KESSINGLAND TM 52780 86200 WW1-59 WW2-31 plus Civilians - 8 Also details of Seething B24 Liberator which crashed 22nd April 1944 WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes Alfred John ADAMS Private 27907 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 34 WW1 18/08/1916 Son of John and Harriet Adams Thomas T. ALDOUS Sergeant 8775 Royal Air Force 1st aircraft Supply Depot - WW1 23/09/1918 John Henry BARBER Petty Officer 1st Class 136982 Royal Navy H.M. Trawler 'Courtier' 45 WW1 06/01/1916 Husband of Catherine Maud Ernest James BEAMISH Trimmer 372TS Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler 'Resono' - WW1 26/12/1915 James Albert BIRD Stoker 3984S Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Defence' 28 WW1 31/05/1916 Son of William and Emma Bird Frederick George BLOCK Private G/53107 Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 33 WW1 24/04/1917 Edgar H. BLOWERS Private 328407 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. - WW1 19/07/1918 Son of George and Annie Block; husband of Edith Mary Victor Edward BLOWERS Lance Corporal 21621 Bedfordshire Regt. 1st Bn. 22 WW1 30/06/1918 Son of Thomas and Mabel Blowers George William BUNN Engineman 3994ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 39 WW1 03/06/1917 Son of George and Ellen Bunn Henry Charles BUTCHER* Private 19885 Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. 19 WW1 30/11/1917 Son of Henrietta Butcher Walter Stanley BUTTON* Engineman 3458DA Royal Naval Reserve Charles Edward CATCHPOLE Military Medal H.M. Drifter 'Jeannie Murray' 25 WW1 15/02/1918 2nd Lieutenant - Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 21 WW1 12/10/1916 Christopher C. CATCHPOLE Engineman 3890ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Restore' - WW1 12/10/1915 Hedley CATCHPOLE Sergeant 13273 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. 21 WW1 16/09/1916 John W (T) CATCHPOLE Private S4/087023 Army Service Corps Base Mechanical Transport Depot - WW1 06/06/1918 Stanley Arthur CATCHPOLE Sergeant 13272 Suffolk Regt. 11th Bn. 21 WW1 29/04/1918 Herbert Longmore Grant Maurice Thomas CHEVERS Major - CLARKE Private DM2/ 209838 Royal Army Medical Corps - 59 WW1 10/08/1919 Army Service Corps - 27 WW1 19/01/1918 Son of Charles and Laura Button; husband of Isabella Son of George and Elizabeth Catchpole Son of James Catchpole; husband of Ada Florence Son of Edward and Ellen M. Catchpole Son of the late Deputy Surgeon- General Norman and Emily Anne Son of Thomas and Caroline Clarke; husband of Hilda May
William COLE Private 16864 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. - WW1 21/06/1915 Albert Edward COOK Skipper - Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 37 WW1 03/06/1917 Arthur COOK Deck Hand 3706DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 35 WW1 03/06/1917 Arthur Edwin CURTIS* Seaman 7217A Royal Naval Reserve S.S. 'Ancona' - WW1 28/05/1917 Harold Francis James Son of Robert and Anna Cook; husband of Cathagina. Memorial stone Son of Robert and Anna Cook. Memorial stone Son of James and Jessie Curtis; husband of Emma DAVIS Deck Hand 1086DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Supporter' 26 WW1 18/11/1915 Son of Selina Davis Arthur George DURRANT Deck Hand 7872DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler 'Strathgeldie' 20 WW1 04/01/1919 Buried in George William FARROW Engineman 3019/ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Protector' 31 WW1 02/03/1916 Ernest James FORSTER Trimmer TS 7596 Royal Naval Reserve? 25 WW1 James Arthur GARNHAM Private 51171 East Yorkshire Regt. 10th Bn. 19 WW1 08/09/1918 Arthur Sidney GODDARD Stoker 4504S Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Invincible' - WW1 31/05/1916 Edward GOULDBY Deck Hand WW1 not found James Herbert Hobson HALL Deck Hand 8525DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Launch Out' 20 WW1 26/10/1916 Mar qtr 1921 Son of George and Mary Ann Farrow; husband of Maud. Buried in Born Dec 1895 Son of James & Emily Forster. Not recorded on CWGC Son of Martha Ann and the late James Garnham Born May 1890 Son of Edward & Emma Eliza Gouldby. Not recorded Son of James Thomas and the late Harriett Hall. Memorial stone Frederick HARVEY Second Hand 1019SA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Frigate Bird' 43 WW1 11/03/1918 Husband of Edith Louisa Denzil Mitford Heriz HERIZ- SMITH Lieutenant - Northamptonshire Regt. Bertie HURREN Deck Hand 3237DA Royal Naval Reserve Arthur G. KENT Lance Corporal 30371 The Loyal North Lancashire Regt. "A" Coy., 6th Bn. 23 WW1 17/02/1917 H.M. Drifter 'Gleaner of the Sea' - WW1 26/10/1916 9th Bn. - WW1 27/05/1918 Charles Joseph KEMP Private G/50907 Middlesex Regt. 4th Bn. - WW1 09/10/1918 Samuel William KEWN* Private 12972 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8th Bn. 23 WW1 20/10/1918 Son of Charles Mitford and Marion Heriz-Smith Son of Samuel William and Martha Mary Kewn Ronald KNIGHTS Private 40050 Bedfordshire Regt. 1st Bn. 29 WW1 04/01/1917 Son of Samuel and Mary Knights Samuel LONDON Private SE/9872 Army Veterinary Corps 14th Veterinary Hospital 43 WW1 02/04/1917 Victor Albert LOUGO Private 26426 Bedfordshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - WW1 22/03/1918 Robert Samuel MALLETT Private 106 Royal Army Medical Corps 54th (1st/1st East Anglian) Casualty Clearing Station - WW1 13/08/1915 Son of William and Eliza London; husband of Mary Ann Samuel Isaac MARJORAM Engineman 5024ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler 'Eros' 31 WW1 05/09/1917 Husband of Emily Martha Sidney Reginald MARWOOD* Gunner 111378 Royal Garrison Artillery 96th Siege Bty. 41 WW1 27/09/1917 Husband of Martha Allan Jack MITCHELL Private 43264 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 22 WW1 28/04/1917 Son of Arthur and Ellen Mitchell
Herbert W. MOORE Private 42743 Worcestershire Regt. 10th Bn. - WW1 24/10/1916 Ernest I. MUTIMER Private 14282 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. - WW1 16/09/1916 Thomas William READ Trimmer 6364/TS Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler 'Vitality' 30 WW1 20/10/1917 Alonzo STROWGER* Skipper - Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Clover Bank' 52 WW1 24/04/1916 Ethel Elizabeth STROWGER - - Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse George Henry STUDD Deck Hand 6735DA Royal Naval Reserve William STUDD* Fisherman - Mercantile Marine Raymond Ambrose H.M. Drifter 'Ocean Plough' Drifter 'Fraternal' (Lowestoft) 33 WW1 07/11/1918 35 WW1 27/08/1916 Son of James Martin and Jane Read; husband of Alice Maud. Buried in Son of George and Sarah Strowger; husband of Priscilla Wife of Clifford. Buried at Son of George and Mary Ann Studd; husband of Ella 37 WW1 03/11/1914 Son of George and Mary Ann Studd THACKER Engineman 268ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler 'Loch Ard' 29 WW1 10/09/1917 William J. TILLETT Private M2/286321 Royal Army Service Corps 256th Coy. Mechanical Transport - WW1 17/02/1919 Son of John and Emily Thacker; husband of Isabella S. Victor Claude TRIPP Private 43289 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 21 WW1 12/10/1916 Son of William and Maria Tripp Ernest William TURRELL Private 55085 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Bn. - WW1 14/06/1917 Pelham George TURRELL Deck Hand 25 WW1 15/11/1918 Austin Harold Hammond UTTING Fourth Hand - Mercantile Marine Steam Trawler 'Rio' (Grimsby) 31 WW1 26/01/1915 Jaspar W. UTTING Private 12618 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 29 WW1 09/08/1917 Son of Henry and Sarah Turrell. Not recorded on CWGC. Buried in Son of Benjamin and Caroline Jane Utting; husband of Annie Son of Benjamin and Caroline Jane Utting Ivo T. WADLOW Private 478902 Royal Canadian Regt. - 31 WW1 05/10/1916 Husband of A. E. Wadlow Ernest Herbert WESTOBY Deck Hand 3236DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Gleaner of the Sea' - WW1 26/10/1916 Son of Joseph Westoby John Robert WINGFIELD Private 13309 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. 23 WW1 09/04/1917 Son of George and Elizabeth Wingfield WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes Jack BARKER 2nd Mate WW2 not found John William BELL Sergeant 754397 Royal Air Force VR 78 Sqdn. 21 Pilot WW2 08/11/1941 Son of Reginald and Winifred Bell Robert John BENNETT Sergeant 908791 Royal Air Force VR 214 Sqdn. 20 WW2 09/05/1941 Son of John Gardner and Fanny Bennett Leonard Wallace BLOWERS Able Seaman - Merchant Navy Jack Cornwall CATCHPOLE Seaman LT/JX 173610 Royal Naval Patrol Service Tug 'Aid' (London) H.M. Trawler 'Comet' 39 WW2 29/11/1940 Husband of P. Blowers 24 WW2 30/09/1940 Son of Isaac John and Edith Annie Catchpole
Leslie Gordon DAPLYN Private 7398929 Royal Army Medical Corps - 41 WW2 22/12/1944 Leonard DOWDEN Mate WW2 not found Robert DURRANT Corporal 962177 Royal Air Force VR - 28 WW2 28/02/1945 Bernard Andrew FOYSTER Sapper 1944527 Royal Engineers Neville Francis GRICE Driver 2002914 Royal Engineers Ernest Benjamin GRIMBLE Leading Seaman C/JX 142663 573 Army Field Coy. attd. H.Q. 18th Div. 26 WW2 18/12/1942 25 WW2 17/11/1942 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Kelly' 22 WW2 23/05/1941 Victor Robert HOOK Gunner 1118319 Royal Artillery 57 Field Regt. 23 WW2 19/07/1944 George William HORNE Seaman Lewis KEMP Petty Officer Airman LT/X 21728A FAA/FX 79976 Robert Charles MALLETT Lieutenant EC/11404 Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Mastiff' 27 WW2 20/11/1939 Royal Navy FAA H.M.S. 'Kent' 26 WW2 23/06/1942 Royal Indian Army Service Corps Son of Henry A. and Rosa S. Daplyn; husband of Alice. Buried in Son of Arthur and Lucy Durrant; husband of Millvina (nee Bond) Son of Bernard William and May Florence Foyster Son of Amos Benjamin and Elizabeth Georgina Grimble Son of Robert William John and Janet Hook; husband of Eileen Maud Son of Harry and May Rebecca Horne. Buried in - 39 WW2 09/03/1943 Son of Henry James Mallett and Celia Mallett Alfred George MARJORAM Mate - Merchant Navy M.V. 'Novio' 37 WW2 14/03/1941 Gordon Edward MARJORAM Able Seaman Merchant Navy John William Baker MARJORAM Petty Officer, Regulating Paddle Steamer Tug WW2 not found C/M 40184 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Sheffield' 32 WW2 29/05/1941 Herbert Cyril MINISTER* Lance Corporal 5777502 Royal Norfolk Regt. 6th Bn. 29 WW2 22/03/1944 Bernard William MOYSE 2nd Engineer Officer George Ernest MOYSE Private 14696485 - Merchant Navy South Lancashire Regt. Tug 'Aid' (London) 34 WW2 29/11/1940 1st Bn. 19 WW2 11/04/1945 William ROTH Able Seaman - Merchant Navy - 44 WW2 06/03/1941 Arthur George SAUNDERS Seaman Arthur William Maurice Alexander (Alec) Alfred SEWELL Leading Seaman LT?JX 281269 C/JX 142877 Royal Naval Patrol Service Royal Navy SOANES Skipper - Royal Naval Reserve Samuel Edward THACKER Cook - Merchant Navy H.M. Trawler 'Bredon' H.M.S. 'Samphire' H.M. Trawler 'Orfasy' Tug 'Aid' (London) Son of George and Edith Marjoram; husband of Gwendolin Son of Jack and Ethel Marjoram; husband of Eleanor Rose Son of Charles and Rose Minister; husband of Eileen Alice Son of Ernest and Blanche Pauline Moyse; husband of Martha Son of Bernard William and Martha Elizabeth Moyse Son of William and Laura Roth; husband of Millie Madeline 20 WW2 08/02/1943 Son of James Robert and Alice Rose Saunders - WW2 30/01/1943 35 WW2 22/10/1943 21 WW2 29/11/1940 Alfred UTTING Flight Sergeant 1259278 Royal Air Force VR 150 Sqdn. 21 WW2 19/08/1942 Benjamin E UTTING Ordinary Seaman WW2 not found Rowland Morton UTTING Skipper - Royal Naval Reserve Gilbert WASE Gunner 1532418 Royal Artillery H.M. Drifter 'Maida' 152 Bty., 51 H.A.A Regt. - WW2 16/03/1940 - WW2 27/04/1941 Mervyn Alfred WEAVERS Sergeant 1283647 Royal Air Force VR 214 Sqdn. 25 WW2 26/11/1941 Son of Charles and Harriet Soanes; husband of Ethel Agnes Son of Alfred and Ellen Mary Utting; husband of Marjorie Son of Roland Henry and Helena Letitica Utting Son of William Walter and Mildred Weavers; husband of Clara Ann
Civilians WW2 Status Address Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Details Margaret Daughter of George Thomas and of BIRD Patricia Stella Mabel Bird 'Acouver', Church Road 13 WW2 19/10/1942 Died at 'Acouver', Church Road. Buried in Stella Mabel BIRD Daughter of Thomas and Mabel Blowers; wife of George Thomas Bird 'Acouver', Church Road 39 WW2 19/10/1942 Died at 'Acouver', Church Road. Buried in Cyril (Teddy) of Davis Cottage, Injured at Davis Cottage; died same day en route to Casualty CATCHPOLE son of Cyril & Madeline Catchpole Lighterman WW2 11/09/1940 Frank Beach Hospital, Union Road. Oulton Broad. Buried in James GUTHRIE Son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Guthrie 'Xantho', Green Lane, 35 WW2 23/01/1942 Died at Stanley Street, Lowestoft. Buried in Bertie Edward THACKER Husband of Clarinda Thacker 56 WW2 29/09/1940 Died at the herring Market. Lowestoft. Buried in Lancelot WADE Son of William John and Lucy Jane of Ivy Nook, High Wade Street, 30 Home Guard WW2 12/05/1943 Died at Ivy Nook, High Street. Muriel Evelyn 8 Oaklands Terrace, Died at London Road North. (Waller's Raid) Buried in WHITLAM Daughter of W. R. and A. M. Whitlam 20 WW2 13/01/1942 Jean. Robert Charles WINNEY Husband of Dorothy Winney 67 Holme Road, East Police 45 Ham Constable 18/09/1940 Died at Royal Albert Dock. Buried in Crew of B24 Liberator 843 'Repulser'. Pilot 2nd Lt Eugene V. Pulcipher, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Elmer P. Meier, Navigator 2nd Lt George S. Fahr, Bombardier 2nd Lt William Carcelli, Radio Op S/Sgt Chester J. Romansky, Gunner S/Sgt William H. Durant, Gunner Sgt William S. Davis, Gunner S/Sgt James R. Hardin, Gunner Sgt Maynard H. Young, Gunner Sgt Carl E. Spellman. The aircraft crashed in the region of TM 524 854 at the southern end of Cooper's Lane after being attacked by German fighters which has tracked them over the North Sea as they attempted to return to their base at Seething. Seething started life as RAF Station 258. The USAAF took it over as Station 146 (Seething) in February 1944. http://kessingland.onesuffolk.net/assets/projects/anighttoremember.pdf
George William DURRANT George William FARROW Thomas William READ Ethel Elizabeth STROWGER also on the side, a memorial to Charles Edward CATCHPOLE M.M., her brother Leslie Gordon DAPLYN George William HORNE