Author: Chris Shaw
Around 200 people, including some ladies, were directly involved with the war effort and we have identified more casualties than are remembered on the Southrepps War Memorial at St. James’ Church.
The list of names below includes any individuals with a connection to Southrepps so it includes those born in the village, those living in the village during the war or those having a family connection.
We also wanted to record the lives of those who returned but that was more difficult. This is mainly due to about 60% of the Great War soldiers’ service records being lost in the Arnside Street fire of September 1940 during the London Blitz.
The surviving records from the fire are known as the ‘burnt’ records due to their charred appearance but fortunately they are supplemented by records from the Ministry of Pensions. The loss of these vital records means that it is not possible to identify every soldier from Southrepps who enlisted or returned from the Great War. If a soldier returned unscathed then it is quite difficult to find their service history from the remaining records.
So where has the information come from? Ancestry.com has been a great source for our research – Census, military records including enlistment, medal cards, baptisms, marriages, burials, electoral rolls, war diaries etc. The Norfolk Regimental Museum has also provided assistance.
Recruitment Poster (Imperial War Museum) Click on the names below to read about them. Names in bold were war casualties. Names in italics were ladies of the Red Cross VAD’s.
To see which regiments and units they served in, click here .
To read about the Great War medals and awards, click here .
The Names
A Aldrich, Herbert (aka Shaw) Harvey, Harold Charles B Harvey, John Henry Baker, Bertie Harvey, Reginald Thomas Baker, Charles Henry Hewitt, Albert Henry Baker, Edward George Hewitt, Charles Baker, Ephraim Hewitt, Charles Baker, Ernest George Hewitt, Donald Thomas Baker, Ernest William Hewitt, Ellen May Baker, George Hewitt, George Isaac Baker, Henry Oliver Hewitt, Gerard George Baker, John William Hewitt, Glynn Reginald Bane, Ernest Hewitt, Herbert John Bane, Ernest William Hewitt, John Henry Bane, George Edward A Hewitt, John Henry Bane, Herbert William Hewitt, John Herbert Bane, James Thomas (aka Bean) Hewitt, Reginald Hedley Bane, John Walter Hewitt, Robert Charles Bane, Robert Charles Hewitt, Sidney Richard Bane, Robert Henry Hewitt, Walter James Bane, Thomas Gilbert Hewitt, Wilfred Henry Banyard, Alfred William Hewitt, William Bartram, William James Hewitt, William John Bell, Ernest Albert Hurn, Albert Bell, Stanley Hurn, George Henry Bird, Harold William J Bird, Thomas Edward Jordan, Stanley Arthur Bloom, Edward K Bloom, Walter Kimm, Albert Harold Bloom, Walter David Kimm, Ernest Edward Briggs, Herbert Ernest Knights, Frederick William Bullimore, Charles George L Bullimore, George Larke, Albert Bunting, John Larke, Bertie Burrell, Archibald James Larke, Charles Burrell, James Swann Lawrence, Charles Edward Burrell, Robert William Lawrence, Charles Frederick Burton, Edward Thomas Learner, Muriel Burton, Harry Edward (aka Burton-Pye) Lubbock, Ernest Oscar William Burton, John Lubbock, George Albert Burton, William Henry (aka Burton-Pye) Lubbock, Louis William Burton-Pye, Ernest Robert Lubbock, Owen Albert Victor Burton-Pye, Ethel Elizabeth M Burton-Pye, John Thomas Mayes, Herbert George Burton-Pye, Richard James Mills, Charles William Burton-Pye, Samuel Walter Mills, Ernest Arthur Burton-Pye, Thomas Daniel Mayes Moy, George Ernest William Dix C Moy, William Edward Claxton, Beatrice Lottie N Claxton, Charles Neave, Charles William Claxton, James Nichols, Robert Claxton, Robert William P Cole, Daniel William (aka Claxton) Pearson, William Colman, Reginald Frederick Pike, Edward James Craske, Edward John Pitcher, Herbert D Pitcher, James Dix, Charles Cyril Moy Porritt, Gordon Love Dix, James Albert Moy R Dix, Reuben Thomas Regis, Lynn Dix, Robert George Reynolds, George William Drury, Bernard William Reynolds, Stanley William Drury, Ernest Richard Risebrow, John Henry Drury, Reginald Chapman Rogers, Matthew Bayfield Drury, Sydney Charles Rogers, Sharman Dunning, Edward Rogers, William Durrant, Henry Rogers, William George E Royall, Charles Godfrey Earle, Edmund S Empson, Gilbert Albert Saunders, Frederick Empson, Horace Walter Saunders, James William F Saunders, William James Farrow, Cecil John Secker, William Fox, Harry Norton Self, John Elliot Fox, Leonard Charles Shepheard, Leon William Frary, Herbert Thomas Skipper, Frank G Skipper, Reginald Robert Glasswell, Thomas Henry Smith, Ernest Charles Glister, George Smith, Roland Chapman Gotts, Archie John Smith, William James Gotts, Bertie Ernest Spurgeon, Jack Gerald Gotts, Cyril Stone, James Robert Gotts, Matthew Storey, James John Gotts, Robert Charles Storey, William Edward Gotts, Samuel Herbert T Gotts, William Edward Temple, Walter William Gray, Albert Edward Thurston, Herbert James Gray, Charles William Thurston, Walter Gray, Cyril George Turner, Henry Gray, Ernest Charles Tuthill, Arthur Henry Gray, Fred Tyler, Jessie Gray, George William Tyler, William Gray, Herbert William W Gray, Theophilus Woodbine Wadge, Frank Gray, Thomas Walpole, Ernest Edwin Gray, William Henry Ward, Frederick Jubilee Grout, James Richard Ward, Henry James Gotts H Ward, Sydney Thomas Harris, Charles Alfred Wells, Samuel Horatio Harvey, Basil John Whitwood, Benjamin Harvey, Francis Joseph Whitwood, Edward Harvey, George Victor Woodhouse, George
In addition to the above Names we have a further list of possible participants as follows:-
Baker, Albert Harry born 1891 in Southrepps, the son of Henry and Matilda Baker and brother of Edward George Baker.
Bane, John , Private 393407 in the 460th Agricultural Company (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Bane, William Edward born 1897, son of William and Judith Bane, brother of Robert Charles.
Codling, George Walter , Leading Seaman 29224, RN, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Craske, Frederick Robert , born 1899, Private 31571 Border Regiment.
Edwards, Robert Frederick , born 1886 Norton Subcourse, a Police Constable, Private 27468 Coldstream Guards (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Gotts, John senior , Driver 264057 Royal Horse Artillery, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Gotts, John junior , Sergeant 612543 Royal Horse Artillery, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Gray, Robert , born 1877, Gunner 101502 Royal Garrison Artillery, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Holmes, Arthur Ernest , Private 8261 2nd Norfolk Regiment.
Luck, George Bernard , Private 151126 Machine Gun Corps.
Moy, Donald Frank , Sapper 246072 Royal Engineers, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Reynolds, William , born about 1899, Private 67849 Machine Gun Corps, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Ward, Robert , Private M/332118 Army Service Corps, (listed in 1918 Absent Voters).
Woodhouse, Albert E , Private 18330 Norfolk Regiment.
If you have any information on these people please can you contact us via this website .
