GAYWOOD TF 63424 20472 (clock tower) TF 63610 20402 (church) WW1 - 50 + 2 WW2 - 27 + 11* With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes

William AVIS Private 41345 Essex Regt. 11th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 31/08/1917 -

Emerson Edward BALLS Private 47866 Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 01/10/1918 -

David James Kendall BANHAM Private 60170 Manchester Regt. 1st/8th Bn. 19 Gaywood WW1 08/11/1918 Son of Mrs. M. J. Banham, of 84, Burnside Rd., Chadwell

Heath, Essex

Walter BANHAM Private 29879 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 16/02/1917 -

George BENEFER Lance Corporal 240886 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 34 Gaywood WW1 14/07/1918 Son of George Benefer; husband of Alice Maud Benefer, of 8, Stagg Row, Highgate, King's Lynn

William Charles BUNFIELD Sapper 229779 Royal Engineers - 38 Gaywood WW1 27/02/1917 Son of Charles and Martha Bunfield, of "Grassendale,"

Gaywood

Leslie Claude BURN Sergeant 240442 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 25 Gaywood WW1 19/04/1917 Son of John Claude and Lily Burn, of Cam Villa, Gaywood

Ernest Edgar CAUSTON Private 240960 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 22 Gaywood WW1 20/04/1917 Son of Mrs. Alice Causton, of 3, Garden Row, Highgate, King's Lynn

J. CLARKE Gaywood WW1 not found

Harry COBB Private 5993 Gloucestershire Regt. 2nd/6th Bn. 23 Gaywood WW1 30/07/1916 Son of Henry William and Kerenhappuck Cobb, of Gaywood

Gladys Helen COBB Worker 45491 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

attd.(Richborough) Royal Engineers 23 Gaywood WW1 12/02/1919 Daughter of Henry William and Kerenhappuch Cobb, of

Gaywood. Buried in Gaywood cemetery Reginald Herbert COOPER Lance Corporal 20372 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 24 Gaywood WW1 28/10/1917 -

Charles COZENS Military Medal Private 148230 Machine Gun Corps

(Infantry) 23rd Bn. 38 Gaywood WW1 15/06/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cozens, of Gaywood

George Franklin CREEK Private 79104 Royal Fusiliers 9th Bn. 18 Gaywood WW1 21/09/1918 Son of Mrs. Lizzie Creek, of 9, Wyatt St., King's Lynn

Arthur CRISP Private 29011 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Gaywood WW1 22/03/1918 -

George Herbert DAWSON Private 14889 Essex Regt. 10th Bn. 23 Gaywood WW1 08/08/1918 Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. A. Dawson, of 19, Archdale St.,

King's Lynn Sydney Herbert ENGLISH Private 240451 Norfolk Regt. “B” Coy., 1st/5th Bn. 25 Gaywood WW1 19/04/1917 Son of Richard Herbert and Agnes English, of Wootton

Rd., Gaywood

Herbert FAKE Private 20659 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. 22 Gaywood WW1 13/08/1915 Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Fake, of 19, Eastgate St., King's Lynn

Hewson Cornelius FENDLEY Private 12461 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 30/11/1917 -

Ernest Albert GAMBLE Private 65627 Royal Army Medical Corps

104th Field Ambulance - Gaywood WW1 17/06/1916 -

Walter Raynes GAMBLE Military

Cross Captain - Yorkshire Regt. 9th Bn. 26 Gaywood WW1 12/06/1917 Son of Alfred Ezra and Emily Elizabeth Gamble, of 16, Roseberry Avenue, Gaywood

John George GILES Air Mechanic 2nd Class 160893 Royal Air Force Aeroplane Supply

Depot 22 Gaywood WW1 17/03/1919 Son of Walter John and Hannah Giles, of King's Lynn

Sidney GUNNS Private 14741 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 03/07/1916 -

Robert William HALL Private 240850 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 19 Gaywood WW1 19/04/1917 Son of Mrs. Flora Rose, of Fern Cottage, Lake Rd., King's

Lynn Anthony William HAMSON Sapper 85508 Royal Engineers 422nd Field Coy. 27 Gaywood WW1 21/05/1918 Son of Joseph and Emily Hamson; husband of Dorothy M.

Hamson, of 37, Railway Rd., King's Lynn Frederick William HARRISON Private 40222 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 23 Gaywood WW1 21/10/1916 Son of Frederick Gathercole Harrison and Elizabeth

Harrison, of "Wollaston," Park Avenue, King's Lynn

Percy R. HENDRY Private 40674 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 27 Gaywood WW1 28/04/1917 Son of George and Mary Ann Hendry, of 1, Archdale St., King's Lynn

Jesse James HOLMAN Private 21551 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.) 1st Bn. 27 Gaywood WW1 27/09/1918 Son of James and Agnes Mary Holman, of "Avenue,"

Avenue Rd., King's Lynn

George HUMPHREY Private 22306 King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9th Bn. 29 Gaywood WW1 14/03/1916

Son of Mrs. Martha Humphrey, of 23, Cowden St., Bellingham, Catford, London. Buried in King’s Lynn cemetery

Abel LEGGETT Lance Corporal 14909 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 18/09/1918 -

Jack Noel LESTER Lance Corporal 65776 Royal Army Medical Corps

132nd Field Ambulance 20 Gaywood WW1 06/07/1917 Son of Robert and Frances Emma Lester, of 2, Kathleen

Rd., Lavender Hill, London James William MORTERS

Private 22417 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Gaywood WW1 24/02/1917 -

Robert Henry NEALE Private 33147 Essex Regt. 11th Bn. 35 Gaywood WW1 05/04/1917 Son of Alfred Martin Neale, of Gaywood, King's Lynn; husband of Edith Kate Neale, of 12, Garden Row, Highgate, King's Lynn

Horatio George NICHOLS Private 41691 Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st Bn. - Gaywood WW1 27/03/1918 -

Edward OVERLAND Corporal 40272 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 18/10/1916 -

Ernest Charles QUINSEE Private 40701 Norfolk Regt. “D” Coy., 7th Bn. 27 Gaywood WW1 20/07/1917 Son of Thomas Charles and the late Catherine Quinsee,

of 4, Silfield Terrace, Tennyson Avenue, King's Lynn

Arthur RAVEN Private 328141 Cambridgeshire Regt. 1st Bn. - Gaywood WW1 31/07/1917 -

Walter RAVEN Private 40241 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 21/03/1918 -

Thomas George ROSE Company

Sergeant Major 16311 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 12/10/1916 -

Bertie SETCHELL Private 29477 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 24 Gaywood WW1 05/10/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Setchell, of 3, Rosebery Avenue, Gaywood

Gregory SHIPP Lance Corporal 8338 Coldstream Guards - 26 Gaywood WW1 01/01/1915 Son of Mrs. E. Shipp, of Lynn Rd., Gaywood

Harry SPARROW Private 47847 Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/7th Bn. 21 Gaywood WW1 27/03/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow, of 10, Field Lane, Gaywood

Frederick James STEBBINGS Corporal 17854 Royal Flying Corps 2nd Aircraft Depot 27 Gaywood WW1 20/11/1917 Son of William Stebbings, of King's Lynn

Frank THORINGTON Private 44624 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st/4th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 26/10/1917 -

Albert Victor WARD Private G/11964 Royal Sussex Regt. 2nd Bn. - Gaywood WW1 18/09/1918 -

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Horace Sidney WATTS Private 70151 The Queen's (Royal

West Surrey Regt.) 6th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 07/09/1918 -

Walter WAUDBY Able Seaman SS/42 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Houge’ 31 Gaywood WW1 22/09/1914 Son of William and Harriet Waudby; husband of Lydia Maud Waudby of 4, Double Row, Highgate, King's Lynn

John Thomas WHISKER Private 2344 Lincolnshire Regt. 1st/4th Bn. - Gaywood WW1 13/10/1915 -

Henry Wilfrid WHITTLEY Corporal 43413 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Gaywood WW1 09/09/1916 Son of Henry William and Agnes Whittley, of Norwood, Gaywood

John Henry WITT Deck Hand 3473 SD Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler ‘Ruby’ 23 Gaywood WW1 17/10/1917 Son of Maria B. Witt, of 39, Front Row, Highgate, King's

Lynn

John William YOUNGS Lieutenant - South Staffordshire Regt. 3rd Bn.

attd. 151st Bn. Machine Gun Corps 21 Gaywood WW1 12/04/1918 Son of John H. and S. A. Youngs, of King's Lynn

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

Alexander ADDISON * Private 5779516 Royal Army Service Corps - 30 Gaywood WW2 27/03/1943

Son of Edward and Rosalind Elizabeth Addison, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; husband of Kathleen M. Addison, of Gaywood

Harold Edwin BARBER * Private 5779998 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 4th Bn. 27 Gaywood WW2 16/02/1942 Husband of Ellen Mary Barber, of Gaywood

Percival Blewitt BRAY Aircraftman

2nd Class 1249720 Royal Air Force VR

311 (Czech) Sqdn. East Wretham 37 Gaywood WW2 12/08/1941

Son of William Blewitt Bray and Eliza Bray, of Lutton Marsh; husband of Elsie May Bray, of Gaywood. Buried in Lutton cemetery, Lincs

R.A. BROWN Gaywood WW2 not found

Bertie Allan BULLMAN Squadron Leader 101773 Royal Air Force

VR - 33 Gaywood WW2 19/10/1945 Son of Bert and Mabel Winifred Bullman; husband of Winifred Madge Bullman, of King's Lynn

Frederick Robert BUNTING Seaman LT/JX

265179 Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M. Trawler ‘Manor’ 20 Gaywood WW2 09/07/1942 Son of Frederick Robert and Hilda Annie Bunting;

husband of Eleanor Doreen Bunting, of Gaywood Charles Michael CARTER * Able Seaman C/JX

172351 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Cleopatra’ 24 Gaywood WW2 11/02/1942 Son of Alfred and Ethel Maud Carter; husband of E. M. Carter, of Gaywood

Edward John (Jack) CHARMAN * Gunner 1461648 Royal Artillery

260 Bty., 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.

19 Gaywood WW2 01/06/1940 Son of Edward G. and Margaret C. Charman, of Gaywood, Norfolk; husband of Iris Irene Charman, of Potters Bar

Lionel Frederick COMER Sergeant 1395190 Royal Air Force

VR 166 Sqdn. Kirmington 20 Air Bomber Gaywood WW2 29/09/1943 Son of Frederick John and Mabel Doris Comer, of

King's Lynn

Andrew DONALDSON Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 409670 Royal Navy H.M.L.C.T. ‘494’ 19 Gaywood WW2 18/10/1944 Son of Alexander and Alice Maude Donaldson, of

King's Lynn George Victor ETCHELLS Able Seaman P/JX

257908 Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘President III’ 21 Gaywood WW2 27/05/1942 Son of George Kilner Etchells and Marjorie Etchells

George Frederick FARMER Stoker 1sr

Class D/KX 106586 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Jupiter’ 21 Gaywood WW2 27/02/1942 Son of Frances Farmer, of Gaywood

Walter FOUNTAIN * Able Seaman P/JX 322479 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Hannibal’ 21 Gaywood WW2 24/01/1944 Son of Walter and Elsie May Fountain, of Gaywood

Philip George FULLER Pilot Officer 113337 Royal Air Force

VR 120 Sqdn. 23 Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Gaywood WW2 18/02/1942 Son of Mabel Mary Fuller, of Gaywood. Buried in Gaywood churchyard

Rodney Stuart GIBSON Captain 87164 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 7th Bn. 26 Gaywood WW2 07/08/1944 Son of Clifford Stuart Gibson and Mabel Joan Gibson, of King's Lynn; husband of Helen Gibson

Theodore GOLDSMITH Leading Aircraftman 576580 Royal Air Force - 21 Gaywood WW2 29/10/1944 Son of Eric Waller Goldsmith and Lilian Goldsmith

[Unconfirmed as the man on the memorial]

Peter Thomas GUDGIN Lieutenant 109405 Royal Norfolk

Regt.

attd. 1st Bn. Gold Coast Regiment, RWAFF

22 Gaywood WW2 09/08/1941 Son of Sydney Henry and Marion Gudgin, of Thorpe, Norwich

Harold Ernest HARGRAVE* Second

Lieutenant 116981 Royal Engineers 671 General Construction Coy. 24 Gaywood WW2 29/05/1940 Son of James and Haydee Hargrave; husband of

Edith Elisabeth Hargrave, of Gaywood

William Horace HARDY Volunteer - Home Guard

3rd Kesteven (Grantham and Spittlegate) Bn.

28 Gaywood WW2 27/01/1941 Son of William and Rose Hardy, of South Wootton; husband of Edna May Hardy, of King's Lynn Buried in Gaywood churchyard

Charles John HAYNES Private 6103234

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1st/5th Bn. 27 Gaywood WW2 14/06/1944 Son of George and Dorothy Alice Haynes, of King's Lynn

George HOWE * Private 5778106 Royal Norfolk Regt. 6th Bn. 29 Gaywood WW2 25/06/1943 Son of Alfred and Gertrude Clara Howe; husband

of Pansy Howe, of Gaywood, King's Lynn

Allen HULL Leading Stoker

C/KX 90650 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Jaguar’ 26 Gaywood WW2 26/03/1942 Son of Edward Williams Hull and Mary Bessie Hull

A.E. KIRK Gaywood WW2 not found

Philip John MANSELL Sergeant 1867033 Royal Air Force VR 10 Sqdn. 20 Flight

Engineer Gaywood WW2 26/12/1944 Son of Rys and Kate Mansell, of Gaywood. Buried in Gaywood churchyard

Ernest Theodore MEDLOCK Private 5775564 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 5th Bn. 24 Gaywood WW2 16/12/1943 Son of Walter and Ethel Medlock, of King's Lynn

Frank Herbert MOORE* Private 5885108

Royal Warwickshire Regt.

12th Bn. 28 Gaywood WW2 30/03/1942 Son of Lucy Maud Moore, and stepson of William Henry Goldsmith, of Gaywood. Buried in King’s Lynn cemetery

Harry Thomas PETTS * Gunner 930950 Royal Artillery

154 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt.

24 Gaywood WW2 18/09/1940 Son of Frank and Mabel Petts, of King's Lynn; husband of Dorothy May Petts, of Gaywood. Buried in King’s Lynn cemetery

Ruth Martha L. PLAYER Subaltern 196277 Auxiliary

Territorial Service 47 Gaywood WW2 not found Wife of Harold Player. Relinquished her command on account of disability, 20th Sept.1945, aged 48. Death reg’d Dec qtr. 1945 in York age 47

Edward Arthur RASBERRY Lance

Corporal 5775556 Royal Norfolk Regt. 5th Bn. 25 Gaywood WW2 31/05/1943 Son of Arthur Edward and Florence Daisy

Rasberry, of King's Lynn Dudley Leicester RUTTER * Lieutenant 74455 Cambridgeshire

Regt. 2nd Bn. 33 Gaywood WW2 18/01/1942 Son of James A. P. and Helen Rutter, of Gaywood

Geoffrey Leonard SKIPPON Leading Cook

(S) D/MX 69037 Royal Navy H.M. Submarine ‘P.

311’ 23 Gaywood WW2 08/01/1943 Son of Albert Herbert and Alice Maud Skippon, of King's Lynn; husband of Mollie Noreen Skippon, of King's Lynn

Donald Jack SMITH Corporal 5773947 Royal Norfolk Regt. 6th Bn. 26 Gaywood WW2 08/08/1943 Son of Charles Leonard and Alice Maud Smith, of

King's Lynn George Arthur SNELLING Sergeant 1868102 Royal Air Force

VR 5 OTU, RCAF Boundary Bay 19 Gaywood WW2 09/01/1945 Son of George Albert Snelling, and of Marion

Elizabeth Snelling, of Gaywood

Henry Thomas STANFORD Gunner 1829785 Royal Artillery 286 Bty., 77 Lt. A.

A. Regt. 39 Gaywood WW2 20/11/1944 Son of Robert Mathew and Ann Stanford, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; husband of Patricia Lilian Stanford, of King's Lynn

Reginald Clement TURNER Private 5776975 Royal Norfolk

Regt. 5th Bn. 26 Gaywood WW2 15/02/1942 Son of Abraham and Jemima Turner, of Gaywood

Norman WALTERS Sergeant 1804807 Royal Air Force VR

40 Sqdn. Alconbury 20 Pilot Gaywood WW2 11/07/1944 Son of Harold and Hilda Walters, of King's Lynn

Thomas Albert WATTS Corporal 1099956 Royal Air Force

VR - 30 Gaywood WW2 05/09/1942 Son of Thomas Egbert and Dorothy Elizabeth Watts; husband of Lucy Mary Watts, of King's Lynn. Buried in King’s Lynn cemetery

Jack Ewson WILSON * Gunner 912993 Royal Artillery 118 Field Regt. 23 Gaywood WW2 14/09/1943 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Wilson, of Gaywood

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Church memorials Clock tower memorial

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Gladys Helen COBB George HUMPHREY in King’s Lynn cemetery

Percival Blewitt BRAY at Lutton, Lincs Philip George FULLER William Horace HARDY

Philip John MANSELL Frank Herbert MOORE in King’s Lynn cemetery Harry Thomas PETTS in King’s Lynn cemetery Thomas Albert WATTS