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• Bathurst, Henry   b. October 16, 1744  d. May 5, 1837
  Bishop of Norwich, know for his liberal views: a keen supporter of Catholic emancipation. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Cavell, Edith Louisa    b. December 4, 1865  d. October 12, 1915
  Executed WWI British nurse. A native of Swardeston, England, the daughter of the vicar, Edith took up nursing. She accepted the position of matron at Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. With the start of the war and German occupation of Belgium in 1914, the facility was converted into a military hospital treating German as well as captured British soldiers. Soon many were missing. Edith was charged in their escapes to neutral Holland and arrested by the Germans. Kept in solitary...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Plot: Life's Green
   
• de Losinga, Herbert   b. 1054  d. July 22, 1119
  Founder of Norwich Cathedral, and its first bishop (1091-1119) (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Erpingham, Sir. Thomas  b. 1357  d. 1428
  Medieval Military Figure. A noted English warrior, he is remembered today for leading Henry V's archers at the Battle of Agincourt (October 25, 1415). Shakespeare characterized him as a "good old commander and most kind gentleman" in his play "Henry V". He was born in his ancestral village of Erpingham, near Norfolk, into a gentry family whose estates dated back to the Norman Conquest. His father, Sir John de...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Plot: North side of the Presbytery
   
• Fleming, William Launcelot Scott   b. August 7, 1906  d. July 30, 1990
  Bishop of Norwich 1959-1971. Originally a geologist and glaciologist, former Directorof the Scott Polar Institute andnleader of expeditions ot Iceland (1932) and Graham Land, Antarctica (1934-37) (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Goldwell, James   d. February 15, 1499
  Bishop of Norwich (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Gooding, Thomas   d. 1600
  'The skeleton'. (Death date approximate) (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Herbert, Percy Mark    b. April 24, 1885  d. January 22, 1968
  Bishop of Norwich, 1942-1959 (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Horne, Geroge   b. November 1, 1730  d. January 17, 1792
  Bishop of Norwich (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Paralytic stroke
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Norfolk Regiment Korea Memorial [memorial] 
  Erected in 1970, the plaque was dedicated to the memory of the 36 officers and men of the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment who gave their lives for the United Nations in Korean War. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Nykke, Richard   b. 1447  d. December 29, 1535
  Bishop of Norwich (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Overall, John    b. 1560  d. May 12, 1619
  Roman Catholic Leader. Served as Bishop of Norwich. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Parkhurst, John   b. 1512  d. February 2, 1575
  Bishop of Norwich (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Parsley, Osbert   b. 1511  d. 1585
  Composer, and choirmaster of Norwich Cathedral for 50 years. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Pelham, John Thomas   b. June 25, 1811  d. May 1, 1894
  65th Bishop of Norwich (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Pellew, George   b. 1793  d. October 13, 1866
  Son of Viscount Exmouth, he was the Dean of Norwich, 1822-1866. Biographer of his father-in-law, the 1st Viscount Sidmouth. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Pollock, Bertram    b. December 6, 1863  d. October 12, 1943
  Bishop of Norwich, 1910-1942. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Royal norfolk Regiment Memorial [memorial] 
  Commemorates 'those of all ranks...who since the raising of the Regiment in 1685 have in many lands given their lives for their country' (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Sheepshanks, John    b. February 23, 1834  d. June 6, 1912
  Anglican Church Leader. Served as Bishop of Norwich from 1893 to 1910. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   
• Wodehouse, Edmund   b. July 26, 1784  d. August 21, 1855
  Member of Parliament for Norfolk for 37 years. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
   

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