OVERSTRAND TG 2404 4075 TG 24079 40768 WW1 - 40 WW2 - 12 With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes

Ernest William BAXTER Private 24165 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 24 Overstrand WW1 22/08/1918 Son of Mrs. Mary Baxter, of The Garage, Badgemore House, Henley-on-Thames

Francis Henry BAXTER Private 41900 North Staffordshire Regt. 8th Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 18/04/1918 Son of Mrs. Mary Baxter, of The Garage, Badgemore House, Henley-on-Thames

Gilbert George BECKETT Private 2nd Class 238969 Royal Air Force - 40 Overstrand WW1 24/02/1919

Son of George and Eliza Elvina Beckett; husband of Jane maria Beckett. Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Charles Arthur BETTS Lance Corporal 202626 Worcestershire Regt. 2nd/7th Bn. 24 Overstrand WW1 03/12/1917 Son of Arthur William and the late Edna Betts

of Rose Cottage, The Londs, Overstrand

Victor John BOWDEN Private 22005 The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt) 6th Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 16/05/1918 Victor G. Bowden BOWDEN

Harold BRADBROOK Private 14931 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 15/09/1916 Son of Edward Charles and Emily Elizabeth Bradbrook, of 34, Maygrove Rd., Great Yarmouth. Native of Overstrand

Charles John BUMFREY Private 29268 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Overstrand WW1 20/09/1917 -

Claude Theodore CHURCH Sergeant 14082 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 28 Overstrand WW1 02/07/1916

Son of Herbert and Sarah Church, of 10, Gunton Terrace, Overstrand, Norfolk. (Was a Footman to His Majesty King George)

Herbert Smith CHURCH Private 202771 Royal Berkshire Regt 2nd/4th Bn. 33 Overstrand WW1 10/09/1917 Son of John and Alice Church, of Overstrand; husband of E. M. Church, of 12, High St., Battle, Sussex.

Herbert Thomas CHURCH Sergeant 79699

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 6th Armoured Car Coy.

attd. Dunster Force - Overstrand WW1 15/10/1918 -

Andrew John CLARKE Boy 9808 Norfolk Regt. Depot 16 Overstrand WW1 22/02/1919 Son of George Shinar Clarke and Emma Jane Clarke, of The Bungalow, Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer

Herbert Richard CLARKE Private 2378 Norfolk Regt. “C” Coy., 2nd/5th Bn. 18 Overstrand WW1 08/06/1915

Son of George Shinar Clarke and Emma Jane Clarke, of The Bungalow, Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer Buried in Cromer cemetery

Sidney Frederick Worship

CODLING Lance Sergeant 320057 Norfolk Regt. 12th (Norfolk

Yeomanry) Bn. 27 Overstrand WW1 30/12/1917 Son of John and Alice Codling, of White Horse Hotel, Overstrand

Henry Robert COMER Private 6762 Norfolk Regt. transf. to (431206) 424th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps

35 Overstrand WW1 29/08/1918 Buried at Areley Kings (St. Bartholomew) churchyard, Worcestersgire

Arthur Harry COOK Military Medal M.i.D.

Lance Sergeant 19467 Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn. 32 Overstrand WW1 12/07/1916 Son of Harry and Annie Cook, of 51, Station

Rd., Cromer. Born at Chesham, Bucks.

Sidney Isaac COOK Private 17289 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 30/07/1916 Son of Harry and Annie Cook, of 51, Station

Rd., Cromer. Born at Gayton

Ronald William CORK Deck Hand 12859 DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler ‘Achilles

II’ 23 Overstrand WW1 26/06/1918 Son of Percy William and Elizabeth Cork, of 3, Elst Terrace, Overstrand

Elvin Edmund William COVELL Sergeant 784471 Canadian Infantry 129th Bn. 32 Overstrand WW1 14/02/1920 Son of Frederick and Alice Covell; husband of

Rose Covell, of 69, Argyle St., Hamilton, Ont.

William Randall ENGLAND Private 9108 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 27/05/1915 Son of William and Sara England, of Overstrand

Wallace James GRACE Private 33371 Yorkshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Overstrand WW1 31/07/1917 Son of Charles and Sarah Ann Grace, born at Husborne Crawley, Beds.

William Marob HARDINGHAM Private 37361 Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn. 30 Overstrand WW1 11/06/1917 Son of Christopher and Pamela Hardingham, of Horsford; husband of Ada Hardingham, of 35, Connaught Rd., Suffield Park

Bertie Leonard HARVEY Private 15690 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 21 Overstrand WW1 16/07/1917 Son of Robert and Mary Harvey, of 21, Rosebury Rd., Suffield Park

Edward William JARVIS Stoker 1st Class 311111 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Pathfinder’ 30 Overstrand WW1 05/09/1914 Son of Robert W. and Edith Jarvis, of Rectory

Cottages, Overstrand Felix Marmaduke KETTLE Sapper WR/

26224 Royal Engineers - 21 Overstrand WW1 06/12/1918 Buried in Overstrand churchyard

William LAKE Gunner 15043 Royal Field Artillery 49th Bty. 43 Overstrand WW1 17/07/1915 Husband of Hannah Lake, of 29, Connaught Rd., Suffield Park Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Cyril Isaac LEVINE Private 60996 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 112th Coy. 20 Overstrand WW1 27/05/1917

Son of Louis and Barbara Levine, of "Dunrobin," Norwich Rd., Cromer. Buried in Norwich

Myers Joseph LEVINE Second Lieutenant - Royal Air Force 53rd Training Sqdn. 18 Overstrand WW1 08/05/1918

Son of Louis and Barbara Levine, of "Dunrobin," Norwich Rd., Cromer. Buried in Norwich

Charles Thos MILLS (The Hon) Second

Lieutenant - Scots Guards 2nd Bn. 28 Overstrand WW1 06/10/1915 Son of 2nd Baron Hillingdon and Baroness Hillingdon, of Temple House, Waltham Cross, Herts. Member of Parliament for Uxbridge.

Edward Henry Anthony NAYLOR

Order of St. George 4th Class (Russia)

Petty Officer Air Mechanic F/25223 Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Div. 19 Overstrand WW1 29/08/1917

.Son of Henry and Jane Naylor, of The Pleasaunce Gardens, Overstrand. Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Cyril William PAUL Private 240734 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. - Overstrand WW1 02/11/1917 -

William John PEGG Second Lieutenant - Royal Warwickshire

Regt. - 28 Overstrand WW1 18/03/1919 Son of D. W. and Ellen Pegg, of Overstrand. Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Richard Ayres RITCHIE Lieutenant - Norfolk Regt. 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. 24 Overstrand WW1 22/11/1915 Son of Thomas and Alice J. Ritchie; husband of Enid Kathleen Ritchie, of The Shack, Crowborough, Sussex.

Thomas Pearsall Ayres RICHIE Second

Lieutenant - Rifle Brigade 6th Bn. attd. 4th Bn. 20 Overstrand WW1 15/03/1915 Son of Thomas and Alice J. Ritchie, of Watercroft, Penn, Bucks

Basil William George ROBERTS Private 14041 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Overstrand WW1 31/07/1916 Son of Ernest Albert and Charlotte Roberts, of

Dundonald House, Cliff Rd., Overstrand

Ernest John SAVORY Able Seaman 213258 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Valerian’ 34 Overstrand WW1 20/11/1918 Son of Ann Savory, 51, Mill Road, Cromer

Sidney Robert SAVORY Private 8797 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. - Overstrand WW1 14/09/1914 Brother of Ernest John?

George Herbert SUMMERS Private 7628 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 27 Overstrand WW1 30/06/1917 -

John WHITE Private 240044 Norfolk Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 27 Overstrand WW1 19/07/1919 Son of John and Selina White, of 103, Burgess St., Grimsby.

William WILKIN Private 240498 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. Overstrand WW1 02/11/1917 [Unconfirmed as the man on the memorial]

Sidney Robert WOODHOUSE Private G/12190 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) 6th Bn. 23 Overstrand WW1 17/07/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Woodhouse, of

The Londs, Overstrand WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes

Robert Stephen ALLEN Aircraftman

2nd Class 1725339 Royal Air Force VR - - Overstrand WW2 02/03/1942

Son of Stephen Henry and Mary Elizabeth Allen, of Suffield Park, Cromer. Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Cecil George BACON Leading Stoker C/K 36108 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Bullen’ 45 Overstrand WW2 06/12/1944 Son of James and Elizabeth Bacon; husband

of Doris Lucy Bacon, of Cromer Francis Charles (Frank)

CORK Seaman LT/JX 195793

Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M. Drifter ‘Ocean Retriever’ 46 Overstrand WW2 22/09/1943 Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Ronald Victor DENNIS Private 14205724 King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn. 22 Overstrand WW2 26/03/1945 Son of Victor George and Ruby Eleanor Dennis, of Cromer

Ronald Ralph GOLDEN Corporal 5775954 Royal Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 26 Overstrand WW2 18/05/1943

Son of John William and Rachel Agnes Golden, of Suffield Park, Cromer; husband of Edna May Golden, of Suffield Park. Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Alec Peter. GRAY Leading Aircraftman 95732 Royal Air Force

VR - 24 Overstrand WW2 28/10/1943 -

Frederick William GROUT Driver T/274399 Royal Army

Service Corps attd. 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery 39 Overstrand WW2 15/01/1944 -

Henry Thomas George

HUBBARD Sergeant 1331086 Royal Air Force VR

218 (Gold Coast) Sqdn 21 Overstrand WW2 27/05/1943 Son of George William and Lotty Mabel

Hubbard, of Cromer

Geoffrey George ROUNCE* Officer Cadet 1451752 Royal Army Pay

Corps - 28 Overstrand WW2 19/05/1941 Buried in Overstrand churchyard

Bernard SHARPIN Seaman Steward

LT/JX 174542

Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M. Trawler ‘Marsona’ 30 Overstrand WW2 04/08/1940 Son of Jack and Selina Sharpin, of Cromer

Robert TARLING Sergeant 1810812 Royal Air Force VR 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. 19 Flight

Engineer Overstrand WW2 03/12/1943 Son of James Henry and Edith Alexandra Tarling, of Cromer

Donald Frank TYSON Driver T/119256 Royal Army Service Corps - 34 Overstrand WW2 17/05/1940

26/05/1940 Husband of Violet Myra Elizabeth Tyson, of Aylsham

Colin Thomas WATSON Leading Cook P/MX 54244 Royal Navy

H.M.S. Victory III (S.S. Empress of Canada)

25 Cook Overstrand WW2 13/03/1943 Son of Arthur William and Maud Watson, of Cromer

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Please note that the limestone memorial is too dirty and eroded in places to be readable

Gilbert George BECKETT Herbert Richard CLARKE at Cromer Felix Marmaduke KETTLE William LAKE

Cyril Isaac LEVINE at Norwich Myers Joseph LEVINE at Norwich Edward Henry Anthony NAYLOR William John PEGG

Robert Stephen ALLEN Francis Charles (Frank) CORK Ronald Ralph GOLDEN Geoffrey George ROUNCE