Carleton Rode First World War Archive
Born on the 13th of March 1899 in Suton, near Wymondham, Albert was the eldest child of Arthur Attoe, a farm labourer, and Amy (nee Betts). Albert was still a baby when the family moved to Upper Street (now the Ipswich Road) in Tasburgh next to the Bird in Hand pub (now The Countryman) – this great photo is reproduced on the website …
Herbert Matthew Greenwood was born on the 6th June 1888 in Fersfield, the second child (and oldest son) of Matthew Bennett Greenwood and his wife Rhoda Ann (nee Whiterod) who came from farming stock in the Garvestone and Mattishall area. After their marriage in 1885, Matthew and Rhoda moved further east to Fersfield in south Norfolk and farmed on their own account. During …
We are extremely grateful to Nigel Whitlam (son of Harry Smith’s daughter, Lily Elvina Smith) for contacting the website with details of his grandfather (who has an impeccable Carleton Rode pedigree) and family photographs for us to publish. Harry Levi Smith was born on 26 October 1896 (one of two children) and died on 22 May 1974. His parents were Levi Smith and …
Who was the elusive man listed simply as ‘P Smith’ on the Roll of Honour Board? There was no regiment given, he wasn’t registered on the Absent Voters List at the end of the war, and none of the older residents could remember anyone of that name in the village. Extensive research has uncovered the life of the man we now know was …
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 …
George Page was born in Tivetshall, Norfolk on 27th October 1884. His parents were William, a labourer from Swainsthorpe, and Maryann from Moulton. The 1911 Census records his parents living in a farmhouse on Ash Lane in the village. They had 9 children, 6 of whom were still alive; Laura, Anna Elizabeth, Edith, Walter Cecil and a step-sister, Lily. Another sister, Jessica Ellen …
