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Number Commonwealth War Graves Date World War One Age and Service World War Two
Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fakenham War Memorial ALL images contained herein are © copyright of Adrian S. Pye and must be credited as such if used elsewhere. It is expressly forbidden to copy or reproduce images for commercial purposes. ATHERTON, EDGAR
Rank Saddler
Number 98097
Date 23/07/1915
Age 26
Service Royal Field Artillery, 5th Brigade. Ammunition Column. BARNES, BERT
Rank Private
Number G/51092
Date 13/06/1918
Age 27
Service Royal Fusiliers
Son of Miles and Minnie Barnes, of Queen's Rd., Fakenham, Norfolk. BARNES, PERCY
Rank Private
Number 52506
Date 01/06/1918
Age 19
Service Lancashire Fusiliers
Memorial only on his brother’s headstone. Son of Miles and Minnie Barnes, of Queen's Rd., Fakenham, Norfolk.
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial CHENEY, C S
Rank Gunner
Number 568
Date 19/01/1915
Age 19
Service Royal Horse Artillery
Son of Harry and Francis A. Cheney, of 6, St. Leonard's Square, Wallingford, Berks. DAWES, WILLIAM ERNEST
Rank Serjeant
Number 7235
Date 25/01/1918
Age 25
Service Royal Flying Corps, 9th Training Sqdn GREEN, SIDNEY ABLET
Rank Private
Number TR3/49401
Date 24/12/1916
Age 19
Service Training Reserve, 75th Battalion HAGON, SELONSO
Rank Stoker 1st Class
Number K/38866
Date 13/02/1919
Age 27
Service Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Bacchante’ O'ROURKE, MICHAEL JOSEPH
Rank Able Seaman
Number 188240(Dev.).
Date 07/11/1916
Age 38
Service Royal Navy, H.M.T.B. ‘4’. WALSH, THOMAS
Rank Private
Number 7772
Date 17/05/1915
Age 26
Service Connaught Rangers, 2nd Battalion In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid theRank guns below. Number We are the dead, short days ago We lived, felt dawn, sawDate sunset glow, Loved and were loved, Ageand now we lie In Flanders fields. Service Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Second World War BARNETT, HORACE EDWIN
Rank Aircraftman 2nd Class 1619853 Number 13/04/1944 Date 41 Age Royal Air Force Volunteer Service Reserve
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dewing Barnett, of Fakenham, husband of Gladys Ellen Barnett, of Fakenham BETTS, WALTER JOHN
Rank Private
Number S/98511
Date 31/03/1941
Age 22
Service Royal Army Service Corps
Son of Margaret & Ernest Betts
[Listed on CWGC as William John Betts] COATES, CHARLES HENRY
Rank Private
Number 13047600
Date 10/06/1945
Age 32
Service Pioneer Corps
Son of William and Agnes Eugenie Coates, of Fakenham; husband of N. P. Coates, of Norwich. COATES, CLIFFORD EDWARD
Rank Driver
Number T/10702061
Date 23/08/1942
Age 27
Service Royal Army Service Corps, 56 Div. Supply Coy.
Son of William and Agnes Eugenie Coates, husband of Lily M. Coates, of Fakenham. COLLINSON, LAURA MAY
Rank Private
Number W/89826
Date 29/04/1944
Age 19
Service Auxiliary Territorial Service
Daughter of Edward John and Jane May Evelyne Collinson, of Horningtoft. DODMAN, HERBERT WILLIAM
Rank Private
Number 5768435
Date 05/07/1944
Age 37
Service Corps of Military Police GLYNN, GLYN ROY
Rank Sub-Lieutenant
Number -
Date 26/01/1945
Age 20
Service Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. ‘Manners’
Son of Albert Edward and Cressie May Glynn, of Hempton, Norfolk. GLYNN, KENNETH ARTHUR
Rank Sergeant
Number 1174909
Date 07/02/1942
Age 20
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 258 Sqdn.
Memorial only on his brother’s headstone who also died on service (no known grave) Son of Albert Edward and Cressie May Glynn, of Hempton, Norfolk. GOODMAN, ERNEST CHRISTOPHER
Rank Warrant Officer
Number 1219647
Date 11/05/1946
Age 22
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve HUGGINS, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Number 11031
Date 19/11/1945
Age 51
Service New Zealand Infantry, attd. Gilbert and Ellice Defence Force New Zealand
Son of Francis Robert and Helen Huggins, of Hempton. Also served in the 1914-18 Wa r. LACEY, HENRY
Rank Sergeant
Number 348684
Date 09/11/1939
Age 40
Service Royal Air Force
Son of Fred Nicholson Lacey and Mary Louise Lacey; husband of Mary Elizabeth Lacey, of Fakenham.
[Headstone laid flat by council] O'GRADY, JOHN MONS
Rank Sergeant
Number 960478
Date 10/08/1941
Age 26
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 114 Squadron SOUTHWOOD, ANTHONY JAMES
Rank Sergeant
Number 920870
Date 14/10/1941
Age 21
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 114 Squadron UTTING, BERNARD THOMAS
Rank Flight Sergeant
Number 1333681
Date 31/03/1944
Age 22
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 9 Squadron
Son of Charles Albert and Lizzie Utting, of Hempton. WALSH, EDMOND ERNEST RAYMOND
Rank Sergeant
Number 581126
Date 04/09/1940
Age 26
Service Royal Air Force, 18 Squadron
Son of Dr. W. P. Walsh and Mrs. Walsh, of Clogheen, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic. WHITE, GEOFFREY JOHN
Rank Private
Number 5783639
Date 23/09/1944
Age 22
Service Royal Norfolk Regiment, 7th Battalion
Son of George and Alice Frances White, of Fakenham. WILSON, CRAWFORD CHRISTIE
Rank Sergeant
Number 1152547
Date 19/02/1942
Age 31
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 107 Squadron FINELLI, ELIO
Rank Caporale Maggiore (Corporal) Number
Date 09/04/1944
Age 38
Service Italian Army
Italian Gabriel Antoine Armand De Gramont
Rank Lieut Comte (Lieutenant) pilot Number -
Date 10th April 1943
Age 34
Service Free French Air Force
His plane crashed near RAF West Raynham.
His name is not included in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.