Carleton Rode First World War Archive
Hatfeild Arthur William Back was born on the 23rd September 1890 in Worstead Vicarage, the son of the Rev Arthur Back and his wife Ellen Harriet Bensly (daughter of a prominent Norwich solicitor and pioneer photographer). They moved into Carleton Rode when Arthur became rector in 1895. There were four children born to the Back’s; Margaret Evelyn in 1887, Hilda Mary in 1888 …
James William Baker was born on the 10th October 1889 when the family were living on the Fen in Carleton Rode. His father, James, was a local man and an agricultural labourer, and his mother was Frances Julia Land from New Buckenham. There were four children – James William, Oliver Perry born in 1891, Gertrude Alice (known as Gertie), 1892, and Reginald George …
Oswald Harry Balls was born in Tibenham on the 7th February 1891 and baptised in the parish church. His parents were Ellis (from Shelfanger) and Mary Ann (Marianne) Bailey from Burston. His father was a farmer and employer who moved his family to Turnpike Farm, Carleton Rode in 1895. Oswald was the third of six children; his siblings were Cecilia (Cissy – who …
Bertie Barber was born Herbert John in Carleton Rode in 1892. His parents were William George, a yardman on a farm, and Alice Laura (nee Quantrill from Wymondham); they lived at ‘The Gates’ Rode Lane (near Kendal Lodge), the same location as the Leverett family (see Ambrose). Bertie had one younger sister who was variously recorded as Sarah Elizabeth, Elizabeth Sarah, Eliza or …
As often happens with research, I was browsing for something else when the above newspaper article caught my eye. Having spent years exploring the lives of the families living in the village during the First World War, I didn’t recognise the name and I knew that Robert Bartram wasn’t listed on the Roll of Honour or War Memorial. The article itself was intriguing …
Ernest Edward Bennington was born in Runhall, Norfolk in 1886 to Edward, a farm labourer born in Brandon Parva (a neighbouring parish), and Anna Maria Brown (who was born in Runhall). The family moved several times; we know that they were living in Rattle Row, Wymondham in 1901 and that they moved to Carleton Rode from Wicklewood in 1904. There were 13 children …
Wilfred George Breeze was born in Bunwell in the third quarter of 1896 to Herbert (from Thuxton) and Agnes Ellen (nee Humphreys), known as Nellie, and also born in Bunwell. His father was a farmer and carrier, transporting people and goods to Norwich twice weekly. From 1904 to 1910, Herbert was the landlord of the Adam and Eve pub in North Road. By …
James Samuel Brown, known as Jimmie, was born in the village on 26th October 1895. His father, John, was a farm labourer who despite being born in Chester le Street, Durham, came from Norfolk farm labouring stock and his family returned to the area shortly afterwards. John married Alice (nee Briggs) from Carleton Rode in 1890. By 1901 the family were living in …
Fred (William Frederick W) Burt was born in Carleton Rode in 1891. His parents were James Wilson W Burt, an agricultural labourer from Bunwell, and Rebecca Butolph, a milliner and dressmaker from Wattlefield (on the road to Wymondham from Bunwell Bottom, where the Burts lived). His siblings were Percy, Martha, Ernest George, Eva M and Jack. By 1911, the family are living on …
Robert’s birth was registered at the beginning of 1884 and he was baptised in Carleton Rode Church on March 24th of that year. His parents were George and Elizabeth Bush. George had moved into the parish as a small boy with his family in the mid-1860s and although born in Hinderclay, Suffolk, he would have found many of his relatives in the village …
