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            Photograph from the Norwich Mercury 23rd June 1917.

EAST ANGLIAN HEROES

Top Row: (1) Corporal John William Southgate, Norfolk Regiment, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Southgate, Feltwell, awarded the Military Medal for bravery at Loos.
(2) Private Herbert Garrod, Suffolk Regiment, son of Mr and Mrs J. Garrod, Hall Cottages, Carlton Colville, killed in action in France.
(3) Private R. C. Cropley, Suffolk Regiment, son of Mrs. Lay, 97, Norwich Road, Lowestoft, killed in action in France.
(4)Percival Munnings Stace, husband of Mrs Stace, 65 Carlton Road, Pakefield, blown up in H.M.Drifter.

Middle Row: (1) Private Arthur Southgate, another son of Mr. and Mrs Southgate, Feltwell, reported missing October 18th, 1916.
(2) Corpl.T.Longhurst, Suffolk Regiment, husband of Mrs. Longhurst, Tennyson Road, and son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Longhurst, 29 Stanford Street, Lowestoft, killed in action in France, May 11th.
(3)Sergt. Kenneth O. Gayford, son of Mr. G.J. Gayford, Weston, Norwich. Mentioned in despatches. He was formerly on the staff of the Commercial Union Insurance Company, Norwich, and is now attached to Brigade Headquarters staff in France. The above photo was taken in the ruins of Arras Cathedral.
(4) Sergt. Stanley Allison, (19), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.R.Allison, Thetford, killed in action in France, April 9th.

Bottom Row: (1) Private Archie Southgate, Norfolk Regiment, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Southgate, Feltwell, killed in France, January 18th.
(2) Private Leonard Everett, Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, April 4th. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Everett, Langley.
(3) Corpl. E. Hammond, Norfolks, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. G. Towler, Bradfield, North Walsham, killed in action in France, May 21st.
(4) Private H.W. Clarke, Suffolks, husband of Mrs. Clarke, 94, Beccles Road, Lowestoft, and son of Mrs. Trudgill, Beccles Road, Lowestoft.

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Norwich Mercury 23rdJune 1917

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Leonard Everett

Leonard George Everett

10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment

03/04/1917

3rd April 1917

Archibald Southgate

Archie Southgate

1st Battalion Essex Regiment

18/01/1917

18th January 1917

Archibald Robert Southgate

Edward Hammond

8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment

22/05/1917

22nd May 1917

Henry Clarke

Henry William Clarke

11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment

28/04/1917

28th April 1917

Arthur Southgate

9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment

18/10/1916

John William Southgate

8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment

11/05/1917

11th May 1917

Thomas Songhurst

Thomas James Songhurst

Kenneth Gayford

Kenneth Owen Gayford

7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment

35th Infantry Brigade Headquarters

Stanley Allison

Stanley William Allison

25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

09/04/1917

9th April 1917

Herbert Garrod

19/05/1917

19th May 1917

Robert Cropley

Robert Charles Cropley

198th Company Machine Gun Corps

20/05/1917

20th May 1917

Percival Stace

Percival Munnings Stace

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