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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
A/Cpl. William Arthur Norfolk
British Army 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.
Gnr Percy Douglas Norgate
British Army 233rd Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Winchester
(d.10th August 1918)
Percy Norgate did not join up until he was in his late thirties, in the last year of the war. He served with the 233rd Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery in WW1.
He was captured by the Germans on 2nd of March 1918 and taken to their POW camp at Gustrow, Northern Germany. The well-remembered story is that while there, Percy managed to send a letter home. The family steamed off the stamp and found written underneath the sentence "Don't throw out the bacon rinds." This reference to the tough part of the bacon normally cut off and discarded told the family something about the conditions under which their beloved boy was living.
He died in hospital later that year on 10th of August 1918, 3 months before the Armistice.
Pte. Albert Norgrove
British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Smethwick, Staffordshire
(d.30th Sept 1916)
My Great Grandfather Bertie Norgrove volunteered for military service in August 1915, he enlisted into his local Infantry Regiment, the South Staffordshire Regiment, carrying out his basic training at Lichfield before joining the 7th (Service) Battalion. He initially deployed to the Balkans, sailing from Liverpool and landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15 September 1915. He took part in Many Important Engagements before being evacuated with his battalion in December the same year, travelling to Egypt via Imbros.
The Battalion then deployed to the Somme, France in July 1916. He took part in several actions, finally fighting at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge between the 26th and 30th September 1916. The Battalion, as part of the 11th Northern) Division, 33rd Brigade fought decisively around the Stuff, Schwaben, and Zollern Redoubts but should have been relieved by elements of the Cheshire Regiment around this time. Unfortunately, their relief was late to arrive and consequently, Bertie was lost in action on the 30th September and has no known grave.
Pte. Arthur Robert Norman
British Army 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:London
(d.18th Aug 1916)
Arthur Norman served with the 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Sgt. Beresford Grey Norman
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:"Berilla," Roxburgh St., Lorn, West Maitland, New South Wales
(d.9th Jun 1917)
Pte. Claude Norman
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Yorkshire
(d.17th Oct 1914)
Claude Norman was born 14th October 1886 to William and Elizabeth. In 1913 he married Elsie Broughton in Wakefield. He joined the Army and went to war with 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 13th of August 1914. Two months later, he was killed in action. He was awarded a victory medal or British war medal.
Pte. David Norman
British Army 1st Btn London Regiment
from:Bilston, Staffs
(d.28th Oct 1918)
David Norman served with the 5th South Staffordshire Regiment, 12th Royal Fusiliers, 10th Royal Fusiliers and 1st London Regiment.
D.H. George Norman
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Victory
(d.2nd June 1915)
Deck Hand Norman is buried near the east boundary in the Galway (Forthill) Graveyard, Rahoon, Co. Galway, Ireland.
Pte. Harry Norman
British Army 3rd Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Great Barford, Bedfordshire
Harry Norman was my grandfather. He was invalided out due to an injury to his right arm, and I am on the understanding that the injury he sustained affected him mentally. Due to his state of mind, he was referred to a mental institution at Bury St. Edmonds infirmary. I never got to see him physically. That was probably due to his instability and not knowing how he would react to strangers. None of my aunts, uncles, or cousins has any photos of him. I would like to find a photo of him.
Pte. John William Norman
British Army 2nd/9th Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Having obtained the medal card for my great uncle John William Norman, it states that his medals were returned by his family. I can understand the bitterness of relatives as he was one of three of my relatives from the pit villages of County Durham, killed in WWI and whose bodies were not found. Their names are on the Tyne Cot and Thiepval memorials. God Bless them.
Pte. Joseph Thomas Norman
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.5th April 1918)
Ordly. Malcolm Norman
British Red Cross
Malcolm Norman served as a Red Cross Orderly at the Cottenham Red Cross Hospital Hospital. He died on the 23rd of October 1916 aged 18 years and is remembered on the on the Cottenham war memorial.
Pte. Robert Clarke Norman
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt Sidney George Norman
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Sussex Regiment
Sidney Norman volunteered in February 1915, and in the following July was sent to France. During his service he was mentioned in dispatches for good scouting in Loos-Hulluch between November 1915 and January 1916. He was promoted to sergeant but was then wounded, then sent home to England, where on his recovery he worked with the Home duties until being demobilised.
Pte. W. Norman
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
W Norman was discharged in 1916 Sick
Pte. William Norman
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Hastings
Pte. William Thomas Norman
British Army 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:High Green, Sheffield.
(d.3rd Oct 1917)
William Norman was born in the mining village of Tankersley, Barnsley in 1881. The son of Thomas and Bertha Norman, he was the eldest of 6 children. He married his wife Harriet in 1906 and they had 3 children.
William was 33 years old when he joined up and served in the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment to fight in the first world war. William died from gun shot wounds on the 3rd of October 1917, he is buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Sgt. William James Norman
British Army 189th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
William Norman served with 189th Brigade Royal Field Artilery. He died in March 1956.
Sgt.Mjr. Magnus Sinclair Norquay
British Army 15th (Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.16th May 1915)
Sig. Archibald Norrie
British Army 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire
(d.19th Nov 1916)
Archibald Norrie served with 5th Gordon Highlanders. He is buried in Contay British Cemetery, France.
L/Cpl. Charles Norris
British Army 2nd Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Kingston upon Thames
(d.14th Feb 1915)
Pte. George Charles Norris
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Reading
(d.18th Apr 1915)
My Grandfather George Norris joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderers at the start of WW1. He was born in Reading in 1894. We don't have a great deal of information about his service before he was killed in action. He died at Ypres on the 18 April 1915. We are told that someone in the family has a photograph so are trying to track that down which will be great. We know his name is on the Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 22 - one day soon we will travel over to see it.
2nd.Lt. Harold Aubrey Blurton Norris
Royal Flying Corps 57 Squadron
from:Dartford, Kent
(d.24th July 1917)
Second Lieutenant Harold Norris, enlisted in August 1914 with 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment then served with 57 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
Pte. Henry John Walter Horace Norris
British Army 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:38 South Road, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex, .
(d.11th August 1917)
Pte. James Thomas Norris
British Army 337th Coy Labour Corps
from:Shoreditch, Middlesex
(d.12th Aug 1918)
Pte. John Norris
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:Greenock
(d.25th Feb 1915)
John Norris, Private 10107, lost his life at the age of 22. He was the son of John and Mary Mackenzie Norris of Greenock. He is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. John William Norris
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Sherborne, Dorset
(d.9th April 1917)
2nd Lt. R. W. Norris
Royal Air Force
(d.20th October 1918)
Second Lieutenant Norris is buried in the south east part of the Julianstown (St. Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Julianstown, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Pte. Tom Norris
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Heath Hayes, Staffordshire
Tom Norris was a miner in the Cannock coal fields in Staffordshire before joining the army in early 1915. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and had arrived in France by early August. In September the 2nd Battalion was engaged in the Battle of Loos before being withdrawn to Alexandria in Egypt in October, and then to Salonika in January 1916. Tom seems to have been with the 2nd Battalion for the whole of his service and whilst he was with them in Salonika they played their part in a number of engagements or battles. We're not sure what roles Tom played in these events but in Spring 1918 he contracted malaria and by May 1918 his health had deteriorated to the point where he was no longer fit for war service.
We understand he was also subject to, but survived, a gas attack at some point, which had an impact on his lungs. As a result, he did not (or was not allowed to) return to mining after his discharge and moved to Birmingham in search of work. Tom survived the war but as a result of his military service he suffered pain and ill health for the remainder of his life. He was granted a war pension but died an early death in 1942.
Cpl. William Norris
British Army 1st Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Drumahoe, Londonderry
(d.10th May 1918)
William Norris was my father's cousin. William is buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France.
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