TEN MILE BANK TL 5993 9758

WW1 - 22 WW2 - 7

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

WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes William Ten Mile ARMSBY Private 16984 Coldstream Guards 1st Bn. 23 WW1 16/10/1918 Son of Henry and Ann Maria Armsby, of Ten Mile Bank Henry Bank Ten Mile George BEDFORD WW1 Not found Births Mar 1880, Downham Bank The Loyal North Ten Mile Son of Samuel and Rebecca Cooper, of Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay, Alfred COOPER Private 34939 9th Bn. 29 WW1 03/09/1917 Lancashire Regt. Bank ; husband of Bertha Delina Cooper, of Fodder Fen, Manea George Ten Mile Son of John and Rebecca Chapman, of Modney Bridge, CHAPMAN Private 16637 Suffolk Regt. 11th Bn. 23 WW1 28/04/1917 Henry Bank Downham, Norfolk. Born at Black Horse Drove, George Ten Mile DAY Private 26443 East Surrey Regt. 12th Bn. - WW1 25/03/1918 Son of Walter and Rose Day, of Shippea Hill, William Bank Ten Mile George FINCHAM Private 17665 Suffolk Regt. 11th Bn. - WW1 01/07/1916 - Bank H.M.S. Ten Mile Edgar FREEMAN Gunner RMA/10425 Royal Marine Artillery 30 WW1 31/05/1916 Son of John and Elizabeth J. Freeman, of Ten Mile Bank 'Invincible' Bank George Ten Mile GATHERCOLE Private G/24421 Middlesex Regt. 17th Bn. - WW1 31/08/1916 - Mansfield Bank Ten Mile Born in Plastow, Essex. Husband of Emma Gathercole (remarried - Frank Walter GATHERCOLE Private 28508 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. 25 WW1 30/12/1916 Bank Bidwell) Ten Mile Jonathan GOOCH Private 16516 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 22 WW1 13/05/1915 Son of James and Eliza Gooch, of Bank Lance Ten Mile Alfred HALL 3/6508 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 25 WW1 13/03/1916 Son of Alfred Henry and Gertrude Hall, of Hiam's Farm, Hilgay Fen Corporal Bank Ten Mile Son of Alfred Henry and Gertrude Hall, of Hiam's Farm,Hilgay Fen; Bertie HALL Private 1702 Norfolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 22 WW1 12/08/1915 Bank husband of Violet L. Hall, of Ely Rd., Hilgay Ten Mile Joseph KIRBY Private 15881 Suffolk Regt. 11th Bn. - WW1 28/04/1917 - Bank "A" Coy, Ten Mile Joseph MISSIN Private 2173 Norfolk Regt. 22 WW1 12/08/1915 Son of James William and Jane Missin, of Ten Mile Bank 1st/5th Bn. Bank Herbert Ten Mile MISSIN Private G/64084 Royal Fusiliers 17th Bn. 20 WW1 23/08/1918 Son of James William and Jane Missin, of Ten Mile Bank Edward Bank George No. 3 Coy, 1st Ten Mile Son of Sabina and the late George Thomas Moore. of Ten Mile MOORE Private 16985 Coldstream Guards 22 WW1 31/07/1917 Thomas Bn. Bank Bank (remarried - Thurling) Ten Mile Son of William and Hannah Knightall, of Ten Mile Bank. Memorial Samuel NIGHTALL Private 22985 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 22 WW1 12/08/1916 Bank has as KNIGHTALL Machine Gun Corps Ten Mile Son of William and Rachel Payne, of Westfield House, Feltwell, William PAYNE Private 42374 - 25 WW1 20/09/1916 (Infantry) Bank Brandon, Suffolk. Native of Southery Lance Ten Mile Son of Robert Porter, of Hilgay, Norfolk; husband of Mary Elizabeth Harold PORTER 41235 Essex Regt. 2nd Bn. 37 WW1 09/08/1917 Corporal Bank Porter, of 34, South St., East Rd., Cambridge. Ten Mile Maurice STARLING Private 40403 Lancashire Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 20 WW1 23/08/1918 also named at Southery Bank "B" Coy, 8th Ten Mile Walter THULBORNE Private 3/7816 Norfolk Regt. 23 WW1 19/05/1917 Son of Ezra and Julia Lee Thulborn of Ten Mile Bank Bn. Bank Ten Mile Percy WALKER Private 18318 Norfolk Regt. 8th Bn. - WW1 22/10/1917 - Bank Ten Mile Son of James and Charlotte Watson, of 39, Custom House St., John Henry WATSON Private 20940 Essex Regt. 11th Bn. 21 WW1 14/10/1916 Bank Sutton Bridge. [Unconfirmed as the man on the memorial]

WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes Royal Norfolk Ten Mile Walter G. CORNWELL Lance Corporal 5770547 2nd Bn. 29 WW2 27/05/1940 Regt. Bank Son of Simon P. and Florence L. Handley (née Warrant Officer East Surrey Company Ten Mile James HANDLEY 5774465 1st Bn. 29 WW2 03/04/1944 Turner) husband of Joan Margaret Handley, of Class II Regt. Sergeant Major Bank Putney, . Royal Norfolk Ten Mile Reginald MORTON Private 5778235 6th Bn. 21 WW2 19/01/1942 Son of William and Ada Morton, of Hilgay Regt. Bank John Gordon 1st Bn. The Ten Mile ROSE Corporal 2890175 21 WW2 29/10/1943 Son of Clifford and Mary Rose, of Downham Market Stewart Highlanders London Scottish Bank Ronald Leading Ten Mile Son of George Henry and Georgina Stone, of Ten Mile STONE 545906 Royal Air Force 33 Sqdn. 21 WW2 21/05/1941 George Aircraftman Bank Bank Royal Norfolk Ten Mile Gus YARROW Private 5773300 5th Bn. 21 WW2 22/01/1942 - Regt. Bank Royal Sussex Ten Mile Frank YOUNGS Private 6399314 1st Bn. 22 WW2 28/01/1942 - Regt. Bank

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