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==War memorials== Cley next the Sea's war memorials are two stone tablets inside St.Margaret's Church. They list the following names for the [[First World War]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Cley Next The Sea |url=https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/CleyNextTheSea.html |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.roll-of-honour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/5 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Rank !Name !Unit !Date of Death !Burial |- |2Lt. |Raven Couzens-Hardy |4th Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]] |9 Oct. 1917 |[[Tyne Cot]] |- |PO |Henry Rowe |[[HMS Invincible (1907)|''HMS Invincible'']] |31 May 1916 |[[Portsmouth Naval Memorial|Portsmouth Memorial]] |- |POSt |Frank Whatley |[[HMS Aboukir (1900)|''HMS Aboukir'']] |22 Sep. 1914 |[[Portsmouth Naval Memorial|Portsmouth Memorial]] |- |Sgt. |Ernest W. E. Gibbs |2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt. |5 Jun. 1916 |[[Kirkee War Cemetery]] |- |Cpl. |John T. Rayner |10th Bn., [[Essex Regiment]] |4 Mar. 1918 |[[Grand Seraucourt|Seraucourt Cemetery]] |- |St1C |Herbert W. Ellwood |''H.M. Tug Desire''{{Efn|The Desire was sunk by [[SM UB-34]] off the coast of [[Filey]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].}} |20 Jan. 1918 |[[Chatham Naval Memorial|Chatham Memorial]] |- |Bsth. |James W. Grimes |[[HMS Invincible (1907)|''HMS Invincible'']] |31 May 1916 |[[Portsmouth Naval Memorial|Portsmouth Memorial]] |- |Gnr. |Valentine H. Pinchen |101st Bty., [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] |29 Aug. 1918 |[[Tourgéville|Tourgéville Cemetery]] |- |Gnr. |Charles A. Gidney |L Bty., [[Royal Horse Artillery]] |8 Sep. 1914 |[[Baron, Oise|Baron Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |George W. Weston |1st Bn., [[Bedfordshire Regiment]] |27 Mar. 1918 |[[Cremona|Cremona Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Herbert Holman |4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regt. |14 Jan. 1918 |[[Villers-Plouich|Fifteen Ravine Cem.]] |- |Pte. |William E. Barnes |[[2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles|2nd (British Columbia Mtd.) Bn.]], [[Canadian Expeditionary Force|CEF]] |29 Sep. 1916 |[[Vimy memorial|Vimy Memorial]] |- |Pte. |John E. Barnes |[[18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF|18th (Western Ontario) Bn.]], CEF |15 Sep. 1916 |[[Vimy memorial|Vimy Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Bert W. E. Gibbs |11th Bn., [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] |4 May 1917 |[[Duisans|Duisans Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |George H. Drinkwater |13th Bn., East Yorks. |30 Jul. 1917 |[[Neuville-St Vaast|La Targette Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Ralph Barnes |1st Bn., [[Essex Regiment]] |13 Aug. 1915 |[[Helles Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Frederick J. Bishop |10th Bn., Essex Regt. |17 Oct. 1916 |[[Contay British Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Bertie F. Rowe |2nd Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]] |4 Jul. 1916 |[[Basra War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Harold J. Woodhouse |2/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |17 May 1915 |St Margaret's Churchyd. |- |Pte. |Cecil J. Bolton |1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |19 Apr. 1917 |[[Jerusalem Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Herbert W. Williamson |7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |20 Nov. 1915 |[[Lillers|Lillers Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Frank Loades |8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |19 Jul. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Cecil A. Gathercole |9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |20 Nov. 1917 |[[Ribécourt-Dreslincourt|Ribécourt Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Frederick W. Brett |1/4th Bn., [[Northumberland Fusilers]] |25 Oct. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Robert W. T. Leeder |3/4th Bn., [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|Queen's Royal Regiment]] |5 Oct. 1917 |[[Tyne Cot]] |- |Pte. |Albert G. Jeary |1st Bn., [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|Royal Warwickshire Regt.]] |12 Oct. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |St2C |James G. Elvin |[[HMS Vivid (shore establishment 1890)|''HMS Vivid'']] |13 Sep. 1918 |St Margaret's Churchyd. |- |Dhd. |George W. Grimes |H.M. Trawler ''St Ives'' |21 Dec. 1916 |[[Chatham Naval Memorial|Chatham Memorial]] |- |Mr. |Lewis R. Mann |[[Merchant Marine]]{{Efn|Mann was killed as a passenger aboard the [[SS Fabala]] which was sunk by [[SM U-28 (Germany)|SM U-28]].}} |28 Mar. 1915 |[[Callestick|Callestick Cemetery]] |} And, the following for the [[Second World War]]: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Rank !Name !Unit !Date of Death !Burial |- |Lt. |Charles G. Bird |[[HMS Exeter (68)|''HMS Exeter'']] |1 Mar. 1942 |[[Plymouth Naval Memorial]] |- |Sgt. |William Voellner |[[No. 103 Squadron RAF]] |26 Aug. 1944 |[[Littlehampton|Littlehampton Cemetery]] |- |Sgt. |Fred Yarham |5th Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] |1 Mar. 1943 |[[Yokohama|Cremation Cem., Yokohama]] |- |Cpl. |Jack P. Ramm |2nd Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] |4 May 1944 |[[Kohima War Cemetery]] |- |LS |Francis A. Lewis |[[HMS Exmoor (L61)|''HMS Exmoor'']] |25 Feb. 1941 |[[Chatham Naval Memorial]] |- |LS |Sidney G. Twiddy |[[HMS Usk (N65)|''HMS Usk'']] |3 May 1941 |[[Chatham Naval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Frank H. Dawson |7th Bn., [[Black Watch]] |19 Apr. 1945 |[[Rheinberg War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Eric V. Brett |5th Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] |21 May 1943{{Efn|Brett died of [[Cholera]] whilst a prisoner of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]].}} |[[Kanchanaburi War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |William N. Clarke |5th Bn., Royal Norfolks. |21 Sep. 1943 |[[Chungkai War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |George W. E. Clarke |6th Bn., Royal Norfolks. |18 Jan. 1942 |[[Kranji War Memorial]] |}
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