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South Lopham : Roll of Honour

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A Roll of Honour may refer to any list of people who are praised officially for something they have done. It more usually refers to a list of names of people who have died in the military or other services. Most places have a military Roll of Honour in some format for the Great War and the 1939-45 War.
Most families throughout the UK suffered the loss of close family relatives in the Great War of 1914 -18. It appears that barely a family or community across the UK escaped World War I untouched, except that is for the “Thankful Villages”. Losing one family member must have been truly devastating but try to image the grief of the Rissington family in Gloucestershire who lost five sons. The term “Thankful Villages” was first used by the British writer and journalist Arthur Mee in his King’s England, a guide to the counties of England in the 1930s. A Thankful Village was said to be one which lost no men in the Great War as all those who had left to serve ‘King and Country’ came home again. For instance, in Yorkshire East Riding he writes about Catwick, “Thirty men went from Catwick to the Great War and thirty came back, though one left an arm behind.” Incredibly, Arkholme in Lancashire saw 59 of their sons go to war and all returned. It was also suggested that such villages had no war memorials, although some had monuments, usually in the church, in gratitude for their good fortune. Recent and ongoing research has identified 41 parishes throughout England and Wales from which all soldiers returned.
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Records found = 13 from 125065
ID	Name	Died	Notes
123096	BETTS Arthur Thomas	09.03.1915	Bandsman 7016. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 9th March 1915, aged 25 years. Son of Thomas and Hannah Betts of Corner Farm, South Lopham, Norfolk. Born South Lopham and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried Ramparts Cemetery. E.15.
123097	BOND George	15.09.1916	Private 14983. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 15th September 1916. Born South Lopham, enlisted Norwich and resident Thetford, Norfolk. Buried Guards Cemetery. II.Z.10.
123098	CORBLE Robert	11.04.1916	Private 3/6211. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 11th April 1916. Born South Lopham and enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery. I.A.32.
123099	FLATMAN Arthur	25.07.1917	Gunner 71337. 155th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 25th July 1917. Born South Lopham, enlisted Norwich and resident Thetford, Norfolk. Buried Guards Cemetery. VIII.T.8.
123100	HAWES Godfrey	18.11.1916	Private G/24525. 7th Battalion, Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment), formerly 9388 Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 18th November 1916. Born South Lopham, enlisted Norwich and resident South Lopham, Norfolk. Buried Stump Road Cemetery. A.43.
123101	HAWES George	20.11.1917	Private 41941. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 26603 Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 20th November 1917. Born South Lopham, enlisted Norwich and resident South Lopham, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 7 and 8.
123102	HALLS Albert	04.12.1916	Possibly Albert George Hall born circa 1897 South Lopham, the son of William and Emma Hall and enlists as Private 5360. 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 3249 Norfolk Regiment. Died 4th December 1916. Enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension. O.III.G.3.
123103	HALLS Edward	19.09.1918	Possibly Edward Hall born c1889 South Lopham, the son of William and Emma Hall and enlists as Private 52509. 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 41114 Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 19th September 1918. Born South Lopham, enlisted Attleborough and resident Thetford, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Panel 4.
123104	PRENTICE Percy	13.08.1915	Private 20673. 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 17571 Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea 13th August 1915. Born South Lopham, enlisted Norwich and resident South Lopham, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Helles Memorial. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233.
123105	SMITH Frederick E	19.04.1917	Possibly incorrect initial and should read Frederick George Smith. Private 200547. 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Palestine 19th April 1917, aged 20 years. Son of George and Emma Rebecca Smith of South Lopham. Enlisted Diss, Norfolk. Buried Gaza War Cemetery. XXIII.C.7
123106	CORBETT John Joseph	18.08.1943	Sergeant 1321331, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 115 Squadron. Died 18th August 1943, aged 20 years. Son of Florence Ellen (formerly Corbett) and stepson of Richard Alfred Thurston of South Lopham, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Runnymede Memorial. Panel 146.
123107	CORBETT Leonard Jospeh	31.03.1944	Private 14648488. 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Died 31st March 1944, aged 23 years. Son of Florence Ellen (formerly Corbett) and stepson of Richard Alfred Thurston of South Lopham, Norfolk. Buried Naples War Cemetery.II.G.14.
123108	BOWELL Ralph Ellis	12.02.1942	Private 5774995. 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 12th February 1942, aged 21 years. Son of Oliver Edward and Florence Bowell of South Lopham, Norfolk. Missing and commemorated Kranji War Cemetery. Sp Mem 21.D.18.
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