WHG - Militia

Searches were made for all military personel who had a connection, however remote, to the Lophams, using the war memorial inscriptions, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and others sources. Quite a number came to light, and it is all these who are listed below, showing what has been found out about them - for some there is an abundance of information, others almost nothing, some with “burnt documents”.

(In September 1940, as the result of a fire caused by an incendiary bomb at the War Office Record Store in Arnside Street, London, approximately two thirds of 6.5 million soldiers’ documents for the First World War were destroyed. Those records which survived were mostly charred or water damaged and unfit for consultation and became known as the ‘burnt documents’.)

Current number of military records

Total records: 169
Total researched: 101
(Of above: Army = 94 : Navy = 5 : RAF = 2)
Soldiers where help needed: 13
Men to be researched: 55

Select a category

Career Military Men (see note *)
Crimean War (1853 - 1856)
Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902)
Great War : 1914 - 1918 (A - D) (E - G) (H - N) (O - Z)
World War II (1939- 1945)
POW Prisoners of War POW
Regs Regiment list Army
Plane Airmen or Naval Men Battleship
North or South Lopham men
Short or Full alphabetical list
By birth year group
HELP! and Not yet researched

It is possible for a man to be in more than one category below.

Find military man by surname

Will only find those soldiers that have already been researched.

Further research and help requested:

The list of soldiers found using the Yet to be researched list are those men where we have not yet started the research into there military service and link to the Lophams. If anyone has any information about these men, and is willing to share it, it will be gratefully received and acknowledged.

The list of soldiers found using the HELP! list are those men where we need additional information to conclusively identify them and/or link them to North or South Lopham. All help will be gratefully received and acknowledged.

Memorials

North Lopham

War Memorial

Parish Church

Methodist Chapel

South Lopham

War Memorial

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Information sources

Ancestry (Subscription site)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Roll of Honour
Find A Grave
FindMyPast (Subscription site)
Fold3 (Subscription site)
Forces War Records (Subscription site)
Naval and Military Archive
Norfolk Baptism Project
Norfolk Family History Society (Subscription site)
The Gazette
The Genealogist (Subscription site)

Please note that the inclusion of any sites on this page does not infer that they are recommended nor are they guaranteed secure - all have at some time proved of interest or were useful when researching this project’s content.

Notes:

* Career Military Men are those who signed up to join the military of their own volition and not as a result of a current conflict. Many of these may well be active during one or more of the wars of their time.
** Into this box type a surname or part surname, and click Search... to see what is found. This can be any string of 2 to 12 letters or spaces that are in any place within the surname. You can use wildcards (see below) to help you.
Wildcards - these are symbols that denote an unknown part of a string; % indicates 0, 1 or more characters and _ (underscore) a single character in a search. For example, using 'sm_th' will find smith and smyth. Also, remember that the chosen pattern of letters and wildcards can be anywhere in the field, eg: in surname, ST%L (or lower case) will find STarLing, conSTabLe, STeeLe, paSTaL, etc.
If anyone has any information about any of the Lopham men named in these pages, and is willing to share it, please make contact.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the website is fully functioning, and that all information is correct, errors do occur. If you find any such issues please let us know and we will correct any problems.

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