Find A Grave - Norfolk

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
Bourchier, Claude Thomas b. April 23, 1831 d. November 18, 1877
Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. During the Crimean War, he served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). On November 20,1854, he along with Lieutenant William James Montgomery Cuninghame were with a party detailed to drive the Russians from some rifle pits. Waiting until after dark, they advanced on the pits and launched a surprise attack. They drove the Russian riflemen from their cover, but in...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers From The Grave)
St Andrew Churchyard, Buxton, Norfolk, England
Bucke, Richard [memorial] b. 1573 d. 1623
Folk Figure. Probably attended Caius College, Cambridge where he took religious orders. In June of 1609, he and his wife left Plymouth, England for Virginia on the Sea Venture. The Sea Venture was wrecked off the coast of Bermuda on July 28th; though everyone on board the Sea Venture survived, it was the better part of a year before they made landfall in Virginia on replacement vessels. He served as the second minister of the Jamestown colony arriving in May of 1610. In April 1614, the Reverend...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Burman, Sgt. William Francis b. August 30, 1897 d. October 23, 1974
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
St Faith Crematorium, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England
Cator, Harry b. January 24, 1894 d. April 7, 1966
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Sprowston Cemetery, Sprowston, 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
Clover, Joseph Thomas b. February 28, 1825 d. September 27, 1882
Physician, Anesthetist. He is remembered as the inventor of a device that safely and controllably delivers anesthetics (chloroform or ether) to patients undergoing surgical procedures. He was born in Aylsham, Norfolk, England, the son of a farmer. After his primary education at the Gray Friars' Priory School in Norwich, Norfolk, England, he apprenticed as a surgical dresser at the age of 16 to a local surgeon. In 1844 he enrolled at the University College Hospital in London, England, to study...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
D'Albini, William b. 1070 d. 1139
Norman noble, brother of Robert d'Albini (Abbot of St. Albans) (q.v.) and founder, in 1107 of Wymondham Priory (later Abbey). (Bio by: David Conway)
Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Plot: Site of Abbey altar
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
Edwards, William Mordaunt Marsh b. May 7, 1855 d. September 17, 1912
Arabi Pasha Rebellion Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Norfolk, England, he served as a Lieuteant in the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, British Army. On September 13, 1882, at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, Lieutenant Edwards led a party of the Highland Light Infantry to storm a redoubt. He was in head advance of his party, rushed alone into the battery, killed the artillery officer in charge and was himself knocked down by a gunner with a rammer and was rescued by the arrival of three men of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
St George Churchyard, Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Emms, Edward b. April 18, 1839 d. January 26, 1918
Pioneer on telegraph system for military purposes, in response to the first Fenians (IRA) bomb in December 1867 London, England. He was later awarded the meritorious service medal, with an annuity, which his late Majesty King Edward VII conferred on him as a reward for long and highly-meritorious service in the army. Also received the New Zealand war medal and the long-service and good conduct medal.
St Germans Parish Churchyard, St Germans, 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
Ferrers, Elsiha d. 1548
Abbot of Wymondham, 1523-1548 (Bio by: David Conway)
Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Plot: Abbey Church
Fisher, John Arbuthnot b. January 25, 1841 d. July 10, 1920
British Royal Navy Admiral. Born in Ceylon, Sri Lanka, he began his Naval career on the HMS Calcutta in 1854 and was a Midshipman on the HMS Highflyer during the 2nd Opium War (1856-60). Appointed Gunnery Lieutenant in 1863, he was promoted Commander on the HMS Donegal in 1869 and served in the Crimean War. In 1877, he was promoted Captain, commanding various ships in combat in the Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea until 1889. He was promoted Rear Admiral in 1890 and was Admiral...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
St Andrew Churchyard, Kilverstone, Norfolk, England
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
Fryer, John b. August 15, 1753 d. May 26, 1817
British Naval Officer. Sailing Master on the HMS Bounty, second-in-command to William Bligh. In his account of the mutiny on the Bounty on April 28, 1789, Bligh characterized Fryer as an incompetent troublemaker and this view has been accepted by many historians. In fact he was a highly competent and loyal officer, his one failing on the Bounty voyage being that he refused to act as Bligh's yes-man. They clashed frequently, especially over what Fryer saw as Bligh's preferential...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St Nicholas Churchyard, Wells-next-the-Sea, 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
Green, Florence b. February 19, 1901 d. February 4, 2012
Military Figure. A member of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), she was the last surviving veteran of World War I. Born Florence Beatrice Patterson, she was raised in north London, joined the WRAF in September 1918, and was serving as a waitress in the officer's mess at the Royal Airfield, Marham, a bomber base in eastern England, when the conflict ended. After leaving the service in July of 1919 she married World War I veteran and railroad worker Walter Green (deceased 1970) in 1920, raised...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mintlyn Crematorium, Bawsey, Norfolk, England
Hare, Sarah b. 1689 d. April 9, 1744
English lady famous for the mahogany case containing the wax effigy made at her own bequest. This is the only funerary wax effigy outside Westminster Abbey and the only surviving in a parish church. Visited by tourists. She is buried in Church of the Holy Trinity, in Stow Bardolph (Norfolk) (Bio by: Guada)
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England
Plot: The Hare Chapel

Records 1 to 20 (of 56 total matches)

Records 21 to 40