SPROWSTON TG 24131 11217 (street) TG 2493712525 (church) WW1 - 82 WW2 - 48 With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes

John James ANGER Sapper WR/20547 Royal Engineers Railways 26 Sprowston WW1 25/10/1918 Husband of Rosa Eveline Anger, of 14, Bournemouth Rd., Folkestone, Kent.

John Edward BETTS Driver T4/057905 Army Service Corps 800th Coy. 47 Sprowston WW1 28/05/1917 Son of Richard Betts, of Norwich; husband of Harriet

Betts, of School Lane, Old Catton Ashton Edward BIRCHAM Private 6695 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 32 Sprowston WW1 21/07/1916 Husband of Mary Ann Bircham, of 449, Sprowston

Rd., Norwich

Ernest James BLACKETT 2nd Corporal 84591 Royal Engineers

Base Records G.H.Q., 3rd Echelon

41 Sprowston WW1 20/06/1917 Resident of Dulwich, Kent, enlisted in Norwich

Ernest Arthur BLYTH Sergeant 8859 Rifle Brigade 1st Bn. 33 Sprowston WW1 01/07/1916 Husband of Edith Blyth, of 35, Wellington Rd., Bush

Hill Park, Middx. Born in Sprowston, 1883.

Frank George BLYTH Private 37359 Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn. 31 Sprowston WW1 31/07/1917

Son of George and Harriet Blyth, of Sprowston; husband of Son of George and Harriet Blyth, of Sprowston, Norwich; husband of Phoebe L Blyth, (since remarried - Trimble

John Albert BLYTH Sapper 85215 Royal Engineers 209th Field Coy. 29 Sprowston WW1 20/01/1917 Son of Alice Blyth, late of 25, Afghan Place, Norwich, and the late Frederick Blyth; husband of Clarinda Blyth, of 172, Sprowston Rd., Norwich

George Edward BROCK Private 235769 York and Lancaster Regt. 8th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 12/10/1917 -

James BROWN Rifleman 8872 Rifle Brigade 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 13/09/1914 Son of the late James Brown, Husband of Maria Brown of Sprowston

William BURROWS Rifleman O/16 Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn. 19 Sprowston WW1 09/11/1918 Son of Thomas and Margaret Burrows, of 425, Sprowston Rd., Norwich. Born at Sprowston.

Arthur James CANN Private 16026 Yorkshire Regt. 9th Bn. 9th

Bn. Sprowston WW1 02/09/1917 Husband of Violet (née Carman) of Eston, Middlesborough, Yorks. Born on Norwich late 1887.

Charles Albert CLARKE Private 7814 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 26 Sprowston WW1 11/08/1916 Son of Charles Henry and Annie Elizabeth Clarke, of

9, Hooper Lane, Sprowston Rd., Norwich Charles John COX Private 4356 York and Lancaster Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 23/04/1915 -

Percival Sidney CURSON Bugler 15574 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 19 Sprowston WW1 30/09/1915 Son of Sidney and Louie Curson, of Walsingham

Walter George CURSON Corporal 29222 King's Own Scottish

Borderers 6th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 17/10/1918 -

Joseph James DEACON Private 21372 Border Regt. 8th Bn. 21 Sprowston WW1 05/07/1916 Son of Joseph Parlett Deacon, of 102, Vincent Rd.,

Norwich

Edward Harding DUNGAR Private 43982 Machine Gun Corps

(Infantry) 174th Coy. - Sprowston WW1 26/09/1917 -

James Edward DUNGAR Private 20460 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. Sprowston WW1 16/09/1915 -

Frank Jonathan EDWARDS Private 43149 Norfolk Regt. “A” Coy., 1st Bn. 22 Sprowston WW1 08/09/1916 Son of Jonathan and Bertha Edwards, of 34, Ash

Grove, Constitution Hill Ernest Edgar ELLIS Able Seaman 19009 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Wildfire’ - Sprowston WW1 14/11/1916

Charles Samuel FOWLER Corporal 3/10656 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 36 Sprowston WW1 26/09/1915

Son of Samuel and Mary Fowler, of 2, Vulcan Cottages, Trowse, Norwich; husband of Rosa Esther Fowler, of Wroxham Rd., Sprowston

Ernest George GIBBS Lance Corporal 16430 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 22 Sprowston WW1 15/07/1917 Son of George Arthur and Harriet Gibbs, of 44,

Constitution Hill, Norwich Herbert Charles GIBBS Private 21283 East Surrey Regt. 9th Bn. 21 Sprowston WW1 23/03/1918 Son of Walter and Caroline Gibbs, of 462, Sprowston

Rd., Norwich. Herbert Jonathan GILHAM Private 1473 Norfolk Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 20 Sprowston WW1 14/09/1915 Son of Jonathan Alfred and Florence Laura Gilham,

of New Inn, Worstead. Born at Coltishall. Samuel Walter GOFFIN Sergeant 11564 Lincolnshire Regt. 8th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 01/07/1916 -

Robert GOLDSMITH Sergeant 4336 Norfolk Regt. 10th Bn. transf. to (67988) 114th Coy. Labour Corps

- Sprowston WW1 26/09/1918 -

Robert John GOLDSMITH Private 9930 Bedfordshire Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 07/11/1914 -

Herbert (William ?) GRAY Private 43617 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 21/03/1918

Son of Herbert and Anna Maria Gray, of 199, Silver Rd., Norwich. [Unconfirmed as the man on the memorial]

Hugh GREHAN Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

272315 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Turbulent’ 24 Sprowston WW1 01/06/1916

Son of Major F. Grehan and Mrs. F. Grehan, of St. Kevin's, Sprowston, Norwich. (Born 18/06/1891, Dalston, London)

Frederick Thomas GRIS Farrier

Sergeant 3866 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 6th 34 Sprowston WW1 01/09/1914 Son of Mrs. L. Gris, of 4, Sidney Road, Sprowston

John HAWES Lance Corporal 21220 Border Regt. 6th Bn. 19 Sprowston WW1 29/09/1916 Son of Mr. C. and Mrs. E. R. Hawes, of 1, Porter's Loke, Sprowston

Thomas Edward HAWES Private 475117

Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd E.A. Field Ambulance

Discharged, illness, 16/04/1917

Sprowston WW1 30/01/1918 Died of TB after discharge, Buried in Norwich cemetery.

George Edward HAYDON Private 16209 Norfolk Regt. “B” Coy.,9th Bn. 29 Sprowston WW1 16/12/1915

Son of Walter and Sarah Haydon, of 161, Sprowston Rd., Norwich; husband of Maria Beatrice Haydon (remarried - Seely)

Walter Elijah HAYDON

Private 42244 Middlesex Regt. 11th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 10/04/1917 -

Robert HOBART Private SE/3781 Army Veterinary Corps - 43 Sprowston WW1 28/05/1917 Buried in Norwich cemetery. Death recorded at Marylebone

Jacob HURN Lance Corporal 31796 Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 10/12/1918 Born at Edingthorpe,1911 census in Catton

Francis Henry JAY Private 40682 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 34 Sprowston WW1 04/04/1918

Son of Emma and the late George Branwhite Jay; husband of Lily May Warren Jay, of "Hollydale", Wroxham Rd., Sprowston

Charles LAND Private 9338 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 01/08/1916 -

Frederick George LAND Gunner 75422 Royal Field Artillery 36th Bty. 32nd

Bde. - Sprowston WW1 27/09/1917 -

Charles Thomas LINCOLN D C M Private 8644 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 26 Sprowston WW1 23/02/1917 Son of William Lincoln, of 54, Two Brewers Yard,

Calvert St., Norwich

Frederick J. MASON Private 29054 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Sprowston WW1 12/10/1916 -

James MASON Private 5779 Coldstream Guards 3rd Bn. - Sprowston WW1 25/08/1914 -

William MATTHEWS Corporal 13421 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 24 Sprowston WW1 05/10/1916 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, of 146, Silver Rd., Norwich

Herbert MOBBS Private 235313 The King's (Liverpool Regt.) 20th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 13/08/1917 -

Frederick Charles NEVILLE Sergeant 200709 Norfolk Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 27 Sprowston WW1 19/04/1917

Son of Frederick and Catherine Neville, of "Holm Oaks," Old Catton, Norwich; husband of Gertrude Neville, of 27, Sewell Rd., Norwich. Born at Sprowston

Harry John NEVILLE Corporal 59127 Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Siege Bty. 27 Sprowston WW1 27/05/1918 Son of Frederick and Catherine Neville, of " Holm Oaks,"Old Catton, Norwich. Born at Sprowston

Bertram Walter Claude

OSBORNE Private 43359 Northamptonshire Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Sprowston WW1 31/08/1916 Son of Walter James and Sarah R. Osborne, of 481, Sprowston Rd., Norwich

Albert PARK Military Medal Private 206342 Queen's Own (Royal

West Kent Regt.) 7th Bn. 25 Sprowston WW1 18/04/1918 Son of John and Eliza Parke; husband of Maud Parke (since remarried - Edwards)

Ernest PARKER Company Sergeant Major 320895 Norfolk Regt. 12th Bn. 36 Sprowston WW1 19/08/1918 Husband of Mary Ann Parker, of The Brickfields, Old

Catton Ernest Alfred POINTER Private 20924 Suffolk Regt. 15th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 07/11/1917 -

Walter POINTER Private 328187 Cambridgeshire Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 07/03/1918 -

Ernest Charles POTTER Private 78110 Sherwood Foresters

(Notts. & Derby Regt.) 1st Garrison Bn. 23 Sprowston WW1 30/12/1917 Husband of Gertrude May Potter. (since remarried - Massen). Formerly Norfolk Regiment

Herbert QUANTRILL Private 7878 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Sprowston WW1 24/08/1914 Son of John and Maria Quantrill, of Old Catton; husband of Maggie Quantrill, of 2, Ridgeway Terrace,, Old Catton

Nathaniel Henry A. READY Second

Lieutenant - Tank Corps “F” Bn. 32 Sprowston WW1 01/08/1917 -

Robert RICHARDSON Private 32559 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn. 22 Sprowston WW1 08/0/1917 Son of Robert and Elizabeth Richardson, of Dixon's

Loke. Old Catton Henry Samuel ROBINSON Private 15863 Lincolnshire Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 16/04/1918 -

Edward ROGERS Sprowston WW1 not found

Joseph James RUDD Pioneer 220450 Royal Engineers

301st Roads Construction Coy.

49 Sprowston WW1 22/12/1916 Husband of A. Rudd, of 16, Lothian St., Barn Rd., Norwich. Buried in Norwich cemetery

Henry RUSHMER Bombardier 895321 Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. 295th Bde. - Sprowston WW1 18/07/1918 -

Herbert SADLER Private 10979 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Bn. 21 Sprowston WW1 12/03/1917 Son of Herbert William and Mrs. S. E. Sadler, of

North Walsham Rd., Old Catton

Charles SCOTT Lance Corporal 12394 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 03/10/1915 -

Walter Golden SCOTT Private 22059 Kings Own Scottish

Borderers 7th Bn. 26 Sprowston WW1 11/05/1916 Son of Harriet M. Scott, of 57, Shipfield, Sprowston, and the late Robert Scott

James Lewis SMITHSON Lance Corporal 8017 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Sprowston WW1 27/09/1916 Son of George and Mary Ann Smithson

Herbert SMITHSON Private 23146 Border Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 20/11/1917 -

Robert George SMITHSON Gunner 194549 Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 117th

Bde. 31 Sprowston WW1 31/07/1918 Son of Robert George and Mary Ann Smith, Norwich; husband of Ada Smithson (since remarried - Smith)

Harry STONE Private 8424 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn. - Sprowston WW1 23/09/1914 -

Reuben Stephen STONE Private 9728 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 18/09/1918 -

Reginald George STRACEY M.i.D. Captain - Scots Guards 1st Bn. 33 Sprowston WW1 01/01/1915

Son of Louisa A. Stracey, of 28, Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, Westminster, London, and the late Gilbert H. Stracey.

William SUTTON Private 6642 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 34 Sprowston WW1 28/06/1917 Son of Robert and Sarah A. Sutton; Husband of Margaret Sutton, of 28, Shipfield, Sprowston

Arthur Ernest THORN Private 60146 Royal Fusiliers 26th Bn. 33 Sprowston WW1 02/04/1918

Son of Samuel Stephen and Sarah Thorn, of 10, Denmark Opening, Sprowston; husband of May Thorn (since remarried - Harbord). Served as Ernest Arthur

Thomas Henry THORN Private 41527 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 19 Sprowston WW1 21/06/1918 Son of Samuel Stephen and Sarah Thorn, of 10,

Denmark Opening, Sprowston Arthur Bertie VINCENT Private 17829 Dorsetshire Regt. “C” Coy., 1st Bn. 33 Sprowston WW1 21/05/1918 Husband of Mrs. E. M. Vincent, of Sprotbrough

Doncaster.

William WALLACE Private 3/8194 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 39 Sprowston WW1 01/07/1916 Born in Aberdeen; 1911 census, resident of Norwich

Jack George WARREN Private 20795 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 01/07/1916 -

Sidney WATSON Private 30694 East Surrey Regt. 13th Bn. 27 Sprowston WW1 27/11/1917 Husband of Esther Watson, of 20, Pearce Field, Sprowston Rd., Norwich

Ernest George WEBB Rifleman 304405 London Regiment

(London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Bn. 24 Sprowston WW1 09/09/1916 Son of George William and Ellen Georgianna Webb, of North Walsham Rd., Old Catton

Horace George WEBB Corporal WR/550052 Royal Engineers

Inland Waterways and Docks.

31 Sprowston WW1 03/02/1918 Son of Charlotte Webb, of 441, Wroxham Rd., Sprowston, Norwich, and the late Francis Webb.

Herbert WEBSTER Private 5586 Durham Light Infantry 1st/6th Bn. 24 Sprowston WW1 05/11/1916 Son of Robert and Amelia Webster, of 73, Plumstead Rd., Thorpe Hamlet,

Henry WHITING Private 3/10369 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. - Sprowston WW1 02/05/1916 -

Ernest WOOLLARD Lance Corporal 43458 Northamptonshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 23 Sprowston WW1 25/03/1918 Son of Abraham and Christiana Woollard, of 452, Sprowston Rd., Norwich

Harry WRIGHT Driver 645530 Royal Field Artillery 315th Bde. Ammunition Column

22 Sprowston WW1 07/10/1917 Son of Mr. B. and Mrs. E. A. Wright, of School Lane, Old Catton

Robert WRIGHT Private 188 Royal Warwickshire Regt. 15th Bn. - Sprowston WW1 03/09/1916 -

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

Alan R ADCOCK Marine 10502 Royal Marine Engineers - 22 Sprowston WW2 08/04/1944 Son of Daisy Adcock, of Sprowston

Gerald William Howe

ALLERTON Flight Lieutenant 60110 Royal Air Force

VR 5 OTU, Long Kesh, Ireland 25 Pilot Sprowston WW2 14/07/1943

Son of William Robert and Rose Agnes Allerton, of Sprowston; husband of Molly Rosina Emelie Allerton. Buried in Sprowston cemetery

Stanley Arthur BACON * Leading

Aircraftman 1082679 Royal Air Force VR 30 Sprowston WW2 31/01/1942

Son of Arthur and Mabel Jane Bacon; husband of Hilda Rose Bacon, of Rackheath. Buried in Sprowston cemetery

Prince Paul BANNERMAN* Sergeant 647147 Royal Air Force 26 Sqdn. 23 Sprowston WW2 21/09/1942

Son of William Thomas Bannerman and Edith Bannerman; husband of Nora Annie Bannerman, (née Turner) of Sprowston. Born Maidstone district

Charles James BARKER Sergeant 975332 Royal Artillery

65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.

29 Sprowston WW2 04/08/1944 Son of William R. and Leahe Barker; husband of Winifred Kathleen Barker, of Sprowston

Russell Maurice BARRETT Driver T/236381 Royal Army

Service Corps - 37 Sprowston WW2 22/07/1944 Birth reg’d St. Faith’s, Dec. qtr. 1906

Stanley BARRETT Ordinary Seaman

P/JX 189555 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Godetia’ 19 Sprowston WW2 06/09/1940 Son of Walter J. Barrett and Kate Barrett, of

Norwich

George Robert BURTON Private 5778678 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 2nd Bn. 27 Sprowston WW2 06/04/1943 Son of John Richard and Emily Florence Burton; husband of Gladys Burton, of Sprowston

George Ernest CHAPMAN Sergeant 1397248 Royal Air Force

VR 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. 23 Navigator Sprowston WW2 04/10/1943 Son of Alfred and Ellen Chapman, of Norwich

Reginald George COHEN Private 10535108 Royal Army

Ordnance Corps - 26 Sprowston WW2 20/01/1942 -

Jack COMER * Able Seaman C/JX 139330 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Kent’ 23 Sprowston WW2 17/09/1940 Son of John Edward and Kate Comer, of

Sprowston

Ronald COUZENS Corporal 7909011 Royal Armoured Corps

2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 24 Sprowston WW2 30/06/1944 Son of Charles and Alice Couzens, of

Sprowston Richard Arthur DUFFIELD Sergeant 1891039 Royal Air Force

VR 622 Sqdn. RAF Mildenhall 19 Air

Gunner Sprowston WW2 25/07/1944 Son of Robert and Laura Maud Duffield, of Sprowston

Sydney Herbert DUNHAM Private 5778748 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 1st Bn. 29 Sprowston WW2 21/07/1944 Son of George and Edith Dunham; husband of Dorothy I. Dunham, (née Paul) of South Catton

Ernest EDWARDS Sprowston WW2 not found

Leslie George FOX Private 5778769 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 1st Bn. 28 Sprowston WW2 08/07/1944 Son of Frederick George and Ellen Jane Fox; husband of Margery Nora Fox, of Norwich.

Frederick Thomas FREEMAN Private 5778134 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 5th Bn. 21 Sprowston WW2 20/01/1942 Son of Frederick and Maud Elizabeth Freeman, of Sprowston

Benjamin Henry GOODSON Private 5779580 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 5th Bn. 30 Sprowston WW2 16/06/1944 Son of Benjamin and Frances Durrant Goodson; husband of Mary Alice Elizabeth Goodson, of Norwich

Harold Augustus GOODYEAR Lance

Corporal 5775951 Royal Norfolk Regt. 5th Bn. 23 Sprowston WW2 12/06/1943 Son of Gladys Goodyear, of Sprowston

Claude Robert GOYMER Petty Officer P/J 99380 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Patroclus’ 37 Sprowston WW2 03/11/1940

Son of John Thomas Goymer and Florence Adeline Goymer; husband of Eva Mary Goymer, of Norwich.

Alan Charles GREGORY Private 5827275 Cambridgeshire

Regt. 2nd Bn. 22 Sprowston WW2 11/10/1943 -

Francis Henry GRINNALL *

Warrant Officer Class II

S/54779 Royal Army Service Corps - 20 S.Q.M.S. Sprowston WW2 17/06/1940 Son of Charles and Annie C. Grinnall, of

Sprowston

Richard HAZELL Bombardier 1456956 Royal Artillery 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt

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

Henry HUMPHRIES Sprowston WW2 not found

Peter Dunbar IVINS Sergeant 5774395 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 6th Bn. 20 Sprowston WW2 24/01/1942 Son of Capt. Arthur John Ivins, formerly of the Monmouthshire Regt., and of Marjorie Kate Ivins, of Sprowston

Vernon Illtyd JARMY Leading Stores Assistant

C/MX 662812 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Peregrine 26 Sprowston WW2 18/11/1945

Son of Thomas and Katherine Jane Jarmy; husband of Grace Phyllis Jarmy, of Norwich. Buried in Sprowston cemetery

George JENKINSON Sprowston WW2 not found

William KAY Sprowston WW2 not found Birth reg’d Norwich, June 1911.

Alan Thomas LACK Private 5782270

The King's Regiment (Liverpool)

1st Bn. 33 Sprowston WW2 20/05/1944 Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lack, of Norwich; husband of Jessie Lack, of Sprowston

Ernest Frederick LANSDOWNE Gunner 1648467 Royal Artillery 151 Bty., 51 Lt. A.A.

Regt. 33 Sprowston WW2 22/04/1943 Son of Ernest Charles and Harriet Ellen Lansdowne, of Norwich

Eric William LUMKIN Lance Corporal 2078659 Royal Engineers 251 Field Park Coy. 23 Sprowston WW2 26/06/1943

Son of Frederick John and Hilda May Lumkin; husband of Ethel Margaret Lumkin, of Hemsby

Ronald Charles Arthur

MARSHALL Able Seaman C/JX 146279 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Ivanhoe’ 21 Sprowston WW2 01/09/1940 Son of Charles and Hazel Marshall, of

Blofield

Herbert McKAY Flying Officer 156023 Royal Air Force VR

272 Sqdn. Mediterranean 33 Navigator Sprowston WW2 22/02/1944

Son of Frederick Nicholas and Sarah Alice McKay; husband of Isabella McKay, of Sprowston

Peter Ernest MILLER Sergeant 960718 Royal Air Force

VR 22 Sqdn. 24 Pilot Sprowston WW2 19/08/1941 Buried in Sprowston cemetery

Cubitt Henry Benjamin PAGE Sergeant 1162363 Royal Air Force

VR 52 Sqdn. 25 Sprowston WW2 16/10/1941 Son of Alfred Cubitt Page and Gertrude Rebecca Page, of Sprowston

Frank POPAY Ordinary Seaman

P/JX 394569 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Tweed’ 19 Sprowston WW2 07/01/1944 Son of William George and Edith May Popay,

of Sprowston

William L A READ Private 5776101 Royal Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 27 Sprowston WW2 05/03/1945 Son of William and Gertrude Read, of

Norwich; husband of Grace May Read.

Cecil Archibald RUSH Trooper 7951520 Royal Armoured

Corps

4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

21 Sprowston WW2 11/06/1944 Son of Herbert Charles and Lilian Victoria Barwick, of Sprowston

Maurice Henry SKEDGE Aircraftman

2nd Class 931023 Royal Air Force VR 211 Sqdn. 23 Sprowston WW2 17/10/1944 Son of Arthur and Alice Skedge, of Norwich

Horace SMITH Sprowston WW2

John S SMITH Sprowston WW2

Richard Crowson SPOONER Chief Petty

Officer C/J 27956 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Curacoa’ 45 Sprowston WW2 02/10/1942 Son of John and Mary Spooner; husband of Gladys Evelyn Spooner, of Sprowston

Edwin John THOMAS * Private T/14117559 Royal Army Service Corps - - Sprowston WW2 05/06/1947 Son of Mrs. M. M. Thomas, of Sprowston

George James VINCE * Driver T/170260 Royal Army

Service Corps attd. H.Q. 18th Div. 27 Sprowston WW2 28/11/1943 Husband of Violet Vince, of Sprowston

Bernard William WAKELIN Leading

Aircraftman 1725284 Royal Air Force VR - 22 Sprowston WW2 27/02/1946 Son of William Henry and Gladys Alice

Wakelin, of Sprowston Julian Robert WANBON D F M Flight

Sergeant 902718 Royal Air Force VR

22 OTU, RAF Wellsbourne Mountford 23 Instructor Sprowston WW2 31/05/1942 Husband of Margaret Jean Wanbon, of

Norwich Bernard Harry WARD * Sergeant 5776821 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 6th Bn. 24 Sprowston WW2 23/06/1943 Son of William Henry and Mildred Mary Ward, of Sprowston

Frederick Michael WARREN Lance

Bombardier 993938 Royal Artillery 185 Field Regiment 31 Sprowston WW2 09/05/1943 Husband of M. L. Warren, of Sprowston. Buried in Sprowston cemetery

Harold Henry WELBY * Sergeant 759335 Royal Air Force

VR - 27 Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Sprowston WW2 17/09/1942 Buried in Sprowston cemetery

A WHITLAM Sprowston WW2 not found

Jack Robert WHITLAM Warrant Officer Class III

5764001 Royal Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 36 P.S.M. Sprowston WW2 10/05/1941-

02/10/1940

Son of William Henry and Florence May Whitlam; husband of Eva Alice Whitlam, of Sprowston

Arthur WHITTAL Sprowston WW2 not found

John Gordon Church

WHITWORTH Sergeant 1615853 Royal Air Force VR 142 Sqdn. 21 Sprowston WW2 03/09/1944 Son of Charles and Lily Whitworth, of

Norwich.

Reginald Frederick William

WILCH Lance Bombardier 938052 Royal Artillery 68 Medium Regt. 22 Sprowston WW2 28/05/1941 -

Claude Vivian WILSON Private 5781878 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 6th Bn. 33 Sprowston WW2 06/07/1943 Son of Beatrice Wilson, of Norwich

William Philip WRIGHT Flight

Sergeant 553835 Royal Air Force 608 Sqdn. RAF Thornaby. Yorks. 19

Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Sprowston WW2 20/10/1941 Son of Thomas and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Wright, of Sprowston

Alan Edward YOUNG Pilot Officer 156416 Royal Air Force

VR 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. RAF Leeming, Yorks. 23

Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Sprowston WW2 31/08/1943 Son of John William and Florence Young; husband of Phyllis Joan Young, of Sprowston

Civilians WW2 Status Address Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Details

Diana PINE Daughter of Denis and Pine.

The Limes, School Lane, Sprowston 6 evacuee Sprowston WW2 17/09/1940 Died when the S.S. CITY OF BENARES was torpedoed by the German

submarine U-48. Eileen Emma Maud PINE Wife of Denis Pine The Limes, School Lane,

Sprowston 31 evacuee Sprowston WW2 17/09/1940 Died when the S.S. CITY OF BENARES was torpedoed by the German submarine U-48.

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Gerald William Howe ALLERTON Stanley Arthur BACON Vernon Illtyd JARMY Peter Ernest MILLER

Robert HOBART at Norwich Joseph James RUDD at Norwich Thomas Edward HAWES at Norwich

Frederick Michael WARREN Harold Henry WELBY