Remembering George Thomas Dawson – died 19th September 1918
George Thomas Dawson was born on the 28th January 1878, the second son of James and Sarah Ann Dawson. He was baptised on the 5th June 1881, in Wood Norton parish church … read more
Remembering Stanley Sadler – torpedoed off the Dutch coast 15 August 1918
Stanley Sadler was born in Ridlington on the 19th February 1898, the fourth son of Robert and Rebecca Sadler’s ten children. Stanley enlisted in the Royal Navy on the 26th October 1916 … read more
Remembering Arthur Robert Buck – killed in action 25 May 1918
Arthur Robert Buck was born on the 2nd March 1878, the youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth Buck, and was baptised on the 19th May 1878 in Stibbard parish church … read more
Remembering Thomas Walter Doughty – killed in action 24 March 1918
Thomas Walter Doughty was born in 1892, the son of Thomas George and Anna Maria Doughty. He was baptised on the 24th January 1892, in Wood Norton parish church … read more
Remembering Edward Barber Leeder – died in a submarine accident 31 January 1918
Edward Barber Leeder was born in 1897 in Swanton Novers, and baptised on the 4th April 1897, in Swanton Novers parish church. He was the son of Mary Leeder … read more
Remembering Alfred Wright – died of wounds 8 December 1917
Alfred Wright was born in 1895 and baptised on the 8th December 1895, in Wood Norton parish church, the son of William and Jane Wright … read more
Remembering Nicholas Robert Colman – killed in action 30 November 1917
Nicholas Robert Colman was born on the 30th September 1897, and baptised on the 18th January 1898 in Gunthorpe parish church, the son of Daniel and Catherine Colman … read more
Remembering Robert Cecil Burlingham – killed in action 2 November 1917
Robert Cecil Burlingham was born on the 3rd April 1896, the middle of three children of Charles and Elizabeth Burlingham. He was baptised on the 14th June 1896, in Neatishead parish church … read more
Remembering Wilfred George Lake – killed in action 10 September 1916
Wilfred George Lake was the youngest son of William and Mary Ann Lake, born in Wood Norton and baptised on the 12th April 1896 at All Saints, Wood Norton … read more
Remembering William Forbes Norris – killed in action 25th August 1915
William Forbes Norris was born on the 13th April 1894, the eldest of three children and only son of William Edward and Annie Norris. He was baptised on the 13th May 1894 at St Mary, Kilburn (Middlesex), by his uncle, Edward Forbes, curate of St Andrew, Peckham … read more
Wood Norton War Memorial
As part of the Wood Norton Heritage Project, work began in June 2015 on researching the war memorial in All Saints Church and the men whose names appear on it. The memorial, For God, King and Country, was made by Hughes, Bolckow & Co. Ltd, battleship breakers in Blyth, Northumberland … read more
