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2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
When war broke out in August 1914, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment were based in Bombay, India as part of 18th (Belagum) Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. They proceeded to Mesopotamia in November. Most of the Battalion was taken prisoner at Kut-al-Amara in April 1916, and was then reformed in July from the remainder and reinforcements. In February 1917 they transferred to 37th Brigade, 14th Indian Division.
17th Nov 1914 In Action
23rd Nov 1914 Procession
9th May 1916 Privations
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Those known to have served with2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Earl Arthur Edward. Pte.
- Eckersley William Mark. Pte. (d.17th May 1916)
- Lecky John Rupert Frederick. Capt. (d.28th Sep 1915)
- Lecky John Rupert Frederick. Capt. (d.29th Sep 1915)
- Tyler A.. Sgt.Maj. (d.1st August 1919)
- Warnes James Henry . Cpl.
- Wells Ernest. Pte. (d.9th Jun 1915)
- Wells Samuel. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1915)
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Pte. Samuel Wells 2nd Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.15th Sep 1915) Samuel Wells was in Mesopotamia and on catching beri beri was transfered onto the hospital ship HMHS Madras on the way to India for better treatment where he died on 15th of September 1915.
Samuel's younger brother served with 8th Battalion where he was killed in action so it left my great great grandma losing two of her sons
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Sgt.Maj. A. Tyler 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment (d.1st August 1919) Serjeant Major Tyler was 31 when he died and is buried in the Calicut New Beach Cemetery in India.
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Capt. John Rupert Frederick Lecky 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.29th Sep 1915) The only son of John Rupert Robert & Florence Lecky, John Lecky was killed in action on 29th of September 1915 in front of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, while attached to the 2nd. Norfolk Regt. He was laid to rest at the village of Saffa on the bank of the River Tigris.
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Capt. John Rupert Frederick Lecky 7th Btn. (d.28th Sep 1915) John Lecky was killed in action on the eve of entering Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia while attached to the 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Aged 30 years.
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Pte. William Mark Eckersley 2nd Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.17th May 1916) William Eckersley, was born in Bolton 1892, his parents died when he was young and 5 brothers John, Percy, Ernest, William and Joseph lived together at Breightmet Avenue, Bolton. William served in the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, he was captured at Baghdad and was beheaded, he was found dead on the 17th of May 1916. Proof is found in a remarkable note saved in the National Archives where it confirms his medal was later sent to John in 1920.
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Pte. Arthur Edward Earl 2nd Btn, 'A' Company Norfolk Regiment My father, Arthur Earl, enlisted aged 18 with the Norfolks in 1915, serving with the 7th & 2nd Btns, in France until the end of the WW1 war. Being wounded by gunshot on two separate occasions and then went on to serve in Waziristan and Pakistan and was discharged in 1927.
He vary rarely mentioned the war to me, only saying that he served in the Indian region and how he played football against the locals, who did not wear boots and when the football bladder burst how they used to play on with the ball stuffed with straw. It is only this week that I have found out that he served in France, although he did say once that he used a machine gun during the war. Dad died at the age of 72 in 1969.
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Cpl. James Henry Warnes 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment My Grandfather, Jim Warnes was mobilised at the commencement of hostilities and saw action on the Western Front in Retreat from Mons, Battle of the Marne, The Aisne, La Bassee and Ypres, he also fought at Hill 60, Loos and the Somme and was wounded in May 1917 and was discharged in May 1918. He had sustained injuries to his foot from shrapnel and his leg was amputated after the war just below the knee. He worked as a writer at the local dockyard. Because of his knowledge of dressing wounds many people came to him for advise about cuts, wounds and splinters.
He was a much loved father and grandfather, he had one daughter and four sons, 13 grandchildren and died in the 1960s. He enjoyed a pint and I can remember him cocking his leg over the fence to save walking up the steps to his flat when he returned home from a local pub.
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