TILNEY St. Lawrence with Islington

WW1 - 21 + 1* WW2 - 9 + 1*

With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/

WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes Tilney St Arthur Edward ALLEN Private 21072 Border Regt. 1st Bn. - WW1 08/08/1916 - Lawrence Tilney St Ernest Walter BIRD Private G/41787 Royal Fusiliers 20th Bn. 23 WW1 16/04/1917 Son of Mr. W. H. Bird, of Terrington St. John Lawrence " D "Bty. 189th Tilney St Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blunt, of Marshland Smeeth. Benjamin BLUNT * Gunner 124405 Royal Field Artillery 29 WW1 09/01/1918 Bde. Lawrence Buried in Tilney St. Lawrence churchyard Tilney St Frederick William BRITTAIN Private 21332 Border Regt. 8th Bn. 41 WW1 21/03/1918 Born at Lowestoft 1876 Lawrence Tilney St Son of Edith Margaret Bunting, of Arms Yard, High St., Charles BUNTING Private 240348 Regt. 1st/5th Bn. - WW1 03/08/1917 Lawrence King's Lynn Tilney St Ernest Edward CONSTABLE Private 325011 Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/8th Bn. 21 WW1 05/04/1918 Son of Mrs. A. Constable, of Lawrence DSO & Tilney St Son of Watson and Mary Saddleton Failes (née Marsters) Gerald Watson FAILES Captain - Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. 24 WW1 15/04/1918 MC Lawrence (Born 22/02/1894) Memorial window in "B" Coy. 1st Tilney St Herbert GOTSELL Private 9055 Norfolk Regt. 20 WW1 31/01/1915 Son of James and Ellen Gotsell, of Fairgreen, Middleton Bn. Lawrence Royal Garrison 393rd Siege Tilney St Alfred James HANCOCK Gunner 140371 37 WW1 04/10/1917 Son of Alfred and Sarah Hancock, of Tilney St. Lawrence Artillery Bty. Lawrence Tilney St Frank LOADES Private 24129 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 24 WW1 19/07/1916 Husband of Kate Loades, of Cley-next-Sea, Lawrence “A” Coy.,2nd Tilney St George NELSON Private 58584 Cheshire Regt. 23 WW1 15/04/1918 Husband of Agnes Nelson, of Bn. Lawrence Tilney St Joseph OGLESBY Private 25928 Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn. - WW1 27/03/1918 Born in Terrington St. John’s Lawrence Machine Gun Corps Tilney St Augustus OLDROYD Private 1440343 24th Bn. - WW1 14/10/1918 Formerly (11905) Royal Sussex Regt. (Infantry) Lawrence Tilney St Husband of Kate Jane Payne, of Brickyard, Tilney St. Albert Edward PAYNE Gunner 237271 Royal Field Artillery 158th Bde. 42 WW1 28/03/1918 Lawrence Lawrence Tilney St William PAYNE Private 29254 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - WW1 21/03/1918 - Lawrence Son of James Wellington Ping and Charlotte Ping, of William Robert Lance Training Centre, Tilney St PING 140731 Royal Engineers 30 WW1 25/10/1917 Garden House, Tilney St. Lawrence. Wellington Corporal Newark Lawrence Buried in Tilney St. Lawrence churchyard Tilney St Thomas William POLL WW1 not found Born 1st half 1893, Lawrence Tilney St Arthur Frederick SWABY Private 28211 Hertfordshire Regt. 1st Bn. 23 WW1 18/09/1918 - Lawrence Tilney St Philip SWABY Sergeant 5374 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 33 WW1 07/12/1914 - Lawrence Tilney St Walter R. TAYLOR Private 20629 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. - WW1 13/08/1915 - Lawrence Military Tilney St Son of Alfred Daniel and Mary Anne E. Whetton, of Tilney Daniel Thomas WHETTON Sergeant 19072 Yorkshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 22 WW1 25/04/1918 Medal Lawrence St. Lawrence Tilney St Son of Alfred Daniel and Mary Anne E. Whetton, of Tilney John Charles WHETTON Corporal 43411 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. 23 WW1 22/10/1917 Lawrence St. Lawrence

WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes Royal Norfolk Tilney St Horace BUNTON Private 5774899 7th Bn. 21 WW 2 16/06/1940 - Regt. Lawrence William Able C/JX Tilney St Son of James and Harriet Elizabeth Elsegood, of ELSEGOOD Royal Navy S.S. ‘Marylyn’ 20 WW 2 30/10/1942 Thomas Seaman 314649 Lawrence Tilney All Saints Arthur Royal Norfolk Tilney St Son of Alfred Oldfield Gathergood and Eliza GATHERGOOD Private 5775011 7th Bn. 21 WW 2 12/05/1940 Reginald Regt. Lawrence Mable Gathergood, of Tilney St. Lawrence Royal Air Tilney St Son of Ernest John and Alice Goodley, of Tilney Philip Alan GOODLEY Sergeant 1253473 39 Sqdn. 21 WW 2 01/12/1941 Force VR Lawrence St. Lawrence Edward Royal Norfolk Tilney St Son of Edward Hugh and Sarah Elizabeth Grief; GRIEF Corporal 5768871 7th Bn. 35 WW 2 11/06/1940 James John Regt. Lawrence husband of Mabel Grief, of Tilney St. Lawrence Tilney St W. HATTON WW 2 not found Lawrence Arthur Tilney St HEYHOE Gunner 1074227 Royal Artillery 519 Coast Regt. - WW 2 20/11/1940 - William Lawrence Tilney St A.E.W. MASON WW 2 not found on outside memorial believed to be erroneous Lawrence Son of Charles William and Lucy Elizabeth Aubrey attd. 301 Field Regt. Tilney St MASON Gunner 14545305 Royal Artillery 36 WW 2 12/02/1944 Mason; husband of Jessie Mason, of Tilney St. Charles East African Artillery Lawrence Lawrence, on inside memorial Son of Frederick Thomas and Winifred Irene Able C/JX Tilney St John WARD Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Pembroke’ 19 WW 2 13/03/1943 Ward, of Terrington St. John (not named on Seaman 352143 Lawrence Terrington W. M.) 56 (4 Bn. The King's Own Son of Dudley Frederick and Adelaide West; Dudley Second Tilney St WEST* M.i.D. 72666 Royal Artillery Royal Regt. [Lancaster] ) Anti- 30 WW 2 26/05/1940 husband of Kathleen Margaret West, of Tilney St. Henry Philip Lieutenant Lawrence Tank Regt. Lawrence

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