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Shelfanger - Great War Militia

It is easy to simply identify the Great War soldiers, sailors and airmen for a place by looking at the memorial or roll of honour and assume that they were only ones with a connection to that place who fought.

The dedication of the Shelfanger Memorial was recorded in an article in the Diss Express.

There were some anomalies in getting the names of those eligible for inclusion on the original lists, so not all are always named. Some only contain the fallen, excluding those others who fought, some of whom were maybe wounded.

A search was made for all military men where there was any connection, however remote, to Shelfanger; quite a number came to light, and it is all these who hopefully will be listed below, showing what has been found out about them - for some there is an abundance of information, some almost nothing.

The symbol indicates the man lost his life, either killed in action or later as a direct result of wounds received in battle. Hovering over the symbol will show the date of death. The indicates he was wounded in the line of duty but survived the war, and hovering over the symbol will show the date wounded. The candle shows the name is on the Shelfanger War Memorial. The indicates he was linked to other nearby villages, hovering over the symbol will show the village name, clicking on it will take you to that page if it is available.

It is hoped that this section will be expanded over time. If anyone has any information (especially any photographs) about any of the men named below and are willing to share it, please make contact.

B	Robert William BARHAM	Norman BARKER
	Spencer Henry BOND	Frederick Charles BARKER
	Thomas BOWEN	Wilfred Glending BOWEN
C	John Henry COBB	Harry CUSHING
E	Walter Hines ELSEY
F	Frederick FULCHER
G	Frederick William GARNHAM	Percy Victor GOSTLING
H	Frederick Murton HONEYBALL	Arthur George HUGGINS
M	Job MUNFORD
P	Harry POTTER	George Frederick PUNT
	Samuel Louis PUNT	Walter Edward PUNT
R	Christopher William ROUT
S	Hedley Harold SANDY	Alexander Charles SHULVER
	Frederick Thomas STONE
W	Edward Last WARD	Richard Charles WELTON
	William Sydney WELTON

Click on a name above to view the soldier’s record.

Working through the list of possible soldiers linked to Shelfanger has left a few men where no easy link can be made or have not yet been researched. The names below are these soldiers. If anyone can help to take these forward, please make contact.

John J HALL	G H HURRELL	James LADBROOKE
Leslie MAYO	William PAGE	Horace PEARCE

Notes:

• The texts about the soldiers were produced using Family Historian, a family history recording and reporting application. Their computer generated contents may well be somewhat different to conventional written English but they do contain all the relevant data in chronological order.
• If you have any additions or amendments to the information on any soldier please make contact.

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