Carleton Rode First World War Archive
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 …
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 …
Leonard Horace Foster was born in Carleton Rode on the 14th April 1890. His parents were Horace, a horseman on a farm, and Ellen Page (both were born in the village). On the 1911 Census, it records 12 children, 5 of whom have died. Known siblings include Alice, Herbert, Agnes, Bessie, Dorothy, Reginald James, May and Walter. (There is a Clara Foster admitted …
Robert Palmer was born in New Buckenham, Norfolk on 22nd November 1892. His parents were Robert, an agricultural labourer, and Mary Ann Bunn from Bunwell. There were ten children in the family; Tom, Bessie Elizabeth, Mary, (Ethel) May, Sarah, Robert, Hilda, John, Elisa (Elsie) and Minnie. Robert was the only one of these children who was not born in Carleton Rode but he …
