Men Survived
Much of our research concentrated on tracking down the names of men from our villages who served their country during WW1 and who were fortunate enough to survive. We wanted to discover their stories and ensure that they too received proper recognition as those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Below is a list of those men for whom we have proven evidence that they either lived in Neatishead, Irstead or Barton Turf , or had a family connection with the villages. To discover more about their lives click on a name.
If you can give us any further information about any of the men listed here, or know that any information we have is incorrect, then please do get in touch using the contact form, we will be very pleased to hear from you.
| Name | Born | Occupation | Village
(1911 census) |
Service | Died |
| Leslie Alcock | 28th Dec 1892, Neatishead | Gardener / Bricklayer | Neatishead | Stoker, HMS Dolphin | Not known |
| Henry Andrews | 26th Oct 1870, Barton Turf | Bricklayer’s Labourer / Royal Navy | Little Plumstead | 4th Norfolk (Territorial Force Local Guard) | Not known |
| William Balls | 2nd July 1895, Irstead | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Petty Officer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 21st March 1973 |
| Edward Blackburn, MM | 1898, Bacton | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Sergeant, 9th Norfolk | 17th Feb 1956 |
| Ernest Blackburn | 17th Sept 1892, Knapton | Miller’s Assistant | Neatishead | Private, Royal Garrison Artillery | 6th July 1982 |
| Herbert Blackburn | 1885, Hoveton St Peter | Assitant Butcher | Neatishead | Private, 10th Fusiliers | 1957 |
| Albert Blake | 2nd June 1893, Surlingham | Farm Labourer | Neatishead (1913) | Private, 1/4th Norfolk | March 1971 |
| Frederick Blake | 22nd Nov 1899, Surlingham | School | Neatishead (1913) | Private, 2/6th Norfolk | 21st Nov 1973 |
| William Bloom | Jan 1878 | Farm Labourer | Cangate Common | Private, 7th Bedford | Not known |
| James Brackenbury | 4th Jan 1877, Barton Turf | Farm Labourer | Barton Turf | Private, Norfolk Labour Corps | 1948 |
| Herbert Buck | 17th Jan 1880, Swanton Abbot | Fisherman | Neatishead | Royal Naval Reserve | 28th Jan 1947 |
| John Buck | 22nd Oct 1879, Swanton Abbot | Fisherman | Neatishead | Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| Benjamin Canham | 4th Oct 1879, Neatishead | Able Seaman | Great Yarmouth (1911) | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | 22nd Oct 1965 |
| William Carr | 14th Jan 1891, Wickmere | Gardener / Royal Navy | Neatishead (1918) | Petty Officer, HMS Pembroke | Not known |
| Donald Catchpole | 19th March 1900, Bramerton | Scholar | Surlingham | Lance Corporal, 9th Norfolk | Dec 1979 |
| Sidney Chambers | 1892, Neatishead | Assistant teacher | Neatishead (1918) | Bombadier, Royal Field Artillery | 1953 |
| Herbert Chapman | 21st March 1876, Barton Turf | Publican | Reedham | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| Albert Clarke | 17th Jan 1900, Barton Turf | Transport worker (canals) | Barton Turf | 5th Bedfordshire | 1982 |
| Percy Clethero | 1889, Wroxham | Ironmonger’s Assistant | Barton Turf | Private, Wellington Infantry Btn | Not known |
| Jacob Cole | 26th Nov 1876, Neatishead | General Labourer | Neatishead | Private, Northamptonshire | 3rd Dec 1949 |
| Charles Colk | 5th March 1894, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | 1973 |
| Robert Colk | Dec 1890, Irstead | Labourer | Neatishead (1918) | Corporal, 9th Norfolk | March 1962 |
| Sam Colk | 1877, Coltishall | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Able Seaman, Royal Navy | 1946 |
| William Colk | 1879, Neatishead | Not known | Irstead (1891) | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | Not known |
| George Cooke | c.1895, Ludham | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Private, 7th Norfolk | check |
| Thomas Courtman | 1876, Irstead | Groom | Irstead (1913) | Bandsman, 51st Bedfordshire | Not known |
| Cecil Cox | 10th Apr 1897, Barton Turf | Cattle Man | Barton Turf | Private, Norfolk | 16th June 1973 |
| Sidney Cox | 1th July 1891, Barton Turf | Farm Labourer | Barton Turf | Chief Gunner, Royal Navy | 20th Oct 1970 |
| Albert Drake | 1st March 1891, Barton Turf | Farmer’s Son | Barton Turf | Private, Royal West Kent | 3rd Feb 1962 |
| Geoffrey Drake | 8th July 1894, Banham | Waggoner | Oakham | Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers | 24th Sept 1957 |
| William Drake | 1881, Barton Turf | Farmer’s Son | Barton Turf | Private, Royal Army Service Corps | Not known |
| John Dugdale | 24th Nov 1893, Barton Turf | Not known | Stalham | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | 1947 |
| Cyril Easlea | Oct 1895, Neatishead | Not known | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | 1st May 1960 |
| Stanley Eastlea | 9th Nov 1894, Norwich | Postal Clerk | Neatishead | Able Seaman, HMS Penelope | 17th June 1959 |
| Charles Easton | 4th June 1890, Neatishead | Assistant Harness Maker | Neatishead | Sapper, Royal Engineers | Dec 1978 |
| Herbert Easton | 1896, Neatishead | Apprentice Boatbuilder | Neatishead | Corporal, Inland Water Transport Corps | Not known |
| Bertie Etheridge | 15th Oct 1892, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Private, 8th Norfolk | Not known |
| Wilfred Felstead | 8th Sept 1893, Neatishead | Assistant Gardener | Neatishead | Sergeant, Notts and Derby | 10th Aug 1949 |
| George Finch | 19th March 1885, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Private, 12th Northumberland Fusiliers | March 1970 |
| Robert Fox | 31st Dec 1880, Neatishead | Stoker, Royal Navy | Westbourne | Stoker, HMS Vulcan | Not known |
| Bernard Galpin | 1896, Norwich | Scholar | Horstead | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | Not known |
| Francis Galpin | 1894, Norwich | Student | Durham | Sergeant, Norfolk | 1954 |
| John Galpin, DFC DSC | 17th Oct 1889 | Not known | Not known | Captain, Royal Air Force | Not known |
| Charles Gay | 10th Oct 1886, Barton Turf | Not known | ? London | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| William Gay | 18th Nov 1889, Barton Turf | Not known | Barton Turf | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| James Gedge | c.1876, Honing | Agricultural Labourer/ Horseman | Barton Turf | Horseman, 427th Agricultural Co Labour Corps | ? 1947 |
| Evan Gilden | Apr 1898, Barton Turf | Scholar | Carlton Colville | Private, Coldstream Guards | 14th Oct 1963 |
| Leslie Gilden | 29th Dec 1895, Barton Turf | Miller’s Apprentice | Neatishead | Trooper, New Zeland Army | 1985 |
| Roy Gilden | 22nd Aug 1900, Barton Turf | Scholar | Neatishead | Stoker, Royal Navy | Not known |
| John Goodwin | Not known | Not known | Not known | Corporal Royal Army Service Corps | Not known |
| Albert Grimes | 19th Oct 1893, Neatishead | Not known | Neatishead | Private, 8th Norfolk | 1980 |
| Reginald Grimes | 7th June 1899, Gt Yarmouth | Scholar | Neatishead (1918) | Ordinary Seaman, HMS Halcyon | 9th June 1922 |
| Walter Grimes | 17th Oct 1895, Neatishead | Stock Feeder | Neatishead (1918) | Driver, Royal Army Service Corps | 1975 |
| Bertie Hazell | c.1897, Neatishead | Gardener | Neatishead (1918) | Private, 16th Lancashire Fusiliers | Not known |
| Albert Hemp | 8th Aug 1883, Happisburgh | Farm Labourer | Lessingham | Private, Royal Fusiliers | 28th June 1973 |
| Frederick Hewitt | 24th Apr 1886, Barton Turf | Fisherman | North Shields | Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| Robert Hewitt | 4th Aug 1875, Barton Turf | Fisherman | Pottern Heigham | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | Not known |
| Fred Hunn | 17th Sept 1898, Wroxham | Scholar | Terrington St Clements | Private, 52nd Bedford | 1970 |
| Harry Hunn | c.1897, Hoveton St Peter | Farm Boy | Hoveton St Peter | Private, 6th West Kent | Not known |
| William Hunt | 1st Aug 1900, Kirstead | School Errand Boy | Hindolveston | HMS Pembroke | Not known |
| Frank Jarrett | 1882, Norwich | Butcher’s Clerk | Barton Turf (1918) | Army | Not known |
| Charles Jolly | 13th May 1895, Neatishead | Not known | Neatishead | Sapper, Royal Engineers | Not known |
| Philip Jolly | 17th Aug 1899, Neatishead | Not known | Neatishead | Private, East Surrey | April 1997 |
| William Jones | 3rd July 1898, Barton Turf | Carpenter | Barton Turf (1918) | Private, 2/19th Btn London | Not known |
| Harry King | Not known | Not known | Cangate 1918 | Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps | Not known |
| Charles London | 11th Sept 1880, Barton Turf | Not known | Barton Turf 1918 | Sergeant, Inland Water Transport Corps | Not known |
| Walter London | 7th Jan 1894, Irstead | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Stoker, HMS Dolphin | Dec 1982 |
| Frederick Loveday | 1893, Norwich | Not known | Not known | Private, Seaforth Highlanders | Not known |
| Robert Loveday | 1899, Norwich | Not known | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | 13th July 1962 |
| Edward Lubbock | 29th Sept 1885, Knapton | Rush Horse Collar Maker | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | June 1940 |
| William Lubbock | 1892, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Beeston St Lawrence | Private, 20th Durham | Not known |
| Thomas Miller, MM | 25th Feb 1888, Felthorpe | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | March 1973 |
| Cyril Morse | Not known | Not known | Not known | Private, 9th Norfolk | Not known |
| Charles Neave | 31st May 1899, Neatishead | Not known | Not known | 3rd Grenadier Guards | July 1985 |
| Frederick Neave | 11th June 1864, Neatishead | Farmer | Neatishead | Captain, 2/6th Norfolk | 16th Aug 1949 |
| John Nuttall | 1879, Huddersfield | Blacksmith | Barton Turf (1918) | Blacksmith, Royal Artillery | Not known |
| John Pestell | 1880, Irstead | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | 1961 |
| Frank Platford | 22nd Dec 1890, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Barton Turf (1918) | Stoker, HMS Prince George | 27th Mar 1958 |
| George Platford | 8th July 1887, Neatishead | Marshman | Barton Turf (1918) | Stoker, HMS Dolphin | 2nd June 1948 |
| Ernest Playford | 1888, Brooke | Butcher’s Assistant | Neatishead (1918) | Private, Royal Army Service Corps | 30th Oct 1953 |
| Sidney Playford | 1893, Brooke | House Painter | Neatishead | Private, 8th Norfolk | Not known |
| Disney Poole | 6th April 1887, Barton Turf | Not known | Kamloops, Canada | Lance Corporal, 172nd Canadian Infantry | 8th June 1970 |
| William Purdy | 1880, Walcott | Private means | Neatishead (1918) | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | June 1931 |
| Henry Rix | 21st Dec 1892, Barton Turf | Carpenter | Eccles,(Neatishead 1918) | Private, Royal Field Artillery | Sept 1976 |
| John Rix | 1897, Barton Turf | Plumber’s apprentice and house painter | Neatishead | Private, 9th Norfolk | Not known |
| Aaron Rose | 1878, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Barton Turf | Private, Labour Corps | 21st March 1954 |
| Edward Russell-Wells, MC | 28th May 1898, London W1 | Engineer | Irstead (1918) | 2nd Lieut, 297th Siege Battery BEF | 11th Jan 1957 |
| Archie Salmons | 9th Nov 1890, Barton Turf | Gardener | Barton Turf | Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry | Not known |
| Sidney Salmons | 1882, Barton Turf | Cattle Man | Barton Turf | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 21st April 1965 |
| Victor Salmons | 27th July 1888, Barton Turf | House Painter | Barton Turf | British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force | 2nd Nov 1938 |
| Bertie Sands, MM | 1897, Ayrshire | House Boy | Thorpe St Andrew | Lance Corporal, 8th Norfolk | 2nd Feb 1926 |
| John Sands | 1898, Ayrshire | Not known | Neatishead (1918) | Corporal, Machine Gu Corps | Not known |
| Alexander Saul | 1886, Barton Turf | Marshman | Irstead | Sapper, Inland Water Transport Corps | 1955 |
| George Saul | 1890, Smallburgh | Fisherman | Irstead | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 1968 |
| Charles Shepherd | 11th Oct 1873, Barton Turf | Farmer’s Son | Barton Turf | Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve | 12th June 1926 |
| George Southgate | 25th Aug 1899, Stalham | Farm Labourer | Sutton (1901) | HMS Hebe | Not known |
| Samuel Tungate | c.1884, Waxham | Soldier | Irstead | Private, 1st Norfolk | 6th Feb 1934 |
| Abraham Watts | 11th April 1870, Barton Turf | Agricultural Labourer | Barton Turf | Private, 3rd Norfolk | Not known |
| Fred Wright | 1896, Neatishead | Father’s Assistant (Marshman) | Neatishead | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 9th Oct 1959 |
| Herbert Wright | 1890, Irstead | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Stoker, HMS Blake | 1956 |
| Horace Wright | 1893, Irstead | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 1927 |
| Albert Yaxley | 16th Aug 1878, Barton Turf | Farm Labourer | Irstead | Private, 7th Border | 1961 |
| William J Yaxley | 23rd Aug 1891, Barton Turf | Boatman | Barton Turf | Gunner, Royal Naval Reserves | 19th Dec 1963 |
| William G Yaxley | 7th March 1893, Neatishead | Farm Labourer | Neatishead | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | Not known |