Blakeney
WW1 Casualties

Pamela Peake

2020

Introduction

Abbreviations

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Casualty List

Of the 39 Casualties listed here, 31 are commemorated on the War Memorial in New Road, Blakeney. Click on ‘Read more…‘ to reveal relevant biographies and, in some instances, photographs.

ADCOCK, Edward Abel

Private 235978, 2^nd/8^th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 21^st March 1918, aged 27

ALLEN, Percy Henry

Private 20740, 103^rd Reg., 10^th Bn, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force
Died 22^nd May 1915, aged 29

ASH, Basil Claudius

Lieut. 2^nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Reg.
Died 20^th Sept 1914, aged 28

BALDING, Robert

Able Seaman 190103, (RFR/CH/B/6413) HMS Aboukir, Royal Navy
Died 22^nd September 1914, aged 34

BILHAM, William Charles

Lance Corp. 13819, 11^th Bn, Suffolk Reg.
Died 28^th April 1917, aged 21
Not on Blakeney Memorials

BOND, Willie David B.

Known as William Bond
Corporal 10644 2^nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Reg.
Died 20^th October 1914, aged 25
Not on Blakeney Memorials

BULLEN, Charles Henry

Private G/71256 2^nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Reg.
Died 13^th April 1918, aged 39
Not on Blakeney Memorials

BULLEN, Vincent Keeble

Chief Stoker 277882 HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy
Died 9^th July 1917, aged 44

CLAXTON, Frederick Charles

Known as Charles Claxton
Leading Seaman 2090D, HM Yacht Zaida, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 17^th August 1916, aged 43

COOKE, Christopher Arthur Gresham

Midshipman HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy
Died 9^th July 1917, aged 18

COOPER, Reginald Charles

Private 14156, 1^st Bn, Norfolk Reg.
Died 5^th July 1916, aged 20

DANIEL, Giles Harry

Known as Harry Daniel
Private 42857, 22^nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry
Died 14^th November 1916, aged 35

DANIEL, Reginald Maurice

Sergeant 270013, Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry
Died 23^rd March 1918, aged 32
Not on Blakeney Memorials

DIGMAN, Henry

2^nd Engineer SS Elterwater, Merchant Navy
Died 16^th December 1914, aged 29
Not on Blakeney Memorials

HAINES, Clarence Emerson

Private 13251, 1^st Bn, Norfolk Reg.
Died 27^th July 1916, aged 25

HAINES, George Henry

Sergeant 200874, 1^st/4^th Bn, Norfolk Reg.
Died 19^th April 1917, aged 24
Not on Blakeney Memorials

HUDSON, George Peter

Gunner 116211, 301^st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12^th September 1918, aged 33

KING, George Alfred

W.O., Gunner 211926, HMS Crusader, Royal Navy
Died 21^st January 1917, aged 31

KING, William Edward

W.O., Gunner HMS Bulwark, Royal Navy
Died 26^th November 1914, aged 38

LANE, Thomas Robert Du Verge

Private 49852, 1^st/17^th Bn, King’s (Liverpool Reg.)
Died 20^th September 1917, aged 31

LONG, James Herbert

Private 161321, Eastern Command, Labour Centre (E.C.L.C.)
Died 4^th November 1918, aged 31

LONG, James Herbert

Known as Herbert J. Long
Private 1688, 1^st/5^th Bn, Norfolk Reg.
Died 28^th August 1915, aged 21

LONG MM, John

Known as Jack Long
Private 9377 2^nd Bn, Coldstream Guards
Died 30^th November 1917, aged 25

MITCHELL, Clement Barber

Corporal 14000, 8^th Bn, Norfolk Reg.
Died 11^th August 1917, aged 20

MOORE, James Lewis

Private 20771, 1^st Bn, Essex Reg.
Died 2^nd January 1916, aged 18

MOORE, John Edward

Known as Jack Moore
Gunner 68729, 17^th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
Died 29^th Oct 1914, aged 23

NEWLAND, John

Known as Jack Newland
Private 28162, 8^th Bn, East Yorkshire Reg.
Died 3^rd May 1917, aged 19

NICHOLLS, Charles

Deck Hand 8659DA (Ch) HM Trawler St. John’s, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 3^rd June 1918, aged 26

PALMER, Thomas Herbert

Private 50387, 11^th Bn, Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Reg.
Died 10^th August 1917, aged 30

PYKE, Frederick Walter

Rifleman 574924 1^st/17^th Bn, London Reg.
Died 23^rd December 1917, aged 25

PYKE, William Samuel

Private 42161, 9^th Bn, Essex Reg.
Died 19^th September 1918, aged 19

ROE, Cyril Charles Gordon

Lieut. 1^st Royal Marine Bn, (1/RMLI)
Died 28^th April 1917, aged 21

SEALES, William Edward

Private 6/5566, 1^st/6^th Bn, Durham Light Infantry
Died 23^rd November 1916, aged 19

SIMPSON, Job

Sapper 43990 98^th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
Died 28^th May 1918, aged 23
Not on Blakeney Memorials

SMITH, James William

RTS 10702 Shoeing Smith, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 6^th January 1920, aged 29

STARLING, Ernest Hubert

Corporal 392092, 2^nd/9^th Bn, London Reg. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
Died 27^th September 1917, aged 22

STEVENS, Joseph

Trooper 2354, Household Bn
Died 12^th October 1917, aged 35
Not on Blakeney Memorials

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Blakeney WW1 Casualties

Introduction

Abbreviations

Casualty List