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In Memory of the men of
Herringswell who gave their lives in the First World War.
Information
from Herringswell War Memorial, Herringswell church and the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission
Live
thou for England. We for England died
(Herringswell
War Memorial)
In Memory of
HARRY JOHN ADDISON
Private
13049
2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Sunday, 11th March 1917. Age 26.
Herringswell church plaque
states Harry Addison died in 1915 in Flanders “amongst the first to
volunteer, the first to fall”
Additional Information:
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Son of John and Elizabeth Addison, of Hall Farm
Lodge, Herringswell, Mildenhall, Suffolk.
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Commemorative Information
Memorial:
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YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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Panel 21
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Location:
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Ypres (now Ieper) is
a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at
the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and
bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence
of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
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Historical Information:
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A description of the Memorial and an account of
the military operations in the Ypres Salient is contained in a
separate Introductory part to the Registers.
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In Memory of
CHARLES SCOTT
Lance Corporal
(Herringswell
war memorial inscription as Private)
14458
1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Saturday, 8th May 1915. Age 22.
Additional Information:
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Son of the late Thomas and Martha Ann Scott, of
Tuddenham St. Mary, Suffolk.
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Commemorative Information
Memorial:
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YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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Panel 21
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Location:
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Ypres (now Ieper) is
a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at
the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and
bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence
of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
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Historical Information:
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A description of the Memorial and an account of
the military operations in the Ypres Salient is contained in a
separate Introductory part to the Registers.
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A
HUNT
(Believed
to be Alfred Hunt of Herringswell)
Private
16944
2nd Bm, Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Thursday, 30th September 1915.
Commemorative
Information
Cemetery:
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PERTH CEMETERY
(CHINA WALL), ZILLEBEKE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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Grave
Reference/
Panel Number:
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II. B. 7.
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Location:
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Perth
Cemetery (China Wall) is located 3 km east of Ieper town centre, on
the Maaldestedestraat, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8),
connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is
located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat
ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
1.7 km along the Meenseweg at a major roundabout lies the right hand
turning onto the Maaldestedestraat. The cemetery itself is located 1
km along the Maaldestedestraat on the left hand side of the road.
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Historical
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The road to
Ypres (now Ieper) goes at first almost due North, past "Gordon
House", to "Hellfire Corner", where it crosses the
Ypres-Roulers railway line. Near Gordon House this road was crossed by
the communication trench known (in full) as the Great Wall of China,
which ran East-South-East from the railway line to "Halfway
House". Perth Cemetery was begun by French troops in November
1914, and adopted by the 2nd Scottish Rifles in June 1917; it was
called Perth (for an unknown reason), China Wall, or Halfway House
Cemetery. It was used as a front-line cemetery until October 1917,
when it occupied about half of the present Plot I and contained 130
graves; and it was not used again until after the Armistice, when
graves were brought in from the battlefields of 1914-1918 around Ypres
and from certain smaller cemeteries. The French Plot was then
enlarged; but the 158 French graves have now been removed to another
cemetery. There are now over 2,500, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly half are unidentified and
special memorials are erected to 26 soldiers from the United Kingdom
and one from Canada, known or believed to be buried among them. Other
special memorials bear the names of 91 soldiers from the United
Kingdom, 13 from Australia, three from Canada, and one from New
Zealand, buried in the cemeteries concentrated here, whose graves
could not be found. Five graves in Plot XV, Row B, and Plot XVI, Row
A, are identified as a group but not individually, and are marked by
headstones bearing the words: "Buried near this spot". The
cemetery covers an area of 8,073 square metres and is enclosed by a
low brick wall. The following were the more important burial grounds
from which British graves were brought to Perth Cemetery: BECELAERE
GERMAN CEMETERY No.1 (246th RESERVE INFANTRY REGIMENT), close to
Becelaere Church, containing about 500 German and two British burials.
BELGIAN CHATEAU CEMETERY, VLAMERTINGHE, in the grounds of a chateau 2
kilometres South-West of Ypres. It contained the graves of 12 soldiers
from the United Kingdom, 11 from Canada, and one French soldier,
dating from 1914 to 1917. BROODSEINDE GERMAN CEMETERIES, ZONNEBEKE.
These contained the graves of 27 British soldiers, who fell mainly in
1914. Broodseinde gave its name to the Battle of the 4th October 1917;
and the Memorial of the 7th Division, which fought here in 1914 and
1917, is a little South of the hamlet on the road to Becelaere. The
present Broodseinde German Cemetery contains over 5,000 graves
gathered from the battlefields. DURHAM CEMETERY, ZILLEBEKE, at the
North end of the village, used in December 1915-March 1916. It
contained the graves of 52 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 39 of
whom belonged to Territorial battalions of the Durham Light Infantry.
GARTER POINT CEMETERY, ZONNEBEKE, on the road from Zonnebeke to
Westhoek, used in September 1917-April 1918, and containing the graves
of 19 soldiers from Australia, eight from the United Kingdom, one from
New Zealand, three of unknown units, and one German. GORDON HOUSE
CEMETERY NO. 2., ZILLEBEKE, at Gordon House, containing the graves of
30 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1915 and 1917. HANS
KIRCHNER GERMAN CEMETERY, POELCAPELLE, 1.6 kilometres South-East of
Poelcapelle village, containing the graves of four soldiers from the
United Kingdom who fell in October 1914. HOUTHULST GERMAN CEMETERY, at
the East end of the village, containing the graves of about 1,000
German soldiers and one R.F.C. Officer. KEERSELAERE WEST GERMAN
CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, a little West of the Zonnebeke-Langemarck road,
containing the graves of 29 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell
mainly in October 1914. KEERSELAERHOEK GERMAN CEMETERY, PASSCHENDAELE,
about 180 metres North-East of Tyne Cot Cemetery. It contained the
graves of twelve soldiers from the United Kingdom and two from Canada
who fell in 1914 and 1915. LANGEMARCK GERMAN CEMETERY No. 7, 1.6
kilometres North-West of the village, containing the graves of four
soldiers from the United Kingdom. It was called also by the name of
TOTENWALDCHEN. LANGEMARCK GERMAN CEMETERY No. 8, just beyond the
railway on the road to Houthulst, containing the graves of 27 soldiers
from the United Kingdom who fell in October 1914. L'EBBE FARM
CEMETERY, POPERINGHE, about 1.6 kilometres North-West of the town,
containing the graves of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell
in 1915 and 1918. MANNEKEN FARM GERMAN CEMETERY No. 3, ZARREN, in the
South-East part of Houthulst Forest. It contained the graves of about
700 Germans and those of 13 British soldiers who fell in 1917.
NACHTIGALL (or ROSSIGNOL, or VIEUX-CHIEN) GERMAN CEMETERY, GHELUVELT,
800 metres North of the Rossignol Cabaret on the Menin Road, and near
the hamlet of Vieux-Chien. It contained the graves of 1,130 German
soldiers and those of 69 from the United Kingdom, most of whom fell in
September-October 1915. POELCAPELLE GERMAN CEMETERY No. 2, about 1.6
kilometres South-East of the village, containing the graves of 96
soldiers from the United Kingdom and Canada who fell in 1914 and 1915.
POELCAPELLE GERMAN CEMETERY No. 3, 800 metres South of the village,
containing the graves of 23 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 19
from Canada who fell in 1914 and 1915. RATION DUMP BURIAL GROUND,
ZILLEBEKE, on the road a little South of Gordon House. It contained
the graves of 28 soldiers from the United Kingdom (mainly London
Scottish and Liverpool Scottish) and one from Canada. REUTEL GERMAN
CEMETERY, BECELAERE, on the North side of the Reutel-Zwaanhoek road.
It contained a very large number of German graves and those of 125
soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, two Canadian soldiers and
one from New Zealand, who fell in 1914-1917. ST. JOSEPH GERMAN
CEMETERY, HOOGHLEDE, on the North side of the hamlet of Geite or St.
Joseph, containing the graves of four airmen from the United Kingdom
who fell in 1918. ST. JULIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, containing
the graves of six soldiers of the 14th Canadian Battalion who fell in
April 1915. ST. JULIEN EAST GERMAN CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, on the
Langemarck-Zonnebeke road, containing the graves of 65 soldiers from
the United Kingdom and 31 from Canada who fell in October 1914 and
April 1915. SCHREIBOOM GERMAN CEMETERY, 800 metres East of LANGEMARCK
village, containing the graves of 34 soldiers from the United Kingdom
who fell in October 1914. TRANSPORT FARM ANNEXE, ZILLEBEKE, 180 metres
South of the South-West corner of Zillebeke Lake, and a little East of
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm). It contained the
graves of 27 soldiers from the United Kingdom (16 of whom belonged to
the 1st Dorsets) who fell in November 1914-June 1915. TRENCH RAILWAY
CEMETERY, ZILLEBEKE, on the West side of the hamlet of Verbrandenmolen,
containing the graves of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell
in 1915 and 1916. TREURNIET GERMAN CEMETERY, POELCAPELLE, on the road
from Poelcapelle village to the railway station, containing the grave
of one Canadian soldier. WALLEMOLEN GERMAN CEMETERY, PASSCHENDAELE,
180 metres South of the hamlet of Wallemolen, containing the graves of
20 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 15 from Canada who fell in
1915. WEIDENDREFT GERMAN CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, at Weidendreft farm,
used by the Germans from October 1914 to August 1915, and containing
the graves of 98 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the
Battles of Ypres, 1914. WESTROOSEBEKE GERMAN CEMETERY No. 2, 366
metres North-East of the village on the road to Hooghlede, containing
the grave of one R.A.F. Officer who fell in August 1918.
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In Memory of
ORLANDO MURTON
Private
14740
8th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Tuesday, 18th July 1916. Age 25.
Additional Information:
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Son of Orlando and Maria Murton, of Church Farm,
Herringswell, Ely, Cambs. Enlisted Aug.,
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Commemorative Information
Memorial:
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THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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1914.
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Location:
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The Thiepval Memorial
will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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In Memory of
PERCY ALFRED SPARKES
Private
13167
2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Thursday, 20th July 1916. Age 21.
Additional Information:
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Son of Richard and Jessie Sparkes, of Cavenham,
Ely, Cambs.
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Commemorative Information
Memorial:
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THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A
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Location:
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The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73,
off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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In Memory of
Leslie Balance
Captain
Kings Royal Rifles
who died at the Somme on
27th September 1916.
Church plaque states:
Whilst performing a dangerous
duty for which he had volunteered.
Buried at Flers.
(Unregistered with the war
graves commission.)
In Memory of
HENRY NUNN
Private
29053
1st Bn., Royal Fusiliers
who died on
Saturday, 31st March 1917. Age 38.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Nunn, of
Herringswell, Suffolk; husband of Mary Eveline Jane Nunn, of Crown
House, Highclere, Newbury, Berks.
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Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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XXII. D. 11A.
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Location:
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Etaples is a town
about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the
north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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Historical Information:
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During the 1914-18 war, the neighbourhood of the
Cemetery became the scene of immense concentrations of British
reinforcement camps and of British hospitals. It was remote from
attack, except from aircraft, and it was accessible by railway from
either the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000
troops were camped among the sand dunes, and the hospitals (which
included eleven General, one Stationary and four Red Cross Hospitals
and a Convalescent Depot) could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In
September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and
the Q.M.A.A.C. Convalescent Depot remained. The earliest burial in the
Cemetery dates from May 1915. There are now nearly 11,000, 1914-18 war
casualties commemorated in this site and over 100 from the 1939-45
War. The cemetery covers an area of 59,049 square metres. The graves
lie below three terraces, the midmost of which carries the War Stone
and two pylons, and the highest is dominated by the Cross.
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In Memory of
Edwin FROST
Private
23442
11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Friday, 19th April 1918. Age 27.
Additional Information:
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Son of Mrs. M. Frost, of Herringswell, Mildenhall,
Suffolk.
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Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
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MONT NOIR MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. JANS-CAPPEL,
Nord, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
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I. E. 4.
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Location:
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St. Jans-Cappel is a
village 3 kilometres north of Baillieul. Leave St. Jans-Cappel on the
D223 heading north. Mont-Noir Military Cemetery is on the southern
slope of the hill to the left of the D223. It is reached by a 100
metre track which is unsuitable for private cars.
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Historical Information:
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The hill was captured by the Cavalry Corps on the
13th October, 1914, and held throughout the Battles of the Lys, 1918.
On the North side of the Berthen-Westoutre road, is the Battle
Memorial of the 34th Division, marking the final position of
Divisional Headquarters in the Battles of the Lys. The Cemetery was
made in April-September, 1918, and at the Armistice it contained 91
British graves and 33 French (all of the 26th Dragoons or the 88th
Infantry Regiment). It was then enlarged by the concentration of
British and French graves (including one of November, 1914) from the
battlefields immediately South of it. There are now over 100, 1914-18
and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this
site. Of these, 15 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified. The cemetery
covers an area of 1,315 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble
wall. WOLFHOEK BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. JANS-CAPPEL, from which the
graves of 23 United Kingdom soldiers were transferred to Mont-Noir
Military Cemetery, was by the roadside, nearly 200 metres South-West
of the hamlet of Wolfhoek. It was made in August-September, 1918,
mainly by the 36th (Ulster) Division.
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In Memory of
Gunner Arundel e o Goodwin
Who returned to Herringswell and
died from his wounds in 1921.
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