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A tribute to the Aylsham men who gave their lives in WW1 

A full list of all the Aylsham men who served in WW1 and did not return can be found the the Roll of Honour. 
Photographs of some of these men are in the town archive and have been included here as a permanent public record. 


Horace Balls
Frederick James Barrett
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Horace Balls was born in 1895.
His father Edward kept the Unicorn Pub in 1911. His mother was called Laura.
The family ran a fish stall outside the Unicorn. Horace worked as a telegraph messenger for the G.P.O.

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This is the death plaque received, like all other families who lost sons, by the Balls family. The name Horace Balls can be seen inscribed on the plaque. 

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​Frank Thomas Bond and Henry Charles Dyball 
Noel Hannart Cooke
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​The Ducker family
 James E Ducker - Private 40204. 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday 18 October 1916. Born Aylsham. Enlisted East Dereham. Buried in BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,

 
Thomas E Ducker   b1887

Killed in action in France & Flanders on Wednesday 18 October 1916. Age 29. Enlisted East Dereham. Husband of Ellen Ducker, of Fox Loke, Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried in BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
William Dyball
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The Goulder Family 
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Clare Horsley Goulder
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Robert Christopher Goulder
Robert Christopher Goulder was a member of the Carrow Works (Messrs J and J) Colmans Counting House staff before going to war. He was killed in the German Trenches north of Carnoy and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.  The following tribute appeared in the Carrow Works magazine October 1916:
“to his home folk we offer our most sincere sympathy in their great loss, which we also share. He has gone from us, the call of duty was answered, the supreme sacrifice has been made, and his name is added to the glorious role of honour which stands for right and liberty; but the memory of his honest, manly ways will always hold a warm place in our hearts.”

Clare Horsley Goulder died  on 31st October from a gunshot wound to the leg sustained at Carnoy (on the Somme) on July 1st 1916.  His life is commemorated in Aylsham Cemetery.

Sergeant John Lee Goulder, No 2179, 5th Territorial Battalion Norfolk regiment, was killed in action at Sulva Bay on August 12th 1915.
 
The Recreation Ground and Pavilion in Aylsham were given to the town as a memorial to these three brothers. 
Ernest Bertie Green 
Lancelot Edwin Orford
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Cyril Federick Pert
Ralph John Wade
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