TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN GREAT WAR
1914-1918
Capt. Lawson Tait McClintock, Royal Army Medical Corp.
Born c. 1879 at Church Setton, Shropshire, the son of John Robert and Hannah Wainwright.
Husband of Louise Maud, nee Irvine.
Father of Robert Dudley, b. 1904, Sheila Hannah, b. 1907, Jon Herbert, b. 1913 and Cyril Lawson, b. 1916.
Dr. McClintock was the Medical Officer of Health for the Rural District Council.
When war broke out he organised the Red Cross Hospital to look after wounded and convalescent soldiers.
The hospital was in the Methodist Church Hall in George Lane, Loddon. On 2nd. October 1918 a hot stove pipe set fire to the roof timbers. Lawson, who was suffering from flu, got up from his sick bed and with his wife helped get patience's out of the burning building and relocated. As a result of this he developed pneumonia and died, aged 39, at Loddon on 11th. November 1818. Lawson is buried in the churchyard of St. Gregory's in Heckingham, Norfolk.
Lt. William Cadge, 'D' Company, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 14th. March 1889 at Loddon, the 2nd. son of Edward, a solicitor, and Caroline Emma Cadge of Bank House, Loddon.
Brother of Francis, below
Educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, 1903-1906.
In Ceylon from 1909 until he returned to Britain in July 1914 and obtained a temporary commission in the Army in August 1914.
William was killed in action at Hullock during the Battle of Loos on 26th. September 1915, aged 26. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 30 and 31 of the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Lt. Francis Edward Cadge, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Born on 7th. February 1893 at Loddon, the 4th. son of Edward, a solicitor, and Caroline Emma Cadge of Bank House, Loddon.
Brother of William, above.
Educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire and the Royal Military College, Camberley.
Gazetted to 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment in 1912.
Served in India, 1912 and Mauritius, 1913-14 before returning to Britain in December 1914.
Francis embarked for the Mediterranean from Avonmouth on 21st. March 1915. He was killed in action in the 29th. Division's landing at Gallipoli on 30th. April 1915, aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial.
2nd. Lt. Albert Kerry, 1st. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, formally L/14668 Corporal, Royal Fusiliers.
Albert was killed in action on 22nd. March 1918, probably a victim of a German advance called 'Operation Michael'. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 19 to 21 of the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
1096 Lance Corporal John Edward Francis, 7th. Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps.
Born in Loddon.
Enlisted in Brighton, East Sussex.
John died on 1st. August 1916, aged 26. He is buried in Grave: I. C. 4A. at Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France.
14175 Corporal Harry John Sharman, 55th. Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formally 20140 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment.
Born in 1892 at Claxton, Norfolk, the son of John and Martha E. Sharman of 2 Council House, Loddon.
Employed as a butler at Cringleford Hall, Norfolk.
Harry was killed in action on 5th. May 1918, aged 26. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 136 of the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
84931 Lance Corporal Arthur William Smith, 209th. Field Company, Royal Engineers.
The son of Mrs. Alice Rowlings of South End Farm, Loddon
Joined the Great Eastern Railway in July 1913 as a garage lad at Loddon.
Enlisted in April 1916 at Norwich, Norfolk.
Arthur was killed in action on 4th. October 1916, aged 19. He is buried in Grave: III. A. 17. at Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord, France with the personal inscription,
'GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN'
T4/084275 Driver Charles Steward, Heavy Transport, Royal Army Service Corps.
Born in 1884, the son of Frederick and Maria Steward of Loddon.
Charles died on 23rd. March 1920, aged 36. He is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Loddon.
140088 Gunner Knevett William Ward, 'C' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.
Born on 6th. September 1891 in Loddon, the son of James Charles and Mary Ward, nee Mitchell, of Rose Cottage, Loddon.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
Knevett died on 10th. October 1918, aged 27. He is buried in Grave: XII. C. 9. at Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau-Cambresis, Nord, France.
Remembered on his parents headstone in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Loddon.
M2/181749 Private Henry Alfred Baldwin, 688th. Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corp.
Born in 1876.
Husband of Mrs. H. A. Baldwin of Low Bungay Road, Loddon.
Enlisted in Loddon.
Henry died in the Balkans on Tuesday 30th. April 1918, aged 42. He is buried in Grave: 1401 at Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece.
9589 Corporal William Hawes Barber, 1st. Battalion, Border Regiment.
Born in 1889 at Seething, Norfolk, the son of Mrs. R. Barber of Marlingford, Norfolk.
Resident of Loddon.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
William died of wounds on 9th. February 1917, aged 28. He is buried in Grave: III. B. 7. at Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France.
43381 Private Leonard Robert Beckett, 1st. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, formally 2644 Norfolk Yeomanry.
Born on 18th. August 1881 in Loddon, the son of John and Laura Beckett of Loddon. Husband of Ellen May Beckett.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
Leonard was killed in action during an attack on the Flers Line on 27th. September 1916, aged 35. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
135681 Serjeant Sydney Belding, 22 Squadron, RAF, formally 32507 Gunner, Machine Gun Corps
Born in 1886, the son of Mrs. M. Belding of Market Place, Burnham Market, Norfolk.
Sydney died on Monday 15th. April 1918, aged 32, with pilot 2nd. Lt. G. N .Traunweiser when their Bristol F.2B, serial number C4808, was brought down by British infantry fire south-east of Haverskerque. Sydney had at least 3 confirmed victories, on 8th. and 16th. March and 2nd. April 18.
He is buried in Haverskerque British Cemetery, Nord, France although the place of his actual grave is unknown. He is commemorated on Special Memorial 5 with the personal inscription,
'THANK GOD FOR ONE WHO,
COUNTING NOT THE COST
FACED DEATH AND WOULD
NOT YIELD'
41954 Private William Bugg, 12th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, formally 47256 Private, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Born in 1898 at Loddon, the son of George Bugg, of Loddon.
Enlisted in Wroxham, Norfolk.
William was killed in action on Monday 8th. April 1918, aged 20. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 3 of the Ploegsteert Memoria, Hainaut, Belgium.
14865 Private Richard Carver, 9th. (Service) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Loddon, the son of Richard and Eliza Carver of Kitten's Lane, Loddon.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
Richard was killed in action on Friday 15th. September 1916 during the Battle of Ginchy in an attack on German defences that the British called the Quadrilateral. The 9th Norfolk's were ordered towards Straight Trench but were held up by barbed wire which was uncut. Casualties were 18 officers and 431 other ranks. These figures mean that almost all officers and about two-thirds of the men of the battalion who went 'over the top' were killed, wounded or captured.
Richard has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Theipval Memorial, Somme, France.
80419 Shoeing Smith Albert Reginald Edge, 'A' Battery, 63rd. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born in 1895, the son of Charles and Alice Edge of Gravel Pits, Loddon.
Albert died in hospital after the war on Tuesday 25th. February 1919, aged 24. He is buried in Grave: E. 7 at Douai British Cemetery, Cuincy, Nord, France with the personal inscription,
'DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS'
Remembered on his father's headstone in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Loddon.
48107 Driver Harold Charles Forder, 'D' Battery of 242 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born on 29th. March 1898 at Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Adaline Forder. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 2nd. November 1900. His family lived at 86 Carlton Road before moving in 1901 to 5 Clement Square, Kirkley. By 1911 they were living at The Market Place, Loddon and later his mother lived at New Road, Acle, Norfolk.
Harold was working as a labourer when he joined the Royal Navy, as a Boy 2nd. Class on 1st. October 1913. He did not take to navy life and he was imprisoned for 90 days and then discharged, on 29th. October 1914, 'services no longer required'.
Harold volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Norwich, Norfolk.
He arrived in France 30th. July 1915, serving with 'A 'Battery, 243 Brigade, 48th. Division. On 16th. October 1916, 243 Brigade was broken up and he subsequently served with 'D' Battery, 242th. Brigade, 48th. Division.
On 23rd. September 1917, three men of 'D' Battery, including Harold, were killed and three wounded.
Harold, aged 18, was buried at Valley Cottages Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium, however all of the graves, and bodies, at that cemetery were lost in subsequent fighting and the men, including Harold, are commemorated by headstones at Railway Dugouts Cemetery Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Harold's headstone has the personal inscription,
'REST IN PEACE'
43320 Private George William Goulty, 1st. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, formally 2645 Norfolk Yeomanry.
Born in 1893 at Panxworth, Norfolk, the son of Robert and Mahala Goulty of Bridge Street, Loddon.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
George was killed in action on Friday 16th. November 1917, aged 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 104 to 105 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
437886 Private George Grimble, 7th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry, (1st. British Columbia).
Born on 3rd. November 1885, the son of William and Mary Grimble of Loddon.
Employed in Canada as a butcher.
George was killed in action in the front line between Mouquet Farm and Courcelette on Sunday 24th. September 1916, aged 30. He is buried in Grave: XXXIV. F. 14. at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France.
Commemorated on Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
G/12573 Private Louis Grimble, 4th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Born in Long Stratton, Norfolk, the son of Humphrey and Sarah Grimble of Long Stratton.
Husband of Annie Rose Grimble, later Gallacher of 254 Princes Road., Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enlisted at Acton, East London.
Louis was killed in action on Saturday 10th. April 1915, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 6 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Also remembered on the Hartshill War Memorial.
201828 Private Ronald Jillings, 52nd. Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Born on 26th. February 1897 at Loddon, the son of Lewis and Dorothy Jillings of Loddon.
He lived at 33 Gloucester Street, Toronto, and was employed by the Quebec Bank as a clerk.
Ronald died on Saturday 19th. August 1916, aged 19. He is buried in Grave: VI. J. 5. at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Remembered on his parents headstone in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Commemorated on Page 109 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
18863 Lance Corporal William George Knights, 2nd. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Hardley, Norfolk, the son of George Richard and Jane Knights of Seething, Norfolk.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
William died of cholera on 16th. July 1916, aged 27. He is buried in Plot CE. Row K. Grave 12. at Deolali Government Cemetery, Deolali, Nashik, Maharashtra, India.
T4/091330 Driver Arthur William Page, 208th. Horse Transport Company, Army Service Corp, formally 18840, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1884 at Rumburgh, Suffolk, the son of Mrs. G. Page of Beck's Green, St. Andrews, Beccles, Suffolk.
Husband of Edith Page, later Blaza of Langley, Norfolk.
Resident of Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Arthur died at home on Saturday 18th. September 1915, aged 31. He is buried to the south-west of Holy Trinity Church, Loddon.
8596 Private Bert Sampson, 2nd. Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Born in Woodton, Suffolk, the son of John Sampson.
Resident of Eltham, Kent.
Enlisted at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Bert died of wounds on 5th. December 1914. He is buried in Grave: I. B. 3. at Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord, France.
40593 Private William James Thurlow, 7th. Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, formally 45258 Suffolk Regiment.
Born in 1898 at Loddon, the son of William Thurlow of Pye's Mill Road, Loddon.
Enlisted in Wroxham, Norfolk.
William was killed in action on Tuesday 31st. July 1917, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 45 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
17456 Private John Warman, 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1889 at Loddon, the son of John and Elizabeth Warman of Loddon Ingloss.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
John was killed in action on Sunday 4th. June 1916, aged 27. He is buried in Grave: I. C. 18. at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN'
115492 Pioneer Harry Wells, 4th. Labour Battalion, Royal Engineers transferred as 291771 to 703rd. Company, Labour Corps.
Born in 1874 at New Buckingham, Norfolk, the son of George and Sarah Ann Wells of Loddon.
Worked as a navvy.
Resident of Bond Street, Old Hartlepool, County Durham.
Enlisted at Whitehall, Middlesex.
Harry was killed in action on Tuesday 13th. November 1917, aged 41. He is buried in Grave: III. B. 26 Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium with the personal inscription,
'ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME'
12217 Private Henry Edgar 'Harry' Woolner, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Loddon.
Harry died of wounds on 1st. November 1915. He is buried in Grave: A. 14. 20. at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Not listed on the War Memorial.
14664 Private Percy Douglas Thurlow Prior, 8th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Born on 18th. January 1894 at Loddon, the son of Dr. Edward Thurlow Prior and Edith Caroline Prior of Church Plain, Loddon, later of 10 The Crescent, Norwich, Norfolk.
Resident of Loddon.
Employed as machinist in Canada.
Percy died on 14th. April (9th. April on his plaque) 1917, aged 23. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
When the Loddon War Memorial was erected in 1920, Percy's name was omitted from the list of those that died. His family corrected this injustice by paying for a brass plaque that is mounted on the south wall of the church.
Commemorated on Page 311 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
1939 + 1945
Cadet David Arthur Edward Stewart Cox, HMS Nelson, Royal Navy
The son of Arthur and Dorothea Stirling Sinclair Stewart Cox, of Southend House, Loddon, later of Little Plumstead, Norfolk.
David died, aged 17, on Sunday 3rd. September 1939 when he fell overboard from HMS Nelson, which was stationed in Scapa Flow.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 33, Column 1 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.
W/2756466 Corporal Muriel Daisy Stubbs, Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Born in 1922 at Loddon, daughter of George and Ivy May Stubbs, nee Poll, of Loddon.
Muriel died, aged 23, on Monday 3rd. December 1945 in an accident when the jeep she was travelling in struck an object protruding from a building.
She is buried in Grave: 6. O. 7. at Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt with the personnel inscription,
'IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR PRECIOUS ONLY CHILD.
ALL OUR LOVE, DARLING.
MUM AND DAD'
927796 Sergeant Edward Lloyd Fiske, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 150 Squadron, RAF
The son of Arthur and Emily Fiske, of Drayton, Norfolk.
Edward was Wireless op/air gunner on Vickers Wellington IC X9830, coded JN-H, that took-off from RAF Snaith, East Yorkshire at 20:05 hrs on 21st. February 1942 for a 'Intruder' mission over Germany. At 02:18 hrs the bomber was shot down and lost without trace over the North Sea north west of Katwijk aan Zee, probably by Lt. Hans-Hermann Muller of 7/NJD2. This was Muller's first claim, he would survived the war becoming an 'ace' with 16 kills.
Edward was killed in action, aged 20, with his 5 crew mates on Sunday 22nd. February 1942. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 83 of the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
79723 F/O Arthur Richard Yates MRCS, LRCP, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Medical Service, 959 Balloon Squadron.
Born on 1st. July 1912, the son of Arthur and Mrs. B. M. Yates of Guernsey. Husband of Ivy May 'Bobbie' Yates nee Bagnall-Stevens. Father of Pamela A. Yates and Peter A .W. Yates.
Arthur died by accidental drowning, aged 28, on Sunday 26th. January 1941 at Empire Wharf, Falmouth harbour, whilst serving onboard HMS PC74. He is buried in Grave: K. A. 6. at Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall with the personnel inscription,
'EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS'
6391589 Warrant Officer C2 (CSM) Wilfred Robert Page, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Husband of Ethel Catherine Rhoda Page, of Loddon
Wilfred was killed in action on Tuesday 10th. February 1942, aged 41, in the fighting before the fall of Singapore. He is buried in Grave: 12. C. 18. at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore with the personal Inscription,
'WE COULD NOT SAY GOOD-BYE
BUT THOSE WHO LOVED YOU MOST
ARE THOSE WHO NEVER FORGET'
James Arthur Cossey.
No information available on this person.
3001839 A/C 2C Edward John Culling, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 70 Initial Training Wing (W/Op), Bridlington.
The son of Louis Austin and Ivy Constance Culling of Church Grove, Loddon.
Edward died at 18:30 hrs on Thursday 18th. May 1944 in the Norfolk & Norwich hospital of septicaemia and pneumonia with his father at his bedside. He is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity in Loddon.
491125 Lance Corporal Edward Arthur Gunton, 6th. Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment).
The son of Edward Arthur and Jane Gunton of Langley, Norfolk. Husband of Joyce Marion Gunton of Langley.
Edward died on Wednesday 9th. August 1944, aged 39. He is buried in Grave: XV. A. 11. at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France with the personal Inscription,
'TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
OF MY ADORED HUSBAND.
EVER IN OUR HEARTS.
JOYCE AND CHILDREN'
Also remembered on the Langley memorial inside Hardley church, Norfolk.
7341335 Warrant Officer C1 (RSM) Eric Clifford Charlish, Royal Army Medical Corp.
The son of Clifford and Barbara Charlish. Husband of Sybil Charlish of Mundesley, Norfolk.
Eric died on Monday 15th. November 1943, aged 35. He is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity in Loddon with the personal Inscription,
'HE HAS HEARD
THE GREAT REVEILLE
IT IS MORNING
ALL IS WELL'
1184669 L/AC Charles Edward Cossey, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Charles was captured at Java on 8th. March 1942 and became a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He died of malaria in a POW camp at Sandakan, Borneo on 24th. February 1945. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 453. of the Singapore Memorial.
5771304 Corporal Robert George 'Bob' Bringlow, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Katherine Eliza Bringloe of Loddon, Norfolk.
Robert died on Wednesday 13th. March 1940, aged 28, in a training accident involving a hand grenade while stationed at Norwich, Norfolk. He is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity in Loddon, with the personnel inscription,
'UNTIL THE DAY BREAK'
14592133 Private Thomas Edward Spalding, 7th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Born in Suffolk, the son of Charles and Ann Marie Spalding of Norwich, Norfolk.
Thomas died on Saturday 8th. July 1944, aged 21. He is buried in Grave: Row H. 10. at Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, Calvados, France with the personal Inscription,
'A LIGHT IS GONE
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL
A PLACE IS VACANT
THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED'
174715 Gunner Charles George Setchell, 296 Battery, 66 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
The son of Charles and Alice Kate Setchell. Husband of Maud Florence Setchell of Wreningham, Norfolk.
Charles died on Wednesday 2nd. August 1944, aged 36. He is buried in Grave: 3.E.7. at Digboi War Cemetery, Assam, India with the personal Inscription,
"THY WILL BE DONE".- IN UNDYING MEMORY
OF MY DEAR HUSBAND - HIS LOVING WIFE'
LT/JX300903 Seaman Fred Elijah 'Rats' Forder, HM Motor Minesweeper 68, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
The son of Fred Elijah and Ethel Mary Forder of Loddon.
Motor Minesweeper 68 was one of 330 MMS 1 class vessels. She was ordered on 5th. September 1940 and launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd. at Lowestoft, Suffolk on 11th. October 1941. She was 119 ft. long and had a displacement of 225 tons. She was powered by 1 x 375 hp diesel engine that gave a top speed of 12 knots. Armed with 1 x twin 2.5 in. machine gun, she had a crew of 20.
MM68 was commissioned on 28th. December 1941 and given the pennant number J 568.
Fred died on Sunday 4th. February 1945, aged 22, when MM68, under the command of Lt. Frank Cecil Villiers Murray, RNVR, struck a mine in the Ionian Sea off Cephalonia. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 16, Column 3 of the Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk.
9721231 Lance Corporal Clifford Reginald Brewster, 47th. (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps.
Born on 14th. July 1907 at Ipswich, Suffolk, the son of Herbert Walter, a confectioner, and Ethel Mary Brewster, nee Baker.
Educated at the Ipswich School, leaving in 1920.
In 1930 at Loddon, Clifford married Doris May Littlewood. They would have two sons, Michael Havard b. July 1932, and John R. b. 1937.
In 1939, the family were living at 28-30 Carlton Road, Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk, and Clifford was a wine and spirit merchant's manager.
Clifford died on 27th of October 1942, aged 35. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Column 23 of the Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Matruh, Egypt.
He is also remembered on chapel war memorial at Ipswich School and the Ipswich war memorial.
5771364 Serjeant Percy William Stanley Cossey, 4th. Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The son of Lewis John and Sally Cossey of Loddon.
Percy died on the Thailand-Burma Railway as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on Saturday 12th. February 1944, aged 28. He is buried in Grave: 2. D. 5. at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand with the personal Inscription,
'EVER REMEMBERED BY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS'
*Not on the memorial*
Lucy Esther Seeley.
Wife of Frank Henry Seeley of Stubbs Green near Loddon.
Lucy died, aged 43, when a German bomb fell near her cottage at Stubbs Green on 7th. October 1943. She is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity in Loddon.
Bryant Royal Soanes.
Husband of B.E. Soanes of 10 Council Houses, Langley, Norfolk.
Bryant was killed aged 34, on 7th. October 1943, by a German bomb as he was cycling home on School Lane, Langley.. He is buried, with no headstone, in the churchyard of St. Michael's, Langley.
"Least we forget"
After the ending of World War One, a local War Memorial Committee was set up to raise funds to build a fitting memorial to honour the men of Loddon and the surrounding villages who had died in the war.
Using the money raised the Committee employed G. Maile & Son of Loddon to build the memorial at a cost of £201 10s. 4d. although preparing the ground and foundations took the cost to nearer £250.
The 12 foot (3.6 m) high, rough Cornish granite memorial was built behind iron railings, which then fronted Holy Trinity churchyard. The twenty eight names of the fallen of World War One are recorded on the lower half in imperishable lead lettering.
The symbolic design at the top of the memorial incorporates a circular Celtic cross denoting Eternity, with the downward pointing Crusader sword donating Sacrifice and Peace.
After World War Two space had to be found to add the names of fifteen men and one woman who had died in the conflict, so a rectangular plaque engraved with their names was added to the base of the memorial.
