Lest we forget…

Knapton War Memorial

The Grade II listed Memorial stands in the churchyard near the front entrance of St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Knapton and takes the form of a rough hewn stone cross with an upright semi-circular plinth, resting on a stone base.

The front face of the plinth is recessed and smoothed to hold the inscription and the names of those killed in the First World War.

The right face of the plinth has also been recessed and smoothed to hold the inscription and names from the Second World War.

War Memorials Trust :: Ref No: WMO67908
Our War Memorial was in good condition when the War Memorials Trust gave a grant in November 2010 for its maintenance.
You can view the War Memorial Trust’s Knapton page here or contact them here, quoting the reference number above.

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Roll of Honour

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Knapton’s Roll of Honour

There are seven names for World War 1 and three for World War 2

War Memorial - Inscription 1914-18 small image

Memorial Inscriptions

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918

AND THE WORLD WAR
1939 – 1945

War Memorial - Inscription 1939-45 image

Knapton’s Roll of Honour : : we will remember them…

Surname	First Name(s)	Rank / Regiment	Known Details
1914 – 1918
BARCHAM	Tom Colin	Serjeant 15744	Killed in action Thursday 12 October 1916
		7th Bn, Norfolk Regiment	Born Knapton. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave
			Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D

LAMBERT	Douglas	Second Lieutenant	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday 13 October 1915
		6th Battalion	No known grave
			Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 15 to 19

MACE	Albert John	Private 43247	Killed in action Friday 22 March 1918
		7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	Born Knapton. Lived Paston Green. Enlisted Norwich
		Formerly 23945 Norfolk Regiment	Buried in Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 12

SWANN	Percy William	{alt SWAN] Private 43297	Killed in action Monday 23 April 1917. Age 26
		1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	Son of George & Ann Swann, Knapton. Enlisted Norwich
			No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3

TURNER	George	Private 16988	Killed in action Wednesday 19 July 1916
		8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	Born Knapton. Enlisted Norwich. No known grave
			Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D

WILD	George	Private G/14284	Killed in action Friday 9 August 1918.
		7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	Born Knapton. Enlisted Wroxham. No known grave
			Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6

YAXLEY	Robert Christmas	Driver 82867	Died of wounds Tuesday 1 May 1917. Age 36
		45th Bty. 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	Born Knapton. Enlisted Norwich. Son of Ann Yaxley of Trunch, Norfolk
			Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row O. Grave 1

1939 – 1945
WATTS	Frederick	Corporal	Frederick was killed on Sunday 14th January 1945, aged 27 yrs old. The Watts family had
		Royal Ulster Rifles	lived at 3 Council Houses, Knapton. His mother, Annie Elizabeth, was widowed in 1939 and
			was, for a time, a cleaner at Knapton School. Siblings were Victor, Stanley, and sister Miriam
			He is commemorated at Imphal Cemetery in India. (Imphal is the capital of Manipur State in
			NE India and borders on upper Myanmar, Burma)

WOOD, DFC	Thomas R Russell	Flying Officer 67642	Thomas died on 3rd June 1942 The cause, loss, and crash site are not established.
		115 Squadron	He was flying a Wellington Bomber and four of those killed are commemorated on the
		Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Runnymeade Memorial. Thomas is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau,
			Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 26. Row G. Grave 12. This is a military cemetary located in the
			state of Lower Saxony in north Germany on the Lüneburg Heath.
			He received the posthumous award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for services rendered
			as a pilot a year after his death. He was the son of BR Wood, Conservator of Forests in
			Cameroon. Attempts to find out why his name is on our Memorial have been in vain.

WOOLLSEY	Sydney Ernest	Rifleman 6846991	Born in 1918 in Knapton and died in Calais on the 26th May 1940. His mother, who lived in
		7th Battalion	Knapton, had his name put on the Memorial Marck (Les Hemmes) Churchyard, Pas de Calais,
		King’s Royal Rifle Corps	Grave 7. We believe he was living in Croydon before he joined up, possibly living with his
			half-sister, May Elizabeth Frances (née Wild), who was living there with her husband and child
			before 1939. He attended Paston Grammar School (now known as Paston 6th Form College)
			and is listed on the School’s Roll of Honour.

Acknowledgements
These records were compiled using information from the Roll-of-Honour.com website, who carried out the research. You can view the Knapton area of their website here
World War 1 – Detailed Information. Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed by David Rudram; Researched by Lynda Smith – 2003

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