombing the town, many troops having been wounded were then killed in hospital by an air raid. Several attempts were made to break out across the river on floating bridges, but as the river was in flood at this time of the year the attempts failed. Radio contact with the outside world was kept up until the end.
Towards the end of the siege the daily ration for British troops was reduced to ten ounces of bread and one pound of horse or mule flesh. Indian troops who refused to eat flesh were dying of scurvy at the rate of 10 to 20 a day. In all 1746 people died during the siege from wounds or disease.
Kut falls
On 29 April 1916 Kut surrendered to the Turks. After agreeing terms, Townshend marched his troops out into captivity, and certain death for most of them.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/pte_wilby.htm
F Barnes MM & Croix De Guerre (Belg)
Suspect this is the Frederic referred to above
F Bond
While there isn’t immediately an obvious match on the 1901 Census, the high level search on the 1911 returns three individuals which it associates with Baconsthorpe. I can’t see the detail, but as none of them where born there, I can only assume they are now living there.
The three individuals are:
Frederick, born circa 1877 at Holt
Annie, born circa 1877 at Icklingham, Suffolk
Clifford, born 1907, Holt.
The unconfirmed suspicion has to be that they are a family.
Frederick may have been a bit old for frontline service, although I’ve come across private soldiers well into their forties in the later years of the war. There were however, home defense units, not dissimilar to the “Dad’s Army” of WW11, who assisted with guarding strategic points.
The same individual is recorded on the 1901 census as a boarder at “Kirber Villa”, 1 Heathcote Road, Epsom, Surrey. His profession is given as carpenter. There is a group of boarders from the North Norfolk area who are from similar trades, so possibly they had all gone together in search of work.
Richard Cletheroe………….Died
Name: CLETHEROE, ARTHUR WILLIAM RICHARD
Rank: Private
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn.
Age: 21 Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Service No: 240202
Additional information: Son of Arthur Edward and Alice Ann Cletheroe, of Baconsthorpe Hall, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXIII. C. 2. Cemetery: GAZA WAR CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=649742
There is a picture of Arthur in the Norlink Archive.
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read:-
Born at Bodham, 10th March 1896, Private Cletheroe was from Baconsthorpe Hall. He was educated at Baconsthorpe and enlisted 5th August 1914. He was killed at the Battle of Gaza in Palestine, 19th April 1917 and buried at Gaza Military Cemetery.
The 1901 Census has the 5 year old Richard, (Born Bodham), recorded at Baconsthorpe, (no specific address). This is the household of his uncle, Stephen Cletheroe, (aged 45 and a farmer from Baconsthorpe), and aunt, Maria, (aged 44 and from Thornage). Richard doesn’t appear to be on the 1911 census, although Stephen and Maria are.
19th April 1917 During the 2nd Battle of Gaza,
Facing the Tank Redoubt was the 161st Brigade of the 54th Division. To their right were the two Australian battalions (1st and 3rd) of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade who had dismounted about 4,000 yards from their objective. As the infantry went in to attack at 7.30am they were joined by a single tank called "The Nutty" which attracted a lot of shell fire. The tank followed a wayward path towards the redoubt on the summit of a knoll where it was fired on point blank by four field guns until it was stopped and set alight in the middle of the position.
The infantry and the 1st Camel Battalion, having suffered heavy casualties on their approach, now made a bayonet charge against the trenches. About 30 "Camels" and 20 of the British infantry (soldiers of the 5th (territorial Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment) reached the redoubt, then occupied by around 600 Turks who immediately broke and fled towards their second line of defences to the rear.
The British and Australians held on unsupported for about two hours by which time most had been wounded. With no reinforcements at hand and a Turkish counter-attack imminent, the survivors endeavoured to escape back to their own lines.
To the right (west) of Tank Redoubt, the 3rd Camel Battalion, advancing in the gap between two redoubts, actually made the furthest advance of the battle, crossing the Gaza-Beersheba Road and occupying a pair of low hills (dubbed "Jack" and "Jill"). As the advances on their flanks faltered, the "Camels" were forced to retreat to avoid being isolated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gaza
More than a thousand one hundred of the men of the 54th posted killed wounded or missing were from the two Norfolk regiment battalions, equating to 75% of their strength. Eastern Daily Press "Sunday" section May 5, 2007
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gaza
G Cletheroe
There is no obvious match for a G Cletheroe on the Genes Reunited transcriptions of the 1901 or 1911 Censuses for England and Wales, with a Baconsthorpe connection.
George Cooper…………….Died
Norlink has a potential match in a George Alfred Cooper born Alby, who served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
Born at Alby, 8th May 1893, Private Cooper enlisted in September 1914. He was killed in action Festubert, France, 5th January 1915.
There is a George born Baconsthorpe circa 1892 and still resident in the same district on the 1911 Census.. There is no George Cooper born Alby - just a Charles D, born circa 1892, and a Jonathan, born circa 1895 on the 1911 census, However there is one born circa 1894 on the 1901 Census, so looks like the Norlink picture is for a different person.
The 1901 Census has a George R Cooper, aged 9 and born Baconsthorpe, recorded at Baconsthorpe, (no specific address). This is the household of his parents, James, (aged 43 and a farmer from Upper Sheringham), and Phyllis, (aged 48 and from Baconsthorpe). Their other children are:
Phyllis………..aged 15.…..born Baconsthorpe
Richard F…….aged 19.…..born Baconsthorpe…..Teamster on Farm
The CWGC has 5 G R Coopers recorded, all of which can be fairly safely eliminated - the two shown as George R have parents with different names. Of the three simply shown as as G.R,, two, an officer in the Royal Berks who died in 1916 and a private in the Coldstream Guards who died in 1918, do not appear on the Great War Roll of Honour under the first name George. The final candidate, another G R with no age or additional details, was a Lance Bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery who died in 1919. He is buried at Royton, Lancashire in the UK. I would have thought it more likely that he would have been returned to his hometown - I’m not an authority on the UK military forces, but I can’t think of many military bases round there, and a quick scan of the 38 other records for this cemetery indicates that nearly all have an obvious link with the Royton\Oldham area and the WW1 burials come from a wide variety of units..
That unfortunately leaves us with a large number of G. Coopers on the CWGC database,
Postscript. The Roll of Honour site believes it is possibly this individual.
Name: COOPER, GEORGE
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 27 Date of Death: 25/05/1918 Service No: 17401
Additional information: Son of Charles and Harriet Cooper, of North Barningham, Norfolk.
Memorial Reference: Panel 3. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1641963
However, as we can see, parents names are different to the individual on the census.
J Cooper
Possibly the James, father of George, recorded above. There is a Walter J, born circa 1905 at Baconsthorpe on the 1911 Census.
S Cooper
The 1911 Census has a Samuel Cooper, born circa 1885 at Baconsthorpe and still resident in the Erpingham District which covers the village.
On the 1901 Census, the 17 year Samuel, (born Baconsthorpe and an Agricultural Labourer), is recorded at Church Cottages, Bodham. This is the household of his parents, Samuel, (aged 43 and an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer and from Sheringham), and Easter, (aged 39 and from Erpingham). Their other children are:-
Agnes……………..aged 10.………born Bodham
Ann……………….aged 22.………born Shurton
Eliza………………aged 5.………..born Bodham
Ethel………………aged 14.………born Baconsthorpe
John……………….aged 13.………born Bodham…..Ordinary Agricultural Labourer
Matilda……………aged 11.………born Bodham
Robert…………….aged 3.…………born Bodham
William……………aged 19.………born Beckham…Ordinary Agricultural Labourer
F Cooper
The 1901 Census has a Frederick Cooper, aged 2 months and born Baconsthorpe, recorded at Baconsthorpe, (no specific address). This is the household of his parents, Walter, (aged 28 and a Bricklayer from Upper Sheringham) and Gertie, (aged 26 and from Attleborough). Their other children are Daisy, (aged 1) and Ivy, (aged 3), both born Baconsthorpe.
R Crarey
On the 1911 Census we have five individuals with the surname Crarey who are associated with Baconsthorpe. As none of them were born there, it must be assumed they are now living there. They are:-
Harriet Crarey born circa 1868 at Cleator, Cumberland
William Crarey born circa 1870 at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire
Raymond Crarey born circa 1901 at Whittlebury, Northamptonshire
Cuthbert Crarey born circa 1903 at Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk
Gwendoline Crarey born circa 1905 at Birmingham, Warwickshire
The 1901 census confirms they are a family, and provides an explanation of why the family moved around. There is no Raymond recorded, but there is a William R.D, aged 8 months, born Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, and now living at West Field, Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk. This is the household of his parents, William, (aged 31, and a Board School Headmaster from Dalton), and Harriet, (aged 33, and a Teacher from Cleaton). The Crarey’s have a live in servant, Selina Mallett.
Fred Dew……………….Died
Name: DEW, FREDERICK BENJAMIN
Rank: Private
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 23 Date of Death: 26/03/1916
Service No: 13993
Additional information: Son of Mr. B. Dew, of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk; husband of Brenda M. Dew, of Hingham, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=864652
No match on Norlink
The 1911 Census has a Frederick born circa 1893 in Baconsthorpe, and still recorded in the district of Erpingham. On the 1901 census, the 8 year old Frederic, (Born Baconsthorpe), is recorded at The Street, Baconsthorpe. This is the household of his parents, Benjamin, (aged 31 and a General Labourer from Baconsthorpe), and Rosetta, (aged 30 and from Baconsthorpe). Their other children are:-
Alice……………….aged 7.………….born Baconsthorpe
Hilda……………….aged 1.………….born Baconsthorpe
Horace………………aged 6.…………born Baconsthorpe
Marian………………aged 4.…………born Baconsthorpe
Frederick is probably one of the Norfolk men who died during the final days of the siege of Kut, (although far more would die on the subsequent march into captivity). He may possibly have been one of those outside as a composite unit, the Norsets, consisting of available drafts and recovered sick and wounded from the two parent battalions of the Norfolks and Dorsets, who were fighting to break the siege.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/pte_wilby.htm
1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t...
Horace Dew…………..Died
Name: DEW Initials: H E
Rank: Corporal Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Date of Death: 30/05/1916 Service No: 12576
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 45. Cemetery: LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=54022
Genes Re-united site confirms this was a Horace.
Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
The first burials were made in Plot I of the cemetery in September 1915, but it was most heavily used during the Battle of Arras, which began in April 1917. The dead were brought to the cemetery from casualty clearing stations, chiefly the 18th and the 23rd at Lapugnoy and Lozinghem
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=5501&a...
No match on Norlink
The 1911 Census has a Horace born circa 1895 in Baconsthorpe, and still recorded in the district of Erpingham. See Frederick above for family details
J Gorbould
The 1911 has three Gorbould’s associated with Baconsthorpe. Again, as none are born there, I can only assume that they are now living there. The three individuals are:-
James, born circa 1884 at Wroxham.
Harriet, born circa 1886 at Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich.
Dorothy, born circa 1910 at Wroxham.
On the 1901 census, the 18 year old James, (born Wroxham and now employed as a Yardman on a Farm), is recorded at The Street, Wroxham. This is the household of his widowed mother, Mary, (age 54 and from Salhouse). Also resident are Mary’s children:-
Ethel…….aged 16.…born Wroxham…..General Domestic Servant
Mary…….aged 14.…born Wroxham…………Dressmaker
Robert…..aged 21.…born Wroxham…..Malsters Labourer
E Hazlewood
The 1901 Census has a 5 year old Edwin, (born Baconsthorpe), who is recorded at Fairstead, Gressenhall. This is the household of his Grand-Parents, James Purple, (aged 61 and a Farm Labourer from Longham(poss Langham?)), and Jane Purple, (aged 63 and from the St Julian area of Norwich).
Under the census details for Henry Smith, below, there is a 19 year old Laura Hazlewood, who is recorded as a General Domestic Servant. Laura is recorded as being from Baconsthorpe.
William Jarvis………….Died
As there was no obvious William Jarvis associated on the 1901 or 1911 census with Baconsthorpe, I initially thought it was a Willie Reginald Jarvis from Langham, who died in the Middle East in 1918 while serving with the 1st/4th Norfolks CWGC.http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1645773
His parents were Herbert and Martha.
No match on Norlink
However, I then discovered the Roll of Honour had identified another individual who was much more likely.
Name: JARVIS Initials: W T
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 20 Date of Death: 20/09/1917 Service No: 19515
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Ann Jarvis, of Baconsthorpe, Holt, Norfolk. Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 6. Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=169980
The 1911 Census lists an Arthur William Jarvis, born circa 1902 at Baconsthorpe, and still resident in the District of Erpingham which covers the village. Other Jarvis’s are:-
Mary Beatrice, born circa 1878 at Baconsthorpe
Sidney, born circa 1890 at North Walsham
Thomas John, born circa 1904 at Baconsthorpe.
There is no obvious William who’s parents are an Alfred and Ann born circa 1897 / 1898
On the Genes re-united transcript of the 1901 and 1911 Censuses.
The battalion appears to have been in action near Monchy, and there seems to be a steady but small number of casualties over the period 19th to the 23rd - 7 on the 19th for example.
Robert Jermy…………………Died
CWGC has only one R Jermy
Name: JERMY Initials: R
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 04/07/1918 Service No: 392969
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 10. Cemetery: BAVELINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=587482
Norlink has a Robert Jermy, but tenuous link to Baconsthorpe
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
Acconpanying notes are
Rifleman Jermy was born at Blofield on 13th July 1891, and was educated at Blofield and Holt schools. He enlisted on 11th March 1916 and was killed in action in France on 4th July 1918
The 1911 Census has a Robert Jermy, born circa 1892 at Strumpshaw and now registered in the District of Erpingham which covers the village of Baconsthorpe. The other Jermys in the same District are:
Emma Jane, born circa 1869 at Lingwood.
Robert, born circa 1871 at Hemblington
Maude, born circa 1893 at Blofied
Clifford born circa 1911 at Baconsthorpe.
The 1901 Census has a 9 year old Robert, (Born Blofield), recorded at Holt Road, Thornage. This was the household of his parents, Robert, (aged 29 and a Teamman on Farm from Hemblington) and Jane, (aged 30 and from Lingwood). They also have a daughter, Maud, (aged 8 and from Blofield)
9th Battalion London Regiment was affiliated to the Royal Fusiliers, and was part of the 175 Brigade, 58th Division at the time of Robert’s death.
www.warpath.orbat.com/divs/58_div.htm
Fred Knowles…………………..Died
Possibly
Name: KNOWLES Initials: F J
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 22/04/1916 Service No: 18830
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. D. 13. Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=629143
Genes reunited copy of the Great War Roll of Honour confirms that this Norfolk Regiment man was a Frederick J.
No match on Norlink
The 1911 Census has only a Sidney Knowles recorded at Baconsthorpe. The 1901 Census has a 21 year old Fred H.Knowles, born North Walsham, and now resident at the Green Grocers Shop, Baker Street, Sheringham. There is also a Frederick Knowles, born Hunworth, and now recorded working as an Ostler at The Hasting Arms , Melton Constable. I have no firm way of establing whether either of the two individuals are the same as the CWGC man, and whether any of them are the Fred Knowles on the Baconsthorpe Roll of Honour.
See William Barnes and Frederick Dew above for details of the siege of Kut.
G Pentney
The 7 year old George, born Baconsthorpe, is recorded on the 1901 Census at Baconsthorpe, although with no specific address. This is the household of his parents, Robert, (aged 37 and a Stock Feeder on a Farm from Baconsthorpe), and Susanna, (aged 31 and from West Beckham.). Their other children are:-
Effie…………..aged 6.…………..born Baconthorpe
Frances……….aged 1.…………..born Baconsthorpe
Henrietta……..aged 4.…………..born Baconsthorpe
George does not appear to be on the 1911 Census
W Reynolds
There are four instances of the surname Reynolds linked to Baconsthorpe on the 1911 Census, and none at all on the 1901 Census.
The four from 1911 are:
Fred, born circa 1877 at Plumstead, Norfolk
Maggie, born circa 1882 at Barningham
Robert, born circa 1902 at Baconsthorpe
Flossie, born circa 1904 at Baconsthorpe
On the 1901 Census, the 24 year old Fred was still single and living with his family “Near the Green”, Plumstead. Among his many siblings was a 14 year old Walter, who was born Plumstead and already working as an Agricultural Labourer,
B Savage
The 1911 Census has a Bertie Savage, born circa 1897 at Holt and now associated with Baconsthorpe. On the 1901 Census, the four year old Bertie is recorded at Fairstead Row, New Street, Holt. This is the household of his parents, George, (aged 38 and a Roadman from South Raynham), and Charlotte, (aged 34 and from Baconsthorpe)
The Smiths of Baconsthorpe
The 1911 Census has
Henry Smith, born circa 1898 at Guestwick
Sydney Smith, born circa 1896 at Guestwick
Walton Smith, born circa 1894 at Guestwick
Thomas Smith, born circa 1889 at Winfarthing
The 1901 Census has
Sidney, born circa 1895 at Thurgarton now resident Baconsthorpe (Sydney John born Thurgarton circa 1896 is now resident in the district of Walsingham on the 1911 Census)
Henry, born circa 1871 at Baconsthorpe and still resident, (Henry Maslan Smith born circa 1871 at Baconsthorpe appears on the 1911 Census)
T Smith
Thomas Smith, aged 12, born Thurgarton and employed as a Stockman on Farm, is recorded on the 1901 Census at The Street, Guestwick. This is the household of his parents, Thomas, (aged 41 and a Stockman on a Farm from Burnham Sutton), and Marshanna, (aged 37 and from Guestwick). Their other children are:-
Alice M………aged 14.…..born Burston
George R……..aged 10.….born Burston
Henry J……….aged 3.…..born Guestwick
Herbert……….aged u/1.…born Guestwick
Sidney A……..aged 5.……born Guestwick
Walter………..aged 7.…..born Brandiston
O Smith
No obvious match on the 1901 or 1911 Census
W Smith
See T Smith above
S Smith
See T Smith above
Henry Smith……………………Died
There was no obvious candidate on the the CWGC at first glance - hundreds of H Smiths. However a review of the 1911 and 1901 Censuses threw up two individuals - a Henry J born 1898 and a Henry Marston born 1871. Now of the two, you’d expect Henry J. to be the more likely to have served, but looking at the numerous candidates matching either H J or Henry J, on the CWGC, there is still no obvious candidate. Under a search for an H M Smith, however, there is this individual.
Possibly
Name: SMITH, HENRY MARSTON
Rank: Engineman
Service: Royal Naval Reserve Unit Text: H.M. Drifter "Hilary II."
Date of Death: 25/03/1916 Service No: 2508TS
Grave/Memorial Reference: 19. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3051664
No match on Norlink
On the 1901 Census, the 30 year old Henry is recorded as a farmer, at Manor Farm , Baconsthorpe, the village of his birth. Unfortunately he is already a widower. The household is made up by a live in servant, Laura Hazlewood, aged 19 and from Baconsthorpe.
The RoH site gives us this candidate, which its sources, (probably “Soldiers who died in the Great War”), state was born Baconsthorpe and enlisted Norwich.
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Name: SMITH, HENRY JOHN Initials: H J
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 01/08/1917 Service No: TF/203340
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 49 and 51. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=917408
31st July 1917 Battle of Passchendaele (3rd Ypres) commences
Hooge
8th Division
23 Bde
2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regt and 2nd Bn Devonshire Regt attacked here, supported by 2nd Scotish Rifles and 2nd Middlesex Regt respectively.
Both attacking battalions reached their objective, the Yorks taking Ziel House. The support units then passed through, with the Scottish Rifles taking Jaffa Trench despite heavy fire from Kit and Kat Blockhouses. The blockhouses were also captured.
This brigade was also forced back to Westhoek Ridge.
1st August 1917
Frezenberg
At 3.30pm under cover of smoke and artillery, the Germans attacked along the Ypres-Roulers Railway line, the boundary between 15th and 8th Divisions. North of the railway artillery stopped the Germans but to the south the 8th Div was forced back, exposing the right flank of 15th Div which was held by 8/10th Gordon Highlanders. The Gordons left fell back to North Station Buildings while the right was reinforced by 6/7th Royal Scots Fusiliers and 11th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. The three battalions were ordered to retake the Black Line which they did at 9pm.
Westhoek
25th Div relieved 8th Div.
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F Thaxter………………………….
The 1911 census has a Frederick James, born circa 1893 in Baconsthorpe, and still registered in the District of Erpingham that covers the village.
The 8 year old Frederick, born Baconsthorpe is still recorded in the village, possibly at Long Lane, (the curse of census takers handwriting strikes again). This is the household of his parents, Joseph, (aged 52 and a Farmer and Vermin killer from Lingwood), and Maria, (aged 53 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Alice L……..aged 28 (Single)…..born Shirkleby, York
Arthur………aged 19.………….born Shirkleby, York…..Carpenter
Harry……….aged 15.………….born (poss) Larling, Norfolk….Farmers Son
Robert………aged 22.………….born Shirkleby, York……Farmers Son
Frank Thursby………………..Died
Norlink has a picture of an Earl Francis Thursby of the Border Regiment.
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The accompanying notes read
Private Thursby was born in Upper Holloway, London, on 18th July 1897. He was educated at Baconsthorpe, Norfolk. He enlisted on 29th May 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders on 4th October 1917
Name: THURSBY, EARL FRANCIS
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Border Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21 Date of Death: 04/10/1917 Service No: 21246
Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. M. Thursby, of Lower Gresham, Norwich. Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 85 to 86. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
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The 1911 Census has four Thursby’s associated with Baconsthorpe. They are:-
Fenn Waller, born circa 1854 at Sheingham, Norfolk.
Leiza Mary, born circa 1859 at Islington, London
Earl Francis Zeats, born circa 1897 at Hornsey, London
Cecle Samuel Phypps, born circa 1903 at Holt, Norfolk
The 1901 Census has Earle F Y Smith, (aged 4, born Islington, London), recorded at 26 Enfield Road, Hornsey. This is the household of his parents, Fenn Waller Thursby, (aged 48 and a Carpenter from Sheringham), and Eliza M.Thursby (aged 42 and from Islington). Interestingly, one of their other children is an Ethel G. Smith, (aged 11, born Hornsey) who is described as an adopted daughter - I wonder if Earle is adopted as well.
Their other children are:
Eliza L…………….aged 20.…………born Islington
Elizabeth M……….aged 19.…………born Islington
The RoH site advises that he was an ex-Norfolk Regiment man
Today marks the start of the Battle of Broodseinde.
Zero Hour was set for 6 am.
Polygon Wood
7th Div
20 Bde
8th Bn, Devonshire Regt led the attack reaching the first objective in good time. 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders then took over but they strayed left keeping in touch with the Australians on the left flank. 2nd Bn, Border Regt was then brought up to fill the gap on the Gordon’s right.
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J Underwood
The 1911 Census has 3 individuals with the surname Underwood associated with Baconsthorpe.
Jebi A, born circa 1860 in France
William, born circa 1883 in France
J S born circa 1887 in France
On the 1901 Census, we have a John G,, aged 14, born at Nice, France, and recorded as a Boarder at Riverlyn House, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire. William is recorded living with a maiden aunt, Alice Morgan at 151 Church Street, Chelsea and working as a “Discount Clerk” - presumably something in the financial world rather than the Victorian equivalent of Pound land J
J Williamson
There are no Williamson’s associated with Baconsthorpe on the 1911 or the 1901 Census. There are a number recorded elsewhere in the Erpingham District, including two James.
W Wilkes-Walker
Wilkes-Walker doesn’t appear to be a name that appears at all on either the 1901 or 1911 Census, however the search engine provided by Genes Re-united on their transcriptions of these documents isn’t particularly good on hyphenated surnames.
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American Civil War Soldiers database: Julius Penn enlisted as a Captain on 23 April 1861 at the age of 43. Joined Company E, 22nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 27 Apr 1861. Promoted to Full Major on May 23rd, 1861. Mustered Out Company E, 22nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on Aug 19th, 1861 at Athens, OH.
Partial Transcription of Memoriam, RGK1958:
In Memory of General Julius Augustus Penn, United States Army
Extract from Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, June 11th, 1935.
JULIUS AUGUSTUS PENN
NO. 3165 CLASS OF 1886
[Classmate of General John J Pershing]
Died May 13th, 1934, at Batavia, Ohio, aged 69 years.
Brigadier General Julius A. Penn was born February 19th, [about 1865], in Matoon, Coles County, Illinois, the son of Major Julius A. Penn and Mary Brock Penn. Answering a frequent question I shall state here that he is not a lineal descendant of William Penn the Founder, as there are no Penns living who are lineal descendants. The General's Mother was of Scotch descent. A very strong religious nature and her unusual unselfishness were predominant characteristics.
Major Penn [the father of BGen Penn] spent the greater part of his life in the practice of law in Batavia, Ohio. At the call of the President of the United States, April 17th, 1861, for volunteers for the suppression of treason, he organized the first company to leave Batavia for the Civil War and left with the company as its Captain. He was later promoted to major.
Major Penn cast his vote for the first Prohibition candidate for President and was a most ardent advocate of the cause. His advice to his son on this subject held good through the years.
General U.S. Grant had known Major Penn when they were boys in Clermont and Brown Counties. On the General's return to Batavia to visit relatives after the Civil War he addressed Major Penn as Julius and took his son, embryo brigadier-general, on his knee, an incident never forgotten by the boy. The original muster roll of the above mentioned company and the Major's epaulets and sash are still in existence in Batavia.
Julius A. Penn, Jr. was dubbed Pennie by a small girl who could not say Julius and he was called by this affectionate nickname for many years. Pennie spent his boyhood days in and around Batavia and was an honored member of the first class to graduate from the Batavia Hishg School. He took a completive examination with thirty boys of the 6th District of Ohio at Hamilton, Ohio, in 1881. Hon. H.L. Morey took this method of deciding who should be sent to West Point. Penn stood number one but lacked a year of being old enough. The number two young man was sent and failed in the January examination. He returned to his Ohio district and Julius Penn helped him secure enough signatures to a petition for reinstatement. Since his principal failed the second time, Penn was now old enough. Through the recommendation of Judge James B. Swing, he received the appointment of Hon. H. L. Morey and entered the Academy June, 1882. Major Penn died June 6th, 1882 with the knowledge that his son had reached West Point safely and with the satisfaction that his son should receive an education in a school which he himself had always wanted to attend. A condensed résumé of the services of General Penn follows. Upon his graduation from the United States Military Academy, July 1, 1886, General Penn was appointed a second lieutenant, 13th Infantry, and in the course of promotion reached the grade of colonel on March 2nd, 1917. While an officer of the Regular Army, he held commissions in the United States Volunteers as Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, from May 30, 1898 to November 30th, 1898, as Major, 34th Infantry, from July 11th, 1899 to April 17th, 1901, and as temporary brigadier general from August 30th, 1917, to March 1st, 1919. He was retired as a colonel, December 5th, 1924 because of disability in line of duty, and was advanced on the retired list, to his highest war time rank of brigadier general in accordance with the provisions of legislation enacted June 21st, 1930.
General Penn was a graduate of the Army War College, and valedictorian when he graduated from the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1891. His thesis "Mounted Infantry" was published in one of the service journals. He was detailed in the General staff Corps from September 15th, 1906, to August 11th, 1909 and in the Adjutant General's Department from October 8th, 1919 to July 11th, 1922.
In the early years of his military service, General Penn was on frontier duty in the Southwest and West. He took part in an expedition against the Bannock Indians in Wyoming and Idaho in 1865 and was Instructor of Military Tactics at Omaha High School, Omaha, Nebraska. During the War with Spain he served a Assistant Brigade Adjutant, and Brigade and Division Quartermaster a Chickamauga, Georgia, and at Tampa, Florida. He was later senior Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics at the United States Military Academy until July, 1899. He then joined his regiment and proceeded to the Philippine Islands. There he participated in a number of actions and expeditions against hostile natives at the time of the Insurrection. The 34th Volunteer Infantry, which he helped to organize at Denver, Colorado, was the first volunteer regiment to reach the islands. In subsequent years he served three more tours of duty in the Philippines, during one of which he was Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary to Lieutenant General H. C. Corbin. He also served on staff duty with Lieutenant General J. C. Bates, Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee and General Frederick Grant. General Penn was on recruiting duty at Fort Wayne, Indiana and was Chief of Staff to General T.J. Wint at Base of Operations, Newport News, Virginia in 1906. He was an instructor at the Army War College, Washington, D.C., and an Inspector-Instructor of the Militia of Nebraska and served a tour of duty in the Hawaiian Department. In 1916 he commanded the 3rd Infantry at Madison Barracks, New York, and later on the Mexican border. He next organized and commanded the 37th Infantry at Camp Wilson, Texas, and upon entry of the United States into the World war was on duty at the Headquarters Central Department, Chicago, Illinois. He was later with the National Guard of Ohio at Columbus and commanded the 170th Infantry Brigade, 85th Division, at Camp Custer, Michigan. He sailed with his Brigade for France July, 1918. While serving overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces he was Chief of the Personnel Bureau at General Headquarters and was assigned to Command the 76th Infantry Brigade, 38th Division. He was an observer with the 2nd Division during the Meuse-Argonne operations. Returning to his country in December, 1918, in command of the 38th Division Cadre, he subsequently commanded Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. He was on duty in the office of the Adjutant General, was Adjutant 3rd Corps Area, and was Commandant of the Atlantic Branch U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Jay, New York.
The outstanding work of his military career was the part he played in the rescue of Lieutenant J. C. Gilmore of the Navy and 25 others American prisoners. These prisoners had been hurried from on prison t another each a little farther north as American troops advanced north in Luzon, P.I. The Philippine officer in charge of them had been ordered to take them into the mountains and shoot them. Losing courage he abandoned them to their fate without food, tools or arms. On hundred and twenty men of the 33rd and 34th United States Volunteer Infantry found these men trying to build rafts to float down an unknown river. Before they could reach them however, they engaged several skirmishes, one of which at Tangnadin Pass took upon itself the proportions of a major engagement. The fortifications at Tangnadin Pass consisting of tiers of trenches had required the work of hundreds of Filipinos for a year and were well nigh impregnable from a frontal attack. The enemy was well entrenched and well armed. These American troops were in a deplorable condition from lack of sufficient food and shoes about worn out from the long, long march through mud and water. As arranged, the fight began at 10 a.m., General Penn with detachments of F and H of the 2nd Battalion, 34th Volunteer Infantry made a long detour and hard rough climb, wit a scarcity of water, cutting their way through tangled vines and under brush to reach a point overlooking the trenches, unprotected for the angle of the spur upon which he was finally able to place his men. Heavy firing continued through the day and it was not until nearly dark that the welcome sound of General Penn's Krags were heard firing from above and directly into the trenches of the enemy. Pandemonium reigned, the enemy was completely surprised and broke in demoralized confusion. the loss of the enemy was 180 found dead in the trenches. The loss of the 34th, three killed and ten wounded. General Tinio with his scattered forces hurriedly beat a retreat taking the Gilmore party with him. On the same day that Gilmore was rescued Captain W. E. Dame and E company also of the 2nd Battalion, 34th United States Volunteer Infantry had a skirmish with natives and captured the United States Launch flag that was on Gilmore's boat when he and his crew were taken at Baler, P.I. April 12th, 1899. Thirty years after the fight of Tangnadin Pass which made the rescue of Lieutenant Gilmore and 25 Americans possible, and four months before his death General Penn received a silver star decoration and the following citation, "For gallantry in action in pursuit of superior forces of the enemy under the Insurgent General Tinio, in Northern Luzon, P.I. December 4th to 18th, 1899, through a most dangerous and difficult country, through great hardships and exposure, thereby forcing the enemy to liberate twenty-two American prisoners held by him December 18, 1899." Four others were liberated later. Subsequently the Spanish General Pena and 2,000 Spanish prisoners were liberated at Bangued Abra Province and at Dingras, IIiose Norte. General Penn was awarded a Spanish War Service Medal, a Mexican Border Service Medal and a World War Victory Medal.
July 2nd, 1934, General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff, wrote of General Penn, "Throughout his long years of faithful service, extending over a period thirty-eight years General Penn displayed those fine professional and gentlemanly qualities which earned for him the confidence and esteem of all which whom he came in contact. Gifted with sound judgment, thoroughly reliable, and devoted to duty, he was entrusted with many important assignments and the successful manner in which he discharged these responsibilities fully justified the confidence placed in him. His death is deeply regretted."
My 14th, 1934, General W. E. Horton wrote, "He was a fine soldier, a splendid citizen, and a devoted brother".
May 14th, 1934, Colonel J. A. Moss wrote, "He was one of the finest characters I have ever known and my association with him is one of the happiest memories of my life".
May 14th, 1934, Colonel P. M. Ashburn wrote, "No man stood in higher esteem with us than did your beloved and distinguished brother. He has nobly served his country and his generation".
May 14th, 1934, Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Dyer, Cincinnati, Ohio, "We have always regarded Julius as one of the finest men we ever knew, brave, generous, kind, filled with a large charity and loving his neighbor as himself, a fine soldier, a gallant gentleman, without fear and without reproach".
Mr. David W. Roberts, editor of The Clermont Sun, said in his paper May 17th, 1934, "General Penn was beloved by all his acquaintances in Batavia and vicinity particularly the children".
General Penn put on young lady through High School and The University of Illinois, another through Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, another through several years training for a graduate nurse, and helped several others financially with their education. He gave his sister five years at Cincinnati Art Academy and numerous trips and favors too numerous to mention, for which she is everlastingly grateful.
General Penn delighted in entertaining the army children wherever stationed or on army transports to or from the Philippines. In later years scarcely a week passed without a wedding invitation from one of these little friends grown up and without exception they met a generous response.
When General H. C. Corbin was in Cincinnati July, 1908, attending the Taft notification ceremonies, he spent an evening with Judge P. F. Swing and Judge James B. Swing. In a letter of July 30 Judge J. B. Swing wrote to Captain Penn, "Peter asked him what he thought of Captain Penn. General Corbin said with real earnestness, 'He is the best officer of his rank in the Army. He could command an army in a war today.' This high compliment, which I am sure is entirely merited, I think you ought to know of. I was very glad indeed to hear General Corbin say it and in such a cordial and hearty way. I think one who is worthy ought to know that he is appreciated. You ought to know while you are living of the high esteem in whish you are hoed by others who know of your abilities and character." I quote an extract from a letter written by General John J. Pershing to the graduates of the class of '86, which was read at their twenty-fifth reunion at West Point and also read by General Pershing at the thirty-eighth reunion of '86 at West Point. "The class of '86 at West Point was in many ways remarkable. There were no cliques, no dissentions, and personal prejudices or selfishness. From the very day we entered, the class as a unit has always stood for the very best traditions of West Point. The class of '86 has always been known in the army and is known today as a class of all around solid men - men capable of ably performing any duty and of loyally fulfilling any trust. The individual character of each man has made itself felt upon his fellows in the army from the start. In civil life, as professional men, or as men of affairs wherever placed, the class of '86 has always made good. Well may we congratulate ourselves on the achievements of the class."
May 16th, 1934, General Pershing wrote of Brigadier General Penn, "I especially recall his services on my staff at the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He had a long and distinguished career in the army, and you may well be proud, as his classmates are, of his faithful and loyal service".
General Penn was and honorary Aide-de-Camp to President Harding on a trip from Washington, D.D., to Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 21 to 24, 1922 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of General U.S. Grant. General Penn was a cousin of Colonel P.M. Ashburn and Major General T. Q. Ashburn of the Army. The accompanying picture was taken in 1906 when General Penn was forty-one years of age, serving on the staff of Lieutenant General H. C. Corbin at Saint Louis, Missouri.
General Penn was a Methodist, a 32nd degree Mason, Member of Sacket Harbor Lodge F. and A.M., U.S. Army Square Club, Governor’s Island, New York, Scottish Rite of Columbus, Ohio, an honorary member of Batavia, Ohio, Masonic Lodge, an honorary member of The Michigan Sovereign Consistory, member Military Order of the Carabao, member Ohio Society of New York, and a member of Terrace Park Golf and Country Club of Hamilton County, Ohio.
The last ten years of General Penn's life were spent with his sister, Miss Jennie Penn, at the old homestead near Batavia. There he enjoyed a happy contented life and retained a keen interest in everything to the last. His death May 13th, 1934 was caused by heart trouble. His funeral took place from the family home May 15th, 1934. The interment was at the Citizens' Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio.
I have never known a person more honorable, more deserving of full confidence; more devoted and loyal to Country, to immediate family, relatives and friends than the late General Penn.
J.P. [Jennie Penn?]
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This is just one of the individual panels that make up the Bridport war memorial.
Identifications from the CWGC database and J. W. Rowson, Bridport and the Great War (London : T. Werner Laurie, 1923):
Rifleman Jack Macey (Service No: S/6576), "D" Coy. 9th Bn., Rifle Brigade; died 26 June 1915, aged 20; buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. A. 12.); son of John and Edith Macey, of North Allington, Bridport, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/138477/MACEY,%20JACK
Private Richard Forsey Major (Service No: 26994), 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards; died 28 March 1918, aged 36; name recorded on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (Bay 1.); son of James and Alice Major, of West Rd., Symondsbury; husband of Charlotte Jane Major, of 18, Allington Mead, Bridport, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3078212/MAJOR,%20RICH...
Lance Bombardier Arthur William Marsh (Service No: 860337), 217th Bde., Royal Field Artillery; died 10 December 1918, aged 21; buried in Ambala Cantonment Cemetery, India (Plot 35. Row E. Grave 22.); son of Charles and Annie Marsh, of Brown Gourd, Symondsbury, Dorset; [died while undergoing an operation at Umballa Hospital, India -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1481632/MARSH,%20ARTH...
Corporal Albert George Marsh (Service No: 11600), "D" Bty. 83rd Bde., Royal Field Artillery; died 23 March 1918, aged 30; awards: MM; buried in Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France (II. E. 7.); son of Mrs. E. E. Marsh, of 14, West Bay Rd., Bridport, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/580271/MARSH,%20ALBER...
Gunner H. H. [Harry Hugh] Marsh (Service No: 137117), 174th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 3 June 1917; buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (II. A. 5.); [Albert George Marsh and Harry Hugh Marsh were the sons of Mr and Mrs A. Marsh of 14, West Bay Road, Bridport -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/455616/MARSH,%20H%20H
Gunner Alfred Henry Martin (Service No: 17932), "B" Bty. 159th Bde., Royal Field Artillery; died 6 July 1918, aged 33; buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France (V. L. 11B.); son of Henry Edward and Harriek [Harriet?] Martin, of Cheltenham, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/119696/MARTIN,%20ALFR...
Gunner Alfred George Frederick Masters (Service No: 860493), 28th Bty. 4th Wessex Bde., Royal Field Artillery; died 29 September 1918, aged 19; buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, Pas de Calais, France (III. B. 2.); son of Thomas and Mary A. Masters, of 68, East St., Bridport, Dorset; educated at Bridport Secondary School; enlisted Aug., 1914; sailed for India Dec., 1914; born at Weymouth; ["… went to India, volunteered for Mesopotamia, where he was in action; went to Egypt and afterwards to France, where he was wounded in July, 1917 [sic]; and died at the casualty clearing station hospital on the 29th of that month" -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/285058/MASTERS,%20ALF...
George Bernard Morey - "Government Official, lost on board the Abbosso, torpedoed off the Irish coast on the homeward voyage from Gambia" -- Rowson
Able Seaman W. J. [William John] Newman (Service No: 206703), Royal Navy (RFR PO/B5629). H.M.S. "Victory"; died 3 April 1916, aged 33; buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire (E. 24. 21.); son of Mrs. Jemima Newman, of 26, St. Michael's Lane, Bridport, Dorset; [drowned in Portsmouth Harbour -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3056000/NEWMAN,%20W%20J
Stoker 1st Class Robert Charles Norman (Service No: 284452), Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Invincible."; died 31 May 1916, aged 49; name recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire (Panel 19.); son of Thomas and Eliza Norman; [lost with his ship at the Battle of Jutland -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3037675/NORMAN,%20ROB...
Private George William Charles Oxenbury (Service No: S4/145577), 29th Div. Supply Col., Army Service Corps; died 6 February 1917, aged 20; buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. C. 13.); son of John and Mary Anne Oxenbury, of 28, West Bay Rd., Bridport, Dorset; [accidentally killed at Proven]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/86984/OXENBURY,%20GEO...
Sub-Lieutenant Edmund John Palmer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.; died 27 April 1917, aged 27; buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France (VI. D. 6.); son of John C. Palmer, of 29, South St., Bridport, Dorset; ["Sub-Lieut., second son of Mr. J. C. Palmer, died of wounds in France, 27th April, 1917, the year of his father's Mayoralty. When war was declared this gallant young officer offered himself for service in August, 1914, but was rejected on account of his eyesight. He then joined the Friends' Ambulance in France, but his one desire was to get into the fighting line, and he returned to England, obtained a commission in September, 1915, and afterwards joined the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. After returning for a while in this country for training he went out to France and was quickly in action, dying of wounds on the date mentioned." -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/996104/PALMER,%20EDMU...
Lieutenant Leslie Stuart Palmer, 4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment, attd. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 20 September 1917, aged 26; buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (XXI. J. 2.); son of Mr. J. C. Palmer, of 29, South St., Bridport, Dorset; ["Lieut., youngest son of Mr. J. C. Palmer, was killed in action on the 20th September in the same year [1917]. He was an officer of the 4th Dorset Regiment and was attached to a [sic] Machine Gun Corps, going to France in June, 1916. He was gassed and invalided home in October of that year. After recuperating he returned to France in June, 1917, and was killed by a sniper in the following September." -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/458991/PALMER,%20LESL...
Private T. Paull (Service No: 3/8394), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 3 May 1915, aged 37; buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, West-Vlaanderen (Transport Farm Annexe Mem. 13.); son of J. and A. Paull; husband of Alice Maly Paull, of 12, St. Michael's Lane, Bridport, Dorset; born at Broadwindsor; ["killed in the great fight at Hill 60 in Belgium, 1916 [sic], when the Dorsets suffered very heavy casualties" -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/103885/PAULL,%20T
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Cecil Ernest Tom Patten (Service No: M/6993), Royal Navy (H.M.S. "Goliath."); died 13 May 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial (Panel 11); son of Alice Hester Patten, late of Downe St., Bridport, Dorset, and the late Thomas Patten; native of Bridport, Dorset; ["eas lost in the Dardanelles … when his ship was torpedoed and sunk" -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4004743/PATTEN,%20CEC...
Private Harry Pearce (Service No: 10183), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 29 March 1918; name recorded on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (Bay 6); [died a prisoner of war in Germany -- Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1603586/PEARCE,%20HARRY
William Thorne Perrott - "Honourable Artillery Company, son of Mr. W. G. Perrott, East Street. He was in a draft to go across to France, but was taken seriously ill, was invalided home, and died on 10th July. 1918" -- Rowson
Corporal T. L. [Thomas Leonard] Phippen (Service No: 1508), 1st/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 August 1916; buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq (VI. K. 22.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/631288/PHIPPEN,%20T%20L
Walter Alexander Poole - Probably: Private Walter Poole (Service No: 14446), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.); [Private Poole's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Beaminster and resident at Bridport]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1548746/POOLE,%20WALTER
Private Frederick J. Prier (Service No: 28226), 11th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment; died 30 July 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 11 D.); [not in Rowson]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1549417/PRIER,%20FRED...
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Family : Arecaceae
Growing on our property on the NSW Mid North Coast.
This palm grows to approx. 8m but normally only 2-4m in the understorey of rainforest and comes from the Mt Lewis and Atherton Tableland region west of Cairns and in the Paluma Range.
Laccospadix australasicus is comparatively slow growing and increasingly rare.It occurs as a single trunked form or as a multiple trunked form and both variations can be found growing together from about 800m altitude.The plant is quite cold tolerant and one report suggests will withstand short periods of sub zero temperatures as low as -4 degrees celcius.
Collecting seed and plantlets of this species is illegal.
I do have an image of the clumping variety growing well in a protected position in Sydney Botanic Gardens.
www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Laccospadix/australasica.html
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Recent page views on "Galactic Globular Clusters Database" website.. you can notice a peak when I got linked by "Astronomical Picture of the Day" from NASA...
Some more of the new Database pictures. This one's for Aktaion, my Soom Chalco and well, it sadly doesn't really became that good as the picture of Alastor, but I think it's still okay. ^^;;;
How to create a MySQL database from the command line
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AkkenCloud™ is heading to Staffing World 2013 where it will be in action including resume database software features.
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Tim Berners-Lee demonstrates what a database hug looks like in his TED talk www.ted.com/talks/view/id/484.
Funny how he doesn't use the S word anymore, "semantic"...
I love this picture, because I took it myself! Our boss shows the library's extensive databases to the country's president. No handshake with the president, sadly, but I'm proud to note that my boss now has it framed in her office :-)
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