OLD CATTON TG 23418 12086 WW1 - 17 + 1* WW2 - 18 + 2* With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes Thomas Walter BUNTING Private 32109 Hampshire Regt. 10th Bn. 34 Old

Catton WW1 27/10/1918 Son of Emma Bunting and the late John Thomas Bunting; husband of Lillian Maria Bunting, of 7, Church St., Old Catton

John Mandell BURROWS Private 34693 The Loyal North Lancashire

Regt. 9th Bn. 38 Old Catton WW1 07/06/1917 Husband of Susanna Burrows, of Spixworth Rd., Old Catton

Arthur FOULSER Private 267234 Gloucestershire Regt. 8th Bn. 30 Old Catton WW1 30/05/1918 Son of Mrs. Eliza Foulser, of Spixworth Rd., Old Catton

Ivo Clifton GASCOIGNE Lieutenant - Grenadier Guards 1st Bn. 19 Old Catton WW1 12/04/1918 Son of Capt. Charles Gascoigne, of 7, Culford Gardens, London.

Leonard Charles GOLDSPINK Private 11141 Royal Fusiliers 13th Bn. - Old

Catton WW1 15/11/1916 -

Leonard Edward GRAVES Private TR/10/26920 Training Reserve 31st Bn. 18 Old

Catton WW1 15/04/1917 Son of Harry Bland Graves and Alice Maria Graves, of The Street, Old Catton. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

John Thomas GUNTON Private 22799 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 23 Old Catton WW1 18/10/1916 Son of John and Margaret Gunton, of 153, Barracks St., Norwich

Jacob HURN Lance Corporal 31796 Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn. - Old

Catton WW1 10/12/1918 -

Edward KEMP Private 31799 Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn. Old Catton WW1 06/10/1916 -

Edward LAMBERT Private G/14706 Royal Sussex Regt. 2nd Bn. - Old

Catton WW1 24/09/1918 -

Louis Pouchee MONEY

Lance Corporal 235959 Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/7th

Bn. 21 Old Catton WW1 25/03/1918 Son of Louis and Emily Money, of Old Catton

Herbert QUANTRILL* Private 7878 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Old Catton WW1 24/08/1914 Son of John and Maria Quantrill, of Old Catton; husband of

Maggie Quantrill, of 2, Ridgeway Terrace,, Old Catton Philip Charles READ Private 17084 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 19 Old

Catton WW1 27/07/1916 Son of Alfred Frederick and Clara Read, of 61, Allen's Lane, Newmarket Rd.,

Walter STOREY Private 6931 Worcestershire Regt. 1st Bn. 22 Old

Catton WW1 19/12/1914 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Storey, of George Hill, Old Catton

Robert Charles THIRTLE Private 103449 Sherwood Foresters (Notts. &

Derby Regt.) 10th Bn. 19 Old Catton WW1 22/08/1918 Son of George William and the late Harriet Thirtle.

Charles TUBBY Private 40722 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. 34 Old Catton WW1 03/12/1917 Son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Tubby

Reginald TUBBY Private 19542 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 20 Old Catton WW1 26/04/1917 Son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Tubby.

Charles WOODCOCK Private 17115 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Old

Catton WW1 29/03/1918 -

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

Gerald Theodore BAILEY Flight

Lieutenant 143807 Royal Air Force VR

644 Sqdn. Tarrant Rushton 23 Flight

Engineer Old Catton WW2 14/09/1945

Son of Lt.-Col. Leonard Frederick Henry Bailey and Gertrude Maud Bailey, of Old Catton. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Harry Jeffrey BAUGH* Flying Officer 198658 Royal Air Force VR 64 Sqdn. 23 Pilot Old

Catton WW2 07/05/1946 Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Harold George BUCK Sergeant 511358 Royal Air Force - 33 Old

Catton WW2 26/03/1943 Son of William George and Ellen May Buck; husband of Florence Buck, of Old Catton. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Raymond Geoffrey COLLER Major 7407 Royal Artillery 3 Medium Res. Regt. 41 Old

Catton WW2 10/12/1940 Buried in Hethersett churchyard

Jack COMER Able Seaman C/JX 139330 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Kent’ 23 Old

Catton WW2 17/09/1940 Son of John Edward and Kate Comer, of Sprowston

Thomas CUBITT Sergeant. 1453409 Royal Air Force

VR 83 Sqdn. Wyton - Air Gunner Old Catton WW2 22/11/1943 -

John Thurborn CURRIE* Lieut-

Commander - Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Victory’ 36 Old Catton WW2 15/05/1941

Son of Colonel John William Currie, and of Evelyn Maud Currie, of Old Catton; husband of Rita Emily Currie (nee Carr-Ellison), of Minster Worth, Gloucestershire. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Michael GOWING Captain 69480 Royal Norfolk Regt. 4th Bn. - Old

Catton WW2 14/02/1942 Son of Frank and Marjorie Gowing; husband of Jocelyne Harper Gowing, of Sanderstead, Surrey

Robert Dick GUNN* Sergeant 580002 Royal Air Force 22 Sqdn. 26 Pilot Old Catton WW2 10/09/1940 Husband of Florence Gunn.

Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Richard HAZELL Bombardier 1456956 Royal Artillery 65 (The Nfk Yeom'y) Anti-Tank Regt. 22 Old

Catton WW2 14/11/1942 Son of Richard and Caroline Beatrice Hazell, of Sprowston

Maxime JOLLIVET Master - Merchant Navy S.S. ‘Empire Lancer’ 54 Old

Catton WW2 16/08/1944 Husband of Winifred Ruth Jollivet, of Norwich.

Dennis Albert. JUBY Warrant Officer 1152011 Royal Air Force

VR Singapore 27 Old Catton WW2 29/11/1943 Son of Lionel Robert and Lily Beatrice Juby; husband of

Ethel Juby, of Norwich Kenneth Golder KEMP Sergeant 1615828 Royal Air Force

VR 158 Sqdn. 21 Navigator Old Catton WW2 21/02/1945 Son of Herbert George and Daisy May Kemp, of Norwich.

Frederick MOORE Old Catton WW2 not found

Daphne Ellen Rose POWLES Private W/140796

Auxiliary Territorial Service

attd. 464 Bty., 167 (M) Regt. Royal Artillery

19 Old Catton WW2 15/04/1944 Daughter of George John and Margaret Florence Powles,

of Old Catton

Cuthbert Martin Parkhurst

PUGH Private 5779641 Royal Norfolk Regt. 5th Bn. 30 Old

Catton WW2 12/07/1943 Son of the Revd. Baldwyn de Fonmartin Pugh and Emily Marion Pugh, of Gisleham Rectory, Suffolk; husband of Joan Edith Pugh, of Old Catton, Norwich

Alan SEAGER Corporal 1150097 Royal Air Force VR - 24 Old

Catton WW2 22/11/1942 Son of Ernest Paget and Edith Alice Seager; husband of Barbara Alice Seager, of Glasgow

John Russell SMITH Leading Aircraftman 959850 Royal Air Force

VR - 33 Old Catton WW2 02/11/1944 Son of William Henry and Beatrice Annie Smith.

Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Leslie SMITH Private 4747260 York and Lancaster Regiment

1st Bn. 24 Old Catton WW2 22/01/1944 [Unconfirmed as the right man]

Walter Reuben SMITH Bombardier 1437348 Royal Artillery - 40 Old

Catton WW2 06/04/1941 Son of Harry and Laura Smith; husband of Grace Eleanor Smith, of Old Catton. Buried in Norwich cemetery

Robert Edward WATTS Private 14241839 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 2nd Bn. and No. 1 Commando 29 Old

Catton WW2 31/01/1945 Son of Walter and Thirza Agnes Watts; husband of Gladys Georgina Eliza Watts, of Old Catton

Also buried in the churchyard, not of Old Catton Casualties WW2 Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes

Alfred Robert CLARKE Sergeant 744984 Royal Air

Force VR 139 Sqdn (Jamaica) Horsham St. Faith’s 23 Observer Old

Catton WW2 23/12/1940 Blenheim IV, L9183 XD-X crashed at Little Plumstead. Son of Robert and Mary Clarke, of Worle, Somerset. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

Guy Jerrold MENZIES D.F.C. Flight

Lieutenant 41604 Royal Air Force

139 Sqdn (Jamaica) Horsham St. Faith’s 20 Pilot Old

Catton WW2 22/01/1941 Blenheim IV, T2435 XD- crashed at Oulton. Son of Charles and Blanche Grove Menzies, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Buried in Old Catton churchyard

WW2 Memorial in Church Street, Old Catton The memorial, which is set into a wall opposite the parish church reads:

"During the World War

1939 - 1945 from this parish

there served H.M Forces, Army 45, R.A.F. 19, R. Navy 4,

of whom 10 gave their lives. Women's Services 12,

Home Guard 34, Civil Defence 18, W.V.S. & Canteen Workers 33.

The enemy dropped on us 16

H.E. & 14 H.E.I. bombs and over a 1,000 incendiaries.

On Jan 22nd & Feb 13th 1945 two

American bombers crashed in Church Street close to this

tablet with the loss of twenty valuable lives.

We saved £6762 & subscribed to

War Charities £1486.

Into parts of the world went forth our children."

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Leonard Edward GRAVES Harry Jeffrey BAUGH Gerald Theodore BAILEY Harold George BUCK

Raymond Geoffrey COLLER

John Thurborn CURRIE Robert Dick GUNN John Russell SMITH

Walter Reuben SMITH Alfred Robert CLARKE Guy Jerrold MENZIES