HEACHAM TF 68087 37955 WW1 - 43 + 2* WW2 - 25 With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes

Walter Ernest ANDERSON Lance Corporal 22967 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. - Heacham WW1 23/04/1917 Born in Wighton, Norfolk.

Ernest George BARNARD Rifleman O/11 Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn. - Heacham WW1 21/03/1918 Native of Heacham

George Henry BEDINGFIELD Private 9224 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 23 Heacham WW1 15/04/1918 Son of George and Eliza Ann Bedingfield, of Three

Ashes, Bungay, Suffolk Herbert Matthew BENSTEAD Lance

Corporal 24066 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 19 Heacham WW1 04/08/1916 Son of Thomas and Margaret Benstead, of Hillside Cottages, Heacham

Reginald BEVAN Private 9217 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Heacham WW1 13/10/1915 Born at Overbury, Glos.

Alfred BIRD Private 8067 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) - Heacham WW1 11/04/1917 Native of Heacham

George Bradfield G. BOYCE Private 241549 Gordon Highlanders 1st/6th Bn. 32 Heacham WW1 28/07/1918

Son of Alfred Boyce, of Glen Rose Villa, Heacham; husband of Emma E. Boyce (née Clift), of Hersham, Walton-on-Thames

Reuben Kenneth BRADFIELD Private 24071 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 25 Heacham WW1 08/10/1918 Native of Heacham

Albert Victor BRAY Private 22958 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 20 Heacham WW1 10/02/1917 Son of the late William and Margaret Bray of Holt.

Benjamin C. BRAY Private 9239 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Heacham WW1 13/10/1915 Rank given as Drummer on SDGW

Charles William BRAY Lance

Corporal 41028 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8th Bn. 28 Heacham WW1 16/08/1917 Son of the late William and Margaret Bray of Holt

Harry E. BRAYBROOK Private 204070 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st/4th Bn. - Heacham WW1 26/10/1917 -

William Edward BUCK Lance

Corporal 10185 Essex Regt. 2nd Bn. - Heacham WW1 21/07/1916 Brother of Mr. A. Buck, of Gladstone Cottages, Heacham

Alec Stanley CHAPMAN Lance Sergeant 14290 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Heacham WW1 26/09/1915 -

William Henry CHILVERS Private 14464 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 20 Heacham WW1 05/03/1916 (As W. S. Chilvers on the memorial)

Leonard John DENNIS Private 69615 Royal Defence Corps 202nd

Protection Coy. 23 Heacham WW1 02/02/1918 Son of William and Sarah Dennis, of Chapel Rd., Dersingham. Born at King's Lynn. Buried in Heacham churchyard

John Henry DICKS * Private 31072 East Surrey Regt. 1st Bn. 34 Heacham WW1 08/05/1917 Son of William and Susan Dicks, of Beeton's Cottage, Heacham; husband of Mabel Ada Dicks, of Redvers Cottage, Heacham

Albert William DIX Driver T4/

059367 Army Service Corps 29th Div. Supply Coy. - Heacham WW1 12/08/1915 -

Robert Edward EWEN Private 20660 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. - Heacham WW1 13/08/1915 Born in Sedgeford, resident of Heacham

Leonard FALKNER Lieutenant - Lincolnshire Regt. 8th Bn. 25 Heacham WW1 25/09/1915 Born in Wisbech

Cecil Victor FAYERS Private G/64409 Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 31 Heacham WW1 10/04/1919 Buried in Heacham churchyard

John James FOWLE Private 34663 Essex Regt. 11th Bn. - Heacham WW1 28/06/1917 Son of Mr. J. Fowle, of Caley Street, Heacham

Ernest James FRANKLIN Private 15103 Norfolk Regt. 3rd Bn. 21 Heacham WW1 08/07/1915 Born in Hockwold, resident of Heacham

David GRAVER Lance Corporal 19557 Durham Light Infantry 12th Bn. - Heacham WW1 17/07/1916 Born in Syderstone, enlisted in Sunderland

Frederick William A. GRAVER Private TR10/

158270 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.)

51st Garrison Bn. 18 Heacham WW1 10/08/1918 Son of Henry and Alice Graver, of 1, Lords Lane,

Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Arthur GROOM Private 18340 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Heacham WW1 15/09/1916 -

Peyton Sheldon HADLEY Military

Cross Captain - Northamptonshire Regt. - 23 Heacham WW1 25/10/1918 Son of W. S. and Edith Hadley of Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Bertram Rolfe JACKSON Captain - Coldstream Guards 1st Bn. 31 Heacham WW1 15/09/1916 Son of James and Grace Jackson (née Blaine), of The

Homemead, Heacham

Frederick James JELLEY Sergeant

Major Late of Kings Own Scottish Borderers and Norfolk Regt. 69 Heacham WW1 1915

Birth reg’d Jun qtr 1845 in Bedford. Death reg’d Jun qtr 1915 in Docking age 69. Buried in Heacham churchyard (not located)

George JEWELL Lance Sergeant 12611 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Heacham WW1 13/10/1915 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jewell, of Station Rd.,

Heacham Alexander Henry KAY Lance

Corporal 15098 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 19 Heacham WW1 21/11/1915 Son of J. D. Kay, of Caerleon, Stapleford, Cambridge. Native of Coylton, Ayr.

Walter G. LAWSON Private 786 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

(Eastern Ontario Regiment) 39 Heacham WW1 08/05/1915 Son of Charles Lawson of Heacham.

James Burgess MALLETT Petty Officer H.M.H.S. ‘Garth

Castle’ Heacham WW1 not found

Victor Albert MENGHETTE Private 124110 Canadian Infantry 58th Bn. 26 Heacham WW1 08/10/1916 Birth records show MENGHETTI, served as MENGHETTE

Arthur James MINDHAM Private 17942 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 30 Heacham WW1 22/10/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mindham, of 2, Alexandra Terrace, Heacham

James MORRIS Sapper 1955 Royal Engineers 1st/3rd Kent Field Coy. 39 Heacham WW1 28/10/1915 Son of the late John and Sarah Morris, of Bolton;

husband of Jeanie Morris, of Heacham

Edgar PILLING * Second Lieutenant - Royal Field Artillery 460th Bty. 15th

Bde. 33 Heacham WW1 23/04/1917 Son of Gerard and Anne Elizabeth Pilling, of Ellerslie, Heacham, Norfolk. Born at East Dereham

William George RICHARDSON Coy. QM

Sergeant 549 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) 9th Bn. 43 Heacham WW1 04/02/1916 Son of John and Ellen Richardson; husband of C.

Richardson, of 41, Wilson's Rd., Hammersmith.

Alfred John RICHES Rifleman B/201568 Rifle Brigade

posted to 2nd/10th Bn. London Regiment

- Heacham WW1 25/04/1918 -

John ROYTHORNE Private 41287 Essex Regt. 10th Bn. 40 Heacham WW1 26/04/1918 Husband of Agnes Roythorne, of Church Green, Heacham

Charles Rupert RUSSELL Private 240423 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 26 Heacham WW1 16/11/1917 Son of Benjamin and Vivian Russell, of High St.

Heacham George Norman SMITH Private 37060 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Bn. 20 Heacham WW1 22/05/1918 Son of Mrs. S. Smith, of 10, Malthouse Row,

Heacham.

Arthur Burrell THORNE Lieutenant - Royal Field Artillery attd. Royal Air Force 23 Heacham WW1 08/05/1918 Buried in Heacham churchyard

William John VINCENT Private 1045 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 41 Heacham WW1 30/12/1914 Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Albert WORTHINGTON Private 16651 Leicestershire Regt. 9th Bn. 38 Heacham WW1 27/10/1917 Son of John and Henrietta Worthington, of High St., Heacham

WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes

J. ADAM Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Heacham WW2 not found

George Edward ANDERSON Gunner 1793911 Royal Artillery 53 Anti-Aircraft

Regt. 22 Heacham WW2 20/02/1944 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Anderson, of Heacham

Donald Arthur BARRETT Aircraftman

2nd Class 1398808 Royal Air Force VR - 19 Heacham WW2 08/06/1943 Son of William and Florence Sarah Barrett, of Heacham

Henry Robert James

BOBBINS Private 5773070 Royal Norfolk Regt. 5th Bn. 19 Heacham WW2 02/07/1940 Son of John Henry and Florence May Bobbins, of Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

George Raymond BRADFIELD Pilot Officer 190455 Royal Air Force VR 86 Sqdn. Tain 21 Heacham WW2 26/04/1945 Son of George Robert and Mary Bradfield, of

Hunstanton

Sidney CROWN Volunteer - Home Guard 12th Norfolk Bn. 44 Heacham WW2 29/06/1941 Son of William and Eliza Crown; husband of Beatrice Alice Crown, of Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

F.T. DAVIES Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Heacham WW2 not found

Edmund George James

FOWLE Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 122579 Royal Navy H.M.L.C.P. ’(L)I.’ 25 Heacham WW2 18/07/1943

Son of Percy E. Fowle and Violet L. Fowle, of Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Reginald Thomas FRARY Sergeant 655230 Royal Air Force - 24 Heacham WW2 14/08/1943

Son of Reginald C. Frary and Annie Frary, of Heacham; husband of Betty Frary. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Owen Robert Vincent

GREEN Corporal 2091250 Royal Engineers 287 Field Coy. 36 Heacham WW2 24/06/1943 Son of Owen Robert and Ada Louise Green; husband of Alice Gertrude Athow Green of Heacham

Eustace Rolfe GUNTHER Second

Lieutenant 86103 Royal Artillery 72 Searchlight Regt. 37 Heacham WW2 31/05/1940

Son of Robert William Theodore and Amy Gunther, of Heacham; husband of Mavis Hilda Dorothea Gunther, of Esher, Surrey. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Leslie Frederick HOWARD Private 5833592 Cambridgeshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 33 Heacham WW2 03/09/1945 Son of Arthur and Sarah Howard; husband

of Evelina Howard, of Congham

John STENTON Flight Lieutenant 47513 Royal Air Force 684 Sqdn.

RAF Comilla 32 Aircrew Heacham WW2 11/07/1945 Son of Harold and Cecily Stenton; husband of Violet Marion Stenton, of Heacham

Frederick Arthur

CAUNTER- JACKSON Pilot Officer 84035 Royal Air Force VR 61 Sqdn.

Helmswell Pilot Heacham WW2 12/06/1941 Husband of P. M. Caunter-Jackson, of King's Lynn,

James Bertram JACKSON Second

Lieutenant 140543 Royal Armoured Corps 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 22 Heacham WW2 21/08/1940

Son of Bedver B. L. Jackson and of Kathleen C. R. Jackson, of Heacham. Ashes interred at Ipswich Crematorium

Norman Wilfred JOHNSON Driver T/106215 Royal Army Service

Corps - 42 Heacham WW2 04/10/1941 Son of Fredrick and Emma Johnson; nephew of Kate Rutter, of Merton Park, Surrey.

Ernest William MARTINS Driver T/50634 Royal Army Service

Corps - 27 Heacham WW2 27/05/1940 Son of Ernest and Ethel Martins; husband of Laurel Ethel Martins, of Heacham

Ronald Guy PARKE Yeoman of Signals

P/JX 129320 Royal Navy H.M.S. President

III (S.S. Assyrian) 29 Heacham WW2 19/10/1940 Son of Christopher William and Ethel Parke, of Heacham

Sydney Cubitt Matthew

PATRICK First Radio Officer - Merchant Navy S.S. ‘Khedive

Ismail’ 43 Heacham WW2 12/02/1944 Husband of Mary Anne Patrick, of Kippen, Stirlingshire.

Basil Vivian RICHES Driver T/50636 Royal Army Service Corps

attd. 4 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

31 Heacham WW2 16/01/1940 Son of Frederick and Edith Riches, of Heacham, Norfolk; husband of Daisy Winifred Riches, of Heacham

William Albert SKEET Private 13002874 Pioneer Corps - 43 Heacham WW2 26/05/1941

Son of William and Harriet Skeet; husband of Matilda S. Skeet, of Heacham. Buried in Heacham churchyard

John George TAYLOR Sergeant 1028370 Royal Air Force VR 158 Sqdn. RAF

Lissett 32 Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Heacham WW2 14/09/1943 Son of John and Edith Ellen Taylor, of Heacham; husband of Edith Mary Taylor. Buried in Heacham churchyard

Gordon Calthrop THORNE D.S.O.

M.i.D x2 Lieut Colonel 13944 Royal Norfolk Regt. Commanding 2nd Bn. 43 Heacham WW2 02/03/1942 Son of Frederick Gordon and Mabel Thorne;

husband of Pamela Thorne. (M.i.D WW1)

Lancelot Percy WILLIAMSON Flight

Sergeant 621628 Royal Air Force 21 A.F.U., RAF Seighford 25 Pilot Heacham WW2 13/07/1945

Son of Percy George and Annie Maud Williamson, of Sedgeford. Buried in Fring churchyard

Horace H. WOODHOUSE Private 14726862 Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

2nd Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders

20 Heacham WW2 15/04/1945

1914 - 1918

1939 - 1945

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Leonard John DENNIS Cecil Victor FAYERS Frederick William Arundel GRAVER, footstone and Headstone

Peyton Sheldon HADLEY Arthur Burrell THORNE William John VINCENT Henry Robert James BOBBINS

Sidney CROWN Edmund George James FOWLE Reginald Thomas FRARY Eustace Rolfe GUNTHER

James Bertram JACKSON William Albert SKEET John George TAYLOR Lancelot Percy WILLIAMSON