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6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ in Cattle Market Street, Norwich, they were attached to Eastern Command. D Coy were based in Station Road, Thetford.
8th Feb 1916 In the Trenches
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Pte. George Alfred Catchpole 6th (Cyclist) Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.27th September 1916) George Catchpole was the son of John and Elizabeth Catchpole nee Holman, born at Salhouse, Norfolk. He was one of 6 children.
On the outbreak of war George enlisted with the 6th Norfolk Cyclists, a Territorial Army unit who were involved in home defence and training. He was later transferred to the 8th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment where he became Private no. 43581 and was sent to France. He was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, on the 27th September 1916, aged 20.
He was my great uncle. He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial as his body was never found. My grandfather remembered his brother, by using his christian names when naming two of this sons.
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A/Cpl. William Arthur Norfolk 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment William Norfolk attested at Richmond on the 6th of June 1916 under the Derby Scheme. His initial attachment was to the 6th Norfolk Regiment, he then transferred to the 7th Battalion.
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Cpl. Frederick Cater 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.19th July 1916) Frederick Cater was originally in the 1/6th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and was transferred to the 2/6th Gloucestershire Regiment in the Spring of 1916.
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L/Cpl. Edward John Thorp Durham Light Infantry Edward Thorp had his Medical Examination and was declared fit to serve on the 10th of December 1915. He enlisted in Woking to the 6th (Cyclist) Btn. Norfolk Regiment and was assigned to patrol England
On the 17th of October 1916 he was drafted to the DLI and sent to the front due to their heavy early losses. On the 6th of October 1917 he was gassed during battle, (probably chlorine) at the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
On the 14th of May 1919 he was medically discharged from army. £5 gratuity was paid.
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2nd Lt. Pervical Charles Hugh Grist 6th Battalion Norfolk Regiment (d.18th Sep 1918) Pervical Grist enlisted as a private in the 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, The London Regiment. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with the 6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
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Mjr. Cyril Francis Larn MC, MID. 47th Battalion Machine Gun Corps Major Cyril Larn was my father. Prior to joining up as a volunteer he worked as an accountant trainee with the Norwich Union. In 1914 he joined the Norfolk Regiment Cycle Corp, serving with time in Norfolk until his 18th birthday when he joined up as a private, presumably with the Norfolk Light Infantry. In 1915 he transferred to the Machine Gun Corp, was made a Lieutenant, and fought at Ypres and both Battles of the Somme. It was at the Second Battle, now a Major, Commanding Officer of the 47th Battalion, that he was awarded a Military Cross.
Suffering from severe shell shock he was in and out of military hospitals, remaining in the Army as a senior Machine Gun Instructor at Grantham, until 1923, when he left the service.
He married in 1924, to Pansy Vincent, from Berghapton, Norfolk, had two children, and started a cherry farm at a village called Aplington. He continued to have mental problems and was in and out of nursing homes and mental hospitals until June 1932 when he took his own life by hanging.
Because suicide was a crime at the time 'Against God and the Crown' my mother was refused permission to bury him in Alpington churchyard. In desperation she sought a meeting with the Bishop of Norwich and pleaded with him for permission. He refused whereupon she broke down and went down on her knees, sobbing. The Bishop eventually relented and said, "Alright Mrs Larn you have my permission to bury your husband in the churchyard but, the grave must be round the back where no one can see the grave, and I will not allow a headstone."
The family got round the headstone by installing a marble kerb round the grave plot on which his name still shows, but no mention of his military rank or Military Cross for exceptional bravery.
Thank God the world has moved on since then.
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