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== War Memorial == Ditchingham War Memorial is located inside St. Mary's Church and is a brass structure including a life-sized prone statue of a British soldier created by [[Derwent Wood]]. The memorial lists the following names for the [[First World War]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Ditchingham |url=https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ditchingham.html |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.roll-of-honour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Denton to Dunton cum Doughton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/6#denton-to-dunton-cum-doughton |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Rank !Name !Unit !Date of Death !Burial |- |Sgt. |Herbert H. Bird |2/6th Bn., [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] |19 Jul. 1916 |[[Loos Memorial]] |- |Sgt. |Ernest W. Seeley |6th Bn., [[South Lancashire Regiment]] |10 Aug. 1915 |[[Helles Memorial]] |- |LSgt. |Hubert G. Strowger |2nd Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]] |31 Dec. 1916 |[[Basra Memorial]] |- |Cpl. |Bertie A. Johnson |7th Bn., [[Suffolk Regiment]] |27 Mar. 1918 |[[Pozières Memorial]] |- |Cpl. |J. William Sampson |7th Bn., Suffolk Regt. |27 Mar. 1918 |[[Pozières Memorial]] |- |LCpl. |Harold C. Edmunds |1st Bn., [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]] |18 Sep. 1918 |[[Épehy|Épehy Wood Cemetery]] |- |LCpl. |Gordon C. Williams |1st Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]] |30 Aug. 1918 |[[Wimille|Terlincthun Cemetery]] |- |Gnr. |Harry Runicles |86th Bde., [[Royal Field Artillery]] |9 Jul. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Gnr. |George A. Smith |321st Bty., [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] |3 Jun. 1917 |[[Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery|Lijssenthoek Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Harold A. Fiske |A Coy., [[Army Service Corps (UK)|Army Service Corps]] |20 Apr. 1915 |[[Earsham|All Saints' Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Ernest A. Reynolds |8th Bn., [[Border Regiment]] |5 Jul. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Philip C. Simmons |5th Bn., [[The Buffs]] |28 Sep. 1916 |[[Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery|North Gate War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Ralph R. Butcher |2nd Bn., [[Coldstream Guards]] |16 Sep. 1916 |[[Lesbœufs|Lesbœufs Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Daniel D. Fairhead |34th Bn., [[Royal Fusiliers]] |14 May 1918 |[[Rouen|St. Sever Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Jacob E. Kent |1st Bn., [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] |18 Apr. 1918 |[[Tyne Cot]] |- |Pte. |Sidney Bird |76th Coy., [[Machine Gun Corps]] |29 Sep. 1917 |[[Brandhoek New Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Brandhoek Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Albert V. Gorbel |1st Bn., [[Middlesex Regiment]] |26 Aug. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Reginald H. V. Dobbie |[[Wellington Infantry Regiment (NZEF)|Wellington Regt.]], [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force|NZEF]] |8 Aug. 1915 |[[Chunuk Bair|Chunuk Bair Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Augustus G. Williams |1st Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]] |25 Oct. 1914 |[[Le Touret Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Harry Codling |1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |20 Aug. 1915 |[[Helles Memorial]] |- |Pte. |William H. Norman |8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |22 Oct. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |Arthur Gillingwater |9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. |13 May 1916 |[[La Brique Military Cemeteries|La Brique Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Harry A. Hale |1st Bn., [[Northamptonshire Regiment]] |21 Dec. 1916 |[[Caterpillar Valley Cemetery|Caterpillar Valley Cem.]] |- |Pte. |Kenneth R. Hamilton |1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regt. |19 Nov. 1916 |[[Rouen|St. Sever Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Herbert Prior |2nd Bn., [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|Queen's Royal Regiment]] |2 Apr. 1917 |[[Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais|Croisilles Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Alan G. Attoe |15th (Reserve) Bn., [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] |1 Jan. 1918 |[[Bungay|Bungay Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |Arthur L. Garrould |15th Bn., [[Royal Scots]] |9 Apr. 1918 |[[Steenwerck|Three Trees Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |L. Claud Gray |1/4th Bn., [[Suffolk Regiment]] |29 Aug. 1916 |[[Thiepval Memorial]] |- |Pte. |George H. Hansy |7th Bn., Suffolk Regt. |9 Sep. 1915 |[[Nieppe|Nieppe Cemetery]] |- |Nurse |Mary A. Rodwell{{Efn|Nurse Rodwell was likely killed in the sinking of [[HMHS Anglia]] which struck a mine in the English Channel.}} |[[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps|Queen Alexandra's Nursing Corps]] |17 Nov. 1915 |[[Hollybrook Cemetery]] |} And, the following from the [[Second World War]]: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Rank !Name !Unit !Date of Death !Burial |- |2Lt. |Jerome E. Treherne |[[Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry|Ox and Bucks Light Infantry]] |27 Jul. 1944 |[[Hermanville War Cemetery]] |- |LAC |James C. Lambert |[[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]] |31 Dec. 1941 |St. Mary's Churchyard |- |Gnr. |Frederick A. Plumb |127th Bty., [[Royal Artillery]] |14 Feb. 1941 |St. Mary's Churchyard |- |Pte. |Sidney D. Fairhead |5th Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] |23 Jun. 1943 |[[Kanchanaburi War Cemetery]] |- |Pte. |William Reeve |1st Bn., [[Hertfordshire Regiment]] |1 Dec. 1941 |[[Knightsbridge War Cemetery]] |}
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