A List of Remembrance - We Will Remember Them
Below is a list of those who died in the Great War of 1914-1918 from the Parish of Eaton. The list has been compiled by the Reverend Colin Way from names on the Eaton War Memorial in Newmarket Road and the Eaton Roll of Honour, together with one or two added later by relatives.
Please Email further information, amendments and corrections.
Names in italics denote brothers who have died.
Photographs: where photographs are available from Picture Norfolk a link is given which will open in a new window. Please abide by the copyright restrictions.
You may also be interested in a booklet of articles by Roger Humber about the War and Eaton. The booklet will either open in a new window or download onto your computer, depending on your browser.
A list of those who died in the Second World War may be found here.
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| Surname | Christian name | Died | Where died | Service/ Regiment | Age | Rank | Grave | Notes | ||
| Day | Month | Year | ||||||||
| A | To Top | |||||||||
| Ainsworth | John Edward | 23 | 4 | 1917 | Vimy Ridge | Norfolk | 24 | Private | Vimy | Awarded Military Medal |
| Alexander | John William Ewart | 14 | 4 | 1916 | England | Norfolk | 20 | 2nd Lt | Watton | Photo available |
| Amies | Sidney | 24 | 4 | 1918 | Somme | Lanc Fusiliers | 19 | L/Corp | Bouzincourt | |
| B | To Top | |||||||||
| Benn | Walter Horace | 2 | 8 | 1917 | Monchy | Norfolk | 26 | 2nd Lt | Monchy | Not on War Memorial Photo available |
| Bolton | Harry Walter | 14 | 1 | 1918 | Flanders | Royal Field Art | 33 | Gunner | Manancourt | |
| Broom | William George | 28 | 4 | 1917 | Vimy Ridge | Middlesex | 29 | Private | Arras | More information + letter + Photo available |
| Burton | Arnold Morley | 1 | 10 | 1916 | Vimy Ridge | Canadian Infantry | 21 | Private | Vimy | Attestation papers available |
| Burton (DSO) | Gerard W | 12 | 10 | 1915 | Gorre | Garhwal rifles | 36 | Major | Gorre | Norfolk Reg to Indian Army in 1900 - Photo available |
| Bush | Reginald Lancelot (?Lambert) | 8 | 7 | 1916 | Somme | Royal Irish Rifles | 21 | Rifleman | Pozieres | Photo available |
| Buttifant | Alfred Ernest | 18 | 10 | 1916 | Thiepval | Bedfordshire | 37 | Private | Thiepval | |
| C | To Top | |||||||||
| Calver | George Frederick | 13 | 9 | 1916 | Ginchy | Suffolk | ? | Private | Thiepval | |
| Carter | Russell Frederick | 14 | 7 | 1918 | Sucrerie | Kings Royal Rifle | 18 | Rifleman | Sucrerie | |
| Chamberlain | Clement | 1 | 6 | 1918 | Aire | Royal Field Art | 35 | Gunner | Aire | |
| Clare | Arthur Brighton | 28 | 6 | 1915 | Bailleul | Rifle Brigade | 17 | Rifleman | Bailleul | |
| Claxton | Leonard Walter | 5 | 6 | 1917 | Arras | Northumberland | 21 | Private | Arras | |
| Codling | Alfred | 21 | 10 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 25 | Private | Grandcourt | Photo available |
| Colby | Ralph Herbert | 19 | 8 | 1918 | Outtersteene | Norfolk | 24 | L/Corp | Outtersteene | |
| Coller | Bernard Tarrant | 26 | 9 | 1916 | Arras | Royal Flying Corp | 22 | Flight Lt | Arras | Photo 1 available + Photo 2 available+ letter (Bradfield College + Oxford) |
| Coller | Charles Mervyn | 21 | 3 | 1918 | Arras | Norfolk | 22 | Captain | Arras | Memorial to Coller brothers in Norwich Cathedral |
| Cooke | Thomas Purdy | 26 | 5 | 1915 | Gallipoli | New Zealand Eng. | 31 | Sapper | Lone Pine | Died of wounds after evacuation of Gallipoli |
| Coote | Frederick | 8 | 3 | 1917 | Thiepval | Essex | 24 | Private | Thiepval | |
| Cross | William Larkin | 16 | 7 | 1917 | Arras | Norfolk | 31 | Private | Arras | |
| Cunnell | Donald C | 12 | 7 | 1917 | Bailleul | Hampshire | 23 | Flying Officer | Bailleul | Credited as being 'an ace pilot' with 9 kills |
| D | To Top | |||||||||
| Daniels | Cecil William | 4 | 11 | 1918 | Died of wounds | Notts & Derby | 25 | 2nd Lt | Norwich | One of the Daniels family of 'Daniels Road' |
| Denmark | Arthur Edwin | 14 | 9 | 1914 | France | Norfolk | 32 | Private | Chauny | Not on War Memorial |
| E | To Top | |||||||||
| Edwards | Edward Victor | 7 | 5 | 1918 | Died of wounds | Norfolk | 25 | Sergeant | Keswick | Died of his wounds in England |
| Edwards | James Benjamin | 8 | 4 | 1918 | Died of wounds | Suffolk | 21 | Private | Keswick | Died of his wounds in Southwark Military Hospital |
| Elvin | William James | 31 | 10 | 1916 | Thiepval | Norfolk | 32 | L/Corp | Thiepval | |
| Emms | Stanley Edward | 3 | 7 | 1917 | Dranoutre | Service Corps | 27 | Private | Dranoutre | |
| F | To Top | |||||||||
| Fairhead | Frederick George | 8 | 6 | 1917 | Tilloy Les Mofflaines | Royal Field Art | 27 | Bombardier | Bunyans | Letter to his parents from a friend |
| Faulkner | Ernest | 25 | 3 | 1916 | Abadan | Royal Navy | 34 | Able Seaman | Chatham | HMS Alert - drowned |
| Fear | Edgar Leslie Brisdon | 11 | 4 | 1918 | Mesopotamia | Somerset | 19 | 2nd Lt | Jerusalem | Photo available Long letter about the battle he died in |
| Flanagan | James Leonard | 8 | 6 | 1917 | Sternwerck | Royal Field Art | 19 | Gunner | Trois Arbres | |
| Foster | George | 3 | 4 | 1918 | Bienville | Royal Field Art | 20 | Gunner | Bienville | |
| Foster | Herbert Clement | 4 | 11 | 1916 | France | Lincolnshire | 25 | Private | Rouen | |
| Fulcher | William George | 29 | 1 | 1917 | Palestine | Northampton | 19 | Private | Noeux les Mnes | Photo available |
| Fuller | Sydney Charles | 19 | 9 | 1917 | Monchy | Norfolk | 26 | Private | Monchy | Photo available |
| G | To Top | |||||||||
| Gallpen | Douglas James | 13 | 10 | 1915 | Loos | Norfolk | 26 | Corporal | Loos | Photo available |
| Garner | John William Alfred | 15 | 9 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 21 | Private | Thiepval | |
| Gayford | Albert Edward | 28 | 10 | 1915 | Lijssenthoek | Norfolk | 17 | Private | Lijssenthoek | |
| Gilbert | Edward Burton | 21 | 3 | 1918 | Lebucquiere | Royal Fusiliers | 20 | 2nd Lt | Lebucquiere | Further information |
| Goodchild | Edward Lionel | 28 | 4 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 23 | Private | Corbie | |
| Gosling | Ernest Alfred | 10 | 6 | 1918 | France | Royal Field Art | 21 | Gunner | St Pol-sur-Ternoise | |
| H | To Top | |||||||||
| Hampton | George Kenneth | 16 | 8 | 1915 | Gallipoli | Norfolk | 21 | Lieutenant | Azmak Suvla | Further information |
| Harman | Robert George | 26 | 10 | 1917 | Passchendale | South Staffs | 19 | Private | Tyne Cot | |
| Hindley | John | 28 | 10 | 1915 | Ypres | Norfolk | 20 | L/Corp | Ypres | Photo available |
| Hingle | Norman Stanley | 18 | 10 | 1917 | Godewaersvelde | Royal Garrison Art | 24 | Gunner | Godewaersvelde | Photo available Died of gas poisoning |
| Hingle | Percy Frederick | 4 | 10 | 1918 | Ypres/Courtrai | Royal Fusiliers | 28 | Private | Dadizeele | Photo available |
| Howell | John William | 12 | 2 | 1916 | England | Norfolk | 25 | Private | Eaton | Died of his wounds in England |
| Howell | Russell Coker | 12 | 4 | 1918 | Warloy-Baillon | Royal West Kent | 19 | Private | Poziere | |
| Huffam | Lawrence | 15 | 8 | 1916 | Warloy-Baillon | Australian Infantry | 24 | Private | Warloy-Baillon | |
| Hussey | Conrad William | 22 | 4 | 1917 | St Laurent- Blangy | Royal Garrison Art | 29 | Gunner | Hervin Farm | Photo available |
| J | To Top | |||||||||
| Jenks | George Vale | 10 | 11 | 1918 | Cambrai | Royal Field Art | 36 | Corporal | Cambrai | Died of pneumonia following influenza |
| Johnson | Charles Herbert | 5 | 10 | 1916 | Thiepval | Norfolk | 24 | L/Corp | Thiepval | Photo available |
| K | To Top | |||||||||
| Keefe | Cecil Henderson | 5 | 2 | 1918 | Lincolnshire | Norfok/RAF | 25 | Flying Officer | Eaton | Photo available Killed in a flying accident |
| Kent | Archibald | 2 | 12 | 1917 | Cambrai | Norfolk | ? | Private | Cambrai | |
| Kirby | Kenneth Cameron | 18 | 9 | 1918 | Epehy | Norfolk | 22 | Lieutenant | Epehy Wood | Further information |
| L | To Top | |||||||||
| Laing | George Lewis | 24 | 8 | 1914 | Elouges | Norfolk | 26 | Corporal | La Ferte S-Jouarre | Photo available |
| Leggett | Victor John | 15 | 4 | 1917 | Arras | Yorkshire | 19 | Corporal | Warlincourt Halte | |
| Leverett | Arthur | 17 | 12 | 1917 | Etricourt | North Lancs | 27 | Private | Manancourt | |
| Loveday | Horace Henry | 31 | 7 | 1917 | Pilkem | Norfolk | 39 | Sergeant | Ypres Menin Gate | Photo available |
| M | To Top | |||||||||
| Midforth | John Brian | 10 | 2 | 1917 | Hohenzollern | Bedfordshire | 31 | Private | Vermelles | |
| Morgan | William Vanstone | 19 | 4 | 1917 | Gaza Palestine | Norfolk | 27 | Captain | Jerusalem | Photo available |
| Morse | Gerald E. | 31 | 10 | 1917 | Bethune | Royal Flying Corp | 21 | 2nd Lt | Bethune | Photo available |
| Mortimer | Russell | 21 | 10 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 19 | Private | Thiepval | |
| Mower | William Harry | 9 | 7 | 1918 | Chatham | Royal Navy | 33 | Sick Birth Att | Norwich | Flu pandemic in Chatham Barracks |
| N | To Top | |||||||||
| Noble | Charles | 12 | 9 | 1918 | Bac-Du-Sud | R A M C | 23 | Private | Bailleulval | Photo available |
| Norman | Reginald Charles | 21 | 10 | 1916 | Thiepval | Norfolk | 22 | L/Corp | Thiepval | |
| P | To Top | |||||||||
| Palmer | Sidney William | 5 | 7 | 1916 | Fromelies | Gloucestershire | 19 | Sergeant | Loos | Originally joined the Norfolk Reg |
| Parker | Arthur Burgess | 13 | 8 | 1915 | Gallipoli | Essex | Corporal | Helles | Lost at sea | |
| Partridge | Robert Charles | 8 | 9 | 1914 | Marne | Dragoon Guards | 33 | Captain | Sablonnieres | Sandhurst Officer entry |
| Patteson | Reginald Charles | 18 | 12 | 1917 | Etables | Norfolk | 19 | Signaller | Etables | Photo available |
| Peacock | Frederick Arthur | 7 | 8 | 1917 | Passchendale | Royal Garrison Art | 34 | Gunner | Vlamertinghe | Photo available |
| Pearce | Cecil John | 17 | 11 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 20 | Private | Thiepval | Photo available |
| Pilch | William Fuller | 3 | 9 | 1916 | Thiepval | Warwickshire | 36 | Sergeant | Thiepval | Photo available |
| Pond | Herbert Horace | 19 | 4 | 1917 | Palestine | Norfolk | 21 | Private | Jerusalem | Not on War Memorial |
| Porrett | Percy James | 9 | 10 | 1916 | Thiepval | Royal West Surrey | 31 | Private | Thiepval | Photo available |
| Porter | Alec James | 19 | 4 | 1917 | Gaza Palestine | Norfolk | 22 | 2nd Lt | Jerusalem | Photo available |
| Potter | Ernest George | 7 | 10 | 1918 | Kul-el-Amara | Rifle Brigade | 45 | Sergeant | Baghdad | |
| R | To Top | |||||||||
| Randall | Arthur | 4 | 9 | 1916 | Guillemont | Norfolk | 30 ? | Private | Thiepval | |
| Read | Clare Moore | 19 | 7 | 1918 | Mazingarbe | Machine gun unit | 25 | 2nd Lt | Mazingarbe | Photo available |
| Rivett | Roland (Ronald) Edward | 25 | 8 | 1918 | Ypres | Royal Fusiliers | 17 | Private | Douchy | |
| Robinson | Frederick Carter | 13 | 11 | 1916 | Serre | Gordon Highlanders | 28 | Private | Puisieux | Photo available |
| Row | Leslie Joseph | 4 | 6 | 1916 | Arras | Norfolk | 23 | 2nd Lt | Arras | Photo available |
| Rump | Christopher Thomas | 18 | 12 | 1914 | Ploegesteert | Royal West Surrey | Private | Ploegesteert | ||
| S | To Top | |||||||||
| Sampson | Alfred James | 1 | 12 | 1917 | Palestine | Royal Flying Corp | 33 | Sergeant | Gaza | Photo available |
| Savory | John William Alfred | 28 | 4 | 1918 | Abbeville | Northamptonshire | 24 | Private | Abbeville | |
| Sayer | Lewis | 4 | 9 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 22 | Private | Thiepval | Photo available |
| Sennitt | Claude Cushing | 23 | 4 | 1917 | Gavrelle | RNVR | 25 | Sub Lt | Aubigny | Photo available |
| Shearing | William Herbert | 4 | 10 | 1918 | Bangalore | Norfolk | 28 | Private | Madras | |
| Sheen | Sydney (William) Charles | 12 | 7 | 1917 | France ? | RAMC | 21 | Private | Canada Farm | |
| Skoulding | William Charles | 26 | 4 | 1917 | Arras | Scot Cameronians | 23 | L/Corp | Arras | Photo available Awarded MM |
| Smith | Donald Claude | 13 | 10 | 1915 | Loos | Suffolk | 30 | 2nd Lt | Loos | Photo available |
| Spicer | Ronald Murray | 31 | 5 | 1916 | ? | E. Riding Yeomanry | 19 | 2nd Lt | Rosary Norwich | Photo available |
| Stone | Percival James | 1 | 7 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 21 | L/Corp | Thiepval | |
| Stone | William | 18 | 8 | 1918 | Belgium | Norfolk | 33 | 2nd Lt | Morbecqye | Military Medal |
| T | To Top | |||||||||
| Thompson | Cyprian Alfred | 8 | 4 | 1917 | Mont St Eloi | Royal Canadian Reg | 22 | Lieutenant | Ecouvres | |
| Tillyard | Sydney Joseph | 2 | 3 | 1916 | Vermelles | Machine gun unit | 34 | 2nd Lt | Vermelles | |
| U | To Top | |||||||||
| Upton | William Edwin | 5 | 3 | 1916 | ? | Sherwood Foresters | 51 | Lieutenant | Norwich | |
| W | To Top | |||||||||
| Wainwright | Samuel Stewart | 12 | 3 | 1917 | Miramount | Norfolk | 27 | Lieutenant | Grandcourt | Memorial in Christchurch choir stalls |
| Walker | Samuel Reid | 27 | 4 | 1915 | Bailleul | Royal Scots Unit | 22 | Private | Bailleul | Photo available |
| West | Edward Lynn | 1 | 8 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 33 | Captain | Thiepval | Photo available |
| White | Alexander Willoughby | 4 | 9 | 1916 | Somme | Norfolk | 25 | Private | Thiepval | Photo available |
| Wilkinson | Eric Spencer | 14 | 11 | 1916 | France | Northumberland Fus. | ? | Private | Warlencourt | |
| Woodrow | Walter George | 15 | 12 | 1917 | Palestine | Norfolk | 22 | L/Corp | Ramleh | Photo available |
| Woods | Mark | 19 | 4 | 1918 | France | Suffolk | 37 | Private | Erquinghem-Lys | |
| Y | To Top | |||||||||
| Youngman | Frank Sutton | ? | 3 | 1918 | England | Royal Yorks | 44 | Private | England | Died in Brighton - Father of George - not on War Memorial |
| Youngman | George William | 5 | 6 | 1918 | Fouquereul | Royal Fusiliers | 20 | Private | Fouquereul | Also on Attleborough Memorial - son of Frank Youngman |
| Yull | Norman Aubrey | 12 | 11 | 1916 | Somme | Northumberland Fus. | 21 | Private | Thiepval | Letter available from relative |