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Hello to you all,Frank Shaw of East Dereham Norfolk is in the process of constructing a website to the memory of the 14/18 war,at this moment he has come to a halt for lack of information on the following men which are listed,if anybody has any information however small your help would be much appreciated,he is working from two basic sources to start,these being the cenotaph and contempory church/paper list.He has given all available ID that he has to each man.If you can help, Frank can be contacted on his email which is on the site link at the end of this post,many thanks Tim.

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ALLEN R , Pte Robert BURGESS EH, Ed H ( We have a E Burgess but the book also lists a EH Burgess as well) EDWARDS EJ, Sgt Ed FIRMAN A , Pte Aubrey GRANGER A , Archie GRAY VS , Pte Victor Sidney GREEVES C, Pte G (C on the Cenotaph, G in the book) HAZELTON C, Pte (C on the Cenotaph, G in the book) PALMER B , Cpl PARSONS PE, Gnr Percy PIGOTT EW, Gnr Edward W STIMPSON R , L/Cpl Robert SYMONDS GH, Geo. Henry WHITESIDE E, Ernest

WILLIAMSON SD, Pte Stanley D

http://www.dereham-rollofhonour.org.uk/index.html

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Tim,

Is this one of yours?

Regiment, Corps etc.: Norfolk Regiment

Battalion etc.: 8th Battalion.

Last name: Allen

First name(s): Reginald

Initials: R

Birthplace: Syderstone, Norfolk

Enlisted: Norwich, Norfolk

Residence

Rank: PRIVATE

Number: 23656

Date died: 01 November 1916

How died: Died of wounds

Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Supplementary Notes: M.M.

I dont understand how you have marked the rest ie Sgt Ed FIRMAN A - what is the A for ? proberly me being dim.

Grant

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Grant

It looks like they're listed SURNAME INITIALS, Rank Forename so....

EDWARDS EJ, Sgt Ed followed by FIRMAN A , Pte Aubrey and so on...

Regards

Steve

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Steve,

Right I can see it now, the commas threw me :-(

Tim,

Sorry should have spent more time studying, before posting

Grant

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Grant

It looks like they're listed SURNAME INITIALS, Rank Forename so....

EDWARDS EJ, Sgt Ed followed by FIRMAN A , Pte Aubrey and so on...

Regards

Steve

Hi,Grant,Steve is correct , it is how the post put the list out.Allen certainly looks good as Syderstone is a village near East Dereham,will look in detail,many thanks for your fast response,many thanks Tim.

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There is a Stanley Williamson born in Old Buckenham Norfolk

Private 5585 1/6th Royal Warwicks enlisted Birmingham lived at Ward End Birmingham killed in action 12.11.16

Don't know if that village is also nearby??

Regards John

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There is a Stanley Williamson born in Old Buckenham Norfolk

Private 5585 1/6th Royal Warwicks enlisted Birmingham lived at Ward End Birmingham killed in action 12.11.16

Don't know if that village is also nearby??

Regards John

J ohn,Old Buckenham is not far from East Dereham and is most certainly worth following up,great stuff and many thanks Tim.

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