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LOWESTOFT, C & E MORTON LTD WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006

The memorial for C & E Morton Ltd, Lowestoft is now held in the Lowestoft War Memorial Museum. Several other memorials are also held in the museum. The World War 1 memorial is in the form of a highly ornate hand script Roll of Honour. It lists all those from the company, wherever they were in the country, who served in World War 1. Those who died are highlighted in red lettering. This pages merely lists some of those who died, there are mmore listed.

Photographs Copyright © Lowestoft War Memorial Museum 2006

PRO REGE ET PATRIA
(for King and Country)

C & E MORTON LTD

ROLL OF HONOUR

NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO JOINED
HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

BIRD

C

Suffolk Regiment. Worked in the C & E Morton Ltd., Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's Memorial - Not as yet identified properly.

BURWOOD

Bert

Lance Sergeant 12616, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16th September 1916. Born and enlisted Lowestoft. Worked in the Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row N. Grave 5.

COLEMAN

W E

Sergeant, Suffolk Regiment. Worked in the Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. - No further information currently available

CORBYN

Alonzo Joseph

[Spelt CORBIN on CWGC] Seaman 4187A, H.M.S. Cressy, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 22nd September 1914. Aged 21. Son of Joseph and Lottie Corbin, of 29, Sandringham Rd., Lowestoft; husband of Maude Christina Corbin, of 41, Oxford Rd., Lowestoft. Worked in the Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 8. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's

COX

Edward

Private 78042, 131st Company, Labour Corps. Died of wounds 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 29. Born Lowestoft, Suffolk, enlisted Lowestoft, Suffolk. Husband of Phoebe Louisa Cox, of 55, Edinburgh Road, North Lowestoft. Worked in the C & E Morton Ltd, Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. Formerly 48481, 23rd Infantry Labour Company, The Quee's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row D. Grave 18. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's

FENNELL

Edward Arthur

Private 325024, 1st/8th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1917. Born and enlist Lowestoft. Formerly 6495, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row G. Grave 20. See also Lowestoft St John's and Lowestoft St Margaret's

LAMBERT

Samuel William

Private 57972, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 8 August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 39. Born Lowestoft, enlisted Lowestoft, resident Lowestoft. Husband of Eleanor Isabella Gertrude Lambert, of 55, Lawson Rd., South Lowestoft. Worked in the C & E Morton Ltd, Factory, South Wharf, Lowestoft. Buried in BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE, Somme, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 13. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's

MELVIN

A

Unknown

STEPHEN

Charles

Sergeant 128, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 18th June 1915. Born Curragh, Co. Kildare, enlisted Aberdeen. Son of James and Isabella Stephen, of 5, Jackson Terrace, Aberdeen. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 39 to 41.

STOLLWORTHY

Thomas

[Spelt STOLWORTHY on CWGC and SDGW] Lance Corporal 16949, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 10th December 1916. Aged 32. Born Great Yarmouth, enlisted Lowestoft. Husband of Jane M. Stolworthy, of 5 Row, 137, South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XX. Row F. Grave 11A.

Last updated: 16 April, 2006

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