Douglas John
Ager 22768655 of Norwich at the Norfolk
and Norwich Hospital on 17 Jan 2002, just three days
short of his 70th birthday. Born in Norwich on 21 Jan
1932 he served with 1 Royal Norfolk 1953-55. After
attending school locally Dougie entered the painting and
decorating trade and, with a deferment, completed his
apprenticeship prior to call-up for National Service.
Reporting to Britannia Barracks in early Feb 1953 he
found his period of basic training interrupted by a
stint of sandbag filling at Southwold and similar
coastal spots in an endeavour to stem the ravages of the
East Coast floods. Completing his training in May 1953
it was embarkation leave then aboard the Empire Clyde at
Southampton and away to the Far East, possibly to join 1
Suffolk in Malaya but actually to 1st Bn The Royal
Norfolk Regt in Hong Kong. He was posted to Support Coy,
joined the MMG Pl and became a carrier driver. The Bn
was then at Norwegian Farm Camp. Later in 1953 Support
Coy became located independently at Dills Corner Camp.
Invariably heading the cookhouse queue, it was at this
location that Dougie was party to, or instigator of, a
number of merry little japes. These had escaped the
notice of the Pl Sgt but were revealed, with
much glee, some forty-five years later. (Comment
from Webmaster: Let's hear them!)
He returned to the UK with the Bn, embarking on the
Devonshire on 31 Aug 1954. Docking at Southampton in
early
October the Bn moved to Roman Way Camp, Colchester.
Dougie continued to serve with the MMG Platoon until
completing his service at the end of Feb 1954.
He returned to his trade and, after a few years, started
his own successful business, in the fullness of time
being joined by his two sons, forming DJ Ager and Sons.
When younger Dougie was a keen cyclist, later a
participant in citizen band radio and he had a great
interest in DIY and car boot sales. He is survived by
his wife Gwen, sons Melvyn and Anthony and daughter
Averil. John Denny |
LCpl ‘Tammy’ Arthur Edward Ames,
A Coy, 4 R Norfolk KIA Singapore in the early hours of
11 Feb 1942 aged 24.
Tammy is buried in Kranji War Cemetery, plot 17 A 14. He
was born 31 Jan 1918 in Great Yarmouth while his father,
Arthur Samuel Ames, a fisherman, was serving on a Mine
Sweeper. Arthur M Ames (son) and
Bill Ladmore (cousin)
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| RJ Bartrum
of Great Yarmouth on 13 February 2002. He served with 4
Royal Norfolk. John Housego |
Harold
Borley of Fakenham on 26 Nov 2001, at the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, aged 66 years. Born at
Gayton, Norfolk, on 12 December 1934, the youngest of
three brothers. Harold attended school at Gayton and
later at Gaywood Park. Keen on sport he played football
for Gayton and East Walton and cricket for Gayton.
Later, whilst at Gaywood Park, he played football for
King’s Lynn School Boys. Leaving school at fifteen he
worked in agriculture.
Called up for National Service he served in the MMG
Platoon with the 1st Bn in Hong Kong 1953-54 and
Colchester 1954. On release Harold returned to farming,
met Joyce and married in 1958. They had seven children
and nine grandchildren.
Harold became a Farm Manager in 1975 until retirement
and afterwards enjoyed helping his son Mark at his
nursery.
With his interest in sport he was a very keen supporter
of Norwich City.
Harold is survived by his wife Joyce, sons Philip, Kevin
and Mark and daughters Tina, Judy, Paula and
Suzanne. John Denny
(Expanded from B&C
97 Dec 01. Ed. ) |
 Francis Arthur Buller on
27 Nov 01, aged 89, in a Nursing Home in Wymondham,
Norfolk. Known to all as Frank he joined The
Norfolk Regiment in 1929 with his older brother Steve.
After serving in Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War
he left the army for a short time. Re-enlisting in 1939,
he went to France with the BEF and was evacuated with
the Rear Guard from Dunkirk In 1944 he transferred to
the OxfBucks LI and served with the Glider Regt of the
Airborne DIV. Frank took part in the Battle of Pegasus
Bridge and it was he who took the good news to the café
owner that they had been liberated. He was later taken
prisoner and put to work in the coal mines in Poland.
Frank played Regimental soccer and was Heavyweight
(Novice) Boxing Champion of 2 Royal Norfolk in 1937. On
returning to civilian life he enjoyed playing darts.
Frank occasionally visited Pegasus Bridge and two of
Frank’s friends have taken his beret and Regimental
tie to be displayed in the Pegasus Bridge museum. He is
now reunited with Stella. William Buller
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| Reginald
(Reg) Bustard of Bramham, Wetherby,
West Yorkshire, peacefully in his sleep on 16 Oct 01,
aged 74. Reg first served with The Green Howards,
transferring to 2 Royal Norfolk while in India. On the
day India gained Independence, in Aug 1947, he left
Bombay with the remaining members of his Bn, aboard
HMT Georgic, bound for the UK. While stationed at
Bardney, Lincolnshire, he met Elizabeth, an ATS cook.
She was to be his wife and best friend for 53 years.
Demobbed on 13 Feb 1948 he married Elizabeth that year
on 11 September at All Saints Church, Bramham. Contact
with The Regiment continued throughout the remainder
of his life. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth, 2
sons and a daughter. Elizabeth
Bustard (Expanded
from the obituary in B&C
97 Dec 2001.)
B&C
93 Dec 99 reported: "Following the
Independence of India on 15 Aug 1947, the 2nd Bn The
Royal Norfolk Regt were the first British Infantry Bn
to leave India. They left aboard the SS Georgic, bound
for the UK and eventual disbandment of the Bn in Mar
48. Articles on the departure appeared in:
B&C
88 Jun 97 - The Norfolks leave India in Aug 1947
by Sydney Smith of The Daily Express;
B&C
90 Jun 98 by Gordon Spong;
B&C
91 Dec 98 by Ron Phelps;
B&C
93 Dec 99 by Gordon Spong;
B&C
94 Jun 00 - Len Brazier by Capt John A Todd
B&C
98 Jun 02 - Aug 01 Reunion by Jim Cameron.
And see The Britannia
Issue 31 Feb 1948. |
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| Leslie
Ralph Compton at
The Royal Hospital, Chelsea on 24 Mar 2002, aged 78.
Admitted as an In-Pensioner in 1988 he enlisted with The
General Service Corps in 1945 and served with The
Dorsetshire Regt 1945 to 1946. Transferring to The Royal
Norfolk Regt in Jan 1946, Leslie spent most of his
career in the Orderly Room, serving in Korea, Cyprus and
The Radfan, retiring in Aug 1969 as a
Cpl. Tony Amis, John Denny,
Ben Turner and The Royal Hospital Chelsea |
Harold
Cooke BEM on 29 January 2002, aged 82. He
was a Royal Norfolk soldier who survived four years as a
Japanese PoW after the fall of Singapore in 1942 in the
notorious Changi Gaol on Singapore Island.
He died at Halsey House, a Royal British Legion
residential and nursing home in Cromer, after a
protracted illness.
Harold survived Changi Gaol, where he also helped tend
the sick and dying, largely as a result of his pre-war
St John Ambulance training.
For 29 years from 1958, he worked for Gresham's School
in his home town of Holt, becoming a senior laboratory
technician.
He was awarded the British Empire Medal for his
contribution to physics teaching.
Later, he helped his fellow Far East POWs through
welfare work.
He is survived by his daughter Shirley, a senior
radiographer at Addenbrooke's Hospital,
Cambridge. EDP Report |
| Norman Cooper of Gorleston in January 2002. He
served with 4 Royal Norfolk. John
Housego |
| Ray Corston,
formerly of Wymondham. He served with 70th Bn The Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Alan Solomon |
 Maj Frederick Hoey Crocker
MC on 27 Apr 2002 aged 87. The son of a cavalryman, he
was born on 12 Aug 1914, soon after the outbreak of WW1
at the Curragh camp in Ireland. Educated at Bracondale
School, Norwich, of which he later became a Governor,
Freddie joined General Accident and Life Assurance
Corporation as a clerk in 1931, switching to Norwich
Union three years later.
In the aftermath of Chamberlain's 1938 Munich agreement
with Hitler, working in the Northampton office, he
enlisted in the Northamptonshire Regiment of the
Territorial Army, serving with them until March 1940.
Called up in August, 1939, he found himself manning a
searchlight in the Midlands (see a reminiscence of
Searchlight Batteries in Weybourne Pill Box 1939-40 Peter Baldry)
until sent for officer training at Sandhurst in Apr
1940. Commissioned in Sep 1940, he was posted to 7 Royal
Norfolk.
During the course of the next four years, he rose from
subaltern to Major in command of D company 7 Royal
Norfolk in 59 Division during the crossing of the Orne
south of Caen in the first week of Aug 1944. Before any
major action, it was customary to leave a number of
officers out of battle, who would act as a cadre on
which the Bn could be reformed if it suffered heavy
casualties. Freddie was left out of battle, so his 2IC
Capt David Jamieson was in command of D Coy for the
crossing. 2
days later David won his VC.
In a period of relative inactivity enlivened by
occasional high drama, Freddie had the unusual
distinction of 'losing' a bren-gun carrier in
quick-sand. Put in charge of the unit's newly-acquired
armoured vehicles, he recalled how disaster struck when
a subaltern decided to wash down his carrier on the edge
of a water-filled gravelpit.
(We need to know his name! Ed.)
'Slowly the carrier started to sink in quick-sand,' he
said, 'and a second carrier brought forward to tow it
out also started to sink.'
The second one was recovered, but the first disappeared
beneath the surface.
Following the Normandy campaign, 7 R Norfolk was
one of the Bns broken up to make good the losses in
other units. Freddie was transferred to 1 R Norfolk
and he commanded a Coy through Belgium and Holland until
Oct 1944, when he was badly wounded by a mine.
His 'outstanding leadership' during the
bitterly-contested battle of Epron on 8 Jul 1944,
rescued a British force from potential disaster after an
attack had stalled in the face of heavy casualties and
fierce resistance.
With sections of 2 Bns pinned down in standing corn, he
led a Coy of 7 Royal Norfolk through sniper and
machine-gun fire at point-blank range and, in spite of a
face wound, succeeded in ejecting a strongly entrenched
German force.
This courage in Freddie's first action resulted in the
award of a richly merited Military Cross. It was the
only such award to the Bn in the entire war, presented
in the field by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
In later years Freddie was anxious to play down any talk
of his heroism. 'I was simply one of the few who
survived long enough to get it,' he said.
Evacuated to England, his life was saved thanks to
treatment by the relatively new drug penicillin, and he
came to regard the rest of his life as his 'bonus
years'.
A 7th Bn colleague, Bill Smart, who died in Mar 2002,
and his wife Jill, recalled Freddie as a 'truly charming
gentleman, held in high esteem.'
A stalwart of the Old Business School, he enjoyed a
highly-successful post-war career with Norwich Union and
his four decades of NU service culminated in 14 years as
Norwich branch manager, from which he retired in 1974.
An astute man of finance, always ensuring the 'new boy'
paid for the coffee at external Business Meetings,
Freddie became in retirement a General Commissioner for
the Inland Revenue
Truly a leader of men, Freddie was a man of great charm
with a eminent sense of humour, highly sociable and
industrious. He was an accomplished after-dinner speaker
and he made the most of his second chance. We heard from
a Norwich Union colleague, Ian Turnbull, that after
catching a 134 lb shark off Poole, Freddie became a
member of the elite Shark Angling Club. He was also a
member of the Norwich Strangers Club and the Victoria
Bowling Club. During his Presidential Year of the
latter, a stray rocket from the 1970 Guy Fawkes Party
set alight the thatched roof of the Club. His first
concern was the gallery of irreplaceable photographs of
former Presidents. The Fire Service were instructed to
rescue them first but with a cautionary note: 'If you
have to go on the green, please first remove your
boots.'
Essentially a family man, Freddie was immensely proud of
his children and grand-children, their accomplishments
and achievements.
Following a private cremation a service of thanksgiving
was held at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, thronged with
his family, friends and colleagues.
Words from 'The Prophet' of that most erudite Kalil
Gilbran were read:
'When you are sorrowful, look again at your heart and
you shall see in truth that you are weeping for that
which has been your delight.'
On 15 Jun 1984 Freddie left a written request that the
following reading should be noted:
If I should go before the rest of
you
Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone,
Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday voice.
But be the usual selves that I have known.
Weep if you must
Parting is Hell,
But life goes on
So sing as well.
Joyce Grenfell
Freddie exemplified the motto of
Rotary 'Service Above Self' and became President of the
Rotary Club of Norwich 1976-1977. (A great number of
Norfolk Rotarians were evident at the Service of
Thanksgiving and my Royal Norfolk tie was recognised by
many. Ed)
Freddie is survived by his widow Joan, whom he married
on 10 Aug 1940, his son Simon, daughter Miranda and nine
grandchildren. Another son died in a road accident last
year.
Freddie went to rest with 3 neckties - The Strangers
Club, The Victoria Bowling Club and The Royal Norfolk
Regt.
Well bowled Freddie. EDP and JLR Postscript
by Capt Ian Turnbull 264836 -
2 Indian HAA Regt, RA - who gave the address at the
funeral.
A Rotary Club of Norwich Rotarian, he reported: 'When
Freddie was President of the Norwich Club, we had a
round-robin for all Rotarians to record their skill at
speaking a foreign language.
Freddie ticked 'German' and on later being questioned as
to his exact ability, replied:
'I can say - DON'T SHOOT, I'm a friend !'
Maj Christopher Parish, Sidney Sussex
College, Cambridge, ‘I knew Freddy but briefly as I
departed from the 7th Bn in 1942 en-route for the Middle
East, the 8th Army, Salerno, Anzio and through to
Vienna.’
Dr Dudley
Payne, in Pembrokeshire: ‘I met Freddie in 1942 in
Northern Ireland when I became RMO to 7 R Norfolk. He
was OC Sp Coy and later, D Coy. He was a born leader of
men and was awarded great loyalty in exchange. He was
always calm with an infectious sense of humour. We
called him ‘Cushy Crocker’ as he normally landed on
his feet from any situation. However, on one exercise in
Kent we shared a pigsty for several days! (Some years
ago the Norfolk Editor, on exercise with 19 Inf Bde in
Colchester, shared a chicken feed silo with Maj Peter
Dempsey PARA. The odour remains! Ed.) Later,
in glorious isolation on Kent Coastal Defence he was
known as ‘King of Camber Sands’. As PMC he was a
truly convivial host. In Normandy we were on our first
engagement in the final assault on Caen under intense
mortar fire. Freddie stormed an enemy emplacement,
opening the way to our final advance and success. His MC
was a just reward. Our next engagement was on the Orne
Bridgehead. (Click here for a photograph of the Orne
Valley and Orne Bridgehead memorial
and see the obituary for Capt Arthur A Hammond.
Ed.) Freddie was ‘the Major in Reserve’, ie left out
of battle, and his D Coy was led by Capt David
Jamieson who fought with great courage, resulting in
the award
of the VC. In only 4 weeks our 59th Division
suffered such devastation that it was disbanded and the
remnants of the 4 Royal Norfolk Coys posted far and wide
as reinforcements. Freddie’s D Coy went to the 1st Bn
and continued the advance to the Rhine. On the way,
Freddie was severely wounded in the leg, causing
permanent foot-drop with a residual limp and pain.’
Maj Ernest Ridger, in Hereford, adds
more on Freddie and on the Battle of Caen. ‘7 R
Norfolk, of 59 Staffordshire DIV, were concentrated on
28 Jun 1944 at Le Manoir, a small village 7 miles NE of
Bayeaux. The Bn task was to assist in the capture of
Caen. The attack began on 8 Jul with A, B and C Coys, D
Coy being in reserve under Freddie Crocker. They
were to capture and pass through La Bijude and then to
Eprom just short of Caen. The attack failed. The Bn
reorganised in the early afternoon and Freddie
Crocker with D Coy and a Coy of 7 Stafford were
ordered to capture Eprom by nightfall at all costs. This
was duly done. For his part in the battle, Freddie was
awarded the MC: ‘for outstanding leadership and
bravery in command of D Coy.’ The Bn re-equipped and
by 6 Aug found itself by the R Orne. David Jamieson,
2IC to Freddie, was in Command of D Coy for the
crossing. Freddie was ‘LOB’ (Left Out of Battle) and
you know of David’s heroism for which he was awarded the VC.
Towards the end of Aug, 59 DIV was broken up to provide
reinforcements to 21 Army Gp. Freddie and D Coy, with
many specialists, including myself as Signals Offr,
joined the 1st Bn. They had suffered many casualties
between D-Day and Sourdeville, their most recent battle.
Freddie and D Coy (now C Coy) moved with the Regt
through Holland via Helmond to Overloon. He was wounded
in the advance to Molem Beek and Veray. By 19 Oct
Freddie was in hospital in Leicester and did not return
to the Bn. Another surviving officer of the 7th Bn who
would know Freddie is WJ (Bill) Smart who was in Command
of the Carrier Pl which kept a watching brief on the
left flank of Freddie’s advance to Eprom.’
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| WO2
Ernest Victor Everitt
of Colchester on 1 Jan 02, aged 77, suddenly, after a
short illness. Enlisting on 5 Nov 1942, after initial
training Vic joined 16 Pl D Coy 1 Royal Norfolk and
landed with them on D Day, 6 Jun 1944. While a sniper
NCO, he was wounded at Molen Beek on 16 Oct 1944 and on
return to the UK served with the Bn until transferring,
with numerous others from the Bn, to 2 Royal Lincoln in
1945, with whom he served until Nov 1949. He then served
with 4 Royal Norfolk TA 1951 to 1957, 2 East Anglian Oct
1962 to Jun 1964 then with 2 Royal Anglian through to
Jul 1972, retiring as a WO2 in Colchester. Vic was a
keen member of the Colchester Normandy Veterans
Association and for many years Chairman of the 1st Bn
Royal Norfolk Regt D-Day Veterans Association. He
regularly visited Helmond with The Royal Norfolk D-Day
Veterans and was often called upon to read the
Exhortation and lay a wreath. Vic always had a daily
joke and his help to Margaret
and Peter Gould with the raffle was
much appreciated, the profits divided between The
Vrienden Funds and The Royal Norfolk Veterans
Funds. Beryl Griffin, John Housego and
John Lincoln
See: 55
Years on -
Visit Sep 1999 by Beryl Griffin |
| Frank
George Hunt on 19 Oct 2001. He served
1940 to 1946 as a Private in 5 Royal Norfolk and was a
FEPOW. The Japanese ship taking him to Japan was sunk
but he was rescued and taken to the Philippines. Frank
was a poultry farmer at Merton. Lord Walsingham and Maj
Tony Ferrier attended his funeral. Tony
Ferrier |
| Wally Newby of Pulham Market on 22 Mar 02. He
served with 4 Royal Norfolk. John
Housego |
William
George Osborne of Attleborough, Norfolk,
in captivity in Singapore in 1944.
B&C
86 Jun 96 recorded, from Maj Bryan Coward: 'Back in
Jan/Feb 1940 we were in Weybourne
and I had a really idle chap so asked my Platoon
Sergeant to find a suitable replacement. I was then
Carrier Platoon Commander so when this elderly (to me)
28 year old turned up a few mornings later I said, 'Look
here Osborne, this is quite a big job. You'll have to
look after yourself, your rifle and ammunition. Then
there is the Bren gun and tripod and 2500 rounds of
ammunition, all to be kept clean, bright and lightly
oiled for inspection at any time. You'll also have to
help in the maintenance of the carrier, track tension
etc. And apart from all that you will have to look after
me. Do you really think you can manage?'
Osborne scratched his head and in that real old Norfolk
way said, 'I reckon I'll be able to look after you sir.
I used to be a horse breaker before the war.'
I took him on like a shot and never had a better chap. I
fear Osborne may have gone to Singapore and I've never
been able to find out anything of his fate."
Finding an inscription on the Attleborough War Memorial
to a Walter Osborne the Norfolk Editor appealed
for information about WG Osborne in the Feb 02
Attleborough and District News.
Pamela Key,
the daughter of William, telephoned a few days after it
appeared! She lives in Attleborough, and told how her
father had worked as a mechanic at Dingles before the
war. William’s father had been a horse trainer for
Lord Albermarle at Quidenham and that would explain
William’s 1940 remark to Bryan Coward about horses. He
died of tropical diseases one month before the Red Cross
parcels arrived. Pamela Key,
daughter of William |
| Herbert
Page, of Lowestoft. He served with 70th
Bn The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Alan
Solomon |
| Jack Peck
of Kessingland on 8 Jan 2002. He served with 4 Royal
Norfolk. John Housego |
| AD Quin
of Barking, Essex, date unknown. He served with 5 Royal
Norfolk and was a FEPOW. |
| Arthur Rands
of Southery, Downham Market on 14 January 2002. He
served with 4 Royal Norfolk. John
Housego |
| Chris
Shingfield MM 5771729 of Norwich on 2 Jul
1998. He served in 1 Royal Norfolk and appears in a 1945
photograph by Alan Solomon of C Coy 1 Royal Norfolk
. Chris is mentioned twice in Capt John Lincoln‘s
book 'Thank God and the Infantry: from D-Day to VE Day
with the 1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk
Regiment.' JLR |
| WJ 'Bill'
Smart on Easter Sunday, 31 March 2002 in
the Isle of Wight, aged 84. Bill, an officer with the 7th Bn,
had been unwell for seven months. He is survived by his
wife Jill. JLR |
Eric
Charles Stollery 22423716 of Wissett,
Suffolk, on 24 Dec 2001 aged 71. He was a National
Serviceman in Korea 1950-52. Born at Westleton, Suffolk,
on 15 September 1930 he attended school locally until
age fourteen and then served as an apprentice bricklayer
until call up. As National Serviceman 22423716, he
reported to the EAGTB at Meanee Barracks, Colchester in
November 1950. He completed primary training in January
1951 followed by posting to 1 Northamptons, then
stationed in Austria. In June 1951 he was posted to 1 R
Norfolk at Crowborough, Sussex, joining 7 Pl C Company.
He was a LCpl on embarkation (later, I believe,
attaining full rank) for Korea. During the voyage his
talent as a vocalist blossomed with the rendering of 'If
I Were A Blackbird' lending hugely to the success of the
ships concert, held whilst steaming the Indian Ocean. A
semi-jocular entry in C Company notes, The Britannia,
issue November 1952 states: 'Cpl Stollery, the great
vocalist of 7 Pl nearly had his vocal cords badly singed
(sic) when they had the Fougas accident; he has taken
with him into civil life the marks as a result of
driving through two apron fences and being strung up on
the third.' (Who can throw any light on this escapade?)
Eric departed from Pusan with 1 R Norfolk aboard the HT Empire
Orwell on 28 Sep 1952 and remained on the ship when
the Bn disembarked at Hong Kong. After disembarking in
UK he reported to Britannia Barracks. His ROD (Release
on Discharge) was mid-Nov 1952, having completed his 2
years National Service plus an extra fortnight for the
Queen!
He worked in the building trade until retirement.
Popular in the local community, his hobby was helping
others. The vocal skill was retained, and the
'Blackbird' ever a favourite.
A large congregation filled Wissett Church for the
funeral service which included a short address given by
Keith Nutter.
Eric is survived by his son Clive and daughter
Kay. John Denny |
Capt John
A Todd of Barnby Dun, Doncaster, on 14
Apr 2002, aged 76. Known as Jack, he was one of those
unique Royal Norfolk seafarers who departed from Ballard
Pier, Bombay, in Aug 1947 as the SS Georgic sailed for
England two days after the Independence of India. (See
articles in B&C 88 Jun 97 and B&C 90 Jun 98 by
Gordon Spong and B&C 91 Dec 98 by RJ Phelps.)
In B&C 94 Jun 00, Jack recalled travelling from
Bardney Airfield to Norwich in 1947 with the Regimental
Colours and Mess Silver of 2 R Norfolk. He reckoned the
1999 rail service to Norwich was worse than before WW2!
Then, it was Doncaster to Peterborough by LNER then to
West Lynn by M&GNR, and on to Fakenham stopping at
every village. The other route was via Sleaford, Ely,
Thetford and Attleborough to Wymondham, then wait for
the Dereham, Fakenham, Wells train from Norwich. Leaving
Doncaster at around 8am it was 6pm before Fakenham was
reached.
Jack commenced his service at 9 PTC, Fort George, in May
1944, going to India in November. After training at Mhow
he was commissioned into 2 Royal Norfolk and served with
them until the disbandment of the 2nd Bn in 194/8 (see
The Britannia No 31 - Feb 1948 and B&C 89, Dec 97).
In India, John was attached to 5th Bn, 13 Frontier Force
Rifles.
His service concluded in 1948 with 1 R Norfolk
in Berlin.
After leaving the Army, Jack joined the Doncaster Police
Force, rising to the rank of Detective Superintendent.
The mourners at his funeral service at Barnby Dun on 22
Apr filled the church as a mark of respect to this true
servant of The Crown. The Guard of Honour was formed
from 60 former comrades. CE
Snowling |
| Sidney
Jack Warby of 5 War Memorial Cottages,
Norwich, on 2 May 2002, aged 83, after a long illness.
Sidney served in The Royal Norfolk Regt. He is survived
by his widow Phyllis. JLR |
Cyril Wilkinson 4809815
of Long Eaton, Notts, aged 78, on 3 January 2002. He
served with F Coy 70th Bn and 17 Pl D Coy 2 SUFFOLK, at
Arakan, Imphal, 1943-5. A Burma Star Association Member,
he had a lively enquiring mind and had many letters
published in newspapers on a variety of topics,
eloquently expressed. Cyril was a most prolific writer
of 70th Bn reminiscences, published in the B&C and
on the B&C website www.norfolkbc.fsnet.co.uk
Employed in a variety of occupations, porter,
self-employed shopkeeper and publican in Griffy-Dam,
Leicestershire, he always talked romantically about his
much loved and long Merchant Navy career, travelling all
over the world with Cunard, Royal Mail, Union Castle and
White Star. Cyril read the stars, was well informed on
nature and very proud of his grand-daughters Annie and
Hannah. Cyril married Margaret in 1956 and is survived
by her and his children Linda, Richard and
Lorraine. JLR See 70th Bn reminiscences.
Part 1 was published in B&C
96 Jun 01, Part 2 in B&C
97 Dec 01 and Part 3 in B&C 101 Dec 03.
He also provided, in B&C 91 Dec 98,
an account of his memories of the 70th Bn. |
|
B&C Norfolk Editor